12 Week Program Blogs

Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs

Aug 20, 2022
4 min

Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs

August is glorious in the Pacific Northwest! Many people enjoy travel and special events. It is hard to believe that Fall and Back to...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Mar 26, 2022
6 min

Week 12: Maintenance

Congratulations! You have finished your sprint and you and it is time to settle in for the endurance portion of this journey. I wish I...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Mar 19, 2022
6 min

Week 11: Transitioning to Maintenance

Congratulations! You are on week eleven! Keep in mind that while these blogs are written for a 12 week program, the length of your...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Mar 12, 2022
3 min

Week 10: Hitting the Wall

Congratulations! You have completed 9 weeks on a 12 week journey! You are three quarters of the way there! It is like mile 20 of a...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Mar 5, 2022
4 min

Week 9: Deflecting Saboteurs!

You are doing great! You have completed 8 weeks of your program! By now, you probably have experienced significant weight loss and are...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Feb 26, 2022
4 min

Week 8: Making Weight Loss Last

Congratulations! You have now gotten down all of the integral parts of weight loss! Look at all of the wonderful things you are doing:...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Feb 19, 2022
6 min

Week 7: Celebrating Your Victories!

Congratulations! You are on Week 7 and half way through a 12 week program. This is a fun week. We are going to celebrate your victories!...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Feb 12, 2022
4 min

Week 6: Take Back Your Mealtime

Congratulations! You are on your sixth week of your program! If you are doing a 12 week program, which is typical for women losing about...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Feb 5, 2022
5 min

Week 5: Crushing Cravings

Your first four weeks are done! Time flies when you are on a program, for some. Hopefully, you have felt, like some others have, that...

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Valerie Sutherland, MD

Jan 29, 2022
6 min

Week 4: Exercise With a Purpose

Congratulations! After 3 weeks on the protein sparing modified fast, you are likely fully adapted to using ketones converted from stored...

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Experts in medically supervised very low calorie diet programs and anti obesity pharmacotherapy in the setting of comprehensive longitudinal treatment for the chronic condition of overweight/obesity.

Experts in medically supervised very low calorie diet programs and anti obesity pharmacotherapy
in the setting of comprehensive longitudinal treatment for the chronic condition of overweight/obesity.