Sunday, October 2, 2011

I’m back from a week long of leadership activites in Ottawa where I met so many kids from across the province of Ontario – they are all leaders at their schools and are in grades 11 and 12, so me being in grade 9,  I was one of the youngest there! 

 

At school, I am on the student council, but this year (it’s my 3^rd year) I am in charge of Publicity and Communications, so some of the sessions I attended were specific to my duties! 

Anyways… I was soooooo tired from all the activities and loonnnngggggg days, but I decided to hit the treadmill this afternoon just to stay awake!  A friend was going to the gym and I thought that spending time with her sounded nice.  It was fun!  Funny how I actually like the treadmill.  Well, I impressed myself cause I managed 3 miles!   

Do you think that I should also start tracking my distance?

OK, gotta go - i have a lot to catchup on this week…… bye....

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Yipeeee!!! i am going to the FESFO Regional Forum in Ottawa!  I'll be one of four students from my school going to participate in this week's forum and activities with other french students from across the province.

What is FESFO?  (http://fesfo.ca/apropos.html) Well, it’s called La Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne, a non-profit Franco-Ontarian organization dedicated to Franco-Ontario youth between the ages of 14-18 (all French language Ontario high school students are automatically members of FESFO). 

The organization advocates for causes important to francophone youth and well as providing information, leadership sessions, regional forums and other services and opportunities for Franco-Ontario youth to get involved, to network, and to develop on a personal and professional level.

I am soooooo EXCITED to go and I will be away until next Sunday! Stay tuned…..

Saturday, September 24, 2100

Had fun last night with my BFFs!  It is important to have some downtime and just chill with friends.

Today I have a lot of science homework and it’s a family weekend, so I finished that up before going to the Y to get some Cardio, Flexibility and some Strength workouts!  

 I think I had a good workout and feel great about my progress!.

-         - my Cardio is easy at 30 minutes with 170-180 bpm

-         - my splits are really coming along with 3½” to go

-         - I am awesome with my dude push ups doing 3 sets of 16 today (yes, I am keeping my back straight!) 

  

I think that if I keep finding this easy, I'll have to make a change in my goals to make things more challenging!

Friday, September 23, 2011

Hello Fall!   

I had an audition after school for a television pilot. 

No work outs today, just came and had a girls movie & popcorn night.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

For my cardio workout, my target heart rate needs to be between 70%-85% of my maximum heart rate, or 144-175 bpm so I think that I am doing things right! 

What do you think MW? Thanks for your comments up till now.  I wonder who else might be reading since the stats show more than one follower - one is in Germany!!!!?  Who has been following my blog? Write me and send me some words....

Anyways, I didn’t feel like cardio today, so I went rock climbing and had a great flexibility workout.

Then I went to Yoga again.  Did you know that before beginning your yoga class, you should really go for a pee?!?  No explanation needed here so need I say more?

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I am not fond of stupid people!  (My mom taught me to say "I am not fond of" instead of "I hate...")

Today I was in an all day Student Council seminar and planning session (before my big trip next week) and was getting frustrated with two particular participants – they are not taking their roles seriously and are doing more talking and fooling around that contributing. We have a job to do and they think that it’s just free time out of class!

Anyways, when I got home, my dad listened to me spouting off about this person and that person until he finally said that my talking about it doesn’t solve anything or get anything accomplished.  Maybe I needed to take some time to empty my mind and think about what I need to do, so I went to the gym to work out to get rid of my frustrations! 

I got there just in time for my favorite Yoga teachers class, so I joined in and felt good as I concentrated on my stretches.  Anyways, it worked! So then I went to the stepper and was working out on it - I really, really like the stepper cuz it really burns calories fast and it’s a fast workout. I tend to use the treadmill to warm up, then I run, then cool down. Then, afterwards I use the stepper.Today, becasue of the Yoga, I went right to the stepper.

 

Today I noticed again that I can distress myself just by working out - something that’s really gonna help me when exams come! I’ve noticed that my work outs help me destress

My BPM was 174 today during my run. Hey, they got something new today too in the gym - new machines!  All you need to do is put your hand on and it tells you your bpm!  Its so cool!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

The pool was still closed and a lot of people were complaining, so not so nicely.  The gym wasn’t busy so I headed for the stepper and did 35 minutes and had a heart rate of 175 bpm for most of the time. I just love this!!!

Anyways, this afternoon I had to start reading up on another paper on Assertiveness.  This was interesting just because I saw the people this morning complaining about the pool being closed and some were very aggressive and mean, some were passive and only one person was assertive.   

It was a very interesting observation.  So, here’s part of the text from my course...

Taking the assertive approach is not about winning or losing. It is about reaching the best outcome for all.  I have the right to:

• Respect myself
• Recognize my own needs 
• Say how I feel
• Make mistakes
• Change my mind
• Think things over
• Be proud of myself
• Ask for what I want
• Be responsible for my own behaviour, and only mine

Equally importantly, I respect others, and their rights as above.

I need to look at the paper I finished yesterday about Joseph Frederick and act out one role in the conflict in three ways; firstly passively, then aggressively, and finally assertively. It’s not coming easily to me today and I have so much to do and study for as I am away all of next week.  My brian is mush and I am tired.  Mom … Dad ….  Help! ..gotta go!