Carolina Medical Weight Management PA

Education - learning about the risks and consequences of being overweight as well as ways which you can improve your health and diet.

Support - weight loss is often a difficult undertaking. To achieve positive results you will need personal support. Most people do not do well with coercion or derision. Our goal is to help you through both the good and bad times with positivity, humor, information, and tools that will help you succeed. To accomplish this we will need to see you frequently throughout your weight loss.

Diets - recently there have been many talking about the negatives of diets only to go on to describe a food plan. Instead of dealing with the semantics of weight loss we offer three basic plans to help you in your quest. Each person will need to choose a plan that will fit into her/his individual goals and lifestyle. All of the plans are based on minimizing fat and carbohydrates while ensuring an adequate protein intake. During the course of your weight loss you may need to change from one to another. The programs are designed to mesh well and allow you to do this with a minimum of effort. Progression from low carbohydrate, low-fat to maintenance is managed individually to allow for success.

Health Optimization - improving your health while you lose your excess pounds is an important aspect of managed weight loss. It is for this reason that it is crucial that you are evaluated to determine if there are any health problems that need to be addressed in your plan. Follow-up information must be obtained yearly or when felt necessary by the managing physician.

Behavioral Modification - Learning the skills and techniques to be able to lose your weight and keep it off is very difficult. It is critical that time is taken throughout your course of care to work on this aspect of your management. There is no single set of rules but you can, over time, learn what you must do to be successful

Vitamins and Minerals - because it is important to ensure that appropriate nutrition is maintained throughout your weight loss, it is wise to supplement the diet with the appropriate vitamins and minerals that may be missing or may improve your health. We provide many of these with the programs.

Exercise and fitness - Exercise is an important consideration in any weight loss plan. Contrary to popular press, exercise by itself is a slow difficult way to lose pounds. This does not decrease its importance to a complete program. Without ongoing exercise you will not reach the level of health improvement which most people seek and maintaining your weight loss will be much more difficult.

Prescription Medication - Only available to those who are patients at our clinic. It is often helpful for patients to be prescribed various medicines for their weight loss. These medications are not meant to take over for your personal physician's management of your health but to provide specific care during your weight loss. These may include diuretics, potassium, appetite suppressants, etc. The physician who will decide on appropriate therapy will review the need for these types of medications with you.