Target Behavior:
Wednesday - Dance class 2 hours - (reinforcement: carrot juice)
Thursday - Worked from 11am-5pm - I was so tired that I did not exercise anymore.
Friday - Worked from 1O:30am-6:30am - I had a halloween party to attend so again I did not exercise
Saturday - I came home at 3am from the previous night and I woke up late and again worked from 1pm-closing then I had another party to attend so again I did not exercise.
Sunday - I woke up late again and then did my homework so again I did not exercise (punishment: dusted the whole of the family livingroom)
Monday - I had both school and work so again I did not exercise
Tuesday - I was on call for work and I have school later on so I did not exercise. (cleaned restrooms downstairs)
Effect of reinforcement: In all honesty the reinforcement helped me become motivated to exercise again. It's only that I recently was just hired for a job and luckily, I have been getting 8 hours a day most of the time. I think my body has to get accustomed to this new schedule that is going on in my life. Aside from that there have been many people who were wanting my company this week for parties and invitations. I fully accepted them since I have not seen these people in a very long time. Hopefully I can officially get started next week.
Effect of Punishment: The punishment is motivating me as well but at the same time I am happy doing it. I like helping around the house and it is about time that I did. I guess the punishment, although I do NOT like it in a way that it is really a bother doing chores, is not that much of a punishment anymore. As for the other kind of punishment, I do not think I can double the amount of exercise that I am supposed to do if I my body is not physically capable of doing the target exercise in the first place. (Steve is right its hard!)
I think that it will just take a few more days for me to be accustomed to my current schedule. It is still all a good surprise to me, all the events that happened this week. I am still lost in amazement... haha. I will try my best to motivate myself to exercise for the better. The reason why I want to do it is because it is reasonably for my own good.
Program changes:
- A good change to the program might be to add negative punishment (taking away something that is wanted). Short term: replacing my daily doze of coffee with mild tea, not drinking iced brisk raspberry tea at work, giving myself only one serving of carbohydrates in a day, not listening to my favorite band. By doing this we can take away some of the commonly experienced privileges that a person has, making for the person want to have them again since they are "normally" apart of the person's life. I learned that negative punishment is commonly used for training dogs (www.uspcak9.com/training/negative_punishment.pdf). I do view this behavior change task as sort of training myself to act wisely for my own good.
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Hey Sammy,
It seems like you have a really busy schedule, and daily exercise seems to be difficult, this makes time management vital. Also exercise can be done in your home, for example just walking up and down stairs something to get your heart beating faster. I agree with your statement about your punishment, maybe you should think of a new one, one that you absolutely detest. If you detest it your punishment will have its maximum effect on your behavior, wish you all the best on your behavior change.
Hi Sammy!
Talk about a busy schedule... lol. I know how difficult it is to do so much in only 24 hours, haha!
A really neat observation in this post is how you caught your immediate pusishment might not do the job as an operant conditioning. Also, your changes on how to improve your punishments!! It's very true that altering our routines can piss us off to the point to changing whatever needs to be changed to achieve comfort again! Anyways, keep up the good spirit and wish you the best.
hello samantha!
With your busy schedule it's understandable that you can't find the time to exercise. At least you're taking a dance class, which is both fun and a great workout :) Since you're working and doing extra chores, you're unconsciously working out since those require activity, so don't think that you're working out so little. School and work are very important, so you should focus on getting things done instead of punishing yourself when you absolutely had no time to exercise. Instead, you can try stretching every now and then. What i try to do is stretch (like the splits, bar stretches, hamstring stretches etc) when i want to take breaks while doing homework. It helps you wake up and it's great for your body. If you can't exercise try to take 10-15 mins of each day to stretching, that way you'll feel better about not being able to do a full workout. Hope this helps and good luck :)
Hey Sammy! Sounds like we are both having the same problem, neither of us can find time to exerise. It's hard because you can't set aside just one part of the day for exercise because work schedules are always changing. I agree that maybe if you change your program a little bit then you will be more motivated. That's what i'm trying to do. Goodluck!
Hey,
It is good that your working now!!!! However, this is gonna interfer with your plan either because your busy or because your tired to do it. See it this way, what kind of job do you perform, and may be this can be a way of exercising, so you do not have to punish you because of work. By the way, I don't like doing that kind of chores neither.
Heyy Sammy!
You're so awesome, you're really taking your program seriously! I'm happy for you that you're making progress and it's smart to buy healthy snacks as your reinforcement/punishment. AND buying exercise outfit and jump rope! I liked your original plan of exercising 30 minutes a day for 3 days, that way you leave room for busy days yet 30 minutes is reasonable even for a busy day. Keep up the good work, you're inspiring me to do the same, if you ever need a jogging buddy you can call me!
Sam!
Why do you kind of like doing chores?
What kind of normal person are you?? lol.
So you've changed your program, but is doing household chores still on your list of punishments?
You can do it, Sammy!
Remember what we talked about- exercise behind the counter!! lol.
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