College Kids?

XC_Guitar17
XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
edited November 14 in Introduce Yourself
Just curious:

Are there any other college kids on this site?
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  • magmoren
    magmoren Posts: 1
    Yes
  • aingrassia272
    aingrassia272 Posts: 2 Member
    Yep! 22 and in school
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    Sweet! Any athletes?

    I run cross country and track.

    And how do you eat healthy being confined to dining hall food? I'm still trying to figure that one out, especially after I've been logging my food for 4 days (with the majority being from our lovely DH) and realized my sodium is through the roof. Like today it was about 300 mg over!
  • lrkx02
    lrkx02 Posts: 1
    Yup...22...im a triathlete, I live off campus so no DH food. But id assume the easiest way is look for the fresher options to balance out the sodium from the processed foods they often serve.
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    lrkx02 wrote: »
    Yup...22...im a triathlete, I live off campus so no DH food. But id assume the easiest way is look for the fresher options to balance out the sodium from the processed foods they often serve.


    You're so lucky haha. :)

    Yeah I'll just have to get more creative with my choices I guess. And try to tag along when my teammates with cars hit up Wal-Mart, like I did today, to get my Greek yogurt and granola. The DH only has some sort of nasty pink yogurt that I refuse to eat. But their oatmeal's good.
  • SassyAshy1022
    SassyAshy1022 Posts: 9 Member
    20 and in school, also off campus.
  • hyIianprincess
    hyIianprincess Posts: 302 Member
    19. Second year. I used to do track, cross country, and softball before my arthritis got too bad. Still do them in moderation when I'm feeling up to it :)
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    XC_Guitar17 wrote: »
    Sweet! Any athletes?

    I run cross country and track.

    And how do you eat healthy being confined to dining hall food? I'm still trying to figure that one out, especially after I've been logging my food for 4 days (with the majority being from our lovely DH) and realized my sodium is through the roof. Like today it was about 300 mg over!
    Because you run so much, you dont need to worry about a higher sodium intake. In fact, it may be beneficial for you to have a slightly higher intake. Plus unless you have a heart condition, which I hope you dont as an athlete, theres nothing wrong with higher sodium. It may cause some water retention and/or bloating but it varies person to person.
    And since you're eating dining hall food, you're trusting that the database is 100% correct, which sadly it isnt.

    When you discuss with your coach the vegetarianism, talk about sodium and other micronutrients. If you go to a larger school, there might be a dietitian available to discuss this with, which is a better option than the coach.

    Another thing, I worked in my colleges dining hall so I made friends with the cooks, it was easy to request modified dishes from them, especially if youre willing to wait or it was off peak (like sauceless veggies for example).
  • shannonbun
    shannonbun Posts: 168 Member
    Almost 20, second year on-campus student :) college does not make it easy to lose weight, that's for sure...
  • ScorpioJack_91
    ScorpioJack_91 Posts: 5,241 Member
    Yup...23 and going to school for a certificate.
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    lishie_rebooted wrote: »
    XC_Guitar17 wrote: »
    Sweet! Any athletes?

    I run cross country and track.

    And how do you eat healthy being confined to dining hall food? I'm still trying to figure that one out, especially after I've been logging my food for 4 days (with the majority being from our lovely DH) and realized my sodium is through the roof. Like today it was about 300 mg over!
    Because you run so much, you dont need to worry about a higher sodium intake. In fact, it may be beneficial for you to have a slightly higher intake. Plus unless you have a heart condition, which I hope you dont as an athlete, theres nothing wrong with higher sodium. It may cause some water retention and/or bloating but it varies person to person.
    And since you're eating dining hall food, you're trusting that the database is 100% correct, which sadly it isnt.

    When you discuss with your coach the vegetarianism, talk about sodium and other micronutrients. If you go to a larger school, there might be a dietitian available to discuss this with, which is a better option than the coach.

    Another thing, I worked in my colleges dining hall so I made friends with the cooks, it was easy to request modified dishes from them, especially if youre willing to wait or it was off peak (like sauceless veggies for example).

