A Healthy Me Review
What You Should Know
A Healthy Me is a program developed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. This program promises “a healthy approach to fitness, family and fun”. A Healthy Me has a website in which those who wish to try their program can sign up. This isn’t a strict diet and exercise program; it is a website in which users can learn how to diet and exercise properly for their current conditions. The entire plan is spelled out on the website so that users can simply log in when they need help or wish to advance.
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Product Features
The A Healthy Me program is not just for the young and middle aged, the elderly and children can also learn about fitness and nutrition as well. A Healthy Me isn’t a strict diet program, but a way to learn about diet and exercise and incorporate them into everyday life. The website provides information on diseases and conditions and how those with certain diseases and conditions should go about getting losing weight. A Healthy Me teaches users how to begin an exercise program and how to advance in it. The program also offers nutrition advice by recommending meal plans. A Healthy Me also has a section where users can learn about vitamins and supplements so that they can get an idea of what they may need or not need to add to their diet and exercise plan. The website also has plenty of tools such as a body fat calculator and several calorie calculators to help users assess their current condition and provide advice on how they should change things.
Advantages
- A Healthy Me teaches users how to diet and exercise so that they can get the weight off and keep it off.
- This program can work for people of all ages, even children.
- There is no strict regimen so users can try new and different meals and exercises as they choose so they do not get bored and stray from a diet and exercise plan.
- A Healthy Me also teaches users about vitamins, minerals and supplements and how they affect the body.
- This program teaches people how to handle stress so that they can stop using food to cope.
- There are several calculators so users can assess their decisions and progress.
Disadvantages
- This is not a structured or strict program so users will need to have discipline to stay on track.
- There is no one-on-one counseling.
- Users will need access to the internet often in order to utilize A Healthy Me.
Conclusion
A Healthy Me takes a different approach to weight loss by educating instead of forcing a strict plan. Not all people wishing to lose weight can do it without structure and guidance so A Healthy Me might not work for them. However, it is a good education tool. Whether A Healthy Me will work depends on an individuals fitness goals and personal will power.

