Medical Weight Loss Specialist

What is medical weight loss?

Medical weight loss is a program that helps you lose weight under the supervision of a health care professional. 

While the basic formula for weight loss seems simple — burn more calories than you consume — hidden variables can get in the way. For example, you could have a hormonal imbalance or another health issue that affects your metabolism. 

Additionally, many people underestimate what they eat, overestimate the benefit of their activity level, or have an unhealthy relationship with food. 

Medical weight loss programs are custom-designed to help you overcome medical and behavioral issues that hinder healthy, sustained weight loss. 

Why is maintaining a healthy weight important?

Your weight has a significant influence on your overall health. For example, being overweight or obese increases your risk of these and other health issues:

• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Sleep apnea
• Heart disease
• Gallstones
• Asthma
• Arthritis 
• Infertility
• Some cancers

Being overweight forces your body to work harder to function normally, from breathing and moving blood around your body to being physically active. 

What are the benefits of medical weight loss?

Medical weight loss can help you achieve your goals. The team at Gruene Lake Medical begins with a thorough exam and testing to evaluate your health and look for issues that could get in the way of your success.

Once your provider understands your needs, they create a customized program to help you lose weight and keep it off. Depending on your goals, your medical weight loss program could include:

• Meal plans
• Physical activity
• Appetite suppressants
• Treatments for other health issues 

You have routine appointments with the team at Gruene Lake Medical. During these meetings, they not only check your progress by weighing and measuring you, but they also provide motivation and counseling.

They hold you accountable for the necessary lifestyle changes for sustained weight loss and celebrate scale and non-scale achievements. When your progress plateaus, your provider can adjust your program to keep you on track toward meeting your goals. 

Once you reach your ideal weight, the team helps you transition from a weight loss plan to a weight management plan. Additionally, if you find that your weight begins to creep up again, you can make an appointment for help to get your health back on track.

If you’re ready to improve your health and lose weight for good, call Gruene Lake Medical or make an appointment online today.