Top Weight Loss Resorts - Hilton Head Health and Fitness Resort

Hilton Head Health:
Award-Winning Healthy Weight Loss and Wellness Resort

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

All-Inclusive Weight Loss and Wellness Resort

14 Valencia Rd., Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

- I wish I could escape there TODAY!

This sounds like a dream come true, stuck in COVID-19 quarantine for almost a year now, I am staying active but I have not had a vacation since last year around this time. An escape to a southern resort just off the coast of North Carolina is exactly what I need to refuel my soul. (Link to the resort is at the bottom of the page.)

Each of your days at Hilton Head Health will be full of exciting new culinary, fitness, and spa experiences in a beautiful island retreat setting!

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About:

Hilton Head Health is ranked Top 10 Islands in the US, Hilton Head is a world-famous resort and planned community that happens to also be home to America's favorite weight loss retreat - Hilton Head Health - The Weight Loss Resort and Wellness Spa.

Located off the coast of South Carolina, Hilton Head Island is a barrier island of 60 square miles. Composed of a series of planned communities or "plantations," the island has blossomed into one of the most widely acclaimed resort destinations in the world. The majority of Hilton Head's nearly 24 golf courses have been cited in national magazines and is the home of the Heritage Golf Tournament, while three tennis facilities are ranked among the top 50 in the country.

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Program options may include:

• 4 Week Residential Comprehensive Weight Loss Plan
• Customized Fitness Plan Designed Around Your Goals
  Inspiring Sessions, Emotional Support & Coaching
• Extended Stay Programs
• LOSE Well – NEW 4-week Weight Loss Program
• 3-4 Day Wellness & Weight loss Retreat

Sample Schedule (Excerpt from 2021)

Two Typical Days in the Living Well and Weight Loss Programs

Living Well Program

7:00

Sunrise Beach Walk

7:30

Breakfast / Thermal Walk

8:30

FITNESS

Treading, Medicine Ball or ULTRA Circuit

9:30

FITNESS

Water Fitness, Zumba Latin or Tai Chi

10:30

Fit Bite

11:00

LECTURE

Body Imae or Nutritional Health

12:00

Lunch/ Thermal Walk

1:00

ACTIVITY

Wii Sports or Cardio Tennis*

2:00

ACTIVITY

Planning Healthy Meals or Cooking Demonstration

3:00

Fit Bite

3:30

FITNESS

Butts & Guts, Firm Body Workout or Body Sculpt

4:30

FITNESS

Roll It Out or Gentle Fitness

6:00

Dinner/Thermal Walk

7:00

Stretch & Relaxation

Weight Loss Program

7:00

Sunrise Beach Walk

7:30

Breakfast/Thermal Walk

8:30

FITNESS

Treading

9:30

FITNESS

Pilates, Lap Swim or Resistance Band

10:30

Fit Bite

11:00

LECTURE

Exercise Presentation

12:00

Lunch/Thermal Walk

1:00

ACTIVITY

Ultra Circuit or Kayaking*

2:00

ACTIVITY

Portion Control or Developing an Action Plan

3:00

Fit Bite

3:30

FITNESS

Hip Hop Dance, Machine Pump or Beach Yoga

4:30

FITNESS

Raise the Bar or Low Body Conditioning

6:00

Dinner/Thermal Walk

7:00

Stretch & Relaxation

Within the first two days, you will have a private 45-minute consultation with one of our health specialists who will recommend the classes most suitable for you based on your individual needs and personal health goals.

*Sample schedule subject to change

*All classes and program activities facilitated in English

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What you can expect to get out of Hilton Head’s Fitness Retreat is:

"Body Image: 
A negative body image can be a barrier to achieving a healthy lifestyle. Explore how body image is developed and strategies for creating a more positive body image.

Emotional & Stress Eating: 

Unravel the complexity of emotional eating and gain personal insight that can ultimately help modify unhealthy eating patterns. This class could be your Ah-Ha moment!

