Medical weight management achieves rapid, safe weight loss
The effects of overweight and obesity in our lives is devastating. Obese people are at higher risk of developing over 40 different medical conditions. The cost, discomfort, and debilitating effect of these conditions along with the psychological consequences of being overweight combine to make overweight and obesity the most significant health risk to our nation today.
Commercial weight loss programs fail to achieve long-term success
Commercial weight loss programs are unable to provide the level of attention, flexibility, and treatment options available through a medical weight loss facility. Because of this, the number of overweight and obese Americans continues to rise despite the enormous amount of money spent on commercial weight loss products and programs each year.
Medical weight loss provide the best long term weight management option
Long-term studies and the overwhelming failure of non-medical weight management programs shows that medically managed programs are the only successful form of non-surgical obesity treatment currently available.
Dr Briones is a specialist in medical weight loss and has helped hundreds of people achieve long term weight control
Medical weight loss normally includes some or all of the following components:
Medical monitoring:
Ensuring safe, rapid weight loss requires close monitoring by a physician. As you lose weight, your diet and activity prescription will change as will the dosages of medications you may be taking. In many cases, medications for high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol can be tapered off or even stopped as you achieve a healthier weight.
FDA approved medications
Controlling hunger and food cravings or decreasing absorption of fat can be achieved using FDA approved medications. Medications are an appropriate option for some patients to consider as part of a comprehensive weight management program.
Meal replacement products
Medical weight loss achieves significant weight reduction through controlling the calories that you eat. Using a nutritionally complete meal replacement product, patients can lose between 2 and 6 pounds per week. During weight loss, it is important that you not only receive enough nutrients to remain healthy, but the nutrition you receive is appropriate to help you lose fat instead of breaking down muscle or lean body tissue.
Nutrition, activity and lifestyle counseling
Losing weight only to regain it again is disheartening and frustrating. Unfortunately, this is a common experience for people who complete a diet and return to the same eating patterns and behaviors that caused them to gain weight.
Lifestyle counseling teaches you that maintaining a healthy weight is more than just eating less and moving more. It helps you understand and change your relationship with food and gain control of the behaviors and habits that will lead to regaining weight. Dr Briones will guide you through a process of change that will allow you to live a healthier, happier life with complete control of your eating behaviors.
Ongoing support
For many people, losing weight and maintaining that loss is a lifelong journey. Like any journey, staying on the right path is at time easy and at other times more difficult. Ongoing support is one of the most important components of long term weight control. Dr. Briones provides several methods for long-term support that enable you to maintain contact with weight management experts that will help you during difficult times.
