Any nurses out there?

timeforachange2011
timeforachange2011 Posts: 155
edited September 26 in Motivation and Support
Hi all! Looking for other nurses out there trying to loose weight. Looking for tips on eating healthy, even with a crazy day/night schedule. Any suggestions???:smile:
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  • emmaleigh47
    emmaleigh47 Posts: 1,670 Member
    NP here but my schedule is beyond crazy :)
  • ColeyCannoli
    ColeyCannoli Posts: 147
    I'm a pre-med who works as a nurse's aid, does that count? :) Let's be freinds.
  • meshellmybell76
    meshellmybell76 Posts: 139 Member
    Hi! Nurse with craaaaazy schedule here! And patients/families who show their love with food! lol
  • chelsealjames
    chelsealjames Posts: 92 Member
    in nursing school, so i have 12-hr clinicals, and also working 12-hr shifts as a tech. i am so hungry when i work! i guess because i'm burning so many cals running around the floor! i usually have to eat every 2 hours, especially to stay on top of my game :)
  • 87beckyRN
    87beckyRN Posts: 34
    I'm not a nurse yet but I'm in nursing school. Crazy schedule!!!
  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    I'm 3rd shift full time in labor and delivery-with staff that like to have pot lucks and eat donuts!
  • nurse_kiki
    nurse_kiki Posts: 2
    RN here, mother of 3, and starting anesthesia school in the Fall!!! Weight has always been a struggle for me, especially working nights and having a hectic schedule w/ my children's activities...i'd appreciate tips too!!
  • savvynurse
    savvynurse Posts: 292
    RN here.... work crazy schedule and two jobs have 2 kids at home and significant other as well. Lots of house cleaning and meal cooking in between the two jobs. Add me if you like
  • heathhumble
    heathhumble Posts: 178
    Hi, I'm a paramedic. I work in a Level II Trauma Center in Michigan. I work with numerous RN's who have joined MFP.I will pass on your user name.Welcome aboard. Feel free to add me as a friend.Best of luck.
  • BluePrincess80
    BluePrincess80 Posts: 4
    Patient Care Tech (CNA, Heart Monitor Tech,Secretary), going to school to be a Nurse, working three 12 hr shifts in ICU, and taking care of my 4 yr old in preschool and making time for my husband.
  • humblemonkey
    humblemonkey Posts: 576 Member
    will be a nurse in 1 years and 2 months!! going to nursing school full time and working part-time on the ambulance as an EMT so I, too have a crazy schedule thats hard to keep up with!
  • alliej
    alliej Posts: 76 Member
    travel all day doing insurance exams, it is so hard. being in this field we are suppose to be fit ......so hard.
  • missfittin_missy
    missfittin_missy Posts: 184 Member
    graduate nursing school in 4 weeks and 2 days (not that Im counting or anything LOL).... 3 kids and no time to think about what Im eating!
  • casi_ann
    casi_ann Posts: 423 Member
    I'm a registered nurse and work as a Nurse Case manager in Hospice (homecare) and am lucky enough to work days only, Monday through Friday. But, can work anywhere from 8 to 12 hours in one day and don't feel like I ever stop. I bring a lunch with me and eat out of my car. I was eating out every day and wondered why I was having problem with my weight. I understand all of you and what you are experiencing because I worked for 13 years in a critical care unit, 12 hour shifts night shifts and day shifts. This is where I gained most of my weight, between the stress of the job and not having a chance to stop working long enough to eat something healthy. And, when my nights and days got mixed up my metabolism seemed to get mixed up too.
  • FitJoani
    FitJoani Posts: 2,173 Member
    not a nurse but I work in an assited living home in an even worse predicament...im there chef so Ill help ya out
  • timeforachange2011
    timeforachange2011 Posts: 155
    i guess i should have said this earlier, but feel free to add me!!
  • Hardemanwifey
    Hardemanwifey Posts: 259 Member
    Rn here working full-time 12hr nights, school fulltime graduating in 4wks with BSN. Yes its hard with crazy schedules and my 2yr but we can do it. Feel free to friend me.
  • patty9013
    patty9013 Posts: 230 Member
    I'm a MA. I sit all day and do phones calls. Have gained about 50 lbs in the 15 years I have been at my job. There is always someone bringing donuts, candy, high cal high fat lunches, someone making a Starbucks run.....it's hard but it is time for me now~~
  • mjf0461
    mjf0461 Posts: 470 Member
    Hi All... Paramedic/RN here.. Work a fairly decent schedule so I am one of the lucky ones. Working on a high protein/low carb program to jump start my metabolism. Been here and on the new life style since 01-01-11, and doing pretty good. Don't like plateau's though and I seem to hit one every couple of weeks.... SO....always changing things up...
  • casi_ann
    casi_ann Posts: 423 Member
    I also wanted to welcome all you new nurses and nursing students. You may hear complaining from other nurses, but I consider nursing the greatest job in the world and can't think of anything I would rather do. Hang in there. By the way, check out allnurses.com. It is a community of nurses who love to educate each other, chat, complain and brag.
  • sherrymo6
    sherrymo6 Posts: 79
    Hi there. I am working as an NP (in a hospital) and finishing my second year of medical school so I understand where you are coming from. The only thing I have found that works for me is making sure I bring my lunch. I always pack it the day before. When I am working, I have enough food for lunch and dinnerwhen I . I try to eat dinner around 5 or 6 (f that is possible) so I dont eat a big meal when I get home. I try to have foods that are easy to eat since I don't ever get a lunch break I always eat at the desk while charting. You all know what I am talking about. Sorry Joint Commission... or whomever regulates that. I always have my calories counted out for the day on the days that I work. I also stay away from the cafeteria. However, I am a grazer. I dont eat 3 big meals a day. So, briefly, that is how I am trying to manage the work schedule. Planning ahead on my work days is the only way for me, although it seems like more work at times. I am interested also to see how others are managing.
  • Umrt54
    Umrt54 Posts: 9 Member
    I am an RT. Work the night shift too. Feel free to add me.
  • elizabethx
    elizabethx Posts: 28
    I'm a AIN (assistant in nursing) But I will be going back to school mid this year or beginning of next year so I can be a Registered Nurse. Hope that I survive. I really want to lose this weight before I start!!
  • TNERNURSE
    TNERNURSE Posts: 17
    R.N. in the ED for over 20 yrs.- struggled with weight most of my life....over the last 5-6 yrs. have gained another 50+ lbs. Trying to learn new ways to deal with stress eating. I know all about crazy schedules. No time for meal break and "grabbing something on the run." Alway looking for helpful tips and recipes myself.
  • TiniTurtle
    TiniTurtle Posts: 595 Member
    i just graduated nursing school & am waiting to sit my boards :o) hello everyone! lol
  • szimba
    szimba Posts: 290 Member
    Yup!! I've been a nurse for almost 2 years now and I'm working full time evening and night shifts while finishing my BSN in all the spare time that I have (<--sarcasm!) haha
  • CBaumgardner7
    CBaumgardner7 Posts: 212 Member
    I'm a nurse for 16 years now and weight has always been a struggle. I have 5 children and work 16 hour shifts on the weekends so I completely know how eating can be mismanaged and all that jazz. Feel free to add me also! It's difficult but stay strong. On my potluck days I make sure i have my snacks and meals and everyone is very supportive when I explain about my eating and how if I get off track it's hard to get back on.
  • cobes24
    cobes24 Posts: 132 Member
    I'm an RN, almost done with NP school (3 weeks, yikes!), presently teaching nursing clinicals and working on a surgical floor, plus my own NP clinicals...crazy schedule indeed! I've gained and lost the same 20 lb more times than I care to count in the last 3 yrs, but my goal is 35 lb to get back to my lowest adult wt before my first "real" NP job starts in Sept. (That's a mini-goal anyway, I have to lose 105 lb to be a healthy BMI.)

