A student in one of my online classes, Deborah Ross, posted this on the Discussion Board in my online psychology class at Granite State College a few days ago. (She gave me permission to share.) She is enrolled in a fairly new thing we've been doing for a few years now: a whole college class in five weeks. (It's catchingly referred to as a "Five Week Intensive.")
She realized that she'd lost some weight and had some interesting insight into the situation:
Due to the intensive nature of this class, I've given up my nightly habit of watching television for two hours and studying instead. I've also lost three pounds recently. I was wondering if it had anything to do with giving up the television. I assumed that sitting and studying for two hours is just as sedentary as sitting on the couch watching television for two hours....So I am eating less by not watching television and by studying. I've also observed that while studying, I employ my laptop and don't want to sully the pages or keys so I avoid eating while doing both.
Who knew that going to college had such a side effect?
She realized that she'd lost some weight and had some interesting insight into the situation:
Due to the intensive nature of this class, I've given up my nightly habit of watching television for two hours and studying instead. I've also lost three pounds recently. I was wondering if it had anything to do with giving up the television. I assumed that sitting and studying for two hours is just as sedentary as sitting on the couch watching television for two hours....So I am eating less by not watching television and by studying. I've also observed that while studying, I employ my laptop and don't want to sully the pages or keys so I avoid eating while doing both.
Who knew that going to college had such a side effect?
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