To put it simply I'm asking does being overweight greatly reduce your employment prospects withing nursing?
I've gained a fair amount of weight whilst working on my current ward (6 years). I recently quit smoking cigarettes so my weight also is up from my increased substitution with food!. I still perform my work efficiently, often being told "I never stop". My sick leave record is like 1 or 2 days per year. I'm reliable hard working and i believe perform well.
So would looking at going through the interview process be best left until i get some weight off? Or just do my best now?, I am now looking to sensibly lose what i could prior to an interview also.
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I'm saying many americans are obese because they can't put the fork down and refuse to workout in any way.
Uh...nope. Many Americans are obese because their fullness and satiety signals are broken.
Just imagine eating a normal-sized meal and still feeling as if you are starving. Rinse and repeat this process multiple times a day. Due to hormonal intricacies and metabolic dysfunction, the body cells of up to 80 percent of obese Americans feel continually starved.
I was 225 pounds at my heaviest. Now I am 120 pounds. No one purposely chooses obesity, except perhaps sumo wrestlers. Rather, the obesity is a proxy for a multitude of insidious biochemical processes occurring within the body.
However, most people who have never had a weight problem scratch their heads and assume it is a simple matter of those fatties' inabilities to put the fork down and move more.
like I said, my statement was a personal opinion. I'm not saying a more fit individual does any better than an obese individual. I'm saying many americans are obese because they can't put the fork down and refuse to workout in any way. If you have a disorder or medical condition, that is a whole different ball game and I am in no way referring to you.
I'm not going to disagree that it's because we don't put the fork down, of course diet is the primary problem/solution. But the problem won't be solved by that logic alone, like Commuter says above, it's much more than attitude.
The food world we live in is much like having any disease with a kiosk to fuel it on every corner and a refusal to acknowledge that we as as society outta stop supporting these kiosks of metabolism sabotage, whether they affect us individually or not.
Over a 100 years ago the average American actually ate more calories than now. They also washed clothes by hand, didn't own cars, plowed the fields with mules not tractors. Men walked to work and women maintained the homes without the aid of labor saving devices.
Food was home cooked. Sweets were treats that were homemade, ice cream was a rare treat that was hand cranked. Ice was cut out of frozen lakes in winter and stored in insulated ice sheds for use in summer.
That's why people are fatter today, our lifestyle of abundance.
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
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Just imagine eating a normal-sized meal and still feeling as if you are starving. Rinse and repeat this process multiple times a day. Due to hormonal intricacies and metabolic dysfunction, the body cells of up to 80 percent of obese Americans feel continually starved.
I was 225 pounds at my heaviest. Now I am 120 pounds. No one purposely chooses obesity, except perhaps sumo wrestlers. Rather, the obesity is a proxy for a multitude of insidious biochemical processes occurring within the body.
However, most people who have never had a weight problem scratch their heads and assume it is a simple matter of those fatties' inabilities to put the fork down and move more.