Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in today's episode, you're going to learn exactly what you can do about the dreaded freshman 15.

You know it exists and you might fear it. The freshman 15.

Interestingly, an Ohio State University study show that the average college student doesn't actually

fatten up to the feared 15, but really only gains about two to three pounds in their first year.

But whether it's two or three pounds or 15 pounds, you might wonder how you

can stop that freshman 15 from beginning to creep up in the first place and how you can get rid of it

in case it actually has become a part of your waistline. So keep listening to find out more.

First of all, why does the freshman 15 occur? Well, number one would be that you flunk your food options.

College campuses are notorious for poor and inexpensive cafeteria foods, and college towns

are pretty much riddled with fast food restaurants, low-quality grocery stores, and venues

offering unhealthy eats, nachos, deep-fried, you name it's.

Cheap and processed foods like hot dogs, peanut butter, fatty steaks, energyos, deep fried, you name it's. Cheap and processed foods like hot dogs, peanut

butter, fatty steaks, energy drinks, frozen meals, and top ramen, the common staples in a

student's dorm fridge or pantry compounds these matters even further. Not that fatty steaks are wrong,

but if they are a non-organic fatty steak, they're not doing you any favors. And for many students,

because of hectic class schedules, late-night study sessions, and the many opportunities to part-A,

the diet becomes irregular, meals get skipped, and food prep becomes the last thing you think about,

if you even think about it at all. And because of this, the majority of meals get eaten from

either A,

unhealthy cafeteria foods, or B, from highly processed foods in packages and containers,

usually pass through a couple of windows. And since these are cheap and convenient foods,

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