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 Six

Fit It In: Healthy Eating on the Run Healthy Eating on the Road Airplane Travel Car Travel Cruises Hotel Survival Nutritious Restaurant Eating

Healthy Eating on the Run Plan your day Keep food handy Plan ahead Get moving

Healthy Eating on the Road: Airplane Travel Drink plenty of water Order special meals ahead Bring your own healthy snacks Walk the airport corridors for an aerobic workout

Healthy Eating on the Road: Car Travel Pack ready to eat foods Stop for stretch breaks Stop at a grocery deli or fast food restaurant with healthy choices Balance protein and carbohydrate

Healthy Eating on the Road: Cruises Choose the foods you truly enjoy Balance, moderation, variety Use the Hunger/Fullness Scale Take advantage of the physical activity opportunities

Healthy Eating on the Road: Hotel Survival Plan ahead for breakfast Order a la carte menu items Make physical activity a priority Choose a hotel with a fitness center in or near it Bring an exercise tape or jump rope to use in the room

Nutritious Restaurant Eating Size up portion sizes Leaner cuisine Order you way Avoid overeating Bon Appetit

Tour of Restaurants: Fast Food The Good News: Nutrition information is often posted The menus are fairly standard from franchise to franchise Beware of value-added meals

Pizza The Good News: Choose your own sauce and toppings Start your meal with a small salad Easy nutrient rich meals

Deli Shops The Good News: One sandwich is usually enough for two Add broth based soup Add a small salad

Mexican The Good News: Healthy choices Asada (grilled) Veracruz-style (tomato sauce) Salsa Verde (green chile sauce) Mole Sauce (chili-chocolate sauce) Soft tortillas Entrees topped with lettuce and tomatoes

Italian The Good News: Vegetable based entrees Family style service lets you choose your own portion size Flavorful tomato based sauces

Asian The Good News: Rice is the cornerstone of the menu Low fat meat and vegetable side dishes Fortune cookies make a great dessert

The Plan: Week Six Critique your restaurant choices Begin making healthier choices Visit one new ethnic restaurant Continue to complete the Food and Activity Journals

Maintaining Lifelong Habits

Maintaining Lifelong Habits Small daily decisions will lead to long term habits Pat yourself on the back Deal with set backs Take care of yourself Enjoy yourself

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