15 Ways To Beat The Freshman 15 - Part 2
8. Is it Really Something to Worry About?
At 18, you’re still growing. If you gain a pound or two, it may only be your natural weight gain. So unless you see your belly protruding - Don’t worry about it.
9. Save the Drinking for the Parties:
Try and see if you can limit the alcohol consumption to parties. If you can do that, it’ll make your weight management much easier.
10. There Shall be Fast Food!
It’s college. Because of time and cost reasons, eating fast food is almost inevitable. It’s important to learn to manage your weight while keeping the fast food option.
Check out our guides to making better choices at fast foods to help you do this:
McDonald’s | Subway | KFC | Pizza Hut | Taco Bell | Burger King | A&W | Long John Silver’s | Panera Bread | Starbucks
11. Make Like-Minded Friends:
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15 Ways To Beat The Freshman 15 - Part 1
The first year of college often brings unwanted weight gain for many freshmen. In this 2-part series, we look at simple ways to avoid the “Freshman 15″. While our focus will be on the freshman year, many of these tips can help you manage your weight throughout your stay at college.
1. Avoid the Temptation of Joining the Gym:
Yes! That’s exactly what we just said.
Zlimmer! Eating Guide: Panera Bread
Panera bread specializes in delicious gourmet breads, soups and sandwiches. With its large menu and freshly baked breads, there are plenty of ways to enjoy a nice meal while staying close to your weight management goals.
In our guide to eating at Panera Bread, we’ll be looking at the best options in its menu and ways to enjoy your favorites there while managing your weight. So let’s begin:
1. Go for the “You Pick Two” Option:
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Fun Exercise Ideas: Indoor Rock Climbing
Rock climbing involves ascending steep rock formations with the help of a harness and a rope. What we suggest for an exciting exercise idea is its much safer indoor variant: Indoor Rock Climbing a.k.a. Gym Climbing.
Why Indoor Rock Climbing:
There many reasons why indoor rock climbing is a great idea:
- Firstly, any one can do it - People of all sizes and shapes can get involved in it
- Safety: You’ll have a soft cushioned landing base, well-defined hand & feet holds and safety ropes strung from the top of the climbing walls
- It can be done any time of the year - no weather issues
- It’s very challenging with great exercise & calorie burning potential, speaking of which:
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What Should I Eat When Managing My Weight?
Here’s the simple answer: Anything you like.There are no “Doomsday” foods at all.
Here’s why: Every food has calories. If the total calories in all of the foods you have in a day are less than your Daily Calorie Requirements, you lose weight. Of course if you’ve gained weight, it can only mean 1 thing:
You’ve Been Consuming More Calories Than Your Daily Requirements
After you find out what your daily calorie requirements are, the next step is to keep track of what you’re eating. So let’s assume your numbers look like this:
Your Daily Requirements: 2,500 Calories
What you’re consuming right now: 2,700 Calories
What you’d like to consume: 2,000 Calories
And now we get to the real question:
How can I comfortably make the switch from 2,700 Calories to 2,000 Calories?
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Fun Exercise Ideas: Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate Frisbee (or simply “Ultimate”) is an exciting non-contact sport played with a Frisbee. Its simple rules make the game easy to learn and a lot fun to play.
Object of the Game:
The object of the game is to score points by passing the Frisbee to one of your teammates (or receiving it from one of your teammates) in the opponent’s end zone. Whoever scores a predetermined number of points first, wins.
Numbers of Players on Each Team:
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What Is Your Weight Management I.Q.?
How much do you know about managing your weight? Take our quick 15 question Weight Management I.Q. Test to find out. Here are the rules:
- You have the freedom to research the answers on Zlimmer.com
- There is no time limit
- The first 5 questions carry 20 points each, next 5 - 10 points each and the last 5 - 5 points each.
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Zlimmer! Eating Guide: Long John Silver’s
Long John Silver’s is one of the few fast foods that specialize in seafood. In our guide to eating at Long John Silver’s, we’ll start with a meal consisting mainly of a Variety Platter. Than we’re going to try and find alternatives that are tasty, fill you up just as much and significantly reduce calories from our original choice.
But before we begin…
Ahoy! Matey. Harrrr!
…Ahem, right. On to the guide:
Current Meal:
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Fun Exercise Ideas: Tap Dancing
Make music with your feet as you get some great exercise - It’s time for Tap Dancing!
About Tap Dancing:
Tap is a form of dance that involves a lot of footwork. The execution of sounds and movements in rhythm with the music takes high energy and concentration. All this makes Tap Dancing an excellent exercise. Take a look at these numbers:
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3 Ways To Manage Your Daily Calorie Budget - Part 3: College Students
In our “3 Ways to Manage Your Daily Calorie Budget” series, we look at how you can divide your daily calorie budget, so that it fits in with your day to day life.
In the third part of this series we look at managing your daily budget in your college life. For this guide, we’re assuming that your Daily Calorie Balance Target is 2,000 Calories.
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