Carl’s Habits I believe Carl is in the transition from contemplation to preparation. The reason I have come to this conclusion, this is due to not having established an explicit workout or devised intended blueprint of how he will conduct physical activity or exercise. Even though he does exercise, he likes to consume energy drinks, which contains vitamins B12, B6, B3, caffeine, and taurine. As well, as eats a cocoa cereal, which is very high in iron but also very high in sugar content. In moderation, the good elements can outweigh the bad elements. Nevertheless, he also likes to stay up late and party with his friends. In addition, not to mention the long periods of studying, game playing, and computer time. Carl needs to sit down and figure out exactly what he would like to accomplish when conducting a workout plan. Carl needs to reduce his partying and staying up late with friends, and establishing a proper diet. The establishment of the plan would allow you to feel better, increase energy, and promote living longer. The benefits to proper sleep are increasing the way you feel, help with heart and weight, and improve your mind. With the eating of a proper diet, it increases a vast majority of items in your health. For example, you can improve your heart, bones, and teeth, increased levels of energy. Predicting if Carl is self-motivated, depends on his actions. In this case, you can tell by his initiative to be high in obtaining a rec center membership, his walking to and from class, workouts during the week, and his playing of flag football on the weekend. Carl’s barrier to overcome is not following set plans. the understanding of not establishing a specific workout routine, the less frequent trips to the recreation center, hi... ... middle of paper ... ...ne to assist with her deficiencies will greatly help increase her energy to help with the loss of her weight. Sally is in no way self-motivated to change her personal development towards exercise. The goal of weight lose that the physician has recommended to her, she has deliberately refused with the gaining of 2-5 pounds. With her development of type 2 diabetes, and the failure to control this disease will eventually lead to insulin injections for control of this problem. Also with the weight problem, will eventually come the disease of hypertension, which will also require medication to regulate this problem. I feel that her biggest challenge, is changing her mindset, she thinks that she is doing knowing wrong at all, but with the lack physical activity will produce further medical issues as well as her eventual death, which will not be beneficial to her family.
...so discuss making a exercise plan that will work for the patient, and will not cause him/her any pain. If all of the correct measures are taken, and the patient is taking care of themselves, they can prevent more serious complications from occurring. They must know that they are serious complications from one not taking care of themselves, or living a unhealthy life style. It does involve a lifelong commitment to change. Medication will help, but one must also be willing to change.
Isn’t everyone’s goal in life to be able to achieve something amazing? Better yet what about setting great goals as an individual? Wouldn’t you like to better yourself as a person? As Arnold Schwarzenegger once said “you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets”, this simply meaning that a person must be “hungry” and have a great drive to be able to achieve greatness. The feeling of greatness and satisfaction that a person will get from being a healthy, fit individual is unexplainable. Being satisfied with your own body is a very important factor to life itself. People that are healthy are known to live healthy lifestyles as well as to be great in age. There is no negative sides to being healthy, people that are healthy are happy. I plan to take an individual and better them by training them and making them a healthier person. The steps I will go through in order to make this happen are steps such as training the person, making a nutritional plan for them, and being there to support them along the journey. I will be training the person using some fundamentals that have worked for majority of world-class athletes. I plan to use simple bodybuilding tactics as my muscle builder, such as old school techniques that Arnold Schwarzenegger used in the golden ages of the sport itself. As my research has shown, my client and I are both pleased with the “golden era” physiques and we plan to make a healthy/fit body molded like the bodies of that “era”. In this project my client and I have decided to base the “nutritional plan” as a high protein/Low carb diet, which I will release in this paper. Through out this project, it should be well know that this is not an easy sport! And the discipline to stick with it is extre...
I question as to how she was able to function at all being that underweight. I believe that it may have caused some other long-term health issues that were not mentioned in the lecture. Fisher mentioned that he did not want to give any medication to her as it would be intrusive, but there is currently no medication to treat anorexia as a specific medical condition. Though he did not give any medication, this disconnect caused me to question the validity of the treatment. I am also wondering as to how much her hospitalization could have impacted her condition later on. While at a young age babies are creating a perception of the world, it seems unlikely that the hospitalization could be the root and only cause of anorexia. Fisher mentioned that she was on a swimming team, which the act of being in a swimsuit during puberty could have had a stronger impact than what was seen on the outside. As talked about in class, her personality is in line with those who are likely to develop anorexia: perfectionistic, conformist, and a bizarre sense of pride. I wonder as to how much his sessions actually helped. He seemed to think that the sessions were the only thing that helped her improve. There are always external factors for everything and there is a strong likelihood that there were things which may have helped cause the recovery. In class we also mentioned the importance of family
She states that she knows the importance of taking care of her body and eating right and exercising but has trouble with it. Recently, she has started exercising every once in a while, but she says that she has trouble eating healthy foods because she doesn’t like the taste of them.
They spoke with their physician’s at Seattle Children’s Hospital about attenuating her growth process to minimize her adult height and weight. They also discussed two other treatments that they felt would enhance Ashley’s adult quality of life. One was a hysterectomy, which would prevent Ashley from feeling menstrual cramps and preven...
