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The BodyZen Program

"Get off the diet treadmill and achieve a sense of peace with your body."

Sara Redman

Author of 'Find Peace, Lose Weight - The BodyZen Approach' and expert in the psychology of weight loss

BodyZen offers a number of options to help you uncover your personal weight/body issue.

TheBodyZen Eating Program

At BodyZen we believe that the first step to achieving and maintaining your ideal body is to ditch diets for good. If you accept the logic about the almost inevitable chance of failure with a dieting approach, and you want to stop reinforcing a mindset of self loathing, not being good enough, and food having power over you, then we urge you to decide right now that you are going to give up diets for good. This may feel difficult if diets have become a regular part of your life but like with all unhealthy habits once you see it for what it is, AND make the decision that you are ready for change, it won’t be as hard as you think. More importantly, you will be far more likely to achieve and maintain your best body, and to feel better about your body once you give diets the flick. Make this decision and we are sure you will never regret it.

We have created The BodyZen Eating Program to support you in your quest to remove diets from your life. This approach is a real alternative, in fact almost the opposite of dieting, and it really truly works. An added bonus is that The BodyZen Eating Program doesn't involve any kind of denial so it actually is much easier than going on a diet!

Click through to the Shop to purchase the BodyZen Eating Program for only AU$9.97!

The BodyZen Empowerment Program

How's your level of self-respect? Do you give others greater respect than you do yourself? Why wouldn't you demonstrate at least the same amount of respect for yourself as you do for your partner/children/other loved ones in your life? What would happen if you did? Well, you might feel more fulfilled, calmer, and most importantly, like you were being true to yourself. In addition, you would be a great positive role model for your children and those around you.

All you need is as little as 10 minutes each day that’s devoted entirely to you. The BodyZen Empowerment Program comprises 21 short daily steps that allow you to assess your level of self respect and develop strategies for improving your self-respect and taking greater care of yourself. It does so in a way that enables these practices to become habits in your daily life.

You are more than worth it!!

Click through to the Shop to purchase the BodyZen Empowerment Program for only AU$9.97!

The BodyZen Online Coaching Program

BodyZen is all about being at peace with your body. It's not a diet, it's not an exercise program, there are no shakes, no pills, no meal replacements, no weigh-ins. Through an online coaching program, BodyZen helps you identify the thoughts and emotions that are preventing your from achieving your body-related goals. Many of our customers comment on the fact that they lose weight without even noticing because of the shift in their mindset.

BodyZen is all about achieving long term, sustainable results - a warning though: it's NOT a quick-fix. You already know that the quick fix simply doesn't work. By addressing the psychology of weight loss, BodyZen will open your eyes to the things you've been doing that stop you achieving your best body. It gives you strategies you can immediately apply to your life to get the results you want once and for all.

When you purchase the BodyZen Online Coaching Program, you receive the comprehensive BodyZen workbook.

Working through the complete BodyZen workbook can take up to 12 weeks with a commitment of at least 2 hours per week.

The BodyZen workbook consists of 5 sections and will show you how to:

  • Uncover the real issue in relation to your body-related concern/s;
  • Establish your most important body-related goal based on what you really want;
  • Set up the best mental foundation to achieve your body-related goal/s and help you learn more about your mind;
  • Create the best emotional state to achieve your body-related goal/s and help you learn more about your emotions;
  • Ensure your priorities and body-related goal/s are working together and help you learn more about your spirit.

The sections are structured in the following way:

  • information to expand your understanding and learning;
  • exercises to apply to your own life;
  • a summary of what you have learnt and tested; and
  • access to further resources available on our website.

Download a sample of the program Download a sample of the program

Self-assessment Questions

Which of the following scenarios apply to you?

  • I have tried countless diets and most of them/all of them failed.
  • I have been on a diet, lost the weight I wanted and then down the track gained it all back.
  • I keep feeling like I should go on a diet and lose a few kilos but I don't really want to.
  • I have a habit of craving fatty/sugary/junk food when I am feeling down or bored.
  • I have a habit of eating much larger portions of food than I think I need and then feeling so full and regretting it afterwards.
  • If a favourite food of mine (chocolate, chips etc) is the in the house or in front of me I can't help but eat it even if I am not hungry.
  • When I look in the mirror I don't like what I see.
  • I don't feel good about myself and secretly feel that if I was thinner/more muscly/more toned then life would be better.
  • I don't pay any attention to what I'm eating and often don't remember what I've had.

If you answered Yes to 3 or more of these statements then BodyZen may be the answer for you.

Reference
1. Hulse, Dean (Ed.) "Fad Diets Popular but Have Major-League Failure Rate" NEWS for North Dakotans 8 July 1999 http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/newsrelease/1999/070899/04faddie.htm

It's funny given I have only touched the tip of the iceberg with the program so far its already given me tools, support and direction. I truly can’t wait till I complete the entire program to see what is revealed and how I’ll feel at the end.....Sara, thanks so much to you (and Susan) for this program – it is very powerful and enforcing.

From the blog

Diet? Don't do it!

Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011

I am back on deck after spending more time being a Mom and a Coach and less time blogging so thanks for your patience :)

I wanted to share an exchange I had recently which is typical of many I have had over the last three years.  I was talking to a friend who is a very intelligent, compassionate and professional woman.  She was sharing with me that one of her friend's has just started on a diet initiated by a physician that involves 'mostly lentils and green veggies' (her words) and not much else.  The woman undertaking this diet is keen to lose weight and I can only imagine that when being guided by a physican we would assume we are being given sound advice.  I asked if this woman is having trouble psychologically with this kind of denial and the answer was a resounding 'yes'.  'She won't even feed her kids the same diet, so why would she be prepared to have it?' my friend wondered.  

Now let me be clear - this is NOT an exercise in criticising this woman for her diet choice.  This is more a message about the absolute pervasiveness of the belief that we must DENY ourselves to extreme levels in order to lose weight.  Really where is the common sense in all this?  What could be more punishing??  When I say to you that it has been proven that the denial approach (which = diet) sets up a psychology of absolutely positively, wanting, needing and ultimately obsessing about the food/s you are witholding I am sure you would agree from your own personal experience that this is true.  You are a greater person than I am if you can decide that you will no longer eat chocolate and then not resort to gorging on a family block (or dare I say cooking chocolate) at some point!  Time is the only variable here - eventually we will all binge on chocolate.  

BUT if we decide to take the opposite approach and make NO food off limits, but instead gradually change our eating habits to include more healthy options and less junk then we will find that elusive long term successful weight loss.  And guess what?  We will also allow ourselves to indulge on our favourite treats that may be junky, but we will savour and enjoy them and rarely binge on them.

So Ladies I implore you if you haven't already please stand up and say a FAT 'NO' to any more diets, denial or extreme eating regimes.  Dump them all in the bin for good.  Replace all this punishing behaviour with gentle, loving kindness towards yourself and how you treat your body.  Sounds too good to be true?  Many women just like you have proven time and time again that it is not.   This can be your reality.  You can have your cake, and eat it too.  






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