Physical Education Class Reflection

Initially when I found out that enable for me to graduate, I would have to take a physical education class I had my mind fixed on it being super easy. To a certain point yes the class was easy in content wise. I am a nursing student so most of the content in the class was fairly easy. However there was one thing that I did want to accomplish from this course, to become healthy. Throughout this year and half of nursing school I have had a whole lot of coffee, sugar, carbs, fats, and no exercise. I knew, I was unhealthy and I could see it when I stood in front of the mirror every now and then contemplating if I should go to the gym or study. With very little motivation, I had given up the idea of even making my way to the gym which was merely …show more content…
Not that I had to do exercise but the idea of getting up and actually going to the gym. This past month has been a change. There is a change in the amount of energy I have. I get so much satisfaction at the end of the workout, a sense of accomplishment, that I was able to achieve my goal for that one day. There is a change in how I look, even though I haven’t lost a great amount of weight, I do see the light at the end of the tunnel as with every day passing I am moving closure to my goal. I am more conscious of what I put into my body as I know that nutrition is an integral part of being healthy and weight loss (Chapter 5). Through this course I learned how important it is to stay hydrated and exactly how much water your body needs (Chapter 3). This course has helped me learn more about myself, my body type, what I need to do to stay healthy. Another thing, you don’t always have to be on diet. You just have to know portion control; that was my other challenge. Like every other person I love food, but had no sense of how much I need to eat. One more important thing that I learned about is stress management. Chapter 10 specifically talks about different parts that are affected due to