{"id":38769,"date":"2019-08-19T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=38769"},"modified":"2019-08-15T16:24:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T20:24:51","slug":"staying-healthy-while-living-on-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2019\/08\/19\/staying-healthy-while-living-on-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying Healthy While Living on Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"Living on residence is unlike any other experience I\u2019ve had\u2014 you\u2019re surrounded by people at all times, you\u2019re likely eating from a dining hall, and you\u2019re dealing with lots of school work on top of that. In first year university, I lived on residence and found that looking after my body and my needs was key for my physical and mental health.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"The<\/a>\r\n\r\nFirst of all, dining halls can be tricky. My dining hall, Burwash Hall at Victoria College, was buffet style and required you to eat a few large meals per day. Because of this, eating a lot of unhealthy food at once was super tempting.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSo, I tried two different strategies. For the first half of the year, I ate everything I wanted to at Burwash, but made sure I didn\u2019t eat an excessive<\/em> amount of food.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn the second half of the year I started eating vegan\u2014 this changed my approach to dining hall eating, because the things that were vegan were a lot healthier. So, I ate as much of these foods as I wanted and didn\u2019t worry as much about quantity.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nBoth of these strategies were great for making sure that I stayed healthy while eating in a dining hall\u2014basically, as long as I wasn\u2019t eating a\u00a0lot of unhealthy <\/i>food, I was fine<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nAnother important part of staying physically healthy was exercise. Living surrounded by friends and dealing with the stress of school meant that it was a lot harder to find time to exercise. But, exercise was actually key for both my physical and mental health<\/strong>\u2014 it was good for my body, and provided a relaxing break that was great for my mental health.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nExercising at U of T is super convenient because your student fees already pay for access to many great exercise facilities<\/a>. I especially enjoy Hart House\u2019s drop-in fitness classes<\/a>, and went often to their Zumba class!\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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Shoutout to Lizzo! Creds: giphy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nFinally, mental health has always been key for me. When living in residence, I was surrounded by a lot of people<\/strong>. This was both a pro and a con\u2014 on one hand, it meant that if I was going through something hard, I could reach out to a friend.\r\n\r\nOn the other hand, it meant that spending time alone and maintaining boundaries was a lot harder. To create this time by myself, I made sure to get away from residence, whether that be for a weekend trip or just a walk alone around the city.\r\n\r\n
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Time to myself!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nI\u2019ve also used a lot of the mental health services at U of T in order to keep myself healthy<\/strong>. If you\u2019re looking for more information about this, I recently wrote a blog post<\/a> about my\u00a0<\/span>experience with counselling services at U of T.\r\n\r\nOverall, residence is a super unique and fun experience. I\u2019m so glad I took steps to maintain my physical and mental health, because it meant that I could enjoy residence life to the fullest.\u00a0<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nLiving on residence is unlike any other experience I\u2019ve had\u2014 you\u2019re surrounded by people at all times, you\u2019re likely eating from a dining hall, and you\u2019re dealing with lots of school work on top of that. In first year university,…\n<\/div>
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