Freshmen 15

I remember at Frog Camp my freshmen year they made us go around and tell some of our greatest fears for the beginning of college. I still remember my response was "Freshmen 15." Majority of people have heard of the 15 pounds you gain when you get to college. But what is the cause of this, why does this happen to so many students? I weighed 127 pounds when I came to college, I now weigh around 124 pounds. If anything, I've been so afraid to gain weight that I've learned how to have a balanced diet and to work out a couple times a week. For many students however, they didn't have the advantage I had of growing up with health conscience parents so you see a lot of students gain a lot of weight. 

Fighting the Freshmen 15: In the article, Fighting the Freshmen 15 Dr. Gayle Timmerman at The University of Texas at Austin elaborates on the freshmen 15 and why this happpens. She talks about how students are going from portion control and home cooked meals, to having to do meals on their own and sometimes don't know what is too much. This is definitely the case at TCU. And with so little healthy food options, the freshman 15 is seen even more. If we had more healthy restaurants on campus, students wouldn't feel the pressure and anxiety of gaining weight in their college years.