Healthier Living Thread Part V

Nurses Stress 101

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Part IV

This is the thread where members come to share their journey to wellness and wholeness.

It's a holistic thread, talking about all apects of health, not just diet and exercise, but the mind and spirit as well. All posters are welcome (not just Premium Members) and encouraged on a periodic basis to share what you're doing, what you need to do and how you're going to do it, and what you know!

i'll chime in i suppose. i was wondering, why are nurses in such bad health to begin with? i'm not yet a nurse, but i work in a hospital doing risk management. so many of the nurses here are obese (to put it "lightly,") smoke, i know of several who do drugs... pretty much some of the most unhealthy people i've ever met. and yet they work in an industry that is supposed to encourage people to be healthier. i don't get it.

as for diet and hunger, i switched up my diet about 3 months ago, and have had 100% positive results. down to the lightest i've been in 7 or so years, down 2 sizes on my pants, an inch off my belly, lower blood pressure and cholesterol and i almost never feel hungry. that's the weirdest part, never feeling hungry anymore. i have to remind myself to eat, or eat when i don't feel like it or i fear i will come in well below my calorie goal. i’m trying to get my wife to join me on the diet, but you can’t force a horse to drink.

exercise is weight lifting 2 – 3 time a week, and 30 min dog walks twice a day. i’m hoping that when i start nursing school in august i don’t lose my way and start gaining, or fall into the unhealthy nursing lifestyle.

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Specializes in thoracic ICU, ortho/neuro, med/surg.

I have started running and I. Am. In. LOVE.

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