FitFuture Toolkit

Resources for Starting a Wellness Program

Just reading this paragraph shows that you intend to start making changes in your life, or the lives of others, to achieve a healthy living style. However, intent, without the proper knowledge and tools, most often fails to achieve optimal results.

This toolkit contains the knowledge and tools that you need to either follow a program yourself, or sponsor a wellness program in your organization. We have designed the toolkit to provide everything you need for a program that is appropriate for almost any organization, including workplaces, schools, local government, and faith-based organizations.

Tools

Tool	Description	Contributor
How Healthy Is Your Lifestyle?	A self-assessment tool to survey lifestyle habits and how they affect your health.	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
How Healthy Is Your Lifestyle? -- Scoring Sheet	Provides step by step instruction about how to score the survey.	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Real Life Weight Management	A PowerPoint presentatation debunking myths about diet, and describing a three-step approach to dieet	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Womens Health	A PowerPoint presentation sensitizes women to the dangers of heart disease	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Managing Stress	How to recognize and reduce stress	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Nutrition	Recognize macronutrients and correctly incorporte them into your meals	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Member Fitness Handbook	A guide to incorporating fitness programs into workplaces, schools, government, or faith-based organizations	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
Pedometers can motivate people to be more active.doc	A short article that describes pedometers and how to use one	YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
STEPS-Why Use Pedometers?	There is a relationship beteween number of steps taken daily, and weight	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources
Tips for Purchasing Pedometers	Buy a pedometer that meets you needs, and order it online	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources
Daily Log Sheet	Keep track of your steps	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources
Addressing America's Obesity Epidemic: America on the Move	By James Hill, Ph D, a descripion of the casues of obesity, and how increasing steps per day influcence weight	America on the Move
Health Research & Educational Trust	The role of the trust in fighting obesity, presented by Mary Pittman, Ph D	Health Reserach & Educational Trust
One Million Steps	An introduction to the program that encourages people to walk one million steps	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources
Tips for Buying Walking Shoes	Learn hwo to buy shoes that work well for you	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources
Walk Across Texas	A link to a program that encourages people to walk a distance equal to crossing Texas	Tarrant County Dept of Human Resources