Full Plate Living
Full Plate Living teaches participants how to start eating a high-fiber diet — a delicious, scientifically proven approach that can lead to more energy, lower cholesterol, better blood sugar and weight loss.
Full Plate Living Overview
- Accommodates approximately 15 participants ages 16+
- Accepted on a first come, first served basis
- Registered participants meet once a week for 4 weeks:
- In person at the MNPS Employee Wellness Center
- Session last approximately 90 minutes
- Sessions led by a registered nurse and/or health coach and a medical provider (e.g., physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner).
Coming This Fall
The MNPS Health Care Centers will host another four-week Full Plate Living Group Medical Visit this fall. Registered participants will meet once a week for four Thursdays at the Employee Wellness Center at Berry Hill (5 - 6:30 p.m.).
Schedule
- Week 1: September 10
- Week 2: September 17
- Week 3: September 24
- Week 4: October 1
Easy to Understand, Fun to Follow
With Full Plate Living, there are no forbidden foods, no points to count, and no guilt or shame. Once you start eating enough fiber — from a long list of foods that you already love — everything else can fall into place.
Full Plate Living is for people who want to:
- Have more energy and stamina
- Lose weight on autopilot
- Sleep better
- Reduce diabetes risk
- Avoid diverticulitis
- Reduce risk of heart attack
- Control your blood sugar with less fuss
- Feel good again
What You’ll Learn
Over four sessions, you will:
- Learn how to gradually add whole, unprocessed fiber foods to your plate that will help you feel satisfied and full
- Explore your reasons for wanting to make a lasting change
- Use a small-step approach to make sustainable changes
- Learn how to approach lifestyle change positively, with no guilt and lots of support, and create a pathway for good health that is doable for life
Participants have free access to guides, videos, cookbooks and more to help them change the way they eat and feel.
After you complete the core program above, you'll have the option to continue with these focused courses: Reimagining Diabetes and Reimagining Weight Loss. You’ll also have access to weekly emails with recipes and tips, monthly workshops and a private Facebook community for ongoing support.
Backed by Science
Full Plate Living is one of only a few programs certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. A study, published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, found that participants “lost weight and reported increased energy and improved confidence in making healthy food choices.”
Full Plate Living is a program of Ardmore Institute of Health, which works for a future where healthy lifestyles will be the preferred method to prevent, treat and reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Since 1947 the organization has promoted lifestyle change as a way to help people achieve healthier and fulfilling lives.