OUR PROGRAM
Dr. McCarthy offers a variety of medically supervised weight loss programs to fit your individual needs. The first step in joining our program is a phone call away. There are no contracts to sign and you will see Dr. McCarthy at every visit.
Your initial examination will include a complete physicial, EKG, and body composition analysis. We also offer (for an additional fee), the Korr Metabolic Rate test. (The Korr Metabolic test is a 10 minute test that measures how many calories your body burns in a 24 hour period. You may have seen this test demonstrated on the Oprah Winfrey show)
Dr McCarthy will review your family history. personal weight loss history and your test results. Using this information he will then determine the best weight loss approach for you. Dr McCarthy will base this upon your personal goals, lifestyle and medical conditions.
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 prefers to start everyone on weekly visits, as each patient progresses and achieves success, he will then change the frequency of visits to every two weeks. When a patients has achieved their goal, he 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 consult with you on 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 prevent fatigue that may accompany weight loss.
We employ an array of dietary approaches, including low carb 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 that 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-yo" dieting. Like any other chronic illness, weight disorders requires 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.
