Living Well focuses on your complete health and wellness.
Feeling good and leading a healthy lifestyle go hand in hand. Living Well can help you get there, providing a complete approach to weight management. The Living Well program runs for six months and features weekly education classes. It also includes a personalized 3.5-hour orientation.
Living Well Phase 1
During orientation, your resting metabolic rate will be determined using the MedGem®, a state-of-the-art medical device that measures the number of calories you need to maintain your current weight. A dietitian will then work with you to set up an individualized meal plan to support your weight loss goals. In addition, you will work with an exercise physiologist to complete a fitness evaluation and design a personalized exercise plan. A certified health coach will then help you develop strategies for success.
Education classes begin the following week and include exercise, nutrition and behavior topics.
The program includes:
- An initial wellness orientation
- A supervised, reduced-calorie meal plan
- Weekly nutrition, behavior change and exercise education classes, taught by a registered dietitian, behaviorist and exercise physiologist
- One-on-one education as needed with a registered dietitian or exercise physiologist
- Weekly weight checks
- Weekly review of food journals
- Weekly review of exercise journals
- Fitness evaluations at weeks one, 12 and 24
- Option to participate in a monthly 30-minute health coaching workshop
- Option to meet with a nurse practitioner to discuss weight-loss medications
- Options to schedule appointments with behavioral health providers and health coaches
Phase 1 meal plan options:
- All food meal plans (1,200 to 2,000 calories per day)
- Modified meal plans (1,200 to 2,000 calories per day; up to three nutritionally complete, high-quality meal replacement, or HMR, supplement products)
- Full fast meal plans (800 + calories using five or more HMR supplements per day)
Cost: $855
- Discount for full payment at wellness orientation
- Payment plans available with minimum partial payment due at wellness orientation
- Ohio State University Health Plan members may be eligible for up to 50 percent reimbursement
Phase 1 class schedule:
- Mondays 12:30-1:30 p.m.
- Mondays 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Mondays 7-8 p.m.
- Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Tuesdays 7-8 p.m.
Living Well Phase 2
The second phase of Living Well provides a continuation of the first six-month program, with progressively less structure. More emphasis is placed on activity and identifying and overcoming behavioral roadblocks that prevent us from reaching our weight-loss and lifestyle goals.
- A repeat MedGem® test to determine resting metabolic rate
- Three individual appointments with the professional of your choice
- Weekly weight checks
- Weekly education classes that focus on the issues that often sabotage our success
- Option to participate in monthly 30-minute health coaching workshops
Phase 2 meal plan options:
- All food meal plans (1,200 to 2,000 calories per day)
- Modified meal plans (1,200 to 2,000 calories per day; up to three HMR supplements)
Cost: $470 for six months; $235 for three months
- Discount for full payment at wellness orientation
- Payment plans available with minimum partial payment at wellness orientation
- Ohio State University Health Plan members may be eligible for up to 50 percent reimbursement
Phase 2 class schedule
- Mondays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.