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Colleges and universities have recently been cracking down on this common problem and are trying to educate people on how to prevent it.

A study done on 60 students at Cornell University showed that 20% of the weight gained by the test subjects was due to the fact students were eating at all-you-can-eat dining halls.

I think it’s time that I share a story on tumblr that Grace tells at every family gathering.

It goes like this: once upon a time I thought that “freshmen fifteen” was a code-word for the first fifteen people you slept with in college. Everybody was hitting that mark so fast in my first year and I was a combination of shocked and ashamed for a very long time. Was there something wrong with me? Was I not being invited to all the secret orgies because my god, we’re only two weeks into school and you already did “the freshmen fifteen!?” Thankfully, or maybe not so thankfully, I know what it really means now. I think my version is a lot more scandalous, I mean who cares about fifteen pounds compared to fifteen girls?

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   I gained the Frosh 15 because most of the food was so much less healthy than what my parents fed me. Then, my Sophomore...

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   …I gained 10, even though we had ala carte instead of all you could eat: cos I discovered Chick Fil A (it plus Ben and...

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    ~we also live in a city that has really healthy people. New yorkers walk an average of five miles a day!~

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    Word, lost 15 lbs. Walking a mile to the campus and back from my dorm (which was on the edge of campus), eating a lot of...

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    I think it’s time that I share a story...tumblr that Grace tells

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    CONTROL YOURSELVES

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    I lost 30 lbs because I was able to control my own portions and food choices for the first time in my life instead of...

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    Seconded. I lost anywhere from 5-10 pounds when I started college because I didn’t have the time or money to eat. Make...

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    Seriously between walking to class with about 30 pounds of paint and canvas, and the ludicrous pricing of the food, i...

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    vivid dreams about the all-you-can-eat dining halls, specifically the dessert bar...sneak...

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34. 930 said: I had something more like a Freshman Negative Five.
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    “common problem” always just seemed like a lulzy meme...me because me and all my friends...

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41. urlcannotendinahyphen said: On the study day before exams, I spent 6 am-12 am in the all-you-can-eat dining hall So I could eat all day long while only paying for the breakfast. Perfect.
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    In my experience, all my friends who gained weight during freshman year got it from being wasted at 3 am

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    I went into college weighing 130...going into my fourth year I weigh 112

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