Chapter 14

First off, Its pretty crazy that this is the last blog post of the semester as it has been an unforgettable one for the wrong reasons. We made the best of it, but its bitter sweet to be writing my last. For chapter 14, Environmental health was the topic and was hard hitting. It was great to learn lots about all types of pollution, overpopulation, and radiation. However, as an earth and environmental advocate, a lot of the facts infuriated me, specifically when it stated our ecological footprint needs more than all of earths resources to sustain our lifestyle. Overpopulation is certainly contributing to that stat and all percentages of pollution. Overpopulation negatively affects the food worlds food supply, contamination of drinking water, and energy consumption. If this earth gets too populated, we will wear out the earth and have nothing. The books suggests a few ways to slow down the population growth that consists of ensuring birth control for men and women, educating people on this issue, and end policies that reward parents based on minimum number of children. The next thing I want to touch on in the chapter is Radon. For indoor pollution, I feel like we all know about carbon monoxide, but not radon. Radon is colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that is found in soil. Its often in homes due to seeping through cracks, mostly in the basement. I was not aware before, but every home should test at least every 2 years for radon. Lastly, land pollution is increasing at a scary rate. 91% of all plastic hasn’t been recycled. Please throw away all trash and recycle everything you are able to!!!

For My last health aspect update, things are better than the were last week. I have really bought into my home workouts and make it a priority to get it done before just chilling out. Without the normal weights a gym would have, I have changed my cycle to 3 days. Chest, Back, and shoulders and I mix in arms and abs with them( Yes i know I need to hit legs). I have began riding roller blades all over town and I could do it all day as I love skating and fresh air. I have my occasional pig out still but I am still trying to stick to a healthy diet and not munching late night especially. My Three goals at the beginning of the semester in my first blog were to bench 6 reps of 185, lose 5% body fat, and be happy with my body image. I do not have access to a bench press so cannot measure that one, the nutrition store where i calculate body fat is closed so I cannot measure that one. However, I can say I am happy with the way My body image is changing. I still have a long way to go but can appreciate small progress as should everyone! This class educated me lots in many different health aspects and have made me change things in my daily routine. I hope everyone stays safe and has a great summer!!!

here is me roller skating!