{"id":36401,"date":"2018-11-07T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=36401"},"modified":"2018-11-07T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:34:43","slug":"maintaining-healthy-habits-during-reading-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2018\/11\/07\/maintaining-healthy-habits-during-reading-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Healthy Habits During Reading Week"},"content":{"rendered":"If you found yourself at any of the club fairs or orientation events during the first few weeks of classes in September, you probably have laid your hands on one of the 3\u00bd Things pamphlets put together by the Health Promotions team at UTSG.\r\n\r\nIn case you haven't, I\u2019ll summarize: the initiative aims to promote building healthy habits during the first few weeks of classes, which can be easily maintained throughout the rest of the year. There are, as you probably gathered, 3\u00bd things that the pamphlet touches on: eating healthy, sleeping well, exercising, and *YOU DO YOU* (a half thing because hopefully you\u2019re already doing the things that make you happy, so it\u2019s just about keeping them going).\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a> \"A<\/a> \"A<\/a> \"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nGiven that you read and clicked on this title, you\u2019re probably also aware of the fact that it\u2019s currently reading week at the St. George campus. This can mean many different things for many different people, but for me, it means flying home and visiting my family for the week.\r\n\r\nHowever, that\u2019s not all that reading week is - it\u2019s also a major disruption in the flow of our semester, which means any healthy habits you\u2019ve formed become vulnerable to drop out of sight. I myself will be the first to admit that this is a major concern.\r\n\r\nPSA: This is a judgement-free zone, so if you have strong feelings about people sleeping in I suggest you click away.\r\n\r\nThe very first day of reading week, I slept in until 1:00 pm MST. For those of you not from the mountain standard time zone, I essentially slept until 3:00 pm Toronto time.\u00a0 Here's the thing, though: the fact that I slept in so late meant that something in my sleep schedule needed to be fixed; and reading week is the perfect time to tackle that.\r\n\r\nAfter that first day, I\u2019ve been very careful to set alarms for no later than 7:30 am (mainly to make my time-zone adjustment easier next week) and have been making sure I go to bed before midnight. This is easy, given that my older sister has the sleep schedule (and willpower) we all dream of (or, at least,\u00a0I<\/em> dream of it). That\u2019s right- I\u2019m talking 10:00 pm \u2013 7:00 am...\u00a0every night<\/em>.\r\n\r\nJealous much? Me too.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of my sister, being at home has actually made some habits easier to indulge in. For example, sometimes it\u2019s a struggle at school to make it to the gym often enough. At home, though, I get to exercise while also hanging out with my family. On\r\n\r\n
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My sister climbing (all pictures of me involved tears)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nMonday, for example, I got to go rock climbing with my dad and my sister! Very cool, and also very terrifying for somebody who is not the biggest fan of heights (...me).\r\n\r\nAt this point in reading week, about half-way through, I\u2019m really proud of how I\u2019ve maintained the healthy habits I formed at school, while also allowing myself to alter them to fit the new atmosphere of reading week. Not to mention, being myself at home is the easiest thing for me to do.\r\n\r\nTo make the most out of the rest of my reading week, and make sure I pay attention to all the 3\u00bd things covered in the pamphlet, I\u2019m going to coerce my family members into teaching me some of their favourite quick and easy healthy recipes.\r\n\r\nIt can be really easy to lock yourself away in your room for all of reading week, playing video games or studying non-stop. This year, I\u2019m trying to reinvigourate the healthy habits I tried so hard to form at the beginning of the year, and give them new life for my return to school on Monday.\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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