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Volume 44, Issue 10
Wednesday, Jan. 26,2011
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(amine the real reasons for your winter weight gain
By Joshua Baird
Irts & Culture Editor
is that time of the year again,
rain is tailing all over Oregon,
ra stuck inside, the holidays are
andyou have grown a spare tire
’all of that holiday season over
^ng. What is a busy college
nt supposed to do about that
’bit of Hull” or “muffin top?”
K you may be wondering
exactly where it came from in the
first place. You may act surprised
that you gained weight, but you
probably know exactly why that is.
That fourth slice of pumpkin pie
really didn’t help matters, either.
‘Tart of moderation is knowing
when to let moderation go and the
holidays are that time,” said Robert
Hill, a Clackamas Community
College student.
“In our culture we center most of
our important events around food,”
said Josh Rhoden, CCC wrestling
coach and health instructor.
So should you stop eating alto
gether to drop that weight? Not at
all, in fact, there is a large school of
thought that says you should be eat
ing more food as a way to kick start
your metabolism.
When you only eat once or twice
a day your body acts like it is starv
ing to death and hangs on to as much
as it can in hopes of staying alive,
even if you are eating all the time. If
you eat five small meals throughout
the day your body will begin to think
with an abundance mentality and
not store as many calories as tat
Another common problem is
portion sizes. “Our portion sizes in
America are out of control, if we
consume a lot of calories we have to
offset that with something and that
something has to be exercise,” said
Rhoden.
“Cut out time in your schedule to
work out to offset those (bad) eating
habits,” said Rhoden.
Most students will say some
thing about how they would love to
exercise, but they just can’t afford a
gym membership.
“Money shouldn’t be an issue
... we have great nutrition and
health and fitness classes should you
want to get into one of those,” said
Rhoden.
Please see WEIGHT, Page 8