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1. Appreciate Your Body:ÌýHave you ever wondered how appreciative you are of your body and how you can work on it?ÌýDo theÌý

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​2.ÌýSay No to Diet talk:ÌýOften, we are pushed to do things we don't want to do because we feel we 'should' for variousÌýreasons, especially around food, body and exercise. Setting boundaries is a form of self care. If you have a family member or friend who talks regularly of dieting, food, body weight or shape, exercise, etc tell them you do not want to talk about it anymore. Or, if you are asked to go out when you don't want to, wear something you don't feel comfortable in, or eat something you don't want to eat or aren't hungry for, practice saying NO!Ìý

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Thursday, February 6th 6-7 pm Gasson 013

​*Calling all Male-Identified Students:ÌýMales struggle with body image too, and we want to help.ÌýÌýand tell us anonymously about your challenges around nutritionÌýand body image and how we can best address them.Ìý

1. Assess Your Exercise Patterns: Ask yourself the following: Do you like movement? Are there challenges to doing exercise at BC? Do you have over exercising tendencies like exercising even though you're tired, feeling guilty for taking a rest day, pushing yourself only to change your body, or using exercise just to burn calories, etc? What is your relationship with exercise like? Exercise should be fun, not a stress in your life. Make a goal around either engaging in, changing, or stepping away from an activity. For instance, if you feel guilty for taking rest days, practice doing just that. If BC Rec is an intimidating place, ask a friend to go with you to a group class.

2. Change Up your insta feed: Did you know there are 500,000 influencers on instagram who post pictures of their bodies and promote products, especially weight loss and exercise products? Research shows following fitness and food accounts leads to more body dissatisfaction. Unfollow people you're following that regularly post about exercise and physical activity. This will help your subconscious not be influenced as much by these images, and free up brain space to make your own decisions around exercise for reasons that challenge your body and are fun, not to change your body.

1. ASSess Your Sleep:ÌýTake theÌýÌýand assess the quality, quantity, and consistency of your sleep. Then create aÌýÌýfor yourself, i.e. # of hoursÌýyou want to get each night, on average, or in total for that week or include strategies to enhance your sleep environment to help you get quality sleep. Set a reward that you will give yourself once you meet your goal. Meet with a trained Sleep Health Coach to discuss your score and set more sleep goals!ÌýSchedule an appointment here.

​2. ​Set a Consistent Schedule:Having a consistent sleep schedule is important and getting 7-9 hours of sleep is important, but it doesn’t matter when you sleep and wake as long as it's consistent throughout the week and weekends. Try going to bed and waking up at the same time every day for a week, then try a different time the next week.ÌýNotice how your rhythm is different, any changes physically or mentally. Once you find the sleep and wake times that fit best with your body, try and stick to that schedule as best you can week to week.Ìý

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Monday, February 24th 3-4 pmÌý