Food #4 - Food Journal

Wednesday I did not really eat breakfast. My first meal was at like 2 in the afternoon. Before I ate I was sleeping but I was hungry when I woke up. I ate a bagel with cream cheese and drank my good old kool aid. I made the food by myself. I turned on the TV and ate by myself then washed my dishes when I was done eating. After the meal I went back to sleep. For dinner my father made some pasta with butter and broccoli on the side. My mother usually cooks dinner but when she works late my father will make something easy. I usually prefer those meals. No offense to my mother. Before I ate I was hungry and sleeping. I drank my usual kool aid and watched TV. I ate around 9 at the same time as my younger brother. My father left food for my mother to eat when she came home around 10:30.

Thursday I had waffles for breakfast around and drank chocolate milk. I ate by myself and watched TV. I always sit in the same place at my diner table. For lunch I had halal food. I tell the guy half lamb half half chicken no vegetables in the rice and barbeque sauce and a lot of white sauce. I had a can sprite to drink. For dinner my father made sloppy joes. I don't know how I felt before the meal because I was sleeping. My father ate first around 8:30. My brother ate second at like 8:45. And I ate around 9:30. I sat in my usual seat and turned on the tv. I ate by myself and after the meal I felt good like I had eaten enough food. My mother got home and ate around 11:30 by herself.

Food #3 - Food Cultures - Home & Corporate

In my house my mother usually cooks and prepares all of the food. My father will make food when my mother is working late or I will make my own food if I don't like what is made. I think that this is very similar to mainstream U.S. families because the female of the house is usually the one preparing the food. This also happens when I am at my grandmothers, aunts and friends houses. Different meals take different amounts of time to prepare. Freezer food will usually be the easiest to prepare and usually taste good. The chicken cutlets or frozen pizzas will usually take about 15-30 minutes to prepare but is still very easy because they just need to sit in the oven for than time. The food that I eat is not always the most healthy food. Usually when my mother prepares the food those are the healthiest meals but not always best tasting. I prefer the best tasting meals and my mother prefers the healthiest and least fattening. I think a lot of people preferrer the meals that taste better but they end up obese because the foods are all fast food. Some of the foods I think taste good are healthy so I am able to moderate myself from always eating unhealthy. I order fast food for dinner at least once a week. This is usually because my mother and father don't feel like making any food and I don't feel like making myself food so we order something. When I make dinner for myself I never make for anyone else because my parents think that the food I eat is not good and always complain about how much salt I use. Mainstream families probably order food the same or even more than I do. I think I probably eat a little bit healthier than most americans.

Food #2 - Internet Research

Everyone knows fast food is unhealthy but then why do we eat it?
I think most people eat fast food because it is usually the cheapest and fastest way of eating. Food that is considered healthier for the human body will usually cost more and take longer to prepare. If healthy food would take a couple minutes to prepare and cost just a couple dollars i am sure a lot more people would buy it. Subways is probably the cheapest food that is supposably healthy. Most people who think that fast food is convenient dislike cooking. They usually know that fast food is unhealthy but would prefer not to prepare their own food. I think that if you are someone eating fast food frequently it is important that you exercise to burn off the fat from the fatty fast foods. I eat fast food all the time but from being active and not sitting around watching tv the whole day like many americans I am still very skinny. I don't think that fast food is that bad food you if you are working it off and not only eating fast food. Every meal everyday should not be fast food no matter how much you are exercising. There must be moderation and food that is healthy for your body.
http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2009/04/30/why_do_we_eat_fast_food.php
http://www.fastfoodnation.co.uk/why-fast-food-considered-unhealthy.html

Refrigerator Assignment

chicken breast
milk
kool aid
lemonade
yogurt
syrup
butter
barbecue sauce
american cheese
bagels
white bread
honey mustard
mayo
cake
wine
beer
soda
potato
turkey
eggs

I guess this shows that I eat food that most americans eat. Im not a vegetarian or vega. I eat most food except for sea food. Some of the food is healthy some of it is not. My relationship to food is that I need it to survive. Usually there is some kind of chicken, steak, beef, turkey etc in my dinners when my mother cooks. Sometime she will try and make salads but to me that isn't real food that will fill me up. I rather enjoy how my food taste than worry about how its bad and not the healthiest thing to eat. I order food for dinner at least once a week.

