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 focus on body cleansing detox regimens; in the US, fitness is the focus.
Weight loss retreats are
destination spas
- 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. There are weight loss programs at
day spas,
but this is most effective, of course, if you live nearby and can have access to the weight loss professionals on a daily basis.
All of the weight loss spas listed in this category are destination spas with programs lasting 1 - 4 weeks.