Category Archives: LiveWell- Exercise

From the Livewell survey, I am happy to discovered that I am on the Maintenance stage for healthy eating and Stress management, but it also exposed that I need to focus on the Exercise. Also, Livewell survey suggests me to meet the friend who exercised. So I join the cricket club.

Lately in an effort to be more active I try to achieve a goal of 6.000 steps a day. I keep track of my activity with the use of my apple watch and the activity app.

I have enjoyed the personalized feedback from Live Well program. I am committed to do more physical activities by taking stairs more and being on my feet as often as possible. To count my steps and physical activities I use fitbit charge 2 as my personal coach.

The first session of liveWell consisted of a few survey style questions which supplied information on the current state of my health. In the past, I was very healthy and fit and visited the gym regularly 5 days a week. For a few months I have planned on going back to that state although I have not been very motivated. Making the commitment on liveWell to address these issues, will hopefully motivate me to be better.

So after doing the livewell assessment i came to a small realization that my level of exercise has dropped from when i was once active.  So in an attemp to get back into a work out rhythm like i had when i was a college athlete. I started making a work out schedule for myself so that i have a plan to adhere to like i did when i was in rugby. The assesment found that i lose motivation and some of the questions that assessed my support, made me realize i did not have any support with my exercise habits.  I started to include my girlfriend in my work out to make working out feel less like a chore now and more of something to do with my significant other.

After answering all the questions truthfully on LiveWell I am in preparation phase for Healthy Eating and Stress Management.  One of the questions regarding exercise asked if the doctor had spoke with me about not exercising within the past 6 months.  I answered yes so it would not allow me to answer more questions in that section. While I don’t have a serious medical condition that is preventing me from exercising, I have Plantar fasciitis that is being treated and the doctor asked to avoid doing to much.  I enjoy working out and because I can’t my stress level has increased.  I am hoping that LiveWell will guide me on how to deal with some of these issues.

I tried to answer all the questions honestly and most realistic to how an average day goes for me. I realized I do not do much of any Cardio workout but I do weight train and I am conscious about what I eat. The biggest issue I face in regards to health is being able to deal with stress efficiently. The biggest stress inducing challenge I have is financial but I do have people I can speak to about it and help surpass any challenges. Unfortunately, financial stress may not go anywhere any time soon so I must find a way to deal with it in a healthy manner.