MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS

The Shape of Your Future

There are thousands of medical weight-loss programs available for all different reasons all over the world. Although these programs may specialize in different methodologies and principles, what links these medical weight loss programs, though, is the desire of those concerned to have a healthier lifestyle.

Medical weight loss usually refers to the proactive management of fitness, diet, and healthy behaviors suggested by a doctor. These programs often include metabolic testing and medical diagnostics to ensure change is happening during one of these programs.

Whichever medical weight loss program a person follows, they have one goal in common – to see an improvement in an individual’s nutrition, exercise program and overall health.

Why follow a medically supervised program?
For anyone who has tried to follow a diet without any medical or on-going support, you’ll know how difficult it can be to be self-disciplined and not fall off the wagon; it takes an enormous amount of will power and commitment.

If you are one of the millions who have tried endless diets, exercise programs, and other methods, but keep putting the weight back on again, it might mean it’s time to make serious health and lifestyle choices once and for all.   So, if you need to lose weight, it doesn’t mean just cutting out the occasional snack or glass of wine, it can mean seriously hard work and commitment.

A lot of people have tried crash diets, exercise programs and have experienced being hungry and miserable all the time, then they give up and go right back to their old habits of eating and lack of exercise.   So, having a medical weight loss program to follow helps make this easier to stick to as you can still eat what you want in moderation, while even becoming more active and enjoying life because you have more energy.

If you need to lose weight, you’re not alone.  It’s estimated that nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, and that could mean some serious health risks.

According to the National Institute of Health, if your BMI (Body Mass Index) is over 25, it is deemed as high and unhealthy as it is a possible indicator of unhealthy body fat.  That means you are in danger of developing heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure.  Other complications can arise due to high BMIs, including some cancers, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis.

Making this important decision, though, doesn’t have to be on your own.   This is where a medically supervised weight loss program can help make the difference.   Once you’ve made the decision to lose some weight, the key to banishing all those unwelcome pounds forever, is to make healthy eating and exercise a new way of life forever, not just a fad.

The Diet Doctor
A weight loss program is designed, supervised, and presented to you by medical professionals at HappyHormonesMD.  With a medically supervised program, you start with a professional medical assessment of your current physical condition, the typical food choices you make every day, and your activity levels.

A customized plan is then created that’s easy for you to understand and follow. The medical weight loss program doesn’t only teach you how to eat right and exercise correctly, but how to incorporate lifestyle changes into your routines and how to change your mindset and the behaviors that have caused you to gain weight in the first place.

Your medical weight loss program is tailor-made to fit your individual needs. The goal is not just about losing weight, but to learn healthy ways of maintaining your new weight and being a healthier person overall.   Every medical weight loss program is unique, but most of the programs include medical assistance, which helps with the modification of your behavior through diet and exercise and providing nutrition education, offering alternatives to meal replacement choices, and of course, providing weight loss alternatives if needed.

The advantages of these medical weight loss programs include:

• They are personalized. Medical staff will devise a program that suits your own lifestyle needs by looking at your existing life, activity levels, weight, and overall health.
• It means you can avoid surgery. Often when people hear the term ‘medical weight loss,’ they think of surgery, but this method avoids surgery and, therefore, the risks and long recovery time that can come with various weight loss surgeries.
• They are supervised; you don’t have to worry you aren’t eating correctly or healthily as in a medical weight loss program; every aspect is carefully planned and monitored for safety.
• They can provide long-term success. With this kind of program, you are given not just the tools to lose weight. You are also given tools for a completely new approach to healthy living and the chance to avoid some of the health risks associated with being over-weight.
• You’ll get motivational and positive support all the way along in this health journey.

So, if you want to stop struggling with your weight and have the desire for safe, medically supervised weight loss, perhaps a medical weight loss program is the answer.