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[soupshark]

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Any tips for getting and staying in the gym? That’s my current struggle

Give it some time and once you start to see the progress it's hard to stop. I love being buff lol and being able to carry my 180 lb partner around no problem, so that's my motivation. Yours might be different which is ok, this is just my experience

I found creating a routine to help too because I knew I was always going to be at the gym these days at these times, so it just became a normal part of my week. It's harder to make excuses that way too. This might help most in the early stages

 

[soupshark]

One of the hardest parts of vet school for me was losing a ton of muscle. I'm still very muscular but I notice the difference, so I can't wait to be out of school and actually able to work out more consistently again. I just don't have 10 hours a week like I did in undergrad to spend at the gym or the mental energy to plan and prep meals so I hit my 120g of protein per day goal. I still lift and do cardio it's just a lot less than before so it was inevitable to have some atrophy.

 

[WildZoo]

Any tips for getting and staying in the gym? That’s my current struggle

I think the biggest thing for me was trying various things until I found something I actually I enjoy. Then it's less of a struggle to get yourself to do it.

I don't really enjoy standard lifting and such, unfortunately I find it incredibly boring. Walking is good, hate running. Before I found aerial, I always had the most fun doing group class/dance type stuff.

So that's my advice - don't feel like you have to do the standard gym thing if you don't enjoy it. There's lots of ways to be active, sometimes it takes some trial and error to find what brings you joy.

 

[Trilt]

Do fun **** and it's much easier. I do aerials, also (though less recently) and medieval armored combat lol. Spent like nine hours wrestling and hitting people with an axe yesterday and couldn't be happier.

 

[battie]

Just submitted my resignation to the best job I've ever had that corporate had gone on to destroy in less than a year. I'm devastated and don't know how I'm going to tell the staff or if I'm just going to disappear into the abyss.

 

[MixedAnimals77]

4 years in and I had to call my dad tonight to tell him not to give my number to random ppl re:vet stuff. Didn't think I'd have to do that.
Also dog is 2+hrs away and already been to er/urgent yesterday so not really sure what they were expecting/ wanting me to do 🤷‍♀️

 

[soupshark]

Just submitted my resignation to the best job I've ever had that corporate had gone on to destroy in less than a year. I'm devastated and don't know how I'm going to tell the staff or if I'm just going to disappear into the abyss.

That really sucks. I'm so sorry 🙁🫂

 

[CeeGee14]

@katiemcat
I found out what T3-L3 dachshund means today during a CBL

 

[katiemcat]

@katiemcat
I found out what T3-L3 dachshund means today during a CBL

I’m so proud

 

[overcastkidjuno]

I've had my licence for six years and I just learned today that airbags are quite unsafe for short women (I'm 155cm). I only realised this because I was driving and thought wait, if the airbag went off it would hit me directly in the neck... after some Googling WTF?? What do you mean they *don't make car crash dummies to represent female bodies*. I have no choice but to sit right up against the wheel or else I can't reach the pedals. I'm genuinely feeling pretty nervous to drive again until I get a set of pedal extenders, knowing an otherwise survivable crash could turn deadly just because of my height.

 

[indysadventures]

One of the hardest parts of vet school for me was losing a ton of muscle. I'm still very muscular but I notice the difference, so I can't wait to be out of school and actually able to work out more consistently again. I just don't have 10 hours a week like I did in undergrad to spend at the gym or the mental energy to plan and prep meals so I hit my 120g of protein per day goal. I still lift and do cardio it's just a lot less than before so it was inevitable to have some atrophy.

THIS. I play soccer at least twice a week but my lifting has suffered. I’ve burned through muscle because of this and I feel like a weakling.

 

[indysadventures]

Just submitted my resignation to the best job I've ever had that corporate had gone on to destroy in less than a year. I'm devastated and don't know how I'm going to tell the staff or if I'm just going to disappear into the abyss.

I’m so sorry 🥺

 

[lattelover15]

Feeling really down/depressed.

I have three work friends that I hang out with outside of work with sometimes.

My oldest work friend is Lynn. Lynn and I have never been BFFs but with that said we’ve been friendly for almost 2 years now. We even took an international week long trip last summer that we both had a great time on. We, together with my second work friend who quickly became her BFF, took a local weekend trip outside of town in November and we all had a great time.

Over the past couple months I felt her draw away a little but I kind of brushed it off. I am very sensitive so I notice small changes in behavior very well but I also sometimes over analyze things. So when she stopped replying to my texts even less than normal and didn’t seem to wanna hang out outside of work, I told myself it didn’t mean anything.

Last week she wasn’t at work and I texted her a couple of times. No reply. Idk what caused me to look on her instagram, but when I looked, she wasn’t following me anymore.

I texted her and asked if we were okay. She replied saying she no longer wanted any kind of relationship with me outside of work. She said we have different values and are at very different places in our lives.

I feel a little blindsided by this. And obviously very sad. I don’t know what changed between us.

Now I back at work with her again. We share the exact same schedule. Her and her BFF are not being rude but they’re noticeably more distant from me.

It is such a difference walking into work when you know you have people who like you compared to people who actively want nothing to do with you. I wish I could quit. I can’t wait to leave for school.

