Jessica's goal was to lose 5 pounds by exercising regularly and monitoring her diet. She tracked her progress in a personal planner, noting her weight, exercise routine, food and drink intake. While she did not lose the full 5 pounds, she lost 3 pounds through walking to class, working out 4-5 days a week, being mindful of her diet and limiting driving. Though she faced barriers like time constraints and lack of motivation, she was proud of her results and plans to continue her efforts to reach her weight loss goal.

1. Wellness choices Final presentationJessica Bernbaum

2. My goal Specific – I want to lose five pounds.Measurable – Everyday I will monitor my weight on a scale before I work out.Attainable - I will start going to the gym at least 5 days a week and work out at a minimum of thirty minutes. I will also start walking to class with my boyfriend.Realistic - Starting today I will begin this challenge I am imposing on myself.Timely - I will spend a lot of time on this and will hopefully reach my goal by the deadline.I chose this goal because summer time is right around the corner and I wanted to get into better shape for the warm weather and summer season.For this I need to start walking more to class, less driving and be driven to go to the gym.

3. Logbook To keep track of my practice I bought a second personal planner. In my planner I wrote down on the days I went (usually 4-5) and said how many minutes I did in total and then made it more specific by how many minutes I did doing what. On each square I then wrote down my weight on each day I went before I worked out. Below is my average week.I also had incorporated whether I walked to class or not. I tried to as much as I could dependent upon weather.In addition to this I wrote down in my planner what I ate. I had two columns, one was of the healthy things I ate and the other were things to improve on.

4. ProcessSteps to achieve my goal:Walk to class everydayGo to the gym 4-5 days a week for at least 50 minutesWatch what I eat – write it down in plannerWatch what I drink (amounts of alcohol) - write it down in plannerDrive as little as possibleKeep motivatedTrack everything I do in my 2nd personal planner

5. BarriersTime Time was difficult due to class times, and amounts of HW or exams coming up during those days and fitting in extra curricular activities as wellLack of MotivationSome days were harder than others to make it to the gym. For example on rainy days.Gym PartnerIt was better to go to the gym when I had a partner because I had more motivation. Unfortunately every time I went to the gym my gym partner was not able to go.

6. Results For my results I did not lose the entire 5lbs I wanted to close, but I came close by ending up losing 3lbs.I am proud of myself for how far I have come, but I plan on reaching my goal with time. I now have to become more extreme with my entire process of losing the rest of the weight.I know that this is something I can do and will be easier to finally complete this once school is over and will have more time for myself.