Foundations PLUS
A Collaborative Program Custom-Tailored to support you at Every Step.
Four healthcare professionals from varied backgrounds and areas of expertise working together for you.
Get the results you expect from your efforts.
First, prioritize YOU by establishing healthy dietary and lifestyle patterns that support your health on a deep level. As you go, dismantle old beliefs holding you back. Finally, create a frictionless process to support your new habits. That's the PLUS system in a nutshell.
PLUS
Prioritize: Establish the conditions of health with Ann Hackman's 12-Week RESTORE Program. Healthy dietary and lifestyle patterns must be prioritized before they can be established as habits.
Loops: Weight loss resistance often involves multiple interconnected systems that reinforce each other, making it harder to lose weight. These systems create feedback loops that resist your weight loss efforts. By addressing these loops and treating multiple systems at once, the metabolism can become unstuck, regain function, and restore its flexibility.
Unconscious thoughts: Is your mindset holding you back? Limiting beliefs are just that - limiting. Set yourself up for success with Health Coach and Mindset Expert Margot Rutigliano, CPT, CHC, Pn2.
Systemize: Connect with Adrian Wellman, owner of PriorityMe, to organize daily health habits and practices into a streamlined process, making it easier to take action every day.
Collaboration is how you can create a solid foundation for long-term success.
Foundations PLUS System
Prepare: The groundwork of health
Establish the conditions of health
Generally, we think of the conditions of health as nutrition and eating patterns, sleep habits, physical activity levels, mental-emotional health, connection and support from others. All of this is critical to health. This is the focus of phase one. After all, healthy dietary and lifestyle patterns must be established before they can be optimized.
For those who thrive with the structure of a program and 1-1 support, I highly recommend Ann Hackman's RESTORE Program: a 12-Week Private Health Coaching Program "Empowering Women To Understand Their Bodies And Restore Their Health For Good. Reconnect Your Body, Mind, & Spirit Balance Your Metabolism, Hormones, & Health".
What happens when that's not enough? Healing occurs in phases. For some, this level of support may be sufficient to support the body's ability to heal itself. For others, this is the necessary groundwork for the next phase of healing.
Build: The foundations of health
With the groundwork in place, you can start building a solid foundation.
If you’re feeling stuck despite eating well and staying active, there might be more going on beneath the surface. When moderate lifestyle changes don’t lead to weight loss, it could be a sign of weight loss resistance—a sign that your metabolism needs some extra support.
Weight loss resistance is not about struggling to shed those last 5-10 pounds. Rather, it's a sign of deeper metabolic dysfunction.
To help your metabolism function as it should, I’ve developed the 3Rs of Metabolic Repair.
- Remove Obstacles to Cure
- Regulate Function
- Restore Metabolic Health
Once obstacles are removed, the next step is to regulate your body’s key systems—like your nervous system and gut health. If you’re facing weight loss resistance, it often means several systems in your body are out of sync. By addressing these systems simultaneously, you can break through frustrating plateaus and help your metabolism function well again.
Remember, while calories and exercise are important, how they affect your hormones is key to overcoming weight loss resistance. A comprehensive, multi-system approach ensures that your body’s natural rhythms and processes function optimally.
Fortify: The longevity of health
Get the support you need from compassionate and highly skilled professionals with varied backgrounds and levels of expertise in weight loss.
Collaborative healthcare professionals work together with a shared goal. Your success! When done successfully, collaboration ensures that you get the 360 degree support you need, when you need it. The PLUS framework is my system for connecting trusted professionals with you according to your needs, which will change as you move through this program.
The most common obstacles that I've noticed repeatedly can be categorized broadly into Mindset / Lack of Self-Belief and Focusing on Outcomes rather than Systems.
Mindset / Lack of Self-Belief
Is your mindset holding you back? Limiting beliefs are just that - limiting. Set yourself up for success with Health Coach and Mindset Expert Margot Rutigliano, CPT, CHC, PN2.
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” Author and anthropologist Carlos Castaneda on mindset.
Margot Rutigliano is a mindset-focused health coach and founder of Vita Vie Retreat, with over 17 years of experience in holistic wellness. Known for her resilience and structured yet flexible approach, she empowers her clients to build self-belief, embrace experimentation, and develop sustainable health habits. Margot’s approach blends mindset practices with fitness and nutrition, helping individuals achieve their wellness goals while maintaining balance and joy in life.
Focusing on Outcomes rather than Systems
If you truly care about your health goals, you'll focus on the process that will get you there.
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
James Clear, Author of Atomic Habits
If you don’t know what daily habits will move the needle for YOU, or how to find the time, energy or motivation to start, Adrian Wellman (owner of PriorityMe) has your back. Not only does he help people identify and prioritize what matters most, but he also helps them organize daily health habits and practices into a streamlined process, making it easier to take action every day.
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