Are you gaining weight or losing weight?

lisamc1RN, LPN · Nov 19, 2004

Gaining. I'm a stress eater and boy have I been stressing! I had lost 80 lbs and reached my goals but now I'm up about 20 lbs, 15 of it gained since school began. I really thought that I had learned to control my eating but it is very obvious now that I still have much to work on.

Aneroo, LPN · Nov 19, 2004

GAINED! Blah :crying2: I lost a little weight, gained at least 40 back (in a few months!). At least when I graduate, I'll be too busy working to eat. :)

NewEnglandRN, RN · Nov 19, 2004

I've gained too. It's so hard for me to eat well because it's much faster to pick up take-out for the kids. DH normally is not home for dinner, so I take the easy way out. I would say I've gained about 10-15 pounds since starting school in September :imbar

Any ideason how to lose it??? I know it's just going to get worse with the holidays around the corner.

I have about 40 lbs to lose. We just had our Nutrition module with a teacher who is very fit. She was very insulting about "fat" people and said they have no business wearing a bathing suit in public. Boy, was she on some people's sh*t list.

manna, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2004

Gained! I'm a stress eater too! Add to that commuting and feeding 2 little kids, and you can see why eating convenience/fast foods has become a larger part of our diet. I hate myself for that, but it's either my sanity or my waistline that has to give right now... Ugh.

nsgstudentjen · Nov 19, 2004

I don't weigh myself (I care more about % fat vs. muscle usually) but I think I am gaining. I just FEEL fat even if the numbers do not change.

I find it is more I don't have time to exercise any more! This "semester" (i.e. 5 weeks for me because I am in an accelrated BSN) is better, just two classes, no clinicals...so I have more time.

It's so difficult when we sit on our butts all day in class, butt in the car, but in the library!

abundantjoy07, RN · Nov 19, 2004

I gained about 25 pounds during my first 3 years of school. This year I am losing weight. I learned from the mistakes I made...and now my weight is s l o w l y but surely going down to where it should be.

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2004

So, which is it since you started school? I have gained a good 10 to 12 lbs. and it is driving me mad. It's almost impossible to eat right when your school is out of town, you do so much homework that you totally forget to make a lunch before you head out the door:rolleyes: The alternative: starve or eat fast food. I choose the latter. It's seems comforting when I am stressed out, which is all the darn time. *shakes head* Pathetic, I tell you.

I have gained about 15 lbs since I started school last year. I am working hard at taking it off. I am a 'mature' student and I eat like the 20 year olds. I am also a big stress eater. I just made it through finals week without eating too much.:rotfl: :rotfl:

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2004

I gained about 25 pounds during my first 3 years of school. This year I am losing weight. I learned from the mistakes I made...and now my weight is s l o w l y but surely going down to where it should be.

What are you doing to get that weight going down?

dixienurse2be · Nov 19, 2004

gaining.....for sure. I was doing WW and lost about 15 lbs before school started...now I've gained it all back plus about 5. It's tough but I'm trying to buckle down and start eating right and workin out some.

purplekath · Nov 19, 2004

I lose weight when I'm studying and stressed, and gain during the breaks -- so far that's been a net gain of about 2lbs this past year. Just started a health kick today actually! Even though the weight gain hasn't been that bad, I've seriously lost condition - that's from lack of time to exercise :-(

RainDreamer, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2004

When I first started school I gained weight. I would eat when I was stressed out too and because I didn't have much time to fix anything healthy to eat.

But in my second year I took a walk/jog/run class for a required PE credit. Best thing I ever did! Now when I get stressed out I go running. And it's been a dang stressful semester, so I've been running a lot lol. I finally got a treadmill and that's saving me time, instead of having to find a decent hour to go running at the school.