Weight Control

Quiz: Portion Distortion

Think you could answer what the calorie differences are between food served 20 years ago and food today? Find out the shocking difference!

Would I rather diet or exercise?

Eat the Snickers, run the extra mile. Run the extra mile, you get to eat the Snickers. Don’t run, don’t eat the snickers. Eat the snickers and don’t run. Run but don’t eat the Snickers. There are WAY too many choices when it comes to tasty treats and working in an environment where temptation lurks around every corner of the nurse’s station.

The danger of the nurse potluck…

Top three tips on not taking one too many bites on those fabulous potluck days!

Eating plans for overweight shift nurses

Unfortunately, as you nourish your patients, you might actually overnourish yourself, consuming too many calories and packing on pounds. Here’s how to outsmart the nurse-specific challenges that stand between you and your thinner self.

Why nurses “eat their stress”

Let’s face facts: More than half of all nurses are fat. Obese even. There may be a medical reason why your workday sends you to the fridge.

5 nurse traits that can help you lose weight

I think nurses (of all people) already posses the qualities needed to improve their health and wellness.

Nursing that so-called diet of yours

The thing I love about being a nurse is our can-do problem solving attitude. But I wonder why we nurses can’t find that same kind of attitude when it comes to improving our own health?

Shoveling your way to a healthier you

In all seriousness…what did we do before snow blowers and plowing service??

Healthy hibernation tips

Here are four activities you can do from the comfort of your own home to burn off those extra calories during the ‘cold’ season!

5 tips to beat the holiday eating binge

Putting on those holiday extra pounds is not something anyone wants or plans for, but it sure is something we all wish would go away!

There is no I in weight loss

So how do you/we keep ourselves motivated? Not only at home, but at work? How the heck do we nurses practice what we preach about health? It’s called recruitment.

Weight loss isn’t about the weight

Losing weight is not about the pounds, or the weight, or the fat, etc. Losing weight is about finding your happiness.

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One big exercise myth – debunked

Ever get ‘sore’ days after you’ve exercised? If you’ve stopped working out to rest those muscles, you’re making a mistake.

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