Is anyone else out there getting FAT?

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I know that I have gained a good 30 pounds since I started this pharmacy thing and I know that this is due to stress. I'm just curious if anyone else out there is going through this or if it's just me.

This summer, a complete summer off from school, mark my word, I will lose some weight and get to feeling more like the old Chris.

Chris
 
freshbeatschris said:
I know that I have gained a good 30 pounds since I started this pharmacy thing and I know that this is due to stress. I'm just curious if anyone else out there is going through this or if it's just me.

This summer, a complete summer off from school, mark my word, I will lose some weight and get to feeling more like the old Chris.

Chris
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yup same here too except for summer school 🙁
 
freshbeatschris said:
I know that I have gained a good 30 pounds since I started this pharmacy thing and I know that this is due to stress. I'm just curious if anyone else out there is going through this or if it's just me.

This summer, a complete summer off from school, mark my word, I will lose some weight and get to feeling more like the old Chris.

Chris
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You are so funny! I feel the same way! I am always sitting down and studying...the only thing that makes me look forward to those long hours is well you know...chips, soda, candy cookies, mocha latte etc. On top of that I hardly go to the gym anymore. What's worse is that my husband is a gymaholic and always eats so good. He is cut up and looking great (the way I used to be before I really started this studying hard thing.) I am on Spring Break now and actually just got back from the gym. I feel much better and I need to start working out again and running because I still want those yummy comforts while I study!

When they talk about the Freshman 15, I often wonder how that is extrapolated into how much you gain while obtaining the PharmD degree! :laugh:
 
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Girl!!
I told you I didn't want his real picture up! Thanks a lot! Especially when he is wearing his purple banana sack!
 
Back to the topic, thank God. Those pictures were gross. I hate bulging muscles.

Anyway, I guess I've gained about 60 pounds since starting pharmacy school. School really cut into my time. Time to make good meals was cut out, exercise time was cut out and finally sleep was cut out. On weekends, I slept to catch up on the lack of sleep during the week.

My poor mountain bike is dusty. I want to start riding again since I'm on rotations, but the excess weight led to some knee damage about a month ago. I have to sit with my leg elevated with ice packs. It's starting to feel better, so I expect to get on my bike in about 2 more weeks.
 
I've actually lost about 25 pounds since I started the whole pharmacy journey a a year and a half ago, but that started when I left graduate school (the first 10 pounds or so were due to stress). I still could lose another 25-30 pounds.

While I'm super-excited to be starting school again, I'm dreading the battle to keep the weight I've lost off. When I'm studying and working hard in school it's really tough to find time and motivation to make healthy foods and exercise. There's a McDonald's directly across from the pharmacy building at ISU. It's going to be hard to resist the $1 double cheeseburgers when I'm tired and don't want to cook. I wish it was a Wendy's. They at least have healthier choices, although they can be expensive. (This is all cross-your-fingers-and-knock-on-wood, of course. God, I can't stand this wait!)
 
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Not getting fat, already fat. Ive just still having trouble getting off the last 15 pounds that I gained from some medication I was taking. I am NOT a stress eater, so actually being busy and crazy has helped me (the wedding dress was a good motivator too). Im actually expecting to lose weight once this semester is over and I have some time to exercise.
 
Not sure how much I gained (maybe 10lbs). The time in the car for me also reduces any time I have to exercise. We actually bought an elliptical and now I get up before 6 so I can get 1/2 hour in on it before school (and I pack my lunch the night before since that would take some of my morning time too). Only one more year and once I graduate I may just get a personal trainer to get me in shape.
 
Yeah I want to get married a year from this summer and I told my boyfriend "it ain't happenin' unless I lose some weight!". I refuse to wear a sleeveless wedding gown in this condition! hahahaha
I have definitely gained weight since I was in undergrad! I feel like all I do anymore is work and before that it was just work and school. When I finally get home the last thing I want to do is go to the gym! I just try to stay in the Zone (30/30/40 meals) and not eat too much because the reality is that I won't work out more than 3 times a week max!
 
OK. For the first time in my life I am starting to get fat...j
I haven't started school yet, but I quit my job last summer, and being a stay home mom and taking a couple of classes may have something to do with it.
Also is really hard to find good tasting produce here in Florida, so naturally my diet has less fruit and raw salads than it had in California,( I moved back to Fl last summer also). And let's face it, I am in my late 30s now.

I hope when I start school the stress does not make this snowball into full ever expanding orange peel ass, because I don't like the flab, and I will be going to the beach often! 😱
 
Moxxie said:
I've actually lost about 25 pounds since I started the whole pharmacy journey a a year and a half ago, but that started when I left graduate school (the first 10 pounds or so were due to stress). I still could lose another 25-30 pounds.

