Fitness Musical Chairs

I really enjoyed the "Musical Chairs" fitness day. I thought this was a lot of fun. I liked the idea and concept of it and I think I enjoyed it even more because I actually really tried. During this fitness day, I stayed by Kavita from Mr. Pederson's class. I think she helped me work and distracted me from getting tired and giving up. There weren't any times when I felt that I needed a drink of water although I was really tired and out of breath that day. Although there was one time where Kavita and I felt like going outside and bringing weights with us so that we could still be doing the activity but cool down as well but unfortunately everyone were called back in. At first I really felt tired right when we started really getting into the activity but then after a while I started feeling better with the exercises and started pushing myself even more. Towards the end of the activity I felt really tired but I was also really proud that I worked out the entire time without finding an excuse not too.

Partner Circuit

For the partner circuit exercise my partner was Raman. I really did not like this circuit idea because I feel like it was kind of boring. Although I didn't like it, I really tried to follow the routine although I don't think I tried my best while doing the exercises. While we were running I felt like I could still push myself to do more but once I reached the part where we did the core and muscle exercises, I felt like I would not try my best and would get tired really easily. I did however keep up with the exercise and would get up after I would get tired because Danilyn kept encouraging me to stay up. Overall I think I could have tried a lot more harder on the core and muscle exercise.

Final Blog Post

During this year for PE, I think I had days when I was really good as well as days when I could have done a lot better. For participation in this class I think I did my best and I think this was one of my strongest areas in PE. For attendance I was always early and never had a day late. Although I did miss some days, I never tried to do it deliberatley as I might have been sick. Also for days such as fitness days there were never any days that I would skip from it to avoid missing out on whatever activity we did. I also always had my gym strip and never accidently "forgot to bring it." I also thought my energy level during games with class was high and energetic. I also really tried whenever we played games with our class because it was just overall fun and made me want to be more active. Although I may not have been the greatest at some games or activities, I still tried. However this was a lot different from out fitness days. Although I bought my strip and attended class, I don't think I pushed myself to the best of my ability on some days. For example, if I ever feel tired or worn out the day of our fitness activity I wouldn't try my best because I know I've already set my mindset into not doing so, and I guess that's from me just being lazy. Other than that I think there were also many days when I felt really energetic and made sure I would complete an exercise with the best of my ability and felt really proud after. I also think some activities played a huge part of whether I would do the activity or not, such as the pond run compared to the community run. I personally dislike doing the pond run and I think it keeps me away from running the way I'd like to. The "one minute off, one minute on" idea may be good for others, but personally I feel that if I'm not tired while I'm running there should be no reason to stop, whereas the community run is a lot different. The community run allows ne to run at the same pace I want to and doesn't keep me from running under rules. It also gives me a chance to improve by trying to beat my score, which is why I sometimes feel like I would rather try harder at the community run than the pond run. I also personally hate choice days. I find doing activites with the  class is a lot more fun and actually has people trying whereas some kids don't even try their best at choice days because they feel the need not too. I dislike choice days because after a while it gets really boring and if we can't switch to something else a lot of us just sit out instead of doing the activity. I also dislike how every choice days have the exact same choices. I usually choose volleyball because everything else gets taken over by the guys and it gets boring after awhile because they usually don't pass to you, although there have been times when Raman and I have gone to go play soccer and have our choices change up a bit. Usually when we play soccer it's a lot of fun but it depends on who is playing with us. For example, we sometimes play with guys from the same grade and it seems like they try and take over the game instead of including us in it whereas if we play with guys from older grades they are usually more interactive. For social responsibilty and contribution to the class I think I did farely well. I did try my best to involve others in joining the activity or encourage them to do better but it would usually be my friends and not people that I didn't know. I wish that I could have been more involved with other classes and not only ours. Although I know I didn't try my best to involve others I think I did really well in setting up equipment for a game to start up. I think one of my biggest weaknesses in PE this year was the fact that I couldn't make teams or yell at people when they were doing something they shouldn't have been doing, and I would really like to become better at that so that next time I could be a better leader and involve myself more into making teams rather than just following someone else's orders. For healthy and active living I believe that my older blog posts really reflect on me being honest with myself. I know for sure that there were many fitness days when I didn't try my hardest and wrote about it without lying to you and myself about what I really did. Whenever I would stop doing an activity or exercise there was always someone there to encourage me to keep going or it was just the mindset that I had already had for myself. Overall I think I really improved and I definitely saw a difference in myself. Over this PE semester I have felt more energetic and and had more fun than ever not only for choice or class days but fitness days as well. I have also learned a lot more than before such as how going to the weight room is useless if you don't actually have a goal on what you want to accomplish. For example, last year I felt like I had to go the weight room just because I was forced to whereas this year I know that everytime I go into the weight room it is for something I actually want to improve on or gain. In the past I felt like I didn't do much with things not only in PE but oustide as well. Over time, I have started to eat more healthier and be more active. For example, I usually would eat whateer junk food I saw and would also be a lot more lazy. Although now I've started to watch what I eat more carefully and I've started to join more activites. Not only things that involve fitness but also clubs such as Art club that keeps me away from going home and just laying on the couch. After PE this year I really want to keep up with being fit and decided to join soccer at school and keep eating healthier. I will aslo start going to the gym since I won't be able to get a proper physical activity done in a day and that would annoy me considering I've had PE for so long and I had it for an entire year last year and the one before. Overall I feel that my blogs were done well. I also feel that they got better over time. I feel like my blog posts weren't done as well as they were done towards the end of the semester. I personally think this happened because I had a really bad phone in the beginning that kept me from getting the best digital evidence that I could get. I also think my blog posts have  improved over time because I have learned a lot more and applied to it much  better. I also think I realized the importance of a blog and started keeping up with it resulting in a lot more blog posts. Although I think I did really well on my blog I don't think I did half as good on others. I barely wrote comments on my peers blogs unless I was told to, and now that I think about it, I think I should have considering how much I could have helped someone else improve or really comment on how well they were doing. Now after doing blogs I would really like to continue with it even though I don't have PE anymore. I think it's a great way to learn and improve on what I've already done and I will try my best too. Overall I think I deserve a 92% (A) in this class! :)

