09.05.2016

Get Lasting Results with Medically Supervised Weight Loss

Obesity is one of the most prevalent conditions because of how difficult it is to lose weight. You must ensure that every factor is in your favor to achieve successful, long-term weight loss. While most individuals can stick to diets and exercise plans, they may need more. They may require the careful help of a physician to ensure that their weight loss tactics stay effective and healthy while supporting an active body.

Medically supervised weight loss can help you achieve lasting weight loss results. Certain medications, medical knowledge and support from our physician can all help you achieve your weight loss goals and retain them.

Diagnosing the Root of Your Weight Loss Difficulties

The first step in medically supervised weight loss involves examining why your weight loss efforts may have been challenging. This includes looking for chemical imbalances, hormone irregularities, psychological conditions that contribute to factors like emotional eating and anything else that may be outside of your control. Medically supervised weight loss looks for these factors, and attempts to help you overcome them by using the latest understanding of medicine.

Treating Ongoing Conditions that May Make You Eat More

One common reason why weight loss fails pertains to the way you may feel hunger. You may eat an incredibly filling meal that is rich in protein, but you may feel like your stomach is empty in just an hour or two. The reason this occurs revolves around the hormones that regulate the feeling of hunger. These same hormones can encourage your body to conserve energy, which in turn makes exercise less effective than it should be.

Factors like these can be treated with the help of a medically supervised weight loss plan. This can make your weight loss easier, and can enable you to overcome the reasons as to why your previous efforts failed.

Supporting the Development of a Healthy Body

While there are many ways to lose weight, not every method is sustainable in the long-term. Some methods may cause a dependency upon chemicals like caffeine, which in turn means that your body will regain the weight you lost once you stop taking these chemicals.

Medically supervised weight loss programs can take regular samples of your blood. This allows items like your blood pressure and your blood glucose levels to be tested. If you are potentially in danger, our doctor can supervise you to keep you safe.

Medically Supervised Weight Loss Isn’t Just About Losing Weight

The most important thing to understand about medically supervised weight loss is that it doesn’t focus on just losing weight. It focuses on treating the many factors that may be preventing you from having a happy, healthy and sound body. The results medically supervised weight loss helps you to obtain are designed to last the rest of your life.

To learn more about our medically supervised weight loss plans, including how they can help you reach your weight loss goals, make an appointment at ProMD Health. Our offices are located in Baltimore and Arlington. We can determine your unique needs, which in turn will allow us to use our vast experience to create an effective and safe weight loss plan supervised by medical professionals. Contact us today to schedule your consultation.

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