Table 1.
Clinic Topics
Weight Loss (FTF) Phase |
Lesson Title | Focus | |
Intro | Program Introduction: Intro to diet, meeting format, group members |
Diet/Exercise/Behavior | |
1 | Diet Review and Benefits of Exercise | Diet/Exercise | |
2 | Goal Setting, Realistic Weight Loss Goals, Personal Reasons for Weight Loss and setting goals for Exercise |
Behavior | |
3 | Increasing Fruits and Vegetables/Benefits of Fiber |
Diet | |
4 | Exercise 101 (clothing, distractions, adverse weather, etc.) |
Exercise | |
5 | Self-Monitoring of diet and exercise behaviors | Diet/Exercise | |
6 | Know Your Health Numbers (effects of nutrient dense diet and PA on metabolic risk factors) |
Diet/Exercise | |
7 | Reading Food Labels – Your Tool to Healthy Eating |
Diet | |
8 | Warm-up/Cool-down and Injury prevention | Exercise | |
9 | Making Exercise Part of Your Routine (i.e., planning, adherence, and coping with sore muscles) |
Exercise | |
10 | F.I.T (Frequency, Intensity, and Duration) | Exercise | |
11 | Healthy cooking and Meal Planning | Diet | |
12 | Personal Plan (maintenance calories and approved entrees) |
Diet | |
Weight regain prevention
Month 0-3 (FTF) |
13 | Review of Program Goals/Objectives Exercise Adherence (importance of attendance and coping with life events) |
Behavior/Exercise |
14 | Intuitive eating | Diet/Behavior | |
15 | Grocery Shopping | Diet | |
16 | Portion distortion | Diet | |
17 | Maintaining motivation for diet and exercise | Diet/exercise | |
18 | Exercising on vacation | Exercise | |
19 | Environmental Control | Behavior | |
20 | Eating on the Go / Hidden calories | Diet | |
21 | Resistance Training | Exercise | |
22 | Emotional Eating | Diet/Behavior | |
23 | Energy Density | Diet | |
24 | Circuit Training (With demo) | Exercise | |
Weight regain prevention Month 3-12
(Phone) |
26 | Doing exercise on your own | Exercise |
28 | Social Relationships and Social Situations | Behavior | |
30 | Benefits of Exercise (i.e., general physiology and diseases) |
Exercise | |
32 | Mental Traps, Cognitive Attributions & Reframing |
Behavior | |
34 | Myth Busters- Exercise | Exercise | |
36 | Coping with Cravings &Stress Related Eating (Urge surfing) |
Diet/Behavior | |
38 | Increasing Lifestyle Activities and Decreasing Sedentary Time |
Exercise | |
40 | Mindful Eating | Diet | |
42 | Myth Busters - Diet and fad diets | Diet | |
44 | Exercise Variety | Exercise | |
46 | Evidence Based Advice on Eating for Long-term Weight Control |
Diet/Behavior | |
48 | Healthy Breakfast Tips/ Picking Healthy Snacks | Diet | |
50 | Energy expenditure and metabolism | Exercise | |
52 | Psychosocial Barriers to Weight Maintenance & Self and Body Image |
Behavior | |
54 | Accountability and Self-Monitoring Revisited - Looking towards the future |
Behavior | |
56 | Meal Planning Revisited | Diet | |
58 | Successful Weight Management Tips & Strategies/Relapse Prevention Revisited | Diet/Exercise/Behavior | |
60 | Reflecting and Re-Motivating and Reassessing Goals | Behavior |