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Healthylife® Weigh Menus & Recipes The nutrition guidelines in HealthyLife® Weigh and this menu planning guide are based on USDA’s MyPlate and the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. MyPlate helps to identify how much food makes up a healthy and balanced meal by showing how different food groups take up space on a plate: * […]
Healthylife® Weigh Part 5 This section guided you to make physical activity part of your daily life. Most importantly, this section encouraged you to look at why you are being active and how to have a healthy relationship with your body. Answer the following questions. * How have you sat less and moved more this
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 6 Mindfulness means you are fully aware of all aspects of what you are sensing in the current moment. Practice mindfulness while you listen to music, walk, run, garden, or eat. * Focus on current thoughts without judging them. * Put past thoughts and what the future has in store out of
Healthylife® Weigh Part 5 All physical activity has benefits for the body and mind. This section will help you find reasons to be active that go beyond weight management. This section will also help you to: * Add variety to the physical activity you already enjoy. * Value different types of activity that have different
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 Recipes offer guidelines, not rules. You may want to modify them if you: * Don’t like an ingredient. * Don’t have an ingredient. * Want to include something different. * Need to fulfill a need on MyPlate, like getting another serving of vegetables or whole grains. * Want to reduce sodium,
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 6 This section built on the tools you have been learning throughout this guide to manage emotional eating triggers. Stress, anxiety, boredom, and celebration can all trigger unhealthy eating behaviors. Answer the questions below. * How do you know when you are physically hungry? * What is the first thing you do
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 3 Every meal does not have to include every food group. Combine at least three food groups at every meal, and at least two food groups at every snack. For example, combine an apple and peanut butter to get one serving of protein and one serving of fruit. This will help you
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 2 MyPlate, developed by the USDA, shows how different food groups should take up space on a plate. The nutrition guidelines in HealthyLife® Weigh are based on MyPlate and the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. * Make ½ of your plate fruits and vegetables. * ¼ of your plate should be lean
Healthylife® Weigh Part 7 Vegetarian Vegetarian diets are plant-based eating patterns. There are variations of the vegetarian diet: * Vegan: includes only foods from plants (e.g., vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains, seeds, and nuts). No foods from animal sources are included. * Lacto-vegetarian: includes plant foods plus cheese and other dairy products. * Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: includes plant
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Healthylife® Weigh Part 7 Weight loss can seem like a long, slow journey. Maintenance, when you are no longer trying to lose weight, can seem far away. It is important to remember that you won’t lose weight at the same rate each week. Weight loss can slow down or speed up for many reasons, including
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