Weight Loss Treatments
We Believe You Can Hit Your Weight Loss Goals...Forever.
The struggle to lose weight effectively and then keep it off is all too familiar to many and, unfortunately to more and more people each year, as obesity is becoming one of the UK's biggest reversible health problems.
Of course, once weight is lost, keeping it off remains a challenge in itself.
We believe the correct approach is one which a doctor and a nutritionist can combine to deal with all the different facets of your lifestyle which may be adding to your weight loss challenges.
Obesity and being overweight is considered a medical disease. So having an experienced Doctor with a true understanding of the disease process and its complexities, who is working with you to build a tailor- made plan will help you beat obesity once and for all.
Our Nutritionists and Dietitians focus on the food that will work for you, your family and social life as well as your weight loss goals. Of course diet is important, but so is your aim to enjoy life on your terms.
Of course, it is not just about cutting out foods but finding enjoyable foods which can help you lose weight as well as providing a well earned treat.
See Dr Salma Mirza to discuss weight loss injections such as Ozempic, Wygovy and Monjauro Book an appointment at Centennial Medical Care, Centennial Park, Centennial Ave, Elstree, Borehamwood WD6 3FG 020 3327 7777
Lifestyle Doctor Approach
Weight loss NUTRITIONISTS
What causes weight gain?
Understanding why we become overweight in the first place is the key to your success in losing weight permanently. The human body has evolved over millions of years to conserve and store energy whenever possible. This energy is stored as fat. Throughout history there has never been a time where nutrition was in excess, as it has been in the last 50 years, therefore the body has not developed mechanisms to remain a healthy weight by shedding excess fat. This innate need for survival will always favour weight gain, making losing weight a losing battle.
- There may be a strong genetic predisposition to obesity
- Body weight is vigorously defended by a reduction in energy burned by the body and a sustained change in hunger hormones in a direction to make you more hungry
- A lifestyle change will need to be life-long, as obesity is a chronic condition
Do Quick Fix Diets Work?
Many people resort to quick weight loss plans or crash diet fads, due to media hype or apparently successful testimonials. Rapid weight loss will never be healthy and in fact will drive your body further into 'survival' mode making weight gain ever more efficient. Rebound weight gain and weight loss plateaus result. Individuals will often put more weight on than they lost in the first place, despite a sustained reduction in calories and increased exercise.
"Low Carb, Keto, high protein, Aitkens, low fat, intermittent fasting, HIIT; none of these strategies are the magic bullet to weight loss and are difficult to sustain."
We use a metabolic weight loss approach that is SIMPLE and effective and best of all it will suit you. Excess weight gain is a metabolic disease and therefore requires a deep understanding of the science surrounding it. Its not just the food we eat and the exercise that we take that effects our weight, timings of food, quality of sleep, stress, medications, illness and injuries etc will all affect our metabolism. Weight loss is as much about looking good as it is about feeling good. My strategies will work your with body's natural processes, not against it, to lose weight for the last time.
We also offer an online a weight loss service.
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