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clarim2 wrote: »

yup 20 second semester sophomore majoring in criminal justice and i do live on campus not an athlete just yet but trying to be on the swim team in my up coming years.. to op what food company supplies your school ? mines is sodexo and they do have options that are low in sodium

Haha, really? Our school uses Sodexo too! Really the day I was really high in sodium was largely due to the bowl of New England Clam Chowder I ate from the DH - it just happened to be super high in sodium. But I also eat Sodexo's veggies a lot (because I usually eat 3-5 servings of fruit and/or veggies a day), and some of their veggies are a little high in sodium. Most of their stuff is relatively healthy, though. Especially compared to other dining halls I guess?

lotsofowls wrote: »

Yes! 19, first year, dorm, rugby player. Lucking my DH has lots of fresh and locally sourced foods. My favorite is the stir fry bar, which is where I get most of my veggies. However, the less-healthy options are seriously tempting and like you said sodium is way too high in lots of them! I recommend avoiding the heavily prepared meals as much as you can and sticking with whatever fresh foods you can find, although I realize that this just isn't a reality for many schools. I'm blessed to have a good DH and I really don't know where I'd be without it.

Rugby? That's awesome! I tend to run away from people chasing me, though, so I think I'll stick with cross country haha.

Sometimes our DH does stir fry type stuff but we don't have a specific area exclusively for stir fry.

Our DH is pretty small in general. There's basically a hot line which has a main entree with 4-5 sides, 2 if which are usually veggies. Then there's also a little side station where they have stir fry, a pasta/burger/omelet/nacho bar, and sometimes even ice cream depending on the day. The stations that never change are soup (2 types depending on day), pizza and some other random food like corn dogs/fries/burgers/hot dogs (I usually avoid this station - I'm not big on pizza anyway and their pizza's not that great), the sandwhich bar where they usually have a sandwich of the day plus normal sandwich stuff, and a salad bar. And bananas, apples, and oranges are almost always available, although the bananas go pretty fast because everyone's so desperate for fresh fruit/food.

Sedexo is the company that runs the DH. But hopefully that could change for the better next year because their contract will be up.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll try them out.

bleighb21 wrote: »

18 Sophomore Psychology major. Even living off campus it's hard to eat right, and it can be such a challenge to find time to work out. Running is really good for breaking up homework though! Feel free to add.

Cool! A couple of my friends are psych majors. And yes, I agree, running is good for breaking up homework!

cdogthegreat0702 wrote: »

I'm going into college next year and I am SO worried about eating healthily with only a microwave and a few DH meals per week! And I hate working out in gyms, so that's also going to be a problem. Obviously, I'm just gonna have to grow a pair and get over my fear of people- *gasp*- watching me exercise!

It's okay, I was worried too! My freshman year I actually avoided the DH for breakfast all the time because I thought that oatmeal I made myself with milk was better than the DH oatmeal made with water . . . I got over that haha.

College really is an adjustment and it can be hard to make that transition at first, but you can do it! To keep up with your work, I recommend using a planner and writing down all the due dates for your assignments/tests in each of your classes! Because in college they give you a syllabus at the beginning of the semester that usually has all the due dates for the whole semester in it. The planner really helped me not stress out over work!

And don't worry about people watching you exercise! Most of them will probably see you and think about how they should be doing what you're doing! And if you go to a large college you may not even see the people for a long time, so who cares what they think, you know?

Good luck! You'll love college once you adjust! So much better than high school.