Weight Loss
Medical Weight Loss (GLP-1)
You have done the work. The diets, the discipline, the early workouts, and the scale still will not move, or it climbs back the moment you let up. You may have been told to just eat less and move more, as if effort were the missing piece. Weight that resists real effort is a signal worth investigating, not a character flaw. We look at the whole picture, including thyroid, insulin, and hormones, confirm it in your labs, and build a monitored, medically supervised plan around your biology. Educational information, not a diagnosis or a promise.
Who this is for
Is this right for you?
An honest look at who this fits, and who it does not.
Our methodology
School of thought
Optimal, not normal. Your bloodwork substantiates how you feel.
Lose weight is advice, not a plan, and it ignores why the weight is there. Metabolism is not only willpower. Thyroid function, insulin and blood sugar, sex hormones, sleep, and stress all shape how your body stores and burns energy, so we read them together rather than reaching for a single fix.
We treat YOU, not the number on the scale. A GLP-1 medication is one tool, considered only when the full picture supports it, alongside the lifestyle and metabolic work that makes any plan hold. The aim is optimal function and a change you can sustain, supervised and adjusted over time, not a number chased in isolation.
Test, don't guess
What bloodwork we run
What we measure, and why each marker matters.
- A1c and fasting glucose
- How your body is handling blood sugar over time, a core part of the metabolic picture.
- Fasting insulin
- Helps reveal insulin resistance, which often drives weight that will not move.
- Thyroid panel
- An underactive thyroid can slow metabolism, so we rule it in or out rather than assume.
- Lipid panel
- Cholesterol and triglycerides give context on metabolic and cardiovascular health.
- Sex hormones
- Testosterone, estrogen, and related markers, including the pattern seen in PCOS, all influence weight and metabolism.
- Comprehensive metabolic panel
- Baseline liver, kidney, and electrolyte context before and during any therapy.
Example strategies
What care may involve
Examples a provider may consider, never a promise, protocol, or dose.
* GLP-1 medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide are FDA-approved for specific uses and may be prescribed off-label for others; some compounded versions are not FDA-approved. We will explain what that means for any option we discuss.
What to expect
How care works
Consult, labs, plan, follow-up, monitored over time.
FAQs
Common questions
Straight answers to the questions we hear most.
Ready to feel like yourself again?
Start with a consultation. Existing patients can log in to the portal.