Mastering Motivation: 

Learn unique motivation strategies as well as suggestions for re-energizing motivation when it seems to stall. You will also do some personal insight work to get to core motivating factors important to your individual journey.

Food Rules: 

Do you sometimes feel that your relationship with food manifests like an addiction? Are you bewildered with how to address the addictive behaviors? This seminar will help you to identify what food addiction looks like and learn skills for managing the addiction. Learn how willpower alone is ineffective and how implementing personal rules involving eating behaviors can assist with the management of food addiction.

Gratitude & Health: 

Gratitude is a skill, that when mastered fully, makes us more spiritually aware. It provides us interconnectedness with all aspects of life, as well as our well-being, including physical, emotional, spiritual and relational levels. Part of the virtue of cultivating gratitude is its health benefits. Join us as we expand our attitude of gratitude.

Mindful Eating: 

Compulsive overeating and compulsive food behaviors originate in our brains, not our stomachs. Learning how to get out of your head and become present when we eat is an important factor in sustained weight loss and allows us to enhance our overall serenity. Learn strategies for becoming mindful eaters and increasing daily peace.

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Enhance Your Experience With Customized Service Options

Most Hilton Head Health Weight Loss and Wellness all-inclusive programs include H3$ (resort credits) which can be used to personalize your stay with a variety of health, fitness, spa, dining, counseling, special events and recreation opportunities. Our programs are well designed, but we realize there is no single path to health and wellness. Spend your H3$ on the services that are best for you. We also encourage you to take advantage of special recreational opportunities to fully enjoy our East Coast Island setting. While many services are reserved for guests in our programs, The Indigo Spa and Healthy Kitchen are open to the public." (Excerpt, 2021, https://www.hhhealth.com)

How much does it cost? Prices range from $750 per night to $22,000 for a one month stay.

Per https://www.hhhealth.com/rates/, 2021:

"Hilton Head Health 2021 Program Rates and Prices:

What’s included in our 2021 rates? 

All stays cater to adults and include activities listed on our LivingWell schedule, all meals and snacks, accommodations, resort credits (H3$) and complimentary transportation to/from Savannah International (SAV) and Hilton Head Island (HHH) airports upon request. Pet-friendly accommodations are available for an additional fee – please call for availability and pricing. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to stay at our brand new 30-room Sweetgrass Inn!"

Coupon codes are available:

Available Discounts/Promo Codes:

Return Guests get 15% Off!

Promo Code: return2021

Early Bird Bookings (60+ days in advance) get 20% off!

Promo Code: earlybird

Stay a While (3+ weeks) and get 25% Off!*

Promo Code: stayawhile

Curb Carb Cravings with Sugar-Free Pudding Dessert Ideas

Whether you are looking to curb your carb or your sugar cravings, this may be the answer for you. Sugar-Free Pudding, is not carb-free but it is sugar-free and it tastes AMAZING! Make a delicious dessert in 5 minutes; just add milk and allow to set and perfect for those keeping Kosher, KETO and other low-sugar or sugar-free diets. Add it to your batter for a moist cake, or spread it between the layers as a sugar-free alternative to frosting. 

Here are some of my favorite Jell-O Instant Sugar-Free Pudding recipes:

• Cheesecake Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding
• Lemon Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding
• Pistachio Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding
• Banana Cream Sugar-Free Pudding & Pie Filling
• Butterscotch Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding
• Instant Pudding Dessert Mix, Chocolate Sugar-Free
• Feeling lazy, get the Snack Pack Sugar-Free Chocolate Pudding Cups
• Cook & Serve Chocolate Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding
• WonderSlim Low-Carb High Protein Instant Diet Pudding Mix - Lemon
• Vanilla Sugar-Free Fat-Free Pudding

What is Jello Sugar-Free Pudding?

• A flavored, sugar-free , fat-free instant pudding mix with reduced calories
• A great substitute for sugar free recipes that require a pudding base
• Yummy & easy to make treat for people who keep a check on the calorie count
• Jell-O Pudding and Pie Filling mixes easily and sets quickly
• Makes consistent pudding every time
• So easy to make!

