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Wellspring's Low-Fat & Delicious Diet

Wellspring WI Fat Camp

It’s not diet camp! At Wellspring Wisconsin, campers enjoy the same types of foods they’re used to eating - burgers, pizza, burritos, pastas, and chicken nuggets are all part of the Wellspring diet.

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While the food is familiar, at Wellspring we use healthier ingredients and cooking methods. For example, our chicken nuggets are baked boneless breasts of chicken coated with a mixture of bread crumbs and spices. The result: high-protein, very low-fat, and delicious. Trust us—the food is good and good for you.

Weight Loss Success

Wellspring’s diet is very low in fat. The typical camper eats less than 20 grams of fat per day. Cutting out fat means reducing the number of calories campers put in their bodies each day (reducing caloric density).

Wellspring divides food into two categories: Controlled and Uncontrolled.

Controlled Foods

Controlled foods are entrees and snacks. They are limited to 1,200 calories per day. Controlled foods add up to about 7-12 grams of fat (about 1/8 what the average American eats). They’re also high in protein and fiber (50 grams of protein and over 30 grams of fiber per day).

To lose weight and keep it off, your child needs to enjoy his or her food! We spend a lot of time and energy making our controlled foods as enjoyable as the calorie-dense, high-fat foods they are used to eating. This means we try to match the flavors they enjoy in new, healthier foods.

Uncontrolled Foods

We also have “uncontrolled foods.” Uncontrolled foods include fat-free soups, salads, fruit, vegetables, as well as heartier items like a range of fat-free yogurts, fat-free cottage cheese, fat-free tuna salad, and fat-free egg salad. Campers can have as much as they like of uncontrolled foods, as long as they measure and write down what they’re eating in their food journal (an important component of the behavioral change program called self-monitoring).

Nutritious Weightloss

At traditional fat camps, campers report being hungry. Wellspring isn’t a fat camp, and we know campers won’t be hungry, because the delicious food and uncontrolled options keep hunger at bay. This has been confirmed by a number of studies we’ve conducted on hunger levels. Our campers do not report hunger because they can have as much uncontrolled food as they like, as long as they self-monitor.

Typical Day

Here’s what you might expect to eat on a typical day:

Breakfast of Cinnamon Apple French Toast and Oatmeal.
+ 1 cup Strawberries and 1 cup Fat-Free Vanilla Yogurt

Lunch of Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard and Corn on the Cob
+ Mixed Green Salad and ¼ cup Fat-Free Tuna Salad

Snack of Angel Food Cake with Blueberries

Dinner of Grilled Bison Burger on Potato Roll with Green Bean Casserole
+ 2 cups Vegetable Soup and an Apple
+ Dessert of Chocolate Pudding

Snack of Air-Popped Popcorn

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