Ayche's 12 Step Program to Gunning - Step 3

Step 3 - Cooking

Preparing your own food allows you to take control of eating habits. It is all too easy as a med student to spend every waking hour in class or at the library, and settle into the routine of eating solely at the hospital cafeteria and restaurants near campus. Eating out, especially on the student's budget, is usually not the healthiest option. And, diet aside, the hospital cafeteria can carry a certain "you are going to be eating an insipid dish with mushy vegetables and jello for every meal for the rest of your life" gloom. So cook! Cook up a meal you like that keeps well, and pack yourself meals to take with you when you study on campus in the evenings. You can also prepare your own snacks. If you are well stocked on food going onto campus, you are much less likely to end up hungry and hitting the vending machines. Eating right while studying helps keep you energized and focused, not to mention keeping you from backsliding when you are logging all those hard hours at the gym! (I had to break a pretty bad gummy fruit habit, myself. If the vending machines in the library ever get Dr. Pepper, I'll still be done for.)