Reflection Paper On Weight

Often many people dwell on their failures and dream about a time where they can go back in time and do things differently. I recall the summer transitioning from junior year to my last year in high school, I aspired to be thin like the models you see on TV or in any of the magazines. I decided to take it upon myself to exercise daily and limit my diet to healthier options. This method however, was taking too long for me, I needed to find a quicker way. My obsession with perfection took over and I began watching my caloric intake too closely. I consumed 500 calories a day and advanced my workout routine. I ran 2 miles in the morning, went home to sleep for a couple of hours and then went to Volleyball practice followed by another run. Eventually, after three months or so I grew so tired and so weak that I had to cut down on my workouts.

You always here goals about people wanting to lose weight. More often than not people are going to the gym to try and lose weight. There’s also those few people who want to put on weight. I happen to be one of those people. My goal is to gain 10 pounds of muscle by the time I start my next semester which would be August 22nd, putting me at 180lbs. This has been a goal of mine for a while, but I haven’t put it into action until now.

Dear Entitled students of the Tema International School that have decided to be the judges of every single detail in my life, 230 pounds. 104.236 kilograms. 16.4286 stones. This is the weight I carry with me every day. I carry this weight because throughout my life I used food as a way to cope. As the years passed, my body expanded more and more. I look in the mirror and feel like I ate the girl I used to be. The saddest part is that I have the choice to get rid of it. But I can’t because of you. You have caused me immense pain with just your eyes. Your stare burns into my stomach. I can hear your thoughts wondering why my body shape does not match yours. As the pain, you caused me intensified so did my eating habits. The weight I carry brings me down with every step I take.

On September 6, 2017, I were documented for an incident that involved a University Housing policy violation. I was charged with violating the University Housing Alcohol 1.2 policy. With my violation, came consequences. I met with The Residence Conduct Coordinator to discuss my actions and came to the conclusion that I would have to schedule a meeting with The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center (CADEC) and with that, a reflection paper.

In Jeanette Winterson’s novel Weight, the author demonstrates how myths have modern personal relevancies and can encourage each reader to investigate the three main subject matters in their lives; boundaries, freedom, and guilt. The numerous references to walls throughout the novel signify the boundaries, which make Atlas strive for freedom. Winterson’s Weight, is a modern rewrite on an old myth of Atlas and Heracles, and the challenges they endure can be interpreted by individual readers for personal relevancies. Atlas, a father of daughters, is faced with the burden of carrying the world on his shoulders. This can represent a feeling as if one is carrying a world of stress and guilt on one’s shoulders and conscience. Heracles, the

I chose to do my behavior change project on improving my diet. I put my own little twist on it with the way I measured my success and I had to supplement it to reach my goals, but I feel that it was done really well. My goal was at the end of the four weeks to be able to run 3.1 miles in 18:45. I have run times close to this before, but that was a couple of years ago. At the beginning of this project my time for 3.1 miles was 20:36. I knew that if I was committed and worked really hard that I would be able to do it though. I chose to measure my behavior change this way due to the fact that I have a very busy life and I am on the high school cross country team. I figured I would already be running each week and I have a race every week that I can measure my time against my goal. So I was just trying to save some time in my schedule by partially combining two activities.

I started to learn about building muscle and eating healthy to reach a macronutrient goal. I never realized how important meals were to muscle growth. I went to GNC and bought a lot of supplements to help me on my journey. I had my mom pick me up meat and vegetables for my meals every day, so I could reach my macronutrient goal for the day. I downloaded apps to calculate my macronutrients for the day and to

My health goal was to change my eating habits. I chose this goal because I have a bad habit of not eating as well as I should. Although I usually do not eat fast food, I eat a lot of carbs. I was raised in an Italian family so macaroni and pizza are my two worst enemies. I figured that if I used this project to get rid of my bad eating habits, I would have an easier time eating healthy after this class ends. Before starting the project I realized that there will be challenges, but this project was not meant to be simple. If behavior change was simple, then anyone would be able to change behavior whenever they wanted to.

My three goals from the week 1 assignment were to use a smaller plate, sip smarter, and to satisfy my sweet tooth in a healthy way. I feel that I did ok with all three of my goals in the short term. I used a smaller plate during dinner, I made my sweet tea with half the sugar, and ate a lot of fruit. In the beginning it was hard to eat with a child’s plate and I would find myself getting second helpings. I was able to cut out some sweets during the two weeks however I really need to work on the amount of sugar I add to my coffee in the morning.

Losing weight required realistic goals. I had to learn to not think a one-time fix was all I needed to lose weight. I had to learn true patience. I ate apples and carrots for a day and I enervated myself through as many pushups and situps as I could in 1 day and never picked it up again. In hindsight, my goal shouldn’t have been to lose fat, but follow a diet and routine that I won’t get frustrated with.

Due to being on a high fat, high-calorie diet because of my Cystic FIbrosis gaining weight has been a hightlight in my life, to help me achieve this goal of gaining weight my dad bet me that if I gained ten pounds in one appointment he would give me one hundred dollars. Seven years after making that bet I hopped on the scale at the Children's Hospital and as the numbers ticked on I knew this would be the day, this would be the appointment then there was a screeched. As the doctor came in automatically I screamed so excitedly, "I gained ten pounds! I finally beat the ten pounds! Ha!" Knowing this would be the day and indeed, it finally was. As I talked to my dietician I truly had the realization that I achieved my life long health goal, I achieved

In the beginning, I believed that it was impossible for me to stop being skinny, but now I will make what I thought impossible to become possible. Without delay, I began researching ways to gain weight. While researching on different workouts, I happened upon an article talking about computer programming. I read avidly, seeking and absorbing as much information as I could.

As I watched Weight of a Nation, I made a lot of discoveries and connections to what I was seeing in my everyday life. The connections made to geography, and a lot of other environmental factors such as TV, and screen time, really made the difference. The discussion of the effects of geography on obesity struck me as particularly interesting.

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

Over the course of the semester, I have been fortunate enough to work with a student who is having difficulties when it comes to reading. My student does not have difficulties when it comes to hearing a word, but rather when he sees a word. My student has definitely benefited from one on one work with me as well as the additional help he’s getting from the reading specialist during their WIN (what I need) time. My student does not like to read because he knows that he is struggling and he is embarrassed about it. When my student goes to his WIN time, he does really well because the instruction is at his level and there are only two other students who are also on the same level there as well. Besides the current intervention, programs I would recommend are Direct Instruction: Reading Mastery, Letter Spacing, Wilson Reading System and the Lindamood program (LiPS).