Fitness: Adding More Activity To Your Life: Where Do You Go From Here

Fitness: Adding More Activity To Your Life
Introduction
What is involved in getting more active?
Why do you want to get more active?
How do you start getting active?
Where do you go from here?
References
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Where do you go from here?

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Now that you have read this information, you are ready to plan your exercise program.

Talk with your doctor

If you have questions about this information, print it out and take it with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to mark areas or make notes in the margins where you have questions.

If you would like more information on exercising and fitness, the following resources are available:

Organizations

Shape Up America!
Web Address:	www.shapeup.org

Shape Up America! is a national program that promotes healthy weight through being active and eating healthy. The program encourages small lifestyle changes that improve health. The Web site has tools and information about being and staying active.

America on the Move: University of Colorado
4200 East 9th Avenue
Suite C263
Denver, CO 80262
Phone:	1-800-807-0077
Web Address:	www.americaonthemove.org

America On the Move offers free, personalized online resources, interactive tools, community support, and events. This program helps you build eating and activity habits that positively affect your weight and health. Its guidelines include walking an additional 2,000 steps each day and decreasing daily caloric intake by 100 calories.

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Last updated:	December 27, 2007
Author:	Cynthia Tank
Reviewed By:	Catherine D. Serio, PhD - Behavioral Health, Heather Chambliss, PhD - Exercise Science/Weight Management
Editors:	Katy E. Magee, MA, Michele Cronen

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