DONT DIET, LIVE IT

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DONT DIET, LIVE IT!

• Diets dont work long term
• Not going to work if you cant do it forever
• Diet mentality
• A healthy wt?
• BMI 18.5 24.9
• Body fat
• Men 6 - 25
• Women 14 - 30
• Healthy weight loss
• 0.5 2 lbs per week
• 3500 kcal 1 lb fat
• 500 - 1000 kcal per day
• Combination of nutrition and exercise is key!

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DONT DIET, LIVE IT!

• National Weight Control Registry
• Eat breakfast
• Low fat, high carbohydrate diet
• Frequent self monitoring of weight
• Physical activity every day
• Cant be done by diet alone
• Exercise is the only controllable component in
  increasing metabolic rate.
• Maintaining muscle mass is essential for driving
  your metabolic rate.

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DONT DIET, LIVE IT!

• Bottom line
• Weight loss can easily be achieved by fad diets.
  But weight comes back plus some. If you cant
  live it, it wont work. Exercise and choosing
  healthy foods is key to successful weight loss.
• Dieting doesnt work! Living it does!

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worKPHT

• Presented to you by
• Sarah Scribner
• Pilot Program Manager
• Spring 08
• Nadine Zuckerman
• Program Manager Fall 08
• Under the guidance of Dr. Steven Loy

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What is worKPHT?

• worKPHT is an acronym describing a work fitness
  program developed by Kinesiology Department
  students in collaboration with faculty from both
  the Kinesiology and Physical Therapy Departments
• (combines K from kinesiology and PHT from
  Physical therapy)

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Purpose of worKPHT at CSUN

• Gateway program to facilitate improved health of
  CSUN employees
• Focus on staff who perform majority of their
  responsibilities sitting or are at lower fitness
  levels

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How Can worKPHT be Applied to Those Outside of
CSUN?

• People ranging from sedentary to very active can
  benefit from these exercises and stretches
• Cooks, gardeners, construction workers, and many
  other careers involve plenty of physical activity
  but leave the worker often bent over or
  performing repetitive work

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How worKPHT Addresses These Problems

• Stiff Neck Cervical Side Bend Stretch
• Log in exercise/stretching manual for easy
  tracking

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How worKPHT Addresses These Problems

• Forward Shoulders
• strengthening-
• Rows
• stretching-
• Doorway/Corner Stretch
• -Resistance tubing www.SPRI.com
• 25 feet 27.50
• -Thera-band
• 24 feet 20.00
• http//www.yogadirect.com

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Hamstring Stretch

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Stretching for Kids

• http//www.working-well.org/kid_stretch.html

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worKPHT and ACSM(American College of Sports
Medicine)

• Healthy adults under 65 should do moderately
  intense cardio 30 min per day 5 days a week
• 8-10 strength training exercises at 8-12
  repetitions 2 times a week
• www.acsm.org

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How Everyone Can Benefit

• On a personal level by improving their overall
  health and fitness levels
• Stretching, strength training, and aerobic
  activities can help prevent repetitive use
  injuries, protect the heart, achieve or maintain
  a healthy weight, and boost the immune system

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worKPHT and beyond!

• worKPHT will help people work up to those fitness
  guidelines, make fitness part of their daily
  routine, and even go beyond worKPHT and join
  other fitness programs

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Thank You!