THE CENTER FOR MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS
Well there's bad news and good news. The bad news is that over 65% of Americans are considered medically 'overweight'. Even more bad news is that there are literally thousands of weight loss gimicks and programs out there and it can be overwhelming and discouraging to take the first step towards a healthier life. Luckily - there's still the good news! Weight Loss is achievable, predictable and affordable.
Dr. Jodie Reinertson is a certified Bariatric Physician and under her guidance, weight loss is painless and highly successful. Over 96% of The Center For Medical Weight Loss patients lose weight and maintain their weight loss in the years to come. Unlike fad diets or weight loss systems and programs - The Center For Medical Weight Loss aims at helping you lose FAT - not water or muscle like most other diets do.
The path to medically guided weight loss begins with your initial consultation and a full body analysis on the Metabolic Scale:
The metabolic scale gives us invaluable information that we use to determine which program would benefit you the most in losing weight. It tells us your weight, you body mass index (BMI), percentage body fat, percentage body muscle, percentage of water in the body, and your resting metabolic rate. Once we know this information we can direct you towards the ideal program - and we use this scale to track your weight loss results as you go along, so you can see exactly how much fat, water and muscle you are losing (you will notice that you are losing fat and NOT muscle with this program).
LOW CALORIE DIET PROGRAM
For highly motivated patients who have a lot of weight to lose or who need to lose weight for an event or upcoming vacation - our Low Calorie Diet Program is ideal. This program runs a 6 weeks course to begin with and provides complete meal replacement for the dieter. Using the printout from the metabolic scale, Dr. Reinertson chooses a daily calorie limit for you and provides you with a combination of convenient shakes, bars and/or soups that supply you ideal and metered nutrition throughout the day. The combination of vitamins and calories actually increases your metabolism, but ends up in a deficit at the end of each day - which results in overall weight loss. On average, the entire daily cost of food for the program is less than half of a single moderately priced meal eaten out at a restaurant.
MODIFIED LOW CALORIE DIET PROGRAM
For patients who are motivated to lose weight, but whose lifestyle dictates that they must eat at least one meal a day either at home, at a business luncheon or dinner, or for those who travel - the Modified Low Calorie Diet is the perfect choice. This program replaces all of your daily nutritional needs less one 500 calorie meal a day. It allows a patient to eat out at a restaurant, have dinner with the family, or plan a work luncheon without sacrificing their weight loss goals. This 12 week program is great for patients wanting to learn how to cook healthfully and to learn how many calories are in the foods that they typically eat - since they need to plan for a 500 calorie meal each day. The program is one of the most flexible and sustainable of the weight loss programs. Weight loss with this program goes a little bit slower than with the complete meal replacement program -- but is a more sustainable and lifestyle altering program.
APPETITE SUPRESSANT PROGRAM
No matter what their motivation level, some patients have a very difficult time battling hunger when dieting. To offset this feeling of hunger, Dr. Reinertson can often prescribe an appetite suppressing medication for a period of time to help patients gain control of their appetite while their stomach shrinks and while their metabolism resets itself. The appetite suppressant program can be done on it's own - but is ideal when combined with one of the low calorie diet programs mentioned above. All patients receive an EKG and require multiple check-ups to ensure safety while using an appetite suppressant.
METABOLIC BOOSTERS
Along with the weight loss prgrams above, we offer all of our patientsVitamin B12 injections and LipoB injections.
Vitamin B12 (available in single or double doses):Vitamin B12 is a vital ingredient needed by the body for performing various tasks.Vitamin B12 is responsible for building DNA as well as for producing red blood corpuscles. It is a major source of nutrients, required for healthy functioning of the body. It is rightly called as 'energy vitamin' since, it provides a real energy boost for the body. It is an instant remedy for fatigue, as it accelerates the rate of metabolism. Vitamin B12 injections are apparently useful in reducing weight.
LipoB (available in single or double doses):
A specially formulated injection that is a combination of three naturally occurring amino acids and the vitamin, B12. This injection may be given up to twice weekly and may boost energy levels as well as enhance your body's ablility to burn fat.
