Weight Management Programs

For clients with an extensive medical history looking to start a safe weight loss program. This complex, integrated program may require a complete physical exam, blood work, EKG, and weekly visits with the medical staff to ensure safe, and progressive weight loss. Any one of the other programs may also be incorporated as prescribed by the doctor.

For those who are healthy but wish to gain control of their eating habits through vigorous nutritional counseling, behavior assessment, and the latest FDA-approved medications administered by a physician and tailored to each individual metabolism. Weekly or monthly plans available. An EKG and blood work may be necessary depending on your medical evaluation.

Proven Benefits

Unlike fad diets, the OPTIFAST program has been proven effective in more than 80 clinical studies and by more than 1 million people who have participated in the program since 1974.

OPTIFAST succeeds because it treats the whole you – not just your weight. It combines support and counseling, comprehensive lifestyle education and medical monitoring with a great-tasting meal replacement to help people lose weight and significantly reduce weight-related health risks. One study of 20,000 patients showed:

Five-year follow-up studies show that over 50% of people who complete the OPTIFAST Program keep enough weight off to improve their health long term. What’s the secret? Participants say it’s because OPTIFAST isn’t just a diet – it’s a community that provides ongoing support during and long after weight loss.

Great-Tasting Meal Replacement

The well-documented weight loss success of the OPTIFAST Program is based on the use of meal replacements during the active weight loss phase of the program.

The benefits include:

• High-quality, complete nutrition
• Pre-portioned and calorie-controlled servings
• Quick and simple preparation
• Freedom from having to make food choices

Some people are skeptical about their ability to follow such a diet, but adjusting to full meal replacement typically only takes about one week. Afterward, many patients report they feel more energetic than they have for a long time.

Positive change can occur quickly. In addition to losing weight, you will improve your health, learn new, healthier eating and activity skills so that when you return to self-prepared foods, you are better equipped to manage your weight long term.

Medically-Monitored Weight Loss

The OPTIFAST Program includes ongoing medical monitoring to assess your progress towards better health, and that the doses of any medications you are taking and/or the calorie level of your diet are adjusted as you lose weight.

Medical monitoring includes:

• A thorough preliminary medical examination and any necessary lab tests to determine your health status and rule out any risk factors.
• A personalized weight loss plan, based on your health status and weight loss goals.
• Continued guidance and medical monitoring of your progress, health, and well-being throughout the course of treatment.
• Communication with your primary care physician, as necessary.

The OPTIFAST Program has worked with the top experts in the obesity field since 1974 and regularly shares the latest developments and research with all our clinics.

Healthy, Active Living

The OPTIFAST program goes way beyond the typical diet. To help ensure your long-term success, OPTIFAST clinics provide personal support and lifestyle education throughout the program.

Some of the features include:

• One-on-one counseling sessions with a physician, registered dietitian, or lifestyle counselor.
• Small group discussions led by a health care professional.
• Peer support from current and past OPTIFAST participants.
• Educational materials created especially for OPTIFAST patients.
• Customized activity plans appropriate to your fitness level and schedule.

OPTIFAST health care professionals understand the challenges overweight individuals face as they become active. That’s why they partner with you to make the transition to healthy, active living.

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A very low calorie diet (VLCD) program designed for the individual desiring a structured plan to lose weight rapidly, or to continue losing after reaching a weight loss plateau. This program can work with or without medications and total daily calorie intake is customized for each individual. After one month, you may continue or transition into one of our other programs for continued success. This plan requires weekly weigh-ins and/or telephone consults, and initial and follow-up basic blood work.

For otherwise healthy individuals preferring a physician supervised, non-medication-based plan. This program includes the latest in nutritional supplement regimens found to stimulate and protect body systems and promote healthy weight loss. This is a vigorous program of nutritional counseling with the medical staff, requiring weekly weigh-ins and/or telephone consults.

A menu-based, reduced calorie weekly program to help you lose weight at a healthy, rapid rate. After one month, you will begin to transition to one of our other programs. This program may be used in conjunction with the Medication, Holistic, Pharmacotherapy, or Injection programs at a reduced cost.

Weekly injections of a special formulation of B Vitamins and Lipotropic Amino Acids help mobilize fat from fat cells, provide fuel for energy, and promote wellness. This program is suitable for patients who desire a more rapid weight loss and those who require frequent staff counseling and support. For maximum benefit, clients should commit to this program for at least one month.

For clients who have reached their weight loss goals and desire to learn maintenance techniques. Frequent contact with the medical staff and weigh-ins give clients the emotional and behavioral support they need, while doctors oversee the tapering off of medication and/or intermittent uses of other programs for continued success.