Have you recently considered being the healthiest version of yourself? Perhaps you’ve considered attempting a different exercise regimen, eating a healthier diet, or losing additional weight. Or perhaps you’ve been trying various weight-loss methods and workout equipment incessantly without ever getting the desired results. You’re not by yourself. Regardless of your weight-loss and health objectives, the Star Bella Spa Health System is here to provide you with the tools and solutions you need to succeed and enhance your well-being.
Are therapies for weight reduction the best option for me?
Dietary changes and exercise regimens alone are insufficient for many people to lose weight. This is due to the fact that weight gain and obesity can be caused by a variety of circumstances. Our weight and weight reduction outcomes can be influenced by a variety of factors, including hormones, genetics, diseases and medications, activities, and our surroundings. Surgery or medical weight-loss therapies could be the last resort if you feel like you have exhausted all other choices and your weight is affecting your health. The skilled team of doctors, dieticians, fitness specialists, mental health therapists, and bariatric surgeons at Star Bella Spa specializes in treating obesity and helping patients restore their health. Discover more about the top 5 weight-loss treatments offered by Star Bella Spa in the following paragraphs, and decide which one would be right for you.
1. Drugs for weight loss
The foundation of all medical weight-loss programs is behavior and lifestyle changes. Prescription weight-loss drugs could be an extra aid in weight reduction, depending on your medical and weight history, activity level, eating patterns, and nutritional requirements. Certain prescription weight-loss medications function by reducing appetite and increasing feelings of fullness. Others enhance insulin resistance or alter how dietary fat is absorbed by the body. Our professionals may offer advice based on your body mass index (BMI) and health objectives, as well as talk about FDA-approved weight-loss pharmaceutical choices, such as oral pills and injections. Within six months, patients taking prescription weight-loss drugs usually drop 10% of their body weight.
2. Surgery to reduce body weight
Bariatric surgery is a safe and successful weight-loss procedure that supports and maintains a healthy diet, lifestyle, and weight for obese individuals who have failed with less invasive weight-loss choices. The Roux en Y gastric bypass and gastric sleeve operations, which are minimally invasive procedures that modify the stomach and digestive tract, are the most popular bariatric surgeries performed today. The best long-term Weight Loss Treatments (GLP-1 and Terizapatide) option for those with a BMI over 35—or a BMI over 30 with additional associated health issues—is frequently bariatric surgery. By the end of the first year after bariatric surgery, Star Bella Spa patients typically lose roughly 72% of their excess weight, and many associated medical conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea, can be prevented, treated, or eliminated entirely. The free, educational Weight-Loss Surgery Seminar will teach you more about the approved weight-loss surgery program offered by Star Bella Spa.
3. Dietary guidance
Even more so if a medical condition necessitates certain dietary restrictions and limitations, not everyone knows how to properly fuel their body, even though food may be one of the finest instruments for improving health and controlling weight. Our licensed dietitians can help you start on the right track with group or individual nutrition advice. As you cultivate a positive connection with food, you will work together to create a customized plan that prioritizes activity, nutrition, and coping mechanisms. Dietician consultations can also include meal planning. Behavioral health, therapy, exercise physiology, and other supplementary services at Star Bella Spa may also be suggested by your provider. At Star Bella Spa, a dietician consultation is not based on body mass index. To help you reach your dietary objectives, find out more about our individualized nutrition counseling services.
4. Programs for meal replacement
You might be wondering how a medical meal replacement program differs from the meal replacement shakes and bars that we’ve all seen on grocery store shelves. A doctor will oversee and mentor you through the three phases of the meal replacement program at Star Bella Spa, which will help you lose weight, create good eating habits, and keep your weight loss. The program starts with daily meal replacement shakes, soups, and bars that are lower in calories than what you would normally have for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and provide high-quality nutrients to fuel the body. You can learn to identify hunger and fullness cues during this weight-loss phase since there are less food distractions. You will return to eating balanced meals and snacks when your eating habits improve and you stop taking supplements. Weight maintenance is the last stage of the program after you reach your weight-loss objective. Patients usually lose 10 to 15 percent of their body weight when following a meal replacement program.
5. Balloons that are intragastric
One non-surgical, minimally invasive method of weight loss is the Orbera® Intragastric Balloon. People with obesity who have a BMI of 30 or above can utilize the gastric balloon in conjunction with long-term dietary and lifestyle changes. An outpatient treatment involves using a scope to introduce a silicone balloon into the stomach. After that, saline is poured into the intragastric balloon until it reaches a size comparable to a grapefruit. By reducing your stomach’s capacity, this temporary balloon implant helps you feel full and strengthen portion control. The balloon is taken out after six months. Patients who use the gastric balloon often lose around 10% of their body weight.