You’ve read all of the recommendations that it’s best to lose weight slowly, over time. But it’s hard to wait for results, especially if you have to cut out some of your most favorite foods and feel hungry all of the time. And it’s all the more frustrating to finally reach your long-awaited goal, only to quickly gain the weight back.
If you can gain weight quickly, why can’t you lose it quickly? With medical weight loss support and management, you can. And you can learn to keep it off, too.
Kimberly Bolling, MD, takes a whole-person approach to weight loss management. While Dr. Kimberly L. Bolling may prescribe medications at her office in Bowie, Maryland, to help you lose weight, she also wants to help you break habits that could sabotage your weight loss.
So, if you try medical weight loss management, how much can you lose? You have everything to gain.
If you’re obese or at an unhealthy weight, you’re putting your life at risk. Obesity is associated with serious medical complications that could shorten your lifespan and health span, including:
When you need to lose weight quickly to get healthy again (or maybe for the first time), Dr. Bolling may recommend medications that speed up your metabolism so you can shed extra fat. However, you first must undergo a series of tests to determine that you’re healthy enough to take them.
Generally, Dr. Bolling keeps you on medications only for the short term, and she emphasizes lifestyle changes that keep your figure healthy. However, you may need to take certain medications for life.
Especially when combined with drugs such as semaglutide that speed up your metabolism, you can shed those 20-30 pounds in the first two months on Dr. Bolling’s program. However, you must comply with all phases of the program, including lifestyle changes.
Changing the way you move, eat, and sleep can be challenging. That’s another reason why medical weight loss management is so effective. You’re not just doing it on your own and hoping for the best. We’re with you every step of the way, monitoring your progress and helping you over the plateaus.
In addition to drugs such as semaglutide that keep your metabolism high, we also help you develop new habits that train your body to burn fat at a higher rate. These include:
Yes, you can sleep your way to a better figure, if you do it right. If you wake up groggy, Dr. Bolling tests you for a sleep breathing disorder called sleep apnea that may sabotage your weight loss efforts. If you have sleep apnea, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine keeps you breathing all night long to improve your health.
She also encourages you to stick to the same bedtime and wake-up time and routine every single day — weekends included. Getting blue light in the morning by going outdoors and avoiding it at night by dimming the lights and avoiding electronics helps reset your circadian clock for healthier metabolism.
Foods are supposed to give your cells energy, but many of our processed foods deplete energy instead, putting your body in a chronic state of fatiguing inflammation. We help you cut the addiction to sugar, trans fats, processed foods, and junk foods.
We also work with you to find a satisfying way to get plenty of colorful, flavorful vegetables and fruits into your diet. We help you make healthier choices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, too.
Do you know that a sedentary lifestyle, like obesity, is associated with most chronic diseases? If you have to sit in an office all day long for your job, or if you’re a fan of TV or reading, simply getting up, stretching, and moving around every 30 minutes or so reduces the harm of sitting.
Adding movement into your life is essential and wonderful. But it’s not enough. To really have a healthy body that converts food into energy — and muscle — you have to exercise.
Dr. Bolling strongly encourages you to lift heavy weights, when possible, or do some other form of resistance training, such as using resistance bands. Building strong muscles not only keeps you safer and healthier, it burns more energy, too. Muscle tissue even burns calories when you’re not using them at all.
To lose weight quickly and healthily, request an appointment with Dr. Kimberly L. Bolling online or over the phone for medical weight loss management today.
