Goal Setting For A

Healthy Life

By: Glenn Pevac

Self Evaluate

Before goals you must self evaluate

Am I eating healthy?

Do I get enough exercise?

Preferences for healthy eating and exercise.

Do I have any road blocks?

If so how can I get around them?

What Is A Healthy Diet?According to the Dietary Guidelines a

healthy diet:

Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole

grains

Use fat free or low fat dairy/milk

Includes lean meats, fish, eggs, nuts

What Is A Healthy Diet?

A healthy diet should have no/little:

Saturated fats

Trans fats

Cholesterol

Salt (sodium)

Added Sugars

My Pyramid

Physical Activity Examples:

Cardio ( Walking, Running, Biking, etc.)

Any type of sport/athletic event

Weight training

Stretching ( yoga, polities)

Dancing

Now That You Know The

Facts What's Stopping You?

Personal Barriers

Now you know some healthy choices

You may not enjoy all food or all types of

exercise

You may have personal barriers

Personal barriers can be:

– Things you cant do (physically)

– Things you cant eat

– Things you wont do or eat

Personal Barriers

One must get around personal barriers

With all the choices this wont be hard

Pick things that are best for you

Things that you are comfortable with

Use My Pyramid to pick out different foods

Chose for any type of exercise that you

like best

Time To Set Your Goals

With the proper self evaluation goals can

be set

When making goals its important to:

– Be realistic with your self

– Have your mind set on what you want

– Make a plan and stick to it

– Have people that will support you to help

Be Realistic With Your Self

Know your limits

Don’t set your self up for failure

Be safe

Don’t eat/do things you don’t like

– It will get old and only hurt your chances of

staying on task

– If you don’t like to run do something else!

Have Your Mind Set

Know what you want to achieve

Don’t be indecisive

Goals can be tweaked

The main point has to stay the same

– Exp. You may want to lose 15lbs in a month. You may see that’s to much in that time so you change it to two months.

– Though you tweaked the time the goal was basically the same.

Make A Plan And Stick To It

Physically

Make a fitness journal

Log you workout time

Pick a time a day to exercise

Don’t get discouraged

Do all you can not to miss a day

– If you do; don’t let a day become a week

Make A Plan And Stick To It

Dietary

Use my pyramid

Plan your meals for the next day

Stay clear form “bad food”

Make good choices

Make a diet journal

Have People That Will

Support YouAchieving goals can be stressful

It is key to have good support

Someone who will push you

Someone who will help

Someone with the same goals

Someone to talk to

Set Your Goals

Use these tools and facts

Combine what you know with what you

want

Be smart and be safe

Your ready to set your goals

See the finish line!

Do all you can to get there!

Citation

Pictures- Microsoft Clipart

2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/

My Pyramid, MyPyramid.gov

http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhardhealthylife

style/tools/mypyramidtracker.htm

Types of Physical Activity,Mealsmatter.gov

http://www.mealsmatter.org/Articles-And-

Resources/Healthy-Living-Articles/Types-of-

Physical-Activity.aspx

Dietary Guidelines for

Americans, DietaryGuidelines.gov

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/DietaryGuidelines.htm