Campus Food

A lot of students tend to get sick around the first month or so of being in college. Guess who did not get sick? ME! How? Not eating chips, fries, and cookies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

To be honest, if I did not participate in sports my diet would probably be trash. I would either eat chocolate for all three meals or attend zumba classes in my free time. But who knows. I'm not going to lie, my diet has probably gone a little down hill. Dessert after dinner has become an almost everyday thing.. and that needs to stop if I don't want to be chugging around an extra 10 pounds on the track this year.

The first few weeks kind of disgusted me. Not only did I disgust myself with all of the cookies I was eating after dinner, but what disgusted me were some people's lunches. For lunch, students typically ate, and still do, eat fries, burgers, cookies, and soda for everyday meals. NO WONDER WHY YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP ALL OF THE TIME. If you are eating a burger, the least thing you can do is pair it with a salad. One of the most valuable lessons I have learned is how important it is to eat your fruits and veggies in college. 

A typical day of meals for me is pretty balanced. 

I start my day of with one of these many breakfast variations (each include a glass of water):

-3 hard boiled egg whites, 2 pieces of brown rice GF toast with fig jam, strawberries and a banana'

-Kashi cereal, a banana with almond butter, strawberries and coffee

-oatmeal with fruit, banana, almond butter, and coffee

-egg white omelette made with spinach, peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms. and banana with almond butter and or GF toast.

A very few important breakfast tips are: 

-It is important before you eat breakfast to have at least 2 cups of water. This is something I need to improve on, but it will help you from choosing an omlette over a stack of cinnamon roll pancakes. 

-Another important thing to remember is that omelettes, when served with salsa contain a lot of salt. -Unless you want to feel bloated through out the day, the salt in the salsa will carry the water you just drank and not make you feel too good!

-Also, almond butter is good for you. Despite it's "healthy fat" calories, almond butter will keep you full because of the fiber and protein content. 

-One last tip is that all smoothies are not good for you. Some smoothies made in dining hall have sugary bases such as sorbet ice cream. Naked juices as well. Make sure you look at the fine print.

I hope you enjoyed this post or found it useful.

Thank you,

Tara :)