HEALTHY HABITS

FOR LIFE

A Common Sense Approach

to Healthy Living

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