“Healthy” tips for the active student
For most student, it can be said that balancing out a daily life can be a tad challenging. Trying to fit the workload of a full semester, while attempting to maintain a social life, while also trying to keep up with club involvements and maybe even a job or two can seem almost impossible to that bright eyed first year. But fear not, because today here are some helpful tips and tricks to “help” you survive the awkward confusing time that is post-secondary education.
Maintaining your health
As a student, you may find it difficult to find the time to eat healthy and exercise regularly. Some people would say maintaining healthy habits such as eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep would be important. But I am here to tell you that “those people” are wrong. During this time of blissful youth, your body is an unstoppable machine that cannot and will not stop and because of that fact here are some helpful tips to get you through the years.
Nutrition
As a result of our hectic or busy lifestyles, you do not have that much time in-between classes to eat and make sure eat a full meal, although, there is a solution. The solution to this important question comes in many forms and in many wrappers, that right ladies and gentlemen the answer is fast food. In lieu of taking the hour and change it will require to make a so called “healthy meal”, just visit the local cafeteria and rejoice in the fact that they have many pre-made and ready to eat meals just waiting for you.
Exercise
The average health journal or online article will tell its readers that they only require an hour and change of physical activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Although this is true and most colleges or universities have a recreational centre on site, this doesn’t mean that’s your only outlet for exercise. There are plenty of action that a student takes throughout the day that compensates for not going to the gym. Some of those activities are: rushing to class because your alarm didn’t go off, chasing after the bus because it actually early and left without you, trying to move past all the people you don’t wish to interact with today, or even turning your whole room upside down looking for that one shirt you knew was in the dresser but now you can’t find it.
Sleep
The one aspect that all college or university students can whole heartedly agree upon is the fact that no matter how hard you try you will never get enough sleep no matter what you do. It is a well-known fact that most parents or guardians say that a child needs to get seven to nine hours of sleep to fully develop physically and mentally. Well that may be true there is one key aspect that most people seem to forget, the key word in that statement is “child”. Although, when you start university your parents might still consider you a child, you are actually an adult, whether you accept that or not. Now because of this sudden change into adulthood you can now bypass that recommendation and sleep however long you want. The really important thing to remember about sleeping is that if you see another student with bags under their eyes and still functioning, they’re the one doing it right.
With all joking aside, the transition into a college or university is a big a step in anyone’s life. Whether you are still living at home or taking your first big step and moving out it is important to try and set up a routine that will help you succeed in your academic, social and extracurricular activities. If you have any questions about anything that seems weird or terrifying about the experience remember to keep in touch with family and friends from home, especially there could be who may be going through a similar experience as you, or in a worst case scenario there will always be someone at the school who will try and help you.