College survival

[tmk]

I get 2 meals a day, breakfast and lunch. heard some horror stories about the dining halls here and I'm very frightened

[trent bortknob]

put some fruit juice in there

put THAT in your milk


for your health

[trent bortknob]

i think one thing you should think about is this:

people a lot of times (myself included) eat and stop eating due to signals (an example, when there is no longer food in your reach)

if you buy a bag of chips, pour yourself a bowl instead of eating out of the bag. when your bowl is empty then you'll probably feel fuller or at least be like "oh the food is gone" and stop. if you're eating out of the bag you'll just keep mindlessly reaching for more until it's empty or you get unnecessarily full

get things that are meals in themselves (like ramen). one of the great things about that is you actually have to COOK it, so if you already ate one and you're kind of full and you have to decide between getting up and cooking another one or being lazy and dealing with it, you'll probably just deal with it, saving yourself another pack for later and also eating less

i think another key is just LEARNING HOW TO COOK. learn how to cook, buy some shit at the grocery store and make it yourself. you guys are making the mistake of sacrificing being healthy for cost effectiveness. this doesn't always have to be the case, my brother eats healthy meals all of the time and only has a 30 dollars a week budget for food.

i have 0 experience in this subject btw other than being interested in food and having a brother who tells me about all of this shit. he's been in college for like 3 years so uh

[shura]

if you can afford to get the cheapest mealplan, you should. you get fresh food every day and its easier to be more social with your friends. you'll probably discover later on, that mealtimes and weekend nights are really the only times you'll be free to hang out with your friends unless you're living with them

[dilly]

papa sized pizzas

[rtil]

there's a store here on the west coast called "cash & carry". it's a food supply store where everything is in large bulk, designed for small restaurants. but anyone can go in there and buy stuff. my friends would go there often every so often and get crazy deals, like 30lb of chicken breasts for $20, or 10 gallons of milk for $10. buying in bulk = lots of saved $$$, and you can still eat decent food. i'd look for a food warehouse/bulk store around where you live

[DrRumack]

yea around here we have sam's club/bj's which is pretty much the same thing

[Casey Pixmintro]

BJ's BIG BLOWOUT SALE!!!

[DrRumack]

bump

today i discovered baking soda mixed with water makes a potent face wash

baking soda in general is good for everything so that's something to keep around

[jjjjjjjjjj]

woah this thread is back

[billy]

you should probably know sifting through the trash can be considered a felony

[emanhattan]

lmfao I have lived every single bad thing mentioned in this thread.

but hey you all have posted some really good tips.here is another one:
What do you guys think about red bull?
I have been drinking that thing to survive in class and "buy" myself extra hours of cunciousness
my veredict; AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE and never drink more than one in a single day.

Also I found a store that sells plenty of asian foods meaning a million different kinds of ramen wich is good but what has truly saved my life is cucumber and a collection of salsas. gr8 snacks, good for you. not very sustantial.

[aether]

Seeing as I'm home alone alot, I usually eat top ramen, spaghetti-o's, canned soup, cereal, and if I'm up for it i'll make waffles or some pancakes. As for stores that sell things in bulk, I'd go to places like Cash & Carry, Sam's club, Costco, Walmart even. We have all of those on the West Coast, I don't know about NY though. If you can't find those look for ethnic markets I'm sure NY has some.