Any Professors, Teachers or Educators out there?
smiles6428
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Looking for others in education to share this journey with. I find myself getting into amazing shape every summer only to lose everything to stress eating and no exercise over the school year. Would love to have some friends with similar challenges.
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*raises hand*2
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Me. I work in a high school. I got things under control from Jan-April now trying to maintain. Goal for summer is lifting/recomp.3
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Elementary school teacher 🍎. Trying to get motivated to exercise.3
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Me! I literally have a Pinterest board called "stress eating in quarter 4" I feel ya. 19 more school days here...2
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Middle School Teacher here, 20 days left here. I've restarted and only on week 1, I know I can last till June, but the summer! I hope I can overcome the temptation! Not to mention those holidays like Mother's Day and Memorial Day. It's easy for me at work but once I'm at home...we shall see!2
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I teach career ed to visually impaired students. Out last day is 5/31. I have a week off and then 4 weeks of summer school. Off all of July. I hope to be down 20-25lbs by 8/1. I'm traveling for a week and then back to work...1
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High school, special ed alternative (off-campus). I absolutely love my students and my job. I think it is the weather here (WI) that makes a bigger difference to me, although it is certainly easier to be outside more in summer due to fewer time constraints. One nice thing about off campus is that there are no parties, treats, etc., year-round. One bad thing is that there are no parties, treats, etc., year-round
I lost 20 lbs or so last summer and kept it off this school year--a struggle in and of itself. But I am happy to keep up that pattern and experience maintenance between summers. I work a lot (unpaid) in summer to prep for the coming year, but having my time under my control makes a difference. Plus the fresh foods more readily and more cheaply available, too.1 -
High school - physics, computer science, research and design. I lost 80 pounds and have been in maintenance since November. I know the struggle with stress eating.2
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High school principal here. I've lost 100 pounds over a little more than a year. I very much struggle with stress eating and this final quarter of the year is the worst right now 3
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Middle school! I train all school year but it is a commitment.
And our teachers' lounge is no joke when it comes to snacks...:) teacher lyfe is hard.2 -
I'm a Kindergarten Teacher, trying my best to avoid those staff room snacks! Feel free to add me, we can motivate one another, or at the very least, complain and relate! 2
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I’m a high school math teacher and struggle with finding time to exercise during the week. Add to that the routine of having a new baby and making time for her as well. Any support and/or suggestions and greatly appreciated.2
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I haven't really worked out a way to fit in a lot of formal exercise during the school year. In addition to my teaching job, I also volunteer another 15-20 hours a week at an animal shelter. Mostly, I work with dogs but I also teach classes to volunteers trying to advance their skills; train incoming volunteers, do behavior modifications on dogs identified with risky behaviors and write training protocols for dogs with significant barriers to adoption.0
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I always start the school year off in great shape saying “I’m not going to let myself get in terrible shape again” only to go down to next to no exercise within just a few weeks. I’m ready for that cycle to stop!0
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I'm a high school English teacher. Posting between sets in the weight room after school!
More in a bit. Time for that gosh-darned OHP. :P 3 -
Special Ed teacher here. I am pretty good about exercising but food has always been a work in progress. This is the first time I’m trying to use the community to help keep on track.2
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Happy Teacher appreciation day today all.4
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I was a 5th grade Teacher, stayed home with my kids for 9 years, came back 2 years ago as a Special Ed Para. Honestly, I love my job...I walk out at bus dismissal (3:45) and head to the gym 2 days a week. I'm also SUPER lucky that the staff are all pretty like-minded and avoid bringing in tons of treats for the lounge.3
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High School teacher.3
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Me! Feel free to add. High school music.2
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I teach high school English. Exercising after a long day of teaching has been a challenge. I've definitely had to adjust things and find what works for me. Add a new baby to the mix, and the challenge grows! I'm getting there, however. Lost 43 pounds thus far. I'm happy to lend my support.
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Hello Everyone! I can assure you, there's enough stress to go around from PK to infinity! I'm an Asst. Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of West Georgia. When I retired as a K-12 school district administrator about 6 years ago, I was about 30 lbs. overweight. I'm now trying to lose the last 10. Slowwww go!2
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IEP's and BIP's and PI's and Progress Notes, and STAAR testing and ESPED (which is about to undergo major formatting changes)....oh my!!0
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So think about this y'all - when you're worried about that one student or frustrated - you can go exercise or go eat the bag of Oreos. Which one is better? I know. I've done it too. If you find make the time to exercise your mental health will improve and I bet your eating habits will also. Find the time. I know about the grading, and the calls home, and the IEPs, and all that. But remember if you died tomorrow they'd have someone covering your class before your funeral. I don't mean to sound jaded because I'm not. It's just that you'll be a better teacher - and set a better example for your students by being healthy.
