Barriers to Weight Loss

social acceptance of being overweight doesn't remove the negative health effects

Today's Americans are the heaviest people to ever exist on the planet Earth. More than 2/3s of all adults in the USA are overweight or obese. Obesity among youth is also increasing at an alarming rate. Given this hefty new majority there has been a tendency by some to want to redefine what should be considered "normal" weight as a kind of political correctness. Sadly, no amount of social acceptance will take away from the negative health effects that accompany being overweight and obese.

The health statistics and biological mechanisms are compelling that people with excess body fat are at higher risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular (heart), cerebrovascular (stroke) disease, cancer, degenerative joint disease, chronic pain, loss of energy and vitality, and death from all causes. People with above normal body fat suffer more and die younger than do people that maintain a healthy muscular weight. Overweight people are more likely to feel lonely, depressed, have poor self confidence, and feel socially isolated than do people with a healthy normal weight.

successful weight loss is seldom as simple as counting calories

Weight loss and weight management at its most fundamental level is simple arithmetic. To gain weight one must take in more calories than are expended. To lose weight one takes in fewer calories than are expended. Maintaining weight requires calories in and calories expended be matched. Everyone who has tried and failed, or has tried and been successful at losing weight knows there are complicating factors that make the calorie view too simplified to be the only guide to success.

weight loss fails if nutrition, gut ecology, immune system and/or hormones are out of balance

Underlying nutrition, gut ecology, immune system, and hormonal imbalances compounded with social/psychological factors, prescription drug side effects, and the body's errant willingness to increase its view of what is normal weight, greatly complicate the simple calorie arithmetic. All too often a person who holds and cannot easily shed excess weight is caught in biological feedback loops they cannot break out of by simply applying will power. Will power however should not be under estimated since determination is the cornerstone of every successful self improvement plan. A determined person is going to seek out the help they need to overcome the obstacles preventing them from achieving their goal of a normal weight that supports a long, happy and healthy life.

failure at weight loss can lead to unhealthy relationships with food

Unfortunately becoming overweight and then failing at weight loss can lead to yo-yo dieting and an unhealthy relationship with food. Enjoying good food is one of the great joys in life. When a person's body is balanced and no longer experiencing food cravings a person can both enjoy their food and not over eat. Some people develop a serious enough psychological dysfunction around food that counseling can be required.

successful weight loss follows getting your body in balance and establishing healthy habits

Trained as naturopathic physicians the doctors of True Health Medicine, PC always approach each individual as a unique, whole person with integrated social, psychological and biological systems. We are adept at identifying root causes, refrain from merely drugging obvious symptoms, and form a partnership with our patients to assist them in maximizing their true health potential.

In the area of weight loss we strive to identify the underlying biological, chemical and psychological issues that prevent a person from achieving and maintaining a normal, healthy body weight. We help people correct nutritional deficiencies, regain normal bowel function, balance their immune system and hormones, and heal away from the need for medications. We help them break the patterns that trap them into excess weight. Once balance has been restored we can further assist with accelerated weight loss programs including the Hcg diet.

Hcg diet requires the guidance of a physician concerned with your whole health, not just your weight

The Hcg diet is an aggressive treatment that should only be pursued after all the complicating factors preventing weight loss have been successfully identified and addressed. Hcg is the pregnancy hormone that tells a woman's body to liberate fat and other nutrients to grow a fetus. When administered in small doses by injection to non-pregnant women and men, along with a calorie restricted diet, Hcg signals the body to release its most carefully guarded fat stores. The benefits of a successful Hcg diet are less hunger during calorie restriction, loss of fat from stubborn areas, and a reset to a lower weight that the body then considers the new normal. The Hcg diet is potentially harmful if done wrong and should only be pursued with the help of a physician that is considering your whole health and not just your weight.

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