NIU

Weight loss

Posted by Stacy on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:14 AM

Being that New Years Eve just passed, weight loss is in right now. My roommate and I have been going to the gym regularly at our school since the beginning of the year (well actually since freshman year) and never have a problem finding equipment to get one or sign up for, except for about 3 weeks after we get back for winter break and about 3 weeks before spring break. People make all of these kinds of resolutions saying that they are going to lose weight and then they clog up the gym for people who actually do go all of the time and the funny part though is that after a few weeks, it does down and is back to normal for the most part (except for the rush of people who come back a few weeks before spring break to get into swimsuit shape).

I wonder now why people are still making resolutions. It seems like no one really keeps them. Losing weight or being fit and healthy should be more of a life resolution instead of a new year's one. Especially for college students who go back and forth and back and forth trying to get skinny (then binge drink) and then spend all week dieting again until the weekend when they go out to a kegger. It seems so silly, but to the average college student, every pound counts and the fact that your trying to lose weight is the point.

I think weight loss though is something people struggle with for their entire lives. Especially if they do as children, or young adults. I think that we need to get into the habit of resolving to not make resolutions about weight loss and instead just decide to make a lifestyle change. If we begin as teens or college students or young adults and try to remain steady in our process of losing weight and keeping it off and being healthy, we can stop the yo-yo dieting and the constant weight loss and gain and frustration. There are too many students who decide to get skinny for an event, like spring break and then after that they go a few weeks pigging out and drinking and then gain the weight back and try again to get skinny. We need to make a permanent and healthy change to be able to see results.