Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1.  Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component?

I would like and plan to continue taking my Zumba class as my independent component. Also, I would like to have a food journal, to write down my eating habits, I am told it is a sure way to keep track of the food I put in my mouth.

2. Describe in detail  how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement?

My Zumba class is Monday-Friday, for one hour, in a month I could finish more than half the required hours,

plus, I would consider this class very crucial to my senior project. Also, if I were to do the food journal, that's a good 10 minutes at the most to account for the food that I eat, and 10 minutes add up.

3. How does this Independent Component relate to your EQ?

In the future I would like to incorporated Zumba in the 2-hour presentation, so taking a Zumba class will be beneficial to me in the long run. It also supports a possible answer to my EQ, it would support the answer of exercise being crucial to losing body fat. Zumba works all my body muscles, depending on how much effort I put in and that is vital to losing body fat.  

Independent Component 1

Literal:
(a) "I, Leah Rodarte, affirm that I completed  my independent component which represents 30 hours of work"

(b) My topic is Zumba, but my essential question is about losing body fat, so what better way than to take a Zumba class for my Independent Component. In the class, it was about enjoying your time while exercising in a high-intensity pace, so in that I completed a exercise class, with a twist of Latin-infused dances.

Interpretive: 
From Monday-Friday, I took a Zumba class for 1 hour, as I have said before, it was an high intensity Zumba class, where we did aerobic/latin dances. As part of my class, we did arm, ab, back, and leg workouts all in one song/routine. Some of songs my instructor incorporated in our class were reggageton, cumbia, hip-hop, and merengue. With any activity, it requires practice and working at it, to get better, that is what this Zumba class has meant for me, every time I go, I get better and my body and mind become healthier. That is pretty much all I can say to defend my work on this component. The most significant part of this component is learning as well as exercising to the latin songs, exercise is offend repetitive and in my mind time consuming, but with Zumba, I learned new things everyday and enjoyed excerising, which is alot of the times not found in traditional excerises.    

Applied:
My essential question is, "What is the best way to lose body fat?" Exercise has been a major component to any health lifestyle, whether it is used to lose body fat or maintain a health body. I had seen first hand what exercise can do for the goal of losing fat. Doing Zumba changed my body such as:
- I worked out muscles that I rarely ever work out.
- After I come out of my class, I feel this sense of satisfaction, because when a person exercises, the body releases endorphins, which blocks the feeling of pain.
- I have become more aware of what I'm eating.

Prime example that Zumba helps people lose fat and is an excellent fun way of exercising:
- My instructor, who use to be over 200 pounds, was trying to lose fat, through traditional ways of exercise, such as walking and running, yeah she was finding herself in a plateau, then she joined Zumba. Now-a-days, she is extremely fit, lean and muscular, and she has gained her muscles from doing Zumba.


Here is a link to the Calendar for my Independent Component:
Independent Component Calendar

Evidence:

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

Here is the link to my lesson plan:
20 Minute Lesson Plan

Answer 1

EQ: What is the best way to lose body fat?

1. The best way to lose body fat is: understanding that not all fat is bad; the body needs fat to live.

          2.         a. Fat storage is the sign of good health, it signals that metabolic resources are abundant and the organism is healthy. An extreme overabundance of body fat places stresses on the body and can be unhealthy. However, the degree of leanness (or lack of body fat) that is currently in vogue is probably just as unhealthy for up to 80% of the population.

      b. Leptin is a strong suppressor of appetite and food intake. As your body fat rises, more leptin is    produced and your appetite declines so that your body fat stabilizes. If your body fat falls, your          leptin production declines and your appetite is disinhibited. It seems that we inherit a body fat   set point that is most efficient for our environment and the environment of our ancestors.

      c. We’re actually hardwired to store some fat. Our bodies have more systems that allow us to gain    weight than to lose it.

         3.      a. “Body Fat: Hard Facts about Soft Tissue” by M Doug Mcguff, MD

         b. “Body Fat: Hard Facts about Soft Tissue” by M Doug Mcguff, MD

         c. You on a Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management by Michael R. Roizen, M.D. & Mehmet C. OZ, M.D.

Service Learning

I have found service learning at Casa Colina, I have already taken the orientation and I have been assigned to the dietary department. On Monday,  February 27, 2012, I will start my volunteering, I will still need my second orientation. The lady has not given me my set hours but I will be getting them that Monday. This is all I know so far. Everything will be set in stone on Monday.

Third Interview Questions

10 Questions for Interview 3:

1.       In your opinion, what is the best way to lose body fat?

2.       What are some major factors to gaining body fat?

3.       When it comes to physical activity for fat loss, weight training is often thought to be more beneficial than cardio. In your opinion, what would you say is more beneficial, what are the pros and cons for both exercises?

4.       Is there a difference between losing weight and losing body fat? If so, can you describe to me the difference?

5.       Losing body fat isn’t just about physical exercise; food has a lot to do with it as well. In your opinion, what are some foods that are crucial to a healthy lifestyle as well as contribute to fat loss?

6.       In this day and age, as body fat is a consistent issue there are new diets everywhere, and surgical procedures for fast weight loss, we known the pros but what are some things to worry about with the diets and surgical procedures?  

7.       A lot of the times, women specially, have a hard time losing fat from their problem areas, what are some things that women should do to move on from the plateau?

8.       Both women and men’s bodies are designed differently, what works for men may not always work for women. What makes women’s bodies different from men? For example, men lose fat quicker than women, why is that?

9.       In magazines, there are often taglines saying, “Lose 5 inches in 2 weeks.” Is this a health way of losing body fat?

10.   What is the best way to measure body fat, scale- with a body fat measure- , skin fold caliper, or measuring tape?

Self Reflection

        1.      How do you think you are doing so far in your senior project and why? AE, P, AP, CR, or NC

If I go by Senior Class standards, the best I could want and wish for is a CR, but as of right now, to be completely honest, I would think an NC, only because of my Interview 2, which I haven’t done. Everything else I have done has been worthy of a P or better. It is not that I haven’t tried or have been slacking, it is because finding service learning is incredible difficult, I have tried hospitals and gyms and weight loss clinics, anything that is health related.

        2.      What one thing do you think you have done well on and why?

I think that my 1^st interview was well worthy of an AE, interviewing people is not hard for me, and I was extremely lucky to have an interviewee who talked a lot and in detail. She gave me in-depth answers to my questions, and I also asked more questions than were asked of me. I feel extremely proud of that interview I did, and if I had to choose a project to represent my whole project, I would choose that interview. On the plus side, I learned a lot from my interviewee, she gave me great insight into how she got started in Zumba and how her life changed after starting the Zumba exercise.

        3.      What is one thing you would like to improve on and why?

I would definitely like to have service learning, right now my senior project is looking a little bleak and so are my grades. Not having service learning is affecting my projects, such as not being able to do my 2^nd interview and being behind on my service learning hours, which if I don’t find service learning soon, I will be behind in that part of the project as well. Service learning is basically the deciding factor of my grades at this point. But I do know what I have to do and I talked to others to see what my options could be, at this point I’m just calling places to see if I can get in. But I do know where I stand and I know the potential damage that can be placed on my grades.