You Grow Girl!!!!
Is a workbook designed to help young girls navigate the course
of healthy living by helping them adopt healthier eating
attitudes, which focus on overall health, rather than
appearance. The physical and emotional aspects of health will be
discussed in order to teach young women how to make self-esteem
enhancing choices throughout their lives. This four chapter
workbook encourages all girls to adopt healthier habits by
addressing issues relevant in their lives, such as body
confidence, self-esteem, stress management, coping skills, peer
pressure and the joy of exercise.
- Introduction
- I Am Beautiful
- A Promise to Myself
- What Are Healthy Eating Attitudes Anyway?
- Things I Want To Remember
- Journal Entry
- Chapter 1: Self-Esteem and Body Confidence
Factors that influence self-esteem and body
confidence will be explored and discussed,
especially in regards to how they impact
day-to-day food choices. How to insulate
self-esteem from peer pressure and the
popular media will be outlined.
- Self Esteem
- What Is Self Esteem?
- Factors That Raise and Lower My Self-Esteem
- It is Good To Be Me!
- Body Confidence
- What Is Body Confidence?
- Factors That Raise and Lower My Body Confidence
- Now You See It, Now You Donít: the magic of airbrushing
- Things I Want To Remember
- Journal Entry
- Chapter 2: Food as Fuel: The primary goal
of Chapter Two is to understand the physiology
as to why fueling your body with healthy foods
energizes your mind and body. Strengthening
hunger and fullness cues will be discussed as
a method to prevent under- or over-fueling
your body. Skills to better understand portion
versus serving sizes will be outlined.
- Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Using Food As Fuel
- Portion Detectives and Understanding Serving Sizes
- Intuitive Eating and Understanding Hunger and Fullness
- Cues
- The Hunger and Fullness Scale
- Things I Want To Remember
- Journal Entry
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Chapter 3: Way to Go!: Increases awareness
of positive and negative thought patterns on
self-esteem and outlines a 4-Step process to
solve problems and manage stress. The impact
of thoughts and feelings on self-esteem are
discussed. Coping skills are outlined, which
foster independence, maturity and self-esteem.
- The Power of Positive Thinking on Self-Esteem
- The Power of Positive Thinking on Body Confidence
- The A-BEE-Cís of Stress Management and Coping
- My Problems and My Coping Skills
- Things I Want To Remember
- Journal Entry
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Chapter 4: Get Moving! Explains how
physical activity unravels the negative
effects of stress. How to begin and maintain
a regular habit of exercise is outlined. Tracking
progress and how to ask for help are discussed.
- The Impact of Stress on Your Body
- Exercise is More Than Just Activity
- Exercise for Enjoyment
- Asking For Help
- Things I Want To Remember
- Journal Entry
- Appendix A: My Daily Food Journal
- Appendix B: My Daily Activity Journal
- Appendix C: My Hunger and Fullness Scale
- Appendix D: My Problems and My Coping Skills Journal
- Appendix E: Attention School Personnel: How to get FREE copies
- References
- Congratulations!! You have begun your journey towards healthy living!!
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