Any other nurses? Or anyone in the medical field?

Hey Shauna! My name is Holly, I'm a recovery room nurse, and feel your pain. I graduated 5 years ago and before that was a paramedic for 7 years. Being OFF the ambulance definitely improved my diet (we would always eat out), but I've definitely slowly been creeping up the scale. Actively working on that by reducing cals/exercising/strength training. We caregivers have to be extra careful because we tend to look after everyone else but not ourselves! Good luck with your weight loss journey! All the best!

Well, I work 4 ten hour shifts, with weekends off, usually. I found that if you bring healthy snacks and eat every 3 hours, you don't become so hungry that when it's time for your break you eat terribly because you're starving. Pack your lunch, don't eat in the cafeteria. You can't control your calories and you'll be saving lots of money! You have to MAKE time for yourself for cardio/weights, because you'll use every excuse in the book to not work out when you get home or before you go to work because you're tired, or stressed, or whatever. You feel that way because you're out of shape and overweight! Once you start losing weight, you get much more energy and it gets easier. When you're first starting out, you have to just plow through the first few weeks, because they're gonna suck.

Hey guys! I'm a nurse as well. I'm now in a management position and I sit a lot instead of being on my feet all day! I used to have an office on the third floor, so I did the stairs a lot to keep in shape, and they have now moved me to the first floor, and I'm not getting as much exercise during the day! it really sucks.

Hello...I've been an RN for 12 yrs working from wound care to community based home services. I 'm a returning MFP member after a year off. I'd like to get in better shape because it just feels so wrong to teach and encourage a healthy lifestyle to my patients, but not practice what I preach. Fellow RN's...feel free to add me. I could use all the support I can get!!!

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I am a Surgical Tech doing endoscopy! I hate our break room as the Doctors are always filing it with donuts and the like. Well not just them, patients bring thank you stuff, the drug reps buy lunch.. Sigh I have to stay out of there... when I first started working there when it was brand new I did good and then I started gaining weight.. after 6 years I had gained 50lbs... Now 100lbs lighter I stay out of there and away from the "brought in" foods.. When we have pot lucks I just have a taste of a few things and call it a day!
So hard as I know being in the health care field there is so much "junk" food to choose from.

I find this hard as well. I work 3-11:30pm on a med/surg floor. I find if i have something to eat around 9pm Im ok. But sometimes I get home at 12:30 and im starving!! I try to just have a bowl of special K. I mean I am on my feet for at least 6hours running around so I should be allowed to fuel that activity level. Also on my days off I drop my calories as I only exercise on the treadmill.. so I kinda of compensate for those extra calories on my days on.

Nurses have the worst eating habits!

Hey guys, lovely to see lots of fellow RN's out there. I'm an RN in merry ol' England, and when i started my training nearly 12 years ago i was slim, but now i'm not!!! Whilst i'm certainly not going to be applying to appear on the biggest loser any time soon, i definately weight more than i should. I spent 3 years after qualifying on various wards, so plenty of walking to do, but i've spent the last 6 years working as a specialist nurse in contraception and sexual health, so LOTS of sitting and talking to people, oh and eating crap as well!
With lots of weddings and special events to go to, and the love of an amazing, supportive guy, which has been so important, i finally feel motivated to do something about it. 3lb down 25lb to go.
Good luck to eveyone else
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I'm a school nurse. There are tons of sugary, sweet snacks in our faculty lounge. UGH!!! I try to stay out of there! I heat up my own prepacked meals and eat at my desk and then walk/run during lunch.

Hello all,

I am a phlebotomist and quit my job about a year ago to go back to get my nursing degree. While being on the floor in the hospital, I began to drop a few pounds here and there, but the 12 hour night shifts became snack time shifts. However, now that I am in school, the stress, the late night studying and constant snacking has brought my weight to a place I don't want to be. When I achieve my goal as being an RN, I want to be as healthy as possible.

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