Kevin set a goal to use the elliptical machine at his university gym for 40 minutes a day, 4 days a week over the course of a semester. He tracked his progress using the elliptical's timer. While he met his goal for the first few weeks, exercising 3 days a week, his attendance dropped to once a week for a couple weeks before finishing strong with 3 hours a week for the last two weeks. His roommates both motivated and inhibited his goal at times. Having achieved this goal, Kevin feels he has started a healthier lifestyle and can now set new weight loss goals.

1. Kevin Carvalho

2.  S-(Specific) I will use the elliptical for 40 minutes a day 4
days a week at the HUB gym
 M-(Measurable) I will measure this by using the
electronic timer that is built into the machine
 A-(Attainable) This goal is easily attainable because of
the open schedule I have to work with everyday. I find
motivation from the results I know I will achieve once
finished with the goal
 R-(Realistic) This goal is practical because I have been
able to achieve this goal before
 T-(Timely) This goal will be accomplished over the rest of
this semester.

3.  The reason I chose this goal is because it is
easily achievable with the gym the school
offers and the hours that it is open.
 The steps I used to accomplish this goal were
relatively easy to do. I have a lot of morning
classes so it leaves me a lot time in the
afternoon to go to the gym and run on the
elliptical. Some of my roommates also go to
the gym so easy to get motivated.

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5.  I was pretty steady through the first few
weeks of the program going one hour a
day, three days a week.
 Half way through I started to slow down and
not go to the gym more than once a week so
for the following two weeks I went five times
a week.
 I finished strong with three hours a week for
the final two weeks

6.  I went to the gym every Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday for one hour a day for the first
few weeks and went everyday of the week for
the weeks that I had five hours.
 The times I did not achieve my goal is when I
had too much homework do or when I was
just unmotivated to go.

7.  My roommates definitely impacted me as
both enablers and inhibitors
 During the week nights and weekends
someone is drinking a few beers and its more
fun to hangout than go to the gym so that
would sometimes inhibit me from going
 Sometimes my roommates also go to the gym
so that helps motivate me

8.  I feel that my goal was achieved I lost some
weight and I’m in a more healthy lifestyle now
 I will continue this lifestyle after the class is
over from the motivation I’ve gotten from it
 Now that I’ve completed this goal I can
increase my goals to lose more weight