Tips To Stay Fit And Healthy in College

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Play sports

If your campus is tastefully landscaped, make full use of the beautiful environment! As doctors advise, cardiovascular exercise could largely reduce the risks of getting heart disease. Make it a habit to spend at least three days a week jogging in your campus for 45 minutes to one hour. Not only is jogging good for your health, it is a good time to think (about anything) and for relieving stress.

You might want to consider going to the basketball court or futsal court in the evening. Not only are team sports fun to play, they can also help cultivate your teamwork and communication skills, which are essential in life.

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Eat healthily

Meetings scheduled, assignments due, and commitments in your extra-curricular activities – all these can be overwhelming. Don’t you wish you had 36 hours in a day?

Such stresses can drive you to steal time from somewhere else. You might skip meals, take fast food or burn midnight oil instead of sleeping. But you might end up spending all that ‘saved-up’ time queuing up at the clinic when you fall sick! Think long-term and be consistent in your daily routines, especially your dietary habits.

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Avoid "mamak" stalls

Perhaps the credit of the growth in mamak businesses should all go to university students (and football fans). Watching football or chatting with your friends in mamak stalls until late at night might seem normal but try your best to avoid such sessions. If you've gotten used to staying up at night, you would, sooner or later, become sleep-deprived.

However, not only is lost sleeping time irrecoverable, but you would also start to have gastric pains due to irregular eating habits. Nevertheless, socialising with friends at mamak stalls once or twice a week is still acceptable.

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Learn to say "no"

As your network of friends increases, you would spend more time socialising. But be wise in who you mix with. Avoid the types who would ply you with drugs or excessive liquor. In this case, it is the best to trust your instincts: If you do not feel comfortable mixing around with the person, remember that it is always fine to reject him or her as long as you do it courteously.

Sometimes, you might find yourself overwhelmed with invitations to hang out with different group of friends. This will lead you to spend too much time hanging out with friends, instead of studying. Therefore, you would at times need to say ‘’no’’. But do bear in mind that nobody likes to be rejected too frequently. Do it tactfully and you should be able to remain in good terms with your friends.

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Stay motivated

Do you know why some of your New Year’s resolutions remain as “resolutions” each year? It could be partly due to a lack in motivation. In this case, it requires execution that comes with effort and discipline – both originating from motivation.

To stay motivated, you could join team activities where you get to interact with people. As you exchange opinions with people around you, you could know where the rest of your peers are going and you would most likely be encouraged to move on too!

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