Many learn the hard way that the age-old “calories in versus calories out” weight loss prescription doesn’t always capture the entire picture.
If that’s you, throwing your hands up after yet another hard week of diet and exercise with little to show for it, Laser Skin Solutions Jacksonville is here to restore hope to patients in Jacksonville Beach, FL and beyond with our innovative medical weight loss program.
Backing up a step, what exactly is medical weight loss in the first place? How can new patients discern between different programs to find the best solution for them?
To answer these key questions and more, this is your comprehensive guide to all things medical weight loss, including an overview of how these programs work, which features to look for, and where you can find the best medical weight loss programs.
What Is Medical Weight Loss?
As the name implies, medical weight loss is the integration of medical-grade interventions, including tests (blood work, body composition, etc.), prescription injections, and more to facilitate weight loss in an individualized and highly effective manner.
In most cases, the care provider and patient will collaborate over a series of sessions to touch base on progress and make adjustments to the program if needed.
The key advantage of medical weight loss prescriptions over conventional programs is two-fold: deeper insights and medical-grade interventions. Comprehensive testing allows the provider to tailor-make the perfect program for you, and with medical-grade treatments to enhance results.
What Makes One Medical Weight Loss Program Better Than Another?
In the same way that savvy shoppers keep checklists of must-have features for products they want, you can evaluate weight loss programs based on both the breadth and depth of features that they offer.
Keeping in mind that different programs rely on different medical weight loss prescriptions and approaches, the following sections can serve as a general blueprint for the kind of features you should be on the lookout for, including:
- Comprehensive baseline testing
- Expert nutrition counseling
- Evidence-based prescription injections
- Next-gen sculpting treatments
- Built-in accountability
- Focus on sustainability
Comprehensive Baseline Testing
More than just assessing your weight and height, medically supervised weight loss programs that test body composition and perform blood work can help both you and your provider gain a much clearer sense of where you’re starting, why you’re starting there, and what you need to do to progress most efficiently.
With this more comprehensive perspective established from the beginning, your provider is able to fully customize your program, from nutrition and lifestyle recommendations to prescription weight loss injections and more.
Establishing a robust baseline across multiple key metrics will also give the provider-patient team a more clear view of not just if the patient is progressing, but how and where they are specifically progressing when it is time to re-assess.
Expert Nutrition Counseling
The grocery store cashier, your smartphone, and everyone else may be all too happy to dispense their version of nutritional wisdom, but a highly trained medical practitioner with all of your test results in hand is going to hit much closer to the mark every time.
Better still, your provider can incorporate your preferences and eating habits to craft a nutrition plan that flows with your lifestyle, not against it.
Evidence-Based Prescription Injections
A high-quality medical weight loss program may prescribe weight loss injections like tirzepatide, which is both safe and proven to work.
By receiving the injection(s) under the care of a licensed professional and supplementing it with the other aspects of the program, your chances of success are much higher.
Next-Gen Body Contouring Treatments
Body contouring treatments have come a long way in a relatively short time, and providers who wield them skilfully can produce seriously impressive results.
Sculpting treatments like truBody from Cutera can accurately target areas of stubborn fat all over the body, tightening the skin and creating a more toned appearance.
Better still, muscle-stimulating contouring procedures turn your body into a more efficient fat-burning machine by promoting muscle development.
Built-In Accountability
We’re all the most forgiving coaches when it comes to self-coaching, of course. This is one fatal flaw (among several) of the typical fad dieter: not having an accountability partner.
And who makes a better accountability partner in the case of a weight loss program than the medical expert who knows exactly what you need to do?
Ideally, your weight loss program will feature regular and fairly frequent (at least twice a month) weigh-ins to keep both you and your provider apprised of your status. This will make the program much more adaptable, allowing more opportunities to make key adjustments.
Focus on Sustainability
Finally, another fatal flaw of both trendy and not-so-trendy diet weight loss approaches is the relapse factor. A high-quality weight loss program is structured not only to deliver quick results, but to inspire lasting change.
Depending on the patient, this can be done in several ways, but often involves encouraging permanent lifestyle modification, including healthier eating patterns and even attitudes toward food.
Come to Laser Skin Solutions of Jacksonville Beach, FL for All of the Above and More
Our physician-led team at Laser Skin Solutions Jacksonville offers one of the best programs in the country to Jacksonville Beach, FL residents and surrounding areas.
Fully tailored to each unique patient, our program includes all of the above must-have features and much more to ensure that your weight loss experience is life changing and long lasting.
Contact us today and embark on the weight loss journey of a lifetime!
