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My Health & Wellness Plan
What is Health & Wellness? Health and Wellness is a term generally used to mean a healthy state of complete physical, mental and social well-‐being and not just the absence of disease. Many teens over look the importance of a healthy, well balanced lifestyle. It is important to think of things we can do to keep our bodies healthy and find ways to enjoy life. Life is not always easy, finding ways to deal with the changes in our bodies and mind and to learn how to cope with the difficulCes that arise in our lives will help us to be happy, healthy and have a sense of balance in our lives.
Physical Activity
My wellness plan to maintain my physical wellness is: • Find acCviCes I like to do. ( try a variety) • Do more than one physical acCvity so I don’t get bored. • Find acCviCes I can do on my own, with a friend or a group. • Make Cme. (make sure I make doing a physical acCvity a priority) • Listen to my body, if it needs a break I should honor that. Tired and over used muscles can be at risk of injury when pushed too far.
A Healthy Eating Plan Ea#ng healthy means geKng the right balance of nutrients your body needs to perform every day.
My wellness plan to maintain healthy eaCng habits is: • Learn to cook healthy meals on my own or with friends or family. • Help shop for healthy foods. • Think ahead (don’t grab unhealthy foods because I am in a hurry) • Choose healthy food over fast food • Eat a healthy breakfast daily. (don’t skip meals) • Eat healthy instead of dieCng.
Emotional Wellness Emo#onal Wellness is the ability to be aware of and accept our feelings, rather than deny them, have an opCmisCc approach to life, and enjoy life despite its occasional disappointments and frustraCons.
My wellness plan to maintain my emoConal wellness is: • Laugh, find humour in your life. • IdenCfy my unseNled emoCons and accept them for what they are. Learn healthy ways to cope with my emoCons. • Try to remember to change the things I can and let go of those things that I can not control. • Maintain healthy relaConships; improve or end difficult or unhealthy relaConships. • Learn what are my negaCve emoConal triggers maybe and try to avoid them. • Talk about it. • Have fun in life. Take some Cme away from and school work or my job and just enjoy life. • Be Social: Have fun with friends and family.
A Healthy Brain and Mind
My wellness plan to maintain a healthy mind is: • Get plenty of mental exercise: Such as thinking through problems or avoiding the calculator for simple arithmeCc. • Challenge my brain: Learning and experiencing new things is a great way to challenge your brain. Learn Art, Dance, Music, or Chess. Whatever you may enjoy. • Have hobbies that use my mind. • Relax my brain and mind by pracCcing meditaCon or yoga. • Get enough sleep.
When it comes to keeping healthy and fit, living a mentally acCve life is as important as regular physical exercise. Just as your muscles grow stronger with use, mental exercise keeps your mental skills and memory in tone.
Social Wellness Social Wellness refers to one's ability to interact with people around them. It involves using good communicaCons skills, having meaningful relaConships, respecCng yourself and others, and creaCng a support system that includes family members and friends.
My wellness plan for Social Wellness is: • Spend Cme with people or friends that respect and/or support me. • Get to know people that like to do things that I like to do. • Enjoy spending Cme with people that like to have fun and be posiCve. • Be a friend to others. • Don’t give into peer pressure. • Don’t ignore bullying and ask for help if I need help with a bully.
Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking Mood altering substances, such as drugs, alcohol and cigareNes, can decrease our funcConing, lower our moCvaCon, and impair our cogniCve processes. They alter our emoCons, which impairs our thinking by reducing focus, aNenCon, memory, and our ability to execute plans. Smoking is one of the leading causes of over a dozen cancers, including lung, oral, stomach, and liver cancer. Not to menCon it stains our fingers, teeth and hair, and leaves us with foul-‐smelling breath!
My wellness plan for drugs, alcohol and smoking: • Don’t give in to peer pressure • ModeraCon • Don’t glamourize drinking, drugs, or smoking • Stay away from parCes or situaCons where I may feel pressure to do drugs or drink • Find other ways to rebel or relax
Sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmiNed diseases (STDs) are infecCous diseases that spread from person to person through inCmate contact. STDs can affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are having sex — it doesn't maNer if they're rich or poor
My Wellness Plan for STD’s: • PracCce safe sex • Talk to my doctor before I have sex • Be comfortable saying no to sex • Talk to my partner before sex • Limit sexual partners • Mutual monogamy (agree with my boyfriend to only have sex with each other)
Reflection Responses: What I learned.... • Stay away or limit drugs and alcohol. • Eat healthy – limit junk food. • Exercise – Do aerobic acCviCes o`en and weight training.
• Use my mind – Find work or hobbies that use my mind. Challenge myself.
• To build and stay in healthy relaConships and don't give into pressure to conform. SomeCmes I may have disagreements with friends but if I’m not treated with respect by them then I should not put up with it. No one has to put up with a bully.