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Did you get the freshman 15 or any type of noticeable weight gain in your freshman year of college? (10 pounds or more)
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Anonymous 1d

I lost weight bc I’m a late/middle of the night binger and I couldn’t exactly sneak right downstairs around the kitchen at night anymore and I was too cheap to buy my own food and the dining is closed

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Anonymous 1d

No, but that was because I had an eating disorder and hardly ate my freshman semester. Then in my junior year I got help and gained a lot of weight

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Anonymous 1d

I didn’t cause I still lived at home my freshman year. I’m 1000% sure if I moved away for college I would’ve tho

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Anonymous 1d

I got a reverse freshman 15 and lost almost 20 lbs because of illness

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Anonymous 1d

No because I had to walk 15 minutes to every class, food and workout habits stayed relatively the same

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Anonymous 1d

no, i got it during my time in high school. i did do college classes in high school but also had COVID. i lost weight during college. hilly campus.

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Anonymous 1d

Developed a nicotine addiction and I’m down 20 by my senior year (I was already underweight so it’s kinda problem now (don’t smoke if you don’t have a big appetite or just in general because it’s horrific))

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Anonymous 1d

i feel like if anything i lost weight because of the constant walking and tbh eating less because i didn’t have food as readily available as i did @ home

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Anonymous 1d

I lost 30lbs my freshman year and was hospitalized due to depression

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Anonymous 1d

My campus has hella hills. I’ve lost weight every semester except this past one

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Anonymous 1d

Lost weight from being sick all the time, gained the 15 the next year

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Anonymous 1d

I did because i had unlimited food plan and was going to the gym 6x per week

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Anonymous 20h

I gained the freshman 15, lost the sophomore 30, then another 10 or so til I was underweight. Now I’m starting to gain weight again at my first full time job

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I feel that. Im glad you got help. I definitely had some disordered eating my freshman year where I was restricting but my sophomore year my binge ed took off so then I started putting on weight and have been struggling with food addiction ever since.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Thank you, and I feel you, same on a lot of those points now for me too.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

And I was more busy to wanna cure my boredom with food as much

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

Actually I’m thinking ab this still and I don’t think it’s that I was too cheap. It’s also that I knew better than to stock food in my dorm knowing myself. But you can’t really help it when there’s a kitchen full of food and no dining hall. Actually kinda miss having a cutoff time to food access.. could use that again bc I’m back to that night binging..

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