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New to the group
HI all, My name is Marti and I am a busy night nurse. I work Cardiac and ICU. Presently we are working four or five 12+ hour shifts a week. I have slowly put on 75 pounds over the last 15 years and it is past time to take it off! I am struggling to fit in both nutrition prep as well as cardio exercise...looking forward to…
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Help with getting started while working the night shift
I am a Cardiology/ICU nurse. I have worked nights for 4 years now. Night shift work is certainly what makes my life difficult. It puts a damper on my exercise plan as well as my eating. Generally I work 3 or 4 nights a week, 13-14 hours at a time from 6:30pm to 7:30am (or 8 or 9 depending on patient load, acuity, etc..) We…
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Getting Started -
My name is Marti. I am an ICU nurse. I deal with obesity and diabetes and all sorts of health problems every day and somehow I have let my life and my busy schedule derail my own health. I'm trying to take it back on step at a time. For the record, I am BUSY. I am ACTIVE. We are tent campers. We hike. We love to walk. We…
