A change of pace from your daily routine (or

routine vacation) can bring unexpected results

and insights in even a short time away. At Green

Mountain, woman have said the time they’ve

invested in themselves has reaped benefits beyond

their expectations. With 40 years of experience in

teaching weight management, we’ve developed a

concise and user-friendly approach to present new

ideas and information. For and idea of what your day

might be like at Green Mountain, refer to A Typical

Day on our website. Of course, this is only a sample

schedule because we want you to make specific

choices in your program that are meaningful to

you and your goals. The way you personalize your

schedule, however, will fall into a framework that

has produced documented results over time.

A change of scenery can also be revitalizing.

Vermont’s Green Mountains are known for

invigorating body and spirit. A beautiful setting

through the four seasons, there’s more then

fancy foliage to admire in our corner of Vermont.

Nearby Weston is home to some of the country’s

best summer stock theater productions, while

Manchester boasts outrageous outlet shopping.

Charming Woodstock is a center of galleries,

antiques, arts and crafts. Situated in the midst of

Vermont’s best ski area, Green Mountain at Fox

run’s own twenty acres on a wooded hilltop offer

an escape form everyday stress and an excellent

environment for renewal.

When it comes to conquering a weight problem,

every woman longs for it. But dealing with weight can be so overwhelming,

the path to change seems elusive. Or scary. At Green Mountain at Fox

Run, change is neither. As the nation’s oldest weight-management retreat

dedicated to women, we have spent the last quarter century developing and

refining intelligent strategies that have helped women find and maintain a

healthy weight. In fact, Green Mountain can claim the country’s highest rate

of success for weight lost and maintained. If you’ve tried every diet, read all

the books and followed strict meal plans up and down the scale only to end

up afraid to hope for real solutions...consider the possibilty of lasting change

at Green Mountain. Isn’t it time to try something different?

Changing the way you feel is one of the most

joyous results of managing your weight. Our past

participants, even the most sedentary, have told us

that they started to feel better physically and mentally

almost immediately after exercising here. Feeling

good was a strong foundation for mastering their

eating and stress, a skill they began to learn at Green

Mountain. We believe it is vitally important to provide

you with a variety of physical activity solutions that

can be modified to accommodate all fitness levels.

As with the nutritional element of our program, we

will help you develop a personal activity plan that’s

enjoyable, do-able, and specifically designed for you

and your situation back home. We know that the key

to sustaining physical activity over a period of time

is - quite simply - whether it’s accessible and fun!

That’s why we offer many options to help you find an

activity that works for you. Whether it’s a morning

walk with the Green Mountains of Vermont as a

backdrop, aerobics, aquatics, tennis, cross-country

skiing, strength training or any of the many activities

we offer, we want you to discover the happiness of

movement.

To exercise your mind as well as your body, you’ll

attend lectures on how much exercise is enough, the

psychology and physiology of exercise, and the myths

about exercise and activity in relation to metabolism

are also program components.

You also have the opportunity to meet with our

credentialed fitness experts one-on-one. Specializing

in intrinsic fitness and motivation, they can help you

create a plan that works for your “best” days and

your “worst” ones, too.

With exercise, I have begun to f irm up and feel more f lexibly as well. I’m much more conf ident in myself and my talents. I feel like and entirely different person!

Wendy Lieberman, TherapistGlendale, IL

Changing the way you think about eating is the first step towards managing your weight.

Diets are all about restricting, not about eating.

And common sense will tell you that when it

comes to keeping weight off permanently, feeling

deprived is not a reasonable long-term solution. In

fact, forty years ago, Green Mountain pioneered

the non-diet approach to healthy eating that

health and medical experts are only now realizing

is the key to weight m management.

Changing the way you think about foodcan lead you to healthy eating. It’s not impossible.

The ability to ‘de-powerize’ the role food plays in

your life is a skill that can be practiced and acquired.

In the same way competent women master other

areas of their lives, eating well can be learned.

You’ll have the opportunity to practice eating

mindfully with tasty, healthy meals that prove

eating for weight loss and maintenance doesn’t

have to be restrictive or ultra-low in calories. Our

menu provides plenty of energy for activities

while promoting a sensible loss of weight. Each

woman also develops her own personal eating

plan for back home. We can help you create one

that fits your specific needs, because ours is not a

cookie-cutter solution. We know that - for lasting

success - women need strategies that are flexible,

livable and ones that can be applied to their

individual lifestyles.

The non-diet approach was a very freeing aspect for me. Turning eating into a matter of decision rather than ‘diet’

created a new mind-set for me. This process has allowed me to treat food as it is meant to be - as mourishment - rather than

some forbidden activity.

Sharon Helmsley, PhysicianDallas, TX

With so many changing opinions about what makes for healthy living, who can

you trust to make sense of emerging scientific

and medical research? We are proud that Green

Mountain alumnae have told us we helped

them separate fact from fiction and to debunk

the myths surrounding diet and exercise.

After working with our outstanding nutrition

authorities and downright inspirational eating

behavior specialists and exercise physiologists,

you’ll leave Green Mountain with the tools that

will help you make healthy decisions back home.

Feedback from past participants also tells us

that our caring attitude has been as important

to them as our excellent scientific and academic

credentials. Experiences has given us a deep

understanding of the personal challenge

weight and stress management presents to

contemporary women. Each staff member

brings and equal measure of professionalism

and refreshing enthusiasm to her work.

We offer participants continued inspiration

through informative blog articles and emails

after they leave. Phone consultations at home

with our eating

behavior specialist

are also available as

a personal option.

Perhaps it’s this

kind of follow-

up that’s given

Green Mountain a

published five-year

success rate 20

time greater than

any other program.

I felt each and every

one of the staff tru ly

cared about me and

my goals and more

genuinely interested

in how I could reach

them. Their positive

voices will stay with me.

Betty Soloman, Kalamazo, MI

Changing your priorities can often be the

foundation for a healthier weight and lifestyle.

For many women, weight and well-being form a

delicate balance, with the stress from an imbalance

of personal priorities showing up as extra

pounds and inches. Over the years, we at Green

Mountain have discovered that successful weight

management means making yourself a priority -

something that doesn’t always come naturally to

women, the caretakers of the world. In our unique,

all-female environment, yo have the opportunity

to take time to reflect, re-assess and establish

new priorities in a supportive atmosphere. Our

educational approach, focusing on topics ranging

from nutrition to stress to exercise to self-esteem

has inspired women to set healthy goals not only

for their weight, but for their lives.

For me, a lot of things I already ‘knew’ jelled

at Green Mountian. Now it all makes sense in

a comprehensive, sensible, livable way. It has

shown me how to stop pointing ‘out there’ and to

begin looking inwards for the control in my life.

Gale D’Aloia, TeacherNew York, NY

Green Mountain has opened so many doors in my mind that I’ve kept closed

for a long time. It has provided me with a new outlook on life.

Adrienne Kurtz, EditorLos Angeles, CA