Weight Loss Support - Support from fellow grad school dieters/lifestyle changers?

Hello everyone,

I was curious as to whether there was a thread on here for those who are in grad school and hopefully those who also have jobs and families. :D

Hey! :welcome2:

We have plenty of students and plenty of working folks on the forums. If you'd like to start a thread for grad students like yourself, post one in Miscellaneous Clubs:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=59

Probably some others will reply here, too!

Jay

I fit that definition til yesterday, when I officially attended my last class of grad school :p I think in the 20-Somethings there are a bunch of students too as well as students with families. So you'll probably find some like minds in that forum as well, if no one else pops up here. :)

I am going to be starting grad school in the Fall, so I guess I count? I know grad school will bring it's own kind of special stress to my healthy lifestyle change, let's hope it doesn't derail me!

I'm in grad school now --so I understand the need for support! :)

I am too, with a very young child. But just for another two weeks and then I'll graduate too. (YAY!!!!) It's been tough going, especially with fulltime work. All I can say is plan, plan, plan. The weeks where I haven't been able to get organized on the weekends have been a disaster. :)

Hey guys, this is kind of off topic, but I really wonder: I've heard that grad school is a lot harder than getting your bachelor's...is that true? I'm scared!!!

Well a graduate degree is more advanced than a bachelors degree, kind of like college is more advanced than high school. It really depends on the program, though. My friend Stephanie got her master's degree in education in one year, and the coursework was not that difficult. On the other hand, my master's degree in biobehavioral psychology/neuroscience will take about three years full time, during which I will have to take an intensive course load, perform and publish research, do a thesis and defend it in front of a panel of researchers at my university. Ditto for the Ph.D. dissertation. Right now graduate school is kicking my ***, but whether or not that's the case for you depends on what kind of degree you want, want kind of program you join, and what school you attend.

I don't think it will be as hard as everyone thinks. It's a masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State U. It's an all online program, so that should be interesting! Boy your program sounds GREWLING! Good luck!

First year grad student here. Sometimes it's hard to maintain a healthy diet because so many of the people around me don't eat well. Additionally, living on a meager stipend makes shopping healthy difficult.

I am a grad student, just five credits left to go. I'm not sure
if anyone here is a 'back to school' grad student. I have
two children out of the house, one leaving for college this
fall, so I went back to get another degree and also starting
back to work, after 22 years!!!
This is my first post.
k :)

Another grad student here!

I'm finishing my masters in 2 weeks (yay!) and then going into a Ph.D. program in the fall. Now THAT will keep me busy... hoping I can finish losing weight and maintain successfully during these next 5 (or 6 or 7) years until I'm done.

No family here... just a husband, although it's been hard enough convincing him that it will be fun to follow me to a strange city where I'll work 12-14 hours a day and some weekends. :P

frogponder, :wel3fc: :wave:

Jay

I too am a grad student, full time job, 2 grown children, age 58. Sometimes I feel like the oldest student on campus, but today I read an article in the newspaper about a 75 year old woman getting her third degree from my university. :carrot:

Sometimes I feel like the oldest student on campus, but today I read an article in the newspaper about a 75 year old woman getting her third degree from my university. :carrot:

It's easy to feel that way, at least at my campus, when you are surrounded by 19 year olds that talk about when they are turning 20! I feel old, too. But it will be totally worth it. That's cool about the 75 y/o woman. I bet she has a sharp mind to still be in school after all those years.

im starting to study again....
not going back to college to do it....
but doing it from home....

:)

So I started to count my calories and planned to start a scheduled work out after finals...this I figured would make trying to keep on track because it was just counting calories....boy was I wrong. I stopped counting calories about 3 days ago and have found it increasingly difficult to start again while studying for finals. You know doing things like eating chips and guacamole while watching FitTV.

*Sigh*

I must make myself accountable again, it's just that while I'm studying, I'm doing whatever I can to concentrate (incl. eating) and keep staring at my textbook.

Any similar stories?

I am not quite in grad school yet (in the fall), but I am finishing up my bachelors right now...it's the end of the semester for me, too and I am going nuts. To work in some exercise AND my studies, I am having to get up at 5:30am, not fun. Lucky for me, my hubby is doing most of the cooking right now, so it takes some of the pressure off me. Some days, all I want to do is eat. On those days, I eat every hour or two, but low calorie things like a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese, a clementine, a couple of slices of turkey breast, some almonds etc. That seems to satisfy my eating urge. Someone in another post gave a recipe for kale chips that I want to try since my downfall is chips. Good luck on finals and come post here when you feel like munching, take a 5 minute break to come get inspired by all the posts!