Boot Camp: Day 2 - Top 10 Weight Loss Camps

Entering Day 2 of the Top 10 Weight Loss Camps:

Images courtesy of: Shane Diet & Fitness Retreat

Dare we ask the question: What makes a weight loss camp or fitness retreat great?

• No hidden costs
• Pleasant staff
• Great environment
• Good health food (trust me there is bad health food)
• Comfortable lounging
• Resort location
• The ability to recognize the whole person: emotional, physical & spiritual 
• Caring & compassionate
• Firm and able to discipline without belittling

Day 2, we have chosen the Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts, they have multiple location around the country including the Westin in San Antonio Texas and the Honors Haven Resort & Spa in New York's Catskill Mountains (lovely).

1. Their motto: Live Laugh Loose!
2. Their claim to fame: "Shane Diet Resorts is not a traditional fat camp or fitness boot camp. It’s a weight loss vacation held at luxury resort and spa destinations for those who are determined to live happier and healthier."

Shane Diet Resorts received the 2012 Spa-Finder Wellness Award for the countries top weight loss spa.If  or when you’re ready to lose weight and get healthy, Shane Diet and Fitness Resorts has designed a a pretty extensive weight loss program for creating a new you. Shane's program encompasses:

• a fun and healthy fitness vacation package
• their approach to weight loss combines personalized attention from amazing professional staff
• delicious, satisfying and healthy meals
• nutrition guidance
• fitness education
• customized workouts
• behavior coaching

Video: Meet Arielle, a guest at Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts

The Shane Experience is all about you.Their promises:
"You will be in the hands of our expert and deeply caring staff. They will customize the weight loss program to meet your individual goals and needs. You will live, eat, workout and socialize with other people you can easily relate to at our luxurious resort and spa. People who understand your weight loss issues and are as hopeful as you are to build a new and healthier life for themselves."

For a list of what to bring visit their online list: What to bring? Shane Diet & Fitness

McMurry University in Texas: Weight Loss Volunteers Needed

McMurry University in Texas is currently seeking weight loss volunteers for their kinesiology department's  90-day weight loss study. Interviews for the weight loss study will begin Friday, February 8 From 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., and 5 - 6 p.m. in the human performance laboratory (pe #214) at Hunt Physical Education Center and will continue each Friday until all openings are filled.

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The purpose of McMurry University's study will be to determine if  exercise, diet or portion control alone creates the most effective changes in weight and size. Standards for exercise within the weight loss study will include low intensity and cardiovascular training, nutritional selections, and portion-size.

All of which have proven to be most effective in previous clinical trials for weight loss. The weight loss trial will last for 90 days. During these long excruciating days in which you will be hoping to loose weight effectively regardless of their trial, you will be put through a serious of other exercises including:

• a briefing
• screening
• informed consent
• random categorization?

FYI in order to participate your body mass index must be 26 or greater. To figure out your BMI or Body Mass Index visit:  National Heart and Lung Institute's BMI. And if you have any of the following medical conditions, you need not apply:  cardiovascular, heart disease or diabetes mellitus patients will all be excluded.

Dr. Buck Willis and Dr. Paul Smith will discuss the categorization, safety, risks, experimental design, benefits, accountability, and security at the weight loss volunteer meetings. To RSVP leave a message on Dr. Willis' voice mail at 325-793-4993.