I usually do not write about health issues but hey if I a going to write about college and fashion I might as well add fitness and wellness. Many of us are growing and trying to find ourselves in college. This is the time to grow and learn who we really are. Whether you have to go through troubles or not. Most of the time in college we are instructed to be healthy and try to stay away from the freshmen 15. That was not as hard to stay away from but it was a little challenging to eat healthy all the time. In previous years and even now I have struggled with body image issues. I am not stick thin I am a curvy young woman who just happens to love God, and fashion. I am not the only one in college trying to find myself and dealing with body image issues. So when I write this blog article it is to benefit all college students.
I am is still kind of am a perfectionist I see and think in black or white. You either eat all healthy foods or all unhealthy, there is no in between. Yet, recently I have been going to body image counseling and my counselor brought up eating in moderation. A lot of times when I am trying to lose weight I hear this term a lot but to be quite honest I really did not know what eating in moderation was. I am still learning so I was thinking maybe there are other college students out there like me that do not really understand what it is either. Writing this will help me understand and you guys to practice it.
Diets are really annoying like who wants to be told what they can and cannot eat. Dieting makes you feel deprived like you are on punishment and cannot eat what you really want to eat. It is like going to the gym because you are "fat". I used to, and still do think like that, but losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle starts with your mind. The more you think "I Can't" the more you will be less likely to want to do it. If you think I am going to eat a burger once every two weeks but mainly eat healthy foods then you will feel less like you are depriving yourself and more like you are teaching your body to listen to your brain. The more you think I am going to the gym to relieve stress and try to burn off some on wanted calories. Making things seem like a punishment will make you less likely wanting to do them.
According to, Calorie Counting a website that is based on weight loss, the first step to develop eating in moderation is portion control. Starting out with 1/3 of the food you put on your plate, will still fill you up. This has always been a challenge for me because I do not want to carry a measuring cup around me wherever I go. Then I realized when you usually get a ton of food you can pretty much tell how little you should get each time. I guess that is just a matter of common sense.
Another tip from the Calorie Counting website was Consider the foods you should eat between your three main course meals. This means you can snack up to five times between your breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals. I recommend them to be healthy and the site says make sure they are the size of your fist. The reason why I suggest them to be healthy is because if you are trying to lose weight while eating in moderation this will help you. According to Calorie Counting, we all should wait 10-15 minutes before we get a second serving of food. Instead of going right back up to get another plate wait because it does take 10-15 for your brain to let you know if you are full or not. I recently tried this and to be honest I found out I was not hungry after all. Usually I go get another plate immediately but this really helped me stay full.
Stay hydrated no matter what! Calorie Counting also says that we need to hydrate ourselves even when our mouth is not dry, because being thirsty sometimes makes our stomach's feel the same as being hungry. So make sure you are hydrated so you will not be confused. Only eat when you are hungry! Do not eat when you feel an emotion or when you are bored if you eat based on feelings then you will be binge eating which adds to more fat and calories. So as a college student try to do more activities so you will not worry about eating so much.
Fiber! As college students we do not realize how much fiber plays a role in our bodies. It keeps us focused in the morning and it keeps us full for a longer period of time. When you are full for a long period of time then you will be less likely to keep eating. My biggest challenge is failing. When I am on campus and we have like a pizza party and I overeat sometimes I feel like a failure and then I just eat a bunch of junk the rest of the week because I feel like I have failed. Calorie Counting says do not beat yourself up, go back next meal and eat a ton of healthy food to get back on track! Never feel like a failure and plan out times or days when you will have a cheese burger. Most importantly, just stay focused and maintain a healthy body. Work on your mindset that is what will really help.
Another tip from the Calorie Counting website was Consider the foods you should eat between your three main course meals. This means you can snack up to five times between your breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals. I recommend them to be healthy and the site says make sure they are the size of your fist. The reason why I suggest them to be healthy is because if you are trying to lose weight while eating in moderation this will help you. According to Calorie Counting, we all should wait 10-15 minutes before we get a second serving of food. Instead of going right back up to get another plate wait because it does take 10-15 for your brain to let you know if you are full or not. I recently tried this and to be honest I found out I was not hungry after all. Usually I go get another plate immediately but this really helped me stay full.
Stay hydrated no matter what! Calorie Counting also says that we need to hydrate ourselves even when our mouth is not dry, because being thirsty sometimes makes our stomach's feel the same as being hungry. So make sure you are hydrated so you will not be confused. Only eat when you are hungry! Do not eat when you feel an emotion or when you are bored if you eat based on feelings then you will be binge eating which adds to more fat and calories. So as a college student try to do more activities so you will not worry about eating so much.
Fiber! As college students we do not realize how much fiber plays a role in our bodies. It keeps us focused in the morning and it keeps us full for a longer period of time. When you are full for a long period of time then you will be less likely to keep eating. My biggest challenge is failing. When I am on campus and we have like a pizza party and I overeat sometimes I feel like a failure and then I just eat a bunch of junk the rest of the week because I feel like I have failed. Calorie Counting says do not beat yourself up, go back next meal and eat a ton of healthy food to get back on track! Never feel like a failure and plan out times or days when you will have a cheese burger. Most importantly, just stay focused and maintain a healthy body. Work on your mindset that is what will really help.
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