current DO students, what do you eat??

[CuttinEmUp]

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so im curious, with the amount of time spent in class/lab etc. and the enormous chunk of time spent studying during the first couple years especially, what do you guys live off of?

I guess im kinda concerned because I really love food and i generally watch my diet and eat healthy and prepare a lot of my own food.

Am i going to basically live off of fast food, junk snacks and top ramen?

 

[mshheaddoc]

You might have wanted to post this in the osteopathic forum.

I know many medical students that have no problem "eating" healthy. Yeah you might eat fast food but if you live near the school and go home for lunch or some people pack a lunch and bring it. You aren't always going to have "group" study time so I know people who go home for dinner then come back for "group" time or just study at home. Medical school isn't the end all for life. I know people who are just as healthy with eating and exercise habits then they were before school. It all depends on your "time" balance which most MS1's have the greatest difficulty. Once you have a schedule its not that hard to keep. 😀

 

[CuttinEmUp]

thank you for putting back in perspective for me....i was starting to think that anything good comes to an end in med.school and that the ONLY thing i will be doing is studying

 

[ShyRem]

I have continued to cook healthy food (and live off leftovers at lunch) for the most part. Occassionally I forget and grab a chicken salad sandwich at the cafe'. But I've also been known to bring brie, water crackers, and olive taponade for lunch. Soup is good. But mainly I like leftovers. 🙂 And the occassional homemade coffee cake for breakfast (and yes, I tend to bring extra and share).

 

[jbone]

I have continued to cook healthy food (and live off leftovers at lunch) for the most part. Occassionally I forget and grab a chicken salad sandwich at the cafe'. But I've also been known to bring brie, water crackers, and olive taponade for lunch. Soup is good. But mainly I like leftovers. 🙂 And the occassional homemade coffee cake for breakfast (and yes, I tend to bring extra and share).

Oh shy,
You know how I love to eat!! Sitting here in the library hitting the histology...STARVING!! Then I read this? You killing me shy...killing me.

BTW, send some of that goodness to good old Des Moines. I'll be waiting. 😉
We all know you can cook it up! Sure you don't want to transfer?? 😀

 

[It'sElectric]

Just make food in advance, and as others have already stated, eat them as leftovers. Thus, instead of cooking 1 chicken breast for dinner, make 5 or 6 and just save the extra for later when you're in a hurry (which you inevitably will be at times).

 

[ShyRem]

Nope, sorry jbone... but the thought of you in class with me makes it tempting. 🙂

And just to make you WISH you were at UNE with me... I made our biochem team breakfast yesterday. Fresh cranberry-raspberry coffee cake with struesel crumb topping. From scratch. Yup. It was yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumy.

Love you, jbone..................
(btw, I'm in histo too... it kinda sucks. But not as much as immuno. our prof speak another language entirely I think. I'm longing for the days of anatomy. Seriously.)

 

[Andromeda]

buy veggies, cut them up that night, and put them in to-go plastic baggies & put some dressing in 7 mini tupperware containers to last the week. do the same for fruit. throw lettuce in 7 tupperware containers, combine with your pre-cut-up veggies and you have instant salads for a week. buy nuts or raisins and put those in bags--it takes a long time for those to go bad. do the same with cereal. these are healthy and easy snacks.

throw some spices on some chicken the night before to marinate, grill chicken on a forman the next night while you review notes and use that for dinner & your sandwich (whole wheat bread) the next day. do taht for various meats.

cook rice with some vegetables & spices and you have a side. cook pasta and keep it fresh with olive oil.

buy yogurts and combine your cereal that you have prebagged and you have a nice breakfast.

these suggestions can work with some time investment to get into the habit. this type of cooking does not require active stove work. you can study all day and then "cook" late at night while you review and then save the food for reheating the next day.

how can you eat fast food and then tell your chronic-disease patients with high cholesterol and heart disease that they need to go on a diet? i know fast food is easy and you can get away with some healthier options, but try to practice what you will preach and you will understand your patients & their lifestyles better and have more helpful suggestions when you need to give them advice.

-andromeda

 

[Vox Animo]

I cook healthy food 4-8 times a week. mostly simple stuff.

You have time to cook, just maybe not motivation.

 

[CuttinEmUp]

thanks everyone for your replies...some really good suggestions here that I will definetly utilize later i hope

 

[exigente chica]

buy veggies, cut them up that night, and put them in to-go plastic baggies & put some dressing in 7 mini tupperware containers to last the week. do the same for fruit. throw lettuce in 7 tupperware containers, combine with your pre-cut-up veggies and you have instant salads for a week. buy nuts or raisins and put those in bags--it takes a long time for those to go bad. do the same with cereal. these are healthy and easy snacks.

cook rice with some vegetables & spices and you have a side. cook pasta and keep it fresh with olive oil.

buy yogurts and combine your cereal that you have prebagged and you have a nice breakfast.

same thing I do everyday..👍