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Make It Personal (MIP), Adult Weight Management 10 Week Course

Metabolic Assessment Program/Sense Wear®

Make It Personal (MIP)
Adult Weight Management Program

It’s not just about weight loss, it’s about your health.

Who Should Enroll:

Are you tired of dieting?
Are you at least 16 years of age?
Are you ready to take control of your health?
Are you gaining weight around your middle?
Do you want to make healthier choices in your life?
Do you need to lower your cholesterol? Are you concerned about diabetes? Do you want to learn how to combine exercise and nutrition in your life? Do you want to reduce your medications? Do you have orthopedic challenges that make exercise difficult?

MIP is most comprehensive, supportive, and fun program available to help you take control of your weight and health!

MIP Program:

This 10-week program is designed to both educate and motivate participants to lose weight and make healthy lifestyle changes from the first day of class. Participants will learn how to take information from science, nutrition, medicine, and exercise science and make a game plan for themselves. This program is designed for participants to not only lose weight but keep it off!

Participants attend four sessions a week, an hour and a half lecture and three one hour exercise sessions. Two of the exercise sessions take place during the week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and one exercise session is on Saturday morning. Morning and evening times are available for your weekday sessions.

MIP Course Goals:

• Lose and manage weight
• Increase metabolism
• Eliminate abnormal cravings
• Stabilize blood sugar
• Reverse Insulin Resistance Syndrome
• Improve strength and endurance
• Improve cardio-respiratory health
• Improve blood pressure
• Improve blood lipid profiles
• Lower Triglycerides
• Improve HDL
• Decrease LDL

Instructors:

Dr. Madge Zacharias has developed in-depth lectures that combine principles of medicine and exercise science and teach participants how to apply the principles to their life.

Cost:
$695.00 per person. Special couple rate: $1200.00 per couple

To Enroll:

Call (804) 358-1000 to schedule an initial evaluation and orientation session: Review of medical history, record body composition and measurement data, cardio-respiratory endurance testing(subVO2 max), and fitting for exercise equipment. Dress casual and wear exercise shoes. Payment taken and contract completed during evaluation. All major credit cards accepted.

CLICK HERE to read Testimonials from our Adult Weight Management participants.

CLICK HERE for MIP Flyer

CLICK HERE for MIP Lecture Schedule

***REGISTRATION FORMS: CLICK HERE to print off the Registration Forms. Please have all pages completely filled out when you arrive for your orientation.

Note: In addition to the ten week course, program fee includes full membership to the EZ Health Institute facility, all classes, and access to pool during the 10-week course.

***Schedule for Next MIP Course: CLICK HERE

Note: In addition to the ten week course, program fee includes full membership to the EZ Health Institute facility, all classes, and access to pool during the 10-week course.

Weight Management Continuation Program

Once you complete the ten week MIP course, you have the ability of join the MIP Continuation Program. This is where the knowledge you have obtained, along with the plans you have developed become true lifestyle changes; this is where Make It Personal becomes a reality in your life. In addition to the specialized continuation classes and lectures you will have membership to the entire facility and the ability to participate in all of the fitness and aquatic classes. The friends and support you develop with your fellow members as well as the staff are an added and cherished benefit. You will continue the journey of improving your overall health and quality of life while acquiring the ability and personal changes to make long term weight maintenance and optimum health an integral part of your life. Cost is only $65.00 per month for an individual and $95.00 per month for a couple.

New Continuation Calendar starting July 7, 2008

Metabolic Assessment Program/ Sense Wear®

It’s finally here! EZHI brings you the SenseWear Metabolic Assessment Program (MAP). This simple to use but accurate monitoring system will give you invaluable information about your metabolism, your physical activity, and your sleep. The SenseWear Armband can be comfortably worn 24 hours a day. Get detailed information about the calories you burn and the amount of time you spend each day at different levels of activity (from sedentary to high intensity). Finding out about you is all part of Making It Personal!

Program involves:

1. Complete the Registration form for MAP and schedule your Pre Assessment Evaluation.

2. Pre-Assessment Evaluation to include Height, Weight, BMI, %Body Fat, and BP

3. Upon Completion of Pre-Assessment Evaluation you can "Check Out” at EZHI Metabolism Office a SenseWear Body Monitoring System (BMS) Armband.

4. BMS Armband is comfortably worn around the Right Arm over the next three to four day period.

5. During this same time period you will be asked to keep an accurate food journal.

6. Upon "Return" of BMS Armband and Journal to Metabolism Office and Schedule an appointment with Health or Fitness Professional trained on MAP.

7. At follow-up Appointment with Fitness or Health Professional, baseline results will be carefully reviewed with you and your professional will help you set target goals for improvement in metabolism and activity. You will also learn information about your amount of sleep and wake time.

8. You will also receive education on how to daily download your information into your own computer or on a specified EZHI computer over the next 3 weeks.

9. You will then “Check Out” a BMS Armband for approximately 3 weeks. This time your armband will come with a display watch to give you minute by minute feedback as to your calories burned and your activity level. The software includes an easy to use food journal component to integrate with the metabolic information to assist you in reaching specific weight management goals.

This 25 day Assessment and Evaluation is meant to help you learn about your specific metabolism and where improvements may be most beneficial. Find out information about your Resting Metabolism as well as the Exercise/Activity component of your metabolism. This information will help you tailor your training program as well as make adjustments in food/nutrition intake. All results and recommendations will be reviewed by Madge Zacharias, MD, Stephen Beale, or Jim Livesay, Director of Fitness

Cost of 25 Day Trial including the assessment is only $165.00. After the day trial has been completed, you have the option of renting the armband, watch display and access to the MAP/WMS for only $45.00 per week. This allows periodic assessments of your improvement in your overall metabolism. Find out how much time you actually spend in high intensity workout during class. You may be surprised to find out how much your day is spent sedentary. Learning accurate information about your calorie expenditure and activity level can only help you as you strive to win at Making It Personal.

Call ahead to Reserve your armband for the day of your pre-assessment. 358-1000

For information on the technology behind the MAP Click on the link below

Metabolic Assessment Program/ Sense Wear®

EZHI Laboratory

On-site lab work for fasting lipid profile, triglycerides, and blood glucose levels is available (finger stick test). Reports are given at the time of testing.
Lab Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:00am to 9:00am. Please call 358-1000 to schedule an appointment.