Health Project

What stand out to me is that a lot of people think that being healthy means that the person is happy and enjoying themselves. To me you don't have to be happy at all to be healthy. A lot of times people think that a therapist will help them to become "emotionally healthy" but I think that they just try and make the patient happy. One is not mentally healthy if they can not get themselves out of a depressed state. Just getting the person happy still doesn't mean that they are healthy.
I don't think that someone is morally wrong if they don't give money to corporations trying to help less fortunate kids. No one has to give to anyone else unless it is their child. I think that it is the right thing to give money if you can afford it but if you can't thats not wrong either. I think if someone is not giving they shouldn't expect to get anything they don't work for. The person giving also should not be expected to give all they have because then they would be in need also. They should give what they can afford and use the money instead of buying things that they don't need to survive. I also don't think that all of these corporations can be trusted so you can't always blame the person who doesn't want to give since not all of the money goes to the children in need.

Spring Break HW

I think I have been emotionally healthy the whole spring break. To me being emotionally healthy is just being able to survive and think on your own. I don't think that I feel more emotionally healthy than other times, because no matter what my "emotions" are whether Im happy, mad, sad I am still able to make my own decisions that I feel are best for me. I don't think that "constantly happy" is the same thing as emotional healthy. One being constantly happy may make them feel like they are emotionally healthier but for me i don't think constantly being happy makes my mind work any better. On wikipedia it says that to be emotionally healthy it includes enjoying life. I disagree with that because in life many times things happen and you don't always enjoy life but that doesn't mean you are not emotionally healthy. What makes it wrong to not enjoy life and who gets to decide weather or not someone is emotionally healthy or what it means to be emotionally healthy?

I think that the therapists believe enjoying life means one is emotionally healthy. So then they would probably just look for ways to make you feel like your life is good and you should want to live it. I disagree with this because life isn't always fun and can't always be enjoyed but that is part of life. Existentialist therapist look to try and make their patients feel like their lives are meaningful and have a purpose. To me everyone's life has meaning just because everything has a meaning but just because it has meaning doesn't mean they must want to live. And it shouldn't be considered emotionally unhealthy if one doesn't want to live their life anymore. Either way they are going to die sooner or later so why should they waste there time with something they feel is a waste.

Research a strategy of emotional health

Existential Therapy is when the patient feels lonely and that their life is meaningless. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts. So basically the patient thinks that they should be able to do anything they want and they want to feel unique. I think that the therapist will just try and find a meaning in their life that isn't a true meaning. For example telling them that their job needs them because they keep the world going or something.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/existentialism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_Therapy

Emotional Character and Unemotional Character

Unemotional:
A father of two girls, husband of a jobless wife and son of an old ill widow pleads guilty on a first degree murder charge. He is not the one who committed the murder. He will only be able to see his family behind thick plexiglass and talk to them for a limited time through the phone. When he is sentenced to life in prison and his family bursts into tears and anger. His face does not change and a word does not come out of his mouth. His wife asks how they will survive since he brings home all the money but he just shrugs his shoulders as the cops cuff him and take him out the court room he doesn't even look at his family for a last good bye.

Emotional:
A father of two girls, husband of a jobless wife and son of an old ill widow pleads guilty on a first degree murder charge. He is not the one who committed the murder. He will only be able to see his family behind thick plexiglass and talk to them for a limited time through the phone. When he is sentenced to life in prison and his family bursts into tears and anger. He starts to cry and you can see the anger in his eyes. He begins yelling at the judge that he is innocent. The cops come to cuff him and take him away but he resists fights back, yelling and crying. He tries going over to his family to say a last good bye but the cops hold him back. He is dragged out the court house screaming and crying, insisting that he is innocent and has a family he needs to take care of.

