...REASONS TO KEEP FIT “I once felt my breath cease, and seconds later my heart began to pound, so deep that I couldn’t explain what was happening to me. And in that moment I felt I was going to die, because the situation was unusual,” said Martha peters, age 20, student of INTI College, Malaysia. Fitness has been known to allow the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system to supple fuel and oxygen to the muscles that enables long sustained exercise for the body to be active and to be in good shape. A fit person can repeatedly make movements for a long period of time without undue fatigue, exerting force, such as lifting or controlling one’s own body weight and move the joints through a full range of motion in work and in play. The ability of the body to function or work effectively and efficiently, enjoy leisure time, meet emergency situations, be healthy, and resist hypokinetic diseases, is a state of being fit. Hypokinetic diseases or conditions are diseases such as heart disease, low back pain, adult-onset diabetes, and obesity which is associated as a result of lack of physical activity or too little regular exercise required by the body for its maintenance and active functioning. Keeping fit could come in different ways; it can be the amount of exercises one indulges in, eating healthy and engaging in activities that are of advantage health wise. While one may prefer going on diet and taking some supplements to help them build up their muscles or loss some weight as...
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...In the article “ The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home” adapted from Daniel Weintraub’s work they talk about how parents have to take initiative when it comes to helping their kids watch their diet and weight. I agree with the author because if they want a healthy kids then they have to go out of their way to do so, no one else should have to be responsible for their health and diet, and also as a smart kid one should have responsibility in taking care of their own body. When a parent wants a healthy kid then they will take responsibility to do so. Feeding their kid unhealthy food is ok sometimes but not all of the time, especially if the kid is not active. For example, my parents let me eat junk food but when I eat it too much...
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...close to reaching my basic level for my grade.Because of all this information, I knew I had to become strong, healthy, and determine for me to become athletic. The first word I choose to reach my goal to become athletic is for me to become strong. How I figured out the word strong would be a good attribute for me to reach my goal athletic which mean in a good strong condition without being weak. I figured out that the word strong is the main part of becoming athletic. I wouldn't meet that definition of being weak. At home, I do basic workouts for me to become strong but sadly whenever I do lift weighting I can barely hold the weights out more than 12 seconds!, and I couldn't do more than 13 pushups without falling on my face.Also to add more failures to my workouts my dad could outrun me.All of these facts could affect me from becoming athletic.This means I need to become strong to even get close to become athletic....
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...my special design, please allow me to say what an honor it is to share my design with such as a professional and creative team of judges. Now the design I have chosen for today is the Fitness tracker called FIT. My presentation will be delivered in 3 parts. First I’m going to discuss the features and benefits. Then, I’ll tell you why this gift can help promote the business effectively. Finally I’ll summaries the main points and answer any questions you may have. My presentation will take about 3 minutes. Do you know the ready-made gifts in the market? Of cause you know, but, do you know it can’t satisfy the dynamic change of trend. So, let’s begin with the features and benefits Many of us may be forgot the most important thing of our life. HEALTHY!! Firstly, FIT is gorgeous and more practical than a normal fitness tracker. Since it can show your problem areas by recording your steps, calories burned, and hours of sleep, so you’ll see the areas where you need some improvement. But, you may ask, what is the point of tracking my health, diet and exercise? The answers is simple. Tracking your health, diet and exercise is the key step toward an active lifestyle. Of course, there are a myriad of benefits to exercising and following a healthy diet such as reduced risk of chronic disease, enhance your self-esteem, improved your appearance, and much, much more. There really are no downsides to living in a healthy lifestyle with FIT. Lastly, FIT is multi-purpose, gorgeous and creative...
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...not have any spelling errors. Therefore, the author is creating credibility by demonstrating professionalism. The author also demonstrates professionalism by using the correct tone by making it confident and convincing, and by making the word choice motivating. “Not because the old me is bad but because the old me can improve” can motivate many people to choose a healthy lifestyle. In order to create an effective ethos, the author must be knowledgeable about the issue. According to “Fit Bottomed Girls Anti-Diet,” the founders of the “Fit Bottomed Girls” website have spent years helping hundreds of thousands of readers fall in love with a healthy lifestyle. On account of that, the ethos is strengthened because the audience can trust that “Fit Bottomed Girls” can help them get the changes they want....
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...would like to change it because I love playing sports and therefore to compete with the best I need to stay healthy, fit and keep my body strong. Since, I’m in college, this would be the best time for me to exercise and keep myself fit for future. 2. What is your rationale for choosing this as your priority stressor at this time in your life? At what “stage of change” are you in regards to this stressor? How will this affect your outcome? The rationale behind choosing this stressor at this time in my life is that I believe because I’m a college student I’m at that point in time in my life that I’ve time and energy on my side. If I manage to accomplish my goal, I’ll be living a healthier lifestyle in the future. My plan is to do exercises thrice a week and do 7 activities (exercises) each day. Each activity could take a couple of minutes. The exercises I’ll be doing is sit ups, side boards, front boards, crunches, leg lifts, pelvic tilts and practice ball pelvic tilts. Also, I’ll be going for a jog every Saturday and Sunday evenings in the summer as the weather will be better. I’m at the preparation stage in regards to my stressor. It will affect me in various ways, exercise usually diverts me from the tensions and problems of life and keeps me calm and cool. Exercises also releases various sentiments and commodities such as stress. It makes me think straight and keeps me happy. 3. Establish a goal that is clearly stated and S.u.P.e.R. S.M.A.R.T. * Self-controllable:...
