Freshman 15!
Sep 4th, 2011 by kiely
When I mention that I moved to Totem park to my family friends and relatives a lot of them warn me about the freshman 15. I’ve been working hard to lose weight over the last year or so; I simply can’t allow this freshman phenomenon to occur.
I was out to dinner at the Eatery (review to come soon) with K and T and we were discussing my moving to residence. They both jokingly warn me about the freshman 15 and I decide that I absolutely wouldn’t let it happen to me. So we made a bet! The conditions of this bet were:
- Instead of gaining the 15 lbs I would loseย it
- No extreme dieting tricks
- K (also attending UBC) could decide where we eat if we go out
- Loser buys dinner for winner
After 2 days of living on rez I’m thinking this might be kind of difficult. The food in the dining halls is good but nothing that I’m used to eating when I’m looking to lose weight! The salad bar is intimidating (though i’ll be using it a lot), its near impossible to cut out carbs, and I haven’t gotten the courage to ask any of the chefs to notย put 2 huge slathers of mayo on my grilled chicken burger.
But I’m determined to win this challenge! Today I got my birdcoop membership and will be hitting the gym hard starting tomorrow. I’ve figured out some easy ways to cut calories (ex. water is free where as nothing else is) and will continue to be thinking of things like that.
Oh and I moved in! Though I think I mentioned that already. So far I’ve met some really interesting people and probably more international students than I have during the rest of my life. I’m digging my rearranged single room and sense of community and pride for Totem.
First restaurant review will be going up this week!
Don’t worry about asking the chefs–they’re quite flexible and I don’t think they’d be offended ๐
Looking forward to reading your restaurant reviews!
Pffft. Losing the 15 will be easy! You walk everywhere on campus anyways, and with a salad bar, water and a gym membership, you will succeed ๐
Almost everyone at UBC loses the freshman 15. SO MUCH WALKING. Especially uphill from the residences. ๐