1. Losing Weight Through Exercise
Personal Improvement Project
HSCI 708 AT

2. Problem Statement
Pre-Project exercise was none at all which leads to high stress levels and low self esteem.
Overweight by 15 pounds according to the Body Composition Analysis.
Skipping exercise and eating a high fat diet leads to consistent weight gain and an increase for Type 2 Diabetes.

3. Project Plan Goals: Process Owner: Fiancé
Time Line: 4 weeks (O9/09/03 – 10/07/03)
Goals:
To increase and sustain daily exercise by going to the gym at least 3 times a week.
To lose 10 pounds.
To develop a permanent change to my weight by exercising.

4. What Contributes To Exercise?
Being Prepared: No excuses for not exercising. Always pack gym bag the night before and place in the car.
Leaving work on time.
Sleeping better so that more energy is available to exercise.
Combining a variety of group exercises including boot camp, spinning, yoga and pilates.
Improved athletic performance.

5. Identify Areas of Intervention
Vary exercise activity.
Pack gym bag the night before so that exercise can be done immediately after work.
Leaving work on time and and arrive on time.
Not eating out dinner so often.

6. Activity Time Of Process 5:30am Waking Up 6:00 – 7:00am
Driving To Work
7:00-7:30am
Breakfast
7:30am-12:00pm
Start Work Day
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00-3:30pm
Work Day
3:30pm-4:30pm
Driving Home
4:30pm-10:00pm
Leisure Time
10:30pm
Go To Bed

7. Daily Basis 7:00am-3:30pm Work 3:30pm-4:30pm Commute 4:30pm- 6:00pm
Homework
6:00pm-7:00pm
Dinner
7:oopm-10:00pm
Unstructured Activity
10:00pm
Bed Time

8. How Will I Measure Measuring the days between exercising
Measure the times exercising per week.

9. New Workday Routines 6:00am-7:00am Commute to Work and eat Breakfast
7:30am-3:30pm
Work Day
3:30pm-4:30pm
Commute To Gym
4:30pm-6:00pm
Exercise
6:30pm-7:30pm
Light dinner
7:30-9:00
Homework

10. New Workday Routines
9:00pm-10pm
Leisure Activity
10:00pm
Bedtime

11. Data Collection 1 Yes No 2 3 4 5 6 7 NO 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Day
Missed?
Exercise Days
Days of missed exercise 1
Yes No 2 3 4 5 6 7 NO 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

12. Data Collection Day Missed? Exercise Days Duration Of Missed Days 22
Yes No 1 23 2 24 NO 3 25 26

15. Results
In the first Time Between Charts, there was not a failure however the process must be continued to see more results.
Average minutes exercised increased from 0 minutes per day to 58 minutes a day.
Weight decreased by 5.4 pounds during a one month time period.