My whole life I have grown up with a mom who worked out everyday and ate as healthy as she could. I never have really followed in her footsteps, which my mom didn't really like. But after reading chapter 12, I learned more about weight and exercise than I have ever learned before. I learned that aerobic exercise, like jogging or biking promotes the use of oxygen. Also that in order for exercise to actually be useful, the workout has to be longer than a time span of 30 minutes. Relating to exercise, I also learned about ways to keep a healthy diet and weight. I learned that exercise is needed regularly; daily intake of calories needs to be maintained, control portion size, and get help from your social network. By me reading chapter 12 and learning about exercise and different ways to stay healthy, I've actually taken the initiative to follow what i've learned at to start exercising regularly and eating right. I started jogging right by the river and I'm starting to enjoy it. Also I've been taking what I've learned about a healthy diet and I've been watching how many calories I eat a day and look at the portion size on my plate. If I weren't in Psychology, I probably wouldn't have learned all of this useful information and wouldn't be in a healthy and happy place like I am today.
Living a Healthy Life
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This one kind of hits home. I worry for a certain person in my family that has this issue, and due to a couple other medical issues, she may be unable to start exercising.
I agree that this chapter was very informative, heart disease runs in my family as well, and know that I have to take care of myself to reduce the chances against me. It also helped me to want to be healthier, because I want to feel good about myself and also avoid the negative side effects to being overweight.
I like how you brought up the social aspect of health. A group makes being healthy much easier. When I was in cross country, it would always be a group of us running all over the place and eating healthy. And along the river is a great place to run.
Good luck on getting healthy! I was amazed also at all of the negative side effects there are to being overweight. Heart disease runs in my family so this chapter was important to me also because I finally understand the severity of it.