The commons is a dining hall at Texas A&M University, with some of the worst food in the country. The commons diet refers to the struggle First Semester Freshmen have to face while dining the trash that some people think is food for the first week. At first, people think that a large meal plan is worth, but after sticking the commons diet, patients tend to try and leave it as soon as possible by telling the Dining Staff that they are of a certain dietary restriction in order to limit their intake at the commons. Some Commons Diet patients even resort to going to Sbisa, another dining hall that serves even worse food, because of the destruction the Commons Diet does to a person's internals.
The Commons Diet at Texas A&M causes freshmen to lose 15 pounds instead of gain it at other universities.