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Healthy Lunch Alternatives for College Students

Healthy Lunch Alternatives for College Students

Healthy Lunch Alternatives for College StudentsMany things can cause an unhealthy lifestyle while in college. Late night cramming, grabbing junk food, running to and from classes and heavy homework loads may contribute to unhealthy weight gain. This can cause students to eat on the run or not eat at all.
www.freshman15.com/healthy-eating-guide.php

Keep in mind that going without eating is one of the unhealthiest things you can do to your body. Make healthy food choices throughout the day and always have healthy snacks on hand. Lunch is important during the afternoon, because this is when energy in the body starts to plummet. By eating lunch, you are telling your body that you need energy for the remainder of the day. If all your classes are in the afternoon, this makes lunch even more important. Stick to whole grains, fruits, and vegetables so that you retain energy longer. Healthy snacks are okay to eat a couple of times a day, as long as you are staying within a reasonable portion.

Instead of grabbing a sub or sandwich from a fast food restaurant, make something of your own. This way, you are saving money, time and making your sandwich the way you want. Choose cheese that is low in fat but keep it to a minimum. According to the USDA food guide pyramid website, by switching to whole wheat from white bread in your lunch, you will gain added fiber and essential vitamins such as vitamin B6 and vitamin E.
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Many teens and young adults crave deep fried foods–especially if they are under pressure or stress. French fries are a popular food among college students. If you are a french fry fan, choose healthy alternatives such as baked fries or baked sweet potatoes. Season them up with vinegar, garlic and pepper and stay away from salt which promotes bloating and water retention.
www.freshman15.com/healthy-eating-guide.php

Make your own tuna and chicken salad at home, ahead of time. Replace mayonnaise with a low fat salad dressing. Wrap your salad in a large lettuce leaf or low fat sandwich wrap. Enclose in a reusable container that will prevent excess waste.

Many college students enjoy potato chips alongside their favorite sandwich. A healthy replacement may be 10 to 12 small pretzels or 100 calorie low fat chip packs. A cheaper option would be to buy low fat snacks in large bags and portion control the right amount into small snack size baggies …

Bigger Muscles

Bigger Muscles

Bigger MusclesBigger muscle will happen if you give the body a reason to respond and time for it to grow. The other day I saw a routine for the back that left me scratching my head. Pull ups 4×10, rack pulls 4×5-8, lat pulldowns 3×5-8, bent over rows 3×5-8, seated rows 3×5-8, t bar rows 3×5-8, shrugs 3×12. Wow. How could anyone grow from all that. That is a lot of exercises. That is a huge waste of time. Pull ups and lat pulldowns work the same muscle group on the same plane. The same with the bent over rows, seated rows, and the tbar rows, same exercise plan all training the same muscles. You are doing the same exercise over and over again. Also that is 23 sets, not the back could not handle that, but not every back training day. With that kind of work no wonder this guy is not growing. You want bigger muscles then train for them. Use bigger exercises. You want bigger muscle, then lift like you want bigger muscles. Stopping training with a marathon work routine. Cut back on the sets, add some weight. Cut back on all those exercises, try something bigger. Big muscles call for big exercises. Big exercises call for big weights. Big weights equal bigger muscles. It works every single time.

Using the back as the muscle we want to train lets look at a simple routine. One exercise a day. One muscle group a day. The catch is that most of the big exercises that you will chose form for the chest, back, and the legs are going to involve other muscle groups and exhaust you, so you will not be training often. Giving your body time to grow. The exercises that you would chose from are the deadlift, the power clean, the snatch, the good morning, the bent over row, and the like. All will involve the hamstrings, lower back, traps, biceps, forearms, rear of the shoulders and the abs. That is a lot of muscle to be worked with one exercise. Now the routine itself is rather easy, start with an empty bar. Warm up with an empty bar doing rep after rep of the movement that have chosen. Now after each set add weight, in a basic pyramid. Add weight to each set and doing as many reps as possible. Next add more weight and keep …