Comments on: Viewer mail: college & weight gain.

By: caryl @ senior fitness

caryl @ senior fitness — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:18 +0000

I found your blog on google and it is nice to see others focusing on “Baby Boomer” type issues! Thank you so much.

By: Friday Link Love and a Question

Friday Link Love and a Question — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:20:10 +0000

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By: Juice

Juice — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:06:22 +0000

I think I would have done better at college if I had just eaten normal meals and not snacked in between meals. The occasional drinking and late night food would have been more manageable had I not spent my days at the on-campus vending machines!

By: Mallory

Mallory — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:24:04 +0000

p.s., if you are a study snacker, switch to pre portioned grapes, raw nuts/seeds, 100 calorie pack popcorn, etc rather than M&Ms, Goldfish/Chips, etc. Mindless snacking can add up to a lot of calories quickly w/out realizing it, especially since snacks often dont have the same “bad” factor as pizza/booze.

Its not so much what your eating just that the eating keeps you awake and at least for me makes sitting down with a book for hours more bearable.

By: Mallory

Mallory — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:13:41 +0000

I would just add that even daily exercise doesn’t have to be crazy style, getting in 20 minutes of cardio is often enough…

The one major thing I regret not doing in college is utilizing my surroundings. I just started cycling less than 6 months ago. One of my good friends from college cycled while we were there and I never took her up on the opportunity to go for a ride. I went back in March and took the most gorgeous trail ride all through the hills and ocean front, which if I wasn’t so closed off to invitations to MOVE I could have been enjoying the whole time!

Also, I gained way more the first year after college at my desk job. Law school is WAY worse.
It.is.a.constant.struggle.to.find.time.to.exercise. :/

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:53:46 +0000

How do you get so many comments??
I am lucky if I get six.

By: MizFit

MizFit — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:50:11 +0000

Thanks to all of you for your input.
I have to say I love that people feel entirely comfortable sharing their opinions here and everyone is respectful of differences.

By: Yummy

Yummy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:29:28 +0000

Hi Miz! I just wanted to comment on your comment about weight gain and marriage being like the Freshman 15. I have heard that statistic too.
If I recall the reasoning was too many nights relaxing together in front of the TV with a pizza instead of dancing the night away while dating! haha
For me it was eating the same amount / same things as my 200 lb (ex)husband. Ya, that is a recipe for being 200 lbs yourself…
Love your site, I’ve been a lurker for a while!

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:14 +0000

I’m 28, so my college years are behind me now, but not so far that I can’t remember them. First year of college I put on quite a bit of weight (ok – first half of first term), then I found a sport I loved, with an awesome team of people, and although I continued to eat and drink like a loon, I was a happy loon, and my weight slowly started to equalise again over the next 3 years. I wish I’d learnt that lesson though, and continued that way when I left uni, instead I went to work in London and fell into the trap of drinking to socialise and feeling isolated (and therefore eating) the rest of the time, and the more weight I gained, the less I felt like joining in on the sport front. I eventually turned it around, and after a few ups and downs over the next couple of years, I’ve finally found my life balance this year, and I’m well on the way to getting myself where I should have been after uni. I NEVER regret how I lived at uni. I regret that I didn’t continue with those values, and I left it so long to find them again.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:40:25 +0000

24 and happy! Married, working a job I less than love until while my husband completes his degree at which point I’ll get myself a nice shiny new one. I could ask that there be a little less flab around my stomach and love handles, but I’m about hit the four mile mark on my runs which just amazes me! I used to think that running three miles was a huge task to be in awe of and I passed it by without even noticing. If I think about it I’m in awe of what my legs and lungs can carry me through these days!