Birchcreek Health & Weight Loss Retreat's
Kids Camp Summer 2008
The Status Quo
Our research bears out what parents of overweight children already know: within two months of leaving camp, children nearly always regain the weight they lost.
The reason is simple:
~ Typical weight loss camps don’t address the education aspect of a child’s understanding of nutrition and how that translates to their body and ‘body image’
~ Parents are not equipped to enable their child to continue healthy eating habits back at home.
Both parent and child need to learn how to implement a healthier approach to food, nutrition and exercise at home in order to effect real change.
The Birchcreek Approach: Safe, Natural, Healthy, Rapid and Lasting Weight Loss
The Birchcreek Health & Weight Loss Retreat for Kids is a weight loss program developed for children ages 12 to 17, with a simultaneous Jump Start program being attended by the accompanying parent or guardian.
At the Birchcreek Retreat for Kids, children experience the outdoors and attend workshops to learn about the role of diet, nutrition and exercise in their everyday lives. Along with rapid, safe and all-natural weight loss, motivated teachers guide and inspire each child toward their own personal goals and give them the confidence they need to stay motivated and on track.
Parents receive the Birchcreek Jump Start Your Life program, consisting of detox, fitness instruction, weight loss if desired, workshops, seminars and pampering spa services. The educational aspect of a Jump Start Your Life program will enable the parent to understand how and why the Birchcreek approach to permanent weight loss works and how to create lasting change in themselves and their family’s approach to nutrition and exercise.
Personal Attention
Birchcreek Health and Weight Loss Retreat for Kids maintains an uncommonly high staff to guest ratio to ensure that each child receives the personal attention and supervision they need in order to make them feel safe and well-cared for. It also means that during the course of your and your child’s stay, Birchcreek staff will get to know you as a family and as individuals in order to make sure your goals and priorities are being addressed.
A Magnificent Setting
The Birchcreek Health & Weight Loss Retreat for Kids is set in the rolling green mountains and park preserve of upstate New York, only 2 ½ hours from midtown Manhattan and in close proximity to several area airports.
Birchcreek Retreat’s spotless facility transports its guests to a bygone era of the great Catskill inns when comfort, hospitality and cleanliness were its trade in currency.
Fresh mountain air, clean streams and bright, starry nights are nature’s gift to each retreat guest. As you relax, unwind and trim down, you and your children will create memories that w
ill last a lifetime.
A Typical Day for Kids
8:00 Healthy Breakfast
10:30 Morning Hike
11:15 Free Time
12:00 Lunch
1- 3:15 Field & Water Sports
3:15 Mid-afternoon Nutrition Snack
3:30 Outdoor Wildlife Hike or Nature Study
5:00 Free Time
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Fireside Fun
Jump Start Program Typical Day
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Morning walk, stretching, deep breathing
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Welcome the day with an invigorating walk and enjoy the gorgeous weather and scenery. Our walks provide gentle warming for fitness beginners or a power working for those more fit.
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'Jump Start Your Life' breakfast is light and powerful, with raw fruit juices, nutrition drinks and in-season fresh fruit.
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Whatever your fitness level, flexibility can be improved. Stretch program and breathing classes gently work your body - Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates, Intensive Abs.
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10:30 am |
Snack Break |
Delicious, raw and freshly extracted juices give you energy and keep your metabolism moving throughout the day. |
11:00 am |
Jump Start Your Life Seminar |
Educational insights into weight loss, health, diet and fitness help create strategies and incentives to continue your success at home. Learn about your body's incredible self-healing properties. |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
You won't believe how delicious and satisfying lunch can be and still be healthy and weight reducing! A cornucopia of raw fruits and vegetables with homemade dressings and dips are the centerpiece of your meal. You'll relish every bite. |
1:30 pm |
Personal Time |
Grab a favorite book, kick back and relax, visit nearby attractions or indulge in one of our pampering spa services. |
2:30 pm |
Personal Workout Time |
Whatever your fitness level, we have a plan tailored for you. Intensive work with the personal trainer, guided hikes or a nature walk will burn fat and trim you up. |
3:30 pm |
Afternoon Snack |
You can't lose weight without energy. Keep that metabolism active with a healthy juice or smoothie break. |
4:00 pm |
Personal Time |
You've earned some quiet time. Shower and refresh. Visit with friends and contemplate how you feel after a perfect day. |
5:30 pm |
Dinner - A Rewarding Bounty |
Dinner, impressive delicious and bountiful, is served in an intimate and gracious dining room. Renowned chefs produce outstanding cuisine tailored for enjoyment as well as weight loss. A sampling of the fare runs the taste bud gamut: colorful, nutrition-rich locally grown leafy salads with outrageous dressings; hearty soups; home baked whole-grain breads; delicious, healthful lasagnas; outrageous and fantastic vegetarian theme dinners. |
7:00 pm |
Workshop or Relaxation Time |
Finish the day with hands on workshops or relax and enjoy the magnificent setting. |
Cost
Birchcreek Retreat for Kids conducts small, intimate groups by design in order to lavish personal attention on each child and their own set of specific needs and goals. Please contact us for pricing options.
Get Started Today
If you’re serious about creating real change in your child’s life and health, it’s time to take action. Call Birchcreek Retreat for Kids to get your family on track for a more confident, leaner, healthier life.
