HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE A Common Sense Approach to Healthy Living- Grades 4/5 Leader Guide for Healthy Habits for Life Thank you for choosing Healthy Habits for Life: Your 6 Week Guide to Food and Fitness. This Leader Guide is designed as a series of slides. Teaching tips and activity ideas for each week are listed on the “Notes” section of the title slide for each week. Each slide was taken directly from the text of the book. Participants will find it easy to understand the lecture by following in their books. The slides are divided into: an introduction a presentation for each of the six weeks a summary You may down load them for free from this web site, save them on your hard drive and add to them or change them to suit your individual needs. General Guidelines The classes are designed to be taught in 6 one hour sessions but experience has shown that there is a lot of information to cover and the classes may be better taught dividing them slightly differently than the book is divided. Week Two (Eat Well) can really take two weeks to teach and Weeks 5 & 6 (Shop Smart and Fit It In) can both be covered in one session. There is enough material that the entire program could be extended to 8-10 weeks. It is very important at the beginning of the program to set some ground rules. The nature of the material lends itself to much class discussion. Participants should be made aware of the amount of material to be covered in one short hour and the need to be respectful of the time. It may be necessary to meet separately with particularly outspoken persons out side of class time to address personal issues. Ideally, each participant would have a one hour consultation before the beginning of the program to help them through some of the personal information in Week Two and becoming familiar with their goals, concerns, etc. Week One

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Evaluate Your Eating Habits Food and Activity Journal

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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