Blog #6

I am really glad that I got to do the genius project because I was able to learn a lot of new things. I can't pinpoint something big that I learned, but I did learn a lot of useful skills. I learned about nutrition, and about what I put in my body and how it effects my performance on the court and at school. I learned how to work out at the gym, something I have become extremely fond of. Lastly, I have actually increased my VERTICAL. I think the biggest challenge with the genius project is maintaining a fairly healthy diet. I have said this before in previous blogs but I think it was the biggest challenge. Being a kid, I didn't think that I would be able to fully give up candy, so what I did was come up with a compromise. I allowed myself 4 sugary meals every week, such as, cake at my cousins birthday party, getting ice cream with my friends on a hot day, and etc. Below is an app I used on my phone to keep track of what I ate everyday. It is called, My Fitness Pal, and when you search foods on the app, you are able to see all of the nutritional facts for all the foods.

I am pretty excited to show my friends the results. I mean I didn't increase my vertical by a foot or something crazy like that, but I made good progress. Also I think I have done a really good job with sticking to my plan. This week I haven't really been going to the gym though because of all the projects we have due this week and next week. Like I said in blog 5, I want to maintain this workout routine and diet through out the rest of the semester and summer and keep track of my results.