okay like mostly everyone here i have been looking relentlessly for a rn job. i have been looking and sending applications everyday and don't have much to show for it. so this may be a little crazy, but i have decided to keep looking just as hard, but because i have nothing else to do..
started working out hard-core about a little over a week ago and getting my diet out of control. i have gained a lot more weight than i wanted to throughout nursing school with all the stress and i would love you now kick off the extra 20 pounds from nursing school and from even before that. what a better time to get in shape but now, when we have nothing else going on too crazy in our lives but looking for jobs.
then at least at the end of this mess we can have something to show for it. i might have been unemployed and struggling, but now i am lean, sexy and my thinest.
i was hoping we could use this thread to help encourage eachother, tell eachother what workouts we are doing, share successes, share food ideas, and talk about goals and results.
this may be kind of off topic for this forum, but i would love tons of buddies to keep us motivated and to share stories and results with...
i'll go first...
i weighed 158 when i started this workout and since looking for a job have dropped 3 pounds and try to workout everyday. i walk/ run and do a lot of pilates with exercise band. i am hoping to eventually get down to 124 maybe by november or december, but as long as it is healthy and consistent, i don't care when it comes off by.
i'll keep you posted:: i hope others will share with me too:bowingpur:bow:
I really like the sticker idea. The Wii keeps you pretty honest...which is currently my exercise method of choice. I like the fact that it monitors what I do and how long I do it and then I can weight myself each day to see how I'm doing. It is disappointing to have it tell me, "that's overweight" every time I weigh in, but I just keep telling myself that at some point it will NOT say that!!
I can say that my weight gain story is not unlike blindsided. My father in law passed away in September of 2006, I had just started my prereqs and was stressed as it was, then in September of 2007 my father passed away (literally almost 1 year later to the day). Well, I started eating and went from about 135 to 185 in no time. I have RA, so I'd love to get my weight back down because my pain would decrease. The thing I like to do most is run and I can't run because my weight is too high right now and it will hurt horribly to put that pressure on my joints. So....off to the Wii I go!! I'm not eating poorly, just too much of everything. I've been cutting my portions in half and using spark people to track my food. I also have a treadmill and a weight set thingy (thingy is a technical term) in the basement, but I've been trying to use the Wii first to get myself back into the swing of exercising since the little "personality" of the Wii keeps me honest.
This is a great thread, becuase most nursing students I know and dealing with a weight issue because of school.
I am sorry to hear aboout your loses, I really am. I don't have an excuse like that of to why I put on weight i just did during nursing school sometime. I didn't notice it at the time but bam it happened.
Well Like I said weigh in is on friday, and today is indeed friday so here it goes,
I lost 2 pounds this week.....now 153 from 158, I lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks, kinda slow when I think about it but totally healty and natural
Goodluck to all...I am about to go workout now!....
Tip of the day!!!!........Try to walk a few more steps today than you had yesterday.....it all adds up....
Congrats! 2 pounds is great! If you lost 10-20 in 1 week that would have been terrible plus most likely it would of just come right back! 2 pounds is a lot more likely to stay off!
I am starting the sticker thing...1 sticker equals 30 mins of workout! So far I have 1 sticker on my calender (hey I just started yesterday ha)
Thats awesome though stay motivated and stick with it...we can all do it and I am excitied for all of us to look fabulous....1 sticker=30 minutes of workout, I may try that sounds fun...Congrats on starting your weight loss plan and keep me posted...And thanks for your encouragement!
Hey, glad you guys like the sticker idea...I know, they're fun. Sounds like a lame thing, but they help to keep me motivated, and yes, I have one for today too! I do little free weights three times per week for my arms. I'm more pear shaped, but my sister is an apple. She got the good legs, but they say apple shape is more dangerous weight, around the major organs. We both have high cholesterol genetics. She's lost 10 lbs as of today, and is on a high-dose statin. so maybe she can reduce that eventually. I'm trying fish oil caps, so we'll see if it helps. I know my good cholesterol (HDL) is better than hers, so that offsets my LDL some. We also have various cancer, HTN, and heart disease in our genetics. Oh yeah, I forgot diabetes, so there's all those reasons to keep the weight off! Both my parents were heavy smokers for all my life and before. I have never smoked except 2 puffs outside the theater when I was eleven. I lost my lunch, and missed the movie, so no more smoking for me. Of course, we were breathing the second-hand smoke our whole young lives. Bummer, but can't change that.
Congrats on losing 10 pounds that awesome. I can't wait to get to the 10 pound mark. Half way there. Just keep going and motivated and you will get there no doubt. I need to do more free weight to tone my glabby arms haha...Keep it up and of course keep us posted. You are def moving in the right direction with reducing your health risks, as all of us Nurses know. Goodluck...:pumpiron:
OK, today is Sunday, so I earned my sticker to start the week off. Now at least we have a window air conditioner, so I can crank it up when I'm ready to exercise. This is the first time in history that I've ever had air. Now that I'm older, I just cannot heat or cool myself well. I know my sis earned her sticker too, 'cause she called me on her cell during her walk. Hope you all can keep up the faith this week!
Thanks for starting this thread, which I love and it is very motivated. I , myself just became a RN recently, now in the process of finding a job to do what I love which is nursing. I am praying and I know that the Lord already has a job that has my name on it.
About exercising, I love it. I am losing all this extra pounds that I gained over nursing school. I think we all can related to this thread because we all have suffered from it, this weird disease. (LOL). I work out at the gym. My favorite machine right now is the elliptical trainer which is really cool. I am losing more calories in a 30 minute work out than what I used to lose in the threadmill. I also walk/jog a couple of times on the track. I do free weights and I used some of the machines. So It is going pretty good so far. Glory be to God. I can see my body changing and to tell you the thruth I love it. I want to be a healthy nurse so I can be a role model to my patients and as well to help me with all the demands of a job as a nurse. Sometimes we gotta lift patients, bend, walk and stand for a long time and if we incorporate a good nutrition program plus exercises that we enjoy we definately cant go wrong. I thank God for this opportunity. He gave me this chance and I want to say that Lord I wont dissapoint you and I love you with all my Heart LordJesus.
congratulations, Keep exercising and we are all in this together with a mutual Goal: BECOME THE BEST WE CAN BE. JOINING THE ONES WHO DARE TO CARE. NURSES ARE THE KEY. NURSES ARE THE ONES WHO HEAL AND COMFORT. THANK YOU.
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I really like the sticker idea. The Wii keeps you pretty honest...which is currently my exercise method of choice. I like the fact that it monitors what I do and how long I do it and then I can weight myself each day to see how I'm doing. It is disappointing to have it tell me, "that's overweight" every time I weigh in, but I just keep telling myself that at some point it will NOT say that!!
I can say that my weight gain story is not unlike blindsided. My father in law passed away in September of 2006, I had just started my prereqs and was stressed as it was, then in September of 2007 my father passed away (literally almost 1 year later to the day). Well, I started eating and went from about 135 to 185 in no time. I have RA, so I'd love to get my weight back down because my pain would decrease. The thing I like to do most is run and I can't run because my weight is too high right now and it will hurt horribly to put that pressure on my joints. So....off to the Wii I go!! I'm not eating poorly, just too much of everything. I've been cutting my portions in half and using spark people to track my food. I also have a treadmill and a weight set thingy (thingy is a technical term) in the basement, but I've been trying to use the Wii first to get myself back into the swing of exercising since the little "personality" of the Wii keeps me honest.
This is a great thread, becuase most nursing students I know and dealing with a weight issue because of school.