2. My goal
• I will do at least 30 min of cardio, every day during the week.
Either running outside or using a machine in the hub. This is to
loose the ten pounds I gained over summer break.
• I will run with a friend and measure how long I run using a
stopwatch on my iPod.
• Now that I'm back at school and not working full time I have
much more down time to dedicate to obtaining this goal.
• I have the facilities available to me that I did not have during the
summer. So it makes it easier for me to work out.
• My goal will be completed by winter break, which gives me
enough time to loose the weight in a healthy manner.
3. Factors that influenced my
goal
There are many barriers that could stop me from reaching
my goal of trying to loose weight. Below are a few
examples.
Food- Eating healthy and making sure there is enough
nutrition in a diet is very difficult. Eating right can defiantly
hinder someone from reaching a weight loss goal, even if
that person works out frequently. This can be especially
difficult when attending college because some of the food
choices tend to be on the un healthy side. It is very easy to
grab a hamburger instead of fresh veggies. Also being a
broke college student doesn’t help. When a majority of your
diet consists of ramen noodles its hard to be nutritious. Food
is a huge factor in obtaining this goal.
Time- As the semester picks up so does the amount of
homework. School takes a lot of time and dedication. If I
have a lot of homework one night it’s very likely that going to
the gym won’t happen. And if I do have a few extra
minutes, the workout is not nearly what I want it to be simply
because I don’t have time.
Alcohol-Being 22 and going to the bars is wonderful for my
social life, but pretty upsetting as far as my fitness goals go.
Drinking beer or any other alcoholic beverage add up
quickly in extra calories. Not only is it extra, but these
calories are empty as well. Meaning I’m still hungry after
consuming a ton of extra calories for the day.
4. Resources
Aside from the things that could have stopped me reaching my goal
there were also resources that helped a lot. Below are a few
examples.
Friends- All my roommates workout on a daily basis. It’s much
easier to get up and go to the gym when everyone who lives with you
does the same thing. They also can push you harder, and make sure
your their for a more extended period of time. It’s easy to leave the
gym early when no one is with you to say no.
School- Being a college student has its perks. We have access to
the fitness rooms on campus, and the hours are long so you can
work out basically whenever you feel life it. The area our college is in
also helps because it is very easy to run outside, or bike on trails
around campus. The gyms on campus offer a variety of workout
equipment including treadmills, and free weights. The school also
has many group exercise classes which I have taken advantage of.
Zumba, yoga, and kickboxing are all classes I take often at school.
My fitness pal- My fitness pal is an application I have on my iphone.
It’s very helpful because you can track calories and your daily
exercises on it. What I like about it is it makes me aware of all the
bad food I eat and how quickly they can add up. This really helped
me change some of my eating habits. I don’t count everything I eat
but, it is interesting to see how many calories are in the foods I eat
frequently. It can also track your weight and you can enter in goals
you have for yourself. It’s a fun way to help reach fitness goals. And
it’
5. How I recorded my results
Weight over ten week period
170
168
166
164
162 weight
160
158
156
w1 w2 w3 w4 w5 w6 w7 w8 w9 w10
I recorded my results by simply weighing myself at the beginning of
each week. The chart shows a decrease in my weight over the
course of ten weeks. I also kept a daily log of the exercise I did each
day, and how long I did it for so I could refer back to it at a later time.
6. Assessment
I did not reach my goal of a total
weight loss of ten pounds, but I did Goal: Loose Ten Pounds
end up losing eight. Overall I am Starting Weight: 168
happy with my results because, I Ending Weight:
did come fairly close to reaching my 160
goal of ten. I think I would have
been able to reach my ten pound
goal if I had a little more time. On
the other hand if I ate in a much
healthier manner I would have
reached my goal a lot sooner. I
think the most difficult part was the
eating portion. As far as working
out I did everything I had wanted
too.
