Non-surgical Weight Loss Options
Personalized care for a healthier you.
With our medical weight loss options, patients benefit from 1-on-1 time with weight loss experts like physicians, registered dietitians, and exercise physiologists, along with the option of group support through weekly classes. By achieving a healthy weight, patients can decrease the likelihood of developing certain illnesses and improve their quality of life.
Why choose St. Luke's for non-surgical weight loss?
Our team of physicians, dietitians, and behavioral specialists offer personalized, medically supervised weight loss plans using proven, evidence-based methods. With the right support, you can lose up to 15–20% of your total body weight in your first year.
Non-surgical options
HealthyCORE Intensive Lifestyle Intervention
The Average Weight Loss is 1-3 pounds per week.
- 12-week intensive lifestyle weight loss program
- Focus on nutrition, behavior and exercise modification to promote a healthy weight
- Features weekly weight checks and educational classes
- Individual meal planning with dietitian
- Meal replacement options available: Shakes, Puddings, Soups, Bars
VLCD (Very Low Calorie Diet)
The average Weight Loss is 3-5 pounds per week
- Ketogenic program utilizing nutritionally complete meal replacements as the sole source of nutrition
- Very low calorie, low-carbohydrate, high protein diet ~800 calories / 50 grams of carbs
- Dietitian follow up every 2 weeks
- Option to transition to a low-calorie diet at any time
Conservative
- Primarily managed by medical provider
- Focus on nutrition, behavior and exercise modification to promote a healthy weight
- Registered Dietician available to help with meal planning
- FDA approved prescription weight loss medications may be offered with this program when appropriate
Weight loss medications
Medications can offer significant benefits in the weight management process, especially when combined with lifestyle changes. They may serve as an initial approach or complement other weight loss strategies.
These medications include, but are not limited to:
Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
The St. Luke’s Weight Management Center is here for everyone. For most insurance companies to cover your visit and to qualify for weight loss medications, your BMI must be greater than 25. Additional self-pay options are available for individuals looking for services that insurance companies that may not cover.
Frequently asked questions for non-surgical weight loss
Medical weight loss at St. Luke’s is a guided approach to weight loss by a team of medical professionals, including physicians, dietitians and behavioral health specialists. St. Luke’s Medical Weight Management Center is fully staffed with a comprehensive team of health care professionals from multiple disciplines devoted to helping you lose weight and keep it off. We utilize weight loss methods that are proven through evidence-based medicine and that are medically supervised to provide you the safest, most effective weight loss solutions available.
Our multidisciplinary team of physicians, dietitians, behavioral health specialists and exercise physiologists work together to help provide you with the tools to reach your goals and improve your relationship with your body and food. We provide education and counseling in both group and individual settings for nutrition, behavior modification, emotional readiness and fitness.
All of our medical weight loss programs are designed to help you make lifestyle changes in the following areas and to help you maintain your weight loss over time.
A registered dietitian helps you develop a meal plan that you can live with and fits your current lifestyle. Successful long-term weight loss should be based on a healthy, balanced diet.
Your weight loss provider will discuss medication options available to you. These can include oral and injectable medications such as Zepbound, Wegovy, Saxenda, Qsymia, Contrave and Phentermine.
A behavioral health specialist helps you examine problematic eating behaviors and find ways to break bad habits. They will also help you change the thought processes that lead you to overeat or sabotage your own progress.
Yes! You will receive discounted rates at our St. Luke's Fitness Center where an exercise physiologist will help you plan and maintain an exercise program. Exercise is crucial to the long-term success of a weight loss program.
The process of losing weight and growing accustomed to new ways of dealing with food can be difficult. Our center provides you with the support you need through group and individual sessions.
The St. Luke’s Weight Management center is here for everyone. For most insurance companies to cover your visit and to qualify for weight loss medications, your BMI must be greater than 25. Additional self-pay options are available for individuals looking for services that insurance companies that may not cover.
To find out more information join us for a FREE information session about Non-surgical, Medical Weight Management. Find a LIVE free seminar by going to the Event Calendar and searching the word "medical".
Most insurance policies still will not cover obesity alone as a medical problem.
In order for insurance companies to pay for your visit, you must have at least 1 obesity related medical problem such as:
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Back pain
- Joint pain
- Shortness of breath
- Insomnia
- Fatigue
All of these conditions and many others will improve as you lose weight, making weight loss an essential part of your treatment plan. It is OK if another physician is also treating you for these conditions. If you are uncertain if you have an obesity-related medical condition, please give us a call and we will be happy to help you.