While I'm super-excited to be starting school again, I'm dreading the battle to keep the weight I've lost off. When I'm studying and working hard in school it's really tough to find time and motivation to make healthy foods and exercise. There's a McDonald's directly across from the pharmacy building at ISU. It's going to be hard to resist the $1 double cheeseburgers when I'm tired and don't want to cook. I wish it was a Wendy's. They at least have healthier choices, although they can be expensive. (This is all cross-your-fingers-and-knock-on-wood, of course. God, I can't stand this wait!)
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Moxie hang in there! Who else are you waiting for?
 
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Moxie hang in there! Who else are you waiting for?
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I put all my eggs in one basket this year - Idaho State. They said that they would be sending out letters the first week of April. So I only have to wait another two weeks. I never thought of myself as impatient, but I'm beginning to reconsider...
 
off2skl said:
Not sure how much I gained (maybe 10lbs). The time in the car for me also reduces any time I have to exercise. We actually bought an elliptical and now I get up before 6 so I can get 1/2 hour in on it before school (and I pack my lunch the night before since that would take some of my morning time too). Only one more year and once I graduate I may just get a personal trainer to get me in shape.
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What kind of elliptical trainer did you get? I really would love something like this at home so I could do my cardio at home and just go to the gym for a quick weight lifting workout a couple times a week. The Precor series they have at the gym is great, but so expensive. 😡
 
Smilescali said:
What kind of elliptical trainer did you get? I really would love something like this at home so I could do my cardio at home and just go to the gym for a quick weight lifting workout a couple times a week. The Precor series they have at the gym is great, but so expensive. 😡
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Yes, the precor ones at the gym go for like 4000+ 😱 which is a shame b/c I would love that machine to death.
 
my entire pharmacy school class has averaged a gain of about 20lbs since we started (this includes people who lost weight so you can imagine how much some of us gained)
 
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's gained weight (about 25 lbs, but I started school already about 15 over). I feel really unhealthy physically. Basically everything hurts. I know it's stress-related.
 
off2skl said:
We actually bought an elliptical and now I get up before 6 so I can get 1/2 hour in on it before school
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That must be nice. I get up at 5am to get ready for school with no time to exercise. The fitness center in my community opens at 5am, but that's too late. When I get home, I'm too tired to work out. My current rotation is an 80 mile each way commute. I'm so sick of not having time to do anything.
 
My first and second years I had dropped about 20 pounds from what I weighed in undergrad...honestly a little bit skeleton like. But when third year came around I gained 30 pounds....so if you do the math - I need to lose about 10 pounds. I don't quite know what this means...I think it means that I was so stressed the first couple of years that I didn't have time (or money) to eat. Third year was cake....and it seems like I ate some of that cake too!
 
I leave you guys alone for a few days and look what I come back to! Some of those images are going to give me nightmares tonight! 😱

I really, really needed that laugh, though. Thanks for the awesome calculus break.

CrispybutterknucklesChris
 
freshbeatschris said:
I know that I have gained a good 30 pounds since I started this pharmacy thing and I know that this is due to stress. I'm just curious if anyone else out there is going through this or if it's just me.

This summer, a complete summer off from school, mark my word, I will lose some weight and get to feeling more like the old Chris.

Chris
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not me, i only lose weight when im in school. so right now with no school, i gained 15 lbs thus far...im trying to gain 20 more lbs, kinda like putting on a winter coat so when im in school i dont have to eat...only study...
 
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I also am bloated with water weight during school. The stress level is so high, that I don't have periods. Everything gets back to normal once the semester is over.
 
I might be the odd here because over the last 1 and 3/4 semester, my weight has been pretty much stable +/- 5 lbs. When I get so stress out, I lose weight; when I am hungky dorie, I gain weight. The stress level is definitely high, and I also try to manage time to visit my school gym to work out 2-3 times a week. My only motivation to work out is just to use my membership as many times as possible... ($110/semester 🙂 )

If you do elliptical or running or any cardio, it might also help to do weight training because it will help you burn more calories and keep you in shape.
 
dgroulx said:
I also am bloated with water weight during school. The stress level is so high, that I don't have periods. Everything gets back to normal once the semester is over.
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Dana you always manage to give TMI...but funny nonetheless!
 
stickandstone said:
not me, i only lose weight when im in school. so right now with no school, i gained 15 lbs thus far...im trying to gain 20 more lbs, kinda like putting on a winter coat so when im in school i dont have to eat...only study...
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isnt that something like what camels do?
 
I gained weight as well. It got worse this semester because I have mandatory night class 2x/week and it is around 9pm when I get home. When I study at night, I have to be on sweet stuff, else I feel tired and can't do anything. Hopefully it will return back to normal...once I graduate.
 
I have gained about 25 pounds since I started pharmacy school. Hope I can lose it all in the summer.
 
Ugh, yes! I lost a lot at the very beginning do to non-school circumstances, but I have gained it alllll back and then some.
 
