Veggy for Carbs  In our Weight Loss Lifestyle Program we consider vegetables to be the replacement of carbs by volume. The mistake some people make with low-carb diet is to have increased amount of protein. Protein as a replacement of carbs is not a sound idea. Only veggy and fruits (not very sweet like mango) should replace carbs. 

Gluten Free meals is a very good idea even if you are  not known for having gluten allergy or sensitivity. 

- tomorrow starts right after dinner, not in the morning at breakfast. If you don't eat after dinner today you will feel very good tomorrow, even chronic pains are eased. There is very good reason for that;

- afternoon fruits snakes after lunch with limited amount of carbs give you the strength for that late afternoon fitness;

- dinner is the time for vegetables and all that light gourmet meals you enjoy in a good company.

"Sain Esprit"  Fitness Program

- light morning exercises short cardio, stretch, finishing with yoga's asanas (if you get used to make your main fitness in the morning we will make an adjustment in the Program for you);

- yoga: assana yoga, not gymnastic or dynamic yoga invented for Western culture. Assana yoga is a connection of your spirit with your body. Assana Yoga  is all about how it feels after couple of months of regular exercising. And it is nothing about how it looks or how far can you reach behind your feet. Join Weight Loss Retreat  @ French Riviera to learn from person with real gift for yoga. Even if nothing else would be in our program this alone would be enough to join it.

- afternoon fitness as a main workout of the day (unless you prefer it other way).
First: cardio:

• as intensive walk as you can; OR
  
•  jogging / running, OR
  
•  stair climbing, OR
• workout with mini-step.

Second: Stretch and some exercises for equilibrium;

-  special complex of late night exercises and stretches.

It seems overwhelming, but as soon as you learn all exercises you will know which of them to use and when. The main principle of our Weight Loss Lifestyle Retreat is - "Let your body to have some space" The living space for body is not just space but rather movements. We move our bodies in space and the bodies exist in that movements. Movement is the living space for a body. So when you let your body be in some movements, it learns something new, and what is remarkable - it gives you a feedback!. To recognize that feedback from your own body is what the real yoga about. We will help you to experience this connection with your body.

    Studies have shown that the way a person lives his or her life in the later years can make those years exciting for the person. These lifestyle factors have more influence on the quality of life than genetics has. "An American woman who today reaches age 50 free of cancer and heart disease can expect to see her 92nd birthday. The average man who is 65 today - an age now reached by more than 70 percent of the U.S. population - can expect to live until 81. This amounts to a second adult lifetime. ( (Sheehy, 1995, pp. 5-6). But health cannot be taken for granted and usually must be achieved with deliberate actions. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that people be “physically active, eat a healthy diet, do not use tobacco, and practice other healthy behaviors” to reduce the risk of chronic diseases. They emphasize that “physical activity is the key to healthy aging.”

 Lifestyle Program - Un esprit sain dans un corps sain

(A healthy mind in a healthy body)

Since behavior or habit changes take a significant amount of time, you need a mechanism to maintain motivation. "Sain Esprit" Life Style Program invites you to the road where every step will be rewarded, which helps to keep that necessary motivation intact and growing. Your energy will grow every day. You stop feeling tired. That feeling alone  worth every effort you invest in the Program.

Habits, like cactus are hard to kill. They are like water running downhill; it takes no effort to maintain a habit; even a bad one.

So there’s the secret. We use your normal daily routine to help maintain new habits, by incorporating them into your life. A good system is one that is easier to follow than not follow. If you want something to become a habit, put it inside a procedure that you normally do. So we create a new Life Style from your normal routine plus new habits. You remove some bad habits and not just leave the empty spaces but fill them with new ones. This new ones will be so good for your overall well being that rewards from following them help to overcome the strength of old habits.
I cannot stress enough the importance of placing your new behavior inside your normal daily routine; it builds your commitment right into what you do. When your new behavior is the part of a standard procedure that you follow without having to decide each time, you will find that it gets reinforced so that it gradually becomes like that water running down hill. "Sain Esprit" Life Style Program  helps to learn the way to keep going on with time, by incorporating the new habits in you normal daily routine. One of the mission of the Program is to create for every member her or his own unique version of "Sain Esprit" Life Style . Working together with you on daily basis we  help you to incorporate all elements of the program. So that your already stable routines and habits will include the new ones and keep you going on doing them without frustration of making everyday effort for a long time.

    "Sain Esprit" Life Style is a very thorough and sophisticated program, which only can be learned through sharing experience with Program leader for at least one or better two weeks. The exact content of the Program vary from group to group, from person to person. Most of the elements well known to you. You have heard of low-carb nutrition approach. You know yoga, stretch, walking, jogging, stair-climbing. You understand the importance of breakfast being the main meal of the day. And you know that you should stop eating after dinner. We add some principles and lots of practical how-to-do-it things.