Weight Loss College
Private Chefs In Weightloss Boot Camps
I think having private chefs in weightloss boot camps is pretty standard. Due to the steep cost of some of these camps I think that the owners of the camps want to give their clients the best of everything during their stays.
That is the upside of having private chefs in weightloss boot camps. The downside is that the client does not get to experience making their own healthy meals and therefore may not learn what is needed to maintain their new found healthy weight.
Unless the camp and chef also offers healthy cooking classes as part of the program the client will remain deficient in this most important part of a healthy lifestyle.
Any camp worth it’s salt should be well rounded and focus on all aspects of losing weight and keeping it off. Therefore, teaching the client how to eat and cook for themselves once they leave the program is essential. Unless they are determined to have repeat customers, that is.
The best way to teach someone how to eat correctly and make healthy choices is to let them do it themselves, with guidance. Most people learn the best this way. A hands on approach to a healthy lifestyle allows the client to gain the confidence needed for when they get home.
The best camps out there employ nutritionists and dieticians to help customize meal plans for their clients but it is the chef who can really inspire the client to use their imagination and become creative with their food preparation so they do not get bored with food and slide back into the same old habits.
Most people are not passionate about food, except when eating it. A chef is passionate about food and may be able to pass some of that passion on to the client so they lose the weight they need to during their visit and then take what they have learned home with them to their families.
The preparation of the meal is just as important to the chef as the eating of the meal. From planning out what to serve, buying the ingredients, preparing them and then presenting them nicely on the plate so they are appealing all goes into what makes a meal an experience rather than just eating for the sake of eating.
An executive chef knows this and can teach the clients all that really goes into a meal so maybe they gain some of that passion for food and make it easier to change their own bad habits.
Changing our relationship with food is the best way to keep the weight off permanently. Food is meant to fuel our bodies not comfort our soul in times of stress.
If the camp offers some type of counseling as well then the client may also be able to figure out the “why” behind the way they feel about food and make an even deeper, lasting change.
Private chefs in weightloss boot camps along with the personal trainers, nutritionists, counselors, and possibly medical personnel on staff should give the client the needed support to lose the weight they need and keep it off.
