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Our curriculum is based on a four-week core concept that
can be taken as four, three, two or one week(s) at a time.
The workshops offered each week of your stay are different
and build on the previous weeks information and discussions.
A stay of two or more weeks is highly recommended. Many
one-week participants have been successful at home, but even
more say they wish they had planned to stay longer after they
begin to experience our program, in order to practice the
new behaviors they have learned.
Note: For information about possible medical
reimbursement for program fees, please see bottom of this
page.
Program Options
Three- & Four-Week Programs: "Building a
Bridge from Your Past to Your Future"
Your best bet for developing new
habits that will stay with you for a lifetime.
Three and four week stays offer the greatest opportunity
for beginning to truly incorporate the Green Mountain approach
into your life, to better achieve long-term weight loss and
improved body image. During your stay, you will experience
the full set of core workshops in nutrition, fitness/exercise
physiology and behavior modification and therapy, as well
as have more opportunity for one-on-one sessions with key
senior staff members. The 4 week program has been evaluated
for its long-term results. A published study showed a success
rate over 20 times greater than other previously published
results from commercial or hospital-based programs.
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Two-Week Program: "The Building Blocks of Success"
Our most popular program for busy
women who want to learn and develop new attitudes and skills
and have a chance to practice them before returning home.
Most women initially choose the two-week program because
it may be a more realistic time commitment for them at the
moment. It offers the opportunity to extend the first week
experience, to build on the insights and accomplishments gained
in the first week at Green Mountain. The additional time in
our safe, supportive environment helps you begin develop the
confidence that only practice allows you to achieve.
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Introductory One-Week Program: "Getting Started"
For women who just can't get away
longer than a week. Many participants have been able to successfully
achieve their goals after just one week at Green Mountain.
This intensive one-week experience introduces you to the
fundamentals of the Green Mountain approach. You'll learn
critical skills and strategies needed for successful health
management that leads to healthy weights, and begin to practice
them. Many women elect to come for the one-week program because
of time restraints, then return to continue with the second,
third and fourth week programs at later dates.
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THREE & FOUR WEEK PROGRAMS
"Building a Bridge from Your Past to Your Future"
Since the founding of Green Mountain almost 35 years ago,
the three and four-week programs have represented the core
curriculum from which all of the other program experiences
have been developed. These programs offer the greatest opportunity
for learning and practicing the Green Mountain approach.
The unique feature of the four-week experience is how the
length of stay allows you time to practice and plan to ensure
a better transition back into your home setting. Unquestionably,
this is the most comprehensive Green Mountain program, featuring
the full set of core workshops in nutrition, fitness/exercise
physiology emotional eating, binge eating and body image.
Developing new levels of confidence and mastering new ways
of approaching healthy weight management, participants begin
to consolidate past success and continue to experiment with
new tools of self-discovery and a variety of physical activity
options.
With a greater opportunity for one-on-one sessions with key
senior staff members, you plan and personalize your program.
More time is available for in-depth discussions and focus
on your high risk and problem situations. With more education,
practice and repetition of new behaviors, your probability
for long-term success is that much greater.
You also enjoy more time to relax and see Vermont as well
as experience the camaraderie of the other women who attend
Green Mountain. By forging new relationships with fellow participants,
you can develop an important support network for the future.
The four-week program has been evaluated for its long-term
results. Published in the peer reviewed scientific literature,
the 5-year success rate of the program was documented in a
study conducted by researchers at Rockefeller University.
It showed a success rate over 20 times greater than other
previously published results from commercial or hospital-based
programs.
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THE TWO-WEEK PROGRAM
"The Building Blocks of Success"
This is the most frequently-chosen program option. It offers
the opportunity to extend the first week experience. For women
with time limitations, it may be a more realistic time commitment
than the three- or four-week program.
The two-week program builds on the accomplishments and successes
you gained in the first week experience. Eating/behavioral
workshops delve further into issues such as dealing with high
risk foods and situations that may trigger overeating, bingeing,
compulsive eating or emotional eating, managing food cravings,
eating in restaurants, and more planning for eating success.
The second week provides additional opportunity for another
one-on-one private session with our nutritionist, where you
direct the discussion of eating or nutrition obstacles and
strategies and solutions for overcoming those obstacles.
The fitness program continues to offer a wide variety of
classes, all of which are taught by our exercise physiologists/fitness
specialists and modified according to your fitness level and
abilities. There is another one-on-one fitness consult in
the second week to plan for the return back home, only adding
to your confidence that this is something 'I CAN do and even
begin to enjoy!'
The behavior program builds on the introductory information
offered in the first week and allows for more time to explore
in greater depth the issues and obstacles that often get in
the way of long-term success. More time is spent discussing
how to improve you relationship with food, how to effectively
manage anger, beliefs and thoughts that may cause bingeing,
emotional eating or compulsive eating, and how to change the
negative self-talk that blocks success, especially in terms
of body acceptance and positive body image.
Because of the additional time, you begin to develop the
confidence that only practice allows you to achieve. You probably
will go out to eat one night at one of the many restaurants
in the area and begin to explore, experiment and begin to
understand how this 'eating can make you thin' approach can
free you from the frustration and fears dieting has imposed
on you. More than ever before, the additional week has you
totally immersed in the positive self-talk that allows you
greater success and feeling great. Unquestionably, the most
preferred and highly complimented program for the busy women
with limited time and big goals for long-term success.
More cooking classes, yoga… and best of all, some time
to reflect, retreat and refocus…
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INTRODUCTORY ONE-WEEK
PROGRAM
"Getting Started"
This intensive one-week experience introduces you to the
fundamentals of a building a long-term weight management and
healthy lifestyle program. You'll learn many of the critical
skills and strategies needed for successful health management
that leads to healthy weights.
During the week, you will begin to understand how dieting
has caused you to gain weight and develop bingeing or emotional
overeating patterns around food. You'll get started with a
fitness program that is safe, comfortable and geared for your
weight, age and physical capabilities. You'll be introduced
to how to create a 'take-home' fitness and exercise program
that is liveable, including resistance training and cardiovascular
(aerobic) fitness. Or, if you're already in shape, you'll
find this week to be a great 'jump start' to get back on track,
or an opportunity to fine-tune your fitness activities to
fit better into your lifestyle. You'll also have the opportunity
to meet one-on-one with our nutritionists and exercise physiologists
for individual guidance.
On the behavioral side, you'll begin to gain insights about
the attitudes and behaviors that lead you to overeating, binge
eating or emotional eating. You will learn basic techniques
to manage these problems and gain a better understanding how
Green Mountain can be part of your continuing success, even
when you're home (see our online resource
links page). Best of all, at the end of the week, you
will feel great and excited about having realistic, practical
and reasonable strategies to successfully achieve your fitness
and health goals.
You'll also learn from cooking classes and if you choose,
enjoy massage therapy, yoga and more…
Many women who elect to come for one week often return to
continue with the second, third and fourth week programs.
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