The Greatest College Health Guide You Never Knew You Needed

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The coach’s guide to beating the Freshman Fifteen, Sophomore Slump, crippling anxiety, and your worst hangover! Learn to take care of yourself, and de-stress throughout your undergrad years and beyond. Every fall, millions of young adults crash into college fired up for the best four years of their lives, ready to experience campus life, take classes about things they’re interested in, and meet people from all over the world. Most students, however, are better prepared to pick their major or talk to strangers than they are to take care of themselves in the college setting. College students today are more depressed, anxious, and stressed than previous waves of students; they’re also more sedentary, not really exercising, and living in a meal-plan limbo supplemented with ramen and coffee. CHAPTER 1 ORIENTATION CHAPTER 2 FOOD How to Choose When Faced with Choice What to Eat How to Eat Indulge Like a Pro Quantity Control Cooking for One The Struggle Is Real For When You Forget CHAPTER 3 BOOZE New Friends and New Surroundings Drinking Like a Fish Drinking Like a Responsible Land Mammal Stages of Intoxication Alcohol and You On a Lighter Note Heavy Stuff Be Smart For When You Forget CHAPTER 4 EXERCISE Why Bother When to Work Out What to Do The Gym Outside the Gym Crafting Your Own Workout Plan Falling Off It’s Worth It For When You Forget CHAPTER 5 STRESS Feeling Stuck It Starts with Stress Stress Management Getting Ahead of Stress The Usual (Stress) Suspects Types of Stress Stress-Related Conditions and Concerns Don’t Join the Contest For When You Forget CHAPTER 6 SLEEP Downsides of Sleep Deprivation Cycles, Rhythms, and Schedules Sleep Rules Waking Up Tracking Your Sleep Sleep Roadblocks Rest Assured For When You Forget CHAPTER 7 TRIAL AND ERROR Pretrial: Where Are You At? The Trial: Focus on Habits Get Testing Getting Ahead of Obstacles The Error: It’s Not Failure For When You Forget CHAPTER 8 GRADUATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ENDNOTES INDEX