About 75% of American adults — three out of every four women and men — are obese or overweight, according to the CDC. That means all of those individuals are at risk for serious health problems, like heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia, and even some types of cancer.
With so many people struggling with weight issues, it’s no wonder the diet industry is thriving. Yet despite the promises made by commercial diets, the fact is, many people find they don’t work — or they work at first, but the weight eventually returns, creating a perpetual cycle that leads to continual ups and downs in your weight.
At Prime Wellness, Jeffrey Sherman, DC, NP, and his team work closely with every patient to help them set and achieve realistic, healthy weight goals using patient-centered medical weight-loss treatment. Here’s how Dr. Sherman can help you finally break the yo-yo weight-loss cycle and enjoy long-term, satisfying results.
Yo-yo weight loss: The basics
Losing weight is a real accomplishment involving a physical and emotional commitment to leading a healthier, more active lifestyle. When you finally begin to see the results of all your hard work, it’s natural to want to celebrate — and to assume those results will last a lifetime.
The reality is a little more disappointing, though. It’s not uncommon to find that once those pounds drop off during the active phase of dieting, your weight creeps back up during the maintenance phase — the post-dieting weeks, months, and years when you practice healthy habits routinely.
The ups and downs associated with long-term weight loss are what’s known as the “yo-yo” effect, and it’s not only frustrating and demoralizing — it can be unhealthy, too.
Medical weight loss: Breaking the yo-yo cycle
So why is the yo-yo effect common with weight loss and weight management? Mostly, it’s because we adopt restrictive, unhealthy, and unrealistic habits when dieting. Maintaining those habits over time just isn’t practical, and when it comes to commercial or “fad” diets, it can be dangerously unhealthy, too.
The key to breaking the yo-yo cycle is to develop a weight-loss plan focused on why you gain weight, along with personal and lifestyle factors that affect how you drop and keep pounds off. Unlike commercial diets that only focus on techniques aimed at dropping pounds regardless of nutritional or health consequences, our medical weight-loss program divides into separate phases that help you shed pounds, stabilize your weight, and maintain your results.
In addition to helping you develop a realistic eating plan and improve your activity level in enjoyable ways, we also provide ongoing support and guidance to help you improve your nutrition and underlying health. Plus, we offer weight-loss medications, such as Samaglutide (Ozempic), Phentermine, and other diet solutions, to assist our patients in reaching their weight-loss goals.
We focus on healthy eating habits based on our patient’s specific body composition in order to help our patients lose fat while maintaining muscle and nutritional supplements aimed at optimizing their metabolism and helping them prevent the “yo-yo” effect over time.
we use medications such as Samaglutide (Ozempic), Phentermine and other diet solutions to assist our patients to reach their weight loss goals. We focus on healthy eating habits based upon our patients specific body composition in order to help our patients lose fat while maintaining muscle
Weight management that works for you
Losing weight offers plenty of benefits for your physical health and emotional wellness and boosts your confidence. To learn how our medical weight-loss plans can help you achieve and maintain your goals, call 818-824-8629 or request an appointment online with the team at Prime Wellness in Woodland Hills, California, today.