Tips for college students?

Try small bursts of exercise between classes (four 15-minute walks?) rather than getting frustrated that you don't have two hours all at once.

And watch out for the empty sugar and carbs! A foofie-goofie-frappie-latte can have 300 calories, and a quick piece of pizza (or two or four or seven . . .) after not eating all day can pack on the pounds.

People lose weight by calories. You can actually lose weight with no exercise at all -- eat fewer calories than you burn with your normal activities. Of course exercise helps but it is not essential to lose weight.

Look at the food you eat and try to get the best value for the calories you have to work with. Good luck.

I'm always in awe of people who manage to lose weight in college. I gained the stereotypical freshman 15 back in the day. Personally I find it difficult to concentrate when I'm hungry so if I were you I'd be looking to lose it slowly, as in no more than .5lbs/week. So in 50 days you would look to lose no more than 3.5 lbs. When you say you haven't seen much of a difference, do you know how much, if any you've actually lost?

I'm hoping that framing it that way will help you be less disappointed by the lack of speed in changes you have seen so far. But to answer your direct question "Any tips on staying motivated?", the best way of course is to develop habits that become automatic enough that you don't need a ton of motivation.

If you've found it difficult to track and stay under goal consistently (which I would if I had assignments due and tests/exams to write), you might consider IF, dropping your calories lower on your easier day (or days) only.

Best of luck in school and with your weight loss.

On one of my off school days I cook large meals for the week. Rice and beans, chili, stir fry, salads and sandwich fixings for lunches, overnight oats for breakfast. If I use a slow cooker I just cook it overnight. It doesnt usually take more than two hours to come up with 3 different rice dishes for the week and prep all that stuff. I measure it out into tupperwares so i can just grab and log real quick on my way out. As for the working out, I just do it when I can fit it in and not stress cause I have a hectic schedule. I usually pick it back up regularly when it gets warm out again.

I do around 4,000 steps a day in uni. Track your steps, bulk buy and prep your lunches every sunday night for the week ahead.
Even go to college in your gym gear and go straight to the gym or change at college. Try just going 3 times a week, I go Sunday, Monday, Thursday because I work Tues and Weds night and by friday am dead on my feet and saturday is a day to spend time with others

I remember in college I lost like 30 lbs my freshman year by working 4-5 nights in the cafeteria - on my feet, walking, wiping down tables, taking out the trash. Plus all the walking to class, carrying heavy books, etc. But by my junior year I ballooned up to almost 180 lbs because I no longer had that exercise-heavy job. And I love chocolate.

I think it's hard in college to watch your weight because the days are often unstructured except for a few hours of class. So it's easy to graze while studying at home. It's easy to eat breakfast at 10 and lunch at 1 and snack at 4 and a giant pizza at 8 and finish with a late-night run to a diner or Starbucks or the bar. When you were in high school, you were not around cafeterias and kitchens all the time and you didn't have much of your own money to buy snacks or pizzas or beer.

There are some small changes you can make - planning your meals, bringing your lunch, keeping snacks out of the house, avoiding the ice cream machine in the cafeteria, parking farther away to get more steps. But the bigger thing you'll need to learn (and college is a great time to build this habit) is self-discipline as in...don't eat snacks every day, go to the gym or deliberately exercise whether you want to or not, keep your health in mind at all times. Best of luck to you!

elenamocovanu wrote: »

I saw there was a guy, which said that the best way to save some time for sports is buying essays and homeworks from special essay writing service. Despite the fact that he probably was a spammer, the idea is not so bad after all. Because it really can save some time. For example, I payed people sometimes so I can do something more important than boring homework or essay writing. Of course, I checked it before the deadline, because it would be suspicious if I give the professor an essay I don't know anything about.

ghost writing (and therefore plagiarism) is ground for expulsion from many colleges. I hope for you, that your college never gets wind of it. You might end up with your degree revoked if you've already finished.

Also, the OP is from 2017. I hope she's done with her degree by now.