This past week, was reading break for all University of Victoria students as well as other British Columbia universities and colleges. With reading break, and without the comfort of staying within my own home, staying on track with a healthy diet was a bit difficult at times as well as maintaining a constant workout routine. Therefore, some alternative measures were taken to ensure I could still obtain my goal of eating healthy and staying fit per week. As per Friday afternoon, I travelled to Vancouver (home) to see my family and friends. Once I arrived, I immediately took my dog (Bron) for a 1.5 Kilometer walk. For dinner that evening I ate Sushi with vegetables, which was my only main meal for that particular day. Saturday morning, my family and I headed Downtown Vancouver, where we were saying a few nights. For breakfast, I ate a spinach, mushroom, and egg white wrap. As we arrived, we walked for approximately two hours exploring the great outdoors Vancouver has to offer. When arrived back to the hotel, I went to work out at the gym. Due to limited equipment, I ran for 30 minutes, biked for 15 minutes and lifted free weights for 20 minutes. For dinner that evening, I had pesto mushroom pasta from El Furniture Warehouse. Sunday morning, I ate breakfast at the hotel. My breakfast included: Egg whites, fruit parfait with granola, two pork sausages and one glass of orange juice. My exercise for the day consisted of walking for about 4.5 hours and doing a small workout in the gym. Once again, I ran for 30 minutes, biked for 15 minutes and lifted free weights for 20 minutes. Monday morning, I had egg whites, yogurt, red grapes and strawberries for breakfast. I walked around Granville Island and the market and ended up walking for a combined total of 2 hours. Monday evening, I had a pulled pork sandwich on a brioche bun. Tuesday, I only had a protein bar for breakfast and salad for dinner. Tuesday evening, I also went the gym to work out for an hour and a half. I focused on cardio and free weights, as it was very busy and most equipment had line-ups, therefore I had to improvise my workouts a bit. Wednesday, I intermittent fasted until 3:00pm and had Bourbon St. Grill for lunch, it consisted of chow mien noodles, honey mustard chicken and Louisiana chicken alongside mixed vegetables. For my fitness on Wednesday and Thursday, I ran around my neighborhood for 30 minutes both times. It was beautiful outside and therefore, I could not resist. Thursday, I got back into routine with my chosen diet, as I returned to Victoria on Wednesday evening. I started off my day with eating my protein special K bar with a fruit smoothie. For lunch, I had a chick pea salad with vegetables and rice and vegetables for dinner. All in all, this week I definitely focused more on other types of fitness, rather than just going to the gym and balanced my meals with more protein and vegetables as I cut out some sugar and fat.

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