Blog #19: Healthy Carolina

Overall, I do view myself as being healthy. It's hard to stay healthy though with the food choices on campus. I thought I usually ate really well until I looked at the calorie count on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in Gibbes! Just the sandwich itself has 570 calories! I can only imagine how many calories their french fries and sub sandwiches have. I've done good staying away from Burger King and Chick-Fil-A though. New friendships I've made have helped me stay healthy too. A lot of my friends enjoy going to the gym, so I usually tag along. They encourage me to stay healthy in a lot of ways. For instance, if I can't decide between two things to eat, they always encourage me to choose the healthier food. We push each other at the gym as well. It's much easier to work out when there's a little bit of friendly competition going on.