Often, new patients come into our program who prfess a certain "embarassment" about needing help to acheive weight loss. We always reassure them that there is no need to feel "weak" or embarrassed...67% of Americans are overweight, 35% obese: if it was easy to lose weight on your own, those statistics wouldn't even be close to what it is now. Everyone is overweight does not want to be. Taking the step of asking for help is difficult but ften necessary to achieve the outcomes you are seeking.
Obviously, you cannot stay in a program forever, but the program gives you a great jump-start and hopefully lotss of ideas for a permanent lifestyle change. Moreover, we encourage our patients, even when they leave their formal visits, to still come back to weigh-in on our scale..soemtimes coming to the office creates an "accountability" factor that is helpful.
After your formal visits are finished, you are still welcome to utlize our free services such as our health and wellness meetings, the nutritioist meetings, our soon-to be group meetings...all at NO charge.
Do not ever feel bad about resorting to a program (especially ours!) if you need help in losing weight. Attempting to do it on your own is often too difficult and getting a medical jumpstart can be incredibly helpful.
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