Delightment and Motivation are key!

Teenagers, who are naturally lazy creatures, usually try to avoid any form of getting active; whether it is choosing between healthily walking to school, or hopping into the family van, most prefer the second option. The government, however, is trying to improve the obesity rates throughout B.C. by developing and initiating the Daily Physical Activity program throughout schools in the province. Nevertheless, many students focus more on achieving personal goals rather than one from the government. The thirty minute requirement for Kindergarten to Grade 9 and one hundred and fifty minute weekly requirement for Grades 10,11 and 12 can be met and recorded but the fact is that many individuals will most definitely lie and say they did perform a sport and then write down an invented number as the amount of time spent doing the activity. The government cannot monitor every single student and make sure that they are receiving enough exercise; therefore the DPA strategy is not an effective one.
Not one individual in the world is the same as the next, and not everyone was meant to be a professional athlete either. A valuable way to contribute and construct a healthy lifestyle is to get the student to participate in an enjoyable endeavour. Physical Education is not necessary in grades 11 and 12, so an active pastime is needed. Parents and guardians are the only true rule-enforcers of the household and must find compromise with their children on the subject of exercise. Rules on limiting time spent staring in front of the computer screen or spraining fingers while playing video games all day must be met, but children can play a video game if it involves getting active and having to stand up and move around. The “Weight-life coach” on the popular Nintendo D-S, is a grand example that teaches players to live vigorous and healthy lives. The “Wii-fit” (another gaming console) also includes participating in virtual sports as well as yoga, which involves forming positions as if in a real yoga class. The only way to get kids and teens truly active is to allow them to enjoy the activities that they do while staying fit and achieving a proper standard of living. Thus, with the support and ongoing encouragement of family and friends, students may change and start to actually live life to the fullest. Not all individuals have to have smouldering biceps and six-pack abs, but should be at a state of personal victory, with an improvement shown in current physical and mental status. Individuals have to be motivated with rewards and compliments and only then they can and will achieve. Throughout the week, my cheeks and face are tomato red after every physical education class because of the effort I exude during the one hour and twelve minute period. Drama rehearsals after school also keep me active and moving as well as the fact that I walk to and from school every single day of the week. Personally, I bend my strict try-to-be healthy rules and eat junk food but who doesn’t? I motivate myself to do better and to have fun while doing so. My enjoyable after-school events keep me going and exercising in inventive ways. The government's attempt to keep students exercising is a worthy effort but cannot insure results for everyone. Hence, the way to keep active is to create a special activity, which parents ensure is healthy, that doesn’t have to be mandatory or pressurizing, just one that the student can successfully do without being told to do so. Then a progress will be shown in the way students physically, mentally and emotionally carry themselves.