The Freshman 15 is Real
I always thought it was an urban legend just waiting to be debunked by Snopes, but the "Freshman 15" is a real problem.
Weight gain during the first semester of college is a true phenomenon, says David Levitsky, a Cornell University researcher who tracked 60 students there and found they gained an average of about four pounds during their first 12 weeks of college.His research, presented in July at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior meeting in the Netherlands, is the latest in an ongoing debate about whether the so-called "freshman 15" -- in which entering college students pack on 15 pounds during their first year -- is myth or reality.
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I was affected by the Freshmen 15 alright, but instead of gaining 15 pounds, I lost 15. This is my Freshman 15.
ReplyBe careful, Jeremy. Some people are so afraid of the freshman 15 they become bulimic or anorexic.
ReplyI can honestly say that I have noticed a change in my weight. Freshman 15? I think so. I like the change though. I am happy I have gained it.
ReplyBeing a first year student in University i had been well aware of this dreaded freshman fifteen and felt that i had to be very careful. But either way i still noticed a change in my body. My advice to people is because this first semester is so stressful try and fit in the gym a couple times a week and change your food habits up a bit, because i know if i hadn't kept a close eye on the scale, i would have gained more,
Replydose anybody know what it is like to once be skinny and then just with in a two month period of time go to over weight its horrible no cloths fits you any more becouse your getting so fat so fast a butin pop right off your jeans right in the middle of class your favorit shirt not fitting any more becouse your belly hangs out of it a little but thats not the worst part im a girls and most of my fat is going to my hips thighs and now i have a very big butt its round and all the boys say how my butt got so big and if i were a bikki my hip feel like there going to bust my bikki and all the fat from my thighs looks all fatty and every thing just somebody help and im a freshmen inhigh school so its more the freshmen 63 for me
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