Exercising Goals

My goal for the semester project is to take at least 10,000 steps per day to help boost my exercising and also to record everything I eat and drink after each meal. I chose 10,000 steps because that is about five miles, which is equivalent to 30 minutes of exercise. So, if I was to achieve this goal then I would be doing the recommended moderate exercising of 150 minutes per week. Which, I thought was an ideal goal for me to start with to help motivate me to incorporate some exercise on a daily basis. I also wanted to keep track of everything I consumed because it will help me know what kinds of foods I am eating on a daily. Whether if it is healthy or unhealthy foods, I wanted it to be conscious. I also recorded how much water/other drinks I intake on a daily to help me keep track of how much I am drinking every day. Although, I did not set an actual weight goal, I wanted to see if I can lose any weight with this routine. So, I chose this goal to see if my motivation for possibly exercising more would increase and be more aware of what I …show more content…
The beginning of the process went very well. As you can see, I achieved 10,000 steps in the beginning and towards the middle to the end, I fell off the wagon. I was not sticking to my time management in the middle because of how busy I got with homework and exams. I was very stressed by all the homework assignments and exams that I had and I ended up with no extra time to walk. Since, the end was thanksgiving break, I was busy with family events and hangout that I kind of forgot about my goal. I would not stick with this goal in the future because it was way too many steps for what I thought I can handle. In the future, I would probably set a more realistic number and maybe implement some kind of gym workouts to my exercise. However, I was able to accomplish recording my steps and foods that I ate every day. Overall, I did not feel like I completely accomplish my