<p>do a lot of girls/guys gain the freshmen 15? how do you avoid gaining weight in college??</p>
<p>Freshmen 15 = Beer/Eating Out Too Much/Overall Unhealthy Lifestyle.</p>
<p>Lots of people don't gain 15 and much of it has to do with the type of food available on your campus and closeby.</p>
<p>most schools give you a free gym membership, use it. I try to hit up the gym 3 times a week.</p>
<p>google "freshman 15" and you'll get 10 pages about how to avoid it.</p>
<p>I don't think it is free at my school.......but the fee is incorporated into the charge from the bursar so it seems free.......I make generous use of the gym.</p>
<p>the freshman 15 is usually more like the freshman 5 or 10. It just depends on how active you are and what foods you eat obviously. If you don't spend most of your time in your dorm then you could probably actually lose weight. My current roommate though told me his first year at my school he gained something like 20 pounds because all he did was sit in his dorm room and play World of Warcraft 15 hours out of the day. But he got a level 60 character which is aparently all that matters.</p>
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<p>If you're very thin and going from a warm climate to a very cold one, you may put on 5-10 pounds in the winter. People eat more when they're indoors a lot, and your body needs the energy for warmth.</p>
<p>Don't panic about it. You'll lose it again when it warms up. :)</p>
<p>So the weather really can influence one's wieght?</p>
<p>That has been my experience.
When it's cold, you eat (and drink)more, spend more time indoors, and usually exercise less. A little extra body fat keeps you warmer, so a few extra pounds seems almost a good thing.</p>
<p>I go to debate camp at colleges: Dartmouth, UT, and Umich, and have lost 15 lbs. each time over 4 weeks.</p>
<p>It all depends on how active your are. I worked out every day, worked from 9 am to 1am and ate little.</p>
<p>I work out 3-5 days a week, cross training (which simply means I weight lift, run, study yoga and martial arts, rollerblade, walk, and bike), and I weigh between 140-150. Most of it is muscle. (Female here, just in case someone is curious).</p>
<p>I'm fine with my body weight. I prefer to stay near the 140 range because I simply feel better, but at 5'7", 140-150 is a good range for me.</p>
<p>Take a look at the weight range of your body type. You might be surprised.</p>
<p>I have pretty much maintained my weight this year. I have seen people (at the mall or whatever) that I went to high school with that gained closer to the freshman 50. No joke. They were hardly recognizable.
The people that I know that have gained the most weight are the ones who drink the most. Alcohol has a TON of calories in it.
Dining halls serve a lot of fried food. Try to avoid it. Go to the gym. I haven't done that yet, but I also walk miles a day to get to classes, the dining hall, etc, so it's not exactly an issue</p>
<p>more like the freshman 5-10 i agree....from alcohol, dining hall food (especially ice cream machines and desserts), candy machines in your dorms, and late night pizza. </p>
<p>Its easy to gain weight in college, but its also alot easier to work out because theres so many opportunities available for you. Gyms, intramurals, club sports, rollarblading/bike riding, the list goes on....</p>
<p>I would also say 5-10 from experience. Its goes up and down constantly due to stress, etc. Before tests and after it fluctuates like crazy. But the food does it to you, no matter how much you try to prevent it. Also eating at 2 am doesn't help, but hunger strikes. Wings at 2 AM = Heaven.</p>
<p>i have a bunch of friends that are currently in college and most of them gained only 5 pounds or so, which is pretty much right on with what everyone else is saying. there were a few people who really have gotten HUGE though...they attributed their weight gain to unlimited french fries and their school's ice cream bar. i suppose weight gain has a lot to do w/self control!!</p>
<p>Study done, on average: female freshmen gain 5 pounds
"The Freshman Five"</p>
<p>Not only is alcohol itself fattening, most people will eat fattening foods with it/ after drinking, etc.</p>
<p>I think I lost 5 or so pounds my freshmen year, actually. I think it was mostly from having to walk around everywhere which probably amounted to several miles of walking a day, and hating the dining hall food enough to not want to eat very much of it. I don't drink and I don't tend to eat out a lot or eat fatty greasy stuff when I do, so I think that helped as well. Most of the people I know either stayed the same weight or gained about 5 pounds, but not 15.</p>
<p>most dorms are "eat all you want" and until you learn to control that, its easy to eat a little too much.</p>
<p>If my college I will be attending serves deep fried chicken wings there could be some weight gain for my self. I need to gain some weight though. Ever since my high school put in their health food lunch menu I have lost fifteen pounds and I was skinny before that. Hooray deep fried foods!</p>