Author Archives: rmaher77

Hi guys I wanted to start this chapter on talking about my physical and health updates for the week. I have been trying to focus on meal prepping and getting every workout in. But that was not the case this week. I have been extremely busy as my schoolwork has been none stop and alsoContinue reading “Chapter 12:Infectious Conditions”

The first thing that I found interesting about this chapter is getting motivated for physical activity. Which I think plays a big part in how we all feel right now being stuck at home. I know me personally I struggle to get motivated sometimes when it is so much easier to be lethargic all dayContinue reading “Chapter 10: Fitness”

Before I start discussing this Chapter, I just wanted to talk about how life is going in quarantine. To be honest, I have so much time it is almost hard for me not to focus all my attention towards my goal. I have been focusing so much on what my body is intaking and myContinue reading “Weight Management and Body Image”

This chapter was very interesting to read due to me having a great understanding and knowledge on nutrition to try to gain as much lean muscle mass as possible. I think that not only in this class but in life nutrition is a very important topic to have knowledge on and understand how the rightContinue reading “Chapter 8:Nutrition”

These past couple weeks have been really stressful to say the least with everything going on. The stress between figuring out whats going to happen with school, jobs, and overall living. It has been bitter sweet hearing the fact that we need to self quarantine and pretty much be stuck in our house alone butContinue reading “Chapter 7: Alcohol and Tobacco”

Addiction is something I am all to familiar with, I have a family history of family members being addicted to drugs and alcohol. So I have grown up around it which I think has kept me away from these negative substances. A thing that stood out to me was the different types of addictions thatContinue reading “Chapter 6:Addiction and Drug Abuse”

This week overall has not been such a good week I have been struggling with consuming enough food because I simply don’t have the time to meal prep. This is something I need to work on and maybe implement a time management strategy to help be more efficient. I have still been going to theContinue reading “Chapter 5: Reproductive Choices”

This week has overall been very productive. I have been really focusing on the gym and trying to improve muscle function throughout each workout. Although my life is very stressful I have been using some techniques discussed in the previous chapter and It really has been helping me balance my life as a whole. IContinue reading “Chapter 4: Relationships and Sexuality”

As someone who is currently managing work as well as being a full time college student, I am no stranger to stress. In fact this semester has been my worst semester yet. I am currently taking 7 classes to graduate on time, and the workload is very stressful as I feel I have no freeContinue reading “Chapter 3: Stress”

In Chapter 2 the focus is on Psychological health and wellbeing. This aspect of health is beneficial for overall health because if your not psychologically healthy you are not going to get the boost to go to the gym, eat healthy, and worry about how you look and feel. The thing that first caught myContinue reading “Chapter 2: Psychological”