HOSA 

Healthy Lifestyle  
 
Jenna Metzger, Age 17  
Menomonie HOSA 
Menomonie Senior High, Menomonie, Wisconsin 
 
Healthy Lifestyle Goal: 
175 Active Minutes & 90,000 Steps a Week Tracked with 
Fitbit   
This page is for Healthy Lifestyle Personal Assessment. 

 
   

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This page is for Healthy Lifestyle Personal Assessment.  
   

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 My Healthy Lifestyle goal will help promote an active lifestyle that I will hopefully maintain 
after completing. I’m a healthy 17 year old girl that enjoys going to the gym and lifting, but cannot 
find the time. I could stand to lose a few pounds, but that’s not my main focus. My focus is to be 
active and happy with who I am. Also, I’m working loosely on improving my diet and making sure 
that I’m eating vegetables and fruit more, as well as cutting back on the sugar and processed foods. 
I am pushing myself to achieve 90,000 steps per week which is about 12,857 steps each day and 
175 active minutes, which is 25 minutes a day. Before starting my Healthy Lifestyle goal I’m lucky 
if I get 80,000 steps a week and 140 active minutes. I hope by making this lifestyle change it will 
improve my happiness, weight and overall health in the long term.  
In order to keep myself on target, I will be tracking my goal progress with my Fitbit Blaze 
Fitness tracker that is pictured down below. I wear my tracker all hours of the day and night, 
except when I shower or it needs to be charged. My Fitbit is able to accurately track my steps, 
active minutes via heart rate monitoring and many more features. I decided to make my goals 
based on the week, rather than the day because I’m often working three nights and one whole day 
a week when I’m done with school, so I cannot always get in my steps for the day. I go to my local 
gym called Bodyworks as much as I can, but between school and working, I don’t find much time to 
do so. Each week I try to go to the gym 4 days a week. At least one day a week, I like to lift arms 
and mix in some cardio if I have time, another is legs with some abs. Sadly, I have difficulties 
running longer distances, doing lower body impact exercises and squating a large amount of 
weight due to some knee issues. I do my best to rest when I need to and push myself when I can. I 
look forward to pushing myself each week for the next six weeks! 
   

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Week 1 

Date  Steps  Active Minutes  Notes 

2/11  11,483  11  Worked 9 hours, homework all night 

2/12  13,909  62  Went to the gym and ran on the treadmill, knees 
started to hurt, ab workout 

2/13  9,918  11  Worked 4-8 

2/14  18,441  14  Worked 3-8; stacked lawn seed and fertilizer- 
exhausting night   

2/15  14,182  7  Worked 3-8; freight day, swept, mopped 

2/16  14,113  55  Went to the gym and lifted arms, ran and walked 
on treadmill  

2/17  11,400  51  Worked on homework, lifted legs at gym 

Totals  93,446  211  I’m impressed by how many active minutes I got 
this week. I would like to see my steps higher 
   

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Week 2 

Date  Steps  Active Minutes   Notes  

2/18  13,644  38  Worked all day, volunteered at humane society, 

ran a mile and did ab workout 

2/19  5,120  0  Roads are bad so no gym today, a lot of 

homework, mini ab workout at home 

2/20  12,872  22  Visited ill Great Grandmother, worked, went to 
gym after for a little  

2/21  13,781  38  Field trip, work and went to the gym after and 
walked on the treadmill  

2/22  12,952  0  No school, worked all afternoon 

2/23  15,610  42  No school, worked in the morning, did taxes in 
afternoon, went to the gym late at night 

2/24  13,056  84  Slept in, meal prepped all morning, went to the 
gym and shoe gave me a blister, so I went home 

Totals  87,035  224  I was so close to reaching my step goal, but fell 
short saturday when I had to go home after 
getting a blister. Disappointed in myself for 
having a few lazy days. 
 
   

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Week 3  

Date  Steps  Active Minutes   Notes  

2/25  14,706  46  Worked, went ice skating for the first time 

2/26  9,296  45  Stayed home sick, never made it to gym, very 
tired, walked on driveway some and enjoyed the 
weather, went to humane society 

2/27  14,995  74  No School, slept in, still sick and tired, hiked 
around outside, worked in afternoon, walked on 
treadmill for 30 minutes  

2/28  6,317  0  No school, lots of homework to catch up on, 

work, very very stressed about school and 
grades 

3/1  5,142  0  Back to school :(, went out for lunch and studied, 
worked on homework all night  

3/2  8,756  12  Washed my car at home and walked up and 

down the driveway 3 times, went to a friends for 
the night 

3/3  18,606  87  Lazy morning, still sick, gym for a few hours, 
went to town later to get some things.  

