1. SMART Goal By Ciara Gordon

2. MAIN GOAL: TO TONE MY BODY (specific)- I am happy with my current weight so I'm not looking to shed a bunch of pounds, I just want to tone the muscles that I already have and get rid of the fatty parts. (measurable)- I will be recording my activities into a journal so I am able to see my progress throughout the semester. My mom has a Wii fit at her house so I will measure my BMI on that once a week. (attainable)- I think I will definitely be able to reach this goal by running every other day (short distances in the beginning and progressing to longer distances as time goes by), doing crunches and pushups every night before bed, and changing my eating habits. (realistic)- Since I basically live off sweets and fast food, altering the things I eat to more protein enriched food will be the hardest part...but no doubt the most effective part. (timely)- Since I’m not looking to drop 3 dress sizes or anything really drastic I feel as though this goal should be quite manageable given my time limit. S M A R T I chose this goal because it has been something that I have wanted to do for myself for a very long time. The fact that I could turn it into a school project gave me the extra motivation to see it done that I didn’t have before.

3. My ProgressEating Healthier Foods Food Log.xlsx

4. My ProgressWorking Out Work-out Log.xlsx

5. BMI Progress

6. Did I achieve my goal? Ultimately, I would say that I did achieve my goal, just not to the extent that I had originally been aiming for. I wanted to get my BMI down to somewhere around 18.75, but given the fact that I go the flu and was sick for the last two weeks of the project I was unable to work out like I had been. I was counting on those last two weeks to really push myself and run for longer distances, but that just didn’t happen. Changing my diet was by far the hardest part of the experiment, but I feel like it was the most important. Eating healthier made me feel so much better, so much more energized and refreshed. I tried eating Mcdonalds (which used to be my regular place for lunch) somewhere around week 3 and I just couldn’t do it, the food tasted horrible to me! All in all I would say this was a success; I have more energy, and my body just feels better than it did before I started working out and eating healthier.