Flavored Sugar-Free Instant Pudding and Pie Filling Jell-O make an amazing and super easy dessert. Its rich flavor and creamy texture is bound to make you & your guests miss your grandma's homemade pudding. 

Image: Reduced-Sugar Hot Cocoa Pudding Mugs

Both kids and adults love the rich flavor and luscious creamy texture!It does not require a lot of time and effort to prepare. Hence, all-time favorite dessert and snack with lesser calories! Use the pudding between layers of a layer-cake or add it to cake batter for a moister cake, or use in trifles, to add classic flavor without adding a lot of calories. Silky Texture, Divine Flavor yet Lesser Calories! Everyone loves the flavor of a creamy, rich, pudding! 

Top 10 Books on How to Trust Someone Again

Do you have trust issues?
Do you have trouble trusting others?
Do you wonder how you will ever trust again, or how to rebuild trust with your spouse after an affair, or even how to trust your friends after betrayal?

These are great questions and so important to address. Many of us find ourselves in a position where we have been betrayed and instead of processing the information in a healthy manner we push the feelings aside and move on.

This type of survival is good for a while but will again resurface into other places in your life. Trust per Merriam Webster states that it is: "a belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, effective, etc."

BOOK #1

The Courage to Trust: A Guide to Building
Deep and Lasting Relationships

About the book, The Courage to Trust: A Guide to Building

Deep and Lasting Relationships:

"You’re probably familiar with the old saying, once bitten, twice shy. It describes a painful uncertainty many of us feel every day as we try to engage with other people. Acts of betrayal from our pasts can lead us into long cycles of wariness and mistrust. An inability to trust wisely can lead us to loneliness and isolation, or worse—putting our trust in the wrong people too easily.

The good news is that the ability to trust is both a choice and a skill that you can develop. You do not have to be controlled by the past. To a child, trust is a feeling that comes and goes, always under the influence of other people. Only as an adult can you learn how and when to trust more wisely. This book is a warm and friendly guide to achieving greater self-confidence and deeper levels of intimacy and trust.

Helped along by the book’s exercises and ideas for self-reflection, you’ll begin to develop new patterns of trust. Start by getting comfortable trusting your own instincts. Then, experiment with developing relationships based on mutual trust and curiosity. Learn from and then let go of old betrayals that have impaired your trust-building skills, and approach the rest of your life with a renewed sense of purpose and belonging."

Pete Walker is a licensed Marriage and Family psychotherapist with degrees in Social Work and Counseling Psychology. His therapeutic approach is eclectic and Relational [Intersubjective]. He guides the therapeutic process with values that include empathy, vulnerability, authenticity and mutuality.

Pete’s first book The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness Out Of Blame, is also available through Amazon, has been acclaimed by many therapists, recovery websites, and clients as a powerful, compassionate, and pragmatic tool for guiding recovery.

BOOK #2

How to Be an Adult in Love: Letting Love in
Safely and Showing It Recklessly

DESCRIPTION:
How to let love into our lives, and how to express that love to the world at large--the latest from a best-selling author, David Richo.

We were made to love and be loved. Loving ourselves and others is in our genetic code. It’s nothing other than the purpose of our lives—but knowing that doesn’t make it easy to do. We may find it a challenge to love ourselves. We may have a hard time letting love in from others. We’re often afraid of getting hurt. It is also sometimes scary for us to share the love with those around us—and love that isn't shared leaves us feeling flat and unfulfilled.

BOOK #3

Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken:
Finding Forgiveness and Restoration

DESCRIPTION:
A few days after an ordinary Valentine's Day, Cindy Beall's life changed forever. She listened with disbelief to her husband, Chris, a respected pastor, confess to pornography addiction, numerous affairs, and the startling news that a woman was pregnant with his child.

With raw honesty and intimate knowledge of pain and of God's power to resurrect something new out of the debris of betrayal,
Cindy reveals how to...

BOOK #4

Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation:

Skills Training for Patients and Therapists

DESCRIPTION:
A patient-oriented manual for complex trauma survivors.
This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality.

