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We teach 25 different classes in a 6 month repeating cycle.

All classes are included in the $60 office visit charge.

Our lifestyle classes will lay the foundation for lifelong weight management!!

Drug therapy alone will not guarantee long-term success but must be coupled with a sensible nutrition and exercise program. We do not teach our clients to diet because DIETS DON'T WORK. Rather than dieting, we will teach you simple lifestyle changes that you can use everyday for the rest of you life. Without proper lifestyle changes, you risk regaining all your weight back. With your weight loss comes a responsibility to maintain it by eating right and exercising. The choice is yours. Choose the long-term solution and not the short term quick fix. Come to class and

CHOOSE TO SUCCEED!!

Our exercise classes are very basic beginning exercise class designed to be a starting point. To help encourage, physical activities in a fun environment.

One on One Personal training program is available
by appointment with Kris Hankins.

Come try our Yoga classes! It's Great!
Come and Join the Fun!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

11:00pm - 11:45pm
Exercise Class

12:00am - 12:45am
Yoga Class

5:45 - 6:15pm
Exercise Class

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Lifestyle Class

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Exercise Class

5:45pm - 6:15pm
Exercise Class

6:15pm - 7:00pm
Lifestyle Class

8:00am - 8:45am
Exercise Class

11:00 - 11:45am
Lifestyle Class

Every Second Saturday
of the month.

