About UCAN

There may be an activity that supports your physical health, but it also may be something you don’t enjoy.

The best exercises are the ones you enjoy doing. Period. Physical activity doesn’t have to be painful, make you sweat a lot, or boring in order to effective. We want to help you discover ways to move your body that make you feel good inside and out.

Pressure to be “thin” or “shredded” are hard to ignore as a college student. We totally get that you might have a strong desire to change your body. The truth is, that you have control over your eating and activity patterns, but you don’t have control over your weight. It may go up, down, or stay the same.

As you discover a balanced and enjoyable eating pattern, and fun and consistent forms of activity, your weight may change and it may not. The good news is that there are other ways to improve your body image that don’t have anything to do with changing your body shape or size. Our health coaches are trained to support you in learning to love and accept your body just the way it is. It’s a journey, but it is certainly possible to start loving the skin you’re in.

UCAN is not a weight loss program.

Instead, our health coaches want to help you find a healthy relationship with food and exercise while supporting your journey towards self-acceptance.

Researchers have found that improved health is possible without changing body shape or size. And obsession over weight can lead to anxiety, depression, and disordered eating. At UCAN we’re about taking the focus off of the scale, and instead focusing on supporting you to feed yourself well and discover other self-care strategies that support overall health and well-being.

Check out this video to learn more about a non-diet, Health At Every Size approach to wellness.