I’ve always had a hard time making and keeping friends. I have always wondered what’s wrong with me. It feels like I release this chemical that keeps people away from me.

I really hope I make friends in vet school that last. I’m so lonely 🙁

 

[MixedAnimals77]

Saw a FB ad for a local bank job. Opened to see the pay rate. Sadly closed the ad and continued to contemplate life. Its been one of those days.

 

[battie]

Saw a FB ad for a local bank job. Opened to see the pay rate. Sadly closed the ad and continued to contemplate life. Its been one of those days.

Debating being a Barnes and Noble manager

 

[_rae_]

Debating being a Barnes and Noble manager

My local yarn store was hiring recently. Thought about applying there instead of doing any vet med work in my last little bit of school.

 

[SkiOtter]

I’ve contemplated a Costco baker many, many times. But I wouldn’t do well with the baker hours 🫠

 

[_rae_]

I’ve contemplated a Costco baker many, many times. But I wouldn’t do well with the baker hours 🫠

I was a cake decorator many moons ago and was looking for a grocery store job while I was contemplating quitting my previous tech job. They just didn't pay enough.

 

[indysadventures]

Debating being a Barnes and Noble manager

Sadly Barnes and Noble is not the fun it’s cracked up to be. It is the one retail job I quit within 3 months it was so bad.

 

[battie]

Sadly Barnes and Noble is not the fun it’s cracked up to be. It is the one retail job I quit within 3 months it was so bad.

Good thing none of the B&Ns near me are hiring

 

[_rae_]

Sadly Barnes and Noble is not the fun it’s cracked up to be. It is the one retail job I quit within 3 months it was so bad.

I worked for a B&N owned college bookstore. My store manager would leave us in the middle of a shift to sell his backyard bred goldendoodle puppies

 

[thenontraveler]

Drive thru coffee stands also are not great.... Once worked at one that I got more tips at simply because everyone hated the owner (she was terrible..... She once told me about how she had a uterus prolapse when giving birth to her son. And she was talking about it with the people in the drive thru....... In graphic detail) I worked my 6 months I needed to get the experience to apply to a different place. It is the only job I no called no showed my last day of work because it was so bad.

 

[SkiOtter]

I was a cake decorator many moons ago and was looking for a grocery store job while I was contemplating quitting my previous tech job. They just didn't pay enough.

Yeahhh I know the pay def isn’t great 😅 but my brain still says it’d be a better option some days

 

[mkg323]

Kidneys are little bitches. That is all.

 

[katiemcat]

Okay I’m gonna say it.

Necropsy is nasty. Being sprayed with warm horse blood while hacking off its leg was an experience I could have done without.

 

[PrincessButterCup]

Okay I’m gonna say it.

Necropsy is nasty. Being sprayed with warm horse blood while hacking off its leg was an experience I could have done without.

I'd take blood over gi contents, but either way it's straight into the locker room shower with a very fragrant shampoo afterwards

 

[thenontraveler]

I'd take blood over gi contents, but either way it's straight into the locker room shower with a very fragrant shampoo afterwards

*Standing in the middle of the anatomy room with scalpel* "what do you mean not everyone likes this??"

 

[battie]

*Standing in the middle of the anatomy room with scalpel* "what do you mean not everyone likes this??"

**Me at 2 am on an overnight standing over a thawing body that was euthanized for ADR and you just gotta know**

"What do you mean people don't just do impromptu necropsies if they happen to have time?"

 

[katiemcat]

I'd take blood over gi contents, but either way it's straight into the locker room shower with a very fragrant shampoo afterwards

Bro the horse GI tract💀

 

[katiemcat]

*Standing in the middle of the anatomy room with scalpel* "what do you mean not everyone likes this??"

*laughs in IM goals*

I didn’t like anatomy lab either but it’s somehow more off putting to me when warm blood is spraying and drenching me. I think I scrubbed myself in the shower for 30 minutes while my husband tried to entertain the baby. Then I found HORSE FLESH stuck to my shoes that weren’t even in the necropsy room??!

Last day today thank Jesus

 

[katiemcat]

**Me at 2 am on an overnight standing over a thawing body that was euthanized for ADR and you just gotta know**

"What do you mean people don't just do impromptu necropsies if they happen to have time?"

Mad respect.

Cat and dog aren’t terrible. The horses and FREAKING BONGO we got were. Like I could climb in these creatures abdomen.

 

[supershorty]

I can't believe you're already back on clinics, I feel like it was yesterday that you posted about having your son

 

[katiemcat]

I can't believe you're already back on clinics, I feel like it was yesterday that you posted about having your son

He’s 5 weeks old today.

It was really hard to go from spending every day with him back to clinics. Also pumping at school is a lot. But my sister is his nanny and he loves her so much! Two more rotations left and I have my DVM

Non identifying baby tax

 

[supershorty]

He’s 5 weeks old today.

NO WAY

 

[JaynaAli]

I took necropsy rotation a second time for fun.

Guess it tracks that I am a pathologist now, even if I did not want to be the anatomic flavor of pathologist doing necropsies on the regular.