Before starting this class, I would just go about my day and not consider going out to exercise in my free time. While going through the class I learned in more detail about the importance of exercise, eating a balance diet, and how to be careful in my approach of losing weight. Going through the course I saw parts of my lifestyle that could use an improvement. A few things I saw that I should improve was not being active enough (not getting enough exercise), I Procrastinated, and that I tend to over think my problems. I needed to make a change to my lifestyle and stay dedicated to it.
The behavior I decided to change is how often I am active and how much I exercise. A few barriers I thought I would encounter was losing track of time with …show more content…
Prolonged sitting causes metabolism to slow, electrical activity in the muscle drops, fat-burning enzymes turn off, and almost no energy is used up. People who sit for long periods of time have less healthy cholesterol and blood sugar profiles and tend to have bigger waists and stiffer muscles, so this inactivity puts people at higher risk for heart disease, obesity, diabetes, some cancers, chronic pain, and premature death. One study found that sitting for more than six hours a day for 10 to 20 years can shave off seven years of quality of life. Experts recommend regularly interrupting sitting with a few minutes of physical activities, for example: standing up, stretching, walking, or running in place. This research applied to my situation because I was not being active, and I was sitting most of the day. I tried to apply some tips that this research recommended as well as started an exercise …show more content…
If I had continued my old habit the short-term benefits could have been more time for being on my computer, doing homework, watching T.V. (at times with family or friends), etc. The short-term cost for that could have been me feeling sluggish and paying for more games online. Possible long-term benefits from my old habit could have included memories from those activities, getting better at games quicker, and win prizes online. The possible long-term costs could have included more money spent on things like electricity, memberships, etc., fatigue, and my health. On the other hand, the new habit’s short-term benefits were stress relieve on a few days, losing a pond or two by the end of the week when I did it that week and feeling accomplished for trying to stick with the plan I made. The short-costs was time, energy and feeling tired afterwards. The long-term benefits if I continue could be becoming more physically fit and having better health. The long-term costs I think is 40 dollars a month (family membership to YMCA), and gas to get
The behavior I decided to change is how often I am active and how much I exercise. A few barriers I thought I would encounter was losing track of time with …show more content…
Prolonged sitting causes metabolism to slow, electrical activity in the muscle drops, fat-burning enzymes turn off, and almost no energy is used up. People who sit for long periods of time have less healthy cholesterol and blood sugar profiles and tend to have bigger waists and stiffer muscles, so this inactivity puts people at higher risk for heart disease, obesity, diabetes, some cancers, chronic pain, and premature death. One study found that sitting for more than six hours a day for 10 to 20 years can shave off seven years of quality of life. Experts recommend regularly interrupting sitting with a few minutes of physical activities, for example: standing up, stretching, walking, or running in place. This research applied to my situation because I was not being active, and I was sitting most of the day. I tried to apply some tips that this research recommended as well as started an exercise …show more content…
If I had continued my old habit the short-term benefits could have been more time for being on my computer, doing homework, watching T.V. (at times with family or friends), etc. The short-term cost for that could have been me feeling sluggish and paying for more games online. Possible long-term benefits from my old habit could have included memories from those activities, getting better at games quicker, and win prizes online. The possible long-term costs could have included more money spent on things like electricity, memberships, etc., fatigue, and my health. On the other hand, the new habit’s short-term benefits were stress relieve on a few days, losing a pond or two by the end of the week when I did it that week and feeling accomplished for trying to stick with the plan I made. The short-costs was time, energy and feeling tired afterwards. The long-term benefits if I continue could be becoming more physically fit and having better health. The long-term costs I think is 40 dollars a month (family membership to YMCA), and gas to get