8 Week Course Breakdown
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Week 1 |
In Charge, Not In Control Participants will learn how the Eating Cycle can help them identify their weight management challenges and work with them to develop specific strategies to resolve those issues without deprivation or guilt. |
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Week 2 |
Trust Your Gut Instincts Participants will learn to recognize the hunger and satisfaction cues that guide food choices and portion sizes which is the foundation for natural lifelong weight management. Participants will also learn how to utilize a Hunger and Fullness Scale. |
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Week 3 |
It’s Not About the Food Participants will learn how to address non-hunger cues for eating in order to meet their true needs in more productive ways than eating. |
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Week 4 |
Head Hunger Participants will learn specific strategies for reducing and coping with their physical, environmental and emotional triggers for overeating. |
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Week 5 |
Goodbye Guilt Participants will learn strategies to balance eating for health with eating for enjoyment and a powerful exercise to help get rid of guilt over eating their “forbidden foods.” |
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Week 6 |
Mindful Eating Participants will learn to use intention and attention to help them hone their instinctive eating skills through mindful eating. |
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Week 7 |
Just Right Participants will learn specific strategies for eating the perfect amount of food. They will also learn how to use the Eating Cycle to address an overeating episode and decrease the likelihood of recurrence. |
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Week 8 |
Self-Care Buffer Zone Participants will learn the importance and methods for investing energy in the health of the body, mind, heart, and spirit for long term weight management. |