New Direction Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD)
New Direction Medical Weight Loss Program:
A small amount of weight loss, 5-10%, can have a huge impact on your overall health by reducing your blood pressure, lipids, blood glucose levels, weight on joints, and increasing insulin sensitivity. These options are ideal for someone who has a BMI of less than 30 or A BMI of at least 27 with one or more co-morbidities such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high trigylcerides, or obstructive sleep apnea.
Our dietitian and Dr. Ganta can assist you with designing a specific diet and exercise plan that fits your individual needs, your personal schedule, and personal goals. During your program, the dietitian and Dr. Ganta will educate you on how to change your eating behaviors in order to incorporate those ideas throughout life. You will also have access to support groups and will be given a body composition test as well as a metabolic test. The results from these tests will allow us to design the diet and exercise plan that is based off of your individual needs.
Is a complete nutritional food replacement program designed by Medical professionals to help overweight people lose weight safely and quickly and achieve weight loss goals. The nutrition supplements are manufactured and offered by Robard Corporation in New Jersey, USA. The company is a leader in medical weight loss programs and quality nutritional supplements for nearly 40 years. The nutrition products have GMP certification and SQF certification and maintain a very high quality backed by the companies quality assurance program.
The NEW DIRECTION VLCD program is a very successful medical weight loss program with that is managed by our dietitians under the guidance of our physician Dr. Ganta and other providers and physician extenders. The program typically lasts 6 months and divided into various phases depending on weight loss and actively managed with weekly or biweekly in office appointments. The average weight loss for men each week can be 4 to 6 pounds and for women 3 to 5 pounds. This program is for those looking to lose any amount of weight that does not want any surgical procedures. Once their goal weight is achieved patients may be able to keep off the weight by incorporating the behavioral changes that they have learned through their program.
Back in Track Program
Have you had weight loss surgery, gastric balloons or completed Medical weight loss plan sometime back and now struggling to maintain weight and good lifestyle change? If so you are not alone. Many patients go through this “stagnation” phase during the course of their weight loss journey and some may even gain weight that they thought was lost forever. Don’t be ashamed if that’s the case. This is “normal” as your body is fighting to return to its previous weight as part of a evolutionary response from your body. But you need to address this issue right away without delay in order to get back in track. At Nuself Bariatrics Dr. Ganta had developed back in track program which is a customized solution based on individual patient needs. We utilize combinations of various tools including New Direction plans, weight loss medications, frequent office followup visits, dietary and lifestyle recommendations based on metabolic testing, body composition. We also evaluate the previous bariatric surgery with a UGI radiology test in the office quickly to evaluate if your stomach had stretched. Some patients may be candidates for revision surgery and these options will be discussed and offered as necessary or desired.
No matter what’s causing the weight regain we will come up with a customized solution and treatment plan. Most important is YOU have to make the decision to get back in track. Let’s do it now. Please fill out the form below to contact us to get started.
Weight Loss Medications
Medications can be used to assist with weight loss when diet and exercise alone is ineffective. There are both short and long-term medications that can be prescribed individually or in combination with other medications. Medications are not used to replace diet and exercise, but are used in conjunction with diet and exercise. Medication choice is dependent upon the providers’ discretion and based on the patient’s medical history, current regime, and the patient’s personal history and experience with weight loss medications in the past.
Examples of medications prescribed are Phentermine, Lomaira, Topamax, Contrave, Qsymia and Belviq.
