Throughout my life I have had a pretty interesting
relationship with food. Growing up as a tall, skinny kid with a fast metabolism
I could pretty much eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. That is, until I
left for college.
When I first came to Western I was a whopping 160lbs. This, combined with being six feet tall, I looked as if I had just been starved for
the past month. You could see my ribs
from a mile away and my face could have been mistaken for one that belonged to
Jack Skellington. And that didn’t change right away. My first semester here I
was in the Bronco Marching Band, which seemed to help keep the weight off me,
but only for a little while. The next semester Bronco Band was done and all I
had to do was walk to class, eat and sleep (I guess studied sometimes as well).
This is when the weight started to pile on. Within my first two semesters I had
lost five pounds and then turned that around and gained 20 pounds during the
spring. This was a little unsettling but nothing I couldn’t handle. I dropped
most of that weight during my first college summer and was back down to 170lbs
by the start of Fall 2011.
Over
the course of the next year I had gained another 20lbs but, again, lost half of
that over the summer. If you’re keeping score at home, this put me at 180lbs at
the start of Fall 2012. Now, this next year is a little better, that is, until
summer hits. Over the year I only gain 10lbs which, for me, is a nice change in
pace. Then I leave for the U.K and in the two weeks I’m there I gain another
10lbs. That’s right, 10lbs, in two weeks. This final push puts me at a total of
40lbs in my three years here. Welcome to College.
I'm right there with you, I grew up with the same eating habits and metabolism. 6"1', 175 right now. My problem is I used to be a long distance runner. Since I've stopped running as much, my body hasn't realized it doesn't need as much fuel.
ReplyDeleteI know weight gain and loss is different for men and women but one thing is certain, college has the ability to change everyone's bodies! I weighed in at my heaviest during the second semester of my first year in college and I was so upset with myself. I decided to make some major changes in my eating habits right then, and I'm still trying to figure this stuff out! Maybe this class will help all of us get on the 'wright' track to being healthy! :)
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there! Haha
DeleteI like where you went with this because I'm sure most of us college students can agree that this time in our lives is a difficult one for maintaining a steady weight!! I know I fluctuate so much during school and then I go home for breaks and it's like I never hit the gym during the semester!!
ReplyDeletePersonally, having a fast metabolism has been challenging for me. When I was younger I had eating restrictions, I couldn't eat dairy. In addition to that, my family keeps kosher. Since I have a fast metabolism I tended to eat more snack-y food vs. healthy / good for you food.
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned 50 I realized I was also setting a life-time weight record. That scared me. I went on a crash diet and lost 35 lbs in 2 mos. I have mostly been able to keep it off, but I have to watch it! I just read today that obesity is the number one cause of preventable death in the world!
ReplyDeleteI think this is interesting. It is amazing how fast and easy it is to gain weight. I thought I was going to gain weight when I came here. Because it's so easy to get food pretty much whenever you want. But I have actually lost weight since coming here because the food makes me sick so I don't eat as much as I should.
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