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A healthy diet and regular exercise should be a part of your weight loss treatment plan.  If change for weight loss feels challenging or overwhelming, start out small! For example, a great way to ease into this is by making small goals at first, such no longer drinking soda, or changing one meal each day or each week. To learn more about weight loss, talk to a PlushCare doctor today about what changes feel doable for you and what your options are. There is no ‘one right way’ to begin to make changes.

It’s important to know that food cravings are a product of what we’ve been feeding our body all along.  Meaning:  if your body is used to eating fast food, pathways to crave fast foods will get set up in your brain and body.  Over time, these cravings will diminish as you change your eating.  If cravings become overwhelming and make it difficult to even make small changes, we can prescribe weight loss medications which may help, if you qualify.

Journaling what you eat via a notebook or app can be a great idea for the following reasons:

• Increases your mindfulness and awareness of what you eat
• Helps you troubleshoot any problems or concerns with your doctor
• Increases accountability for weight loss
• Helps you learn more about nutrition
• Helps you learn about how what you eat affects you physically and emotionally

Yes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several medications for weight loss and weight management, including:

• Saxenda
• Orlistat
• Wegovy
• Contrave

A doctor may sometimes decide to prescribe a medication “off-label” from its original purpose in order to help a patient with weight loss. Examples of medications that may be used off-label for weight loss include:

• Ozempic is a medication for treating Type 2 Diabetes which may also be prescribed for weight loss along with diet and exercise changes.
• Bupropion (Wellbutrin) is used to treat depression and may also be an off-label medication for weight loss.