| Week |
Education Session |
Activity |
| 1 |
SISTAS overview |
Physical activity |
| 2 |
Health disparities; anti-inflammatory foods; types of exercise |
Food and physical activity log; self-monitoring/SMART goals; cooking demonstration |
| 3 |
Physical activity basics; SMART goals; healthy protein |
Group walk |
| 4 |
Nutrition basics |
Food label demonstration; cooking demonstration |
| 5 |
Empowerment; strength training; review logs; eating out |
Review food and physical activity logs; healthy snacking |
| 6 |
Changing recipes; cooking demonstration; hot & cold weather exercising |
Cooking demonstration |
| 7 |
Stages of change; support and overcoming barriers; group aerobic training; dining out |
Review food and physical activity logs; group choice physical activity |
| 8 |
Menu planning; portion distortion |
Menu planning |
| 9 |
Burning calories w/physical activity |
Review food and physical activity logs; group activity strength training; Jeopardy game |
| 10 |
Program adherence |
Cooking demonstration |
| 11 |
Stress management |
Massages; group aerobic activity |
| 12 |
Planning for lapses |
Healthy pot luck |
