Because the programme is tailor made to you it means the first stage is all about information gathering. In the first coaching session you will be asked a variety of questions about your diet, your lifestyle, your likes and dislikes and so on (often called a dietary history). This will give the coach an over view of the current situation and will highlight the priority areas to be worked on first. You will also be given a 7 day food log to fill in, and a literature pack which will guide you through the programme.
Remember that the SmartShape programme is based around 3 distinct therapies (Exercise therapy, dietary therapy and behavioural therapy). Though the programme is balanced between all three therapies, the initial sessions will be focused on dietary therapy so to get you on the way. The content of these sessions will be based around the analysis of your completed food log and the dietary history (from the first session).
On subsequent sessions the programme will then begin to bring in components of behavioural therapy, and will be of particular benefit to those eating habits which appear most troublesome. You shouldn’t think of the coaching sessions as like lectures, rather the opposite in fact. There is much interaction on your behalf; You have all the answers you need as you are the expert on your diet. My role is simply to make you more aware of the options available to you and to impart on you the skills required to tackle your eating habits, indeed more often than not weight loss is a question of skill power rather than will power.
There is no ‘standard’ programme package. Typically SmartShape involves a combination of dietary consultations and personal training sessions lead over a certain period of time to allow you to reach your goal. e.g. two personal training sessions and one dietary consultation per week on the run up to a wedding. The frequency of sessions per month being made by joint decision between yourself and the coach.
Both dietary and exercise sessions are 1 hour in duration and are conducted at the SmartShape studio in Southport, Merseyside.
To find out more about the programme please contact the programme leader on 07764 255211.
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