Success StoryHappy Healthy New Year



Happy Healthy New Year

Author: Vickie Belt

Planning Unit: Livingston County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Everyone always dread that horrible question “what is your New Years resolution?” Well, this year I started a new Healthy Choices for Every Body class focusing on those New Year resolutions called Happy Healthy New Year.  

I had eight ladies sign up for this class where we focused on addressing those very resolutions. How can I get healthier, eat better, be more physically active, and learn how to budget not just for ourselves but for everyone in our household?  

Healthy Choices for Every Body has seven lessons that we worked through together. Starting with MyPlate we were able to learn what the five food groups were and how we can incorporate them into each meal. From there meal planning was an ease and budgeting groceries made it easier to purchase just the items we need.  

Taking this program as an adult seems to some unnecessary. But the looks on the ladies faces as they graduated the program and being able to take the techniques, they learned home with them is necessary for all of us to live the best healthy life we can.  






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