Streaming Colors Fitness Journal 2010 Weekly Planner (Paperback)

From Jen and Alexis Luhrs, creators of the popular Streaming Colors Fitness Journal monthly "healthy habit-forming calendar" (since 2004), and of Lean Mode, Color Code-Not Your Usual Food Diary (2008), comes this handy weekly fitness planner featuring a week of color-in modules on each page with additional lined space to write in daily food and workout details or appointments. As with the Streaming Colors calendar version, the main idea is to color in the daily modules with each day's positive actions, such as exercising, drinking more water, eating more veggies, or having a junk-food-free day. Color helps remind, reward and motivate you to practice a healthy action long enough for it to become a habit you hardly have to think about (like taking a shower in the morning.) Healthy habits feel comfortable and normal-unlike torturous diets and exercise regimens you can't wait to quit-and are the key to better fitness and a healthier lifestyle Since color is the key, this journal features an energizing change of background color each month throughout its 12-month, perfect-bound 80 pages (full-color, laminated paperback cover, 8.5 x 8.5 inches square). In addition to 52 weekly planner pages, it includes helpful information on getting started, setting goals and rewards, rating your health and fitness before and after, pages for coloring in special achievements or milestones, monthly tips for beginners and advanced, and the occasional motivational saying. A special section on the new USDA Food Pyramid includes a Quick Reference Chart of Daily Calories & Food Groups, as well as a Food Diary Worksheet and pages for recording info on your favorite foods and activities. To help you stay on track and improve all year long, there is a color key you customize at the start of each month with the healthy actions you wish to focus on, along with a goal and reward area. Using highlighters, you color in your positive actions each day. Coloring is an instant reward for healthy choices. Patterns of color indicate your progress even if physical results aren't yet showing. A lack of color is a reminder and motivator to get back on track. Over time, a build up of color is a reminder of your ability to take control of your habits. The Streaming Colors Fitness Journal Weekly Planner was created and authored by Jen and Alexis Luhrs, a mom/daughter publishing/creative team that has had a lifelong devotion to healthy eating habits and preventive health. Mom, Jennifer, is a health/medical copywriter/creative director who worked with the Stanford Prevention Research Center to develop the HealthBuzz web site that was co-branded with msnbc.com in 1997. She wrote the content of the original Streaming Colors Fitness Journal based on established principles of health behavior change, and Dr. Wes Alles, Director of the Health Improvement Program at Stanford University, reviewed the journal's written content to ensure that it is sound. Calling on their backgrounds in Industrial Design and Architecture, respectively, Jennifer and Alexis created the journal's color-coded daily tracking system to be intuitive and adaptable, but most of all, easy and fun to use. Studies show that journaling is the key to long term weight loss success. The Streaming Colors Fitness Journal combines the power of journaling with the fun of coloring. It's the lifestyle-changing journal. www.streamingcolors.com or www.ColorCodeMode.com