Being a healthy person, the torment an individual may be unveiling to as a result of poor health is pacified. To keep the body up tight with no stress, while the body is in action the person needs to keep some Fitness vocabulary. These are Cardio Respiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength, Body Composition, Muscular Endurance, Reaction Time, Coordination and Speed. Cardio Respiratory-Ability of the body’s circulatory, cardiovascular endurance measures the oxygen received while working out. Muscular Strength- Amount of force a muscle can produce with a single effort, for example the achievement of lifting weights. Body Composition-Refers primarily to the distribution of muscle and fat of the body, a normal healthy body configuration has enough muscle tissues with a rate of low fat tissues. Muscular Endurance- the maximum force of a muscle and or group of ...
Learning about what the different nutrients do for the human body have motivated Susanne to incorporate those nutrients into her diet. Susanne used to be someone that chose food to lose weight. Now, she is trying to make smart food choices to be healthy. She now understands that it is more important to be healthy than to be skinny. Susanne has an elevated risk for diabetes due to family history. Because this is a factor she cannot change, she understands her food choices and exercise are more important for her daily health maintenance than it might be for someone
I will be sharing a significant experience that had a major impact on me and changed my life. The event I will be focusing on is the first few months of my fitness journey. I will apply four social psychological concepts and theories to the event. These concepts and theories will be used to interpret, and gain a fuller understanding of the event and how I was influenced by others.
Most people have an aspiration to get rid of a certain unhealthy behaviour or to employ a new health behaviour that would benefit their wellbeing. Some examples include a wish to stop smoking, eating a balanced diet or getting rid of a sedentary lifestyle. Many psychologists have been trying to find a model that would help people fight these kinds of unwanted health behaviours. One of such is the Transtheoretical model of behavioural change (TTM) which will be the main focus of this essay. Specifically, how one’s sedentary lifestyle can be changed by bringing out a systematic exercising routine using TTM.
The behavior change I pursued included running 3 miles a day for three days of the week. In this analysis I explore how my perceptions fit within the Theory of Planned Behavior, overview specific methods of change, evaluate pitfalls, social support, and identify potential areas of improvement.
Since she retired, she goes to sleep around 10 o’clock at night and wakes up around 7 o’clock in the morning. She tends to take naps throughout the day and when she is having difficulty sleeping, she drinks chamomile tea. The interviewee does not walk and exercise as often as she should, but when her grandson comes home she walks around the neighborhood with him. She loves to watch television, and complete crossword puzzles. A few years ago, before her arthritis worsened, she used to exercise twice a week on an exercise bike
As the saying goes “health is wealth”, a good health is as primary a need in human life as food, clothing, and shelter. Exercise plays a key role in achieving a good health. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, exercise can be defined as the “physical activity that is done in order to become stronger and healthier”. Scott Roeben, a humorist and creator of the award-winning humor Web site, Dribbleglass.com.Scott, in his article “The Case Against Exercise” states that the claim that exercise is a good and positive thing is a ludicrous claim and is the most destructive rumor among the rumors spread upon the humankind. He believes that exercise causes human suffering rather than promoting better health and a longer life and that the hazards
Weight loss, obesity, cardiovascular health, risk falls, and mental issues are just factors that commonly affect American citizens daily. Exercising has always been there ever since it was discovered, and it will continuously be accessible for everyone as the best solution to see real results. Clearly, exercising is the best choice to include in any regimes anyone may think of when trying to invest in their health. It benefits those citizens naturally with self confidence which leads them to live happily and avoid other life circumstances that general population may go through. As compared to other recommendations when choosing exercise being the best solution to health issues, it can definitely be challenging. Some may consider types of solution that are easy and gives immediate outcomes such as taking diet pills, diet supplements, or surgeries and if they are wealthy, they may even consider getting laser liposuctions. Yet, since these alternate ways are not done naturally, it may come back faster than they think and can still affect one's mental and physical health.Therefore, exercise is the best solution due to the fact that it’s a natural way of taking care of the human body. Through this process, anyone who will participate in exercise or physical activities will learn that it’s a journey. They will learn how strong they really are physically and mentally as a person. Exercising “ ‘provides
...ishing achievable and measurable goals and planning well ahead made working out pleasurable and successful. It also demonstrated strong self-efficacy and often provided an indicator of future excellent health in the workplace.
Patient is a female, aged 65 years old who requires weight loss as GP referral reported. In order to assess her, anthropometric measurements were taken. She has a current weight of 135.5kg and her height is 1.55m.Consequently, she has a body mass index (BMI) of 56.4kg/m² and she is obese class II. According to her biochemical results all parameters are normal except raised glucose and TG. Clinical data obtained include her current, past medical history and medication. She is type 2 diabetic and obese. She has a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and sleep apnoea. The medications she takes are glucophage for controlling blood sugar levels and salmeterol for treatment of asthma. Diet history of patient was taken by asking her recall the last 24 hours food and drink intake. Her estimated energy intake is about 2445kcal from which 44.3% from fat and 67g protein. Patient energy requirements calculated from Henry were (BMR) = (8.52W+421H+10.7)*PAL (1.4) =2022kcal/d. Total estimated energy requirements were 2022kcal per day. Protein requirements based on 75% of actual body weight was 101.6g protein per day. Total fluids requirements estimated using 25ml/kg adjusted body weight and is about 2293ml per day. Environmental data include that lives with her family and she does not exercise.