Your Health

Your Welfare Guide

Your Health

When starting College and entering a new phase of your life, you can sometimes feel happy, scared, excited, lonely or even all of these at the same time. The most important thing to remember is to LOOK AFTER YOURSELF. Your mental health should be a priority for you during this transition. For some of you, it might be your first time living away from home and even cooking for yourself. It is important not to depend solely on fast/ microwaveable food as they have little nutritional value, as well as being quite costly. Having said that, there is nothing wrong with treating yourself to a take away every now and again, but as the saying goes - all things in moderation. You should make a conscious effort to eat balanced and healthy meals that have a decent amount of nutritional value. A tip: If you go home at the weekend, you could cook dinners that can be frozen. This will be handy when you come home from a long day in college. You could also suggest taking turns with your housemates and cook healthy dinners for each other. YouTube videos can also be helpful in showing you how to cook. Websites like myfridgefood.com is also a great tool to help you come up with ideas on what to cook when you think you have nothing!

www.foodwise.com.au/recipe-room/our-recipe-finder/

• When doing your weekly shop, you should bulk buy. This is cheaper in the long run and some foods can be frozen. • Limit alcohol consumption.

As well as healthy eating, it is important that you keep active. By keeping fit and healthy you will feel more relaxed, it helps to clear your mind de-stress you. It can be as simple as going for a walk or having a kick around with friends.

I would also recommend that you join a Sports Club or Society as they are a great way of getting to know new people outside of your course. Also, as an MTU Student you have FREE Membership of the MTU Gym.

It can be very tempting to go out every night over Freshers Week and of course the decision is entirely up to you, but you should

KNOW YOUR LIMIT, PACE YOURSELF

and BE RESPONSIBLE! You should not feel pressurized to go out every night. Freshers Week also does not mean no classes. Those 9 am lectures will still go ahead with or without you and you don’t want to miss out of any important information relating to your modules and your class.

Other things to consider:

• You should always try to eat a breakfast. This will help you concentrate in those early morning lectures. • Bringing a packed lunch to college will help you save money and avoid the temptation of unhealthy foods. (PS.

The canteen provides a microwave)