Sign up to our Healthy Lifestyles programme, a free nutrition and exercise programme in the Craven area.

Register your interest in Healthy Lifestyles

How much does it cost?

The programme is a free service for up to 24 weeks to support adults to lose weight, move more and maintain long term weight loss. This service is fully funded by North Yorkshire Council Public Health.

The programme aims to help people manage their weight to avoid health conditions including type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases.

Who is the service for?

You can join the scheme if you are:

• Over 18 years of age
• A resident, or registered with a GP practice in North Yorkshire or working for an organisation based in North Yorkshire.

BMI criteria

• You have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above

or

• you have a BMI of 25 or above and are in black or minority ethnic group OR or have a condition such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease or hypertension. Other comorbidities should be assessed on a case by case basis for risk factors.

Check your BMI on the NHS Live Well website

What does the programme consist of?

Group sessions are 75 minutes and consist of a weekly weigh-in, healthy eating advice for weight loss and an exercise workout.

All Healthy Lifestyles participants can take advantage of the free activities offered whilst they are attending the weekly weigh-in and nutrition session.

Are you ready?

1. Do you have any holidays planned?

2. Can you commit to a 24 week service?

3. Are you in the right frame of mind to lose weight now?

How do I access the service?

Your health professional can complete a referral form that they will forward on to us or you can complete the self-referral form online. We will then contact you to arrange an assessment.

We advise you speak to your GP before starting any new exercise or nutrition programme, especially if you have medical conditions and or have been sedentary for a long period of time.

What happens next?

• Our Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator will contact you to talk through the service, your eligibility, and any previous attempts to lose weight, what your motivations are, and the session options available to you
• After the initial discussion you will be booked in for a health assessment with your weight management advisor
• Once completed you will start the 12 week free programme
• If you are successful in achieving the agreed 5% weight loss, you will be entitled to a further 12 weeks support

For further information please contact us:

• email: HealthyLifesty.cra@northyorks.gov.uk
• telephone: 01756 706282

Sessions in the Craven District: 

Rewarding you for your hard work

If you decide to join the programme we want to support you every step of the way so we have put together the following incentives:

A further 12 weeks of free access to the Healthy Lifestyles programme of activities at Craven Leisure and satellite sites throughout the Craven district when you achieve your 5% weight loss target by the end of the initial 12 weeks.

A free month membership at Craven Leisure plus a further three months at a discounted rate and a complimentary meal in Revive Café if you maintain your 5% weight loss target after 24 weeks (end of 12th week of maintenance programme).

For further information please contact the coordinator by telephone: email here: HealthyLifesty.cra@northyorks.gov.uk or telephone: 01756 706282.

Car parking

Healthy Lifestyles customers who are based at Craven Leisure on can apply for a free car park permit at reception. Otherwise pay & display is in operation , please see car park notice boards in car park.

Case Study - Debbie Ridd

My life today is so much different to what it was 18 months ago!

On the 28^th October I sent my online application in to the healthy lifestyle programme. I didn’t know it then but it was one of the best choices I have ever made.

I then met with Steph for my initial assessment to go through the programme, put a plan in place and arrange a start date. My weight at that date was 14 stone 11 pounds, by far the heaviest I have been and my BMI was 39.1. I was embarrassed and ashamed of myself, and knew it was the right time to make a change. Steph worked out my 5% target loss for the programme to be 10lb in 12 weeks, if this was achieved I would be able to stay on for a further 12 weeks’ support.

At the end of my first week on the programme I lost 3lb which continued for the next eleven weeks.

Being able to stay on for the next 12 weeks enabled me to achieve a loss of 3 stone 2lb at the 24-week stage.

If anybody had told me a year ago that this time next year I would go to body pump, Pilates, spin, kettlebells, HIIT, LBT’s, Aqua I would have laughed at them!

After the programme finished I continued to attend Hannahs class to be weighed, which I still do now 18 months since I originally started.

I have to admit that at times it has been hard and I have weeks when I gained weight around 8lb in total, I have taken it back off. To be able to achieve this your mind needs to ready, it is a mental journey as well as a physical one. This journey was never about vanity it was always for my health, I never set out to drop from a size 20/22 to size 10/12. I am now the happiest I have ever been in my life.

This comes from eating a well-balanced diet, remembering that nothing is off limits, just in moderation. I now drinks loads of water, don’t add fat to anything that I eat, chose wisely of dinner menus when I am out, and gave up fizzy drinks. I am on a lifestyle change not a diet!

I smile more, I laugh more, I careless about what people think about me and more about myself.

My mind-set was if I can lose 1lb this week I can do it every week, that got stronger as the weeks went on and the weight went down.

My advice to anyone joining the program would be….. Do it for yourself, not anyone else, do it because you want to, not because your told to. Believe you can and you will.

I am now 9 stone 6lb and have a BMI of 25.3

I ask you- can you lift 30kg of weight? I can’t, but I use to carry this around every day!

Testimonials

Specialist staff skills and competencies

The programme is led by advanced instructors (REPS Level 3 or equivalent).

All of our advanced instructors are trained in the following areas:

• Instructors - Personal Trainer (Level 3)
• Nutrition & Weight Management
• First Aid
• Motivational interviewing
• Alcohol intervention
• Smoking cessation
• Behaviour change

Links to useful services

• NHS advice about healthy eating from NHS Live Well
• NHS information and guidance about a balanced diet from NHS Eat Well
• NHS information about getting and staying physically active