Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
With Dr. Torres Cancino, a chiropractor with his own practice in Ontario.
2.   Who is your contact?
Dr. Torres Cancino
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?  
52 hours
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
The doctor has showed me some really neat stuff about how the human body works, he has demonstrated alignments and what they do to the patient. I have also done some work around the office such as filing and computer work.

Senior Project, The Holiday

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.   What did you over the break with your senior project?
Over my break I have worked with my weights in order to start on a strength training routine, I have also included a nightly stretching routine and a daily cardio routine. It's really fun to see how the 3 work together to give me more endurance as well as making me feel better about myself than I usually do around the holiday season. All the sweets can get to you but I decided to go into the holiday parties with a certain state of mind, "No cakes, cookies, donuts or ice cream of any kind" This allows a little wiggle room for pie, or maybe some candy although I just don't feel the urge to reach for it.



2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
I learned that, personally, it is much easier for me to say NO to certain foods rather than for me to say ONLY IN MODERATION. I just can't do moderation, either I eat it or I don't and knowing this about myself has helped me keep myself in check. The source of what I learned was my own personal experience as well as constant trial and error.






3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would definitively speak to a personal trainer, someone who really knows what they are doing when setting aside a workout plan for their clients. In this new year I am determined to find a gym that fits me and my lifestyle, there I hope to find a trainer who takes their health and career seriously. I won't hire them for my own personal benefit because what is the fun in that, I'd rather do my own research and practice it myself, but I will interview the folks around the gym to get a different perspective on the different ways they see young females loose body fat.

Experimenting with Weights.

This past month has been difficult for me in the sense that I was not allowed to "workout". I had surgery done earlier this month and was immobile for a week, after that I tried incorporating some physical activity back into my daily routine but was scolded by my family to take it easy. After a few days of trying different things and realizing that my core would not be strong enough to help me perform the moves correctly and effectively I decided to set the Pilates and yoga workouts aside. I however am not one to sit still, I decided to start on some strength training. Using weights does require me to use my core but it's not enough to make me feel any serious pain. I decided to play around with my 8lb weights and add in more reps and sets as the days go on, I have noticed my arms have gotten much stronger and the muscle is definitely there. Alongside the weights I also do some cardio, whether its going for long walks or dancing along to Just Dance for 40 minutes in my living room, I know it's not much but I definitely work up a sweat. It has been 4 weeks since my surgery and I definitely feel like I am starting to get back to my old self, physically. My strength and flexibility has slowly but surely come back and I am very much excited to get back into my workout routines.

For now all I can say is that no matter what happens to you there is always something you can do to keep yourself in shape, it can be taking care of your diet, doing some weights, walking/hiking, anything counts as long as you work up a sweat, don't let yourself make an excuse to not take care of your health.