Weight Management

Weight loss comes from readjusting our biochemistry for optimal function and readjusting our mindset for greater self-care.

“Believe it or not, the first function of food is not pleasure. It is energy and nutrition to keep our amazing systems functioning on optimum. By all means enjoy food but when you are able to ask yourself, “Will this food nourish and energize my body?” maybe you will find it easier to say no to food that is actually destroying your miraculous system.”

– Julie Spain

Weight loss is neither simple nor easy. If it was, everyone would be their ideal weight!

We all intuitively know that the quick fix mentality, which simplifies weight loss into calories in Vs calories out, is highly unsuccessful. Despite this, and in the absence of anything better, we are still frequently tempted to take the quick fix, hoping that this time will be different. Nothing that does not address the above two key elements—biochemistry and mindset—will ever work. A successful weight release strategy requires both these elements to be addressed, ideally at the same time.

Where do we start?

The first step is to support your body’s functioning. This will ensure that:

  • Your metabolism is supported
  • Your cortisol levels are reduced (cortisol is a stress hormone that puts on weight)
  • Your liver and kidneys are detoxifying effectively
  • Your bowels are working
  • Your nutrients are being absorbed
  • Your brain chemistry is optimal (i.e., you feel good)
  • Your energy levels are high
  • You’re not starving
  • You’re less likely to binge
  • Your blood sugar levels are optimal
  • And so on…

But that’s not the end of it!

What’s next?

Next we need to address your relationship to food. If you have a love-hate relationship to food or a love-hate relationship to yourself then you will need to grow and expand your mindset to a healthier one.

This may address:

  • Not feeling supported or safe
  • Not exercising in the right way for you
  • Exercising with the wrong mindset for you
  • Mindless or unconscious eating habits
  • Poor reactions to stress
  • Not knowing how to nurture or take time out for yourself
  • Not setting boundaries
  • Not asking for what you want or believing you can have it
  • Using food NOT for what it is intended ie comfort, stress reduction, to hide behind or medicate your pain
  • Many other issues

What is mindful eating?

Allowing yourself to become aware of the positive and nurturing opportunities that are available through food preparation and consumption by respecting your own inner wisdom.
Choosing to eat food that is both pleasing to you and nourishing to your body by using all your senses to explore, savour, and taste.
Learning to be aware of physical hunger and satiety cues to guide your decision to begin eating and to stop eating.
Acknowledging responses to food (likes, neutral or dislikes) without judgment.

By The Center for Mindful Eating

ACCELERATE YOUR WEIGHT LOSS + HEALTH GOALS WITH THE DOCTOR’S 6 WEEK PRESCRIBED WEIGHT LOSS MEAL PROGRAM

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Accelerate your success with Australia’s only Doctor prescribed weight loss meal program over 6 weeks combining real GPs and the latest levels of biometric science and technology. Our preventative local Doctor will be your ultimate companion to achieving your weight loss and optimising your journey to better health to be the healthiest you can be.

HOW IT WORKS

Rather than tape measures and ordinary scales, at your consultation, our Doctors use the latest body composition technology to calorie and portion control our weight loss meals you.

STEP 1: BOOK A CONSULTATION

At your consultation, you’ll receive a detailed health report of your body composition (including body & visceral fat, muscle mass, metabolic age, and BMR (the number of calories your body burns at rest)) which guides the Doctor to recommend a meal plan that is calorie controlled based on your composition to accelerate your weight loss success and improve your overall health.

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STEP 2: ORDER YOUR MEALS

From the very first week you will begin to live, eat and experience appropriate portion-controlled and nutritionally-complete food on a daily basis for 5 days. For days without the Doc’s meals, access the simplest, delicious daily recipes to change habits & ensure your goals are as simple as can be.

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STEP 3: SEE RESULTS

With follow up consultations and the Doc’s new Weight & Health Tracker App—you’ll get a detailed report on the changes to your body’s composition—aiming to reduce your body and abdominal fat, improve your metabolism and muscle mass.

