Daphne Oz's Book, "The Dorm Room Diet"

I recently was listening to the radio and I came across a very interesting interview on NPR that I thought could be of help to you.

Daphne Oz, a junior at Princeton University, recently wrote a book called “The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works” for college students her age struggling to loose weight. She went into her first year of college very overweight and realized her clothes weren’t fitting anymore. She was eating too much junk food and late night snacks on campus. She decided to take it upon herself to create her own diet, later motivating her to write a book about the experience.
The diet contained mostly vitamins, supplements, and minerals which she continues to strongly encourage for college students because we aren’t getting enough of them on a daily basis. Ms. Oz took control of her situation and stopped eating for emotional and social reasons. Instead, she ate in moderation and didn’t force herself to eat when she wasn’t hungry. For Example, she was addicted to chocolate so instead of eating a whole Hershey bar, she would buy chocolate chips, melt them down in a microwave and dip strawberries in the chocolate. That way it contained less calories and she got fibers from the strawberries.
Once Ms. Oz began to cut back on how much she ate, she began to learn the tricks and guidelines of how to eat healthy which lead her to come up with her book that contained helpful tips:
If you are going to be up late studying, going to a football game or just staying in and hanging out with friends in your dorm room, she recommends healthy choices such as: carrots, fresh fruit, things that will keep your energy up and that are healthy for you.
In the end, instead of gaining the “freshman fifteen” Ms. Oz lost ten pounds her first year on campus, twenty-five pounds by her junior year, an author of her first book and a role model to other college students around the world.
If you would like to read Daphne Oz’s book you can go online by clicking here and purchase it for $11.53.