Maintaining a Healthy Balance at University

As you may already know, living as a student in 2018 can be difficult, with the cost of student accommodation ever rising it can be hard for students to maintain a healthy lifestyle alongside paying for their student living. So, how you may ask do students effectively use what they have available to them? Well, there are some little known secrets that could help you not only save money but also provide you with a happy and healthy experience at University.

Although you may not be used to giving much thought to everything you eat on a weekly basis, it is crucial that you take your student eating habits very seriously. It pretty much goes without saying that the life of a student is one that is often associated with less-than-healthy eating habits. The student lifestyle can often be perceived as one dominated by too many take-aways and a generally poor standard of eating.

Food and Exercise

It may sound completely obvious, but a good starting point for healthy eating is simply making sure you have a balanced diet. This should generally be one that is rich in fruit and vegetables and low in sugary, fatty foods, and accompanied by plenty of water. Plus, a good amount of regular exercise is advisable, too: the NHS recommends keeping active on a daily basis and doing 150 minutes of exercise on a weekly basis as well as strength exercise on at least two days a week that work the major muscles, including chest, shoulders, legs, arms, hips, back and abdomen.

Obviously, though, it doesn't have to be this way. If you are beginning your academic experience in the not-too-distant future, or even if you are or have been for some time a student, making the right kind of effort to ensure your eating habits do not become unhealthy, is something you should definitely be looking into. 

Good Planning

In terms of direct, practical advice for healthy eating, one sensible tip you may wish to employ that could make a big positive impact on your eating habits is to plan ahead. This may sound at first like a very simplistic idea, but preparing for the meals you will be eating in the coming week is very helpful in ensuring that you get enough of the right things and less of the things that aren't so good for you. Failing to plan for the week's meals can also result in choosing meals that are done quickly and easily, which can quite easily mean just ordering a takeaway at short notice.

Once you begin planning a week in advance, you can start constructing a schedule of meals that incorporate healthy ingredients as well as tasty flavours, which will also make going to the supermarket easier, as everything you need in terms of food will all be clearly written down.

Doing this means as well that you can start having fun exploring the possibilities for delicious meals that are good for you. In order to learn about the kind of things to put together that are both appealing and healthy, maybe have a look online as there's plenty of information to be found. It's possible that some students may be concerned that eating well won't suit their tight student budgets. Eating well can be affordable and performing the right kind of research should demonstrate how this can be done.

Have Limits

Being careful about want you drink is, in many ways, just as important as what you eat. So if you want to make sure that you are doing what you can to stay in good health during your time as a student, monitoring alcohol consumption is a good idea.

There are times though that we can allow ourselves to have a little treat and enjoy something that we perhaps wouldn't eat or drink on a regular basis. Take-away food, for example, can be a delicious treat every now and then but is something that we shouldn't eat too often. Similarly, food from restaurants can make for a fantastic meal, but probably shouldn't be indulged in too often, either.

Down To You

There's no shortage of suggestions on the web and elsewhere for helping people to stay in good shape. The student lifestyle isn't often thought of as being healthy. But with these tips, a little extra research and a little effort, you can easily stay in good shape, which can only be a good thing.

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