Before I decided upon my target behavior, I had chanced upon Chapter 10 of our class textbook, Psychology Concepts and Applications 3rd Edition. This chapter focuses on Adolescence and Adulthood. In section 10.4 the importance and benefits of exercise were highlighted. It is said in the textbook, "Exercise at any age is healthful, but especially as we age. Mounting evidence points to the role of physical exercise in slowing the effects of aging such as loss of lean body mass, bone density, and muscle strength." (Adler and Raymond, 2001; O'Neil, 2003) Just after reading this, the light bulb lit up in my head, "eureka!" I have finally found my target behavior: dedicating myself to exercising regularly.
Before I started going to school and becoming extra, extra busy, I already did this. I used to go to the gym or run and workout at home EVERYDAY. I lost so much weight and I felt good about myself. I was able to accomplish more within the day because of the energy that I had, helping me to take on one challenge at a time. I am not saying that I do not accomplish much anymore but I noticed that I am more lazy now that I do not exercise, considering that I don't have a job right now either. I want to be more productive during the "younger years" of my life. I want to grow old gracefully and healthily and I want to live a long long life! I want to have the physical strength to accomplish everything that I have dreamed of till the last day I breathe! These are the reasons why I choose exercising as my desired target behavior.
I would want to increase the amount of exercise that I do on a weekly basis. Currently I am only exercising once a week or even not at all. To effectively receive healthy benefits from exercising, I would want to exercise at least 3 or more times a week. Eventually, it would be best for me to exercise every week day. As an added bonus, another behavior that would be linked to this is time management. By setting an allotted schedule for my work out time, I will hopefully be able to effectively manage my whole day as well.
Please help me focus on this classmates! I would really appreciate all of your help. I promise to do the same for all of you. I already did it before and that's why I know I can do it again! (*Putting on a war mask) :D
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Sammy, it is so awesome to hear that you are trying to excercise every day to promote a healthier lifestyle. I agree with you, college just takes so much time, so i believe time management is key and essential. I suggest you try to work on a muscle every day, doing 15-25 reps on lighter weights, to cut fat and increase lean muscle. Try to include a cardio workout in your workout as it will do your lungs wonders. Good luck, keep me updated.
I wish i could say the same about my lifestyle. Ever since I started honors, i found myself with little/to no time at all to work out. Luckily when i do have time, i go to work and work is like my work out. Its hot, miserable, and you feel good afterward, sort of the same right? What i learned through this is that its not about only finding time to work out, but simply eating healthier is the key to losing weight. Eat healthier and you feel good and it benefits you later on as well. The only downside to eating healthier is that results are not as rapid. But it is a lot more satisfying in my opinion. I love to feel good and healthy. good luck!
I am trying to change the same behavior! It is so hard to find time in the day to exercise and I definately agree that I feel lazy when I don't exercise. I suggest maybe setting aside a specific part of the day that you do exercise. That way that time is set apart just for exercise. That is what I am going to try and do, key word try. :)Goodluck!
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