Lean Six Sigma Black BeltProject Certification

Body Toning

Lisa LeDate 09/23/2013-11/23/2013

Upon Completion, please submit to torourke@nhsocal.com

Executive Summary

Project Wins!

I able to lose 10 lbs

My cloth is less tight, thus I feel more comfortable in wearing suits.

My dress size reduces from size 6 to size 4

DMAIC Approach

I drew a map of my daily activity and kept diary of calorie intake

Notice too much snack, lack of activity and movement, thus stop eating snack and incorporate more activity

Context Body toning is important to me because I need to

feel comfortable in suit, which in turn will make me comfortable during interview appointment.

Project TimingStart Date: 09/23/2013

End Date: 11/23/2013

Define

Business CaseThe extra weight makes it harder to fit into cloth, thus feel uncomfortable in

office clothing or tight clothing.

Problem StatementThe current weight is 122 lbs; it needs to be less than 120 lbs.

Goal Statement Decreasing calorie intake and increasing physical activity to reach the ideal

weight of 112 lbs.

Project Charter Template

Problem Statement:

I tried on the interview suit and realized that I could not fit into my interview suit; I could not button the pant because my waist was too big and jacket was too tight for my body

Goal Statement:

need to lose 10 pounds

Tone my body so that I can walk straight with confident

Eat right amount and with right nutrients

Need to fit into office clothing again, especially the interview suits

Business Case & Benefits:

If I can fit into the interview suit nicely, I will be more comfortable during interview and will get more chance to get a job. My body will tone up and in a better healthier shape.

Scope In/Out:

In Scope: Weigh myself weekly and record data, make a daily list of food intake, exercise schedule.

Out of Scope: encourage the whole family to go to gym, new cloth, cook healthy meal for whole family, test for cholesterol & blood sugar

Timeline:

Define SEPT 23thMeasure SEPT 24thAnalyze SEPT 25thImprove SEPT 26thControl NOV 26th

Team Members:

Voice of Customer:

My cloth is too tight which makes me self conscious and uncomfortable during interview.

My body is out of shape which makes me appeared to be not in control of my life, my technical knowledge.

My body does not endure stress and enxiety as well as before

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My Weight Baseline Measure Chart

Measure

• Monthly weight was recorded using a scale at home.•A map of daily activities as well as amount of meals and snacks intake were recorded also.• Number of meals was cut down from 7 to 5 during Octobor, 2013 while the hours of walking and exercising were kept constant.

Map of daily activities

Phu LeWalk dog 15 mins Wake

up

7

Eat breakfast

School

Eat lunch

Volunteer work & eat 3 snack meals

Walk dog 15 mins

Dinner

Go to sleep

Eat 4 snack meals

Analyze

• Daily activity map shows to much calorie intake from snack and meal time. As a result, number of meals was decrease from five to three, and snacks were eliminated.

• At the same time, number of physical activity was increased to max, which included one hour of weight training at gym and thirty minutes of walking.

My Progress Chart

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1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week 4rd Week

Clothing Size

Hrs @ Gym

Hrs Walk

# of Meal

October, 2013

Improve

Baseline weight and dress size were captured right before entering the improvement phase, not by calculating average weight and average size.

This is a short term project; as a result, the difference between baseline data and improvement data is very minimal.

With consistent high daily activity and moderate calorie intake, my dress size was the same at the first two weeks; however, it dropped by a zero point five increment at the next two week. In other words, my dress size was at size six at week one and two; it then decreased to size 5 and size 4 at week three and week four.

Improvement Data Chart

Weight (lb) 122 112Dress Size 6 4

Control

• In order to consistently incorporate exercise into my daily activities, I schedule myself to have at least two or three days at the gym. Right after work, I would drive directly to gym to do weight training; this way, I will not have any excuse or any opportunity to be lazy and skip the gym.

• I also eat brown rice instead of white rice to get more fiber into my diet; brown rice with high fiber content will help keep the feeling of being full longer. At the same time, fiber will pull out bad cholesterol. In other words, brown rice will help keep my weight down.

• I also use vegetables such as carrot, broccoli, green bean as snack instead of chip with a hope of eating less snack. And at the same time, the vegetables will provide more nutrients into my diet.