A GROUP FOR COLLEGE GIRLS!

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  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
    Am I too late to join? I'm in first year, mostly trying to avoid the frosh15 right now but hoping to lose over the summer!
    I'm lucky that my school was voted most vegan-friendly in Canada, and that we have a relatively healthy selection...but trying to lose is still so hard!
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    have any of you read 'dorm room diet' by daphne oz? Soooo good, totally opened my eyes to so many things! I would definitely recommend it!
  • misslizz6958
    misslizz6958 Posts: 124 Member
    im in
  • JD92
    JD92 Posts: 253 Member
    im just coming to the end of my first year, and i can totally see how the term freshman 15 came about!

    people just drink and eat and sleep and eat and drink some more, and occasionally go to class if theres time to spare. LOL. my schools on-campus housing has just short of 2000 students. there is a Dominoes pizza place just down the street that get most of their business from the dorms. they have a "2 for tuesday" special, which is just buy one get one free. the students go mad for it every single week, and every wednesday morning ill come into my kitchen to see a couple pizza boxes lying about!
  • ykondo
    ykondo Posts: 38
    I would also like to join but I'm not sure how this works... haha :P
  • alexandrea155
    alexandrea155 Posts: 4
    Hi everyone, I've never posted on the boards but I've been on MFP for maybe five-ish months...I'm a college girl so this thread sounds great! Is it okay if I join even though my goal is to maintain and get in better shape??
  • econn
    econn Posts: 157
    yes ofcourse you all can join!! it's just for motivation. weigh in on wednesdays!! also state any goals you want to achieve week by week
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    I think this week I am going to try to up my water intake, I think it will curb my snackiness :)
  • alexandrea155
    alexandrea155 Posts: 4
    My goal for the week is to get above 1200 calories every day, hopefully around 1400...it's easier for me to stay too far under while I'm here at school and I think that's what leads to going wayyy over when I go home to my parents' house! I need to get the overeating at home problem fixed before the summer so I'm trying to gradually raise my calories to something I can stick with.
  • daisy89
    daisy89 Posts: 151 Member
    Can I join as well?

    My name is Daisy. I am THREE hours short of being a Junior. =]
    I gained most of the weight immediately after high school. It was more like
    the Freshman 50 though...

    I used to be incredibly thin and fit, I was a girl's wrestler
    in high school but, when I started college, I stopped working out and kept the same
    eating habits. Hello weight-gain! =[

    Because of MFP I've managed to drop almost half of the weight, my CW is: 137.6 =D

    In 7 weeks I would like to 129.

    Is there a weekly challenge this week? I tried reading through the thread, but don't think I saw a new one.
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    Hi! I definitely understand, I was a cheerleader in highschool, so I was pretty active, and then as soon as I started college I stopped getting exercise and started eating terribly, so I put on about 60 lbs through 2.5 years, now I've lost 23 of it :)

    I dont think we started a new weekly goal, I jsut set one for myself.
    this thread is a good place to vent about college stuff and knwo that everyone will understand, and even have some advice :)
  • jrm29
    jrm29 Posts: 39
    Yesss definitely!! It really helps to connect with people who are the same age and going through the same roadblocks that college life brings! Love the support aspect of this website, anyone can feel free to friend me for motivation! :)
  • arriviste
    arriviste Posts: 2
    Totally want in on this! I've gained 10 pounds of my freshman 15 :( Last summer I worked out like crazy and was down at 125 (I'm 5'5" btw). College started and I've just packed it on. Ugh. Definitely need to get back on track. I already work out a lot since I run, do weights, do hot yoga, and go to the gym regularly. I have to go the extra mile though... sigh
  • bamagirl2020
    bamagirl2020 Posts: 42
    Hi! I just saw this group and I think it's awesome! I'm 19 and a sophomore in college. The dreaded "freshman 15" definitely got a hold of me last year and is turning out to be very hard to get rid of.

    5'5"
    SW: 155
    CW: 150
    GW: 130

    I've started working out every day and eating healthy. I try to eat around 1200 calories a day.
  • Behati
    Behati Posts: 9
    I'm in! :smile:
  • alexandrea155
    alexandrea155 Posts: 4
    Uh oh, I'm hitting an obstacle already -- my boyfriend (goes to another school 4 hours away) is coming to visit for the weekend. When we're together it's always lots of eating out and not enough exercise, so we'll see how I do!
  • etpx3
    etpx3 Posts: 147 Member
    yes i agree etpx3, where is everyone?? lol
    what do all you girls use for motivation? Sometimes, i go on these binges where I don't even know why I am eating and feel extremely guilty afterwards and then it's really hard to get back on track. Is there Anyone else here that has this problem too?


