Any nurses out there?

I am an RT. Work the night shift too. Feel free to add me.

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.

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

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!

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??

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???

Eating healthy as a Nurse.... Whoda thunkit? I've eaten all manner of things, most of it pretty nasty; (night shift barf cart chow:noway: ), and almost always in a bigass hurry!
Who hasn't eaten out of an emesis basin with a tongue blade for a spoon? I'm a Critical Care/Emergency RN for the last 16 years, and an RT for the 10 years before that. I do LOVE taking care of sick people, the more boogered up, the better. Nothing better than reaching into the jaws of death and snatching someone out. Yeah, it sounds corny, but it's absolutely true! A good save,(where the patient gets to go home and have a meaningful life with their family) can keep me perked up for a couple of years. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Feel free to send invite
Ted

i just graduated nursing school & am waiting to sit my boards ) hello everyone! lol

Good luck with boards, I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy:)

work 7P-7A , 3days a week. im pretty much a jack of all trades, i do cna, phelbotomy, HUC, and ekgs. im always moving at work. i feel like im straving all the time. what helped me was planning out my meals and snacks ahead of time.. this keeps me in my calorie goal. the hard part staying away from the yummys the patients family bring in .

Also i work with a great bunch of people. they all took an interest in my first round of p90x. more like they notice how slow i was moving on certain days . lol now about 90% are getting healthy. some have even lost 30-40 pounds. the ones that havent are keeping us straight, they will say in a heart beat , you arent supposed to have that .

Like Cheryl, I'm one of the lucky ones who spent several years in home health working a 8-4:30 M-F (mostly) schedule. Now I'm self employed doing audits and coding in home health. I work from home, so it's very easy to eat whenever I want, and boy, do I want! I work more hours now, and find I want to eat more if I get too tired from too many hours.

I did have to laugh at TDGee's eating from an emesis basin...took me back to my night shift days on the postpartum/nursery floor. I sympathize with those of you on 11-7....you eat to stay awake, eat to combat night shift nausea, and eat normal hours with the family and are still hungry at work later on.

Best of luck to everyone! Feel free to friend me if you're looking for more support buddies

I've been a nurse for over 20 years & would like to friend other nurses at MFP.