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2011-05-18T01:07:00.001-07:00

Date of Service: March 30, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hours Total Hours: 23 hours

Action: Begin outlining format for essay/ research.

Next action: start rough draft.

How am I doing? I began my outline for the rough draft and it is proving to be very difficult because I have never wrote an essay that has to be this long or detailed. The statistics and facts of obesity are really alarming and surprising to read. Reading all the complications of obesity is crazy because the list goes on and on and on. Outlining is making it seems easier because it is organizing me.

2011-04-30T13:53:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 30, 2011 Time Spent: 2 Hours Total Hours: 42 hours

Action: Have recruits complete full fitness test

Next action: none

How am I doing? Today was my last day with the recruits because 2 of them are shipping out this month and going to boot camp. It feels weird that I will not see them again. Today we are did the full fitness test and it consists of 2 mile run 2 minute push-ups and 2 minute sit-ups. 4 out of 6 recruits passed all the tests and were promoted to Private Second Class. I am proud to have helped them improve in all categories and am excited to see how they improve in the future.

2011-04-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 23, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Hours: 40 hours

Action: Took weight and worked out.

Next action: Have recruits take full fitness test.

How am I doing? Today we weighed the recruits and to my surprise there was more of a change this week then any other week. Almost every recruit lost weight. Then when we did the fitness test some people’s time in the mile went down by as much as 30 seconds, their push-ups increased by an average in 10 and sit ups improved by an a group average of 8. I asked them why all of a saddened it start going up and all them said that they wanted to get the prize and win the competition.

2011-04-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 21, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hour Total Hours: 36 hours

Action: finished revising my essay and did works cited.

Next action: Have more peers read it and make necessary corrections.

How am I doing? It was a lot harder revising my essay because I kept seeing all the mistakes and misplacement of paragraphs. I started thinking it would take me and hour or so, but I kept finding mistakes and it ended up taking 3 hours for the revisions and another hour for the works cited. It drained me and I fell asleep within a minute of lying in my bed.

2011-04-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 20, 2011 Time Spent: 1 Hour Total Hours: 36 hours

Action: Had a short middle of the week workout to inspire the recruits a little bit.

Next action: Have recruits do a full fitness test.

How am I doing? The middle of the week exercise worked because I think most of the people slack off during the week and this seemed to get them on track a little more. We didn’t do a fitness test today we simply just got together and played some basketball for about an hour. It was fun because we bet push-ups and laps to whoever lost which made people try harder.

2011-04-16T16:13:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 16, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Hours: 35 hours

Action: Get the recruits motivated by making the fitness test a competition.

Next action: Have a middle of the week workout day to help improve the recruit fitness.

How am I doing? The recruits are not doing their diet and fitness plans and it shows up in their scores because they aren’t improving. It is stressful because I want to help them out but they won’t put the work in to help themselves. Me and Sgt. Say decided to make it a competition and reward the highest scores with t-shirts and other accessories plus the winner can pick which sport everyone plays.

2011-04-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 13, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hours Total Hours: 31 hours

Action: I finished my rough draft.

Next action: Revise my essay and make correction and add more research.

How am I doing? I finished another 4 pages in my rough draft which took a lot of time. I worked continuously for 4 hours and I am satisfied with this being my rough draft. I feel that I need it to be longer and organized better but I will ask my friends to read over and put answers to questions they have into my essay.

2011-04-10T23:37:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 10, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hours Total Hours: 31 hours

Action: did 2 pages of rough draft.

Next action: Finish rough draft.

How am I doing? The 2 pages today came pretty easy to me because I knew what I wanted to write and I had all my research done. A hard part about it is that sometimes I mess up once then I reread and end up erasing a whole part of the paragraph because it sounds bad. It is very challenging to write this a whole because after I did the 2 pages I felt accomplished but then realized I had way more to go.

2011-04-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 9, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Hours: 31 hours

Actions: We are going to have a group meeting and take down weight.

Next action: set goals for each person whether it is weight loss or doing better on fitness test.

How am I doing? Me and Sgt. Say took them to Skyline College again to do the fitness test but everyone seemed to still be the same. I didn’t expect that at all because if they are doing their workouts everyday they should show signs of improvement by now but everyone was still around the same weight and their scores were the same. So after the fitness test we decide we’d have them separate into teams and have relay races to get more cardio in.

