Christine Rosche

Christine Rosche is an expert in the fields of nutrition, weight, and stress management, and has worked with thousands of patients for over 25 years. Here is an excerpt about Christine Rosche from Dr. Susan Lark's Health Newsletter, January 2003.

My long time colleague and friend, Christine Rosche, has developed an integrative, comprehensive approach to weight loss entitled the Light Living Program. The program includes goal setting, taking responsibility, motivation, accepting and loving your body, and healing emotional eating. Several of the steps she includes in this program are ones that I have advocated for years.

In her new book Light Living: A Whole Person Approach to Well-Being and Weight, Christine discusses the importance of setting clear goals regarding your weight loss. What your goals are will be unique to you, so spend a little time being realistic about what you'd like to achieve. And remember that achieving the end results of your goals is a process that takes time and patience.

One of the best ways to do this is to break down each of your goals into small, realistic steps. For example, if you'd like to lose 50 pounds, focus on losing just four pounds each month for the next 12 months. Similarly, if one of your goals is to exercise more, be realistic about your physical abilities, as well as the type of exercise that you enjoy the most. Christine shared a great story with me that really reflects this point. One of her patients, Sara, came to her for a weight loss consultation. Sara had not exercised in over 15 years and no one had been able to help her stick with a workout program, No matter what type of exercise routine she tried, she quickly became bored and would quit. However, after three sessions with Christine's Light Living Program, Sara's energy levels increased significantly, and she decided to start using an exercise machine at home while watching her favorite home videos. She started with just one day a week, then increased to 2-3 days a week. To her surprise she found that for the first time, she enjoyed the exercise sessions and began to look forward to them. It has now been six months, and Sara has not only reached her weight loss goal, but she is still using her exercise machine five days a week, while enjoying her favorite films and videos.

Finally, you need to make your goals real and concrete. Specifically, this means writing your goals down, being as specific as possible, and reading them aloud. You may went to place them where you can see them each day. This will serve as a constant reminder and help to keep you on track....