Weight loss can be a difficult process when you rely on strict dieting, leaving you frustrated and nowhere near your goals. Rebound weight gain after some weight loss injectables in Atlanta can feel even more discouraging.
At Artisan Plastic Surgery, personalized medical weight loss injectables in Atlanta are the perfect opportunity to reset and commit to your health and wellness goals. With guidance from Dr. Christina Del Toro Badessa, MD, director of our wellness programs, you can lose weight and help it stay off.
Your Medical Injection Options
Medical weight loss injections are GLP-1 receptor agonists, which regulate blood sugar levels and act as appetite suppressants. These injections stimulate the production of glucagon and insulin to raise and lower blood sugar levels and manage how your body uses energy.
Additionally, GLP-1 agonists help you feel fuller for longer by slowing down digestion, blocking hunger signals, and curbing excess eating. Feelings of satisfaction discourage emotional eating and cravings to make intentional eating easier.
At Artisan, we offer injections of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and retatrutide peptides to help our patients shed unwanted weight.
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Maintaining Results
Forming healthy habits can be intimidating on your own, especially if you feel pressure to make all the right decisions the first time. Our team of medical providers supports you through every step of your weight loss journey, from your initial consultation to tracking your progress, adjusting your treatment plan, and celebrating your success.
Maintaining your weight loss, especially after tapering off your weight loss medication, doesn’t need to be extreme. In fact, the most sustainable habits are the ones you integrate into your daily routine.
Continue reading to discover how you can optimize your medical weight loss results with physician-led support. If you already know what you’re looking for, use our table of contents:
- Diet and Appetite Control
- Physical Activity
- Stress and Sleep
- Medicine Management
- Pair Wellness Treatments
Diet and Appetite Control
Many people who regain weight after completing weight loss injectables in Atlanta have not adjusted their diet to maintain weight loss. Changing your eating habits and managing portion control help you maintain a healthy weight.
- Prioritizing Protein: Foods high in protein, such as chicken, fish, eggs, and tofu, help preserve muscle mass, which boosts metabolism and increases satiety, or “feeling full.” Including a protein source in every meal and snack helps manage hunger while providing the body with necessary nutrients.
- Increasing Fiber: Fiber slows the body’s digestive process, supports food movement through the digestive system, and relieves constipation. Adding fiber-rich foods, such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds, helps you feel fuller longer.
- Practicing Mindful Eating: Mindful eating involves paying closer attention to your food, eating slowly, and savoring the flavor. This can help you recognize when you’re hungry instead of just bored, reducing emotional eating.
- Staying Hydrated: The hypothalamus, or the control center of the brain, regulates feelings of thirst and hunger, and often misinterprets these signals. Additionally, patients commonly associate mild symptoms of dehydration, such as fatigue, headaches, or lightheadedness, with hunger. Try drinking a glass of water and waiting 15 to 20 minutes. If the symptoms subside, you are thirsty; if they persist, try eating a protein-packed snack.
- Indulging Occasionally: Healthy eating habits help maintain the results of weight loss injectables in Atlanta, but excessive restriction can lead to bingeing, or eating large amounts of food in a short time period. Don’t cut out cravings—enjoy them in moderation.
Physical Activity
Exercise works alongside healthy eating habits when maintaining the benefits of weight loss injections. Physical activity promotes whole-body health, builds muscle mass, manages weight, and improves mood, sleep, and energy levels.
- Strength Training: Rapid weight loss can lead to a reduction of muscle mass, and in extreme cases, muscle atrophy. Incorporating strength training 2 to 3 times a week helps build and maintain muscles. If you don’t have access to a gym, try bodyweight exercises!
- Aerobic Exercise: Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate and burns calories, helping to control weight gain. Aim to perform 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic exercises, such as running, bicycling, or swimming, for optimal benefits.
- Small Steps: When a full workout feels too difficult, try implementing movement in small ways. Consider taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or parking further back in the parking lot. These minor adjustments to your everyday routine keep you moving when you don’t feel like going to a gym.
