YMCA Healthy Lifestyles

Developed with Stanford Prevention Research Center. Tap the power of a group to make positive, lasting changes.

Healthy Lifestlyes gives you the tools for success

Healthy Lifestyles Helps You:
  • Increase energy and become more active
  • Lose weight
  • Change your eating habits
  • Find more balance in your life
You can make it happen. Start your new healthy lifestyle today.
Call your local YMCA for registration information.

Healthy Lifestyles is Effective
The YMCA has developed Healthy Lifestyles in collaboration with Stanford Prevention Research Center. For more than thirty years, Stanford has been developing, testing and refining a Six-Step Method for Behavioral Change - a scientifically-tested method found to be effective in facilitating life-long behavior change related to health, physical activity and nutrition.

Groups Are Powerful
You are not in this alone. Healthy Lifestyles brings together groups of individuals to support and motivate one another to reach health goals. You will be inspired to change your own behaviors as you work with others with common experiences, goals and struggles. Groups provide accountability and a powerful incentive to affect change. Throughout your journey you will receive positive reinforcement, gain self-acceptance and increase your confidence.

Ongoing Support
The program begins with a health and lifestyle assessment. From there you will have one-on-one time with a coach and participate in weekly group sessions. Throughout this 10-month process you will:
  • set short and long term goals
  • identify barriers
  • undertake a new health and well-being routine
  • track your progress
The group sessions will support you by providing new strategies for healthy living with topics such as how to overcome barriers, keeping yourself motivated, building your support network, and more.

Healthy Lifestyles Program Rates
$100 for Members
$150 for Non-members
Financial Assistance is available.

10-month Healthy Lifestyles Program Includes:
  • 2 one-on-one meetings with your facilitator
  • Access to a Stanford-developed online health assessment tool
  • Program notebook and meeting worksheets