Weight Loss

Choose Optimal Health today, and become a part of the Take Shape For Life Bio-Network and the thriving, vibrant, grassroots movement of Health Coaches, Health Professionals, and Clients who are redefining the path to health and well-being.

Our Health Program

 Take Shape For Life is an entirely new approach to well-being based on creating health, not reacting to illness. Reaching a healthy weight is just the beginning. Through the Habits of Health and the BeSlim lifestyle, our program can help guide you to Optimal Health.

As you work toward Optimal Health, you learn to take charge of your lifestyle and be as healthy as you can be, for as long as you want.

With Take Shape For Life, you'll master the ability to:

• Create health in your life, step-by-step, through nutrition, proper sleep, exercise, and stress management.
•  Transform your world into a supportive environment where healthy habits can grow and thrive.
•  Identify unhealthy patterns and triggers, and use the power of choice to stay true to your health goals.
•  Cultivate the Habits of Health — step-by-step, one day at a time —that can gradually replace the habits that make us ill, overweight, and unhappy.
•  Grow a healthier you, with proven techniques of people who have been successful in maintaining their healthy weight loss for years.

A Unique Health Program

 From weight loss to healthier life

 Take Shape For Life has the answers to the obesity crisis that is sweeping our nation.

Over two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. And 85% of those who lose weight through dieting gain it back—sometimes with added pounds.

Being overweight, sick, and tired is expensive. And the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer related to obesity is all too real. Missed work, doctor visits, high-priced prescriptions, and lost opportunities are keeping too many Americans in a vicious circle.

Our Program

 Take Shape For Life is not a short-term solution for obesity or a quick-fix diet. It is a thoughtful, doctor-developed, long-term program for healthier living, and reaching a healthy weight is just the first step.

Your personal Health Coach will teach you how to live the BeSlim® lifestyle and guide you as you learn the habits and techniques you will need to support lasting change and improved health.

Habits that create health

Take Shape For Life starts with healthy weight loss using Medifast Meals and the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan®. But that's just the beginning. Our Health Coaches guide their Clients along the path to Optimal Health with the Habits of Health—small, simple changes that, when repeated day after day, can create a future of better health, lowered disease risk, and overall increased well-being.

The health care system that isn't

"Our current health care system is not about health, it's not caring, and it's not a system," explains one Take Shape For Life Health Professional Health Coach.

Today's doctors are wrapped up in the red tape of managed care, and they can do little for the obese patient who's stuck in unhealthy habits and getting sicker. Too many doctors are trained and paid to react to disease and prescribe medications, not to create health and prevent illness from happening in the first place.

The Habits of Health focus on the building blocks of good health—proper nutrition, adequate sleep, regular exercise, and stress reduction—freeing you from an inevitable downward spiral of failing health, more prescriptions, and, even more important, the false notion that a better life isn't possible.

Improving your health through nutrition

When you begin the program, your Health Coach will help you get started on the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan. The five Medifast Meals you need each day are low in calories, have a low glycemic index, and are scientifically formulated with an optimal balance of protein, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.

Medifast Meals are designed to help you lose weight quickly and safely while feeling full and satisfied and getting all the nutrition your body needs.

The ultimate goal is to reach a healthy BMI, as it will cut the risk for dangerous diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. You'll also free yourself from the stress and exhaustion of chronic, preventable bad health. You may even save money: As you get to a healthy weight, your doctor may be able to cut back or eliminate some of your medications.

One-on-one support

A Health Coach is a caring, knowledgeable consultant who works with you, one-on-one, along your journey to Optimal Health. It begins with making a choice to get healthy and then setting your goals. Your Health Coach will be there each step of the way, providing guidance and support as you approach your weight-loss goal and learn the Habits of Health.

The Habits of Health are the keys to healthy weight maintenance and long-term health.

Discovering the Habits of Health

A major key to healthy long-term lifestyle change is a thorough understanding and implementation of the Habits of Health. These habits are small daily choices that help you lower your risk of returning to unhealthy habits once you have reached your weight-loss goals.

Your Health Coach will show you the tools you need and guide you as you learn the Habits of Health and move down the path toward Optimal Health.

The Habits of Health System, beginning with Dr. A's Habits of Health, is your guide to these lifestyle changes. This comprehensive book, along with its companion guide, Living a Longer Healthier Life, will help you incorporate what you've learned into your daily life.

Your Take Shape For Life Health Coach:

• Provides you with FREE one-on-one coaching
• Has access to products, programs, and support to help you restore your health and well-being, and to teach you healthy habits for life
• Benefits from training and support from a strong, well-financed company