Readers’ Choice Awards: Top 10 Best for Weight Loss

It’s a win-win situation at Canyon Ranch in Tucson—lose weight healthily while learning lifelong maintenance practices, compliments of the spa’s weight loss program and its nutrition, exercise physiology, life management, and lifestyle medicine professionals. Customized plans continue at home with follow-up phone and video calls from the team.

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With a heavenly beachfront and tropical garden setting along the Gulf of Thailand, you won’t even notice the pounds disappearing while participating in Chiva Som’s holistic weight loss program. You can also engage in a full menu of massage and wraps and eastern- and western-influenced fitness classes.

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Don’t wait to start meeting your exercise and health goals—tend to them now by booking a stay at properties like Deerfield Spa; specializing in seasonal fitness programs, the spa accommodates just 33 guests at a time, and participation in all activities is voluntary.

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Interested in a weight loss program in a destination spa-type setting? Grab your girlfriends and head to the women’s-only Green Mountain at Fox Run, which merges mind-body behavioral classes, fitness, nutrition, and camaraderie in a full-immersion program designed for women who want “to achieve health and a healthy weight without dieting.”

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Weight loss and health resort Hilton Head Health matches your determination to shed weight pound for pound with lifestyle-modification programs inspired by fitness, nutrition, and SELF (stress management, empowerment, longevity, and fulfillment) combined with 35-plus years’ experience.

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Miraval Resort & Spa doesn’t scale back when it comes to rejuvenating both physically and spiritually—amenities at this award-winning destination retreat include challenge activities, integrative wellness programs, the Life in Balance Spa, and casita-like accommodations shaded by the Santa Catalina Mountains.

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For 35 years, New Life Hiking Spa guests have trekked the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail’s diverse terrain, nestled in Vermont’s abundant green mountains. Add director/founder Jimmy LeSage’s health and fitness management expertise, and you’ll be telling unwanted pounds to take a hike.

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A healthful, complete lifestyle is the key component to Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa’s extensive revitalization program (and its success). Here you’ll discover fitness training and workshops on stress management, nutrition, women’s health, heart health, and more, with program results, including those regarding long-term weight loss, documented in more than 110 studies in leading medical journals.

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Learn the tools necessary for a healthy, transformative life at Rancho La Puerta; the legendary, all-inclusive destination spa (spa treatments are optional extras) promotes integrative wellness via various fitness amenities, organic cuisine, and more.

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Created by the owners of Camp Shane, the Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts brand offers an all-inclusive program aimed at delivering short- and long-term weight loss, led by a team skilled in fitness, nutrition, and behavior change coaching. Part of the program includes private nutrition and personal training sessions so you can maintain a healthy pattern at home.

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