Smilescali said:
What kind of elliptical trainer did you get? I really would love something like this at home so I could do my cardio at home and just go to the gym for a quick weight lifting workout a couple times a week. The Precor series they have at the gym is great, but so expensive. 😡
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Nordictrack C938 It was $600. Not the sturdiest but not bad for the money and it gets the job done.

http://www.nordictrack.com/cgi-bin/...splay?cgmenbr=153&cgrfnbr=46527&rootcat=46525
 
dgroulx said:
I also am bloated with water weight during school. The stress level is so high, that I don't have periods. Everything gets back to normal once the semester is over.
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Sounds like an extreme stressful situation. Now I am worried.
What stresses you the most? 😱
 
usi said:
Sounds like an extreme stressful situation. Now I am worried.
What stresses you the most? 😱
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At the St Pete campus they like to keep you a nervous wreck. I've lost professionalism points, my performances suck because I have ADD and can't keep still. If you try to force me to keep still, I'll freeze up or stutter. In order to handle the intensity and workload, I need to be myself. If I were to be myself, I wouldn't be "professional". So, everytime I did something, I thought that I was going to lose points or not pass a class. I've had anxiety attacks because of this. Other campuses are more relaxed. You might be okay there. It just wasn't the right place for me. I'm fine now that I'm on rotations.
 
dgroulx said:
At the St Pete campus they like to keep you a nervous wreck. I've lost professionalism points, my performances suck because I have ADD and can't keep still. If you try to force me to keep still, I'll freeze up or stutter. In order to handle the intensity and workload, I need to be myself. If I were to be myself, I wouldn't be "professional". So, everytime I did something, I thought that I was going to lose points or not pass a class. I've had anxiety attacks because of this. Other campuses are more relaxed. You might be okay there. It just wasn't the right place for me. I'm fine now that I'm on rotations.
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For whaterver is worth I prefer my healthcare providers relaxed and human, not stiff and unnatural. So you will make a great pharmacist by being yourself.
How else can you feel confortable as a patient, when you have to give TMI to help them help you.
Sounds like they take themselves too seriously. Insecurities??
 
pretty ironic that i'm gorging myself with food as i read this...

from the looks of things, i guess if i want to lose weight, i'll just have to eat like a rabbit from now on.
 
I see your angelfood with strawberries and I raise you a dark chocolate fudge cake...

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I gained 15 pounds and hopefully it stops there... The stress and continous studying makes me hungry all time 😡
 
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bdl1411 said:
Maybe I don't want to get in pharmacy school..... 😱
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I'll chime in here and say that I've lost about 10 lbs since starting pharmacy school. I find that balance in my life makes me happy. Focusing on school 100% isn't for me. I run/work out more now than I have in years. Family, health, exercise, friends, girls, all have their place. You just have to decide what's important to you and spend your time where you feel it is appropriate.
 
I'm freakishly thin so I would love to gain weight, maybe like 20 lbs would be perfect!!!

I've never weighed more than 92 lbs (and I'm average height)... so if you ever met me, I would be the skinniest person you've ever met. I call them "anti-obesity genes" but the point is.... it really sucks to be me.

It's hard for me to lose weight, hard for me to gain weight. I think my biggest problem is that I don't have any willpower and have never succeeded in gaining weight. I will try again this summer. Right now, school food sucks!!! Maybe if I start cooking, I will eat more, who knows? I have a great website to an online diet journal though: www.fitday.com
 
thaliagoo said:
I'm freakishly thin so I would love to gain weight, maybe like 20 lbs would be perfect!!!

I've never weighed more than 92 lbs (and I'm average height)... so if you ever met me, I would be the skinniest person you've ever met. I call them "anti-obesity genes" but the point is.... it really sucks to be me.

It's hard for me to lose weight, hard for me to gain weight. I think my biggest problem is that I don't have any willpower and have never succeeded in gaining weight. I will try again this summer. Right now, school food sucks!!! Maybe if I start cooking, I will eat more, who knows? I have a great website to an online diet journal though: www.fitday.com
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Hi! I had the same problem until this year. I had to gain weight when I was pregnant, and I succeeded by eating a banana with wipped cream (freshly made none of that rediwip) right before bed.
Try eating dessert before bed...see if it works for you also.
Aerobics will also increase your appetite, and weight training will increase your muscle mass. These are good for you so make the time...
 
thaliagoo said:
I'm freakishly thin so I would love to gain weight, maybe like 20 lbs would be perfect!!!

I've never weighed more than 92 lbs (and I'm average height)... so if you ever met me, I would be the skinniest person you've ever met. I call them "anti-obesity genes" but the point is.... it really sucks to be me.

It's hard for me to lose weight, hard for me to gain weight. I think my biggest problem is that I don't have any willpower and have never succeeded in gaining weight. I will try again this summer. Right now, school food sucks!!! Maybe if I start cooking, I will eat more, who knows? I have a great website to an online diet journal though: www.fitday.com
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HMMMMM, if we could find a doctor who could do a fat transplant, I could hook you up.
 
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