Health Internet Research

1. What is the definition of health?
The general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/health

2. How do you stay health?
eating right
exercising
getting enough sleep
drinking lots of water
brushing, flossing and going to see the dentist
having your eyes checked
and talking about your feelings.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/kids_health/111189

3. What does ‘healthy’ mean?
Our understanding of the term ‘healthy’ is dependent upon particular social and cultural constructions. What constitutes being ‘healthy’ in the UK may well differ from its definitions in other social contexts. Within the UK, different ethnic groups are said to have varied health needs. However, Currer’s (1991) research raised issues about the effects of institutional racism through stereotyping and Black (1989) contributed the understanding that the attitudes and expectations (in relation to health) of children of British minority groups are similar to those of their schoolmates. So, while there may be some special conditions or circumstances to which attention should be paid, and any relevant religious rules relating to diet, for example, need to be acknowledged and followed in ECEC settings, practitioners need, above all, to recognise parents’ and grandparents’ fund of knowledge, and to respect this, while ensuring they address all children’s health and safety needs.
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/eyfs/resources/downloads/rr444_114-117.pdf

4. What does healthy eating mean?
Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy. These nutrients include protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals.Nutrition is important for everyone. When combined with being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight, eating well is an excellent way to help your body stay strong and healthy. If you have a history of breast cancer or are at high risk for the disease, eating well is especially important for you. What you eat can affect your immune system, your mood, and your energy level.

5. Why is it important to stay healthy?
If you are healthy,you can do everything and you look very active. Unless you are unhealthy you can not do any activities. If you feel healthy you are able to do any work without tired. Other wise you can't. There is a saying that "Health is Wealth".It means if you are healthy you can do you work brilliantly, and you can get good results. That may makes you wealthy also. That's why everyone like to be healthy.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081124034251AA65qTv

6. Does physical fitness make you mentally fit?
Physical fitness can significantly improve the quality of one's life, both physically and mentally. However, physical fitness does not automatically translate into mental fitness. If you become physically fit, there is no guarantee that you will be mentally fit.
In fact, there are numerous well-trained athletes, who fail to reach their dreams, because of poor mental fitness. They spent a lot of time training your body and their professional skill, but ignore training their mind for victory and success.
http://www.northstarmentalfitnessblog.com/2008/08/does-physical-fitness-make-you-mentally-fit.html

7. What percent of americans are considered unhealthy?
For starters, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that about six out of 10 Americans were either overweight or obese. Furthermore, the prevalence of obesity almost doubled from about 15 percent in 1980 to 27 percent in 1999. Scientists use a measure called Body Mass Index, or BMI, to take height as well as weight into account. A BMI of 25 or more is considered overweight and one of 30 or more reflects obesity.A Rand Corp. study found that between 1986 to 2000, the proportion of severely obese Americans quadrupled, going from one in 200 to one in 50 people. That means having a BMI of 40 or greater, equivalent to at least 100 extra pounds.
http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20040101closeup0101p4.asp

8. What does it mean to be mentally healthy?
It has always been easier to define mental illnesses than to define mental health. In the United States the American Psychiatric Association has traditionally been the organization to define mental disorders (beginning as early as 1917 when it was known as The Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions of the Insane). More recently many have recognized that mental health is more than the absence of mental illness. Even though many of us don't suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder, it is clear that some of us are mentally healthier than others. The study of the characteristics that make up mental health has been called "positive psychology." Here are some of the ideas that have been put forward as characteristics of mental health: The ability to enjoy life, Resilience (The ability to bounce back from adversity), Balance (Balance in life seems to result in greater mental health), Flexibility and Self-actualization.
http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/stressmanagement/a/whatismental.htm

9. What is the most popular type of exercise of Americans?
According to recent studies, more than 70 million Americans walk to exercise, making it the most popular form of exercise. Depending on the terrain and walking 3 mph, these walkers are burning 15 grams of carbohydrates per hour (100 lb. person), 21 grams per hour (150 lb. person), and 27 grams per hour (200 lb. person). They are also using about 50 percent of their body's major muscles.
http://www.diabetic-lifestyle.com/articles/nov_burni_1.htm

10. Does stress affect physical health?
Stress is the result of the forces from the outside world affecting the individual. An individual will respond to this stress in ways that will affect their personal “container” and their environment. Stress enables the body to function properly
http://stress.about.com/od/stressmanagementglossary/g/Chronicstress.htm