Weight Loss System

• US 20120003615A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: M4 Group LLC
• Original Assignee: M4 Group LLC
• Inventors: Ochs, Donald Lee
• Application Number:
  US13/173,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20120003615A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/127
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A comprehensive integrated weight loss system combines regimens of exercise, nutrition and motivation with a focus upon raising a glycemic threshold to overcome insulin resistance. The diet may be fine-tuned by using feedback mechanisms to assess whether an individual is using a glycemic load that is correct for their individual body.

Claims

1. A method of dieting that comprises an individual:

(a) exercising a sufficient amount to raise a glycemic threshold;

(b) dieting according to a nutritional regimen that limits glycemic load; and

(c) motivating by use of an electronic system that performs hypnotherapy;

wherein the above steps (a), (b), and (c) are performed contemporaneously over an interval of time exceeding at least about eight weeks, and

the step (b) includes fine-tuning the diet by feedback mechanisms selected from the group consisting of cravings, energy level, hunger, rate of weight loss, and combinations thereof to accommodate the individual'"'"'s glycemic threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, where the step (a) of exercising includes a progression from walking to interval exercise over the interval of eight weeks.

3. The method of claim 1, where the fine-tuning of step (b) includes prioritizing the feedback mechanisms in the order of cravings, energy level, hunger, and rate of weight loss, with use of more than one feedback mechanism.

4. The method of claim 1, where the step (c) of motivating includes using an audio format that simultaneously plays a hypnotherapist'"'"'s voice in two patterns, a first pattern that is dominant in the foreground and a second format that is passive in the background.

5. The method of claim 4, where the step (c) of motivating includes playing brain entrainment sounds simultaneously with the hypnotherapist'"'"'s voice in two patterns.

6. A system providing for automated dietary recommendations, comprising:

means for providing user access to an electronic system;

means for polling user responses to obtain data regarding the an individual'"'"'s diet, exercises performed by the individual, whether the individual is experiencing food cravings, whether the individual is experiencing a low energy level, whether the individual is experiencing hunger, and rate of weight loss; and

means for assessing the data using an electronic system programmed with a system of expert-defined rules to provide recommendations as to the individual'"'"'s diet regimen, exercise regimen, and motivational regimen.

exercising a sufficient amount to reduce insulin resistance and so also raise a glycemic threshold;

(b) dieting according to a nutritional regimen that limits glycemic load; and

(c) motivating by use of an electronic system that performs hypnotherapy;

wherein the above steps (a), (b), and (c) are performed contemporaneously over an interval of time exceeding at least about eight weeks, and

the step (b) includes fine-tuning the diet by feedback mechanisms selected from the group consisting of cravings, energy level, hunger, rate of weight loss, and combinations thereof to accommodate the individual'"'"'s glycemic threshold.