Weight loss coaching and support at our La Jolla / UTC based San Diego clinic
At our San Diego, UTC-Based weight-loss clinic we understand that losing weight is not easy to do and one program does not fit every lifestyle. Our office offers two distinct weight loss programs to fit your specific needs and to help you best achieve your weight loss goal.
The programs differ in their approach and requirements but both programs are equally effective in burning body fat quickly and effectively.
Our weight loss programs:
Involve no added medications
Are cost effective
Are medically safe even if you have specific health problems
Can be used by people of any age
It is always advised to meet with a physician prior to starting any weight loss or exercise program.
The programs differ in their approach and requirements but both programs are equally effective in burning body fat quickly and effectively.
Our weight loss programs:
Involve no added medications
Are cost effective
Are medically safe even if you have specific health problems
Can be used by people of any age
It is always advised to meet with a physician prior to starting any weight loss or exercise program.
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30 Days- 30 Carbs
is best for persons who: Enjoy preparing healthy, delicious, and fresh meals. Want to make it a priority to eat organic and or whole foods. Are interested in learning about food, exercise, sleep, and nutrition to promote and sustain weight-loss and long term health. Appreciate the benefits of having a personal Coach/Doctor to guide and support them on a daily/weekly level. Have dietary restrictions that do not allow them to eat soy based products. READ MORE! |
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Optavia
is best for persons who: Have very busy lives and do not have the time to devote to preparing meals or grocery shopping. Require little coaching–you decide how little or how much interaction you require. Do not want to think too much about their food and counting carbs or calories. Wish to get started right away. You can place your first order online right now. READ MORE! |
Do All Diets Work?
All diets work. But this is only true if your goal is short-term weight loss. Need to drop 10 lbs. before some big event? Pick whichever diet you like, stick with it for a few weeks and chances are good that you will reach your goal. But if you want to get healthy (and stay that way!), then structured diets might not be the best approach. Very few people can stay on a diet for the rest of their lives, and the moment one returns to 'normal' eating, the weight comes back. In order to keep weight off long-term something has to shift inside of us We need to become, in a sense, a different person, with new desires and new habits. Getting healthy and staying healthy means creating a lifestyle that supports good health. And it means something else too: it means enjoying that lifestyle more than the one we had when we were overweight and out of shape.
A small percentage of people (about 5%) seem to just get it on their own. They lose the weight, feel great, love how they look, and something shifts inside them. They don't ever want to be overweight again and will gladly do what it takes to stay in their healthy weight zone. Such people learn how to develop a food-style that is consistent with weight maintenance, not weight gain. They limit their calories, they limit their carbs, and they make exercise part of their daily routine. They don't do this to reach a goal. They do it because they love how they feel when they are at their ideal body weight. They love wearing nice clothes and looking their best. They love the extra energy they get from deep restorative sleep that was so rare when they were overweight. They love that they no longer have to take medicines for high blood sugar, cholesterol, or blood pressure. They simply change.
But statistics show that 95% of people who reach their goal through dieting will return to their pre-diet weight (or more) within 18 months of meeting their goal. What's more, repeated cycles of weight loss and weight gain–what we call 'yo-yoing'–may be more unhealthy then being chronically overweight. Our programs are not designed for short term weight loss. They are not for the lucky people with high metabolism who can cut out dessert for a month and lose 10 lbs., or the 5% of people who find dieting and maintaining their target weight a breeze. Our programs are for the 95% of people who struggle with their weight, be it 20 lbs. or 220 lbs., and want to become healthy, but need help making the shift.
All diets work. But this is only true if your goal is short-term weight loss. Need to drop 10 lbs. before some big event? Pick whichever diet you like, stick with it for a few weeks and chances are good that you will reach your goal. But if you want to get healthy (and stay that way!), then structured diets might not be the best approach. Very few people can stay on a diet for the rest of their lives, and the moment one returns to 'normal' eating, the weight comes back. In order to keep weight off long-term something has to shift inside of us We need to become, in a sense, a different person, with new desires and new habits. Getting healthy and staying healthy means creating a lifestyle that supports good health. And it means something else too: it means enjoying that lifestyle more than the one we had when we were overweight and out of shape.
A small percentage of people (about 5%) seem to just get it on their own. They lose the weight, feel great, love how they look, and something shifts inside them. They don't ever want to be overweight again and will gladly do what it takes to stay in their healthy weight zone. Such people learn how to develop a food-style that is consistent with weight maintenance, not weight gain. They limit their calories, they limit their carbs, and they make exercise part of their daily routine. They don't do this to reach a goal. They do it because they love how they feel when they are at their ideal body weight. They love wearing nice clothes and looking their best. They love the extra energy they get from deep restorative sleep that was so rare when they were overweight. They love that they no longer have to take medicines for high blood sugar, cholesterol, or blood pressure. They simply change.
