To all my college students out there

Count me in and feel free to add me as a friend. Just as a tip for everyone....be sure to take some time to exercise. Even if its just taking a quick walk up and down the stairs in the library every couple hours. It eases stress and gets the blood pumping again. Good luck to everyone on their finals!

I'm doing a final for a course right now. It's my birthday, and it's absolutely beautiful outside.

I am not a happy camper.

The days I am on campus, I either eat nothing or horribly. I am a SAHM and a full time student. I had to squeeze all my classes in to Tues/Thurs classes I am at school from 730 until 3pm. And I have an online class. I get exercise while at school that I do not count. My classes are 15 min apart and all on opposite sides of campus. So I am practically running to get to class in time.

I used to be an emotional eater, so finals coming up would mean me, a book, and a bag of chips, box of cookies and lots of soda. Not anymore , I have been eating well.

Good luck to all then other students out there:flowerforyou:

i tend to lose weighT VERY VERY fast when exams are upon me.I get stressed and literally stop eating fo upto 3 days apiece.I have to force myself to eat bites of apples or a quarter of a biscuit so my body doesn't go into crisis.it's not true weight loss though coz i put it all straight back on as soon as the stress is over.i lost 7 pounds in 3 days last month and will likely lose more in the next 8 weeks.

oooh i like this thread! my finals are 2 weeks away, but i'm in that end of semester grind! i have all a's and its stressful trying to keep it that way! good luck to everyone on your finals!

I feel ya! My last lecture class was on Thursday. I have a head-to-toe assessment on Tuesday and then May the 5th is my last class final. I have an online one in there somewhere. I usually freak out and drink nothing but Dr. Pepper and eat BAD! Not this time! I usually tell myself that it is okay not to exercise, since that time will be used to study...NOT THIS SEMESTER! Haha! Good luck to everybody, remember only about two more weeks!!

If you live on or near your campus, and there is a gym on your campus, then here's a tip that I utilized last semester:
Go to your gym, take a text book or your notes for one of your classes. Grab a cardio machine, like a bike or a leg eliptical, or something similar, prop up that text book or your notes, and get to reviewing! Even just reading through your notes can help. Next time you're at the gym and need to get in cardio, do the same thing, but take a different text book/notebook.
If you take notes on your computer, this won't work, but if you take notes by hand, give it a try!

Another exercise/study idea I had: Have someone (maybe your roommate, gym buddy, good friend) quiz you. Have them ask random questions that could potentially show up on your final. If you miss a question, do x pushups, sit-ups, squats, etc. If the other person wants to do physical activity too, then they can do x number of exercises for every answer you get right (and if you want to make them work, then you'll want to get answers right, right? ).

Just some ideas!
Study hard, everyone!

Just turned in my BIG paper for English class, and my Psychology final is Tuesday. But this semester studying is going a lot better now that I'm reminding myself to eat. Last semester I would space out in study group because I'd skip lunch, study, and forget it all. But now it's been a lot better sitting down, taking a 15 to rest my brain, eat, enjoy the amazing weather, then! get cracking back at those books!

Good luck to everyone on their finals!

This is a great idea! My finals aren't until May, but I have so many essays to do all because I let the work pile up the entire semester. So I am sure that I am going to start stress eating within the next 2 weeks. I just hope I can make room for the gym or for a good run instead of stuffing my face with cookies.

It used to be that when I'd get stressed, I'd eat and eat and eat. Nowadays, though, when I get stressed, I get hungry but have no appetite. Not a good way to lose weight. And it's not the finals that are getting me, but the last minute papers (I'm an English - Creative Studies major). Nice thing about being a Creative Studies major - very few finals. I think I have two finals out of four classes, one of which is a take home final. But good gods, the papers they want and the frequency with which they want them!!!

I find that earl grey tea with some milk and honey is an excellent study helper. It has caffeine, but it's not coffee, and it's more or less healthy. I'm taking a break right now from writing a World Lit paper to cruise this site.

Good luck everyone.

Agreed, especially since i am a stress eater. I cannot gain any weight during finals, I'm going to Florida the week after!