I have learned a little more than I thought I would. I went into this project with the thought that I knew pretty much everything that I wanted to do. I first started out with one of the questions on my brainstorming paper, "the health effects of soft drinks" . There can be no sides to that. After just an hour of researching, I found nothing but bad effects. There is nothing to argue, soda is bad for the human body, and that's that. It may taste great, but that is the extent.
I then thought about what I like to do as far as health goes, and I am not a healthy guy. I eat a lot of fast food. I drink 12 packs of canned soda every week, not counting the drinks I get at Crown and RDH. One thing I do do that's healthy is run. I have been running consistently since before I started running track in high school. I changed my topic from soda to the benefits of running. I found out a lot of things that I didn't know, and I also learned about the possible bad side effects from running; unhealthy addictions and injury prone. While no side effect could ever truly stop me from running, it is nice to have my eyes opened. It is good to know the possibilities of what could happen to me when I am out there, running for many miles, every day.
Reading and researching about running also opened my eyes to how much I actually love the activity. When I was on the team, that was my one dedication . I loved running and running loved me back. After I graduated and started working full time, I made time to get away from the TV and computer to get out there and have a few miles done. Even now, with a busy college schedule, I find time to get out there and run around campus often. Besides health benefits like , looking tone, running gives me peace of mind like nothing else in this world. I feel better about myself, I feel better as a human, I feel healthy, even though I may not be. I love it.
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