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Name of Treatment Program: Lighten Up (Weight Loss)

Short description: A comprehensive, two-part program that incorporates proper nutrition, exercise and mind body skills to help rebalance your metabolism and reach a healthy weight.

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Mind Body Medicine: Healthy Weight Loss Solution

Lighten Up is a two-track comprehensive lifestyle program based on the principles and practices of mind body medicine. These outpatient treatments are designed to correct and maximize metabolism through changes in lifestyle behaviors and attitudes that build resiliency and allow the body to move toward its healthy weight.

To help you reach your goals, we offer the following groups that emphasize the different aspects of weight loss:

I. Relaxation Response Resiliency Program. This eight-week program focuses on practicing meditation techniques and positive coping strategies that use the mind’s ability to reduce stress and improve symptoms. The program meets at the following times and locations:

Boston Office -- Monday (for women), Tuesday and Wednesday evenings 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Waltham Office -- Thursday evenings 5:30 - 7:30 pm or Friday 12 - 2 pm.

The cost is $400 -- $360 if prepaid.

II. Food and Fitness. This eight-week program focuses on the body’s ability to decrease stress through aerobic and strength training activities, yoga, making healthy food choices, and mindful eating. The program will meet Thursday evenings from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at MGH West, Waltham.
The cost is $500 -- $450 if prepaid.

Program Goals Include

Learning new ways to think positively
Examining factors that contribute to weight gain such as diet and stress
Developing healthy lifestyle habits that support healthy weight.

These programs are most effective when taken in conjunction with one another but you can also choose to take only one.

Getting Started
Schedule a one-hour consultation with one of our physicians, all of whom are internal medicine specialists, to establish a treatment plan to meet your specific needs. This is billed as an outpatient medical office visit and is covered by most insurers.

Following the consultation, you will enter the eight-week program. A one-hour individual evaluation will be scheduled with the program provider(s) to assess personal goals, level of fitness, nutritional needs and stress factors.

Additional Program Visits

Optional individual visits are available during the program with the following providers:
- Nurse practitioner (NP) - billed to your insurance
- Registered dietician and exercise physiologist - self pay at $75/hour
Discharge visit

This visit, scheduled with the Lighten Up team, is an integral part of the program to assess overall progress and discuss relapse prevention. This visit is billed to insurance as medical office visit.

Program Staff: Directed by Peg Baim, MS, NP, and and includes a physical therapist/exercise specialist, and a registered dietitian.

Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Sue Clough at 617-643-6054 or sclough@partners.org

Click here to download a PDF of the Lighten Up Program factsheet.

This program is held at MGH West in Waltham, MA. Click here for address and directions.

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