Blog 10: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

• Currently, I am on day 24 on the Supreme 90 day program. I have seen progress since day 1, however, I'm having trouble sticking to the healthy eating portion of the project. I am going to start a journal that will keep track of my caloric intake to make it easier for me to see if I'm over eating, or not getting enough nutrients. 

(2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

• I read an article titled "The Exercise Effect." This article is by a psychologist that uses exercise to help her patients. She finds exercise can help alleviate depression, enhance mood, preventing anxiety, mental health, and diseases like diabetes or obesity. At the end she states if exercise is so effective, how come people don't do it? She stated that results take time to show, or people might start off too strong. A good dosage of exercise offers "near instant gratification" Where I'm going next is with energy. People don't always want to exercise because they don't have enough energy. I understand that the way we fuel or provide energy to our body is through our diets. I want to see what vitamins and minerals are necessary to keep our body energized and on our toes.

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

• I just did an update on my independent component. It is the blog entry right before this one, so if you would like to read about it, click here. The picture shows my progress from day 1 to day 9.