Author Archives: Amit

I completed my 3^rd session and the results are as what I wanted to see. Action stage for healthy eating and exercise and maintenance stage for stress management. So far, I had lot of fun with Live Well program and I would say this class would be the one the most important class that I took through which I leaned so much about healthy lifestyle and I would try to focus on these three areas even after the class because before the Live Well program I never thought about the importance of exercise and diet, now I know exercise is not just about making muscles but being healthy and fit.

After completing my session 2, I noticed that now I’m at the action level for healthy eating, exercise and on maintenance level for stress management. I feel proud that It has changed my eating habits for good. While going through the question I realized how important healthy died can be and also made it easy for me by recommending what I should be eating and also the amount. For exercise, I was at the precontemplation level in the beginning and now I’m on the action level because I made promise to myself to work out at least 5 times a week. I even kept my exercise equipment right next to where I spend most of the day when I’m home which is right next to my computer and I make sure to take break once in a while and do little exercise so that way I don’t have to take extra time out for my exercise. Although I’m not very consistent and my exercise time changes day to day but at least it’s better then not doing at all. For stress management I was on maintenance in the beginning of starting the live well program and I’m still on the same level, I really like the story of other students who talk about how they dealt with stress and what they did, this also helped me a lot.

So far my experience with LiveWell has been okay. While completing my first session I learned a lot about myself in terms of health. After finishing the first assessment I found that in exercise I’m in preparation stage, in healthy eating I’m in precontemplation stage, and for stress management I’m in maintenance stage which I thing is great. For exercise I will try my best to improve by taking some time out to make sure I do some cardio at least three times a week. Since I don’t have time to go to the gym I bought myself a resistance band to help me with the workout and I think its great way to begin with. For healthy eating I think this will be hard for me to change since I’m used to the diet that I currently have and while working and taking classes I eat whatever that’s available. LiveWell recommended that I eat 4 cups of fruits and vegetables per day, I thing I can do about 1 and half cup maybe. In LiveWell I like the resources that are available and I actually found the section where students in the video talk about their story of how they were inspired to be healthier because they saw someone else being unhealthy and I’m looking forward to see how effective LiveWell  will be for me.