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Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:13 pm
by breadbucket
VasaVasori wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:breadbucket wrote:I do mean no offense, but I'm not sure you understand much about nutrition. It may not be a physical marathon but it is a mental one, why do you think when one is extremely malnourished they experience hallucinations?
So don't take the LSAT malnourished.
There may be an incremental cognitive benefit to flaxseed oil, but my point is that the negatives of being
completely fucking neurotic about the test are going to outweigh any possible benefits. Mental performance on a test might have a 0.1% correllation to breakfast that day, but it's a lot more closely linked to how someone handles adversity and nerves. If they go in with a completely rigid plan and expectation, any little bump is going to derail them. My philosophy is to prepare so that no matter what you eat and no matter how much traffic there is and no matter what kind of noise there is, you can say "fuck it, I got this."
I also outperformed my PT average. FWIW
You realize, of course, that all this guy is trying to do is plan out what he's going to eat the day of the test? I mean, lots of people do this on normal days. I would hardly call it neurotic.
I know, but why take that .1% chance? For me, my mind is better at ease knowing that I did everything in my personal power to alleviate potential detriments. I can't control the externalities in a test center (pen taping, watch beeping, proctor talking), but I can control my own efforts. So if there is a pen taping, at least I ate a great breakfast and feel prepared to power through it.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:14 pm
by tedalbany
+1 to everything rink says.
Jesus it's a test like every other test you've taken, just eat like a normal person you neurotic little weirdos.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:16 pm
by Mr. Pancakes
don't eat some extravagant breakfast. just do what you do every day. ree rees.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:18 pm
by rbkl
rbkl wrote:What should we eat for dinner the night before? PASTA?
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Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:23 pm
by Mr. Pancakes
Eat pasta if you're use to eating pasta. Some pasta is extremely high in fiber and it might give you the shits.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:07 pm
by LexLeon
VasaVasori wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:breadbucket wrote:I do mean no offense, but I'm not sure you understand much about nutrition. It may not be a physical marathon but it is a mental one, why do you think when one is extremely malnourished they experience hallucinations?
So don't take the LSAT malnourished.
There may be an incremental cognitive benefit to flaxseed oil, but my point is that the negatives of being
completely fucking neurotic about the test are going to outweigh any possible benefits. Mental performance on a test might have a 0.1% correllation to breakfast that day, but it's a lot more closely linked to how someone handles adversity and nerves. If they go in with a completely rigid plan and expectation, any little bump is going to derail them. My philosophy is to prepare so that no matter what you eat and no matter how much traffic there is and no matter what kind of noise there is, you can say "fuck it, I got this."
I also outperformed my PT average. FWIW
You realize, of course, that all this guy is trying to do is plan out what he's going to eat the day of the test? I mean, lots of people do this on normal days. I would hardly call it neurotic.
So true...thank you for the reality check my friend.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:18 pm
by tedalbany
LexLeon wrote:VasaVasori wrote:rinkrat19 wrote:breadbucket wrote:I do mean no offense, but I'm not sure you understand much about nutrition. It may not be a physical marathon but it is a mental one, why do you think when one is extremely malnourished they experience hallucinations?
So don't take the LSAT malnourished.
There may be an incremental cognitive benefit to flaxseed oil, but my point is that the negatives of being
completely fucking neurotic about the test are going to outweigh any possible benefits. Mental performance on a test might have a 0.1% correllation to breakfast that day, but it's a lot more closely linked to how someone handles adversity and nerves. If they go in with a completely rigid plan and expectation, any little bump is going to derail them. My philosophy is to prepare so that no matter what you eat and no matter how much traffic there is and no matter what kind of noise there is, you can say "fuck it, I got this."
I also outperformed my PT average. FWIW
You realize, of course, that all this guy is trying to do is plan out what he's going to eat the day of the test? I mean, lots of people do this on normal days. I would hardly call it neurotic.
So true...thank you for the reality check my friend.
Not neurotic if you normally eat like that. But planning out meals as if you're an olympic athlete for a 4 hour test is being neurotic. Before my last 3 hour [LS] final I ate a greasy ass omelette and homefries at a diner with a coke, got an A. HTH.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:19 am
by alpha kenny body
Breakfast - Hit the juicer with some carrots, cucumbers, kale, lemon, and 2 apples. Bottle of Water. Piss 3 times. Ya done.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:24 am
by Tom Joad
OP, you sound like a hippie and you are probably going to piss yourself during the LSAT, but don't worry Boalt has a low LSAT median.
Re: Breakfast and Snack, June 11th, 2012
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:41 am
by crumpetsandtea
Lol for realz...?
Just eat what you're used to eating. Eating/drinking more/less than what you're used to will make you distracted. I ate something like greek yogurt + honey/fruit/granola and then some sesame crackers with cheese during the break (which is literally what I would eat every day before/during work normally).
Chillax bro!