[sugar and spice]

I gained weight my freshman year, but not during the first couple months like everybody said I would. I actually lost ten pounds in the first couple months of school -- from all the walking, the stress, skipping cafeteria meals, etc. -- and when I went home for the first time in October everybody was scared of how skinny I was. But then during spring semester, I gained 15 pounds back -- it's really hard to find the motivation to go outside and walk a mile across campus in Minnesota's snow, hail and icy winds, just to work out and then walk a mile back -- so I didn't, and it definitely took its toll.