- Read the self-assessment on pg 84. How would you rate your “preventive practices?” What are some ways in which you can improve your health? What preventative practices do you already implement?
Based on the self-assessment, my “preventive practices” rate is in the eighty percentile. I can improve my health by exercising more and getting more sleep. I tend to use my work and personal schedules as reason to justify my not having time to go to the gym and exercise. However, instead of using the interoffice mail at work I personally deliver documents, I take the stairs instead of using the elevator and when I shop on the weekends, I park at the far end of the parking lot and on the opposite end of the mall from the stores I intend to visit. I do not have a solution for my lack of sleep right now because I work full-time and I do the majority of my reading at night after I arrive home from work and finish my household chores. Not only do I keep late hours, but I get up before 6 a.m. everyday, including the weekends. I go to the hair salon every Saturday morning and Sunday is devoted for church. However, I usually take a nap on Saturday and Sunday evenings around 4 p.m. for a couple of hours. I am really concerned about my lack of sleep…during the day I have to eat light because around 2 p.m. I get very sleepy. I’m open for suggestions!
5 comments:
I feel for you. Sleep is so very important. I know it is tough to get enough sleep. Sometimes when I am really sleepy, I will take a 10-15 nap just to make it through. I think that and trying to be organized in my time are the two biggest factors on my sleep. Hang in there. Work on that sleep!
Jenn Sharp
Sleep and healthy eating habits are on my list too. It seems like there is just not enough hours in the day. But somehow we must make time to get in a restful sleep. Eating right is hard because of all of the convienence of the not so good foods. Hopefully one day I will be able to eat right without thinking twice.
As a full time worker and student, I must commend you for finding alternative ways of being physically active. I think the solutions you approach to maximize physical activities in your already crowded lifestyle is a good approach. I also have to struggle with lack of sleep; mainly as a result of studying. It is very hard to juggle work and school and still get adequate sleep. I may need suggestions on how to do it myself. Trying to eliminate unnecessary chores around the house and spending less time on the internet has helped me some in finding more free time. Great strides in promoting a healthy lifestyle and keep up the good work.
Sleep is actually one of my issues I think I may have under control. You should try doing a little reading while you are on break or work or whenever you have down time. I agree with taking the stair instead of the elevators, because stairs do help to burn a couple extra calories.
I understand you on sleep because it is a big thing on how your day will be tomarrow meaning you may have a great day because you slept for eight hours the night before. Or you might have a bad day tomarrow because you only got four or five hours of sleep because that dog kept barking again last night. I think having a schedule to go by really that is balanced with work things to do and when you get to school, you have that balanced out in a timeline of whats next to do. It is a good thing to take advantage of the time in your day at work to take the stairs instead of an elevator because it will be do some work on your cardiovascular system. If you have everything balanced then you should have a healthy sleeping pattern and health.
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