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Weight loss spa vacations offer the opportunity to jumpstart your health and fitness regimen, re-focus your thinking and balance your life. But please - don't call them "fat farms"!
A health spa vacation may combine a somewhat strict diet with relatively intensive fitness programs. But there's down-time, too - typical spa treatments such as massages, facials, and hydrotherapy are usually offered to help you relax at the end of an active day.
This is a much more fun version of a weight loss camp for adults!
Yoga and meditation are also common, balancing the health of the body and mind.
Weight loss vacations in Europe often offer body cleansing detox regimens; in the US, fitness is the focus. In any case, you are removed from the stresses of everyday life and free to concentrate on achieving a healthy weight and lifestyle.
Weight loss retreats typically are
destination spas
, where you spend a week or more engaging in the program. The best way to make the lifestyle changes necessary to change your body is to devote at least a week, without distractions, to your program. While there are a few weight loss programs offered through
day spas,
they are designed for people living in the area who can visit the spa daily. Day spa programs typically are not as thorough as those offered at a destination spa, where your focus is on your health and fitness all day long. They may, however, be a good way of reinforcing what you learned in a destination spa program.
All of the weight loss spas listed in this category are destination spas with programs lasting 1 - 4 weeks.