a guide to a project in Heath and Wellness class

1. Counting Calories Judy Gray RoykaHealth and Wellness AH 198-2 CMI Fall 2011 jlroyka@cmi.edu

2. My Health Class All female, developmental, ESL , first generation college students. Monday exercise day & Wednesday health topic seminar Students have looked at nutrition, label reading and exercise program creation. This project is used to assess if students can calculate how many calories they need to burn to lose weight.

3. You are what you eat! Every pound of fat takes 3500 calories to burn off. One junk food or fast food meal can have the same calories with 40% of daily fat You need to choose 3 types of exercise to do over a few weeks to burn off a pound

4. Let’s do an example togetherI want to lose 1 pound= 3500 calories

5. 3500 – 1920 = 1580 calories to goI am still working on that one pound

6. 300 calories to go!

7. ONE POUND GONE !1100 Calories more is 1/3 of another pound lost!!

8. Time to do your own project Look at the exercise and calorie chart (you have a paper copy already) Choose 3 exercises you will add

9. Use the worksheet to figure out your weight loss programHand this page in next Wednesday