Lifestyle Classes

Jan 19 & 21	Nutrition	Cooking Quick & Lite Low-fat cooking, modifying recipes to reduce fat and calories. Learn quick alternatives to fast food meals. Prepare low-fat snacks.
Jan 26 &28	Psychology	Personal Responsibility Recognize the relationship among personal responsibility, control, and empowerment and how they relate to weight management. Recognize how assertiveness and time management are related to weight management.
Feb 2 & 4	Exercise	Balancing Energy Identify the different factors that affect energy metabolism. Understand how caloric in take and energy expenditure affect energy balance and weight control. Estimate energy expended during daily physical activities.
Feb 9, 11 & 13	Nutrition	Knowing Nutrients Understanding nutrients and how they benefit our health, having a well-balanced diet.
Feb 16 &18	Psychology	Making Changes Realize it is your choice to make lifestyle changes. Set your own goals. Understand the power of rewards. Learn how to cope with lapses and prevent them from becoming relapses.
Feb 23 & 25	Exercise	Playing for Good Health “Playing” at leisure activities which support weight management efforts. Learn to play, choosing a health club or fitness facility, identifying activity resources.
Mar 2 & 4	Nutrition	Relating to Food Recognize compulsive eating behavior, managing food without it managing you. Learn to eat when hungry.
Mar 9, 11 & 13	Nutrition	Eating Out Distinguish between “necessity” and “special occasion” eating out. Selecting the best meal choice for you.
Mar 16 & 18	Nutrition	Planning Meals Develop a list of preferred meals. Identify ways to assure that the meals are low fat and well balanced. Plan a seven-day meal plan and shopping list.
Mar 23 & 25	Exercise	Getting Active Recognize how exercise can help you mange your weight. Learn how walking can help you achieve benefits. Learn how to fit more activity into daily routine.
Mar 30 Apr 1	Psychology	Embracing Change \|Identify and eliminate high-risk circumstances for inappropriate eating. Understand the importance of engaging other family members in healthy eating.
Apr 6, 8 & 10	Psychology	Asserting Yourself Understand the role assertive behavior plays in weight management. Identify common behavioral styles in yourself and others.
Apr 13 & 15	Nutrition	Cooking Quick & Lite Low-fat cooking, modifying recipes to reduce fat and calories. Learn quick alternatives to fast food meals. Prepare low-fat snacks.
Apr 20 & 22	Psychology	Building Confidence Learn how to accept complements. See your progress.
Apr 27 & 29	Nutrition	What is a FAT? A special class that will discuss what is fat and the characteristics that fats have.
May 4 & 6	Psychology	Solving Problems Identify possible causes for not translating knowledge into healthy behaviors. Assess the degree to which you are experiencing problems of “feeling stuck.”
May 11, 13 & 15	Exercise	Staying Active Identify your personal obstacles to becoming and staying more physically active. Understand how exercise helps keep people “young.”
May 18 & 20	Nutrition	Eating Out Distinguish between "necessity" and "special occasion" eating out. Selecting the best meal choice for you.
May 25 & 27	Nutrition	Special Occasion Survival Recognize that holidays and special occasions require reevaluation of short-term goals. Identify tools you will use during festive times to meet your goals. Modify holiday recipes.
June 1 & 3	Psychology	Managing Stress Identify sources and symptoms of stress, how to avoid the negative impact of stress. Develop a stress management plan.
June 8, 10 & 12	Nutrients	Knowing Nutrients Understanding nutrients and how they benefit our health, having a well-balanced diet.
June 15 & 17	Exercise	Achieving Balance Recognize the importance of achieving balanced productivity in your life. Understand the importance of a balanced lifestyle to successful weight management efforts. Balancing work, relationships, and self-care.
June 22 & 24	Psychology	Setting Goals Learn to establish a contract for behavior change within a specified time frame. Identify the importance of long and short-term goals.
June 29 July 1	Psychology	Rational Thinking Knowing how emotions influence behaviors. Knowing if thoughts are rational or irrational. Recognize self-defeating thoughts. Learn how thoughts and behaviors influence your success.
July 6, 8 & 10	Psychology	Knowing the Truth Understand that many factors can contribute to obesity. Recognize weight control misinformation and unscrupulous advertising practices.
July 13 & 15	Psychology	Change Your Eating and Activity Style Distinguish between in appropriate and appropriate eating. Identify your personal eating style. Determine how and why aspects of your eating style are inappropriate. Change inappropriate eating styles into appropriate eating styles.
July 20 & 22	Exercise	Balanced Fitness Define the 3 major components of a balanced fitness program. Understand the role of strength building activities. Plan a cross training schedule to achieve balanced fitness.
July 27 & 29	Psychology	Journaling Discover how journaling can reduce stress, focus your thinking and lead to deeper self-awareness and better health.
Aug 3 & 5	Nutrition	Shopping Smart Use smart shopping skills like making lists and purchasing more fresh than processed foods to minimize the purchase of high-fat high-calorie foods. Learn to read nutrition labels.
Aug 10, 12 & 14	Psychology	Managing Cues Identify personal triggers for eating and physical inactivity. Distinguish between physical and psychological hunger. Modify cues associated with eating and physical inactivity.
Aug 17 & 19	Nutrition	Eating Out Distinguish between “necessity” and “special occasion” eating out. Selecting the best meal choice for you.
Aug 24 & 26	Psychology	Time Management Use time management as a stress control tool. Learn to identify and work on high priority tasks first. Simplify your life.
Aug 31 & Sept 2	Psychology	Enhance Self-esteem Understand the dynamics of self-esteem. Practice “esteeming.” Recognize the relationship between self-talk, self-estimate, and self-esteem.
Sept 7, 9 & 11	Nutrition	Planning Meals Develop a list of preferred meals. Identify ways to assure that the meals are low fat and well balanced. Plan a seven-day meal plan and shopping list.
Sept 14 & 16	Exercise	Getting Active Recognize how exercise can help you mange your weight. Learn how walking can help you achieve benefits. Learn how to fit more activity into daily routine.
Sept 21 & 23	Nutrition	A Matter of Taste Recognize personal values attached to food. Reconstruct thoughts about food being either “good” or “bad” for health.
Sept 28 & 30	Exercise	Getting Active 2 Recognize the benefits of physical activity related to weight management, chronic disease, and general well being. Use swimming and cycling to expand physical activity.
Oct 5, 7 & 9	Psychology	Embracing Change Identify the positive and negative aspects of achieving an appropriate weight. Set a goal and develop a plan for a lifestyle change. Recognize empowerment as both an enabling process and a by-product of change.
Oct 12 & 14	Exercise	Women’s Fitness Celebration Walk. Come join our team!
Oct 19 & 21	Nutrition	Traveler’s Guide to Healthy Eating and Activity Understand how to plan ahead for meals when away from home. Identify ways to become more active when traveling and how to implement them. Select appropriate meals in unfamiliar circumstances.
Oct 26 & 28	Exercise	Accumulating Activity Identify ways to be more physically active at work and at home. Identify barriers and supports for physical activity. Plan ways to make time for activity.
Nov 2 & 4	Psychology	Personal History Learn to recognize how one’s personal history repeats itself in current life patterns related to weight management. Identify family meal patterns from childhood that are reflected in current eating patterns.
Nov 9, 11 & 13	Psychology	Lifestyle Change Process Expand your view of what is involved with the decision to lose weight and successfully manage it. Understand the differences between the words “commitment” and “goal.”
Nov 16 & 18	Psychology	Personal Responsibility Recognize the relationship among personal responsibility, control, and empowerment and how they relate to weight management. Recognize how assertiveness and time management are related to weight management.
Nov 23 & 25	Psychology	Building Confidence Learn how to accept complements. See your progress.
Nov 30 & Dec 2	Exercise	Staying Active Identify your personal obstacles to becoming and staying more physically active. Understand how exercise helps keep people “young.”
Dec 7, 9 & 11	Psychology	Change Your Eating and Activity Style Distinguish between in appropriate and appropriate eating. Identify your personal eating style. Determine how and why aspects of your eating style are inappropriate. Change inappropriate eating styles into appropriate eating styles.
Dec 14 & 16	Nutrition	Special Occasion Survival Recognize that holidays and special occasions require reevaluation of short-term goals. Identify tools you will use during festive times to meet your goals. Modify holiday recipes.
Dec 21 & 23	Psychology	Setting Goals Learn to establish a contract for behavior change within a specified time frame. Identify the importance of long and short-term goals.

		No classes the week of Christmas and New Years.