A new healthy lifestyle service is coming to Oxfordshire. Achieve Oxfordshire will no longer be providing the weight management programmes for Oxfordshire after 31st August 2024; however, you can still refer (self or professional) where you’ll be added to a waitlist. Maximus will be providing this service from 1 September 2024.
Build healthy habits that last a lifetime with Beezee Adults and Beezee Families – in-person and online programmes to help you eat well and get moving. And if you’re looking for weight loss support just for men, our online Gutless sessions can help. Visit www.oxf.maximusuk.co.uk for more information.
A 12 week weight loss programme that is delivered in a group setting. Benefit from the group support and encouragement each week and cover topics such as emotional eating, making and breaking habits, getting active, what's inside our food and much more.
Tired of diets, rules and restrictions? Keen to not only lose weight, but keep it off for the long term?
Our Gloji Groups programme is here to educate and empower you to take charge of your health and wellbeing.
Delivered by experts in nutrition, physical activity and behaviour change, Gloji Groups helps you build healthy habits around food and physical activity for long term, sustainable change.
12 group sessions for support, accountability, learning and sharing ideas
1:1 support from your practitioner between sessions (optional)
A safe, judgement-free space with no public weigh-ins
A holistic approach combining education around nutrition, physical activity, behaviour change, sleep, alcohol and how to deal with difficult situations such as restaurants, cafes and social situations.
Our aim is to take away the pressure, stress, and guilt so many people feel around food and weight loss, and instead, focus on small, targeted changes that are a fit for your lifestyle.
Each session has a theme, and includes conversations around making and breaking habits, managing portions, understanding sugars and fats, hunger and fullness, motivation, emotions, goal setting, social events and benefits or movement.
The course consists of a 1:1 discovery call and twelve 90 minute group sessions.
We follow up with you 3 months after the course ends and 6 months after that to offer long term support
We have group sessions running in the morning, afternoon and evening
Sessions will run weekly at the same time, either held online of face to face across Oxfordshire
Your weight will not be shared with anyone else in the group
Membership to our Gloji Gym is included free of charge
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO UPCOMING GLOJI GROUP PROGRAMMES - A new provider will be commencing in September 2024, if you would like your information passed onto them please complete the sign up form.
PRACTITIONERS
Our Practitioners have a wealth of experience and knowledge to help guide and support you through your Gloji Groups journey. All of our practitioners are friendly, supportive, and experts in their fields of nutrition, physical activity and behaviour change. They also undergo regular professional development to ensure that their skills continue to grow.
Gloji Mind+ is a one-to-one weight management programme designed to help those living with mental health conditions. Individuals will meet with a designated practitioner on a weekly basis either face-to-face, online or via the telephone and explore a range of wellbeing-focused topics across 12 sessions.
I’ve tried losing weight before. Why would this programme be any different?
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Unlike other weight-focused programmes, Gloji Mind+ looks deeper into your behaviour and lifestyle to set small, sustainable changes to improve your health for good. Rather than following a set diet plan, we listen to what has and hasn’t worked for you in the past. The primary difference being that we encourage responding to feelings over figures by re-focusing on an intuitive relationship with food, physical activity and your wellbeing. The fundamental aim of the programme is to build a foundation of tools and knowledge that you feel confident to build upon after the 12 sessions.
What do the sessions cover?
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Examples of topics include intuitive eating, how food labels can help your journey, hunger and fullness, the relationship between food and mood, how to overcome barriers to exercise, effective goal setting and a whole lot more. Some of these may feel all too familiar, while others may feel alien to you – we hear this. At your first session, the practitioner will run through all available topics and you’re free to choose which you feel will be most useful.
When and where are the sessions held?
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Sessions can be face-to-face in our community hubs, online or via the telephone. The practitioner will work with you to find a time that suits you both. If you find one these options would be a better fit for your schedule, this can also be changed during the programme.
How long are each of the sessions?
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Each session will last around 45 minutes. The practitioner will allot extra buffer time to ensure you feel conversations aren’t cut short and any further information will be provided in a follow-up email each week. Similarly, if you can only commit to shorter sessions, this can be raised with the practitioner and arranged accordingly.
eligibility
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Inclusion/exclusion Criteria
Inclusion:
Oxfordshire resident, working in Oxfordshire, studying in Oxfordshire or registered to an Oxfordshire GP surgery
You must be over the age of 18
BMI greater than 28 OR greater than 27.5 with a comorbidity OR greater 27.5 if you are from a Black, Asian and Minority (BAME) community OR greater than 23 if you are from a BAME community and have a comorbidity Scroll down to use our BMI checker
Exclusion:
You must not have accessed a free service via Achieve Oxfordshire in the last 12 months
You must not have been a paying member of Slimming World or WW in the last 3 months
Unfortunately, we are unable to support you via one of our services if any of the following health statuses apply to you:
Complex diabetes*
Known eating disorder - Other mental health conditions will be considered on a case by case basis
"The virtual meetings and the option to have my camera off was really beneficial. I am quite anxious about being judged so found the anonymity really comforting."
