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Weight Loss that Changes Lives

If you or a loved one is struggling with weight, you likely know that the consequences can extend into every aspect of a person’s physical, emotional and social health.  The list of diseases caused or worsened by being overweight seems to grow longer and more frightening every day—including many forms of cancer, asthma, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and sleep apnea.  And many families see the unhappiness, low self-esteem, loneliness, depression, and negative outlook caused by excess weight.

But there is very good news!  Losing less than just 10% of one’s body weight can yield positive health effects. So, if you or your child weighs 200 lbs., losing just 20 lbs. can have significant physical and emotional benefits.

For a more comprehensive look at the risks of being overweight, click here.  At Wellspring Camp La Jolla, we understand that the risks of being overweight are serious.  Therefore, we make sure that your time at camp lays the foundation for a lifetime of better health.  To meet this goal, we have developed our comprehensive Life Coaching program that helps campers regain their self-esteem, understand how emotions affect their eating and activity levels, and find better ways to manage stress.

Life Coaching
In individual and group Life Coaching sessions, Wellspring campers are trained on a set of behaviors that have been proven to produce and maintain significant weight loss. Self-monitoring, journaling, goal-setting, and contracting become habitual to campers and when integrated with our activity management program and nutrition and culinary training, success is attainable. After a summer at Wellspring, campers think differently and make much better decisions about diet and physical activity.

This training is led by each camper’s Life Coach (Masters- or Doctoral- level therapists, psychologists or social workers). Life Coaches lead the camper along the journey to success while working together to overcome any barriers preventing successful long-term weight control.

Finally, campers benefit from Wellspring’s unique one-year Continuing Care program where campers continue self-monitoring online, continue to communicate with their Life Coach from camp and gain support from fellow campers through the message board. The Continuing Care program is free if campers complete it successfully.

In addition to improvements in overall health and well-being, lasting results are achieved at Wellspring. Let Wellspring change your life.