Mark Post #5

Our fifth week is over, and we are now done with our behavioral change project. I guess the remaining question is, did I succeed with my goal, or not?

I regret to say that I did not achieve my goal, YET. I weighed in at 184.5 lbs- 4.5 lbs short of my goal. I knew that this project would be over before the end of the month, and I initially set my goal to end at the end of the month; therefore, I still have a couple weeks to achieve it. I think that I can do it.

According to the project guidelines, the weight scale does not reflect a complete success for me; however, I still feel much healthier and more energetic than I did when I started the project.
I feel that the reasons of falling short of my goal can be attributed to my diet. I did not decide to incorporate a healthier diet until about two weeks into the program, after seeing my results were weak. I also needed more time in order to be successful.

I would like to thank my team for all of their support throughout the project, and I want you to rest assured that I will continue to strive for my goal =).

roxanne's 5th Post

The week leading up to this blog post was challenging.  With finals coming up, and group projects and essays coming to an end fast food is the easiest meal to come by.  I must admit that I am not showing great improvements with my self -change goal.  While I have not regressed I have only went from 4 days to 3 days of cutting back on fast food.  I realized that I eat fast food on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  I have not yet reached my goal of getting rid of fast food completely I push to work on it over the summer.  If I had to do this all over again I would change my work schedule or school schedule because I believe overloading the schedules is part of the reason I eat out.  Once school is out my schedule will be easier and I will be able to stick to a more healthy diet.

Tina's Post #5

So far with my progress, I think I doing well since I haven't given up yet. I'm proud that I'm still keeping up because there has been so many attempts where I have stopped exercising. With my cousin making sure I stay focus, I have motivation from him on being able to still stay on track. My team's feedback also encourages me to keep trying because they're working hard on accomplishing their self-changes as well. I have bought my own treadmill at home so I can use it when I have the time instead of resorting to my cousin's house. It's very convenient of having my own treadmill and saving time since I work out with 3 other people. I still try to increase my time running on the treadmill, but reflecting back from day one, I'm better than before. Looking back when I first started this self-change, I felt so sore and inactive, ashamed of how I didn't exercise before. Now, I still feel sore but it's not as bad as before. Regardless of the self-change assignment, I do plan to keep on going by being active. With Mother's Day weekend, it was hard to squeeze in time to exercise. I had to make up by exercising on days I didn't plan to exercise.

Hope you guys had a wonderful Mother's Day spoiling your moms!

Last Blog Topic

I got great feedback on my progress towards my athletic goal with the second place win at the triathlon. Next weekend, it is all up to me.

And the, after I finish the race on Sunday, I need to figure out how to keep myself motivated, keep the fitness behaviors going.

In your blog this week, talk about how you are doing, what you might change if you had to do it all over again, and how you'll keep these positive changes doing.

Mark's Post #4

This week, I achieved and surpassed my goals! I weighed in 4 lbs lighter, and my diet was clean all week (except for a few beers that I had). I not only did cardio workouts, but I also lifted weights for about 5 hours throughout the whole week. I did not skip any days, and I had the best and longest workouts yet. My shorts that used to fit are starting to fall off.

As we learned in class last week, our team is functioning with pooled task interdependence. We are all working independently of one another in order to reach a final result. It helps to work with other team members because they are able to motivate us to do better. I was able to receive processes gain from my partners when they told me that I have to begin eating better to help me reach my goal. Since I took their advice, I have been doing better. In previous weeks, I was experiencing process loss because I was not motivated enough to achieve my goal. With the help of my partners, I was more motivated in the past two weeks.

Although we are not achieving our potential performance due to process losses, I feel that our actual group performance is increasing weekly. I feel that it will continue increasing, and we will continue to come closer to our goal.

Nice job this week Team Tenacity!

Roxanne's 4th Post

Through process gain, I followed the advice of team members; I was able to change the food variety up within my home made diet and therefore reduced my fast food diet from 6 to 4 days a week. A process loss was when I tried cooking spaghetti before work and ran out of time, therefore decided I should cook them after work when the day was over, resulting in my time not being limited and I had food for the next couple of days.  Some other meals I tried were lasagna, Korean flank steak or broccoli chicken from my mom’s family recipes.  These meals saved me the worry of not having food for school or work.  Working through these goals with our groups would prove to be more successful because we help and push each other.  Our group would not allow each other to reach social loafing because each of us strive for the best grade and always work as reciprocal task interdependence.

Tina's Post #4

Today, I worked out instead of Friday as my usual plan since my cousin was busy. Instead of running on the treadmill, I ran around the neighborhood, including going uphill and I felt exhausted. With process gain, I was encouraged by my cousin and my boyfriend to keep trying. I had stopped several times from running, but thank goodness I didn't pass out! Also, with my team mates working hard on their self-change, there is process gain for me to not give up. I worked out more than I usually did before. I ran around the neighborhood, jump-ropes, weight lifting, ab workout, and sprinting. It was really tiring, and I did felt a process loss during the time I've worked out since I was worn out. While my team has experienced challenges on their personal goals, there is a process loss, but it is our goal onto encourage our team to work harder. With feedback and motivation from my team and my cousin, I felt the need to keep on challenging myself.