What is Dr. Supported Weight Loss?

Initial Consultation

Dr. Supported weight loss starts with a consultation just like any other doctor’s visit. We will ask you about your health history, family history, and previous diets. We will ask about what’s worked and what hasn’t. 

We will also start collecting some preliminary info like your weight, BMI, muscle mass% and body fat%. We will also ask you the basics, age, height, and other normal demographic questions.

The initial consultation is always free and there is no obligation to start the program. This is a Doctor supported weight loss program and is not for everyone. It requires a commitment, and it requires you to be open and honest about your health history. 

Assessment, Testing & Blood Work

The next step in the Doctor supported weight loss program is gathering facts. Weight loss is not a one size fits all solution. We will ask you to complete a lengthy assessment. Depending on your answers, we will order blood work. We may order hormone testing. We may do digestive testing, and we may need to run some additional tests depending on what we uncover.

Diagnosis, plan of attack

Now that you have all the facts. We can start to diagnosis why you are overweight. Some common issues that hold people back from losing weight are hypothyroidism, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), leaky gut, fatty liver, fibromyaglia, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, iron deficiency, various forms of anemia, nutrient deficiencies, including thiamine, riboflavin, B12 (hydroxycobalamin), vitamin d deficiency, mineral deficiencies, diminshed detoxification pathway capability, etc.

Some patients even suffer from a combination of these health issues.

Your specific health at any given time makes you successful or dooms you to failure.

Success happens when we match your medical baseline to the best weight loss and health tools available.

Here’s a look at our toolbox. What we do is unique to your situation. If you need a nail, we provide the hammer. We wouldn’t give you a screwdriver. Our approach to weight loss is much the same.

Our Tools

Digestive Enzymes

Digestive enzymes help digestion and properly assimilate key nutrients into your body. Your body will feel satisfied and will curb your hunger cravings. This is especially helpful if you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), nutrient deficiencies and mineral deficiencies. You might be saying to yourself, “but I take vitamins.” If you’re not making your own enzymes, all those vitamins can go to waste. 

Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting puts your body in a fat-burning state. However, fasting can be dangerous if not done properly. If you start fasting you must monitor muscle mass, heart functions, and metabolism. Fasting can be helpful if you suffer from obesity and/or diabetes. If you are not properly fasting, your body never has a chance to burn fat and continues to use the fuel (food) you supply. 

Muscle Mass Trending & Evaluations

Muscle mass trending & evaluations is one of the most important aspects of a doctor-supported program. We continue to monitor your muscle mass and health. We don’t want your body to think the famine is coming and start storing fat and breaking down muscle. When you go too low in your calorie intake you can cause major damage. And that point of destruction is different for everyone. The only way to find your sweet spot for maximum weight loss in a safe environment is through regular monitoring. 

Vitamin Supplements

You are probably familiar with vitamins. You might even be taking a multivitamin. While we encourage vitamin supplements, we don’t like taking vitamins for the sake of taking a vitamin. 

Proper use of vitamin supplements supports weight loss by assessing your body’s unique needs. Not everybody needs the same vitamins and supplements, and we don’t encourage guessing. Having too much of a nutrient can create imbalances and may negatively affect your metabolism. Don’t guess. Test!

Hormone Support

Obesity can cause a resistance to hormone communication. As you lose weight, communication improves and hormone function becomes more efficient. You may need hormone support at any time during your weight loss program. You need to monitor your hormone levels and support them through various supplements. When you lose weight without hormone support, you may get moody, experience extreme cravings, and feel lethargic. Measuring hormones is extremely important if you suffer from hypothyroidism, obesity, or diabetes. 

Bile Salts

You may have been told you don’t need your gallbladder to survive. While this is true, you do need a functioning gallbladder to coordinate your metabolism. If your gallbladder isn’t functioning properly, bile salts can help make your cells function efficiently while supporting your digestion and your metabolism. You have trillions of cells, you want them all to make energy. When your cells don’t make efficient energy, you crave more food and more calories, and you get fatter.

Herbal Supplements

Herbal supplements can be used to improve sleep quality, a major factor in weight gain. We’ve found that if you don’t sleep, you don’t lose weight. While you sleep your body produces important hormones that give you energy. Without these hormones, you need more calories. But your body doesn’t burn these calories. It stores them. Herbal supplements help break the cycle, produce important hormones, and stop the cravings for sweets, caffeine, and carbs.

BMI & Weight Trending

Okay, so you don’t need a doctor for this one. But, this is how we measure success. Our goal is always to get you into a healthy weight range. Did you know, people with a BMI over 30 spend on average $1901 a year in additional medical care expenses?

Accountability Tracking

You know how hard it is to change habits without accountability. And this is our secret weapon when it comes to our program. Your personal app is customized to your plan and together we can track & evaluate your progress. 

Unlike other apps, you will be connected to a real person, your weight loss Doctor. There is an actual person supporting you through the process. And unlike other programs, you continue to get support as you transition from weight loss to maintaining a healthy weight.

The first step is a simple one. Take our medical survey. This will help our doctors get to know you better before our first call. 

After that, the choice is yours. Get a medical examination that leads to a diagnosis and a customized plan supervised by a doctor. Or, do what you’ve always done.