This document provides guidance on setting health and fitness goals. It recommends self-evaluating current eating habits, exercise levels, and barriers. A healthy diet focuses on fruits/veggies, whole grains, lean protein and low-fat dairy. Physical activity examples include cardio, sports, weight training and stretching. Personal barriers like disliking certain foods/exercises can be overcome by choosing options you enjoy. The document outlines making an attainable plan, tracking progress, getting support and maintaining motivation to achieve goals.

1. Goal Setting For A
Healthy Life
By: Glenn Pevac

2. 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?

3. 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

4. What Is A Healthy Diet?
A healthy diet should have no/little:
Saturated fats
Trans fats
Cholesterol
Salt (sodium)
Added Sugars

5. My Pyramid

6. Physical Activity
Examples:
Cardio ( Walking, Running, Biking, etc.)
Any type of sport/athletic event
Weight training
Stretching ( yoga, polities)
Dancing

7. Now That You Know The
Facts What's Stopping You?

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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!

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. Have People That Will
Support You
Achieving 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

16. 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!

17. 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