Being overweight (20 percent over normal weight guidelines for your frame and height) can increase your risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and other medical problems. Being obese (more than 30 percent above healthy body weight) doubles the risk for Cardiovascular Disease.

If you're overweight, it's important to develop a weight-reduction plan with a trained expert. Studies show that "diets" don't work; controlling what you eat is only part of the challenge. To take the weight off (and keep it off), you need to make permanent lifestyle changes.

By exercising daily and eating healthy foods, you can maintain long-term weight loss. The key to daily exercise for weight management is increasing the total time you spend being active during the day to at least 30 minutes and making this a permanent part of your life.

Attitude is the most important factor. To achieve long-term weight loss, you must be willing to make permanent behavioral changes.

Nutrition Education

Here at the Wellness Center a registered dietitian can help you develop a weight loss plan, including a sensible diet and exercise regimen to achieve a healthy weight. While these changes take time, the dietitian can develop a gradual plan for changing food-intake patterns.

Synergy & bodybugg®
New Weight Loss Package!

Includes:

• Personal bodybugg® device for real-time calorie management!
• 6 month subscription to MyApex.com.
• Eight personalized sessions with a Registered Dietitian.
• Pre and post measurements to measure your progress.
• Pre and post biospace scans

Payment plans are available for Synergy Members.

bodybugg® takes the guesswork out of weight loss. It monitors calorie expenditure & consumption using the most sophisticated consumer body monitoring capabilities available on the market today. You always know when you need to move more or eat less.

Learn more about bodybugg®

For prices or to schedule an appointment call Synergy at 251-1395.

NEW MEASURES
Integrative Weight Management Program
Sign up now for New Measures 9-week program starting Sept 13.

Weight loss woes? Don’t go it alone. With New Measures, you’ve got a team of experts on your side.

Flyer in PDF format for printing

This nine-week weight management program brings the expertise of a dietitian, nurse, fitness trainer and wellness coach to your quest for a healthier, leaner you. Through lectures and activity sessions, learn to improve your diet, enhance your exercise program, manage stress and gain motivation. Get the tools needed for better choices and lasting results!

Where:
Synergy Medical Fitness Center(2nd floor),
located inside QVMC, Wellness Center,
3421 Villa Lane, Napa

When:
Mondays 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Begins Monday, September 13, 2010
Ends Monday, November 8th
(9 Week Group Class)

COST:
Synergy Medical Fitness Center Members: $225
Non-Synergy Members: $265

For more information or to sign up please call 707-251-1395

For more information about any of our Wellness Center programs, e-mail us at wellnesscenter@stjoe.org