Thirty-two days following the New Year, and Ball State University's Recreational Center is still bustling with students keeping their weight-loss and health-related New Year's resolutions. While the amount of students at the recreational center will most likely decrease over the semester, many students are sticking to their goals. While the reasons students have for wanting to work varies, many of the girls who working out share one common goal—weight loss.

When did a number on a scale become a representative of one's worth as a person? While it is easy to become obsessed with your actual weight, it is important to remember that you are worth so much more than just one hundred and fifty-seven pounds dreaming of one day looking great in a bikini. While striving to be your healthiest and stay physically active during college is very important, many girls get lost in their obsession with their physical weight and start to negatively impact other areas of their health. Health is more than just your weight, and being healthy looks differently for different people. Health is a combination of physical health, emotional health, mental health, and spiritual health. It is important to remember that your body needs sleep, that your mind needs rest, that your heart needs love, and that your constant struggle trying to balance school, working out, sisterhood events, work, and a social life is keeping you from realizing how amazing you are. Keep working out, keep going to the gym with sisters and friends, keep making healthy food choices, and keep doing your absolute best, but remember to sleep. Remember that you and everything you do is remarkable and that you are more than a number on a scale.

Don't let your physical weight weigh you down. Your mental, social, emotional, and spiritual health should never take a fall because you are focusing too much on your physical health. Keep striving to meet your health goals, but remember that your health is more than just your physical weight or size.