Pond Run

For the Pond Run I don't think I tried my best. Although I ran and walked when I was supposed too and kept it consistent, I just jogged and didn't really try to sprint or make myself tired. At the end, I wasn't even too tired. I don't think I tried to make myself tired because in the beginning I was really tired and lazy and had already set my mindset into not trying. During the exercise I also ended up putting too much pressure on my left ankle and it started to hurt, with the pain also rising up to my knee. I think this really slowed me down and although it hurt I decided to keep doing the exercise but at a slow pace which really kept me from trying to run or sprint so I ended up doing just a light jog causing me not to get tired at all.

Dinner

For dinner tonight I had baked fish and sautéd veggies. Although I'm not much of a seafood fan, it tasted alright with it doused it with some sauce. I also really liked how the vegetables came out and how they tasted. I thought this was a healthy dinner. :)

Winter Break

Over winter break I felt like I did nothing and began to feel really unhealthy. It was mostly due to all the parties I attended and ate so much junk food. I also had a very bad sleeping schedule and would sleep really late and wake up in the evening. At first I didn't really think anything about it but when the new year rolled around I decided to stop being lazy and do something. I started of by getting rid of junk food, and made a habit of drinking lots of green tea to clean out my system. I actually started to really like it now and have it instead of coffee or chocolate milk. I also started to take walks around the neighbourhood and even went jogging with a few friends one day. I would also take walks really late at night just to enjoy the weather. I really want to get more fit as does my sister so we started buying a lot more healthy snacks to replace our junk food, and it actually is starting to taste a lot better! Over the winter break, when it snowed, my friends and I also went out and made a snowman as well as had a snowball fight. It was a lot of fun, but also got tiring as we had to push the snow around to get the snowman. The worst part was when we had to pick up the bottom and place it on the curb. It took three of us just to try and lift it up and it definetely made me sweat a little despite how cold it was. I really like where my diet is going, but I'd like to work more on my sleeping habits and excercising. 

P/S: I know the last picture looks bad becase I have a McFlurry in my hand, but I promise you I bought it for a friend. :P

Circuits

Today for fitness we did Circuits. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a lot of fun but also pretty tiring. I think I really pushed myself and did well, especially when I left with a red and sweaty face. My favourite circuit was probably when we got to run around or do something because it made me want to push myself and actually do something. I also liked it because I thought it was a good break to run instead of stand and workout.