But statistics show that 95% of people who reach their goal through dieting will return to their pre-diet weight (or more) within 18 months of meeting their goal. What's more, repeated cycles of weight loss and weight gain–what we call 'yo-yoing'–may be more unhealthy then being chronically overweight. Our programs are not designed for short term weight loss. They are not for the lucky people with high metabolism who can cut out dessert for a month and lose 10 lbs., or the 5% of people who find dieting and maintaining their target weight a breeze. Our programs are for the 95% of people who struggle with their weight, be it 20 lbs. or 220 lbs., and want to become healthy, but need help making the shift.
The facts about being overweight.
Being overweight is not just an aesthetic issue. 30 years ago doctors thought of belly fat as energy storage, inert tissue designed to provide a source of fuel should times become lean. But now we know that abdominal fat or adipose is actually metabolically active tissue containing glands that make inflammatory hormones. When adipose cells fill with fat the glands turn on, dumping these harmful hormones into the blood causing inflammation and damage to our blood vessels. Too much adipose tissue is the root cause of atherosclerosis, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, strokes, and even cancers. Being overweight saps our energy, interferes with sleep, causes our arches to collapse, the discs in our spine to wear down, our bodies to ache, and impacts our self-esteem.
So why don't we all just lose the belly fat?
If you are overweight, chances are you blame yourself. "Laziness," "Lack of willpower," "Weakness." After 25 years in practice we have heard just about every self-deprecating explanation, often from some of the very best and most accomplished people we have ever met. But the truth is that getting thin and staying healthy is almost impossible for most of us to do on our own with the deck so strongly stacked against us. For more than a million years humans survived by feast and famine. A mere 5 generations ago the majority of human populations–even in the Western World–were still dealing with regular and sometimes massive food shortages. Our bodies learned how to take and store as many calories from our diet as they could when food was available as a way of surviving. Tens of thousands of generations of human bodies evolved to become incredibly efficient fat-storage machines. Our bodies are no different today than they were a hundred years ago; we are biologically programmed to get fat.
But this programming is no longer advantageous to our survival. Food shortage is not a problem in the United States today. Extremely calorically-dense food substances like high fructose corn syrup and genetically modified wheat products which did not even exist 50 years ago are now part of our daily diet and today the average American consumes each day more than twice the calories a human living in past generations did during the best periods of 'feast.' A slice of whole wheat toast made from today's (North American) wheat raises blood sugar levels more than a heaping tablespoon of pure cane sugar. There is simply no natural equivalent to modern bread (much less a Coke or a Gatorade) in terms of glycemic (sugar) and caloric density.
The fact is that we are caught in an obesigenic culture with fast food options around every corner that promotes poor eating habits, a general lack of activity, a high stress environment of continuous multi-tasking, insufficient sleep, and a "sick-care" health system. Getting healthy (and staying healthy) in such an environment is almost impossible to do on your own. You would have to exercise 2-3 hours each day to lose weight if your daily diet includes muffins, bagels, tortillas, bread, crackers, cereals, cookies, cakes, or any other wheat-based product. But whole wheat and whole grain products like these are marketed to you as 'healthy choices.'
If you are overweight, chances are you blame yourself. "Laziness," "Lack of willpower," "Weakness." After 25 years in practice we have heard just about every self-deprecating explanation, often from some of the very best and most accomplished people we have ever met. But the truth is that getting thin and staying healthy is almost impossible for most of us to do on our own with the deck so strongly stacked against us. For more than a million years humans survived by feast and famine. A mere 5 generations ago the majority of human populations–even in the Western World–were still dealing with regular and sometimes massive food shortages. Our bodies learned how to take and store as many calories from our diet as they could when food was available as a way of surviving. Tens of thousands of generations of human bodies evolved to become incredibly efficient fat-storage machines. Our bodies are no different today than they were a hundred years ago; we are biologically programmed to get fat.
But this programming is no longer advantageous to our survival. Food shortage is not a problem in the United States today. Extremely calorically-dense food substances like high fructose corn syrup and genetically modified wheat products which did not even exist 50 years ago are now part of our daily diet and today the average American consumes each day more than twice the calories a human living in past generations did during the best periods of 'feast.' A slice of whole wheat toast made from today's (North American) wheat raises blood sugar levels more than a heaping tablespoon of pure cane sugar. There is simply no natural equivalent to modern bread (much less a Coke or a Gatorade) in terms of glycemic (sugar) and caloric density.
The fact is that we are caught in an obesigenic culture with fast food options around every corner that promotes poor eating habits, a general lack of activity, a high stress environment of continuous multi-tasking, insufficient sleep, and a "sick-care" health system. Getting healthy (and staying healthy) in such an environment is almost impossible to do on your own. You would have to exercise 2-3 hours each day to lose weight if your daily diet includes muffins, bagels, tortillas, bread, crackers, cereals, cookies, cakes, or any other wheat-based product. But whole wheat and whole grain products like these are marketed to you as 'healthy choices.'