Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Do you want to lose weight and keep it off? Now you can! In this comprehensive course, you'll discover how to establish a healthy approach to weight loss and weight maintenance. You'll master how to set and achieve weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals that make sense for you. In this course, you will:

Discuss of the role of food in weight loss and weight maintenance. From understanding food composition, portion sizes, and preparation methods, to meal composition and meal timing.
Discover how to eat out without jeopardizing your weight loss or disappointing your taste buds.
Discuss the basics of planning and preparing meals at home, and uncover tips and tricks for navigating the social elements of eating.
Discuss how to find exercise and activity that's enjoyable and helps you meet your weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals.
Discover how to take exercise to the next level and uncover thought patterns that negatively affect exercise and activity.
Identify ways to overcome the challenges to regular exercise and activity.
Determine the role of hydration in weight loss and explore how to overcome obstacles to good hydration.
See how your thoughts affect your weight and evaluate the role of body image, emotional eating, and more in your own life.
Examine how important sleep is in weight loss, and you'll learn how to get better sleep and cope effectively with sleeplessness.
Probe the effects of stress on the body relative to weight and how to apply stress management techniques for weight loss and weight maintenance.
Determine how other factors that affect weight, like genetics, pregnancy, menopause, aging, and cravings may be affecting your weight loss efforts—and learn practical strategies you can use to minimize their effects.
Determine the differences between weight loss and weight maintenance, and see how to master the obstacles to weight maintenance.

By the end of this course, you'll know how to set appropriate and effective goals for eating, exercise, and many other elements that affect your weight. You'll have the skills you need to lose weight and keep it off for a lifetime!

Courses start Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 16, Mar. 20, Apr. 17, and May 15 and are 6 weeks long.

Lose Weight and Keep It Off

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