Personal Narrative: Losing Habits

When I was younger I was fatter than most kids my age. I ignorantly chose to eat more fattening foods. In doing so I did not acquire the right nutrients and developed anemia. I was forced to eat healthier to the point where eating was mandatory to me. So I ended up eating less for the past couple of years and now I am a twig. I was not in the worst of

When I was ten I started to gain weight, which seemed normal enough at the time. I was a happy child, despite having experienced some unfortunate circumstances during my few years of existence. Maybe it was these unfortunate circumstances that caused the weight gain, due to a having an immense amount of stress for such a young girl.

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Week two has been a bit of a rough week for my behavioral change project. I became sick and was stuck at home for three days this week. This caused me to have a bit of a relapse because when I am not feeling well I turn to things that comfort me. A big comfort for me is technology and I hate to admit it but I binge watched a lot of television this week and I used social media quite often. The worst part is that now that the binge has started I am having a difficult time stopping again. I am so stressed now because I missed a great deal of class and as a result I feel extremely far behind and anxious about if I can make it up successfully. Yet, all I want to do is watch Netflix and in all honesty that is all I have been doing this week. After the first week, I felt so strong (naively so) but now I only feel defeated by my own mind. That is a hard concept for me to grasp because how is it that something that feels so good, relaxing, and happy is so detrimental to my life in the areas of education, work, and relationships? I suppose though that part of the reason we do this project is to see what will make us relapse. For me and

Week one has passed by quickly! I think this week was very successful and I can say that I have learned many new things. This week has been an experience for me learning things about the business world. I am not a business major so I was not expecting to take these classes. I was assigned them, but have found them very beneficial. As I read through the first couple of chapters I read things I had heard before. This was a good thing that I could put the information with the terms I had heard previously.

Any individual above average size horizontally in Elementary school, knew how it felt to be the obese child growing up. My problem was, I spent practically every day at my grandma’s house, and my size was the evidence. When I was a kid, I'd wish I could be ripped like those men on Hollister bags and stand at least 6’2 with a strong jawline to impress my crushes at school. I’d wish I had a supreme athletic physique with broad shoulders. Regardless of gender, anyone would gaze in envy. However that never came to be my reality. Judging by my intentions,that's most likely a beneficial result; I would have utilized my image to justify arrogance.

I know I 'm not alone when I say that weight loss is the hardest thing I 've ever done or tried to do. Maybe it 's presumptuous to think anyone would want to hear my story, but here goes: I started out a skinny little runt with chronic asthma. Back in the 50 's the way they treated asthma was by treating the symptoms. No one had come up with a way to prevent an attack. I got most of my attacks along with a cold or the flu. My family doctor back then convinced my mother that if I weighed more I 'd be healthier and able to stave off these colds and wouldn 't have as much trouble with my asthma. Back then we didn 't questions doctors so my mother started a campaign to "fatten" me up. It worked too well. I don 't blame her or my doctor since that was the thinking at the time and

Once I stopped hitting the gym and eating the meal plan it felt impossible for me to get back on track. My schedule was busy and I kept making excuses not to go to the gym or eat healthy. All of my progress went away and I gained all of my weight back and more. My mood changed immediately. I was not motivated to do anything and I was back to being self conscious. The gym made a huge difference for me, it changed my attitude and mindset in the greatest way. It made me feel confident and happy with myself. That is why I decided for my senior project I wanted to train to do a fitness show.

Every day is a new day and a new adventure and I want to have as many of them as I can. With my goals set and new determination I will accomplish my goal. I can't wait to see how much weight I will have lost by the end of the year. Whoever is reading this keep working at it. You too can have success just keep pushing forward and don't give

Obesity is one of the biggest problems in America today, luckily we have people like First Lady Michelle Obama who are on the front lines of the fight against this issue. As our next generation of children grow up obesity will be a battle for them everyday and will continue to be a battle unless we begin to make an effort to solve this problem. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the last three decades, this statistic alone should be alarming enough to create a sense of urgency in anyone’s mind. I notice younger children everyday who are overweight and out of shape and ask myself every time what their parents must be thinking to be okay with that. The truth of the matter is that many people are simply not educated enough on how to live a healthy lifestyle and what steps to take to eat healthier and begin exercising on a regular basis.

Who knew that things could change so abruptly, it almost felt that my whole world was flipped within a blink of an eye. Things were going to be different from now on, the people, the weather, even the fresh summer breeze from the coast will soon become a cold bitter winter breeze. This all came to my mind when my mom announced to my family that we’re moving, to New Jersey, once my school goes on summer break. At first, I began to panic, why do we have to move? Why can’t we just live here? We don’t even know anyone there, except for my aunt. We just moved here three years ago from New Jersey, and we didn’t like it, that’s why we only lived there for a month. Then why would we would we like it now? I question my mom, and I demanded explanations

A fourth and huge cause of childhood obesity comes from genetic heritage. Being overweight and being obese tend to run in the family. A child’s chances of become overweight or obese become greater if one or both of their parents are overweight or obese. Child tend to have the same habits as their parents. If their parents are never active or always eat junk food, the child will most likely be inactive and eat junk food.

For an overweight child, it is very essential that you let him or her to know

Despite being a world-renown playwright, William Shakespeare remains to this very day a man with a past shrouded in mystery. Very few documents provide historians insight on his personal life. In fact, the record of Shakespeare in his earliest years is limited to a mere baptismal record that reveals his birth date to be around April 26, 1564. Fifty-two years later from that day, Shakespeare would be interred at Trinity Church. Born near London in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon as the third child to John Shakespeare, the local alderman and bailiff, Shakespeare is believed to have attended King’s New School because his father held an official position. Shakespeare did not receive any higher level education, however. Hardly anything else is known of the young William Shakespeare’s childhood.

Right now at this very moment you can turn your TV on and watch just about anything that you want to, this also means so can your children. Do you know how much violence is being broadcasted through the media just today? Do you understand how this is affecting your child? Do you know that from birth to age 25 their brain is growing, and there are these neurons, "mirror neurons" that teach us to imitate what we see? What if it was your child who went to school with a gun? What if it was your child who was shot by a class mate? I believe that we as a country should force the media to limit the amount of violence that is being viewed by the public. Not just for ourselves but also for our children.