As always, I want to talk about another subject that pertains to college life (surprise, surprise, right?). Yet another detrimental part of living what I'd like to call the "eternal sleepover" (essentially spending every minute of everyday with 40,000 of your peers) is the impossibility of eating healthy. Eating on a schedule and in proportion becomes slightly less possible when your in college. I cannot even count the amount of times that my friends and I have trooped down to get an unhealthy snack, whether it be ice cream or frozen chicken tenders, at 2 in the morning. Honestly, within the first month of my first semester I was getting fed up with my horrible eating habits. I was beginning to feel fatigued all the time and I knew that it had something to do with the fact that I truly wasn't getting all of the nutrients that I needed. Finally, I decided that I needed a change (I couldn't be malnourished AND sleep deprived) and I slowly found ways to improve my diet.
Obviously this is not a diet blog, but I want to stress the importance of a good diet, especially for a college student. It is so easy to get caught up in college life that we forget the we have to take care of our bodies. Eating right is beneficial in so many ways, not only does it make you feel good, it makes you look good, and it also helps you to continue to develop into adulthood in a healthy way. If we don't begin to think about these very foundational concepts, we may find ourselves later in life regretting some of the choices we are making right now.
In conclusion, although it may seem hard in theory to change these bad habits, including bad eating habits, it will be so entirely worth it a few years down the road. I know that it may seem as though college will last forever, but sadly it won't and we need to take care of ourselves for the present as well as the future! So be good to your body because you will be so thankful a few years down the road!
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