Designing Your Personal Weight Loss Plan
Learn to create a safe, effective weight loss program with evidence-based strategies for healthy adults.
Learn to create a safe, effective weight loss program with evidence-based strategies for healthy adults.
This course guides learners through creating an individualized weight loss program based on evidence-based strategies. Designed for healthy adults without chronic diseases, it covers goal-setting, nutrition planning, exercise, and behavioral strategies for sustainable weight loss. Learn to set realistic goals, plan balanced meals, develop exercise routines, and overcome common weight loss challenges. The course emphasizes safe, gradual weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week and provides tools for long-term success.
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What you'll learn
Set a realistic goal weight and create a specific plan for achieving it
Develop a personalized exercise routine with specific frequency, duration, and intensity
Understand calorie needs and balanced nutrition for weight loss
Create strategies for grocery shopping, eating out, and managing social occasions
Identify and manage triggers that can derail weight loss efforts
Develop a plan for monitoring food intake, exercise, and weight loss progress
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
97 Minutes PreRecorded video
1 quiz
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive framework for designing a personal weight loss plan. Over five weeks, learners will explore key aspects of successful weight management. The curriculum covers setting realistic weight loss goals, creating an exercise plan, understanding nutrition basics, planning healthy meals, and developing strategies for eating out. Participants will learn to identify and manage triggers that can derail weight loss efforts, and develop skills for long-term weight maintenance. The course emphasizes evidence-based approaches and practical strategies that can be tailored to individual needs and lifestyles.
Setting Goals and Exercise Plans
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Nutrition and Grocery Shopping
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Eating Out and Self-Monitoring
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
Managing Triggers and Reviewing Goals
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Maintaining Weight Loss
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Senior Instructor and Director of Bachelors/Masters Education
Mary Beth Kavanagh is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Nutrition at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, where she also directs the Bachelor's/Master's Education program. Additionally, she holds secondary appointments in the Case School of Dental Medicine and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Since joining the Department of Nutrition in 2000, she has taught undergraduate and graduate Nutrition majors, as well as Nutrition for Dentistry to third-year dental students and Applied Nutrition for undergraduate nursing students.
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