Primarily, my ultimate goal was to prove to people that it is truly possible to maintain a healthy balance between good nutrition and exercise in an easy and sustainable manner. Speaking from experience, I strongly believe that a vegan diet is indeed the best regimen for achieving quick and long term weight loss results as well as participating in short yet effective Pilates exercise routines. My goal truly connects to the global context of “Personal and cultural expression” since I essentially expressed and communicated my own personal feelings and ideas through my product which was a two-part book. I achieved this by writing an introduction that fully explained and justified why my ideas are valid; which included background information about how I was actually a vegan and a Pilates participant for three years and I am speaking from experience, by featuring over sixty vegan recipes in the first part of the book; from breakfast foods to smoothies and even desserts, and including more than forty exercise routines that are effective and successfully target all the muscles in the body. This personal expression truly shaped my product to become …show more content…
This journal contained all of the pictures of the recipes, the exercise routines, my feelings, ideas, and even the questions that were being asked to the instructor, chefs, and nutritionist. Every weekend I would even record what I have achieved and what I will achieve throughout the week, This process truly enhance my self-management skills. Previously, I would always procrastinate and would not manage my time wisely. However, this product caused me to take the time out of my schedule to work hard on the product by planning everything, meeting up with individuals, photographing, organizing the book, and design the cover all in the time period of six months in addition to schoolwork and outside