Achieve lasting weight loss with a physician-supervised program at Paradise Medical Center. We address the root causes of weight gain through metabolic testing, personalized nutrition plans, and evidence-based treatment strategies.
Start Your Weight Loss JourneyWeight loss is about more than willpower. Metabolic, hormonal, and genetic factors play a significant role in how your body stores and burns fat. At Paradise Medical Center, our medical weight loss program takes a comprehensive, science-based approach to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
We begin with a thorough evaluation including lab work, metabolic assessment, and health history review to identify the factors contributing to your weight challenges. From there, we create a personalized plan that works with your body, not against it. According to the CDC, even a modest 5-10% reduction in body weight can produce significant health benefits.
Lab work and testing to evaluate thyroid function, insulin resistance, hormone levels, and metabolic rate to identify barriers to weight loss.
Customized meal plans based on your metabolic profile, food preferences, and lifestyle. No one-size-fits-all diets, only sustainable eating strategies.
When appropriate, FDA-approved weight loss medications to support your efforts alongside lifestyle changes for enhanced results.
Energy-boosting B12 injections and fat-metabolizing lipotropic compounds to support your metabolism during your weight loss journey.
Practical physical activity recommendations tailored to your fitness level, schedule, and any physical limitations.
Regular follow-ups to track progress, adjust your plan, celebrate milestones, and provide the accountability and support you need.
Medical weight loss is a physician-supervised program addressing root causes of weight gain through evidence-based strategies, lab testing, and sometimes medication for sustainable results.
Yes, when appropriate and based on your health profile, we may prescribe FDA-approved medications as part of your comprehensive treatment plan.
Many insurance plans cover medical weight loss consultations when obesity is documented as a medical diagnosis. Call (305) 676-8217 to verify coverage.
Safe, sustainable weight loss is typically 1-2 pounds per week. We focus on long-term results through metabolic health and lifestyle changes.
Start your medical weight loss program at Paradise Medical Center today.
Call (305) 676-8217In-depth articles from our medical team to help you make informed decisions.
A medical weight loss program is not a diet handout and not an injection on request. It starts with finding out why weight is not moving: thyroid function, insulin resistance and blood sugar, lipids, medications that promote weight gain, sleep, and eating patterns that a food log makes visible in a week.
From there you get a plan with numbers in it: a calorie and protein target, a movement floor you can actually hit, follow-up intervals, and defined checkpoints where we reassess rather than guess. Progress is measured on more than the scale — waist circumference, blood pressure, lipids and blood sugar all matter more for your health than the number alone.
Undiagnosed hypothyroidism, prediabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome and medication side effects are common reasons a disciplined person stops losing weight. Treating those changes what the same effort produces.
Our in-house lab work covers thyroid panel, A1c and fasting glucose, lipids, liver and kidney function and, where relevant, hormonal testing. Results are reviewed with you, not mailed at you. Related conditions we manage in the same practice: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Prescription weight loss medication can be a legitimate tool for patients who meet clinical criteria and who are also making dietary and activity changes. It is not appropriate for everyone, it has side effects worth understanding, and weight regain after stopping is common when nothing else changed.
We evaluate candidacy honestly, explain what the medication does and does not do, monitor you on it, and stay involved — which is the part that most online prescribing services skip. We do not prescribe on a first phone call and we do not sell packages.
To discuss whether a supervised program fits your situation, call (305) 676-8217.