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PROGRAM FEATURES

The Doctor’s prescribed program includes:

  • A Medical Report of Your Health: At your initial consultation, using the latest body composition analysis technology you will receive a detailed report of your overall health (weight, body fat, visceral fat, body water, muscle mass, basal metabolic rate (BMR) (calories per day at rest), and biological age) rather than just your overall weight alone. From there, our prescribing Doctors can better understand your body’s composition and overall health to guide them to recommend a personalised calorie intake for you to accelerate your weight loss and journey to better health.
  • Doctor’s ‘Prescription’: There’s no one-size fits all, because everyone’s metabolic rate (the number of calories the body burns at rest per day) and overall health is different. At your initial consultation, the prescribing Doctor will calculate a recommended daily calorie intake personalised to you to begin the weight loss meals.
  • Doctor Prescribed Weight Loss Meals: Delivered fresh and nutritionally balanced, five days per week of meals are calorie and portion controlled and delivered to you based on your Doctor’s ‘prescription’. These meals are designed to help you better understand portion size and transform your habits to make your changes life-long. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and or snacks.
  • Doctor Approved Recipes + Shopping Lists: From the first week, you can put into practice what you have been seeing, eating and living with delicious and easy to follow recipes using kitchen staple ingredients and minimum prep time. Plus, plenty of leftovers to share with the family.
  • Doctor’s Weight & Health Tracker App: The Doctor’s APP is the ultimate companion to your sucess and designed to track the your vital biometrics, progress and keep you accountable on your weight loss journey. Download FREE from the APP store.
  • At-Home Resistance Workout Plan: The 6 week Resistance Workout Plan is tailored to your fitness level (beginner, intermediate or advanced) and designed to help maintain your lean muscle mass to boost metabolism and improve muscular fitness. At home, or outdoors.
  • Doc Blog: Regular Doc blogs that will keep you inspired on your journey to better health and gain valuable insights. Ranging from practical tips to deeper medical topics.
  • Regular Doctor Check ins: The prescribing Doctor will be with you every step of the way to help you achieve your change. The fortnightly follow-up consultations with the prescribing Doctor is the key to understanding the changes to your body’s composition and weight loss success – aiming to reduce your body and visceral fat, improve your metabolism and muscle mass.
  • Medical Award of Health: At the completion of the 6 weeks, you will receive your final biometrics at your Doctor’s consultation which will be followed by a medical of award of health attainment, as a record of your participation

THE DIFFERENCE

Here’s why the Doctor’s prescribed program is different:

  • Personalised to you by the Doctor: Our prescribing Doctors use the latest bio-impedance technology to recommend a daily calorie intake that is personalised to you and your body composition, ensuring weight loss success and your health goals are reached. The number of calories you should be eating to lose weight and improve your health isn’t based on a standard chart—it’s based on your individual body composition.
  • Our Doctors monitor fat loss vs. overall weight: Measuring overall weight loss alone has limitations as losing weight can mean losing fat mass, muscle mass or both. While weight is an important health indicator, we don’t want our patients to be lighter, we want them to be healthier for the rest of their life. Our Doctors measure and monitor your body fat loss and visceral fat loss vs overall weight loss regularly, which allows our Doctors to tailor your plan to help maintain muscle mass, whilst losing fat mass.
  • Tools to make long lasting lifestyle change: Our Doctors give you the tools which include calorie controlled meals, daily at home resistance training exercises you need to transform your habits, and make longer lasting lifestyle changes. The Doc’s weight loss meals are intended to be used as a short-term tool with professional guidance of the Doctor so you start to live, eat and experience portion controlled and nutritionally complete food everyday. From the very first week you will put into practice what you have been experiencing on the 2 days without the meals to drive healthier eating patterns to help keep the weight off once you’ve reached your goal and also to help prevent weight cycling. Doc Tip: On the 2 days off our Doctors recommend that you follow the Doctor’s exclusive at home recipes and you use a calorie tracker to help ensure you don’t go over the calorie intake per day that has been recommended to you (e.g. MyFitnessPal APP).
  • Catch the early warning signs of disease: No matter what you weigh, the higher percentage of body fat you have, the more likely you are to develop obesity-related diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Checking in with a Doctor will allow you to better understand whether you are at risk as they use the latest bio-impedance technology to give you a breakdown of individual components and benchmark your health to help you be the healthiest you can be.

FIND OUT MORE

For more information on the Doctor’s prescribed program contact Dr Jaimini Raniga on (02) 9659 7181.

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