I just have to ask: how do nurses handle staying in shape? I am so exhausted the days I work that working out seems completely out of the question. Then it takes me a day after my shifts before I get any energy back. So that leaves 2 days per week for workouts…that isn’t cutting it. Is there some recipe to staying healthy that I am overlooking? Do you guys force yourselves to work out on workdays? Does it produce surprising energy? It seems impossible.
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I’d think your work itself would keep you in shape — seems like a very physical job from the way you describe it. I’d just think you’d add half an hour of yoga after a rough shift to keep from injuring yourself. But that’s just the perception of an outsider with a *very* sedentary job.
Another idea: Could you ride your bike to work (assuming you’re at In Town Hospital)? That way, you don’t have to set aside special workout time — it’s just ten minutes at the beginning and ending of each workday.
HA we don’t!
I don’t know how but over the last 2 and a half years I’ve put on enough weight to go up a dress size!
Good question. I generally don’t exercise after a 12, but I do try to walk on my days off.
I’m with Notorious above (#2) I commute by bicycle. It works, I’m at lest not gaining weight…but not losing it either.