Hockomock Area YMCA Offers New Weight Loss Program

From Hockomock Area YMCA:

As September approaches, we often anticipate the beginning of a new school year and plan for a new activity schedule. This is the perfect time to re-evaluate food and exercise habits and adopt healthier ones – all in a conscious effort to live healthier and happier. Healthy lifestyles are achieved through the nurturing of mind, body and spirit, well-being and fitness. At the Hockomock Area YMCA, healthy lifestyles are more than just working out. In addition to fitness facilities, the Hockomock Y provides educational programs to promote good health and support physical, intellectual and spiritual strength.

The Hockomock Area YMCA is excited to announce that all three of its branches will now offer a 10-week weight loss program, called Weigh to Change, following the success of our Foxboro spring program, where 31 members lost a total of 267 pounds and 318.5 inches. Our fall program begins Sept. 12 and will run through Nov. 19.

The Weigh to Change program offers support and education in both areas of fitness and nutrition. By combining physical training and better nutrition, participants will benefit in the most successful way to achieve weight loss. Participants will be challenged throughout the ten weeks with personal training, nutrition guidance, group work outs and friendly challenge competitions.

Specifically, the Weigh to Change Program includes weekly, individual 30-minute personal training session, individual nutrition counseling with nutritionist, minimum of three weekly group training sessions, weekly nutrition and physical challenges, two nutrition workshops, Styku 3-D body scan and entry into the Foxboro Y 5K Race on Oct. 9.

The cost of the program is $499 for Hockomock Area YMCA members and $749 for Hockomock Area YMCA Program members (over an $800 value). Register for the Weigh to Change program at any Hockomock Area YMCA Member Service Desk or online.

Information sessions will take place at the following Hockomock Area YMCA locations: Bernon Family Franklin Branch (45 Forge Hill Rd.) on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 3 at 10 a.m.; Invensys Foxboro Branch (67 Mechanic St.) on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. as well as North Attleboro Branch (300 Elmwood St.) on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. or Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8 a.m.

Anyone interested in more information about this program is encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Lauren Hynes, nutrition director at the Hockomock Area YMCA, via nutrition@hockymca.org or (508) 772-1317.

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