Totals  77,818  264  It was tough being sick and still getting in my 
steps for the day. I didn’t want to get anyone 
else sick so I spent most of my time at home. 
I’m really surprised at my active minutes 
though. 
   

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Week 4  

Date  Steps  Active Minutes   Notes  

3/4  9,013  0  Worked all day, work on homework all evening. 

3/5  11,077  42  School, went to visit ill grandmother and run 
some errands. Went to gym in afternoon, but 
had to drive home before snow storm.  

3/6  27,784  210  Shoveled from 3am to 8am! So tired only 4 hours 
of sleep. Worked in the evening after a short 
nap. So much homework to get done. 

3/7  7,672  0  Back really hurts, have a visitation to go to, great 

grandmothers birthday today, so I visited her. 
Stayed up late to get homework done. 

3/8  13,061  54  Very tired, went to gym after dinner, did some 
abs, walking, glutes and a little running. 

3/9  5,194  0  Relaxed at home after a long and stressful week, 

got caught up on some of my TV shows 

3/10  14,859  61  Assisted my dad with drywall in kitchen, went to 
the gym in afternoon, got a blister on my heel 
from shoes. 

Totals  88,660  367  I was so close to reaching it… if only I went to 
the gym one more day! Shoveling really helped 
me get close to my goals. Next week I WILL 
reach my goal. 
 
   

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Week 5 

Date  Steps  Active Minutes   Notes  

3/11  12,093  0  Worked, helped clean the kitchen after remodel, 

made some food for the week, visited grandma 
at night 

3/12  11,006  0  Spring Break Start. Worked all day, went to the 
gym at night, daylight savings has me tired, 
helped dad repair some things at neighbors 
house.  

3/13  15,255  32  Walked outside some this morning, went to gym 
and did legs, had work at night 

3/14  12,582  0  Went to eau claire in the morning to shop 

around some, had to work the rest of the day.  

3/15  16,038  72  Went shopping again, met up with sister for 
lunch, shopped a little more and went to the gym 
late at night, did arms and a little cardio 

3/16  17,272  25  Spring Break End, Worked in the morning, 

helped paint kitchen wall, went to they gym and 
lifted legs 

3/17  14,400  69  Ran errands around noon, enjoyed the nice 
weather, went to the gym after dinner and did 
cardio 

Totals  98,729  198  Not having school really helped to reach my 
goals. Working quite a few hours also got me 
on my feet and going. This is nice to see, so 
now I know that this is going to be a 
manageable goal this summer.  
   

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Week 6 

Date  Steps  Active Minutes   Notes  

3/18  8,519  0  Worked all day, not looking forward to going 

back to school this week :( 

3/19  11,115  43  I was tying up loose ends after school, then I 
went to the gym after dinner for about an hour 
and walked on the treadmill and was on the bike 
some. 

3/20  9,779  0  After school I relaxed at home, then had to go to 

work for the rest of the night. Unfortunately no 
gym for me. 

3/21  14,308  38  After school I grabbed lunch at Rize Nutrition, a 

shake place, then ran an errands, worked and did 
some cardio at the gym 

3/22  14,694  0  Volunteered and donated at blood drive today, 

no gym for me tonight. Had work right after 
school, freight day so it was a busy night. 

3/23  14,843  55  I had a job shadow so I left school early. Went to 
hudson for kitchen remodel supplies and ate at 
applebee's. Quickly went to the gym after for 
cardio.  

3/24  18,594  100  Had a lazy morning around the house, then went 
to the gym and did a lot of walking on the 
treadmill, biking, abs, and some running. I went 
to get groceries with my mom at night. 

Totals  91,852  236  I’m very happy that I reached my goals again 
this week, but I was pushing to get in my steps 
on Saturday. I think that this summer I will be 
able to keep up my steps easily  
   

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Analysis  

 
   

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 In conclusion, I’m satisfied with my results over the past six weeks. I have met my step goal 
of 90,000 steps a week three out of the six weeks, which the line of best fit shows that it’s on an 
upward trend. Six out of six weeks, I met my active minutes goal, and that trend line is also 
increasing. Keeping up with my steps was the hardest part, but my active minutes were 
surprisingly easy to get. In the past six weeks I also learned how to meal prep for the week with 
healthier alternatives than my usual grab and go. I’ve been finding more time to get to the gym 
with my busy lifestyle and school, but I do look forward to this summer, where I will have more 
time to hit the gym an be more active at work. I love my fitbit and will be continuing to monitor my 
physical activity and my overall health.  

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