- Enjoyable Exercise: The secret to making exercise a sustainable part of your life is to choose exercises you enjoy. You don’t have to stick to traditional exercise methods; try rollerskating, dancing, or Pilates. When you enjoy movement, it becomes a part of the day you look forward to, not dread.
Stress and Sleep
Maintaining an adequate sleep schedule and low stress levels enables the body to interpret hunger signals more accurately and burn stored fat. Monitoring your sleep and stress levels can help you identify small shifts in your weight before they become significant weight gain.
- Get a Good Night’s Sleep: A healthy sleep cycle of 7 to 9 hours per night can regulate hunger and appetite hormones, such as ghrelin and leptin. Adequate sleep may also reduce feelings of stress and fatigue, common causes of emotional eating.
- Maintain Low Stress Levels: “Eating your feelings” is a real phenomenon. High stress raises cortisol levels, increasing your cravings for sugary foods. In fact, chronic stress is often associated with stubborn pockets of fat around the waist. Try meditation, deep breathing, or yoga to relieve stress.
Medication Management
The core of Artisan’s weight loss program is weight loss injectables in Atlanta. Small, healthy habits, such as taking your medication consistently and informing your Artisan specialist of any side effects, make the difference between successful weight loss and rebound weight gain.
- Take Medicine Consistently: Administer your weight loss injections the same day of the week, every week. Many patients choose a time of day that is easy to remember, such as with breakfast, after dinner, or before bed. If you miss a dose, contact your nearest Artisan office for instructions on when to administer your missed dose and when to skip it.
- Do Not Stop “Cold Turkey”: Do not stop your weight loss injections without your provider’s input. Dr. Del Toro recommends gradually tapering off your prescription to minimize the risk of rapid weight gain or other side effects. Additionally, patients who suddenly stop weight loss medications are more likely to regain the weight they’ve lost during their treatment.
- Attend Follow-Up Appointments: After prescribing weight loss injectables in Atlanta, Dr. Del Toro Badessa invites you to monthly follow-up appointments. During these sessions, we complete an InBody body composition scan, measure your fat-to-muscle ratio, and closely monitor any side effects. She can adjust medication levels, prescribing the right amount to help you achieve your wellness goals.
- Recognize Medicine Is a Tool: Weight loss injections are a tool to help you control your appetite and hunger signals while building sustainable, healthy habits. Focusing on improving your health and wellness routines alongside medication is a substantial part of transformation.
Pair Wellness Treatments
You can also support your weight loss journey with a comprehensive wellness strategy. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Del Toro Badessa and discover complementary treatments to enhance your results.
IV Therapy
IV therapy delivers nutrients, vitamins, and minerals directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system for faster absorption. We recommend pairing weight loss injectables in Atlanta with the following IV blends:
- High-Dose Vitamin C Infusions, which utilize vitamin C (ascorbic acid), improve skin, bone, and blood vessel health.
- Myers’ Cocktail provides essential multivitamins and nutrients to alleviate stress, boost hydration, and improve immunity.
- IV Exosomes, small cell-to-cell communicators, can boost the immune system and support cell function.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
While hormone imbalance doesn’t directly cause weight gain, perimenopausal and menopausal women may discover they struggle more to lose weight than they did years before.
Menopause leads to declines in estrogen and progesterone production, which may slow down your metabolic rate, or the speed at which the body transforms food into energy. A slower metabolic rate burns fewer calories, and the body stores excess calories as stubborn fat pockets along the waist.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can address symptoms of low estrogen and progesterone, such as trouble sleeping, high blood sugar levels, and fatigue. Not only does HRT support healthy metabolism, it also makes maintaining a healthy diet, consistent exercise schedule, and adequate sleep levels more manageable.
Balancing your hormones helps you maintain healthy habits for sustainable weight loss.
Experience Supportive Weight Loss Care
Weight loss can be an intimidating journey. With individualized, science-backed care from Artisan, it doesn’t have to be. When you’re ready to lose weight and keep it off, our passionate team members support you from consultation to sustainable weight loss.
Schedule your consultation with Dr. Del Toro Badessa and discover a customized treatment strategy to achieve your weight loss goals, refine your physique, and enhance your overall wellness.
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