Did you know that working with a medical weight loss doctor can help with your weight loss and health? You deserve safe and effective results while ensuring you feel your best. When searching for a weight loss program, it can be confusing. There are many options out there…How can you find the program right for you? Here are 8 things you should consider when seeking help with weight loss and health.
A comprehensive and effective medical weight loss doctor’s treatment program can offer many key elements for your long-term success and safety.
Safety
It is important that your medical weight loss doctor provides you with a personalized plan. This is important for diet and lifestyle recommendations but also for your medication treatment plan. Our medical approach includes screening for medical concerns, providing ongoing monitoring and thoughtful use of FDA-approved medications. This includes helping our patients manage side effects of injectable GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide. As part of your medication plan, we review existing supplements and medications lists to ensure there are no drug interactions. We screen for underlying nutritional deficiencies and monitor periodically to ensure your best health. We also closely monitor people for adjustments in existing medications. This is important to avoid low blood sugar, low blood pressure or other complications while losing weight.
Thorough medical evaluation
As a medical weight loss doctor certified in both Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine, I evaluate for medical conditions that could be contributing to weight gain. I also look for medical complications of their obesity or excess weight gain. Often, comprehensive labs can reveal problems. These can range from metabolic, like signs of insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction and increased cholesterol, fatty liver and inflammation. These conditions over time increase risk for heart disease and other health problems, like cancers. We work with other specialists like cardiologists and sleep medicine doctors to ensure your whole health care needs are met.
Proper use of medications & medical conditions
In our practice, we are well-versed in the treatment of medical conditions that go along with overweight/obesity. As a medical weight loss doctor, I often get to reduce doses of patients’ medications! This is especially true for people with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. They could need less medication as they lose weight. We share office notes to communicate with your primary care doctor so they are in the loop about your progress. We also review existing medications to ensure they are not contributing to weight gain, as this is often the case!
No fad diets
Nutrition recommendations are based on the most recent science-based information. We also personalize our recommendations because we want your dietary plan to be sustainable for YOU for the long-term. We guide our patients using grocery food while providing culinary coaching on meal prep and cooking. Long term weight maintenance requires learning such skills!
A whole person plan for you
You are a whole person, unique in your own way. We treat and coach you to help you optimize all the pillars of your health: Sleep, stress, nutrition, and habits! We aim to help you form new habits and skills to keep the weight off!
Practical & sustainable solutions
Yes, you can do anything for a month or two and “lose 20 lbs in one month” but then what? How do you know if that is going to be sustainable? How many times have you been told to change your lifestyle? Did you actually receive practical advice on what to eat, cook or shop for? A practical plan is essential to a successful, lasting lifestyle change.
A plan for weight regain
People who struggle with excess weight are all too familiar with the phenomenon of weight regain. It happens. It is not your fault. As a medical weight loss doctor, I understand that we can address weight regain by having a plan in place. In our practice, we help our patients with a plan to prevent regain. We address how their ongoing lifestyle plan and also discuss how long-term medication use can help them maintain weight loss. No yo-yo cycles of loss and regain for our patients! Our transition and maintenance programs ensure proper follow up and treatment to help avoid weight regain.
Support & accountability
Last but not least, a comprehensive program offers this crucial piece. When making a lifestyle change, it takes time to develop new habits. Having a medical weight loss doctor and team ready to support you and help keep you accountable makes all the difference!
Learn more about how working with a physician certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine can help you with your weight and health.
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