Topics include understanding dissociation and PTSD, using inner reflection, emotion regulation, coping with dissociative problems related to triggers and traumatic memories, resolving sleep problems related to dissociation, coping with relational difficulties, and help with many other difficulties with daily life. The manual can be used in individual therapy or structured groups.

BOOK #5

Learning How to Trust Again!

By Ed Delph

DESCRIPTION:

How thick is the wall you've built around your heart?

Maybe your wall is only one-brick thick because of a hurt you experienced as a teenager. Or maybe your wall is concrete-slab thick because of the pain of a divorce or broken promise. Either way, you have decided not to trust-even God.

This book speaks to the heart of your relationships and provides the tools to demolish the wall. Deep down you know that the wall you've built also keeps out the One who can restore you.

BOOK #6

You Can Heal Your Life

By Louise Hay

DESCRIPTION: Life Is Really Very Simple. What We Give Out, We Get Back

What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us. I believe that everyone, myself included, is responsible for everything in our lives, the best and the worst.

Every thought we think is creating our future. Each one of us creates our experiences by our thoughts and our feelings. The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences.

BOOK #7

I Can See Clearly Now
by Wayne Dyer

DESCRIPTION:
For many years, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s fans have wondered when he would write a memoir. Well, after four decades as a teacher of self-empowerment and the best-selling author of more than 40 books, Wayne has finally done just that!

However, he has written it in a way that only he can—with a remarkable take-home message for his longtime followers and new readers alike—and the result is an exciting new twist on the old format. Rather than a plain old memoir, Wayne has gathered together quantum-moment recollections.

BOOK #8

What Makes Love Last?: How to

Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
By John Gottman Ph.D. & Nan Silver

DESCRIPTION:

In this insightful book, celebrated research psychologist and couples counselor John Gottman plumbs the mysteries of love and shares the results of his famous “Love Lab”: Where does love come from? 

Why does some love last, and why does some fade? And how can we keep it alive? Based on laboratory findings, this book shows readers how to identify signs, behaviors, and attitudes that indicate a fraying relationship and provides strategies for repairing what may seem lost or broken.

BOOK #9

After the Affair: Healing the Pain and
Rebuilding Trust When a Partner
Has Been Unfaithful, 2nd Edition
By Janis A. Spring

DESCRIPTION:
“Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, wisdom, spirit, and heart. This is an extremely helpful and healing book—a gift to us all.”
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger

“It is ‘must’ reading for any couple who has experienced the violation of trust as a result of an affair.”
—Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

A staggering number of couples in America—about 70 percent—have been affected by extramarital affairs. After the Affair is the only book to offer proven strategies for surviving the crisis and rebuilding the relationship. Written by Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., a nationally known therapist and acknowledged expert on infidelity, this revised and updated version brings the groundbreaking classic into the 21st century, with a new section dealing with online affairs in cyberspace.

For women who are struggling in their marriage—and for clinicians, psychology academics, and readers fascinated by popular psychology—this newly revised and updated edition of After the Affair is essential reading.

BOOK #10

Art of the Apology: How, When, and Why
to Give and Accept Apologies
By Lauren M. Bloom

DESCRIPTION:

Nobody’s perfect . . . but anyone can apologize. Maybe you can’t make things right, but you can make them better—and even hope for forgiveness. Whether you’ve been thoughtless, dishonest, hurtful, or just plain stupid, a good apology can transform a clumsy moment into an opportunity for a new beginning. But delivering a successful apology isn’t always easy.

Don’t know what to say, how you have offended, or how to make up for it? Art of the Apology: How, When, and Why to Give and Accept Apologies is a guide to every aspect of the well-executed apology—and a cautionary tale for those who hesitate to say “I’m sorry.” Author and attorney Lauren M. Bloom examine the value and the power of “eating crow”: how it can contain a crisis, save a relationship, preserve your integrity, even prevent a lawsuit. You can regain the trust of those around you, but first, you must accept the consequences of your misdeeds and step up to make amends.