Blog #27: Senior Project Reflection

1. I am proud that my lifestyle has changed for the better and I am able to take this away with me, aside from academics, when I graduate. I am also proud that I am able to help other people if they have a question about getting healthier.

2a. I believe I should get an AE because I was able to get through my taking time easily and my presentation was full of very informative content that I hope most people didn't know yet. I tried to incorporate a lot of the interesting misconceptions to keep people engaged.
2b I believe I should get an AE because I went above the requirements for all of the projects we had to turn in for senior projects.

3. The deadlines worked really well for me. Every big project we were given, we were assigned mini deadlines and if I wasn't forced to do that I would have probably procrastinated.

4. The 3- Column Chart didn't work for me. I couldn't really understand how to completely do it exactly the way it was supposed to be and I didn't really use it to help me in my senior project.

5. I has helped me because my whole lifestyle has changed. I would never be able to get this experience if I went to a normal high school. This is something I could walk away with, that doesn't really involve academics.

2-hour Presentation

Template

Service Learning

1)

L. Service Learning Log

I. I gained a lot of knowledge about my topic and my service learning also helped shaped my findings a lot. Anytime I had a question she would know the answers to it. As I got to shadow different people she trained I had a broader view on what how to be healthy. She also made me do handouts every week to present to her Aquafit class, which forced me to learn a lot more about nutrition.

A. This helped me answer my second question a lot because I got to shadow the different clients she works with for service learning. Each client was working towards a different goal and she showed me she had to prepare different diet plans for each of them. This is basically my whole second answer.

2) Jennie Lessmeuller (Contact information is on the log)

Blog #24: Independent Component 2

Literal:

a. I, Phoebe Luong, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b. I have completed 30 hours by going on a healthy diet and applying what I have learned. I also went above to exercise more because I learned that to be able to be completely healthy I must exercise more.

Interpretive:

Going on a diet is a 24/7 thing. I have to resist the urge to eat junk food and it also takes time to prepare healthier foods. The log is here.

Applied:

This has helped me with my EQ because it has is a primary source I could use to understand what it takes to actually change a healthy lifestyle. I learned a lot of helpful tips and strategies that would make it easier to eat healthy. For example, I learned that it is harder to eat healthy if getting healthier foods is harder to access so every week I make sure I have something in my cabinet or refrigerator that is healthy and easy to grab so that I would not resort to junk food. 

Blog #25: Helping 2013

Who did you interview: Andy

What day and time: 3/24 12:38p.m.

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why? 

• His first choice is something with engineering and his back-ups are computer engineer, piano, and something with fashion (because he might have service learning here)
• I told him he really needs to find service learning for engineering right away because it is hard, especially if he might need more hours for independent component and piano is a really good back up since he is already doing private lessons. I pointed out that it would be better for him to do engineering if he wanted that to be his future career though because he could take advantage of his senior project to see what it is like to be an engineer and possibly form connections. 

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning?

• He doesn't have service learning yet, but he is emailing engineers and trying to get someone. If it doesn't work out he is just going to do piano.
• I told him that my mom might know an engineer or a program he may intern with because I think she sent my brother to do something like that in the summer, so I would ask her and I could send him the contact information. I also know a civil engineer who went to Cal Poly so I will ask him to see if I could give Andy his contact information. 

3. What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

• He is interested in learning about the different careers and seeing what they do.
• I told him yeah a lot of people chose future careers, but a lot of us also chose hobbies because of many different reasons. I also told him that some who chose future careers realized that they did not want that to be their job anymore.

4. What questions do they have about their senior project?

• He said he didn't have any other questions as of right now
• I gave him my phone number so he could text me if he had anymore question. I told him to try really hard to get engineering because it will be really useful if he wants that to be his future career. I also told him about what the teachers expects and how they grade and what is really important to do in senior project. 

Blog #22: Answer 3

EQ: What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?

Answer 3: You have to find out what kind of food you, yourself, should be eating.

Evidence:

• Everyone's body is different, (there are bodies for athletes, pregnant women, children, people with a sickness, ect.) therefore, people have to find out what is healthy for themselves
• The best way to do that is to use the a test that includes muscle mass (BMI is useless)
• People may have an "obese" BMI, but in reality it may just be muscle. This person may think to eat less, but instead they would have to eat more to maintain their health.

Sources:

• Service Learning: Jennie Lessmueller
• "Engineering a Healthy Body" by: Nick Hallale

Blog #21: 3-Column Chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak8KiPjPxiWTdFZuM0g5c3FTZzJMOUpMMjN2STdFRVE

Blog #20: Room Creativity

1. I will cover the walls with pictures of unhealthy foods and overlap that with bigger pictures of bowls of salt and fat to show what they are really eating. The collage of pictures will gradually form into pictures of the bad effects on what unhealthy eating can do to you. This environment is to set the motivate the audience to want to be healthier because they can visualize the consequence right in front of them.

