how did she plan to earn enough to buy foodstuff for the evening meal
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If there’s one thing that almost every student misses, it’s a proper meal. In fact, 46% of freshers miss their mum’s cooking more than anything else from home.
When microwave meals and frozen pizzas started to make me feel sick, tired and emotionally exhausted, I decided to take action – and find a diet that was both cheap and nutritious.
And I’m not the only one – according to one report, more than a quarter of students put on up to two stone in their first year of university, and others lose weight.
Danielle Wenlock, 20, a law student at Bournemouth University, struggled to maintain a balanced diet. “I lost weight because fresh food would go off and fish was expensive,” she says.
“I’d bulk buy cereal, porridge and large bottles of milk, which kept me going for the mornings. But I’d cut out meats and fish because I couldn’t afford it.”
However, with many students figuring out weekly budgets and frequenting discount stores, almost three quarters of those in the UK say they are eating three good meals a day, according to a survey by Herbalife. I wanted to see if I could manage the same.