First Health Associates - Alternative In Arlington Heights; IL; USA

Posted on 2009-03-27 18:21:15

Whether or not you’re a fan of the Reality TV series Biggest Loser, nearly all of us have heard of the show. I managed to avoid it for the first 6 full seasons but have recently become intrigued. What interests me isn’t the massive weight loss numbers participants put up, but the fact that they become so committed and excited about changing the way they live their lives.

Weight loss secondary to lifestyle changes is important to us as a clinic since losing (and maintaining) weight is a key component in the prevention of heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, and even cancer. A healthy weight also becomes important for preventing the stress on the knees and back that can lead to degenerative joint disease and osteoarthritis.

Our interest in long lasting lifestyle changes has led to the development of our own program titled “The Largest Loser Fitness Challenge".” Again, the goal of the program is centered on losing weight and keeping it off, but unlike dieting our focus is on making lifestyle changes that you can maintain for the rest of your life.

Our program includes:

· Initial Medical Exam and Blood Work
.Initial Behavioral and Lifestyle Therapy session
· Consultations with Dietitian
· Personal Training
· Weekly Nutrition classes and group exercise
· Dietary Supplement Recommendations (optional)

To make the program fun, exciting, and challenging, we will be taking a group of participants who will be competing for various prizes. Prizes are yet to be determined but the overall winner can expect a substantial reward for their efforts.

Please chime in with any questions, thoughts, or recommendations about this program. We are very excited to kick it off and can’t wait to see some big HEALTH numbers.

Tom Jordan, RD, LDN

Dr. J said:

Our first program is underway. While we're sweating a little bit behind-the-scenes (working our scheduling and paperwork kinks out), the participants (including me and Dr. Paul) are VERY excited. I think our overall enthusiasm is similar to what I saw on the show. It's really cool to see everybody out there together!

2009-06-01 16:20:12

Dr. J said:

2009-06-01 16:20:29

Paul-Yellow Team said:

I worked out at 8am. I hated it while I was going through it (I thought I had more stamina). Tom works you hard. He didn't seem to care when I told him I was old!! Somehow, by the grace of God I made it. It's now 9 hours later and I feel really good (go figure). While I can't yet say "I can't wait til the next workout" or "Bring it on, I can take it", I can say today I ate well, exercised hard. I think we all have a good chance of surviving. In fact if we take it one day at a time and put 84 days together there's no doubt that we can get in shape and more importantly get healthy.

2009-06-01 18:01:01