earth to victoria

  Summary: Self-reported data from 2000-2014 from the National Health Interview Survey showed that African American women are some of the least physically active demographic groups in the United States.  According to the published survey, only 36% of African American women achieve the national guidelines for aerobic physical activity (150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity, 75 minutes of vigorous, or a combination equivalent of the two intensities).  The low physical activity within AA women are concerning because this group also has high reporting of cardiovascular disease and obesity.  This study took twenty-five sedentary and obese AA women who enrolled in a series of three focus groups conducted over a six week period to see if Social Cognitive Theory can be culturally tailored to design a physical activity program specifically for these women.  Each focus group was designed to target specific Social Cognitive Theory constructs, and each woman attended a...

I knew it wasn’t right the moment he asked.  We were on the London Eye in England and had spent the entire trip arguing.  It was my first time in Europe and I had idealized this holiday my entire life.  Traveling overseas for the first time, but I was caught off guard, and my initial reaction was actually no.  However, we went to a cafe afterwards and discussed what we both wanted and I changed my “no” to a “yes, if”.  If you let me finish school first.  If you didn’t expect to have kids anytime soon.  If we don’t get married in a church.  The list went on.  I knew it wasn’t like the movies, but I thought maybe this is it.  We’ve been together for six years.  He has a good job.  We drive luxury cars.  We own a house together.  We were in Europe together on vacation when he asked, a destination proposal.  Maybe you weren’t supposed to have these big feelings one sees in pop culture, you were just supposed to be co...