- Designed especially for you if you have 30
or more pounds to lose – our patients range
in weight from ~30 lbs overweight (BMI of 30 - 32)
to 400
lbs overweight (BMI of 50 – 60). If you have
less than 30 pounds to lose, you may qualify to join – contact
us.
- During the weight loss phase of this program
you’ll consume exclusively great tasting, medication
free, nutritious HMR™ meal replacements – shakes,
Benefit Bars, and entrees. Scientific studies have
repeatedly shown that the use of meal replacements
as a structured diet significantly aids weight loss
and weight loss maintenance.
- The “no brainer” structure of
this diet will result in you achieving a rapid, safe,
efficient weight loss of 2 – 5 pounds per week
depending on your starting weight. This degree of weight
loss is very inspiring and will motivate you to remain
in the weight loss phase long enough to lose an average
of 50 – 60 pounds. “Remember, you cannot
keep off weight that you do not first lose,” says
Dr. Motto, “therefore, you must participate in
an effective program such as this to lose all those
pounds that you desperately need and want to keep off.”
- You’ll attend weekly group meetings
(plus receive phone calls on non-meeting days) run
by experienced health educators who are expert in the
teaching and personal coaching techniques necessary
to keep you on your diet and to impart to you the behavioral
lifestyle changes necessary to not only lose but keep
off your lost weight. Our patients find that our group
meetings are better than individual sessions and the
most effective way for them to learn and change their
behaviors.
- You’ll learn to change those behaviors
that have resulted in you being overweight by using
HMR™’s proven, effective, behavior modification
program which stresses physical activity, calorie counting,
record keeping, and environmental control – all
behaviors which have been shown to correlate with not
only weight loss but also weight loss maintenance.
In other words, these new learned behaviors can help
you keep the weight off.
- Before joining our program, you will have
a physician-conducted health risk appraisal which includes
a history, physical examination, and laboratory testing
(blood fats, cholesterol, thyroid function, metabolic
profile) all of which will be discussed with you by
Dr. Motto. After the health risk appraisal, your medical
supervision will consist of weekly nurse visits plus
weekly doctor visits, as necessary, depending on your
BMI (Body Mass Index) and associated medical or other
conditions.
- With weight loss you’ll experience
a dramatic improvement in overweight and obesity related
conditions such as: the feeling of being unhealthy,
the feeling of your life being out of control, sleep
apnea, heart disease, high blood pressure, high blood
fats (cholesterol), diabetes and high blood sugars,
arthritis, joint, and muscle problems. You’ll
also realize a significant improvement in your general
ability to get around and to lead a full, satisfying,
healthy life.
- The weight loss phase is followed by an essentially
open-ended weight maintenance phase (18 + months) during
which you will put into practice the needed behaviors
to maintain your weight loss under the guidance of
behavioral health educators during weekly group sessions.
This phase is also highly structured and critically
important for long term weight loss maintenance. As
Dr. Motto says, “Weight loss is not a cure for
overweight and obesity but only the first step in a
life-long weight management effort.”
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