Childhood Obseity Epidemic

Dymanic Stretching

Week 13

4/18 - Wii Sports - Boxing - 3o minutes

4/19 - Wii Sports - Tennis - 30 minutes

4/20 - Yoga at the YMCA - 1.25 hours

4/21 - Wii Sports - Bowling - 3o minutes

4/22 - Yoga at the YMCA - 1.25 hours

4/23 - No exercise

4/24 - No exercise

Week 12

4/11- no exercise
4/12- Wii Sports - boxing 30 mins
4/13- Couldn't go to yoga class, because I had seizure - bummer!
4/14- Yoga with a neighbor - 20 minutes
4/15- Again, had a seizure - didn't go to yoga class!
4/16- Wii Sports - tennis 30 mins
4/17- Wii Fit - 30 mins

Beware - Eating Disorders!

What Are Eating Disorders?

An eating disorder is marked by extremes. It is present when a person experiences severe disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme reduction of food intake or extreme overeating, or feelings of extreme distress or concern about body weight or shape.
A person with an eating disorder may have started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual, but at some point, the urge to eat less or more spirals out of control. Eating disorders are very complex, and despite scientific research to understand them, the biological, behavioral and social underpinnings of these illnesses remain elusive.
The two main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. A third category is "eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS)," which includes several variations of eating disorders. Most of these disorders are similar to anorexia or bulimia but with slightly different characteristics. Binge-eating disorder, which has received increasing research and media attention in recent years, is one type of EDNOS.
Eating disorders frequently appear during adolescence or young adulthood, but some reports indicate that they can develop during childhood or later in adulthood. Women and girls are much more likely than males to develop an eating disorder. Men and boys account for an estimated 5 to 15 percent of patients with anorexia or bulimia and an estimated 35 percent of those with binge-eating disorder. Eating disorders are real, treatable medical illnesses with complex underlying psychological and biological causes. They frequently co-exist with other psychiatric disorders such as depression, substance abuse, or anxiety disorders. People with eating disorders also can suffer from numerous other physical health complications, such as heart conditions or kidney failure, which can lead to death.

To learn more – please visit:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/eating-disorders/complete-index.shtml

Consider taking a fitness class at the YMCA of Mount Vernon. Visit their website @ www.mtvymca.org.

Week 11

Fun, Fun, Fun - I started a new Yoga class at the YMCA this week. I love it! I invite everyone to come try Yoga!

4/4 - none
4/5 - none
4/6 - Yoga - 1.25 hours @ YMCA
4/7 - Wii Tennis - 15 mins
4/8 - Yoga - 1.25 hours @ YMCA
4/9 - Walked the dogs - 20 mins
4/10 - none

Importance of Carbohydrates

http://www.scribd.com/doc/180178/Importance-of-Carbohydrates

YouTube Video!

Week 10

3/28/10 - No exercise
3/29/10 - Walk Dogs 30 min
3/30/10 - Walk Dogs 30 min
3/31/10 - Yoga 30 min
4/1/10 - No exercise
4/2/10 - Walk Dogs 30 min
4/3/10 - Yoga 30 min

The weather was great this week! It was nice to enjoy the sunshine and outside!

Week 9

3/21/10 - Wii boxing 30 min
3/22/10 - no exercise
3/23/10 - no exercise
3/24/10 - Yoga 30 min
3/25/10 - Yoga 30 min
3/26/10 - Yoga 30 min
3/27/10 - Yoga 30 min

Week 8

3/14/10 - Yoga 30 mins
3/15/10 - Wii Tennis 30 mins
3/16/10 - Yoga 30 mins
3/17/10 - no exercise
3/18/10 - Yoga 30 mins
3/19/10 - Yoga 30 mins
3/20/10 - no exercise

I Love Yoga!

Don't Smoke or Use Tobacco

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/

Be sure to read this website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Please don't smoke or use tobacco!

Know More About Vitamins and Minerals!

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/vitamins_minerals.shtml

Week 7
3/7/10 Wii Boxing - 45 minutes
3/8/10 Walking - 1 hour
3/9/10 Walking - 1 hour
3/10/10 no exercise
3/11/10 Yoga - 30 min
3/12/10 no exercise
3/13/10 no exercise

Week 6
2/28/10 Yoga - 45 minutes
3/1/10 Wii Fit - 30 minutes
3/2/10 Yoga - 30 minutes
3/3/10 Wii Fit - 30 minutes
3/4/10 Yoga - 20 minutes
3/5/10 no exercise
3/6/10 Yoga - 3o minutes

Junk Food Facts

JUST SAY NO TO JUNK FOOD!

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=56170

Week 5

This week I worked out to a new yoga video, Total Yoga.


