OUR PROGRAM

Dr. McCarthy offers a varity of medically supervised weight loss programs to fit your individual needs.  The first step in joining our program is calling to schedule your FREE consultation.  At this one hour seminar Dr. McCarthy will introduce you to our rapid weight loss program.  This will be followed by a question and answer segment in which you can ask the doctor about the program in detail. 

Your initial examination will include an complete physicial, EKG, a body composition analysis and a Korr Metabolic Rate testing.   (The Korr Metabolic test is a 10 minute test that measures how many calories your body burns in a 24 hours period.  You may have seen this test demonstrated on the Oprah Winfrey show)

At your first visit, Dr McCarthy will review your family history and personnal weight loss history.  He will then determine the best weight loss approach, based upon your personal goals, lifestyle and medical condition.   Dr. McCarthy always works with your personal physician and will keep him or her updated on your progress.

The frequency of visits is based upon the intensity of the program chosen and the severity of underlying medical conditions.  Dr McCarthy likes to start everyone on weekly visits, as each patient progresses and achieves success, he will then change the frequency to every two weeks.  When a patients has achieved their goal, Dr McCarthy will then change the visits to once a month for maintance.  

During your office visit Dr McCarthy and you will take time to attack obstacles that have prevented long term weight loss in the past.  He will also consul you in how to plan for upcoming events such as parties, travel, or vacations.   Every visit is an opportunity for personal education in problem solving so that you are empowered in taking control of the barriers that have prevented weight loss success.  

Our weight loss programs include nutritional, behavioral and fitness counseling.  We may utilize prescription and nonprescription medication for appetite suppression, hunger reduction, treatment of food cravings, to enhance weight loss and to prevent fatigue that may accompany weight loss.  We employ an array of dietary approaches, including low calorie diets as well as protein sparing modified fasts, similar to those used at famous university medical weight loss centers.   Dietary supplements and snack foods are available, as well as complete meal replacements for those who need them.  

Dr McCarthy believes weight disorder is a serious disease with serious and potentially fatal consequences.  The risks and damage done by excess fat cannot be treated or reversed by "yo-yoing" back and forth dieting.  Like any other chronic illness, weight disorders require long term therapy.  The longer even a minimal amount of excess weight is allowed to go untreated the more damage can occur to the body.  Our goal is long term, permanent weight loss.  Losing weight is just the first step.