What would you tell a student that was giving you 100 excuses for why the work didn't get done? Why are you using the same ones for not doing what you know needs to be done for you own health?5 -
garystrickland357 wrote: »So think about this y'all - when you're worried about that one student or frustrated - you can go exercise or go eat the bag of Oreos. Which one is better? I know. I've done it too. If you find make the time to exercise your mental health will improve and I bet your eating habits will also. Find the time. I know about the grading, and the calls home, and the IEPs, and all that. But remember if you died tomorrow they'd have someone covering your class before your funeral. I don't mean to sound jaded because I'm not. It's just that you'll be a better teacher - and set a better example for your students by being healthy.
What would you tell a student that was giving you 100 excuses for why the work didn't get done? Why are you using the same ones for not doing what you know needs to be done for you own health?
All of this! I bring my students into half marathon training, discuss perseverance and tenacity, doing what's hard.
Our students are all some of our cheerleaders. They want us to succeed as much as we want that for them. Also, they love seeing us as human; my running definitely helps that. Some are even motivated to try running themselves, which makes me all 🥰🥰😍😍. Good luck with this final 6 weeks. Ack.1 -
I teach high school English. Exercising after a long day of teaching has been a challenge. I've definitely had to adjust things and find what works for me. Add a new baby to the mix, and the challenge grows! I'm getting there, however. Lost 43 pounds thus far. I'm happy to lend my support.
Our high school has a weight room next to the gym, so I've started going there after school to lift. They also have a treadmill, which I use to warm up and for short runs.garystrickland357 wrote: »So think about this y'all - when you're worried about that one student or frustrated - you can go exercise or go eat the bag of Oreos. Which one is better? I know. I've done it too. If you find make the time to exercise your mental health will improve and I bet your eating habits will also. Find the time. I know about the grading, and the calls home, and the IEPs, and all that. But remember if you died tomorrow they'd have someone covering your class before your funeral. I don't mean to sound jaded because I'm not. It's just that you'll be a better teacher - and set a better example for your students by being healthy.
What would you tell a student that was giving you 100 excuses for why the work didn't get done? Why are you using the same ones for not doing what you know needs to be done for you own health?
For me, it's not worried or frustrated that makes it hard - it's the absolute exhaustion that the stress creates. That makes it more difficult not only to exercise, but to create nutritious, low-calorie meals (including preparation and cleanup!) instead of slapping together a couple of peanut butter sandwiches on whole wheat bread because it's faster and easier and not TOO high calorie (depending on how much peanut butter you use).2 -
@clicketykeys Everyone is different but I found that exercise actually helped with the exhaustion. I know it doesn’t make sense except I bet you are more mentally tired than physically tired - at least that’s my experience. It took a bit to adjust to exercising more but after a couple of weeks I found exercising after school made me feel better and more energized. Good luck. We’re almost done with this year at least.1
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garystrickland357 wrote: »So think about this y'all - when you're worried about that one student or frustrated - you can go exercise or go eat the bag of Oreos. Which one is better? I know. I've done it too. If you find make the time to exercise your mental health will improve and I bet your eating habits will also. Find the time. I know about the grading, and the calls home, and the IEPs, and all that. But remember if you died tomorrow they'd have someone covering your class before your funeral. I don't mean to sound jaded because I'm not. It's just that you'll be a better teacher - and set a better example for your students by being healthy.
What would you tell a student that was giving you 100 excuses for why the work didn't get done? Why are you using the same ones for not doing what you know needs to be done for you own health?
So many good points here Gary. I think we all know exercise makes us better, it’s the getting into and sticking with a habit that can be tough for me in the face of stress. I am always a much better educator, supporter of students, and peer faculty when I’ve done any kind of exercise.
But your points above are a good reality that we need to be showing students better work life balance. I constantly tell myself that the world will go on if people get upset that my grading or an email takes an extra day or so because I was taking care of myself first.0 -
Hi everyone. Grade 5 and grade 6 teacher here. Good luck to everyone for their remaining days. I've got 33 more days to go. And then I can start the exercise plan to go along with the eating changes. Feel free to add me. I'm looking for some new friends too!1
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*raises hand* College Nursing Instructor here! I'm SO glad to be done for the semester!1
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