    My best strategy is to plan ahead--I set my coffee pot, make my protein shake and pack my lunch all the night before. The other night my boyfriend was watching me get ready (he doesn't usually stay over when I have to work in the AM) and he goes "Damn, what kind of mission are you on?" I hadn't really realized what a whirlwind I have before bed...I've been doing this night routine for such a long time I don't think about it. Also, Amplify protein shakes and Zone protein bars are my BFF's--not to mention my trusty Nalgene bottle, making sure I get all my water in!

    One other delightful recent development is that my bf and I are doing this together...this is so new for me, no one I've dated (nor the dbag I was married to for a few awful--but blessedly short--years) has ever been supportive of my weight loss/health goals...and I've been farting around with losing weight FOREVER. My bf looks at my food diary every night, calls me out on my slip-ups, congratulates my successes, and welcomes me to do the same. It's only been a few wks that he's been onboard, but we've both eaten so much better in the last 2 wks...and of course he's kicking my butt in lbs lost, ALREADY. Of course.

    My trick for beating the "break room buffet"...I bake. I LOVE to bake, it's very therapeutic for me...but me alone in a house with baked goods, it's so dangerous. I have found that if I bake something to bring to work in the morning, I get the satisfaction of making something wonderful, but I'm always tempted to partake...unless I make a cake. If I make cookies I always eat one or two (or five), but a cake is so pretty that I can't bear to bust into it before I bring it to work. So I take it to work, and then I make sure that I'm super busy that day. Most days I get away with only a tiny slice, some days I am so busy that I miss out on cake altogether. Fine by me...and the bonus is that my coworkers love me even more than on days I don't bring cake! :)

    Feel free to add me!
  • humblemonkey
    humblemonkey Posts: 576 Member


    My trick for beating the "break room buffet"...I bake. I LOVE to bake, it's very therapeutic for me...but me alone in a house with baked goods, it's so dangerous. I have found that if I bake something to bring to work in the morning, I get the satisfaction of making something wonderful, but I'm always tempted to partake...unless I make a cake. If I make cookies I always eat one or two (or five), but a cake is so pretty that I can't bear to bust into it before I bring it to work. So I take it to work, and then I make sure that I'm super busy that day. Most days I get away with only a tiny slice, some days I am so busy that I miss out on cake altogether. Fine by me...and the bonus is that my coworkers love me even more than on days I don't bring cake! :)

    Feel free to add me!

    have you checked out the dessert recipes on skinnytaste.com?!?!?!?! the strawberry cheesecake is a-ma-zing!! i substituted blackberry jam for the srawberry and it was delishhh! check it out!!
  • kim_mc
    kim_mc Posts: 321 Member
    Hey there- Nursery RN here and work straight nights, full time 12 hour shifts....so hard to keep away from the food at 2-5am......what do you do as far as food goes overnight??
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