I'm another college student, and I just moved into a dorm so I am definately having issues with eating well. I don't have a kitchen but I do have a meal plan at the union so basically I eat out all the time. And by eat out I mean pizza hut, chick-fil-a and such.
What I've decided to do is eat three meals still but replace one of them with fruits and vegetables like I used to do at home. This cuts out alot of calories and gets you some of the vitamins and such that you wouldn't otherwise get. The other thing you can do is to try juices and smoothies instead of big macs and tacos. You can get naked juices at alot of places and they are very good for you and taste good too. One thing I also used to do was to buy frozen fruits and lowfat yogurts and throw whatever sounded good into a blender to make a smoothie. It only takes about five minutes so you can do it on your way out the door and it's good because you can put whatever you like in it. I'm guessing you probably don't have a kitchen so these are all pretty easy to do with a few appliances which aren't expensive.
Since you are an emotional eater I'm guessing you eat alot between meals. This isn't a bad thing but the problem is watching what you're eating. It's not very difficult to go out and find some 100 calorie packs or nutrigrain bars that you like and you can take them with you to class as well.
Oh yeah and if you stop drinking soda chances are you will lose a decent amount of weight. Especially if you are the type of person who drinks alot of soda every day like my boyfriend and I used to. We both cut out soda and he lost weight without doing any work. You can easily replace soda with water or tea (unsweetened teas, especially green and white teas are very healthy) just be careful switching to some juices because alot have high amounts of sugar.
Exercise will always be the determining factor between losing some weight and being healthy. Running will also help out your stress problems.
Wow. That was more than I intended to write, sorry! Hope this helps though. I'm looking for more ideas to help myself out as well.
