Healthy Weight Management

Healthy Weight Management 

Insightful - Practical- Transformative

Practical tools to navigate the complexities of weight management.

Struggling with weight?

More people are overweight and obese than ever. It's a real health crisis.

You'll understand the factors of why people struggle to achieve a healthy weight and then maintain it, and help your herbal client address this fundamental health issue.
We're not talking vanity here; this is about being the healthiest you can be!

The struggle is real, especially as you get older and your metabolism changes:
• losing those last five pounds
• losing weight one month and gaining it back the next
• busy lives
• overwhelm
• calorie restriction with dramatic mood changes and binge eating later
• exercise is not fun

This course is a shortcut to understanding the multifaceted realm of healthy weight achievement and maintenance.

It’s all about learning new dietary approaches and sticking with them until they become routine.

It’s also about cultivating patience and giving yourself the time and opportunity to be the version of yourself you want to see.

And, it’s also about not depriving yourself of treats and sweets on special occasions!

While most people’s goal is to lose weight, this class also addresses issues for those rare few that struggle to put on weight.

In this course, you’ll learn about:

  • Weight Management Complexities - Gaining or losing weight isn’t always a straightforward input vs output situation. It can be much more complex involving our emotions, our hormones, food availability, our stress level, and almost every aspect of our lives.
  • Fundamentals of Fat - It’s all about the fat - where it’s stored, what we do with it, and why we need it. Losing fat generally involves changing your dietary approach while protecting muscle.
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  • Hormonal Influences on Weight - It’s not just reproductive hormones - estrogen, progesterone, testosterone - that influences our weight. Other hormones also play a role in how we gain weight and where it’s stored, such as cortisol, leptin, insulin, ghrelin, and a host of neurotransmitters.
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  • Weight Management Tips - We’ll discuss goal-setting, portion control, exercise, the Plate, and other handy little tips to make losing weight achievable.
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  • Popular Diets - Do they really work? What about intermittent fasting? Are smoothies and meal replacements helpful? How about the Paleo diet or the Keto diet? How about the DASH diet, the Carnivore diet, or Intuitive eating? Let’s take at look at the most popular diets and how they might benefit you.
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Includes

Support Materials

Downloadable slides

Video

9 hours of teaching

Certificate

Certificate included
(see more below)

Pay Once = One Year Access

1 year to view and review content, ask questions and discuss

This is for you if you...

want to explore healthy weight management beyond just diet and exercise.
desire practical tips, goal-setting strategies, and dietary insights that empower you to make sustainable changes, shedding the confusion often associated with weight loss.
want to understand the various factors that affect weight to better help clients.

Upon completion, you will...

have practical tools you can use right away for yourself and clients.
have a clear view of how various hormones effect weight gain or loss to better identify roadblocks for you and your clients.
be familiar with the common weight management diets to better guide yourself and clients on the weight management path.

Teacher

Phyllis D. Light, MA

As 4th generation herbalist, Phyllis started with lessons from her grandmother who taught from her Creek/Cherokee heritage. Phyllis has studied and worked with herbs, foods, and other healing techniques for 30+ years. She is the author of Southern Folk Medicine and co-author of Traditional Western Herbalism Pulse Evaluation.

Certificate Included

sample certificate of completion

  • How to Get a Certificate

    • Complete course materials
    • Pass the test with a grade of 70% or better
    • Save or print your certificate!


    Available with subscription and individual course purchases.

  • Accreditation hours

    This course is a total of 10.5 accredited hours
    • 6.5 hours Basic Human Sciences
    • 4 hours Nutrition and Medical Terminology


    *Please check with your accrediting agency whether they will accept accredited hours or certificates from the Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism

Healthy Weight Management

Empower yourself with holistic knowledge on diet, exercise, and hormones.
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