Our logo is not just a cute icon.  It signifies the professional support given to all our program participants.  They have you their physician, a dietitian, a mental health professional and their health coach who walks them through the whole twelve months.  We want them to be educated and maximally supported in their goals to come as close to ensuring their success as possible.

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Whereas most other weight management discussions happen either in a clinical setting or on zoom, we work directly with the client in their worlds: grocery shopping with them where they normally shop, cooking with them in a community kitchen, and walking with them for exercise while having coaching conversations.

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This comprehensive and multi-faceted hands-on approach is designed to educate and deliver lasting behavioural change that actually empowers the client; not leaving them bewildered as many new programs/diets do. By addressing psychological, behavioural, nutritional and physical activity factors over a long period of time, Hands-On Weight Management offers a highly effective support system that will deliver sustainable weight loss.

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Clients are working one-on-one with a coach learning a new way of living over time. They have individual assessments, nutritional education and follow-ups with the dietitian.  They learn how to grocery shop in a more health conscious way and how to cook these high-protein, high-fibre meals. They have accountability in getting exercise by meeting the coach/partner for their walks. Participants are working out root causes and relief in therapy.  Clients are getting emotional support from the coach and social support from other program participants as they are developing new habits and mindsets.

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By coming up with their own goals and envisioning their futures differently in coaching conversations, clients discover their own intrinsic motivations and how to achieve them. Self-determination theory and intentional change theory are the basis for this coaching. The client gains autonomy in the process and no longer feels like life is happening to them, but they start to take control of their own lives. They gain competency in how to live healthier lives and become more connected to a community of others who are on the same journey.

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We are not focused on the numbers on the scale, but laser-focused on the mindset and lifestyle changes that will produce the long-term results that are being sought. That does not mean that we aren’t measuring progress though - we expect for clients to have monthly check-ins with you to monitor it, and our coaches are able attend these check-ins if desired by you and the patient.

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We collaborate with you- the referring health care practitioner, as well as a dietitian for a tailor-made meal plan to meet their specific dietary needs. Their therapist is working out trauma and other root causes and being their emotional support.  We are here to be hands-on with your patients in the way you would want to be with them, but you just can’t, given the time restraints of your practice.

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