Healthy Weight Loss
Welcome to our Healthy Weight Loss Program!
Our mission is to provide you with the resources and tools necessary to achieve safe, rapid, and effective weight loss. We are constantly striving to improve our program to provide you with a motivating and satisfying experience. Weight loss is only part of this program. Successful weight loss must include increasing activity along with learning healthy eating behaviors.
The weight loss program will include;
- An initial patient work-up to include medical history, physical examination, appropriate laboratory studies, weight and body fat index and an electrocardiogram to find if there is past or present evidence of cardiac disease or if the patient has coronary risk factors.
- Your program will be evaluated by Dr. Okomski and then individualized to your needs based on clinical findings. You will then be monitored on a weekly basis to ensure quality medical care and ongoing support.
- Appropriate counseling on:
- Diet and nutrition, including reduced calorie diets, very low calorie diets (VLCD) and dietary supplements when needed.
- Exercise, tailored to the capabilities and limitations of the overweight patient to ensure safe and effective exercise.
- Behavior modification (lifestyle changes), to include discussions of proper eating habits, dealing with stress-related eating, family meal planning changes, healthful snacking, etc.
- Medications included in your individualized plan: Prescription appetite suppressant, if indicated, as an adjunct to a comprehensive medical weight loss program and other medications.
- Adequate periodic follow-up and counseling will be included to help the patient maintain the weight loss that has been achieved.