How Healthy Are You? Assessment
Upon completing my “How Healthy Are You?” assessment my results showed the highest scores of nineteen in environmental, spiritual, and intellectual health. The lowest score I received of sixteen fell under the category of physical health. Within this category my scores showed a tie between lack of sleep and weight loss. I took some time to contemplate a realistic goal weighing out what I was actually able to commit to and, ultimately decided to choose weight loss as my health issue for my behavioral project. Even though studies have shown that adequate amount of sleep helps in the process of weight loss. I wanted to put in place a plan that was attainable with my current schedule. By doing so I hope to set SMART …show more content…
This health awareness has only recently been promoted so heavily because the United States has a high percentage of obese population that is begging to have many health issues related to weight gain that have not been in their family history. This however is not just an epidemic restricted to the U.S. obesity is now seen throughout the world. According to Donatelle, R.J. (2015), “Globally, more than 1 billion adults and 200 million school-aged children are overweight, 475 million adults and 40 to 50 million children are obese, and obesity rates are rising dramatically in traditionally poorer regions of the developing world.” (p.239) Living in the United States the land of the free is known for options. Many people even though have access to information on how important maintaining proper health is still make poor decisions when purchasing meals or ingredients to prepare meals. In some cases, this can be a result of finances, and what consumers can afford. Most proceeded foods and fast foods tend to be made more affordable and unfortunately this becomes a factor for someone on a tight …show more content…
My ultimate behavioral change goal is to lose a total of eight pounds by November 19, 2015. I am hoping by implementing a specific goal of losing one pound per week. By doing so I will be able to lose a total of eight pounds in eight weeks. Using the SMART system, I will create a plan that should give me the results that I am specifically looking for. The steps necessary to achieve my goal are going to include modifying my diet and, increasing my physical activity level. A realistic way of staying on course with my change in diet is to implement a menu including time for meal prepping. By doing so I can measure how many meals I will need to prep, and what times I should be consuming these meals in order to increase my metabolism while still work with my current
Upon completing my “How Healthy Are You?” assessment my results showed the highest scores of nineteen in environmental, spiritual, and intellectual health. The lowest score I received of sixteen fell under the category of physical health. Within this category my scores showed a tie between lack of sleep and weight loss. I took some time to contemplate a realistic goal weighing out what I was actually able to commit to and, ultimately decided to choose weight loss as my health issue for my behavioral project. Even though studies have shown that adequate amount of sleep helps in the process of weight loss. I wanted to put in place a plan that was attainable with my current schedule. By doing so I hope to set SMART …show more content…
This health awareness has only recently been promoted so heavily because the United States has a high percentage of obese population that is begging to have many health issues related to weight gain that have not been in their family history. This however is not just an epidemic restricted to the U.S. obesity is now seen throughout the world. According to Donatelle, R.J. (2015), “Globally, more than 1 billion adults and 200 million school-aged children are overweight, 475 million adults and 40 to 50 million children are obese, and obesity rates are rising dramatically in traditionally poorer regions of the developing world.” (p.239) Living in the United States the land of the free is known for options. Many people even though have access to information on how important maintaining proper health is still make poor decisions when purchasing meals or ingredients to prepare meals. In some cases, this can be a result of finances, and what consumers can afford. Most proceeded foods and fast foods tend to be made more affordable and unfortunately this becomes a factor for someone on a tight …show more content…
My ultimate behavioral change goal is to lose a total of eight pounds by November 19, 2015. I am hoping by implementing a specific goal of losing one pound per week. By doing so I will be able to lose a total of eight pounds in eight weeks. Using the SMART system, I will create a plan that should give me the results that I am specifically looking for. The steps necessary to achieve my goal are going to include modifying my diet and, increasing my physical activity level. A realistic way of staying on course with my change in diet is to implement a menu including time for meal prepping. By doing so I can measure how many meals I will need to prep, and what times I should be consuming these meals in order to increase my metabolism while still work with my current