2. My first answer activity will be a trivia to prove how much they learned. As for my second activity, I have common foods found in households on each table and the group is supposed to take away what they think does not belong in their pile. They will write down what they could replace it with.

Blog #19: Answer 2

• · EQ: What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?

  · Answer 2: The best way to start a nutritionally healthy lifestyle is by getting rid of anything that is unhealthy.

  · Evidence:

  o People are more likely to be tempted to eat whatever is available in their refrigerator/pantry because it is easy to get. If a person clears their households of unhealthy foods then they are only able to get unhealthy foods.

  o Prepare small meals and snacks to keep in case you get hungry. This is because most people want whatever can be made quick, so instead of resorting to something like Top Ramen, they can eat something healthy that was already prepared.

  o People are more likely to eat food at home instead of eating out if there is more available food at home.

  · Sources

  o Forks over Knives (documentary)

  o The Engine 2 Rescue with Rip Esselstyn (documentary)

  o Service Learning with Jennie: at the YMCA

Blog #18: The Product

Although, eating healthier is one of my top products from my senior project, I believe the most important product I got from my senior project came from all the research I did. I learned that I cannot listen to one point of view, from one source, to shape my opinions. I have to learn about multiple points of views and do my own research to formulate an opinion. For example, I became interested in nutrition because my teacher, Mr. Ogden, always talked about how we have a common misconception on what foods are considered healthy and the best diet is a plant-based diet, but my whole life I was taught that eating in moderation is the best diet. I did multiple interviews, who all had different point of views of what healthy eating is, and researched numerous articles. One interview always seemed to contracted the last one and same with the research, but I was able to formulate my own diet by taking bits and pieces of each article and interview.This applies to everyday life with examples such as Invisible Children and whether I should support the organization or not, even though I am in H.O.P.E Club. Since freshman year I was taught only with the information that Invisible Children showed, but now instead of blindly supporting this organization I am doing my own research to see whether or not it is worth it. I never actually thought about the fact that this organization I was supporting could make the president of the United States send our troops to Africa just after the war was over. Is it worth it? What are they doing there, now that they are over there? How are the children being affected (coming from a source not associated with Invisible Children)? Is Kony actually in Africa? What is Invisible Children doing to help (coming from a source not associated with Invisible Children)? These are questions I have to find out in order to form my opinion. I feel as though this is a very important life skill to have. I know that I am responsible for my own research and I have to find the facts from every point of view before I start doing anything so I could get my facts strait. This applies to almost everything in my life.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is the most important piece of knowledge a person must know to understand what is healthy to eat?
2. What kind of foods should a person with an average BMI stay away from in order to maintain healthy?
3. How do you know how many calories is okay to eat?
4. How many grams of fat is it okay to eat when reading a nutrition label?
5. How many calories is it okay to eat when reading a nutrition label?
6. How does a person become overweight?
7. Is eating right enough to completely healthy?
8. What other factors are necessary to stay healthy?
9. How long does it take for a person to get used to their new diet plan?
10. How do you motivate someone to stick to their diet?
11. What is the most important thing to pay attention to when reading a nutrition label?
12. What kind of drinks are healthy to drink, excluding water?
13. Are there any helpful tips you know to stay on a healthy diet plan?
14. How does your metabolism work?
15. How can you boost your metabolism?
16. How to calories work?
17. Why is it so hard for people to eat healthy?
18. Is it okay to eat unhealthy junk foods in moderation when wanting to lose weight? Why or why not?
19. What changes should a person make if they do decide to make their diets a lifestyle change?
20. How do dietitians organize eating plans for their patients?
21. What are the most essential nutrients for a healthy body?

Blog #16: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

(1) Instead of it being my last independent component I decided to change it to my second independent component now that I learned most of what I need to know on what I can eat and what I can't. I have decided that I am going to on a diet. Now I know that I am going to stay away from processed food, foods with plenty of oils and sugars, and even though I don't want to give up meat and dairy, I am going to cut down my meat portions.

(2) I will meet this requirement because being on a diet is a 24/7 thing. I will right on a food journal exactly what I have eaten, in fact I have already started on it.

(3) This relates to my EQ which is, "What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?" because it is my ultimate goal for what I want to get in my senior project. I want to be able to change my diet successfully so that my lifestyle is nutritionally healthy.

Blog #15: Independent Component

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Literal

a. “I, Phoebe Luong, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

b. I spent my hours at Silverado helping the head chef cook dinner and desert, and also helping the senior citizens cook at the two other kitchens found in the buildings. I also shadowed Jennifer at Kaiser for extra hours.

