Tools for a Balanced Lifestyle Strategies for Success in Weight Management Going for the 3 Increases

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Tools for a Balanced LifestyleStrategies for
Success in Weight Management Going for the 3
Increases Increase in Health, Increase in
Happiness Increase in Energy

• Description of Program
• Jim Messina, Ph.D.
• Life Strategist
• Program Facilitator

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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

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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

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Support System in Program

• Peer support of the weekly group meetings
• One to one support outside of meetings with
  fellow group members
• Support by email, fax or phone during week with
  program facilitator
• Ongoing communications bulletin board on website
  for program at www.coping.org

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Program Design

• 14 weekly meetings of 1 1/4 hour in length
• Wednesdays at 515 -630 pm in Clearwater
• Daily Progress Reporting by fax [phone] or
  email (jjmess_at_tampabay.rr.com) to program
  facilitator
• Weekly homework assignments off of www.coping.org
  Tools for Balanced Lifestyles and Tools for Coping

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What is expected during Program

• Participant will follow a Intuitive Eating Model
  which is suited to persons personality,
  attitudes, temperament, motivation, and lifestyle
• Participant will develop and follow an exercise
  program which is suited to persons 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

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Principles of the Balanced Lifestyles Program

• 1. This is a lifestyle change program to modify
  your relationship with food, exercise and body
  weight
• 2. This program requires accountability with
  daily reporting by email or fax
• 3. 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

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Principles

• 4. You are not asked to compare your success with
  others in program
• 5. You are expected to follow Intuitive Eater
  program which meets your needs
• 6. By end of 14 week program you will be fully
  engaged in a planned program of exercise
• 7. This is a guilt free program, we do not use
  guilt to motivate your new relationship with food
  or exercise

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Principles

• 8. You are only to enter this program because you
  want to, not to please someone else, or to gain
  the approval of someone else.
• 9. 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
• 10. Set realistic goals for yourself in program
• 11. Be realistic in your expectations of yourself
  in this program

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Principles

• 12. You are in this program for yourself, do not
  try to fix or change anyone else in program
• 13. Keep an open mind to all suggestions offered
  in program, try to get rid of the yesbut knee
  jerk response to new ideas offered.
• 14. Let go of critical, judgmental, and
  controlling attitudes so you can hear messages of
  hope, encouragement and support offered.

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Accountability in Program

• Daily Fax [phone] or Email
  jjmess_at_tampabay.rr.com
• 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

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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

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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

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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