The MonCoachingMinceur(.com) diet

The MonCoachingMinceur.com diet is a coaching directly available online, and which allows you to lose weight. In April 2014, the site listed more than 150,000 slimming assessments carried out, and already had several thousand people supported, online, in their weight loss. ⁽¹⁾

The site wishes  to register against the current of miracle or privative methods . This is a good point since the method wishes to show common sense by taking into account the psycho-emotional dimension, a dimension far too often forgotten in certain diets  like that of Atkins  or  Dukan . This diet therefore insists on the fact that there can be no lasting weight loss if there is no psychological support, in addition to food and sports support.

This is partly the reason why this concept was put in place by several experts including Fabienne Kraemer ( Medical Psychotherapist ), Anael Stolz ( Dietitian – Nutritionist ) and Tristan Arfi ( Physical trainer Personal trainer ).

PRINCIPLES OF THE METHOD

The principle of the MonCoachingMinceur program is based on the fact that you will be able to be coached individually and specifically  through a program that will be provided to you online .

This program must start with an  initial assessment  which allows you to define  how you will lose weight  (among 5 different scenarios in total).

The 5 different phase scenarios are as follows:

• A start by  the Starter , followed by  Balance  and  Consolidation
• A  behavioral start , then  Balance  and  Consolidation
• A start with  Balance  then  Consolidation
• A start by  the Starter  then  the Consolidation
• A start with  Behavioral  then  Consolidation

For the definition of phases:

• the Starter  is a phase strongly focused on protein intake.
• Balance  is a hypocaloric phase, but which nevertheless argues to respect the food balance.
• Behavior  is a phase that consists of re-  educating eating behavior  and taking greater account of the psycho-emotional aspect.
• Consolidation  is a phase during which it is a question of maintaining one’s weight while respecting all of what was learned during the previous phases.

The principle is quite simple in the end: the advice is given to you according to your initial assessment but also according to daily assessments that you will have to complete yourself. Thus, even if you follow the same method as one of your friends, the program will be able to adapt to your specificities through the responses of the various coaches present on the platform. That’s the whole point of the program. MonCoachingMinceur advocates refocusing on the individual.

Based on the principle that the first enemy of weight loss is guilt, the program grants jokers (which are allocated in proportion to the weight to be lost). Thus, this allows you to allow yourself several extras. In addition to this, you will be able to  benefit from the advice of a dietitian-nutritionist directly online  (through personalized advice) much more anonymously than during an appointment in a practice. The objective is really to avoid frustration, constraint as well as guilt.
The site offers many recipes available, with several lists of foods classified by color (red, orange and green).
The program is dotted with many tips and fact sheets. The sports tips are accompanied by videos which allow you to perfectly reproduce what you need to do. A small sports test allows you to better understand your specificities and then to offer you really adapted sports activities. Here again, this is the whole objective of the program:  a completely personalized slimming follow-up .

A story of common sense

Weight loss revolves around psychology, nutrition and sport. All this while constantly respecting the nutritional balance. A  story of common sense  that goes against the current of miracle methods  ⁽³⁾ .

Three experts in their sector

When it comes to providing specific advice to answer subscriber questions, here are the different people who provide the answers. When you ask a question to one of the coaches, he will answer you within a  maximum of 48 hours .

ADVANTAGES

The (fundamental) advantage of this kind of method is to fully respect your food balance as well as the psychological aspect of food. It is a healthy program, based on relearning good food methods. The service is characterized by its different customizations: not all subscribers follow the same diet, and not in the same way.

As Anaël STOLZ (referring dietician for MonCoachingMinceur) points out, this type of program allows you to follow advice and discuss at any time, without any constraints on your schedule.

DISADVANTAGES

Every evening it is necessary to complete the balance sheet of the day online. This consists of a food diary and a well-being questionnaire. The time required is about 15 to 20 minutes which can eventually become a constraint. However , this is   the counterpart of a personalized service that can only work if you provide as much information as possible.

It is obvious that this kind of program may not be as specific as an office consultation, but at an affordable price you will however be able to have (at least) a first contact with the world of dietetics and much more. if you hang on to the concept.
It should also be noted that there is not yet a mobile application (unlike  the Weight Watchers program  for example) despite the fact that the regime is entirely online and connected. A mobile application would therefore have been a significant plus.