Interpretive

At the senior home I was able to help out in the kitchen with the head chef Linda. I learned a lot from her because while I was helping her I was able to ask questions like, which one is healthier? I learned the different diets senior citizens eat. Some have specific diets if they have medical problems, some had to eat their food mushed up, and some would eat the things from the norm. I also learned how to cook healthier meals, having completely no experience before which will help me with my future independent component (going on a diet). I learned how to sugar could be substituted and how vegetables could be incorporated into most meals, ect. At the Kaiser Mental Health Center, I learned about specific diets are needed to serve patients with different medical problems. Even though I was not able to talk to patients or go behind the kitchen while they were working because of the privacy issues and risks (being that it is a mental health center), I still learned a lot by asking a lot of questions.

Applied

This relates to my essential question because I learned about the different diets there are and how they are healthy. Mostly, I learned about how to eat healthy if someone has diabetes or low cholesterol. For a patient with diabetes, I learned that they are not allowed to have any fried food, no sugar (if they do eat sugar it has to be a substitute), nothing too salty, no soda, milk is only allowed once a day (non-fat), and they must eat in limited portions. I also saw that there was a different way of cooking the food so that it could be more healthy for the patient for example, if the patient with diabetes wanted fish, it would have to be steamed instead of fried. A patient with low cholesterol would only be able to drink 2% milk, defiantly nothing fattening (oil, fat), and they must in in small portions. After learning about these different diets and how they are healthy comparing to the food I eat, I am closer to creating a healthy diet plan for myself, which is my essential question.

Blog #14: Presentation 2 Rough Draft

Presentation outline at this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12pp6WSDsOz5vZQx2uukZPK4xERtxPQilHF3UrTEfHRw/edit

Blog #13: Answer 1

1. Answer one to my essential question is to education yourself. I feel like nothing can be done to about changing a diet without having any education on what is healthy and what isn't. This is the first step to forming a healthy diet. I feel like it is essential to learn about nutrition labels and what kind of advertisements are lies.

2. Foods with false advertisements, like when it exaggerates the fact that there is fiber so they put "high in fiber!" on their box, even though it's not completely true. My book also tells me that not everything in nutrition labels are completely true.

3. Two books I find really helpful are "What are you Really Eating?" by Amanda Ursell and "Eating for Life" by Bill Phillips. I also want to read "The China Study" I read an interview with the author and found that this book would contain a lot of information I still need to know.

Blog #12: Service Learning

1. I was working at the Silverado Senior Home, but the person I was working with (Linda) is no longer working there.

2. You can call the Silverado Senior Home. The phone number is (626) 812-9777. I don't know who you can talk to since Linda left, but another person who has been helping me with my hours is Dottie, who recruits the volunteers so you can ask for her.

3. I helped in the kitchen, she taught me how to bake cookies and she was explaining why we need certain ingredients and what was in them. I also watched her staff cook dinner for the residents. There would be a variety of different diets because some had to have their food cut up into pieces, some would have to be mashed, and some could be normal. I also learned how to cook while working with the senior citizens.

4. I believe I have more than 10 hours as of now, but I will verify exactly when I get my paper signed. This is because recently, my service learning person doesn't work there anymore, and I didn't know anything until I called in to tell her I was going to come in that day.

EXTRA: For my service learning I am going to call and visit Weight Watchers, or maybe another hospital. I am hoping to work in Kaiser with the nutrition lady through Ogden.

ESLRs

L: 1a. Effective Communicator

1b. Effective Learner

I: 2a. I learned how to be an effective communicator through interviews I have given. I lean red how to act when giving an interview and how to talk to adult in a formal way. I also plan on being a greater effective communicator by doing the 20 minute presentation.

2b. I learned how to be an effective life long learning by using my senior project to change my whole way of living for the better, through my diet.

A: 3. I will become better educationally by learning how to effectively gather research and how to margin not it so that I fully grasp the information. This will help me in college.

Blog #11: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?
2. How do you effectively read a nutrition label?
3. How does the food industry effect people's diets?
4. What does the food industry label as unhealthy?
5. What should really be classified as healthy or unhealthy? For example artificial flavors.
6. What is the hardest obsticle when trying to keep a healthy diet?
7.  Do you know any tips on how to keep the drive to stick to a healthy diet?
8. What are some examples of diets people tend to follow because they believe it helps them, but are actually not healthy at all. 
9. When changing to a healthy diet, is it okay to have one cheat day to eat anything you want?
10. What are some common mistakes people make when going on a healthy diet?
11. What should a healthy diet include? Fruits? Vegetabes? Protien?
12. Are organic foods the healthiest to eat?
13. Do you know any other sources where I could learn about what is healthy and what isn't?