W8md Medical Weight Loss Centers Of America
How to lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks - tips by a weight loss doctor
Facts About Calories 
In order to lose weight, you may want to consider these factors. If medically appropriate, you want to reduce your calorie intake or increase the calories you burn by 500-1,000 per day so you can lose about 1-2 calories.
Do you know how many calories it takes to burn a pound of fat?
There are about 3500 calories in a pound of body fat. If you cut your caloric intake by about 500-1000 calories a day, you are expected to lose about 1-2 pounds of body weight in a week.
How long do I have to walk in order to lose one pound of weight? 
For an average person, they have to walk about 18 miles to lose about a pound of body weight. So, if you have 50 pounds to lose, you might have to walk about 900 miles to burn these excess calories by exercise alone.
I have been exercising but why am I not losing the weight that I expect to lose?
While you can lose some weight in theory by burning the calories off by exercising, research on exercise alone as a tool to lose weight has been very disappointing. Read this article on why exercise alone is useless for weight loss. Time Magazine Article: Why exercise won't make you thin
I only eat 1-2 meals a day and I do not eat much. Why am I not losing weight?
Not consuming enough calories can actually prevent you from losing weight. Your body can go into “starvation mode”, where it reduces the amount of calories it’s using on a regular basis because it thinks you’re starving.
What are the options for weight loss?
Obesity is treated using one or more of these strategies:
- A diet low in calories - Low Calorie Diet or Very Low Calorie Diet
- Increased physical activity, most success in combination with a restricted diet
- Behavior therapy to change life style and correct any food addiction etc.
- Prescription medications such as Phentermine, the new Qsymia, Topiramate, or other FDA approved medications.
The best non-surgical options involve either the Low Calorie Diet or Very Low Calorie Diets.
What is VLCD?
A VLCD is a special diet that provides up to 800 calories per day. VLCDs use commercial formulas, usually liquid shakes, soups, or bars, which replace all your regular meals. These formulas are not the same as the meal replacements you can find at grocery stores or pharmacies, which are meant to replace one or two meals a day.
Depending on a number of factors, healthy adults need different amounts of calories to meet their daily energy needs. A standard amount is about 2,000 calories. VLCDs provide far fewer calories than most people need to maintain a healthy weight. This type of diet is used to promote quick weight loss, often as a way to jump-start an obesity treatment program.
VLCD formulas are designed to provide all of the nutrients you need while helping you lose weight quickly.
However, a VLCD needs physician supervision and should not be attempted on your own.
How Can W8MD Medical Weight Loss Centers Help? 
Our W8MD's Greater Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss And Sleep Wellness Program has helped patients achieve their goals by using a proven four-step method for weight loss:
- A physician-supervised diet and weight loss medication when medically appropriate,
- A personally structured and administered exercise program,
- Correction of insulin resistance, treatment for sleep disorders, eating disorders or other issues contributing to your weight gain
- Comprehensive behavior therapy, and Correction of nutritional deficiency
- Ongoing weight maintenance support.
And the best part of the program is that we accept heath insurance for the visits, unlike many "cash only" medical weight loss clinics.
Did you know that 1 in 3 people have insulin resistance or are considered “pre” diabetic which could be the main reason that people are overweight? Losing just 5-10% of your weight will help you reduce risks of heart attacks, diabetes and even some cancers.
We can help you achieve long-lasting weight loss without feeling constantly hungry and deprived. When you resent your weight loss plan because you feel constantly hungry, it is much more difficult to maintain any significant lifelong changes for sustained weight loss. When you feel hungry, you will find a way to eat, and diet plans that force you to fight that biological impulse can be difficult to maintain.
Using clinically proven methods such as Very Low Calorie Diets either with or without meal replacements, along with an appetite suppressant medication such as Bontril, Adipex, new weight loss medication such as Qsymia, we will be able to suppress the appetite. At the W8MD Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Center, we want to help you achieve lasting weight loss results and make changes that will keep you healthy for a lifetime.
The W8MD Medical Weight Loss Program in Greater Philadelphia is dedicated to individualized, affordable weight loss management where the visits will be covered by most health insurances. Our non-surgical medical weight loss program is based on the latest medical research and utilizes proven methods to lose weight rapidly and keep it off for a lifetime.
Dr. Prab R. Tumpati is a highly trained and respected physician with training in bariatric medicine, also called Obesity Medicine, in addition to his board certifications in Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine. Having helped hundreds of patients lose weight both in his Greater Philadelphia weight loss and sleep centers and in New York city, Dr. Tumpati is familiar with the medical treatment of overweight and obesity. 
Dr. Tumpati personally oversees all our weight loss patients and helps customize their individual weight loss treatments. We are committed to helping you lose weight as safely and efficiently as possible.
Since weight and sleep go together, most of the W8MD centers are able to address sleep issues such as snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia and restless leg syndrome to name a few.
If you have a little or a lot of weight to lose and want to do it without surgery, set up fees and mandatory meal replacements or appetite suppressants, think W8MD for weight loss.
And, if you are a physician, with an interest in helping your obese or overweight patients, and would like to add a W8MD program at your office, please feel free to contact us.
W8MD Medical Weight Loss Centers That Accept Health Insurances
- New York City Weight Loss Location Adress: 2003, Bath Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11214 Ph: 1-718-946-5500
- North East Philadelphia Weight Loss Location Address: 1718, Welsh Rd, Philadelphia, PA, 19115 Ph: 1-215-676-2334
- King Of Prussia, PA Weight Loss Location Address: 987 Old Eagle School Rd, Wayne, PA, 19087 Ph: 1-800-986-3007
- Specialities: Weight Loss Service, Sleep Clinic, Sleep Study Clinics, Sleep Apnea Clinic, Medical Weight Loss, Weight Loss Pills, Weight Loss Supplements, Fast Weight Loss Options, weight loss diet, weight loss program, Lose Weight Philadelphia, Weight Loss NYC, New York Weight Loss Clinic, Adipex, Phentermine, Generic Qsymia, Weight Loss Diet Pills, NYC Weight Loss Service
- Cities Served: Philadelphia, King Of Prussia, Wayne, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Queens, Long Island, Bronx, Bensonhurst, New Jeresy.
- Counties Served: Chester, Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomerry, Burlington, Kings, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx
W8MD Medical Weight Loss Centers That Are Fee For Service
- W8MD at Optimal Health, 111 High Ridge Rd, Stamford, CT 06905. Ph: 203-348-8805 Fax: 203-348-6398
Disclaimer * The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease including obesity. Consult with licensed weight loss doctor or your personal physician for specific advice. The above information is general and should be taken as medical advice. See full disclaimer.
