Homework Week #9

Week #9: (10-27-03) Read #12. Finish either 3 day or 5 day Nutrition Journal as directed and turn in Monday.

• Nutrition Journal: Follow directions given in class for best grade.  You will not be graded on how healthy you eat!  You will be graded on how complete your journal is and how you followed directions plus how helpful your comments are to your group members. 

• One day of the Nutrition Journal must be a weekend.  Two days must be weekdays.  For example, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday or Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.  Do the journal on consecutive days--this means do not skips days. Once you start go all the way to the end of 3 or 5 days.  This assignment will be due Week #9 on 10/27/03.

• Journal Tips: Carry the journal with you and enter as soon as possible after eating!  Do not wait until the end of the day--you'll never remember everything.  Incomplete journals or journals with poor effort will not earn a good grade.  Give details!  For example, what kind of portion size did you eat? Was it whole milk, 2%, 1%, or non-fat? Did you fry your chicken or BBQ?  Did you eat the mondo candy bar or the small snack size?  All of this information is extremely important to know when evaluating and learning from your nutrition journal.

• These are areas that will be important when evaluating your journal.  I will not grade you on how healthy or unhealthy you are eating!  I will grade you on following directions and doing a complete nutrition journal.  If you do it right--it can change the way you think about eating forever and significantly impact your health for decades to come.  Here are some pointers:

  • Things I'll be looking for: 5-a-Day, fiber, portion sizes, meal times/spacing between meals, junk food (processed, high fat, high calorie), balance/variety/moderation, fad diets.  From this information we will assess then discuss behavior change and SMART Goals for facilitating better nutrition choices.

• Download Nutrition Journal Form (PDF) Print 3-5 forms--one for "each day" of your journal.

• Read #12.  We will begin #11 next week.  These two chapters will be "one" exam--they go together.

• Review Muscles Handout for Quiz #4 on Monday.

• Review Weight Room & Fitness Terms for extra credit next Monday.

• Review Exercise materials (text, class handouts, class discussions, special in-class presentations, etc.) for Exam #3 to be given on 11-3-03.

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