To earn this award, complete and check off each requirement: 1. Check your eating habits. 2. Check your physical fitness. 3. Do for God’s glory. Service Opportunity _____________________________

1. Check your eating habits. (do all)
Chart your eating patterns.
On the chart, write down everything you eat for one week.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Supper	Snacks
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7

Evaluate your eating.
Compare what you ate with the five basic food groups.

Food Guide
A Guide to Daily Food Choices

Fats, Oils and Sweets* Use Sparingly

Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese Group 2-3 Servings

Vegetable Group 3-5 Servings

Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs and Nuts Group 2-3 Servings

Fruit Group 2-4 Servings

Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group 6-11 Servings

*Fat and added sugars come mostly from fats, oils, and sweets. But they can be part of or added to foods from the other food groups, too.

(Developed by the USDA, Human Nutrition Information Service.)

Days I ate the recommended servings of the five basic food groups:

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Foods and beverages I had for snacks:

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Meals I skipped:

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Foods I think I ate too little of:

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Foods I think I ate too much of:

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Plan for healthy eating.
Discuss with your group or family what you could do to improve your eating habits (make nutritious snacks, not skip breakfast, cut down on certain foods). Write your plan down, and follow it for one week.

My plan is:
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I followed my plan the week of:

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2. Check your physical fitness. (do all)
Test.
Use the Presidential Physical Fitness Award (U.S.)* or the Canada Fitness Award* to check your physical fitness. Record your results.

Events
Standards for my age
My first score
My final score

Exercise.
Set up your own exercise program based on the three areas in which you scored the lowest on the test. Or choose an activity such as jogging, swimming, biking, walking, or aerobics. Do your program at least three times a week, 20 minutes at a time, for two weeks.

My exercise program:

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I exercised on:	______________________	______________________
	______________________	______________________
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Retest.
Take the fitness test again after your two weeks of exercise, and record the new results on the chart. Compare these results with your first test. List at least two things to do to maintain or improve your physical fitness.

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3. Do for God’s glory.
Read and think about 1 Corinthians 10:31. What’s the guiding principle for any activity given in this verse?

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How can you do this?

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*For certificates and more information, write to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Washington, DC 20001, or Fitness Canada, Journal Tower South, Tenth Floor, 365 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0X6.

Service Opportunity
For a week, talk a walk or exercise with an elderly or handicapped person.


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