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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE

Week One. HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE. A Common Sense Approach to Healthy Living. Gradual Permanent Lifestyle Changes will lead to:. Life long eating and activity habits Higher energy levels Decreased health risks Long term weight control and maintenance. Overview.

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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE

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  1. Week One HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE A Common Sense Approach to Healthy Living

  2. Gradual Permanent Lifestyle Changes will lead to: • Life long eating and activity habits • Higher energy levels • Decreased health risks • Long term weight control and maintenance

  3. Overview • Start Fresh: Taking Steps to a Healthier You • Eat Well : A Healthy Approach to Eating • Move It: A Healthy Approach to Fitness • Plan It: Putting it all Together for Healthy Eating • Shop Smart: Grocery Shopping for a Healthier You • Fit It In: Healthy Eating on the Run

  4. Healthy Habits for Life: Your 6 Week Guide to Food and Fitness • Eat Well for the Health of It • 6 Food and Activity Journals • Food Facts Booklet • Menu Planner Worksheet Master • Quick 2 Fix Recipe Brochure

  5. Start Fresh:Taking Steps to a Healthier You • The Truth About Diets • Learn to Love and Accept Yourself • Make Peace with Food • Take Control of Emotional Eating • Evaluate Your Eating Habits

  6. The Truth About Diets • Diets are unhealthy • Diets lead to weight gain • The cost of dieting is high • Looking good involves more than dieting • The dieting cycle can be broken

  7. A Word About Fad Diets: The authors rely on our lack of knowledge of the science of weight management to sell their books.

  8. A Word About Fad Diets: • Promise of quick, easy weight loss • The challenge is achieving permanent, not temporary weight loss

  9. A Word About Fad Diets:Weight Management that Works • Slow weight loss (1-2 pounds/week) • Balanced eating plan • Regular physical activity • Skill building for life • Credible author/ peer reviews

  10. Learn to Love & Accept Yourself Your genetic makeup is what makes you unique

  11. Learn to Love & Accept Yourself: Accept Your Individuality • Look your best now • Put the scales away • Beauty comes in many sizes • Deflate your saboteurs • Project a confident you • Be your own best friend

  12. Making Time for Me Remember, only when you take care of yourself can you truly take care of others. You need to be well-fed, well-rested, well-supported and in good physical shape.

  13. Make Peace with Food: Begin Eating Intuitively • Legalize all foods • Listen to your hunger • The hunger scale • Stop when you are full

  14. Take Control of Emotional Eating: Eating is one of the most emotionally charged experiences we have in our lives.

  15. Take Control of Emotional Eating: Searching for Comfort with Food The Triggers: • Love • Anger • Boredom • Anxiety

  16. Take Control of Emotional Eating: Coping • Do you feel hunger? • If yes, then eat. • If no, what are you feeling? • What are your options other than eating? • Nurture yourself

  17. Taking Control of Emotional Eating: Your Plan • Coping with your feelings • Nurturing yourself • You deserve a break!

  18. Evaluate Your Eating Habits Food and Activity Journal

  19. The Plan: Week One • Begin to nurture yourself • Legalize all foods • Eat when you are hungry • Stop when you are full • Complete the Food and Activity Journal for the week

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