No more wellness class!

Well, i am done with my wellness class, and no longer have to write anything for that class, but I'm still going to write in my blog. I want to keep writing about how my health goals are going, but i also want to write about a bunch of other random things, just whatever i feel like writing about :)
Okay so this morning i woke up and started watching Tom and Jerry! Man, that brought back so many memories. Does anyone else miss those shows back in the day when you were just kids?? :) Those were the good cartoons...quality :D. Yeah just though i'd share that :) I'll write anything else when it pops into my head :D

Wii Fit

The Wii fit that Amanda brought to class was really cool. It was very interactive, and i could see how you could actually get some real excercise on it while also having a lot of fun with the games. I'm glad that she brought it and since i do have one at home, i might use it more. Although i dont have the fit part of it...maybe i should buy it :)
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March of Dimes

I really enjoyed myself at the March of Dimes Walk that we had this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun being able to be part of something that can help and make a difference in so many people's lives. I liked being with all of the other people who were there to help from cfcc, and also watching the walkers pass by. I also loved the pet, or animal, station as well. People who brought their dogs on the walk could let them get a drink too, while they were getting a drink. The horse that Emma brought, so that people could take pictures with was so adorable! It was a good idea to bring it. Like i said, it feels great to be part of something that can help so many people, and it makes me feel good to know that i can make some sort of difference, even if it's in a small way.

Today, in class, we talked about ways of dealing with stresses in our lives, and we shared with each other what we do for stress ourselve. There were a lot of good ideas, and i might even try some of them, but i didnt really suggest anything, because i used to have a way of coping with my stress (wasnt really a good thing) but i dont really have a way to deal with stress anymore. I have been reading a lot though since ive stopped using the other way to relieve my stress. Reading and just sleeping or laying down or watching a movie all by my self in my room where no one or nothing can really bother me and i can just block out everything and not think about it, so that's good.

Dancing With the Stars

So we just did the dancing with the stars exercise video and it was actually really fun. I hate to dance and stuff because i kind of feel embarrassed, but i just did it and it was a lot of fun. I have some Zumba videos at my house and i think that i might start doing those with my mom. This might also teach me how to dance for the prom :) which is a good thing, so i dont just stand by the wall or something. Whatever :) it was lots of fun like i said and ill probably do more of this type of exercise. :)

The whole body air displacement plethysmography is using air displacement technology for measuring and tracking body fat and lean mass. For this procedure you would need a BodPod by life measurements instruments, concord, CA. This machine measures the body composition by determining body volume and body weight. You cannot exercise for the two previous hours because you have to be fully rested and hydrated. Your body weight is measured by using scales, and body volume is measured by first measuring the volume of the chamber while empty then the volume of the subject chamber is measured with the subject is inside. By subtraction, the volume of the subject is determined. Once those body volumes are determined, the body density can be computed and inserted into an equation to provide percent fat measurements. The advantages are a high level of accuracy, ease for use, and fast test time. It is well suited for children, obese, and elderly, and disabled persons. I think that this is a good procedure, but the only bad thing is that the machine used for this procedure is very expensive, like 30 to 40 thousand dollars expensive, and I don’t really have that much money to be spending on that, so an alternative is using under water weighing, even though you get wet it costs a lot less than buying a BOD POD.

The waist to hip ratio is to test the ration of the waist circumference to the hip circumference because it has been related to the risk of coronary heart disease. All you need is a tape measure and simply calculate the measurements of the waist of the waist girth divided by the hip girth. Less than 85 is excellent, between .85 and .90 is good, between .90 and .95 is average, between .95 and 1.00, and over 1.00 is extreme. The advantages of this procedure are that it can be taken at home with anyone to monitor their own body composition levels.
I think that this procedure is a good test to do, because you can see whether your risk of coronary heart disease are high or not and you can either prevent it of get help for it if you find out that you have it. I am planning on trying out this procedure when I get a chance to, I need a tape measure and that’s about it so when I do the test ill post up my results ASAP :)