*We've all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but do we actually feel any different if we don't eat it? I mean, I never used to get hungry in the mornings, so it wasn't a big deal if I didn't eat breakfast. After being in rigorous courses here at Iowa State, I've realized how important it is for me personally to eat a good breakfast. I've noticed that if I don't eat breakfast I'm obviously more hungry, but I'm also more tired, which causes me to lose focus. I nod off in all my morning classes and all I can think about is food.
The morning of tests days is when breakfast is especially important for me. It's much easier for me to focus on my exams if I have eaten a good breakfast. In the end, I usually do better than I would have if I didn't eat breakfast.
I know how all college students, especially girls, are concerned with being healthy and not gaining weight. Well, turns out, if you eat breakfast you will actually burn more calories throughout the day. It gives your metabolism a jump start, and you start burning calories first thing in the morning!
So overall, you should make time for breakfast. Even something little is better than nothing. Give your body the nutrition is needs and deserves!
Living in the dorms for almost three months, I've picked up on a couple of "college student" habits. I've realized that if you buy an entire bag of chips, you're going to eat a lot more than usual in one sitting. My reasoning for doing this is that it's MY bag of chips. It's not my families, I don't have my mom there, nagging at me telling me I'm going to get fat by eating these chips. It's a relief and it makes me want to eat the entire bag. Chips don't last very long around my dorm. One I would suggest to make them last is not bring the entire bag of chips to where ever you're sitting. If you just take a small portion out and put them on a plate, then you most likely won't eat as much....if you don't keep going back to the bag. Also, try to eat fruits instead. I know that chips last longer, but you can get apple sauce or canned fruit that lasts just as long!
On the opposite side, I also don't buy very much junk food. I don't have very much money, and when I do get money the last thing I want to do is go buy food. If my parents come up to buy me food, then of course I will get it. At my house in Norwalk, we were always stocked with food and all sorts of junk food. It was always available. There was a certain cupboard that my friends would actually go to as soon as they walked into my house because there was always sweets in it. This is much different than how I live now. I cherish sweets and chips when I go home, because it's like a treat.
Overall, chips and sweets could possibly be your "freshman 15." If you actually pay attention to what you're eating, and try using healthy substitutes, you won't fall into the trap.
Today my dad came from my hometown of Norwalk to have lunch with me and buy me groceries. I never really realized how nice it is to go somewhere beyond ISU dinning to eat! My dad really enjoys seafood, although I don't, so we went to Red Lobster. I have never gotten anything that I liked there, but today we made it just in time for lunch. There was a chicken sandwhich on the lunch menu! Finally, something I might like.
