The first category I have chosen is my weight. I weigh in 228 lbs after going to a screening for my overall health. The average weight for someone of my age and height should be around 110lbs to 140lbs. For a guy like me who’s height is well over 63 inch tall and weight 228 lbs, I am dragging myself to my death bed. I believe why my weight issue is a big problem has to due with my family finance, self believe, and lack of understanding in nutrition and exercise. I was born in a family of 16. There are nine sister and seven brother in my family and I am the youngest of all my brothers. My parents came from Thailand to this new place they call United State. My parents have very little to none English, so to get by they work on odd jobs and depend …show more content…
I would eat anything that tasted good and I would snack all the time having little to no care about my health. Game has made a big impact in my life but also became a tremendous road block to my heath. I can play game for hours at a time and not move at all. Game for me was an outlet to get away from my noisy family. If I weight between the average weight my life span would improve very high and I can do the things that I want to do that require moving around. I would be certain that I would not develop diabetes and be more social in life. If I continue to live my current life style I am certain that I will not live to be in my 40s. I would develop more health issue like high blood pressure, cancer, stroke, and other organ …show more content…
I score a total of 186 and for an average men it is recommended less than 200. The reason why I believe I did okay is that I might have a guardian angel somewhere watching over me. To be honest, I have no clue as to why I even did well on my total cholesterol. My habit was always bad and I made bad choices when it came to food. My lack of understanding about nutrition gave way to eating all the wrong food. Healthy food are very expensive and my family are under the poverty line. So it is hard to go and buy healthy food when unhealthy food are cheaper and easier to get. But I know that it does not tell me about my bad cholesterol or my good cholesterol. But nonetheless I am glad that it is in a good range altogether and that I can rest assure it will stay in that
I am glad to be forced to take a look at my personal health and to develop a plan for my future. For the last few years it has been a subject I chose to ignore. Faced with this assignment and the desire to do well on it, I am forced to take a hard look at myself and decide the next steps. Once upon a time I was tall and thin and on the outside all evidence pointed to a much healthier version of myself. I was thin, I exercised 3 or 4 times a week and did everything I knew to do to maintain my weight
Watching my assessment video was a more positive experience than I I expected it to be before I initiated the process. Self assessments have always been hard for me though I have always understood why it is necessary to be aware of the progress the I have made. It is pertinent to obtain the skill set of finding the common thread in errors so you can go back and fix them. I have always been afraid of watching or hearing myself on video because I was afraid of the mistakes I would make. When I watched
most of my existence is free of any sort of stigma. Outwardly, I represent one of the most privileged groups in society, and often face less consequences for my identity that other individuals. However, certain parts of me cause stigma to be placed on me. I am stigmatized through my sexuality, my mental illness, and though it seems odd, as someone who no longer has a mother. But the main source of stigma in my life is my weight. For all of my life, I have been a relatively fat girl. My family, both
Many people have different definitions and point of views about what stress really is. Before reading the text and several articles I thought of stress as a minor situation in which someone constantly worry about an issue that is beyond their control. After ready the text about stress I was informed that stress is awfully more serious than I that and has several different physical and emotional causes which can lead to major illnesses. The text stated that stress is “the process by which we perceive
expectancy. After taking the test on the website realage.com, I learned a little bit more about myself and how to take care of my body going forward. My actual age is 19 years old, but the test puts me at the age of 16.2 years old. This is something I find a little hard to believe because most of the time I do not eat super healthy or exercise. In high school, I was in sports so I was constantly exercising and on the go. It helped me stay fit and I was not sitting around By setting a strict calorie intake
number of health-related issues. Sugar causes health issues such as, fibromyalgia, diabetes, obesity, and osteoporosis. Like me, many individuals have no clue that they are addicted to sugar. Up until this single subject design, I thought my eating habits were quite normal. I honestly did not realize how much sugar I was taking in everyday. This single subject design has truly encouraged me to live a healthier lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to indirectly determine my sugar intake, by counting
The target behavior I chose earlier in the semester was my desire to reach my weight loss goal. With my family history of high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol it is easy for me to fall into the same footsteps. Carrying around too much weight feels uncomfortable, and it can also be really damaging to my health. However I have realized the dangers of being obese and have set my mind to getting healthier so I can live longer for my sons. I recently joined a weight loss boot camp, and one
course, I have learned information on different kinds of vitamins, carbohydrates, amino acids and other helpful diets. After reading and logging my dietary log for a week it has helped me re-organize my diet and health. I have learned about how to personally manage my exercise and diet and I am seeing some good results because of what I learned from this class. I started to see what I was missing in my diet and started to know what quantity and quality was for your diet. I also took a leap into my family
Every morning as I start my day, I am obligated to step on the scale and weigh myself whether I want to or not. Reason being, I must ensure that I am not accumulating fluid from congestive heart failure. There are days where I can gain anywhere from five to ten pounds, if I am uncareful, in turn that takes a toll on my self-image regarding my weight even though it is fluid weight. Growing up, I never had major issues regarding my weight. I was active in sports, clubs and always outdoors. It was not
As a member of society and various social groups I found I identify with various ascribed, achieved and master statuses. These statuses have been given based on my biology and given at birth or based on unique traits, characteristics and worked for by my own efforts. Although they are all a part of me some hold more weight in my social settings than others which has had positive and negative consequences in my social settings. My ascribed statuses have either assigned at birth or are a social position
is more in depth, asking about specific questions about health issues and illnesses (Howley, 2012). After completing the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and the Health Screaming Questionnaire I noticed that I answered no to all of the questions that were asked. I was excited to see that the answer to all of the question were
“Sometimes, I still tell my friends I do not hate my body anymore so they would stop asking about my recovery.” (Zhang 4) It seems like I am always in recovery. I have never been the best at managing my weight, nor paying attention to my mental health. Things that I used to do naturally have become foreign to me; I have to teach myself how to eat and act all over again. In Unbearable Lightness, Portia de Rossi says: “Recovery feels like shit. It didn't feel like I was doing something good; it felt
more widely present in society today. Gender inequality is a mechanism of the discriminatory and violent system which impacts towards health as it damages a numerous number of women across the globe. This is what I will be proving in my paper. In Roxane Gay’s novel, “Hunger: A Memoir of (my) body” is based off herself as she talks about her appearances, body image, race and gender. To begin, a mechanism of discriminatory and violent systems is appearance. Appearance is the way that someone or something
Through Thick and Thin Society is obsessed with fitness and weight loss. Ever since I was in sixth grade I have had issues with my weight and self-image. The article “Fat Is a Feminist Issue”, by Susie OrBach focuses on how our society puts this unrealistic image of what women should look like into everyone’s heads. The media and magazines urge women to conform, at any cost, into a constantly changing expectation of what is beautiful. Women are taught to look at themselves from an outside view, to
Weight loss is a serious concern for most women in this civilized world. Gaining weight during pregnancy is quite easy; however, trying to lose it takes a long time. A weight loss plan requires commitment to exercise and adopting a healthy diet. During pregnancy, it is recommended to eat healthy, nutritious foods and increase the caloric intake, which results in increased portion sizes as the mom needs nutrients for both the baby and herself. In the end, this leads to excess weight gain. Some