Stop Obsessing, Start Possessing: Making Food Your Ally
Stop Obsessing, Start Possessing:
Making Food Your Ally
Weight Watchers? Atkins? South Beach? Jenny Craig?
Don’t like the rigid structure of diets but don’t know how to eat without restrictions?
Seeing a therapist over your eating habits and would like nutritional support for your moods?
Always trying to be “good” with your food choices yet find your willpower always seems to disappear when life gets chaotic?
Heal your relationship with food – it is not your foe.
Join Health Coach Ali Shapiro for a 10-week group program designed to:
- Detox your body for spring to feel refreshed
- Discover new food and which ones work for you so you can eat intuitively
- Learn to prepare tasty, easy, healthy meals in under 20 minutes
- Understand the food/mood connection and your cravings to bring your mood and hunger in balance
Where:
Eviama Spa
262 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Feb 2, - April 13 (note: no session March 2)
5:30-7:00 p.m.
The life-changing program includes the following so you are fully supported during this transformational process:
- Goal Setting so you’ll be glowing by spring
- Hand-outs to keep you organized and well-educated
- Access to Ali’s Lounge & Learn tele-class series to get you up to speed on the most current medical information for weight-loss and healing your health challenges
- Online community board to keep you motivated in-between sessions
- Simple and short recipes to help boost your health and weight-loss
- Group support to keep you accountable and connecting with like-minded community
Investment: $599 per person (check and credit-card accepted). Come with a friend, and you both save $50. Please RSVP to Ali at ali@alishapiro.com or 215.279.7491 by January 5th as space is limited and will fill up quickly. The first 3 people to sign-up save $100. Your spot is secured once payment is received.
10-week program details:
Week 1. Ending Your Dieting Drama
- Analyzing popular diets – what works, what doesn’t and why they make our bodies crazy
- How to eat intuitively with flexibility and fun versus a rigid plan
- Super foods to jump-start your metabolism and body
Week 2 and 3. Eat Whole, Be Whole
- Crash Course in Whole Foods
- How to eat whole foods on a budget
- Quick and easy ways to incorporate whole foods into your life
Week 4. The Joy of Cooking (in 20 minutes or less)
- How to easily and affordably organize your kitchen for quick and delicious cooking
- The must have grocery staples for the time-crunched cook
- Time saving cooking tips
- How to make recipe substitutes based on what’s in your kitchen
Week 5: Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Kick Your Sugar Habit and Cravings for Good
- Strategies for eliminating sugar and energy crashes
- Understanding the root cause of sugar cravings
- The best sugar substitutes and how to use them in recipes
Week 6. The Savvy Shopper
- Make grocery trips easier and more effective
- What to pay attention to on labels (hint: salt content is so 80s)
- Decoding health claims and which ones matter (i.e. organic versus pasture-raised, whole grain versus whole-wheat)
Week 7: Spring Cleaning for Your Body
- How to detox and cleanse safely and effectively
- How to detox specifically for spring
- Creating a one-week detox plan to do with the group
Week 8. Stopping self-sabotage
- Learning to trouble-shoot your obstacles to healthy living
- Organizing systems to prevent “getting off track”
- Addressing anxiety and fears around healthy habits and choices
Week 9: Eating Outside the home: How to Make Healthy Choices When You’re Not in Control
- How to keep your healthy eating momentum at restaurants and parties
- Making wise choices on the go
- A step-by-step plan for portion control
Week 10: Dieting Zen
- How to stay focused when life gets in the way
- Celebrating accomplishments and how to set new goals that will keep you motivated
To sign-up or for questions, call Ali at 215.279.7491 or email her at ali@alishapiro.com. Remember, the first 3 people to sign-up save $100. Make 2010 your year!
Testimonials
I have been dieting since I was 10. I have tried every approach to weight loss available and was more confused and frustrated about food than ever. After attending an information session about Emotional Eating with Ali, I was impressed by her common sense approach. More than anything, I longed for the simplicity of her approach to food. I always looked forward to my sessions with Ali. She was always upbeat and encouraging, even when I was second-guessing myself and focusing on the negative. I loved the simplicity of Ali’s approach and when I started to by-pass the newest diet books on the shelves and skipped over the articles on the latest weight loss secrets. How could they know more than what I already knew? As a result of working with Ali, I have made peace with food. (Part of me wants to shout this from the rooftops!) Pasta no longer calls to me from the fridge late at night. I’ve ended my love hate relationship with bagels. I crave greens. When I started to eat more whole foods, my body started to regulate. The more healthy foods I ate, the more I craved. I have always loved food, but my relationship with food has been tumultuous. I have been able to make peace with food through my work with Ali. For anyone who knows what I mean by having a tumultuous relationship with food, being able to truly be at peace with it is life changing. I no longer look at food as the delicious, tantalizing enemy and my hunger as the beast that needs to be tamed. I’ve embraced my love of cooking, I welcome healthy foods into my house, I take pride in feeding my family healthy food that I’ve prepared myself. I crave foods that genuinely make me feel good. I can’t overstate how this has changed my life. Thank you, Ali, for all you have done for me. Our time together was life-changing for me. You’re the best. Karen, Philadelphia
I decided to work with Ali after years of frustration and constant struggle to attempt a healthy lifestyle. I, like many others have been sabotaged by the misleading barrage of information on labels, which was hurting me from accomplishing a healthy lifestyle. Ali's approach makes you take time to evaluate yourself and know what you body accepts. I always enjoyed the "ease" of online diets and journals, but her approach allowed me to take the time to think about what I was eating versus checking off a box. I now have a better relationship with food. I'm no longer driven to make poor choices as I realize the impact of my decisions on how I feel or my body feels after eating. Adrienne, Phoenixville, PA
