Medical Weight Loss
Medical weight loss has taken on a whole new level in the past few years with the use of GLP-1 agonsits like Semaglutide, brand-named drugs, as well as Tirzepatide. Multiple products were originally produced and brought to market for use in Diabetes, thus stabilizing the blood sugar and resultant excessive insulin release response. As the Mayo Clinic has pointed out, this is not a “magic wand” but rather a “second chance” for people to reapply their efforts to lose weight, often due to obesity or BMI exceeding 27.
Many people have a huge hormonal inversion once they hit a certain weight, everyone’s exact weight level or BMI for this slide is different. Once this switch is flipped, gaining weight becomes as easy as pie, pun intended. This why some gain 10-20 pounds or more then suddenly look down to see 40-50 pounds a short time later.
What can we do? How can we get this second chance at weight loss and positive weight management? Shots like GLP-1 medications mimic hormones we have for satiety and tightening our blood sugar-insulin balance. When we gain this hormone balance and efficiency, we lose excess desires for eating, snacking between meals and the feeling of being woozy or sluggish 1-2 hours after meals. This is due to the insulin spike post meal and resultant blood sugar bottoming out, getting worse as we age. This can also progress towards a metabolic syndrome/dysfunction or the ever-worrisome type II diabetes.
What weight loss steps do we recommend?
For those interested, you need to qualify by being motivated, hard-working, overweight or obese with a BMI over 27. Again, this is a second chance, not a magic wand. You need to apply your efforts with daily exercise (walking or swimming is the easiest for the heavier folks or those with bad arthritis.)
You MUST start to follow a Diet or eating schedule/program like Keto, Mediterranean or in combination with a formal program such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig. Also, just as always, dropping pounds is easier if you limit calorie dense foods and carbohydrates (“empty calorie killers”). Plus, remember, sugars and starches (carbs) are the number one way to spike insulin.
More successful weight loss plans limit daily grams of carbohydrates to 75 grams or even less.
The other elephant in the room is Exercise. This should be more weight-training than cardio for nearly everyone. 5 days a week, 30 minutes minimum, breaking a sweat, heart rate at an ideal fat burning level like a circuit or quick change interval lifting rotation. (Seek a personal trainer for assistance.) Walking is a great start, or swimming or biking but eventually you must start weight resistance training to gain muscle mass and optimal fat burning levels.
This is about Lifestyle Change. This is about creating a new you. The new you won’t give in to snack cakes and twinkies. The new you splurges calories on sweets like fresh fruits and salty/crunchy foods like nuts. If you can’t say good bye to candy bars and chips, you will never win this battle. There is a mind game involved here but the good news is it is winable because you start seeing faster weight loss than just diet and exercise alone. This hormone shift is the third part of the triangle.
Many people are losing weight this way but it is expensive, still difficult and still a struggle, BUT this a battle you can and will win! It’s never been easier than it is right now. Any medication has a underlying risk, but heart disease and consequences with obesity are also risky. Short-term use of this medication is recommended. This means less than one year straight with a wean off of it once weight loss goals are met. Expectations should be about 1lb per week average. Some faster, some slower. Once at your goal we’ll start decreasing shot intervals and start you on our proprietary oral balancing product found in the office, called Metabolix. Twice daily Metabolix orally and then decreasing it to daily if successfully maintaining weight loss with a bounce back of less than 10%
Other things to know before you get started:
- Set your goals with small steps in mind at first, write them down and adjust them as you progress
- Start daily consumption of green tea, or black tea if preferred although not as much EGCG as green tea
- First meal of the day a large, 75%+ protein heavy meal, avoidance of ALL fake sugars (they kill your gut microbiome and cause dopamine release with insulin-like qualities and resultant food/carb cravings within the 2hr post consumption window)
- Start a probiotic to help gut balance and brain-gut axis for serotonin and dopamine production and help positive outlook (multi-strain found here)
- Find a support buddy, one that will either work-out with you, go on scheduled walks or do the program along side you
If this sounds like it is a good fit, CALL US TODAY to get started. 303-469-7300. Our initial 12 week program is less than $85/shot. This price is lower than most in the industry at easily $100+ per shot or more. Brand name drugs are currently costing patients $250/shot in comparison. Also, please be sure and mention you found this section on our website and we’ll include $360 worth of LIpo-B12 shots with your program for only an additional $100.
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