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Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions.
We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results.
We are a medical program, not just a prescription.
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The Double Epidemic: Mental Illness & Obesity
What is the link between depression and anxiety? If you are concerned about both, how do you address them both at the same time? Which...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 4, 20225 min read


Stress: Hidden but Harmful
Stress: it seems to have become an omnipresent thing in so many people’s lives for the past two and a quarter years or more. While stress...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jun 26, 20224 min read


Shame, Anxiety & Weight Bias
Yesterday, it hit me once again; I failed my patients. In April 2020, faced with the start of the Covid pandemic, school closures, and...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jun 18, 20223 min read


Body Image, Disordered Eating & Obesity
Obesity is a medical disease characterized by a chronic metabolic dysregulation of energy in which there is a higher than normal weight...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jun 4, 20226 min read


Ending Weight Cycling, Part 2
Very Low Calorie Diets using meal replacements have been well studied as a medical protocol for both non-surgical treatment of obesity...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 21, 20223 min read


Out with the Old: Ending Weight Cycling
For better or for worse, managing weight is a lifetime journey. Obesity Medicine is the specialty of diagnosing and managing the chronic...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 7, 20225 min read


Exercise: Balanced is Best!
Exercise is very exciting because it so quickly changes how you feel and how your body works. While all types of exercise provide...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 30, 20224 min read


Not Just Meal Replacements: Managing Macros
“Managing Macros” is a relatively precise way of doing a nutrition plan using grocery store food. I am doing a blog on it to illustrate...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 24, 20226 min read


Obesity Epidemic During the Pandemic
People with the chronic condition of overweight/obesity who have lost a significant amount of weight benefit from longitudinal care and...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 9, 20223 min read


Obesity Action Coalition: Setting the Record Straight
Losing weight and keeping it off is difficult enough for many reasons. Add to the intrinsic difficulty the mixed messages people get, the...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 2, 20223 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 26, 20226 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 19, 20226 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 12, 20223 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 5, 20224 min read


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:
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 26, 20224 min read


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!...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 19, 20226 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 12, 20224 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 5, 20225 min read


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...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jan 29, 20226 min read


Week 3: Trust Your Body
Congratulations! Each week, you are getting closer to your goal! You have completed two weeks of a very low calorie diet/protein sparing...
Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jan 22, 20223 min read
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