1. With dramatically rising rates of overweight and obesity,
healthy living needs to become a way of life for more Canadians.
Making healthy food choices, staying physically active and
maintaining a healthy weight are essential to good health. At a
population level, healthy living refers to the practices of
population groups that are consistent with supporting, improving,
maintaining and/or enhancing health. As it applies to individuals,
healthy living is the practice of health enhancing behaviours, or
put simply, living in healthy ways. It implies the physical, mental
and spiritual capacity to make healthy choices. In order for more
young Canadians to make healthier choices, the Government is also
helping by various initiatives and actions, such as including the
Childrens Fitness Tax Credit, making the Childrens Health and
Safety Campaign, the Eat Well and Be Active educational toolkit is
also designed to support health and education intermediares to
teach children and adults about healthy lifestyle choices. Through
all these actions and effort by so many organizations and people
around us simply shows us how important it is to live a healthy
life, physically, mentally, and spiritually. What is Healthy
Living?
2. My Weekly Meal Plan
3. Food is a very important factor in my daily life. Not only
meals need to provide me energy and nutrients, they also need to
taste good and look good to me. But having repetitive meals is
something that I can not stand. So I will have to include a big
variety of food in my meal plans. Ive also considered all the meal
planning outlines Canadian Food Guide provides (which will be
included on the next page). And made the perfect meal plan for me
personally. Its a meal plan not only could keep me healthy, but
also can help me keep fit or even lose weight. My Weekly Meal
Plan
4. Include 3-4 food groups in each meal Eat at least one dark
green and one orange vegetable each day. Choose vegetables and
fruit with little or no added fat, sugar or salt. Have vegetables
and fruit more often than juice. Make at least half of your grain
products whole grain each day. Choose grain products that are lower
in fat, sugar or salt. Drink skim, 1% or 2% milk each day. Drink
fortified soy beverage if you do not drink milk. Select lower fat
milk alternatives. Have meat alternatives such as beans, lentils
and tofu often. Choose at least two Food Guide Servings of fish
each week. Select lean meat and alternatives prepared with little
or no added fat or salt. Include a small amount of unsaturated fat
each day. Satisfy your thirst with water. Limit foods and beverages
high in calories, fat, sugar or salt.
5. For me, doing daily exercises isnt for gaining muscles, or
core strengthening. For me, daily exercises are mainly set for
weight loss, weight control, and staying active and fit. Therefore,
I am not planning to do a lot of strong leveled exercising, I will
be doing simple workout that can be done at home and in the gym or
pool in our building. I will also be participating in various
weekly yoga and dance sessions in order to fulfill my personal
health goal.