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

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

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.

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.

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 :)

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.

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 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. :)

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!! :) :) :)

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.

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

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!!

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.

I was in the same boat as you, did not get the freshman 15, was young, never thought I would gain weight in school... then nursing crept in. I didn't think I was a horrible eater, yes I ate fast food once a week or so. I didn't have time to work out between school/jobs/social activities. Then one day we were doing assessments on each other, I got on the scale and I was around 120lbs! OMG that was a reality check. I've never been that weight my entire life (I am 5'2). My jeans fit tighter but thank god no muffin top, and I was still a size 1. So once class got out, I worked out 5 times a week for 12 weeks and starting eating healthy. I whipped my body into shape immediately. I am under 110lbs now and my pants are getting loose on me... I might need to get new size 0 jean's instead. As long as I keep eating healthy, exercise isn't even needed, and I'm still losing weight (albeit slowly). Anyway I don't like to blame things for gaining weight but I would have to attribute the stress from school to this. I definitely learned my lesson!