JTC Healthy Weight Loss Program
Obesity is an epidemic in Canada. According to the National Health Survey conducted in 2001, 1 in 6 Canadians are obese. This is quite alarming as obesity has been correlated to a decrease in life expectancy by at least 5 years. Even children between the ages of 7 and 13 have fallen victim to the obesity plague with 1 in every 7 children are considered obese. How do we fight this ever growing epidemic? We are bombarded with an overwhelming amount of resources with which we can use to lose weight but do they really work? These include various fad diets that are supposedly delicious and satisfying, supplements that promise to help with rapid weight loss, DVD work-out programs that asks for very little time commitment etc.
All of the above focuses on “quick” and “easy” weight loss. Meanwhile, the importance of health is neglected, and whether or not one is able to keep off excessive weight after the program is completed, is not discussed. This is simply because there is, unfortunately no short-cut to healthy weight loss. When you gain 20 pounds because of poor lifestyle choices you did not gain it all in just a few weeks, so it is unrealistic and certainly unhealthy to lose it all over such a short period of time.
At Journey To Cure, patient education is an essential part of our care, because we understand the importance of helping our patients to take control of their health. We help our patients to reach their weight-loss goal via a very proactive approach, so that each and every one of them will be able to maintain their weight-loss thereby achieving optimal health and an increase life expectancy.
Success Cases
.Case 1 – Postpartum Weight Loss
37 year old female visited Journey To Cure 7 months postpartum and had already lost about 30 lbs on her own but reported the weight was no longer coming off especially around the abdominal area. She was exercising 4 times a week which included both cardio and strength training.
Treatment: Healthy dietary recommendations were made along with 10 treatments of acupuncture weight loss. Client was to maintain exercise program.
Results: Client reported after 6 treatments of acupuncture that the caliper readings her trainer was measuring on her had gone down especially noted was the abdomen. She also reported to have better energy and feeling less sluggish. Her weight was decreasing by 1 pound per week.
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Case 2 – Abdominal Weight Loss
58 year old female client came in with chief complaint of abdominal fat that has always been present since a very young age. She described herself as looking “pregnant” when she was a little girl. She also reported coughing up a lot of phlegm in the mornings upon waking, migraine like head aches and difficulty falling asleep.
Treatment: JC Healthy weight loss program included dietary recommendations, exercise ( 15- 20 minutes of brisk walking or treadmill) 3 times a week. 10 treatments of acupuncture aimed at reducing abdominal fat ( client came in 2 times a week for a total of 5 weeks.
Results: Client reported a decrease in phlegm after the first treatment of acupuncture and continued to decrease with subsequent treatments. At the end of 10 treatments, the client was ecstatic to report that she was able to fit into a lot of her “old” clothes that she previously had put away because she was not able to zip up or button up.
Case 3 – The Weight Loss Battle
40 yr old female client had issues of weight control ever since she was a teenager. Her lowest weight during adult life was 160 lbs. at the age of 18. The heaviest she’d been was 200 lbs. She reported being “constantly dieting all her life”. She started her treatments in November 2009, at which time she weighed 195 lbs.
Treatment: Nutritional counseling and weekly acupuncture (8 acupuncture treatments).
Results: By January 2010, she lost 11.5 lbs and weighed 183.5 lbs. Her most recent follow-up visit in May 2010 she happily reported that her weight stayed relatively the same with only small fluctuations of 2-3 pounds.
Case 4 – Menopausal Weight Gain
51 year old female chief complaint was “post-menopausal weight gain” along with irritability as her main menopausal symptom. Her pulse was wiry and fast, her blood pressure was 130/85, and her Traditional Chinese Medical diagnosis was kidney yin deficiency and liver qi stagnation.
Treatment: Her treatment plan included dietary counseling, nutritional supplementation, acupuncture for hormone balancing.
Results: In January 2008, her hips measured 40”, and her waist 35”. By June 2008, her hip measurement decreased to 36” and her waist 30”. She lost a total of 9 inches. Her menopausal symptoms also improved
