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3 Benefits of Medical Weight Loss Treatment Programs

If someone is looking to lose weight, medical weight loss is typically their last resort. Just about everyone has tried a fad diet or a new exercise schedule and spent hours at the gym only to have it not succeed in the end. It usually is not for lack of trying but rather a need for an alternative weight loss method.

Diet and exercise have become the focal point for most people's weight loss attempts. For many people this approach delivers results, and for a few, these results can be maintained long-term. For some people, however, a long-term achievement with diet and exercise alone is not common, and they have better success after working with a medical weight loss team.

What is medical weight loss?

Medical weight loss is a weight loss plan created, supervised and presented by a team of health providers. This team typically includes a licensed physician, a nurse and a dietitian, as well as a fitness trainer. The program doesn't only communicate how to eat and exercise the right way, but how to include lifestyle changes and reduce the behaviors that have caused weight gain in the first place.

A medical weight loss program is unique to fit individual needs. The objective is not only to lose weight but to also learn healthy solutions for maintaining weight and being a healthier person overall.

What does a medical weight loss program entail?

While every medical weight loss program is specific, most of the programs provide medical assistance, which will offer help with modifying a person's behavior through diet and exercise, offering nutrition education, providing the alternative of meal replacement options and providing weight loss medications.

Meal replacement options are available, such as the use of pre-packaged meals, bars and shakes for those who do not feel self-assured in the ability to cook healthy meals. This can simplify the weight loss experience. Medical weight loss candidates will work side by side with nutritionists, dietitians and personal trainers, who will explain how to eat well and exercise correctly.

What are the benefits of medical weight loss?

There are numerous benefits to joining a medical weight loss program, such as the following:

Personalization

One of the main advantages of this type of program is that it is unique for each individual. The doctors will assess the current lifestyle, activity level, weight and overall health of the patient to create the best program — this means that the goals are specific to the needs of the person and the changes that are asked to be made will directly influence the results.

It is supervised

A medical weight loss program candidate doesn't have to be concerned with not eating properly, not working out enough or investing in unproven remedies. Carefully planned, each program is supervised. The atmosphere is non-judgmental and accepting. Everybody slips, and we are all human. The program is created to get the candidate to a healthy weight with support all around.

It can provide long-term success

While everyone can lose weight with a crash diet or the newest fad, it doesn't typically produce lasting success. Another benefit to this type of program is that an individual will learn lifestyle-changing skills, and long-term success is achievable. Medical weight loss does not just give a person tools to lose weight, it offers support and skills to help an individual make a weight management lifestyle part of their daily life.

If you are someone who has the motivation and determination to lose weight, but you are not sure how to start, consider enrolling in a program run by medical professionals.

Request an appointment here: http://primarycarefriscotx.com or call Delc Medical Center at (469) 287-4509 for an appointment in our Frisco office.

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