2/21/2010
yoga
30 min
2/22/2010
none
2/23/2010
yoga
40 min
2/24/2010
yoga
30 min
2/25/2010
none
2/26/2010
none
2/27/2010
none

Top 10 Health Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep

It's important for your health to get plenty of sleep - take a look at this website:

http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongenergy/tp/healthy_sleep.htm

Week 4

Week 4
2/14/2010
yoga
15 min
2/15/2010
none
2/16/2010
none
2/17/2010
yoga
35 min
2/18/2010
yoga
25 min

2/19/2010
yoga
20 min
2/20/2010
yoga
20 min

Wii Sports

I have so much fun working out with my Wii Sports (Baseball, Tennis, Boxing, Golf and Bowling). Check out this website to see videos of each sport. I think you will understand why I like to work out so much!

http://us.wii.com/wiisports/games.jsp

Week 3

2/7/2010
none
2/8/2010
Wii Sports boxing
15 min
2/9/2010
Wii Sports tennis
25 min
2/10/2010
Wii Fit yoga
30 min
2/11/2010
Wii Sports bowling
20 min
2/12/2010
none
2/13/2010
Wii Sports boxing
10 min

Another fun week of working out!

Types of Yoga

There are over a hundred different schools of Yoga. Some of the most well known are described below:

Hatha Yoga: The physical movements and postures, plus breathing techniques. This is what most people associate with Yoga practice.

Raja Yoga: Called the “royal road,” because it incorporates exercise and breathing practice with meditation and study, producing a well-rounded individual.

Jnana Yoga: The path of wisdom; considered the most difficult path.

Bhakti Yoga: The practice of extreme devotion in one-pointed concentration upon one’s concept of God.

Karma Yoga: All movement, all work of any kind is done with the mind centered on a personal concept of God.

Tantra Yoga: A way of showing the unseen consciousness in form through specific words, diagrams, and movements. One of the diagrams that is used to show the joining of the physical and spiritual bodies is two triangles superimposed upon one another. The downward-pointing triangle represents the physical body, or the female aspect having to do with work, action, and movement; the upward-pointing triangle represents the spiritual body of support, energy, and vastness.

Kashmir Shaivism: This Yoga system states that everything in the universe has both male and female qualities. In Kashmir Shaivism, these male and female principles form an equal partnership, so interdependent that they cannot be separated. The attraction between them produces the ultimate union of opposites, creating the immense complexity of the universe that we enjoy and celebrate. Unlike other philosophies, Kashmir Shaivism is based in emotion rather than intellect. In fact, Shaivism says that intellectual understanding by itself will never lead us to the realization of the summit of Yoga. The system's great exponents teach that the egotistical intellect blocks our ability to fully experience our individual power.

Source: American Yoga Association

Health Benefits and Nutrients of Milk

Consuming milk and milk products provides health benefits—people who have a diet rich in milk and milk products can reduce the risk of low bone mass throughout the life cycle. Foods in the milk group provide nutrients that are vital for health and maintenance of your body. These nutrients include calcium, potassium, vitamin D, and protein.

Health benefits:
Diets rich in milk and milk products help build and maintain bone mass throughout the lifecycle. This may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
The intake of milk products is especially important to bone health during childhood and adolescence, when bone mass is being built.
Diets that include milk products tend to have a higher overall nutritional quality.

Why is it important to make fat-free or low-fat choices from the milk group? Choosing foods from the milk group that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol can have health implications. Diets high in saturated fats raise “bad” cholesterol levels in the blood. The “bad” cholesterol is called LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. High LDL cholesterol, in turn, increases the risk for coronary heart disease. Many cheeses, whole milk, and products made from them are high in saturated fat. To help keep blood cholesterol levels healthy, limit the amount of these foods you eat. In addition, a high intake of fats makes it difficult to avoid consuming more calories than are needed.

Source: US Dept of Agriculture (MyPyramid.gov)

Week 2

1/31/2010 Wii Fit yoga 32 min
2/1/2010 Wii Fit Aerobics 30 min
2/2/2010 Wii Fit yoga 30 min
2/3/2010 Wii Fit yoga & balance games 30 min
2/4/2010 Wii Sports Tennis 15 min
2/5/2010 Wii Sports Boxing and Tennis 25 min
2/6/2010 Wii Sports Tennis 1 hour

This week was so much fun! I worked out by myself and with friends!

Benefits of Water

Benefits of Water
Check out this You Tube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6eKaxPU2A

Week 1

Halle's PE Log
Physical Activity Time
Week 1
1/25/2010 none
1/26/2010 Wii Fit yoga 35 min
1/27/2010 Wii Fit yoga & Aerobics 45 min
1/28/2010 Wii Fit balance games 48 min
1/29/2010 Wii Fit strength training 35 min
1/30/2010 none


I met and exceeded my goal for week one. Even though I had quite a few seizures, I was still able to work out 4 times this week.

The New Phys. Ed. in 2010

Students today have many options with schooling and classes. I am taking my high school lessons on line. My physical education credits are being earned by working out and staying fit over the next few months and posting regularly on my PE Blog.