Going for the 3 Increases:
Increase in Health,
Increase in Happiness &
Increase in Energy
Who is this Program aimed at?
- People who need to work on improving their relationship with food
- People who need to improve their body image
- People who allow their weight issues interfere in their daily functioning
- People who consistently yoyo Diet
- People who have not made exercise a regular part of their lives
Goals of the Program
- Develop a healthy relationship with food
- Develop a healthy exercise program
- Reduce the strength of triggers for relapse
- Creation of new self-scripts which keep you targeted and reduce stress and anxiety
- Letting go of need for approval and focus on personal health as rationale for new lifestyle
- Improved Body Image
- Reduced compulsive behaviors
Support System in Program (if conducted in your community)
- Peer support of the weekly group meetings
- One to one support outside of meetings with fellow group members
- Support by email during week with program facilitator
- Ongoing communications bulletin board on this website for program
Program Design
- Can be a year long continuing program or can begin with 14 weekly meetings of 1 1/4 hour in length and the decision to continue
- Same: Day of week, hour of day, and location
- Daily Progress Reporting by email to program facilitator
- Weekly homework assignments off of Tools for Balanced Lifestyles and Tools for Coping which are on this website
What is expected during Program?
- Participant will follow a Intuitive Eating Model which is suited to person’s personality, attitudes, temperament, motivation, and lifestyle
- Participant will develop and follow an exercise program which is suited to person’s personality, attitudes, temperament, motivation, and lifestyle
- Participant will participate in group and outside of group support sharing
- Participant will participate in the accountability of daily reporting while in program
Principles of the Balanced Lifestyles Program
- This is a lifestyle change program to modify your relationship with food, exercise and body weight
- This program requires accountability with daily reporting by email
- Success in program is not dependent on how much weight lost but rather on how well you manage to change your lifestyle into the Intuitive Eater Model
- You are not asked to compare your success with others in program
- You are expected to follow Intuitive Eater program which meets your needs
- By end of initial 14 weeks in program you will be fully engaged in a planned program of exercise
- This is a guilt free program, we do not use guilt to motivate your new relationship with food or exercise
- You are only to enter this program because you want to, not to please someone else, or to gain the approval of someone else.
- Do tell others you are involved with this program so that they can assist you to stay on your new programs of relating to food, exercise and weight management
- Set realistic goals for yourself in program
- Be realistic in your expectations of yourself in this program
- You are in this program for yourself, do not try to fix or change anyone else in program
- Keep an open mind to all suggestions offered in program, try to get rid of the “yes…but” knee jerk response to new ideas offered.
- Let go of critical, judgmental, and controlling attitudes so you can hear messages of hope, encouragement and support offered.
Accountability in Program
Daily reporting on level of:
- Honoring Hunger of eating only with hungry
- Honoring Fullness by stopping eating when full
- Experiencing Pleasure & Satisfaction from Eating
- Experiencing Pleasure & Satisfaction from Exercising
- Dealing with Emotional Triggers
Why Accountability?
- Insures your personal commitment
- Identifies patterns or cycles which may be unconscious and not easily self-identified
- Encourages facilitator to identify what is working or not working for you
- Individualizes the program to fit your personal needs
- Encourages personal recommendations which will address your specific concerns
4 Topics to be covered in Weekly Programs
- Part 1: Overcoming Triggers to Relapse
- Part 2: Developing New Relationship to Food
- Part 3: Developing a Healthy Exercise Program
- Part 4: Personal Testimonies and Sharing Time
Personal Testimonies and Sharing
- Sharing success stories from past week or from your current program
- Sharing concerns and issues which have come up over the past week
- Sharing strategies you have found which help keep you on track with Intuitive Eating, exercise etc…
- New ideas, articles, program, you have found which you think all could benefit from
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