Weight loss coaching in Valley Stream, New York

Find peace with your food, your body, and your life.

Barbara Crosby offers practical eating plans and motivational support, helping countless people move beyond the day-to-day and live with joy.

Barbara Crosby, founder of The Motivational Center
7,000+people coached toward successful weight loss
Almost 30 yearsof coaching experience
As featured in
  • Vogue
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How it works

A plan built around you, not a one-way diet.

Every food plan focuses on whole foods and is customized for men and women in every decade of life, to match your goals, your stage of life, and your choices.

1

Reach out

Contact the center and tell us where you are today. That is where your journey to a healthier you begins.

2

Meet with Barbara

Sit down with Barbara, who listens first and learns what weight gain and loss mean for you, beyond the food on your plate.

3

Get your food plan

Receive a whole-food eating plan tailored to your life, with practical guidance you can use at the grocery store the same week.

4

Stay supported

Ongoing motivational support and accountability keep the results lasting long after the first few weeks.

What you get

Coaching that covers the whole picture.

Lasting weight loss is more than a meal plan. Every program pairs nutrition with the support that makes it stick.

Meal plan developmentWhole-food plans customized to your goals and stage of life.
Nutritional educationLearn to build healthy meals quickly from store-bought ingredients.
Emotional guidanceChange the habits and the attitudes behind them, not only the menu.
Ongoing supportBarbara in your corner between sessions, through every stage.
AccountabilityRegular check-ins that turn good intentions into daily routine.
GLP-1 supportSteady support while you're on a GLP-1 and after, to help you keep the weight off. Learn more
GLP-1 support

Taking a GLP-1? You don't have to do it alone.

Whether you're just starting, in the middle of it, or finished, Barbara can support you with steady coaching that helps you keep the weight off.

While you're on it

Constant support, start to finish.

  • Eating well as your appetite changes
  • Accountability and steady check-ins
  • Someone in your corner on the hard days
After you finish

Keep the progress you've made.

  • A plan for life after your last dose
  • Habits that help you maintain your weight loss
  • Ongoing support for as long as you need it

Barbara is a weight loss coach, not a medical provider. Please talk with your doctor about your medication.

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Barbara Crosby smiling, resting her chin on her hand
Meet Barbara

Almost three decades helping people make peace with food.

Barbara Crosby has spent almost three decades in coaching and body imaging, and she became an expert in weight loss coaching long before it became popular. She has coached more than 7,000 people toward successful weight loss.

She has consulted for private and public health and fitness facilities across the country, including Equinox Fitness, setting up weight loss regimens, body sculpting nutrition programs and pre-plastic surgery routines.

Her food plans focus on whole foods and are customized for men and women in every decade of life, to fit different weight loss goals, stages of life and individual choice.

  • Institute for Integrative Nutrition
  • The Dietary College of Nutrition
  • Adelphi University
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She understood metabolism better than anyone I'd ever encountered. She wasn't just giving people a diet, she was addressing the emotional issues that were causing them to eat. She was a motivational coach before it was en vogue.
Lavinia ErricoFounder, Equinox Fitness · Founder, Inside/Out
From the foreword to The Art of Weight Loss Coaching
Book cover: The Art of Weight Loss Coaching by Barbara Crosby
For health coaches

Barbara's proven coaching program, for your business.

The Art of Weight Loss Coaching teaches health coaches, and others who work with clients, the balance between motivation, education and commitment. It is the equivalent of a year-long course in weight loss coaching.

  • Weight loss tips to share with clients
  • Business forms and client handouts you can brand with your own logo
  • Practical exercises for real coaching situations
  • Real-life case studies
Client stories

The pounds melt off. The habits stay.

Barbara Crosby is outstanding! She helps people understand that weight gain/loss is so much more than the food you eat.
MMichelle
Barbara is my diet guru, the pounds are melting off & I'm eating healthier than ever!
AAmy

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Let's begin your journey to a healthier you.

Reach out today and let's get started.

25 Fletcher Ave, Ste 2
Valley Stream, NY 11580
(516) 568-1907 Text messages only. Please do not call.