Exercise, Sleep, And Sleep

Some of the lifestyle habits that I have developed over the past few years to improve my health are maintaining a healthy diet, organizing my living and workspace, exercising at least five days per week, setting goals that assist me on the right path, reading nearly on a daily basis, to socialize with people that create a positive influence on my lifestyle, play music for a brief amount of time in times of stress, contribute to helping communities in need, avoiding excessive entertainment, positive self talk and belief development, daily meditation, getting healthy amount of rest, provide myself with a source of motivation on a daily basis, and having a personal mentor. Furthermore, all of the lifestyle habits that I have stated in this summary are habits that I attempt follow on a daily basis to protect my physical and mental health. This helps me avoid the risk of developing any of the physical and mental diseases and disorders that run within my family

The purpose of this assignment is to increase self-awareness of the student by analyzing personal nutritional intake and activity routine throughout the course. In turn, the student will be able to help others modify their diet and activity, and improve overall wellness. An examination of a personal food and activity assessment will provide the student with essential data from which to change their health and wellness behaviors.

I am performing my occupation on routine basis, but before occupational analysis activity assignment I never pay attention for my life cycle and how much time I am spending behind my daily routine tasks. This assignment helps me a lot to organize myself and learn about the time management. Poor time management skills can lead to anxiety, depression, procrastination, frustration, anger, and diminished interpersonal, and occupational interaction (Marcil,2007). From occupational analysis question one pie chart (figure1) about the activity differentiation, I found that education and performing ADLs was two of my major occupations, I am spent most of the time in these two occupations. Also, I found that work and IADLs were my next two priorities for occupations and I spent very less time for play, leisure and socialization. I believe, as a student I have to spend about fifty percent of my time for study and less time for ADL and work. Also, I found that my daily routine pattern was unbalance because of lack of sleep and less time for play, leisure. The insight I found form question two activity analysis pie chart(figure.2) that I performed most of routine occupations with energetically even though there was not balanced in real life. I believe that not all days are same for everybody, my mood changes based on environment, workload, and priorities. Some time when I come from school or work I feel lethargic and I don’t like to do anything, but my insight always encourages me to perform if I have any assignment due or exams on next day. The insight that I gains about the relationship between studies, ADLs, work, IADLs, play, leisure, and sleep/rest are not balance. I know that ADLs, IADLs, and work are important tasks of daily living; I need some personal time for play, leisure and sleep/rest time that keeps me away from burnout and becoming ill. The secret of

I took this opportunity to understand my unhealthy habits and transform my behavior. In my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, the information brought light to the obstacles and how to overcome issues. After filling out the Schedule of Recent Experience (Wieitan et al., 2009) and Tactics for Coping with Stress (Weitian et al., 2009), it was a shock how much I put my body through. A finalized copy of my results can be observed in Appendix A, and the results of the Schedule of Recent Experience (Weitian et al., 2009) can be viewed in Appendix B. In the outcome, I conducted coping mechanisms such as therapy, exercise, and nutrition. Nutrition has been a challenge as a waitress and full-time student. I am always around food at work that led to overeating.

Although I believe I am living a normal life, after analyzing the answers to the survey’s questions I conclude there is always time to change my habits. On a personal scale I am very optimistic, almost stress free, protective of my well being, and active. However, I rarely visit the doctors and almost never pay attention to miniscule conditions in my body that may cause harm to me in the future. After reading and analyzing the articles assigned to me, I have found several courses of action to try.

My physical wellness continued to increase, my stress management as well and also my time management increased. Similar to my first year in the program as entering my second year my physical wellness increased. I’ve been trying to live a healthy life and having a better diet, I thank Colonel Oetjen for this and how he gave me a lecture in my first year after he saw me drinking my regular 1.5 litter soda, and explained how sugar was bad for you and how he said “white death’. I can say my stress management has improved because of my time management skill increasing, with priorities this better I have more time and are less stressed. I adapted a new quote over that summer to help me with my time management and that is Stephen Covey quote “The Key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your

And as another way to make the meal a little healthier, instead of those French fries try asking for a side salad or maybe a thing of fruit, and maybe even hold the dressing on the side of any type of salad you order. Also as a way to save money and your nutrition, do not order one of the drinks off the menu, just order a cup or glass of water, this is always free and always much healthier than any drinks the restaurant provides. Now out of everything discussed, most importantly is to know the type of food choices you are making, just because a food product is labeled “healthy” does not necessarily mean it is the absolute best for you. You need to take the initiative, because no matter what anyone else tells you, you need to be the one to find the facts and draw these conclusions for

