The weight management component is your online "how to" manual. Everything you need to know about weight management and exactly how to achieve the results you desire is taught in this manual.

The weight management component is 70 pages long and can be viewed on your computer or printed out.

Below is a list of all the very important topics we'll discuss throughout the weight management component. Members receive full access to the weight management component (and all of the GHF website). In addition, sample topics are provided FREE for non-members. Please refer to the chart below.

In the weight management component, you will find information on:

• Why traditional diets are unsafe and almost sure to fail
  • The physical risks of dieting and how dieting changes your body composition for the worse
  • The psychological risks of dieting
  • Adverse effects of dieting on children
• The dangers of excess body fat
• Why our metabolism becomes less efficient as we age and how you can prevent this from happening
• How reducing body fat reduces the risk of disease
• Common mistakes people make when trying to decrease body fat
• Why the Global Health and Fitness Weight Management program is a better way to achieve long-term optimal health
• How to break free from the diet mentality
• The ten certainties of the Global Health and Fitness Weight Management program can help you be successful
  1. Accept your body and learn to have a positive self-image
  2. Avoid the negative; choose the positive
  3. Accept change as a positive force in your life
  4. There's no such thing as cheating
  5. There are no "good" or "bad" foods
  6. Avoid short-term thinking: successful programs are for life
  7. Live your program one day at a time
  8. Eating should always be a pleasurable experience
  9. Avoid getting stuck in the weight-loss dilemma
  10. Take time to measure your progress
• How to master psychological hunger and develop healthy eating habits
  • How to avoid being "cue-sensitive"
  • How to prevent automatic eating
  • The importance of not feeling guilty
  • How to attend to hunger and fullness
  • The importance of eating foods that satisfy you both physically and psychologically
  • The importance of eating slowly and attentively
  • The importance of not depriving yourself of the foods you love
• The information you need about fats, saturated fats, cholesterol, fiber, and sugar
• Figuring out your recommended daily fat limit
• Healthy shopping strategies
  • Understanding nutrition labels
  • How to figure out the fat percentage of a specific food
  • What a label's health claim really means
  • How to make the meals you love healthier
  • How to decide if a food product is healthy
  • A suggested shopping list for a healthy kitchen and for the Global Health and Fitness Healthy Recipes
• Healthy, lowfat cooking and baking strategies
• Healthy, lowfat dining-out strategies, including what to tell your server
• Healthy strategies for social gatherings
• Alcohol and its relation to weight management
• The benefits of eating smaller, more frequent meals
• The best times of the day to eat and how much
• How to improve your eating pattern
• How to prevent overeating
• Healthy meal and snack ideas
• The importance of water in weight management
• How to acquire a taste for water
• Guidelines for fluid replacement and hydration
• The role of exercise in a successful weight management program
  • Why a weight management program is three times more effective when strength training and cardiovascular exercise are included
  • How to condition your body to be an efficient "fat burner" 24 hours a day
  • The diet mentality's negative influence on exercise safety and effectiveness
  • How to develop an exercise program that is right for you--one you'll enjoy for life