Fun Guide to Healthy

Living
By Gigi de Fort-Menares and Hana Marsheck

Interviews

Sofia Proano
Thats good for you = a broad term

Need a balance

Being more preventative

Not dieting but adjusting

Sleep
Nutrition

Not just about the physical body

Eliminating processed foods
Sugar and Gluten make you fat. Fat doesnt.

Mindfulness and Balance

Silence meditation
Goals...not ego driven

Physical Activity

Hormonal activity
Dont focus on the aesthetic of physical activity
Group activities Accountability

Joanna Marsheck
Physical therapist
Motivating people

4 stages of adopting a healthy lifestyle

1. Contemplation
2. Preparation
3. Action
4. Maintenance

Mrs. Marshecks way

Establish a need
Educate them on the benefits
Motivating/enjoyable exercise
Make it feasible

Research

"Almond-Pomegranate Scones." Vegetarian Times. Vegetarian Times, Jan.-Feb. 2015. Web. 28 Jan. 2016.
"Berkeley Wellness." @berkeleywellness. University of California, Berkeley, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.
Blatner, Dawn Jackson. The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease and Add
Years to Your Life. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Print.
Hartley, L. Howard, and I-Min Lee. Starting to Exercise. Rep. Boston: Harvard Health Publications, 2015. Print.
"Healthy Recipes, Healthy Eating - EatingWell." Healthy Recipes, Healthy Eating - EatingWell. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
Law, Abraham. "Eastern and Western Health." Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2016.
Marsheck, Joanna. "Motivating Others." Personal interview. 26 Feb. 2016.
Miller, Carla. "Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health." Changing Your Habits: Steps to Better Health. US Department of
Health and Human Services, n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2016.
Pollan, Michael. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. New York: Penguin, 2008. Print.
Proano, Sofia. "5 Aspects to Healthy Living." Personal interview. 5 Feb. 2016.
"Swimming - Health Benefits." Better Health Channel. Smart Play, Aug. 2013. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.

Progress and
Plan

Past
Our blog is fairly cleaned up but is still a work
in progress
We have four participants who are being our
test subjects for our project

We give them goals which build up over time

Goals so far include: no dessert, carry water bottle to

school, at least eight hours of sleep a day, at least 20
mins of exercise a day, red meat maximum 7 times a
week, and now tracking what they eat, how much
water they drink, and how much exercise theyre
getting through the app myfitnesspal

We have both dessert and snack/meal recipes

on the blog
We have one post about a fitness alternative to

Present
Finalized eating plan

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Group exercise

Trampolines

US Department of Health and Human

Services- Changing Your Habits: Steps to
Better Health

Future
More recipes start testing
them/making
Cleaning up the blog
More fitness articles

More group fitness outings

Meditation
Having more meetings with the
participants/check-ins
FINAL PRODUCT: ORGANIZED, NICE,
QUALITY BLOG