Coaching Corner: Find A Formula

How would you describe Hilton Head Health? Would ‘ahead of the wave’ come to mind? Our mission is to not just simply inspire, motivate and educate our guests, but to remain cutting edge in the way we help our guests create this formula.

When we started H3@Home Coaching, we knew it was a need and we looked at it as a must have option from the standpoint of ensuring our guests understand that they need to change their mindset. The big question that comes up is what’s the value in a coach versus a personal trainer? The relationships couldn’t be more different.

The focus of a Wellness Coach is to work with an individual to design structure in their life. Instead of someone directing you physically on what to do, coaches work with you to set specific goals while reviewing your progress.  The formula for behavior change doesn’t lay so much in more exercise or simply eating cleaner, but more so in the foundation we build within our lives.

I think for many of us, changes in most areas of our lives are easier said than done but once we put ourselves first, become selfish with our health and find a formula, it’s pretty easy. Everyone’s formula to sustainable success is different; there is simply no timetable. Working with a coach is an opportunity to uncover it faster than alone. One question left for you this Sunday, Do you need a Wellness Coach?

Coaching Corner - Resolution to Reality

At the stroke of midnight on December 31, over half of all Americans resolved to lose weight. While a few will succeed, statistics show that as many as 95 percent will be wearing the same pounds plus a few more this time next year. Why? Because they embark on a plan—usually a combination of diet and exercise—that is neither complete nor sustainable.

While good nutrition and regular exercise are obvious components, successful weight management is never just about the dinner table and the gym. It’s about the way we live—our actions and daily habits as they relate to work, play, stress, sleep, responsibilities, relationships and more.

Why diets fail and what to do instead
Many people are attracted to the promise of quick, easy weight loss through fad diets that restrict certain kinds of foods or prescribe specific food combinations. While you may lose weight initially on these diets, they’re not designed to be followed for a lifetime, nor are they healthy over the long term.

Most of us know what to eat. We’re not overweight because we lack information about healthy vs. unhealthy food. For a great majority of us, the problem lies in how much we eat and, more importantly, why. Everyone deals with food differently, and we overeat for different reasons. The first step toward change is to identify who or what leads you down that path.

Many people who struggle with their weight discover that overeating is a response to an emotion or feeling such as boredom, loneliness, sadness, frustration, exhaustion…or even joy and celebration. The good news is if you are using food to feed your feelings, that is simply behavior, and behavior can be changed.

How coaching can help
Achieving your weight-loss goal is a process that involves clarifying what you really want and why and then taking consistent actions to get there. Coaching provides the focus and structure to keep you on track. By exploring your motivators, strengths and available resources, your coach will help you find what works for you so that you can achieve your goals and live your healthiest and happiest life.

If you are one of those Americans who resolved to lose weight this year, why not make your resolution a reality? - Ditch the diet and discover a way of life!

Coaching Corner: Sharing Success - Sally Foss Colocho

Beginning at the close of January, I lead a mission to give our guests the best possible chance of success in their home environments through an organized Wellness Coaching Program. The post departure program that we always knew we needed, but never had! Since the inauguration of our @ Home Coaching program, I have witnessed nothing but many success stories. To say the least, it has been an extremely rewarding undertaking; keeping up with Guests and following them into their very own homes via the phone and worldwide web has been a blast. Translating intentions, re-creating an environment and commitment to sustain a healthy lifestyle is exactly what Sally Foss Colocho was able to do through her H3 Journey.

For this week’s Coaching Corner check out Sally’s thoughts on the program and how she reached her vision of her best healthiest SELF:

How has Wellness Coaching helped you continue to achieve your personal health goals?
The personal goals we set and monthly challenges really helped to integrate more of the program into my lifestyle and surroundings. There is a lot of material covered in two weeks at H3 and getting everything into place from day one would be difficult. Each goal and challenge was a reminder of a different aspect of health and fitness that I might have let slide or forgotten about, but instead it became a part of my everyday habits.

What successes can you attribute to Wellness Coaching and having continued at-home support?
The most easily measured one is that I have lost 25 pounds and am continuing to lose weight. The wellness coaching has kept me focused and provided a level of accountability that kept me on track.

Personally, what’s been the most beneficial/best part about wellness coaching?
Wellness coaching helped me to see the benefit of setting shorter term goals that were achievable. With only one long term goal, I easily could have gotten discouraged or gone off track.

How has Wellness Coaching changed your behaviors/lifestyle at home?
When I varied from my plan, we used the weekly session to brainstorm how I could change things to make sure they would go right the next week. This could be changing the time I set aside to do planning, leaving my journal in a different place on the weekend so I didn't forget about it, or strategically placing water in my work environment. Left alone, I would have berated myself at each slip, but instead we turned that into an opportunity to design things to be easier.

To learn more about Sally and how she stays on track, you can visit her blog at http://www.sally4orth.blogspot.com/.

More to come on others who’ve completed the H3@Home journey …

You don't want to be a part of this statistic

As you may have seen earlier this week - did you know that 97% of New Year’s resolutions are not fulfilled?  In fact, 25% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the first week in January.

Odds are you fall into one of these categories.  Good thing for you – we are here to offer you a way to be a part of the 3%!

Beginning in January 2011 – we will be offering Wellness Coaching services.  We understand that staying on track can be a challenge – one that requires additional, structured support.  Through personal phone calls, text message challenges and monthly webinars – individuals will have the opportunity to set goals, reignite motivation and maintain their relationship with their Wellness Coach. Your goals won’t change, but how you get there will.

Let the Wellness Coaches here at H3 help you meet your goals and resolutions.  Depending on what level of wellness coaching support you desire, you’re able to select a plan most suitable to your needs.  Click here to review the different levels of wellness coaching membership or contact Jeff Ford, jford@hhhealth.com or 800 - 292 - 2440 for more details!