Law School made me Fat

Law school made me skinny. I was so depressed that I didn't eat much and spent a lot of time just wandering the city. However, I would never ever want to go back to those days because it was such a terrible period in my life. My advice to a fat law student would be to stop briefing cases, skip class, and quit law review. I started skipping class 1L year. It didn't make me happier but I think it staved off the utter despair. My 3L year I skipped almost every admin law class to go skiing instead. I was significantly more satisfied with my life. Guess what kind of law I practice now! :-D

A lot of lawyers in this thread.

Are they all fat?

I gained 10 lbs in law school too, don't worry it's easy to drop once you are done! The key is to find a nice comfy 40 hour a week job where you can take a 90 minute lunch break to workout. Good luck!

Law school didn't make you fat. Life choices made you fat. First step towards weight loss is personal accountability.

Law school was arguably the proximate cause. Any alleged failure to take personal responsibility just makes him an eggshell plaintiff. He should sue. On the other hand, law schools usually have good defense lawyers, and there's probably an assumption of risk. Plus, no relevant duty, major causation issues, and, really, what are the pecuniary damages?

Uh, anyway, welcome to MFP, OP!

Haha! This is great. My dad is a lawyer and I'm a scientist so jargon is amusing on various levels. . . :bigsmile:

OP, grad school stress/lack of time to myself for anything but studying/work was what got me on MFP as well! Make exercise and food tracking a habit; you're pretty much sure to succeed that way. Good luck! (and I can't believe how rude people are being. Did they ever go to grad school?? :explode: )

Personal Injury ??? The skiing reference? Just a guess.

I think the insulting ones are missing the point here. It's not about blaming law school or blaming yourself for what you do or don't eat. The fact of the matter is, this guy is asking for help not insults and grief about "oh you've only got yourself to blame". Lookk in the mirror and remember why we are all here.

The priority it graduating and if you can fit a healthy lifestyle into it, then even better. Oh yeah and how many have kids? That sure will throw a spanner in the works trying to juggle that. I know it's hard for me and I'm not even at law school yet haha.

Good luck to you

You only receive support here if you follow the herd and do it exactly one way. Everyone else gets attacked. Of the message boards I read regularly, this is easily the most unfriendly.

Some of these are pretty funny. But law school isn't an excuse. I was purposefully being lazy and using my free time to relax (it's easy to tell who never went to law school or have a demanding undergrad degree - sometimes you have to balance what's important - family, fun, and a lot of beer was a bit more important than working out in the VERY LITTLE BIT OF FREE TIME that you have).

But I was in shape prior to school, I just kinda let myself go that first year to adapt to the demand of school and understand what it required of me.

But for those who were "gun-ho" with the "you aren't doing your part stop making excuses", thanks, those were pretty fun to read - as someone who worked out for 5 years straight before going to school - I know all that stuff, but I've heard it in much more PROFESSIONAL ways that were actually motivating. Glad I wasn't depending on any of you to motivate me - that would have definitely made a first timer say "yea, these gym heads are not who I want to associate with".


For the rest of you that were actually helpful or understood the situation, good to see there are supporting people out there that would actually help those who may really be struggling with weight loss.

But to all of you - enjoy your exercise and dieting!