Good Food for a Good Body

If you are like me you love chocolate, and pizza, and pasta, and everything that is terrible for you but is just so delicious. Although those foods are delicious, if you eat them all the time YOU won't be delicious.

Keeping the freshman 15 off is hard and working out is a big part in helping that, but your diet is a HUGE part of that as well.

Having a healthy diet is probably one of the hardest things. Ever. But there are ways to get around it and still eat all the foods you love.

1. Eat smaller portions. The portions in America are GIANT. If we put smaller portions on our plates, we will be less tempted to eat more than we need to. Less is more!

2. Surround yourself with healthy foods. If you only have healthy foods around you, you don't have to worry about eating six Reese's bars cause they aren't there! If you want some good ideas for healthy snacks that won't break your bank, try this website - http://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/brain-food-20-healthy-affordable-study-snacks

3. Try to limit the amount of sugars you eat. Sadly, that means chocolate... but we can get healthy, natural sugars from fruits. Eating candy and drinking soda is only wasting calories and creating more harmful effects on your body in the long run.

4. Eat at a slower pace. Slow and steady wins the race, right? The slower we eat, the more we will notice when we get full rather than eating all you can to the point where you get a food baby.

5. Eat LOTS of fruits and vegetables. These are the best snacks! And even if you have to drench them in ranch to make them remotely edible, that is better than you stuffing your face with Swedish Fish.

Having a healthy diet isn't kicking your favorite unhealthy foods to the curb, it just means eating less of them in smaller amounts and more healthy options.

You can still have indulge in Hershey's Kisses, just have like 3 instead of 10 (something I have a problem with). Drink more water than soda. And know that if you don't eat the best one day, it won't make you gain 10 pounds just like eating good one day won't make you lose 10 pounds. Persistence and dedication is essential!

How to Make Working Out Less Terrible

You’re sweating. You’re tired. You want to quit. No, I am not talking about college. I am talking about working out. Working out is a GREAT way to avoid the infamous “freshman 15” and to ease your mind when college gets overwhelming. Here are my helpful tips to get through those gruesome workouts.

1.     Working out isn’t always fun, but if you have a work out buddy it can be somewhat bearable. They will also give you the motivation to keep going.

2.     Use the free facilities on campus! They are FREE! I know, it seems daunting to have everyone in the gym seeing you all sweaty and gross, but trust me they don’t care.

3.     Find a workout that fits you. If you can’t run for 10 minutes straight (like me), don’t put yourself through that! Find a exercise that you can do! It also helps if you do your workouts in intervals.

4.     Change up your workout every now and then. If you have done 15 minutes on the elliptical the past 4 days, try the bike! You will get less bored if you change it up.

5.     Get in a groove. Find a time that works for you everyday and workout then. My time is 8:30-9:30 at night, but that is just me. You will be more likely to stick to it if you have a schedule.

6.     And finally, give yourself a break every now and then so you don’t get burnt out. For me, I take Saturday and Sunday off to relax and do homework. You need at least one day a week to be able to just lay in bed and watch Netflix.

These tips will help you to maybe love working out. But, if you are like me, it is always something that is somewhat of a chore. But when the homework and papers get to be too much, it is a great stress reliever. Working out has LOTS of benefits to you and it doesn’t always have to be terrible.