2011-04-02T16:13:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: April 2, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Hours: 27 hours

Actions: group meeting/ workout and take weight down.

Next action: keep checking up on them and keep them interested.

How am I doing? Today was the second time I seen them and we had the meeting and height and weight charts. As I already knew it would be a slow but steady process so there weren’t any drastic changes in anybody in that category. When we did the fitness test there wasn’t much change in anything but push-ups in a few people and that was even small. After the fitness test we played ultimate frisby and everybody had fun and it made me feel like I am now friends with everyone.

2011-03-31T22:48:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: March 31, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hours Total Hours: 23 hours

Actions: Started writing my rough draft.

Next action: finish rough draft.

How am I doing? It took me a while to figure out how to start my essay. I kept writing out a couple of sentences and then erasing them after I read them because it didn’t seem like a good starting paragraph. This is really challenging tonight I only got 1 paragraph done in about an hour and a half.

2011-03-26T16:05:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: March 26, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Hours: 23 hours

Action: Have a group meeting/ workout and take down height and weight.

Next action: call the recruits throughout the week and see how they are doing. And next week have a meeting/workout.

How am I doing? We had a group meeting today to see how fit each person though they were or weren’t. Next Sgt. Say and I asked the first week went on their new diet and workout plans. Then we took them to Skyline College to do a half fitness test which is the 1 mile 1 minute push-ups 1 minute sit-ups. We took down the scores and kept them to see how much they would improve next week, and then got a game of basketball going.

2011-03-19T16:03:00.000-07:00

Dates of Service: March 19, 2011 Time Spent: 4 Hours Total Time: 19 hours

Action: Talked with the recruits and made individual workout plans and diet plans for each person.

Next action: Get a group activity day and exercise plus take down height and weight.

How am I doing? I met the people I would be helping today and they seem eager to start. Me and Sgt. Say sat down with each person to see what they usually do to workout and how they usually eat. After that we made a weekly workout plan that told them what they would be doing everyday. On Monday Wednesday Friday would be some sort of cardio exercise that might be sprints jogs or biking. On Tuesday and Thursday it would be a weight exercise if they had a gym membership or a plan with push-ups, sit-ups and body squats if they didn’t have a membership.

2011-03-16T20:34:00.000-07:00

Date of Service: March 16, 2011 Time Spent: 1 Hour Total Time: 15 hours

Action: find recruits who need or want help getting fit/ losing weight

Next Action: Make a fitness plan and diet plan for each recruit who has decided to join.

How am I doing? Today was really productive; I went to the recruiting station and asked Sgt. Say for the numbers of all the recruits. I called each one asking them if them needed help working out and getting in shape. After the calls I had 6 recruits willing to do the work. I am really excited to start because it seems like everyone is ready to do what it takes. I am hoping that everyone succeeds in this because they will one day be defending this country and I am glad to help them.

2011-03-12T19:00:00.000-08:00

Date of Service: March 12, 2011 Time Spent: 14 Hours Total Time: 14 Hours

Action: Went to pre-boot camp training

Next action: Find recruits who are out of shape who need extra help and ask for volunteers. Then make fitness plans for them.

How am I doing? I am dead tired. The boot camp started at 5 AM. We stretched for about 20 minutes. After we did half a fitness test which 1 mile, 1 minute push-ups, and 1 minute sit-ups. After we did an obstacle course till lunch, and it was really cold outside. After lunch we did another obstacle course that involved us working in teams to figure it out. Next after the all the obstacle courses they taught us how to march in formation and we marched about 2 miles.

2011-03-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

Date of Service: March 11, 2011 Time Spent: 0 Hours Total Time: 0 hours

Action: Get good sleep

Next action: Go to pre-boot camp training tomorrow and learn how to motivate and get ideas for workouts.

How am I doing? I am very nervous for the boot camp because I don’t know what to really expect. I don’t know if they are going to yell at me and make me run and do push-ups. I am also not looking forward to getting up at 4 AM to drive there with my mentor, Staff Sgt. Sayavahn ( Sgt. Say). He says from when he picks me up till when he drops me off will be from about 4 AM when he picks he up till 6PM when he drops me off.