Our Weight Loss Programs

When you enroll in our Weight Loss Program, you will be given the tools you need to lose weight AND maintain that weight loss.

About Our Healthy Weight Loss Programs

When you enroll in our Weight Loss Program, you will be given the tools you need to lose weight AND maintain that weight loss.

Time for a change in your life?

PCW has a Healthy Weight Loss Program that will help you reach your health goals!

You are not alone. If you’ve tried diets for weight loss but were frustrated at trying to go it alone, we can help you. Our team works with you to help you achieve the tools you need to lose weight and maintain that weight loss.

We’re ON your team, We ARE your team

We recognize that there are thousands of programs available to help you lose weight and they all have the potential to work. Weight loss isn’t the problem. Weight maintenance is! Gaining weight is easy. Losing weight is almost as easy. Weight maintenance is HARD! Our program provides you with a proven meal plan that will help you lose weight quickly, safely and for good! The day you begin the program, our team will start helping you acquire all the tools you will need to maintain the weight you lose. That is why we are different!

Why We Are Different

Benefits of Choosing Our Program

  • Safe weight loss program supervised by a Physician and/or Nurse Practitioner
  • Weekly, appointments with an experienced team of professionals who will help you every step of the way
  • Strong emphasis on education and tools that will help you maintain your weight loss
  • Continued support after you have achieved your weight loss goals
  • Flexible opportunities to participate
  • Many services billable to insurance

Learn About Our Programs

  • THREE (3) / FOUR (4) Meal Replacements per day plus a bank of calories to use
  • 1-2 lb Per Week Weight Loss
  • Billable Services
  • Participant CAN be on Medications

  • FOUR (4) / FIVE (5) Meal Replacements per day
  • 3-5 lb Per Week Weight Loss
  • Billable Services
  • Participant CAN be on medications

How It Works

Our program is broken down into four phases. These phases range from initial screening to reduction of weight, to finally maintaining your weight loss and health. It is the collection of these phases that make our program WORK. Physician’s Choice Wellness is not just a fad diet – it’s a health journey that focuses on the tools you will need to reach and maintain your weight loss and health goals for the rest of your life. Our team will work to educate and instill habits that will lead to your long-term success!

Our Four Phases to Success

1

Assessment

Screening Phase

In the Screening Phase, you will be physically and psychologically assessed to determine if our program will be the right choice for you. We will make sure that you are ready to commit to a future healthy you! Participants may need a consultation and/or clearance from their primary care physician before beginning the program. You MUST have a primary care physician before entering the screening phase.

  • One-on-one behavioral assessment and financial consult: pre-screening for program readiness.
  • Detailed discussion of the cost vs benefit for your budget.
  • 12-hour fasting lab and EKG
  • Full physical

It is our medical team’s role to provide medical monitoring as it relates to your weight loss. Our doctors will not act as a primary care physician.


2

Intake Reduction

Reducing Phase

The Reducing Phase features either a Very Low Calorie Plan (VLCP) or Low Calorie Plan (LCP).

The typical caloric intake in this phase is 1,000 calories a day for men; 800 calories a day for women. However, personalized prescriptions are determined by medical staff.

In this phase, our participants’ only source of food or nourishment is a nutritionally complete, high protein, low carbohydrate meal replacement. PCW uses the New Direction brand weight management system of shakes, bars and snacks. Each participant will be given a custom “prescription” with the exact amount of nutrition intake per week.

Participants are closely monitored by medical staff on a weekly basis and visit our clinic physician or nurse practitioner once a month. Participants also attend a weekly Clinic & Class. Our patients have a one hour a week commitment that is vital to their success. Our team reserves the right to discharge or put anyone on hold at any time if conditions arise that could lead to medical complications.

Within a short period of time on the VLCP, the body will enter Ketosis. This is when the body keeps under a carbohydrate threshold, which causes it to enter a state of ketosis. In this state, we know several things are happening. Your fuel will come from your fat storage. Lean muscle tissue is preserved, and it is important that you hold onto that muscle through this experience. Also, while in ketosis, your body will release endorphins. When you think you will have no energy, once in ketosis (3-5 days) you actually have a surplus of energy due to the release of the hormone endorphin.

Medical research has shown that when a person is in ketosis and is still receiving all the vitamins, minerals, and calories necessary to still be healthy, any hunger you feel is a psychological hunger and not a physical hunger. A lot of people can deal with a mental hunger more easily knowing that physically they are receiving everything they need to lose weight safely and quickly.

The average expected weight loss in this phase is 3-5 pounds a week.

The typical caloric intake of the LCP is 1,000-1,300 per day. However, personalized prescriptions are determined by medical staff.

In this phase, participants will use three to four meal replacements per day and a calorie bank of 500-600 calories. Our meal replacements are nutritionally complete, high protein, and low carbohydrate. PCW uses the New Direction brand weight management system of shakes, bars and snacks. Each participant will be given a custom “prescription” with the exact amount of nutrition intake per week.

Participants are closely monitored by medical staff on a weekly basis and visit our clinic physician or nurse practitioner once a month. Participants also attend a weekly Clinic & Class. Our patients have a one hour a week commitment that is vital to their success. Our team reserves the right to discharge or put anyone on hold at any time if conditions arise that could lead to medical complications.

The LCP has a rate of weight loss of about 1-2 pounds/week and does not let participants enter ketosis.

The LCP lets participants begin to adjust their lifestyle choices from the beginning while they are making smart nutritional decisions and figuring out what their “new norm” will look like once they obtain their goal weight.


3

Increasing calories

Adapting Phase

As participants near their goal weight, within 5 to 10 pounds, they will then enter the Adapting Phase. In this phase, calories are increased, and more grocery store food is re-introduced. Nutritional education and counseling allows participants to practice healthy eating habits as they reach their goal weight.


4

Intake Reduction

Sustaining Phase

Once a participant has reached their goal weight, they are not done with the program. The Sustaining Phase is the most important phase. This is the phase of maintenance of your new-found health. Maintenance is the key to long-term success and good health. Our team will continue to work with you as we offer support, education and the accountability you will need to continue your success.

This is not your moms “Liquid Diet”

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Physician’s Choice Wellness has different program options to fit into most any budget and lifestyle. Regardless of how much weight you have to lose, we have a program that is just right for you!

Explore our PCW Programs, or contact us for an orientation to discuss your journey towards better health.