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...Final Project Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan Bonnie Williams SCI/241 August 11,2013 Dr. Louis Cohen Final Project Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan I have dieted much of my adult life. Once I get started, I find that it is easy to stick with, to lose the weight that I want to. My weight problem comes from keeping the weight off after I reach my goal. In order for me to start a diet plan, I need to be motivated. I feel that adding an exercise plan to an eating plan will help my progress as well as make me a healthier person. I, as very many Americans live a very busy life-style. I work full time, have a large family, and go to school full time. My biggest challenge is making the time to exercise and sticking with it. During my adult years, my weight has fluctuated in between 125lbs and 200lbs. My height is 5’’8’ I feel the ideal weight for my height is in the 140lbs to 150lbs range. Currently I am 185lbs so getting down to my desired weight is not impossible, but will need me to be prepared to make the time and get myself on the right track. Choosing an eating and exercise plan is not easy, you have to choose goals that are achievable, If you set your schedule and plan to strict, you will grow tired or find the regime to hard to maintain. I have chosen an eating and activity plan that will fit easily into my daily schedule with just a few modifications. Nutrition Plan: My nutrition plan that I plan on implementing will improve my eating...
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...The article I've chosen to read and write about is about stress management. It was written for a website named helpguide.org. The author, Lawrence Robinson, has done a nice job of laying out his top 8 steps to help reduce, prevent and cope with stress. I found it very helpful to have a list with specific ways to help alleviate certain stressful situations. The author suggests that there is no “one size fits all” stress. I think that is important to understand. Every single person is different and what causes stress for one person may not even slightly affect that next. Trying to group all people into one specific stress group would be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, it just doesn't work. Most of us found that out when we were toddlers. Something that stood out to me in the author's description of how you handle stress is the response you give to someone who notices you looked stressed. For example do you find yourself always telling friends and family that “I have a lot of nervous energy, that's all”? People that respond with that answer haven't fully come to grips with the fact that they show a nervous energy when they are stressed and that it is obvious to those you are close to. The first step in alleviating stress would be to admit that you do have stress and that it is okay to talk to people about it. The 8 tips for managing stress that are mentioned in the article are: 1. Get moving. Exercise releases endorphins that boost your mood and make...
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...drop those pounds that bothering me or how to keep a healthy balance on exercise. However I always fail. According to our text book successful weight-loss maintenance could be difficult because the stress management or because time. Stress many times lead us to reach for empty calories food moreover sometimes it is difficult to keep with time when people have such a busy schedule to do those exercise that will help in the long run to loose weight or keep us fit. I have a good friend that he always carries healthy snacks, and every time he will take the stairs, or park very far so he can have his walk for the day. I wonder why I can’t do it too? And I found the solution, reading our chapters this week I understand that the environmental influences play a big role on my problem in this case of keeping me fit or without those pounds. It was very interesting to learn that when we are in surroundings for eat a snack or a meal with lighting, aromas, décor, and sounds we ether eat more or less depending on how is our environment. Another environmental influences that caught my attention were package and portion sizes. It is true that when by those bags of potatoes that we love if we eat from the bag we tend to eat more than if we just measure a small portion in a small plate or other food container. In conclusion I am guilty of not been self-conscious of how much I should be eating when I by that bag of potatoes ships, also of bringing healthy snacks with me or park far and walk those stair...
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...A Healthy Community There are infinite details and particulars that come to mind when a person begins to think of a healthy community, but the most important ones that I can see are being able to strongly provide social, economic, and developmental solutions and relief while also having the ability to feel safety within these certain areas. People are not always going to agree on the details within these certain areas, but these seem to be the basic necessities for a community maintaining self-sustainability. Before any of these solutions can be addressed there first must be an overall mind state of being a community, or in other words, everyone in it together, as a whole. The CDC states on their website that " a community that is continuously creating and improving those physical and social environment and expanding those community resources that enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential."[“About Healthy Places.”] The community in which I live in surely does not meet these solutions mentioned perfectly, but the feeling of everyone on the same page is defiantly there, so there is hope and a good base on which to begin the changes necessary. Communities that are successful need to consist of strong social networks able to provide ways for people to meet, interact, build relationships, and have the ability to choose what religious sect they want to be a part of. I feel that people will...
