HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE

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HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE

• A Common Sense Approach
• to Healthy Living

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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

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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

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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

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Start FreshTaking 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

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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

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A Word About Fad Diets

• The authors rely on our lack of knowledge of the
  science of weight management to sell their books.

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A Word About Fad Diets

• Promise of quick, easy weight loss
• The challenge is achieving permanent, not
  temporary weight loss

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A Word About Fad DietsWeight Management that
Works

• Slow weight loss (1-2 pounds/week)
• Balanced eating plan
• Regular physical activity
• Skill building for life
• Credible author/ peer reviews

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Learn to Love Accept Yourself

• Your genetic makeup is what makes you unique

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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

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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.
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Make Peace with Food Begin Eating Intuitively

• Legalize all foods
• Listen to your hunger
• The hunger scale
• Stop when you are full

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Take Control of Emotional Eating

• Eating is one of the most emotionally charged
  experiences we have in our lives.

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Take Control of Emotional Eating Searching for
Comfort with Food

• The Triggers
• Love
• Anger
• Boredom
• Anxiety

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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

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Taking Control of Emotional Eating Your Plan

• Coping with your feelings
• Nurturing yourself
• You deserve a break!

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Evaluate Your Eating Habits

• Food and Activity Journal

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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