What Is Weight Loss Coaching? by:Zelda Sheldon
What is weight loss coaching?
What is weight loss coaching?
Weight Loss Coaching is widely regarded an emerging industry. This results in a lot of confusion in the market concerning what coaching is. To find out how many weight loss coaches are around I did a Google search and typed in the key phrase 'Weight Loss Coaching'.
And here are The Results: Google said they found all 12.3 million results in just 0.27 seconds. How amazing is Google??
WOW!!!! So this really IS an expanding area of the market place. OK, so exactly what is weight loss coaching?
The dictionary definition of coaching is:
a) private tutoring
b) instructing or training.
Coaching may be associated with a wide range of performance-based activities such as singing, playing a musical instrument, acting, sports or even learning how to drive a car. Coaching is the instruction of performers in the fundamentals of a performance activity and directs on strategy to improve performance.
Professional Weight Loss Coaching may be viewed as an ongoing partnership that helps clients produce fulfilling results with regards to weight loss. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and as a result, their quality of life is enhanced.
The Coaching Process:
Quite simply, coaching focuses on where clients are today, where they want to be tomorrow, and what they are willing to do to get there.
At Healthy Weight Loss Now the coaching philosophy Zelda Sheldon uses is one which honours the client as the expert in his/her personal life, and believes that every client is creative, resourceful, and aspiring to be whole. It is on this foundation that the coach's responsibility is to:
1. Encourage client's self-discovery
2. Help clients discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve
3. Create client-generated solutions and strategies
4. Hold the client as responsible and accountable
The weight loss coaching sessions can be either face-to-face, phone, email or online at between 15 minutes to 60 minutes depending on individual preferences, budgetary and time constraints.
For the next weight loss coaching article go to 'What Weight Loss Coaching Can Do for You'.
Enjoy life!
Zelda Sheldon 2006 Healthy Weight Loss Now.
Visit www.healthyweightlossnow.com.au to learn more strategies for weight loss coaching for increased well being.
About the author
Zelda Sheldon writes about personal breakthroughs. Her 'Healthy Weight Loss Now' series is based on her own experience losing 23 kilos in 20 weeks on the Cohen Lifestyle Clinic weight loss program. Visit
http://www.healthyweightlossnow.com.au to learn more. As a passionate lifelong learner with BA Communications, Zelda produces inspirational 'personal journey' communications to help others achieve their own breakthroughs. She lives and works in Sydney Australia with Pal, her husband of 25 years.
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