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...to live a long healthy life. One of my goals is to live well into old age with the people that I love and in good cognitive function. I read how important is to keep good mental activity by implementing the use of puzzles, word games, reading, writing, music, etc. But I had a vague understanding how my brain continued shaping its neurons with the combination of exercises. Moreover, by conditioning my body; my brain boost new perceptions on how to control external factors like stress and anxiety. To better understand the concepts, the book Spark, was written by John J. Ratey, MD, and professor of Psychiatry....
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...Benefits of keeping fit. Nowadays, people tend to work out themselves to get healthy. Even women also go to the gym and work out on themselves to get their ideal body and adapt a healthy lifestyles. There are several benefits that we can enjoy when we keep our body healthy. The first and foremost is one can maintain good physical health. It is because it can improve the cardiovascular system. Not just that, it also can strengthen the muscular system. Then, it can build up body’s resistance to diseases. Next, one can maintain good mental health. If we are keeping fit it can increase our mental alertness. Besides, it reduces our stress. Maybe you cannot realizes that the stress at the workplace or college can be reduces by do the workout. For me, I were a volleyball player and every evening I will go to training and did the fitness. Somehow, I fell refresh after doing that kind of work out. Next, is it also improve our concentration. Sometimes, in the class or during meeting we cannot focus to what are be discussed. So by keeping ourselves fit it can improve our concentration. Last but not least, one can maintain a good disposition or temperament. If I am not mistaken there are some articles says that while we do the fitness we release endorphins, that known as happy hormones. Furthermore, it also develop a positive attitude to us. In conclusion, there are so many benefits if we keeping fit in our life. For instances, one can maintain good physical health, good mental health...
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...Baseball & Health Jeremy Rostker 04/17/08 A healthy and active lifestyle is important to the quality of my life and the achievement of my goals as it allows me to live longer and participate in activities I enjoy. It also strengthens my immune system and lowers my chance of disease. My goal in life is to be successful in all of my endeavors. Doing things like playing sports, participating in P.E. and taking a biology class are helping me to live healthy. I make sure to stay healthy and in shape because I know it will benefit me greatly. If I didn’t play sports or eat healthy I would likely become overweight and unhealthy. Although my chances of becoming a professional athlete are slim (I know this because my teacher did a probability exercise demonstrating this to get me to focus on “academics”!), a healthy life is essential for me to overcome the odds. Statistics show that overweight people are more likely to suffer heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. They also have a shorter life span. According to the American Heart Association, in 2006, about 136 million U.S. adults were overweight or obese and 25 million children were at risk of becoming overweight. Besides poor eating habits, smoking is also a major contributor to unhealthiness. Smoking can damage your body and lifestyle immensely. When you smoke, you’re at risk for cancer. Smoking can also cause gum...
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...Kendra Wilmore Prof. Gross English 051 3/17/14 My S.M.A.R.T Goal Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for overall health and can help you prevent and control many diseases and conditions. That is why I am using the S.M.A.R.T goal setting process to lose ten pounds in the next three months. I picked this specific fitness goal because I think it crucial to feel good about myself and keep a healthy weight. This goal is not going to be achieved on its own; it’s going to have some obstacles in the way. I am going to have to push myself every day in P.E as well as work out at home. My goal is to lose 10 pounds. I will lose weight. I want to lose 10 pounds in 3 months by eating right and exercising in the gym so I can be healthy, fit and energetic. By using the S.M.A.R.T goal setting process I am setting a realistic goal for myself to achieve so that I am healthy and can feel good about myself. My specific goal is to lose ten pounds by the summer. By doing this I can be happy with my weight and fit in my skinny jean. This goal will be measured by weighing me every day in the morning before I go to school. I will know my goal is accomplished when I step on the scale and see the number 135. Losing ten pounds will be very challenging because I’m not used to working out on a daily basis and it will take time to make it a daily routine. In order to achieve my goal I need to participate in P.E and so sort of activity daily. My goal is realistic...
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...the text for explanations of these dimensions. Physical health: Exercising and eating healthy is very vital to all my organs for an optimal performance of my physical body. Even though I do not smoke or consume alcohol, I still have a fear of developing illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases etc if I don’t exercise and eat healthy. It has been a challenge for me to stick to a strict regime of exercising. I feel if I don’t incorporate exercise in to my life it will affect my ability to perform my daily living activities if I should become a victim to such diseases. My body will not be as easily responsive to normal chores and it will limit my physical performance. Social health: Not being physically fit and succumbing to any disease will be a huge hindrance to my social health. It will have a negative impact on my personal relationship with my family in the sense that they may feel I am taking time away from their lives to cater to my needs which I am unable to do for myself. I will be unable to attend social gatherings to interact with people and will definitely be unable to adapt to social situations such as attending a wedding, parties, community gatherings etc. I am an extrovert so definitely my social health will be affected greatly if my physical health creates a barrier for my presence at social gatherings. Intellectual health: Definitely for me education is my weakest link. I feel a lack of knowledge will influence my decisions in...
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