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Our Medical Weight Loss Programs 

Weight Management is a complex problem that requires a variety of treatment options. No single treatment will work for all people.

We provide a custom weight loss and maintenance solution for each of our patients to ensure that the treatment conforms to the lifestyle, medical needs and weight loss goals of the individual.

Each program includes key principles that have been demonstrated through numerous medical studies to be essential for long-term weight management success.

Medical Monitoring

Valley Bariatrics & Wellness Clinic includes ongoing medical monitoring to assure that you remain in peak 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.

Valley Bariatrics & Wellness Clinic medical staff receive ongoing training in the latest health issues related to obesity and weight management. This training, along with the the vast bariatric support network that is available to us, ensures that your treatment is always medically appropriate and scientifically validated.

Lifestyle Education

Long-term weight loss success is based on changing aspects of your lifestyle that have contributed to you being overweight.

Lifestyle change is critical to your success and without it, most weight loss is only temporary. This explains the appalling weight loss success rates that are seen throughout this country where the majority of people attempt weight management through diet alone.

Valley Bariatrics & Wellness Clinic provides you with everything you need to make reasonable and sustainable change in your life. The education program that we use was developed in consultation with some of the world's leading experts and has been continually updated to reflect the changes in weight management trends over the last 25 years.

Education modules are presented during weekly education and support meetings and cover over 60 topics in behavior, nutrition, and activity related issues.

Personalized Support

At Valley Bariatrics & Wellness Clinic, your weight management success is our priority. There is never a reason for you to feel alone as you make the lifestyle changes and learn the skills necessary to live a healthier, happier life.

All of our custom treatment programs include a variety of support plans that have been demonstrated through years of experience and medical studies to be critical for losing weight and keeping it off.

Portion Control

The well-documented weight loss success of the OPTIFAST® Program is based on a portion-controlled, calorically precise, nutritionally complete, formula meal replacement that has been shown to help people stick to their diet plan.

Depending on the amount of weight loss your wish to achieve, you may be prescribed OPTIFAST formula to replace all of your normal meals or just some of them.

OPTIFAST formulas and bars take the guess- work out of dieting. The benefits include:

• High quality, complete nutrition
• Pre-portioned and calorie-controlled servings
• Quick and simple preparation
• Enhanced ability to stick with the diet because no food choices are made.

Although you may be skeptical about following a Formula diet, most people find this aspect of the treatment to be the easiest part because there are no food choices to be made. Hunger typically goes away after the first week or so. Many patients report they feel more energetic than they have for a long time. This probably is due to more stable blood sugar levels, consumption of a balanced diet, decreased weight, and increased activity level, even though the actual calories consumed are reduced.

Think of the full formula phase of the OPTIFAST program as taking a vacation from food. While on vacation you will lose weight, improve your health, and 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.

The active weight loss phase is followed by a 4-6 week transition period during which you will gradually add self-prepared foods back to your diet.

Participants graduate to a maintenance diet rich in fruits and vegetables, grains and low-fat proteins. During treatment they will have learned techniques to include small amounts of their favorite foods into their new healthy lifestyle.