    I think that I've been letting myself down soo much with trying to lose in the past few years that I just don't want to fail anymore. I just keep telling myself do you really want to look fat in a bikini and of course with HATERS there's tons everywhere and it honestly feels like where i'm from that thats all there is is haters....my motivation is to make myself look so outstanding that i will flaunt it and rub it in their faces. =) kinda mean but whatever..works for me...

    and i'd also dread having to do all this hard work and to think i gave up and tried to start over again...now i have to RE-lose everything i just lost! ughh and i used to bingeeee ALOTTT but i guess i finally learned to control myselffff MIND OVER MATTER! but ohhhh how a cupcake would just hit the spot right now lol
  • etpx3
    etpx3 Posts: 147 Member
    I've been working my a&$ off and I can't wait for next weeks weigh-in...LETS HOPEEEEE this weekend goes well...one of my girl friends is going through some guys crisis and she said QUOTE I NEED A DRINK ...lol so ughhh and on top of that my friend from maine is coming down >.< !!!

    Well hope everyone has a awesome and safe weekend!!!
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    this just came on my pandora....... FLASHBACK TIME!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK02XqkdFF8
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    skipping a lecture class to do laundry, grocery shopping, and catch up on a couple projects... that's ok, right? Lol
  • kaleas
    kaleas Posts: 200
    finals time and the end of the semester is an ultimate diet disaster. I have found myself eating constantly just to stay awake. 2-3 hours a night sleeping. eat eat eat eat. do it over again. exercise? who has time for that right now?

    i hate you 18 credit semesters and studio art classes.
  • econn
    econn Posts: 157
    ahhhh i have a huge accounting test tomorrow that i havent studied for and i have soccer til 7 tonight... i'm going to be up all night :(( but hopefully i can control the urge to eat all night . wish me luck! haha
    oh and @tosbe , monday i skipped 2 classes to study for a test that I probably failed.. hahah so no worries!!!
  • T0RIEELIZABETH
    T0RIEELIZABETH Posts: 376
    ahh I hate staying up late! I'm always sucking down a 32oz soda ( we have a store here that sells them for 56cents!!) and coffee, and candy, the sugar keeps me going! It's so hard not to! especially when you are up really really late and your stomach is tellign you it needs another meal!!
  • kristen3112
    kristen3112 Posts: 12
    So my scedule has changed with school so working out and me having my spring break I just became lazy and didnt work out at all. SO I have my new scedule to work out and I am back on! I guess where I lose motivation is when I am not seeing fast results I just give up. But I know it takes time. What also helps is me seeing myself back in a bathing suit and Im right back to the gym.
  • peachyxoxoxo
    peachyxoxoxo Posts: 1,178 Member
    I can't remember whether I joined this thread somewhere along the line, but I just had a question for everyone -- do you guys count walking around campus as part of your cardio for the day? I usually do several miles of walking to get to classes and such. I went on mapmyrun.com out of curiosity and today it was about 2.5 miles.
  • kristen3112
    kristen3112 Posts: 12
    Id still consider that cardio! Walking in general is good :)
  • scandalyssa
    scandalyssa Posts: 19
    it's nice to know there are girls my age on here :) i'm innn
  • econn
    econn Posts: 157
    @ kristin3112: I know what you mean about not seeing quick results and wanting to give up. THat is when I tend to lower my calories a lot and then when I don't see the best results, i binge...vicious cycle!!!! hahaha

    @peachy: my campus is TINYYYYY like an itty bitty square of a one mile radius hahah so I don't walk much :/ but I wish I did to burn my calories!! soI guess you're lucky in that sense ha

    @tsosbe: yeah, I am addicted to diet dr. pepper but i have told myself I can only have one a week! sad, but worth it. I get bloated so easily!
  • jolteon00
    jolteon00 Posts: 89
    Ohello group, can I join? :)
    I'm a freshman, 17, in New York.

    I started college at around 126, lost to 112, then finals week, Christmas, and a winter intercession trip to Rome happened, bringing me up to about 121. I'd like to just get to and maintain 115, despite holidays and finals week lol.

    Main college issue?: It's hard not having a scale here. I can't measure progress as often as I'd like.
  • jessapoe
    jessapoe Posts: 13 Member
    Great idea. I'd love to be a part of this. Perhaps we can set a goal that corresponds with our school schedules. Like, maybe a Spring Break Challenge or Spring Semester Challenge. Def addressing weekends is a good call too. If you decide to drink, try liquor with some sugar-free mixer alternative. Maybe gin and diet tonic or flavored vodka and soda water.
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