This essay focuses on evaluating three functions of sleep. These functions include mental health (Jackowska et al, 2011), cardiovascular disease (Kronholm et al, 2011) and memory (Hu et al, 2006). The key aspects are explained in detail with regards to studies. The findings from the studies will help justify the function and it’s involvement with sleep. Sleep is important for an individual’s well being, survival, brain development, emotional regulation, cognitive function, memory, and in order to protect mental and cardiovascular health. An individual should sleep for 6-8 hours. A recent suggestion by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommended that an individual should sleep for minimum 7 hours. The quality of sleep is significant to maintain healthy brain functions. Evidence, indicating that good sleep quality is essential for mood and health then duration (Chandola et al, 2010). The researches implied will enable the understanding of the functions of sleep and evaluate the evidence of each of the functions, including advantages and limitations. Furthermore ethical issues are discussed, and an overall summary of the essay is briefed.

taking care of your body will not only make physical tasks easier, it will improve your

I have not taken care of my physical health and well-being over the last 10 years. It has been a challenge to balance work, family and getting to the gym. I seem to do one or the other well, but I have not kept balance in all these areas consecutively. I value a well-groomed and well-fitted body when it comes to physical health. I often let other areas get in the way of my success physically. I need to find a balance, or I need some sort of routine that will keep me focused on what matters the most. I want to be able to get my physical body in better shape, and time management will help make this a

Sleep is undoubtedly one of the most essential requirements for the human body to function properly. It plays a very important role in ensuring the wellness of the human body both physically as well as mentally. In fact, the importance of sleep is clear from the fact that it helps you in maintaining a good lifestyle throughout our entire lifetime. Not only does it help maintain our physical and mental health; rather it also helps in maintaining a decent and healthy lifestyle along with ensuring safety from a number of fatal diseases. It is usually said that the mood in which you wake up is largely dependent on the type of sleep you have been in. This in itself is a big proof of the importance of sleep in our lives. While sleeping, our body finally gets its share of rest and it also gets ample time in rejuvenating from all the wear and tear that it went through during the entire day. Not only this, the body is in its own working condition when we are sleeping as this is the time when it supports the healthy functioning of the brain as well as physical attributes of our body.

According to Mussell (2005, p. 116), physical needs are “needs that must be met for the healthy maturation of the physical body include: oxygen, food, water, rest, exercise, sensory stimulation, safety and security”. It is said that “physical wellness is what often comes to mind when we think about being healthy, and for good reasons: the health of our bodies is critical for overall wellness” (Green, 2017). In my option, physical needs are how physically active I am from day to day and the foods that I am putting into my body. Although I have decent eating habits, my exercise and sleep routine are not as regular; in the sense that I am more focused on other important aspects of my life. I often catch myself not interested in going to the gym and come up with every reason to not go. Although I know all the health benefits of being physically active, I often find myself doing other important things in my life such as studying or going out with friends. Furthermore, I have not really put into perspective how sleep is also a main element of one’s physical development. I constantly find myself waking up numerous times throughout the night, and not being able to fall back asleep. This often leaves me restless throughout the day, and I constantly find myself taking naps. This not only influences my mood, but it can impact my academic studies, and overtime I may need to seek help for my sleep patterns.

Finally, ones physical health does play an important role in their overall wellness. This aspect, while not necessarily as intrinsically important as the other aspects can play a determining role in those areas and so is essential to one's complete health. Obviously this is the most immediately changeable part of one' life and can be altered in many different ways, none of which are terribly difficult and most of which bring relatively quick results. All it takes to Improve this area of a person's health is the determination to do it and a simple plan of how to do so. Included in this plan can be changes in diet, exercise habits and even sleep habits.

 The goal is to avoid, "clocks on collision," and to allow internal clocks to match external clocks, this is why night shifts are often on weekly rotation.

To be healthier in the social dimension I want to spend more time with my friends and family more. To do this I am going to take time to ask three friends and family how their day was and talk to them. I will do this everyday for two weeks. I will talk to them through text, call or in person. I will write down who I talked to that day and the day I talked to them. This will help me be able to have better conversation with