Medical Weight Loss
Maintaining a healthy weight is crucial not only to achieve your ideal physique but also to avoid complications like heart disease, diabetes, breathing problems, high blood pressure, and even pregnancy complications. Unfortunately, achieving a healthy weight can be difficult for many women for a variety of reasons.
medically supervised weight loss programs
While some women may succeed with regular exercise and a healthy diet, many others need additional help. Even if you lead a generally healthy lifestyle, you may still have trouble keeping the weight off due to hormonal changes, genetics, or other issues. If you need more help losing weight, medically supervised weight loss programs like the program at Arizona Gynecology Consultants could be the answer.
Every woman is unique, and we believe medical weight loss programs should be designed to meet their goals. At Arizona Gynecology Consultants, our medically supervised weight loss programs are tailored to your specific needs with the aim of helping you achieve better health. Learn how medical weight loss for women may be a treatment option for you.
What Is a Medical Weight Loss Program?
A medically assisted weight loss program uses weight loss medications, nutritional assistance, and exercise routines to promote weight loss, all under the purview of a trained healthcare provider .
You may be concerned about taking medications for weight loss, especially if you have never done so before. Learning more about your available options can help alleviate those concerns.
Learn more about how our providers can help you utilize the medications, exercise routine, and nutritional approaches to ensure you lose weight with minimal negative side effects.
How Does Our Medical Weight Loss Program Work?
Before beginning a medical weight loss program at Arizona Gynecology Consultants, you’ll discuss your specific health needs with one of our healthcare providers. Your healthcare provider will review several key factors to help you create a unique program for you.
This includes a review of:
- Your medical history
- Your family medical history
- Eating habits
- Your age
- Your genetics
Understanding these factors and how they affect your current health situation will help you and your healthcare provider set attainable weight loss goals.
Key Components of Our Successful Medical Weight Loss Programs
Once your healthcare provider has evaluated your current health profile and helped you establish reasonable goals, they will develop a medically supervised weight loss program to meet your needs.
Key components include:
Specialist Supervision
Provider -supervised weight-loss options offer several benefits, but the most important is that we ensure that your program will be overseen by our doctors, dietitians, and other specialists. These healthcare professionals will help ensure that your program is safely and effectively helping you lose weight.
As your healthcare provider walks through the process with you, they can identify anything that will make losing weight difficult for you or cause issues during your treatment. Certain underlying conditions that make weight loss difficult include polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or hypothyroidism. Your healthcare provider can help you navigate weight loss while managing these conditions.
Exercise
Proper exercise is an important part of medical weight loss. It not only helps you utilize the calories you take in, but it can greatly improve your physical well-being, including your heart health, muscle strength, and even your mental health. All of our programs provide tailored exercise programs to fit your needs, factoring in your current fitness level, any preferences, and any restrictions.
Nutrient Optimization
Often, women come to us with diets rich in calories that fail to provide the nutrition the body needs. During the course of your medical weight loss program, your healthcare provider can help you evaluate your current diet and identify nutrients that may be imbalanced or lacking. Together, you and your healthcare provider can determine the best diet for you to provide the nutrition you need.
Prescription Medications
Prescription medications are frequently used as part of a medical weight loss program to promote weight loss. These medications can help decrease your appetite, help you feel full for a longer time, and reduce fat absorption. If lifestyle changes like diet and exercise have not previously been enough to sustain weight loss, a prescription medication may be suggested to help you meet your weight loss goals.
Additional Options That Can Be Added to Weight Loss Programs
There are some additional options available for use in your medical weight loss program, depending on your needs.
Testosterone Therapy
Ovaries not only produce estrogen but also testosterone. If a woman does not create enough testosterone, the issue can affect her ability to process fats or be able to store them efficiently. Low amounts of this hormone also impact your ability to build up muscle and maintain stamina and energy. A medical weight loss program may include testosterone therapy for women.
Hormone Balancing
When hormones are imbalanced, many things can go wrong in the body. For example, the stress hormone cortisol may be associated with weight gain and obesity. As mentioned, testosterone helps maintain a healthy body mass. Another hormone, leptin, helps the body maintain a healthy weight. Because hormones are connected to weight, especially in women, it is important to promote a healthy hormonal balance. Your medical weight loss team may recommend hormone balancing.
Medication-Focused Weight Loss Options
Our provider -monitored weight loss programs are developed for each individual by our skilled medical weight loss specialists . We proceed only with a full understanding of how women’s bodies function, as well as with personalized information about your unique health needs.
The top medications used in our clinic include:
Semaglutide
Semaglutide is one of many prescription weight-loss drugs available on the market today. It is a staple of many medical weight loss programs and can lead to substantial weight loss while reducing the potential for regaining that weight. This drug acts much like the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and helps the body to recognize when it is no longer hungry.
The feeling of fullness occurs when the drug slows the digestive process and slows gastric emptying. Taking this drug will help you feel fuller quickly, so you will stop eating sooner than you may have before it was prescribed. It also helps you feel full for a longer period of time so that you won’t be tempted to keep snacking. It is mainly used to improve insulin issues, but it can help stem cravings and reduce body fat.
Phentermine
A medical weight loss program with phentermine uses exercise, changes in behavior, a lower calorie diet, and the medication phentermine to aid in weight loss. It is typically used to treat obesity and obesity-related medical issues, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Phentermine can act as an appetite suppressant, reducing cravings and helping you lose weight.
Begin Your Medical Weight Loss Program
At Arizona Gynecology Consultants, we take pride in our personalized medical weight loss solutions.
Depending on your needs, we can help you create a healthy lifestyle that, when matched with the right weight loss medications, can resolve weight loss hurdles resulting from genetics, hormonal issues, and more. No matter the roadblocks you’re experiencing during your weight loss journey, our healthcare providers are here to help you overcome health problems and achieve your weight loss goals.
Contact our office today today to schedule a consultation.
