Cooking in your dorm room can be a real challenge, especially if you are trying hard to avoid the infamous, dreaded “freshman fifteen” that everyone fears. No thought into what you’re putting into your body and spending extensive amount of time not being active can lead to weight gain, clothes stretching and hibernating over winter break to avoid your high school friends and past crushes. With no kitchen in the freshmen dorms and no car to easily get to a grocery store, all you have to work with is a microwave, a mini fridge, maybe if you’re one of the few, blessed colleges that allows a toaster oven, and food filled with preservatives. There is no magic trick to staying fit in college but following these simple rules and being conscious of what you eat at 3am will help.
Healthy Eating Tips
Check out this great list from Self magazine of healthy snack options for any craving that you might encounter!
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Tips for Eating In The Cafe
Tips for Eating In Your Dorm Room
Eating in your dorm doesn’t mean Easy Mac and highly salted popcorn or Hot Pockets. There are a ton of microwave recipes out there that call for fresh ingredients that college kids can prepare right in their dorm room. The café serves pretty much the same 10 things on a rotating schedule which can get boring. Ordering out is expensive and allows for not so healthy food choice. But, making your own food is not only cost effective and delicious but can be nutritious as well. Check out this blog for over 70 recipes of microwave cooking for everything from potatoes to cherry cobbler.
brit.coStart a Pinterest Board
Pinterest is a great resource for healthy recipes and new workout routines. The key to staying fit and healthy is variation. That way you’re working out various parts of your body and your body is getting the different nutrients that you need. Check out our [Negative] freshmen 15 board for inspiration on how to start your own board for healthy recipes and fitness goals.
Make a Realistic Workout Schedule & Stick to it
http://pumpsandiron.com/2012/07/30/olympic-workout/
http://toriteachesfitness.com/2012/06/03/standing-abs/
http://2012lastfatyear.blogspot.ca/2012/01/300-challenge-ab-core-workout.html
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Sources
http://www.self.com/fooddiet/2009/06/30-healthy-snacks
http://pumpsandiron.com/2012/07/30/olympic-workout/
http://toriteachesfitness.com/2012/06/03/standing-abs/
http://2012lastfatyear.blogspot.ca/2012/01/300-challenge-ab-core-workout.html
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