15 Ways to Avoid the Freshman 15: The No-Nonsense Guide to Staying Healthy During The Most Unhealthy Time of Your Life

Freshman year is awesome. You get to meet cool, new people; party harder than you ever have before; expand you mind in incredible ways; and enjoy freedom from your loving, but controlling parents. There's only one problem: the Freshman 15.

Every year, thousands of students head off to college. Many of these individuals enter there freshman year the epitome of health. They played varsity sports, cruised through high school with low stress and high amounts of sleep, and enjoyed the benefits of healthy, home-cooked food every day. But all that changes when they get to college.

Students stop playing sports because they no longer need it on their resumes. Suddenly, there's no time for exercise. Classes are way more difficult and time-consuming. Sleep levels plunge as stress levels skyrocket. The emotional and mental load of college begins to take its toll.

So students naturally turn to their favorite comforts: food and alcohol. Food comes in the form of all-you-can-eat pizza and burgers at the campus dining halls, a diet plan designed to add pounds to even the fittest of 18-year-olds. Alcohol comes in the form of FREE BEER at any of the local fraternities. This dual combo of all-you-can-eat food and free alcohol is the primary reason for many a Freshman 15.

But there are so many hidden culprits as well. In this book, I tackle all of the major players in the Freshman 15, as well as a lot of the minor ones. All in all, I present 15 overlapping strategies to help any incoming college student avoid the Freshman 15. This book is loaded with action steps that you can take right now to prevent weight gain and poor health.

But my biggest goal here, isn't just to tackle the Freshman 15, which is itself a major epidemic sweeping across college campuses. I'm here to prevent a complete guide to a healthy college life. This book is designed to help any college student stay healthy during the unhealthiest years of their lives.