Nowadays, people are adapting lifestyles that other have only because it is trendy or because everyone around them behave that way. In my opinion, a person’s life style should be a decision the person takes by his or her own good. In fact, this is why I have chosen to change my lifestyle into a healthier one. It is going to be a hard challenge since now I smoke, do not do a lot of exercise, and eat unhealthy almost every day because I don’t have the time to cook at home. Therefore, I want to lose weight, and have a healthier life style because it is causing me health issues.
03/02/14
Today I went with my neighbor for a run to a park near home to start with my lifestyle change. At first I did feel so great because I had difficulty breathing and did not expect it to be such a hard work to keep up with her. That day, I ran a total of miles and I felt exhausted. I cooked, then, I went to my classes as I usually do, and what I noticed to be different that day was that my mood had changed after that run at the park. I was feeling happier with myself and also motivated with school. At first I thought it was just the run, but later on I realized that it also could be because of the social interaction I had that morning with my neighbor. In fact, cooperation, a type of social interaction where people act together to achieve something, came to my mind. At the end of the day, I was hoping the next day I would felt even better.
03/11/14 Today, I went to the gym. It has been almost two weeks since I have stopped smoking. I have gotten more friends who to run with, and I have been able to cook more than before because I am managing my time better thanks to a continuing socialization with a group of people who are reciprocates from one to another. They always care about me and encourage me to keep going to workout with them, so I can support others later.
03/15/14 I was not feeling good today. In fact, I felt really tired and I did not want to go running. However, the girls from the running group I mentioned before, where we have a matriarchy because us, women, are predominantly more women than men; therefore we make all the decisions, came to my house and took me to go running with them. Later when we were running I noticed that it was a great sunny day and it immediately changed my mind. Their positive informal sanctions also influence my mood that day. Every time I slowed my pace, they would look at me and smile, which always told me: “come on, you can do it”.
03/18/14
Do family reject me or tease in making this lifestyle change? If they do, how do I feel about this? What are their motivations?
My encouragement to continue with my life style change has been getting stronger. Today, I receive a call from my mom. She is so happy I am exercising and eating better everyday. She has been very supportive lately, which makes me have more strength to stay focus. In fact, her main reason to motivate me is to see me happier everyday with the person I have become because I have grown as a person and my asthma problems have improved. She also punished me for smoking, a violation on my religion as well as getting drunk, since she did not know until know and my response to it was just to blame my friends and make excuses, which goes alone with the neutralization theory discussed in class where violators learn to neutralize values and attitudes.
03/21/14 Lately, I have been taking pictures to compare the change of my body and attitudes towards myself. I have been comparing the pictures and I noticed a huge change on my appearance; I started to look happier, rested, and the most important one, healthier. I feel I can fit better with friends from my native country, Venezuela, where almost everyone is getting fit because of cultural trends there. I feel I can socialize better with them. Also, the media has been part of that motivation. I have listen to commercials and
Change Growing up as a child in a third world country then traveling to another country that becomes my world at the age of ten, change my eating habits in many ways. Coming here to America as a child, had me fascinated of how much variety of food can be eaten, but I was never really educated of the certain ethnicity, lifestyle and tradition that would follow. I never thought of how important portions and different of food were, just the fact that we all need food and water to live. My life with…
fatty and unhealthy food in our society people have begun to gain weight at higher rates than before. As you age your lack of activeness and hormonal changes increases your chances to become obese. In order to combat obesity people have to start changing their eating habits like dieting, finding a better way to get nutrition, and making lifestyle changes. Dieting is a great way to combat obesity and its various health problems. “Staying lean and eating right are both crucial for maintaining health…
appetite changes. (Mayo Clinic 2013) Through various treatment options through lifestyle changes, or drug therapy, peptic ulcers can be managed. Ulcers can be caused for various reasons including contact with substances that cause the problem such as NSAIDs, eating certain foods, or coming in contact with certain bacteria. One the determination is made regarding the cause of the ulcers, then treatment can begin. If the problem is occurring due to eating foods, or drug therapy, lifestyle changes can be…
household members were doing their own gardening. Today however, due to the economy and the fact that most household members are required to work to sustain life, there are no longer those backyard gardens thereby forcing the diet and lifestyle of the Caribbean people to change drastically. The Caribbean has now adopted the eating habits of the United States and even the diseases that come along with those types of foods. Now in todays’ world where the economy is changing swiftly there is the need for…
and lifestyles throughout the progression of time. Because we have all progressed along side of it, we have had a chance top adapt and conform to these new ways of life. If people who lived around the 1800s were to be placed into today’s world it would be somewhat of a culture shock. The comparative lifestyles of those who lived then and now are vastly different for a number of reasons and the collision of both worlds is sometimes overwhelming. We see this when we examine the Amish lifestyle and…
Essay I Deep II Shenista Modern lifestyles are completely different from the way people lived in the past. Some people think the changes have been positive, while others believe they have been negative. Nowadays, there are many factors influence human life. All factors made traditional lifestyles became different lifestyles from the past or modern lifestyles. There are many benefits that the changed of lifestyles that have been positive for humans but also have some negative points which humans…
in the way people change their behavior. The stages consist of six stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. Pre-contemplation is when the individual is not even thinking about the “problem.” Contemplation is where he/she is beginning to see the problem. Then, preparation is the stage when the person sees the problem and starts making plans. Next, the action stage is where the change is happening, and maintenance is the change has been made for six…
Outline Format Topic: Are the parents of obese children at fault for their unhealthy lifestyle? Purpose: To persuade the audience that the parents of obese children aren’t the main fault for their children’s unhealthy lifestyle Thesis Statement: There are many temptations in this world that attract many people to follow the unhealthy lifestyle. Parents aren’t at fault for their children’s unhealthy lifestyle. I. Introduction A. America’s one of the biggest problems which is the obesity of…
your health, your lifestyle, and age. It has been studied that genetics only contributes to 15% of colon cancer patients, while your lifestyle contributes up to 60% of colon cancer patients. Individuals who have a family history of colon cancer are more at risk than those who do not. When it comes to your diet, foods high in fat and consuming large amounts of red meat also increase your risk. Smoking and heavy alcohol consumption are also contributing risk factors. Some lifestyle choices you can…
people called paradise do struggle with water shortage. And with that water shortage is a problem in Australia especially on its Southern part and it has affects the country in so many ways. Water shortage affects Australia’s economy, its people’s lifestyle and also its environment and surrounding. Water shortage has so many effects of countries and its people. And one of those effects in the country of Australia is the economic effect. From the article South Australia (2008), drought worsens…
