Weight Loss Management

Learn about our 12 Week Comprehensive Weight Loss Program.

Balanced Well-Being Healthcare in Fort Collins, Colorado offers a medically prescribed nutritional weight loss program to help you achieve all of your weight loss goals.

After medical history is obtained during your initial visit to our Fort Collins based practice, a physical examination is completed and our experienced doctors and physicians will recommend a low calorie diet based on estimated BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). We then calculate your estimated BMR. Our system gives body composition that includes percentage of body fat and BMR. On the basis of the patient’s BMR, Balanced Well-Being Healthcare diet experts will recommend a weight loss diet between 800 and 1200 calories per day. This diet weight loss program is composed of regular food, meal replacements and combinations of the two. Your initial visit may include but is not limited to:

  • Physical exam and blood work
  • Prescription for diet medications where recommended
  • One-on-one nutrition counseling
  • Exercise recommendations
  • Private weight-ins

Every person is different, and to obtain a truly comprehensive understanding of your condition, a likewise comprehensive evaluation is required. This process can be broken down roughly into 4 steps (this is however dependent on each clients specific condition or needs):

Step 1: Baseline Physical Assessment

Body Anthropometric Measurements

  • Height
  • Weight
  • Waist Line and Other Measurements

Visceral Fat Measurements
Abdominal fat (also known as visceral fat) is considered to be the most dangerous type of fat. It is typically deeper in the body and surrounds vital organs like the heart and liver, putting one at even greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and diabetes. It is considered to be a “red flag” for health risks. Visceral fat produces chemicals and hormones that can interfere with the way your organs function. Accurate measurement of visceral fat is not just for overweight or obese people: anyone can have visceral fat and the associated health risks if they’re not in excellent shape.

Overall Body Fat as a Percentage
Body fat percentage is a good gauge of an individual’s fitness level, as it is the only body measurement which directly calculates the particular individual’s body composition without regard to the individual’s height or weight.

Dietary History, Habits, and Your Personal Activity Level
Your dietary habits, likes, dislikes, other treatments you have tried, medication or supplement history, and other important factors that contribute to your historical and current daily dietary intake will be assessed. These are important because in order to customize a weight loss plan for you, we have to understand the fundamentals of your habits! Your level of activity, for example, plays an important role in the volume of calories required to keep your body functioning in a healthy way.

Setting Plan Goals
In gathering these important personal metrics we can design a plan for you based on multiple factors and your specific health and weight goals. This will help to increase your energy, boost your metabolism and develop long-term life habits that will keep you healthy, in shape, and happy for years to come.

Step 2: Cardiovascular Health Assessment

Cardiometabolic Profile Assessment

  • Total Cholesterol Levels
  • Triglyceride Levels
  • Glucose Levels
  • LDL (aka “bad” cholesterol)
  • HDL (aka “good” cholesterol)
  • Blood Pressure Measurements
  • Framingham Risk Score (This is a measurement for determining 10 year risk for developing heart disease. Factors measured include age, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment and smoking.)

Understanding your cardiovascular health is important because you could be at a high risk of heart attack without any symptoms and feeling fine, and then seemingly out of nowhere you have a heart attack. This happened to over 200,000 Americans last year alone.

Metabolic Profile Assessment
Thyroid screening is used to detect a condition of low thyroid hormone called hypothyroidism. Your thyroid function is deeply connected with your metabolism in that thyroid hormones play an important role in determining your bodies rate of calorie consumption. Patients exhibiting thyroid dysfunction tend to have a low metabolic rate. One of the most obvious symptoms of hypothyroidism is weight gain and difficulty losing extra weight. Often the “metabolic burn” continues to fall as calories are reduced when dieting. That’s why some women with low thyroid can have weight gain even when they severely restrict calories. In order to fix your metabolism, both the staff at Balanced Well-Being Healthcare and our patients have to understand your entire health and wellness picture, not just your incidental thyroid condition.

Sleep Apnea Screening
Sleep apnea is a condition in which during sleep, patients will literally stop breathing for periods of several seconds to minutes at a time. These apneic or non-breathing episodes cause lack of oxygen to the brain and have many ill effects including excessive daytime tiredness, even after a full night of sleep. Being overweight or obese puts you at risk of developing sleep apnea. It is important to determine your risk to this disease because, if left untreated, sleep apnea can result in a number of health problems including:

  • High blood pressure
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Stroke
  • Irregular heartbeat, and heart attack
  • Depression

Step 3: Meal Planning

After a thorough consultation, our staff will evaluate your metabolism and cardio metabolic status to develop a personalized nutritional plan. Areas that will be covered include:

  • Diet assessment
  • Nutrition Labeling
  • Heart Health (Cholesterol / Blood Pressure)
  • Healthy Food Choices
  • Meal Planning
  • Family Nutrition
  • Athletic Nutrition

Your consultation will also provide you with guidance on:

  • How to feed picky eaters in your family
  • When to take vitamin and mineral supplements
  • How to read food and nutrition labels and what they mean
  • Whether or not you are getting the nutrients you need
  • How to eat healthy as a vegan or vegetarian
  • Tips for eating on the run
  • The best way to achieve and maintain a healthy weight
  • Special eating plans for medical conditions
  • What foods to eat to lower your risk of certain diseases
  • Other foods or supplements that can help your overall well-being
  • Meal recommendations based on metabolism measurements and personal goals

We encourage the eating of fresh fruits and vegetable in normal diets while cutting down on high-fat intakes. Vitamin and mineral supplements are prescribed and weight loss is charted by our expert panel of doctors at Balanced Well-Being Healthcare.

Step 4: Coaching

In keeping with our philosophical approach to integrative medicine, Balanced Well-Being Healthcare of Fort Collins provides much more than a quick weight-loss “fix”. Weight and food conditions are typically the symptoms, and need to be addressed in a comprehensive manner to include the mental and emotional tools required to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Having a Balanced Well-Being Healthcare coach is that support. It can mean the difference to you between so-called “yo-yo diets” and the long-term health, energetic lifestyle, and emotional and physical wellness you deserve. We can provide you the tools to be truly “free” for your entire lifetime!

Our coaching program will provide you with a comprehensive, integrative, and harmonizing (mind, body, emotion, and spiritual) approach that will help you:

  1. Integrate the Balanced Well-Being Healthcare program into your daily life.
  2. Stay motivated and positive throughout your weight-loss program.
  3. Learn the tools you need to have a life of success in staying healthy.
  4. Stay on track to achieve the results and goals you have earned.
  5. Troubleshoot and solve any challenges that may arise, be they emotional, physical, or habitual.
  6. Integrate mind, body, spirit and emotions to work for you and those you love for a lifetime!

Balanced Well-Being Healthcare: Custom Weight Loss Programs Specifically Tailored to Fit You!

Balanced Well-Being Healthcare is a one stop shop for all weight loss programs for a well sculpted and attractive body, healthy habits, and a fuller life! Other packages offered at our practice include:

  • Medical Weight Loss
  • Appetite Suppressant Programs
  • Low Calorie Diets
  • Weight Loss Counseling
  • Vitamins and Supplements

Balanced Well-Being Healthcare will help you achieve your weight loss goals with our comprehensive weight loss program designed to help you lead a healthier and more fulfilled life. Find out which weight loss program is best for you and take control of your life today!