Personal Wellness Assessment
I completed a lifestyle assessment inventory which determines my average wellness as a whole. The assessment consisted of ten different sections such as physical, spiritual and environmental assessment. After completing my lifestyle assessment I learned a little more about myself. Each section would give me a score based upon my feedback which is number based. Once I get a score for each section I would add up those scores and divide my total by ten, this would indicate my average wellness score.
Initial Reaction
I was surprised to learn that I scored so low in about seven assessments. I needed to work on so much from what the assessment indicated. Most people would consider me as a healthy individual that workouts most of his time. My score for my physical assessment was a 52 overall which is quite disappoint. I feel like after high school, I have been lazy and less motivated to do physical activities.
I was disappointed that my social wellness score is my lowest score. Not only that, but my emotional wellness score is low as well. The two are possibly entwined together. Making random friends have never been my strong suit, and it probably will never be. The thought of walking up to an attractive woman is also unbearably to me; it is just that nerve wrecking. At times I do feel alone, most of my friends from high school have …show more content…
moved on and have kids now. Those responsibilities come first as well as marriage and paying bills. The harsh part of reality sets in and you finally realize that you are really alone in the world sometimes which would explain my score.
I learned that the concept of wellness doesn't only consist of physical, emotional, alcohol or drug related. There are more factors than those three which determine that, for instance spiritual wellness, environmental wellness and nutritional wellness. This gives me a much broader view of things, and how important it is to pay attention to them. In order for me to a very healthy person I need to focus on all ten aspects; possibly much more. My overall wellness score indicated that I am the average typical American when it comes to health. The results that I would have been satisfied with would have been above average; back the drawing board.
Fall Wellness Plan
This would have been much easier if was the beginning of summer.
The birds chirping, sun out, wind blowing across your skin as you run through the woods. Unfortunately, most of us don't experience everything I listed in the fall. Well, perhaps the cool air which is always a good thing. I need to get back on track and get back the body I used to have. I need to find a church and get back to my old spiritual self. I need to live more and possibly try to make new friends if I can. Basically, I have much to change and work on when it comes to myself. The three assessments I plan to focus on are my physical, nutritional and spiritual
asses
Lets start with my physical assessment shall we. I'm a active individual at heart, I've always been since high school. The thing that changed was basically life. I have a job and college is nothing really you can slack at. I do have friends who like to run, we used to go on the weekends and run in the mornings. I am officially going to bother them much more. If they can’t make it then that means putting on the headphones and going out for a jog on my own. Starting small is the key, one mile should do it for about month then I will transition to two miles after that. I also want to get involved in those bike marathons, I've always wanted to. Stretching is something I hated to do before any activity, but I noticed that I actually do stretch when I am watching workout videos; so more of those. I can limit those to two days a week, as well as using workout apps on my phone.
My phone has an app and a device on it where it measures my heart rate, stress levels, and it even monitors how many steps I take and it congratulates me out the blue when I reach my goal. Utilizing those features will be a major benefit to me than ever before. My phone is something I can take on the go and it monitors everything for me if I need it too which is helpful. So if I'm feeling stressed out it would be wise for me to test my levels and do some meditation method as we did in class.
Initial Reaction
I was surprised to learn that I scored so low in about seven assessments. I needed to work on so much from what the assessment indicated. Most people would consider me as a healthy individual that workouts most of his time. My score for my physical assessment was a 52 overall which is quite disappoint. I feel like after high school, I have been lazy and less motivated to do physical activities.
I was disappointed that my social wellness score is my lowest score. Not only that, but my emotional wellness score is low as well. The two are possibly entwined together. Making random friends have never been my strong suit, and it probably will never be. The thought of walking up to an attractive woman is also unbearably to me; it is just that nerve wrecking. At times I do feel alone, most of my friends from high school have …show more content…
moved on and have kids now. Those responsibilities come first as well as marriage and paying bills. The harsh part of reality sets in and you finally realize that you are really alone in the world sometimes which would explain my score.
I learned that the concept of wellness doesn't only consist of physical, emotional, alcohol or drug related. There are more factors than those three which determine that, for instance spiritual wellness, environmental wellness and nutritional wellness. This gives me a much broader view of things, and how important it is to pay attention to them. In order for me to a very healthy person I need to focus on all ten aspects; possibly much more. My overall wellness score indicated that I am the average typical American when it comes to health. The results that I would have been satisfied with would have been above average; back the drawing board.
Fall Wellness Plan
This would have been much easier if was the beginning of summer.
The birds chirping, sun out, wind blowing across your skin as you run through the woods. Unfortunately, most of us don't experience everything I listed in the fall. Well, perhaps the cool air which is always a good thing. I need to get back on track and get back the body I used to have. I need to find a church and get back to my old spiritual self. I need to live more and possibly try to make new friends if I can. Basically, I have much to change and work on when it comes to myself. The three assessments I plan to focus on are my physical, nutritional and spiritual
asses
Lets start with my physical assessment shall we. I'm a active individual at heart, I've always been since high school. The thing that changed was basically life. I have a job and college is nothing really you can slack at. I do have friends who like to run, we used to go on the weekends and run in the mornings. I am officially going to bother them much more. If they can’t make it then that means putting on the headphones and going out for a jog on my own. Starting small is the key, one mile should do it for about month then I will transition to two miles after that. I also want to get involved in those bike marathons, I've always wanted to. Stretching is something I hated to do before any activity, but I noticed that I actually do stretch when I am watching workout videos; so more of those. I can limit those to two days a week, as well as using workout apps on my phone.
My phone has an app and a device on it where it measures my heart rate, stress levels, and it even monitors how many steps I take and it congratulates me out the blue when I reach my goal. Utilizing those features will be a major benefit to me than ever before. My phone is something I can take on the go and it monitors everything for me if I need it too which is helpful. So if I'm feeling stressed out it would be wise for me to test my levels and do some meditation method as we did in class.