    That is all really helpful advice! Thank you! I didn't know that about sodium intake. I go to a super small school haha so I'll just be talking to my coach and my professor from my Fitness for College and Life class where we had to use my Fitness pal.
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    hyliankitten wrote: »
    19. Second year. I used to do track, cross country, and softball before my arthritis got too bad. Still do them in moderation when I'm feeling up to it :)

    That's awesome! I love cross country.

  • stelper
    stelper Posts: 19
    19. Freshman. No sports (Don't have time--to busy watching Netflix). Just starting my weight lifting journey :)
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    stelper wrote: »
    19. Freshman. No sports (Don't have time--to busy watching Netflix). Just starting my weight lifting journey :)

    Haha awesome!

    Since I forgot to mention this in my original post, I'm 20. A sophomore. English major. :)
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    BlackScorpio91 wrote: »
    Yup...23 and going to school for a certificate.

    That's cool man!
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    shannonbun wrote: »
    Almost 20, second year on-campus student :) college does not make it easy to lose weight, that's for sure...

    Cool! I am also all of those haha.

    And yeah, unfortunately I have to agree with you. Although I'm not trying to lose weight so much as get stronger (especially in my weak weak core) for cross country and track.

  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    dodgegirl3970 wrote: »
    20 and in school, also off campus.

    Cool. I hope to move off campus by my senior year at least, but my small college town is kinda lacking in off-campus housing. I'm in the country.



  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    aingrassia272 wrote: »
    Yep! 22 and in school

    That's sweet man!

  • smkronen
    smkronen Posts: 22 Member
    Yep! 19 year old freshman here!
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    smkronen wrote: »
    Yep! 19 year old freshman here!

    Cool! Glad you're here.

  • ashliij
    ashliij Posts: 54
    Yep. 22 but only a sophomore as I traveled first. I live off-campus as well!
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    ashliij wrote: »
    Yep. 22 but only a sophomore as I traveled first. I live off-campus as well!

    Awesome! I didn't take a gap year to travel first, but if I could have I would have.
  • faupster
    faupster Posts: 86 Member
    XC_Guitar17 wrote: »
    Just curious:

    Are there any other college kids on this site?

    I run a group on here just for college students, check it out if you have time.
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    21, college student :)
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    19 here, first year uni student in the UK. We don't have on-campus housing (what a strange concept...) so I don't have to worry about that, plus in my uni there's two restaurants, a subway, a shop that sells all sorts of groceries and copious vending machines. That means I don't have to worry when I'm at uni all day, either. I actually find it easier to lose weight when I'm at uni as opposed to when I'm back home. My home is in a tiny village so not much variety and my dad always stocks tempting 'fun food' - but my uni's in a city so there's lots of shops to choose from.
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    MarziPanda95 wrote: »
    19 here, first year uni student in the UK. We don't have on-campus housing (what a strange concept...) so I don't have to worry about that, plus in my uni there's two restaurants, a subway, a shop that sells all sorts of groceries and copious vending machines. That means I don't have to worry when I'm at uni all day, either. I actually find it easier to lose weight when I'm at uni as opposed to when I'm back home. My home is in a tiny village so not much variety and my dad always stocks tempting 'fun food' - but my uni's in a city so there's lots of shops to choose from.

    Really, no on-campus housing? Ha ha, that seems weird to me. But your uni sounds awesome! My college town is suuuuper small, so we just have the local Subway ten minutes down the road (walking) and a Dollar General across the street from it, haha.

  • claudiamkay
    claudiamkay Posts: 11 Member
    Eighteen year old freshman nursing major
  • XC_Guitar17
    XC_Guitar17 Posts: 93
    claudiamkay wrote: »
    Eighteen year old freshman nursing major

    Cool! I hope you like college so far. I personally have found it so much more exciting than high school, mostly because you have more freedom. It's finally getting warmer (at least in the South where I am) so that helpfully helps (or will help)!

  • FatAsianNerd
    FatAsianNerd Posts: 600 Member
    28, post-bacc/2nd degree
  • nateandrews
    nateandrews Posts: 30
    20, sophomore Political Science major. I live off campus so no dining hall food for me, but I tend to eat out a lot at other places. The calories of restaurant food can be insane, so I usually only eat lunch and dinner. Now that it's getting warm I'm finally getting back into running again, which helps.
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