Chicago weight loss programs

I'm very interested. We were discussing a little bit before the program aired-- and I know you guys do a lot of work there-- what exactly is the program and how much does it encompass when you deal with patients? Thank you so much. So I would like to think of Chicago Weight as much as a comprehensive wellness program. So we have a myself and the nurse practitioner as the medical providers, Dr.

Busby as the health psychologist, and we have a dietitian. And I think what's important, we try to look at patients in that degree angle. So you know, we look at the medical conditions that could be associated with excess weight.

We look at medical conditions and medications that can favor weight gain. We ask about sleep. We ask about eating disorders, screen for eating disorders. We offer treatment for eating disorders. And we also look at social stressors, psychological stressors, all those factors that can make it more difficult for patients to lose weight and may have accounted for the weight gain in the past.

So really, we want to be as comprehensive as possible. On the other end, we want to really design, very much, and utilize with a plan for our patients. I would imagine that's the challenge when you are talking about weight loss because there's so many factors, as you mentioned, that impact a person's weight and how they deal with weight and weight loss. And there's just so much that goes into it. What are some of the main reasons that people struggle to lose and maintain that weight loss?

I think this is a very important question. Actually, I often discuss this question and this topic with my patients. So you know, we understand now in the last 10, 20 years that there is what we call a metabolic adaptation to weight loss, which are limiting weight loss, especially when we think about just lifestyle modification.

And we are promoting weight regain over time. So what are those? I mean, there is a couple of things to think about. Number one, it's easy to gain weight, right? We may the orthopedic surgery, and we gain 20 pounds. But then when we try to lose weight, we lose the initial 10 pounds but then the other 10 pounds are more difficult to come off.

And so what's happening? Number one, there are studies showing now that when we lose weight, hunger-promoting hormones go up and satiety promoting hormones will go down. So while we are losing that unhealthy weight, our brain is hearing screaming, I'm hungry. So it's-- on the other end, studies have shown that we will lose weight-- that if we decrease our energy expenditure, specifically that resting metabolic rate.

Means the even if by sitting down, we are consuming less calories when we have a lower weight. So now we understand that when our patients are not able to lose a significant amount of weight, clinically significant, or are already gaining weight over time, it's not they're not trying hard anymore.

They're still trying hard. It's not their feeling. But I like to say that that physiology is failing them. So that's why it's important to then call the intervention, or the team, the program, the physician, the psychologist, because there are so many factors that are really leading to that equilibrium and energy balance. That's just not fair. It seems like the deck is stacked against us almost when we do try to lose weight because of some of the physiological factors. It was interesting. We actually got to-- we talked about getting introduced to one of your patients because we wanted to talk a little bit about some of the success stories.

And we spoke with one of your patients just yesterday. And she told us an incredible story. Her name is Rita and she's been on a weight loss journey that has been very successful. She's lost over pounds. And she has advice for others who are struggling with this situation. If I could just tell the people not to give up and it's not easy, right? I mean, it's just everyday it's still a struggle because it's a struggle for everyone to stay in shape and to you know, I mean-- but now it puts me on an equal level with everyone else.

I mean, it's a struggle for everyone to behave. And it's, you know, you know-- but it puts you on an equal field, you know, or somewhat of an par field because we're still starting from, I think, a little bit behind.

She's a very nice lady and she's had a lot of success, so that's exciting to see that. I think what's really conveying is when the patients have the right treatment plan, they feel empowered. So this time is different. I think that's what it's starting to tell us. That's where we're trying to take our patient to. And a lot of this just is obviously-- deals with psychology.

And so we'd love to talk with you a little bit and just get your take on why psychological treatment, why that's such a critical part of this whole process. Well, when I think about losing weight, no matter what your collection of treatment modalities are, intentional behavior change is an inevitable aspect of it.

And it's really, really difficult. And what we know is that, even when people are presented with very specific plans, for example, what to eat and what kind of physical activity to engage in, simply knowing what they are supposed to do isn't enough to actually make those things happen. So a lot of what I'm doing with patients is what I call implementation work. So let's say that you've been given a very specific plan by our dietician or by our medical providers, how are you actually going to make that happen if the things that we're asking you to do are time-consuming, maybe involve some financial expenditure, if they're not particularly fun, if you've got an incredibly busy schedule.

So just really trying to lay the groundwork for success in that way. In addition, for many people, eating is emotional. We don't simply eat just to meet our calorie needs. And so for people with very significant emotional eating or for people who have diagnosable eating disorders, like Dr. Pannain had mentioned before. Which you diagnose them. I will be addressing those things with patients, yeah. And so it's a long journey as you deal with folks that do need to lose weight.

And I think, as you mentioned, it's so important for people to know that they have support. And that's a lot of what happens at Chicago Weight, is that correct? Almost definitely. People come into our clinic often talking about frequent experiences, even in medical care, of feeling judged, feeling like they've been blamed for their medical condition.

And the first thing that we want to do is provide an environment of support and acceptance and nonjudgment so that we can really work together, collaboratively, with patients. Discover both their strengths and weaknesses and try to capitalize on their strengths so that they can be successful with their goals. Yeah, the other important message we tell to our patients here is that we are not at this point in what we call precision medicine. So we do not know which diet will work with each patient.

We shouldn't know which medication will work with each patient. And even which behavioral approach will work with each patient. So it is also important to understand that weight management is a trial and error type of approach. And we always tell the patient that if you come out from our clinic with a specific plan, but things didn't work out and you actually were not able to lose weight, come back. Because it's not that you failed. It's that in the treatment plan we designed, it was probably not the plan for your physiology, for you as an individual.

So there is many things and many different approaches we can offer to the patients. It is a lifetime or a long term, really, relationship. A so very important the patient's don't carry that self blame of failure and understand that it is not their responsibility.

It is our responsibility as a team to come up with the plan it works for that individual patient. Yeah, and it's a plan that can evolve over time. It's very collaborative in nature.

We are very interested in patient experiences and perspectives and opinions in terms of how their treatment is going to progress. So we are getting questions from our viewers. So I want to get some of those. And I want to remind our viewers, please just type them into the comments section. We'll try to get to as many as we possibly can.

Our first question from a viewer is, what are your thoughts on low carb? I tried eating a high protein diet but have lost little weight. OK, that's actually a very important question, and very much in the news. Because I would say that it comes to what's the perfect diet? What's the diet that works best? This question has been probably asked for the last 20 years.

There is a time where a high fat diet-- sorry, a low fat diet were much in Vogue. And then we then we start to say, no, a low carb diet, high fat, low carb diet are better because patients seem to lose more weight. And then, OK, what's the state of art, what we know from what we call evidence-based medicine, from the studies.

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