16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Sep 02, 2005, 10:25 am PDT

I remember my "fish" year at the University of Houston. I have to say though, the food choices were horrible. The company in charge of the meals at the dorms did not provide information about nutrition nor they did supply students with the healthy choices. The dorm required the student to purchase meal plans, which were only good at the campus "cafeterias". The cafeterias were mere reflections of the junk food we see on the street corners. These foods are pumped with "bad" fats and limited the amount of energy needed on a daily basis. I was very careful of what I ate and at what time. I didn't gain much weight my first year in college but I gain it during the next three years. College campus have the responsibility to provide students the proper nutritional choice especially when they require students to purchase meals plans that are only good at campus cafeterias. Only parents and students can make this change. Luckly, in the case of the University of Houston, the food service company was given da boot and a new more nutritional conscious company took over.

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Sep 04, 2005, 10:06 am PDT

I am just starting college and I am so confused about the whole diet thing. I'd like to lose weight and my school offers a wide variety of foods to choose from. Low calorie diets don't work for me because I'm always left feeling hungry, and I love carbs so every time I try to give them up, I find myself eating more. Does anyone have any tips to help?

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:04 pm PDT

I gained way more then the freshman 15. I started out college at around 160 pounds and ended being 230 pounds. It took me years to lost the weight I gained in only a few months.

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:05 pm PDT

I gained way more then the freshman 15. I started out college at around 160 pounds and ended being 230 pounds. It took me years to lost the weight I gained in only a few months.

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:07 pm PDT

Yea.....ummm no,as a college student the common reason for the "freshman 15" is beer. Students aren't used the much added calories that come with binge drinking.

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:07 pm PDT

Yea.....ummm no,as a college student the common reason for the "freshman 15" is beer. Students aren't used the much added calories that come with binge drinking.

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:09 pm PDT

I gained way more then the freshman 15. I started out college at around 160 pounds and ended being 230 pounds. It took me years to lost the weight I gained in only a few months.

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:09 pm PDT

I'm a college student now, and although I now have an apartment with a kitchen to cook for myself, I didn't my first two years in school. I too, gained the "freshman 15," even though I was walking and excercizing more than ever. I blame it on the buffet-style cafeteria, which had very low-quality fruits and veggies and lots of really delicious desserts. Also, when you're so stressed and have no time, you tend to pick convenience food over anything else. I cannot tell you how many "dinners" I consumed last year that were nothing more than chips, cookies, and pop. In the library while I was writing my undergraduate thesis, of course. It's hard to avoid junk food when it's all around you.

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:10 pm PDT

It's a bit hard to not pile those pounds on...seeing what the school offers. Choose between brown lettuce that's been sitting out since 7am, or a burger? All the better food, freshness wise, at my school anyway, was all greasy. I would eat grilled chicken, trying to get away from the burgers and cheese. And even...no friends at college made it hard to even want to go to the cafe, instead of the other offers that I could take back to my room. Don't think the college kids don't care or know about all of the stupid calorie stuff. There are other reasons it happens as well. College is also a bit of a hard time for some, not wanting to do things alone, a loss of friends, it gets deperessing. Etc.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:22 pm PDT

The freshman 15 is 95% caused by beer drinking. It doesn't have much to do with anything else.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:22 pm PDT

It didn't happen to me. I lost 10 lbs over 4 1/2 years of college. Gained 20 in my first year out though. Every one was happy when i put on the weight.

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:22 pm PDT

I lost a ton of weight freshman year. The dorm food was bad, so I gradually lost my apetite. I was down 18 pounds when the year ended.

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:25 pm PDT

There's no way the cafetria food taste good enough that somebody would eat enough of it, to gain 15 pounds. My money is on the beer and fast-food.

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:25 pm PDT

Yeah, at my college they don't have many options at all! They have maybe two options for a main course, and they are very high fat content options, almost always. To eat healthy I mainly eat salads, and fruit (and ocasionally a bowl of cereal for dinner) those are the options.

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 4:25 pm PDT

I gained the weight from accesive drinking and staying out all night.

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