Do you think you'll/have you put on weight in NS?

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I've noticed here how a lot of people talk about how much weight you gain in nursing school...so I'm curious: If you have yet to start NS, do you think you'll put on weight? If you're already in NS, have you put on weight?

I'm starting in a week and a half...and I think there's pretty much no way I'll gain weight. I didn't gain the freshman 15 last year at school (I didn't really gain much of anything, unless you count like 3-5lbs which was probably mostly muscle and bone since my figure finally started filling out)...and honestly, I'm pretty sure that I haven't gained any real weight in like, 3 or 4 years (as in, I still weigh within 5lbs of what I did at the beginning of high school or so).

So, considering this and what I've heard the reason for people in gaining weight in NS is stress and stress eating along with the fact that when I'm really stressed, I eat nothing...if anything, I think I'll lose weight.

What about you?

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I want to lose during nursing school! I bought a treadmill so I will not be gaining =] *fingers crossed*

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When i get stressed/ nervous, i dont eat either. Im anticipating losing weight, which is a positive b/c I have had 2 kids in 3 years and Im still carrying a few lbs of baby weight.

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Specializes in LDRP.

i hope not.. ive put on a couple pounds over the summer because ive been so bored without school! haha. I think i eat a lot less when i am busy with school.

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Specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.

I definitely gained weight during the first semester. I was too busy to put the time in to cook meals or pack lunches so it was fast food all the time. Got on the scale at Christmas and wanted to cry.

Second semester I made an effort to cook and pack a lunch every day and walk more, and since January I've lost 30 pounds :)

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Lost 15 lbs the first month and a half d/t nervousness, gained 10 lbs back the second month and a half from eating at the hospital cafeteria during clinicals and at fast food joints.

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People use nursing school as an excuse for gaining weight just like they use, well, just about everything else as an excuse for gaining weight. In the past year (during which I've been in NS and have been working 20+ hours/week) I have totally revamped my lifestyle...for the majority of my life I tended towards plumpness :down: but I now work out 2 hours/day, 5 days per week and 1 hour/day the remaining 2 days/week, eat a very specific diet, and I've lost and kept off 40 lbs of fat and gained about 7 lbs of muscle.

Moral of the story: people who are going to get fat are going to get fat regardless of whether they're a straight-A student in NS or if they're a high school dropout working at a fast food chain. :)

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I didn't really gain anything durin school, but like another poster said, I put on about 10 lbs over summer! I am working FT at a hospital and eat well when I am there, but the days when I have off(sometimes 3 days in a row) is where I go wrong. When I am bored...I eat something. Classes start again in 2 weeks so hopefully I will get back in the swing of things. Just make the right choices. It is a lot harder to get the pounds OFF then to keep them off in the first place! TRUST me! GOOD LUCK!! :) :) :)

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It wouldn't be bad if I gained some weight...It would actually be much worse if I lost weight! I only weigh about 115 pounds, and I'm 5'4 which I have been since I was 15 or so, and I'm now 19, almost 20 so it's not like I'm growing anymore.

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Nursing school helps me lose weight and not gain. It keeps me so busy that I actually forget to eat.

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Specializes in My goal is to be an Oncology Nurse.....

I am hoping my backside benefits from not eating:) but they say you can gain weight by not eating because your body isn't being fed. Who knows!! I had orientation today and my gut has been an absolute mess!! :(. Good Luck All!! ;)

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I bought my scrubs for my first semester a few months ago. now that school is about to start I realize they are uncomfortably tight because I've been so bored over the summer I've put on maybe 10lbs. I 'm freaking out now, I hope that once school starts I'll be too busy to eat. also going to try to start working out. I need to loose those extra pounds so I'm not incredibly uncomfortable every time I put on my scrubs.

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