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Size 7, 9, Uh Oh...

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Shannanigan
, 11-15-2006 at 11:41 AM (1638 Views)
I know I'm in trouble when I sit in my dorm and unbutton my pants for comfort. These pants used to be a tad big on me a few months ago, now they're simply stifling. In about a week I'm sure I'll just be avoiding them all together and stop trying to fool myself into thinking I haven't gained weight.

What's scarier is the men's pants and shorts I wear. usually I need a belt to hold those suckers up...but this week, no belt necessary. A guy's size 34 is staying on me. Yikes.

It's time to stop pretending like I'm still in the 8th grade and can eat whatever I want in whatever quatities. I'm glad to see that next semester I will have free time every day from 2-4 o'clock in the afternoon...so I will renew my gym membership next semester. Starting now, though, I've got to discontinue my incessant Coca-Cola drinking and my constant reliance on the vending machines for lunch!

It's just so hard to "eat right" as a college student. I have classes and work during lunch and dinner hours, so its either drive off campus to find food, go to a vending machine, or have your own food. I don't spend enough time in my dorm to keep food there; I'm usually at my boyfriends house where the kitchen is stuffed with children's snacks for his little cousins and there's hardly ever any fruit in sight. No wonder I've gained weight, all I eat for lunch and dinner are the cinnamon rolls in the vending machines or Pizza Hut that I can grab on the way to Chris' house!

It might be easier if I had more money; then I could just stock Chris' fridge with some healthier foods for myself...but it's just not that easy.

Next semester, though, that nice break...with a Subway right next to the gym...I think I'll be able to fix my problem...
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  1. 's Avatar
    I gained 40 pounds my first semester in college. I literally had buttons pop off pants. Luckily I'm 6'5 so I never looked fat, even with that much extra weight, but still....

    My problem was the dorm cafeteria, its hard to eat well when you have gravy and desert at every meal. The place was stocked like Thanksgiving. I was walking miles each day (the school has the largest campus in the US, its huge) to and from class and still gaining wait.

    Thankfully though that was the high point and it's been a slow and steady loss ever since.
  2. Shannanigan's Avatar
    WOW! It does seem to be a common problem, even for our extremely hilly campus (not that I can count that as a factor since I drive everywhere ) I've read that most students gain weight their first years away from home because their parents no longer control what they eat, and the caf food sucks, and we all just eat fast, fatty food...academics over health, ugh...gotta work on that...
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    Good luck Shan. The older we get the harder it is. There were certain times when I just seemed to absorb weight. College and then my first years at work. Change will make you eat more, I think.
  4. Psycheinaboat's Avatar
    I say enjoy your body whatever its shape and size. I am not discouraging you of working out or losing weight, just suggesting that you enjoy being zaftig until you thin down.
  5. Shannanigan's Avatar
    Thanks Psyche I agree with you that even if someone wants to get more in shape they should enjoy life with the body they have while they do so. I'm catching my problem and trying to correct it before I get too big to do the things I want to do
  6. grace86's Avatar
    I know how you feel. Working full time and going to school full time has me sitting down all the time and eating fast food in a rush. I have always been very tiny, and most people wouldn't fail to kill me if I said I think I've gained weight, but I have (I'm still tiny). I feel totally unhealthy because the food I eat gives momentary energy and no vitamins...my campus is built on the freakin mountain...but to no success I am still huffing it up the hill. I've been trying to keep to healthier food (even fast food)...but I must admit, like you Shann, I am a coke addict.
  7. Shannanigan's Avatar
    That is exactly it Grace! It's not like I'm "fat," but I've gained enough pounds to make me think about what I'll look like if I keep this pattern up. Bigger friends of mine get mad at me if I avoid McDonald's or turn down some cake now and I say "well, I'm trying to watch what I eat," they think I'm turning anorexic or something but really, I'd rather not wait until I'm HUGE to finally realize that I have a weight problem...

    Dang that blasted Coca-Cola!