Weight Loss
Losing weight can be a daunting challenge, but you don’t have to do it alone. Our medical weight management program is designed to give you the tools you need to maximize your wellness journey. We’ll create a personalized plan based on your goals and individual needs.
Our program includes:
- Physical exam with starting measurements
- Baseline labs
- Personalized diet plan
- Realistic exercise plan built around your current fitness level
- Assessment for weight loss medication
Why Weight Loss with The Hughes Center?
We offer solutions tailored to you.
We now offer GLP-1s, nutrition recommendations, & fitness recommendations all through a Personalized Treatment Plan.
Our providers adapt your treatments as you progress through your weight loss journey. We offer solutions with ongoing support and guidance for lasting weight loss success.
What GLP1 medications are offered?
We currently offer patients semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy or tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound.
If you are on semaglutide or tirzepatide, we will automatically bump you up a dose every month. We follow the FDA guidelines for dosing. For semaglutide, we adhere to the following dosing schedule: 0.25mg, 0.5mg, 1mg, 1.7mg, then 2.4mg. For tirzepatide, we adhere to the following schedule: 2.5mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, then 10mg. The beginning doses are considered loading doses, and the later doses are considered the therapeutic doses. Unfortunately we are unable to skip over doses for our patients. However, we can keep you at the same dose or decrease your dose at any time.
What do I need to do before I visit the office for a weight loss consultation?
The practice will require blood work before filling your second dose of medication.
The labs we require are CBC, CMP, TSH, and A1C.
*Medications may be delayed if these labs aren’t on file by the end of the first month.
Since we do not work through insurance, you are welcome to get lab work using insurance through your own provider. Please send the completed lab work by the end of the first month.
Note we also accept blood work that you have previously had within 6 months.
When you receive your first shipment of medication, the office offers you a scheduled in-person/virtual injection training with one of our MA’s. If you’d prefer to avoid an appointment, you can watch these prerecorded injection training videos for semaglutide or tirzepatide as an alternative.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do i safely inject my weight loss meds at home
How to inject Semaglutide
How to inject Tirzepatide
When do I return to the office for follow up care ?
Once per month the practice wants to set up a follow up visit either in the office or by FaceTime.
We will adjust your dose as needed and discuss your overall wellness.
What else should I consider when I am going through the weight loss journey?
Must drink ½ your body weight in water in oz for example a 200 lb. patient needs to drink 100 oz. of water daily.
Patients should follow an adequate caloric intake of no less than 1200 calories for women or 1400 for men to reduce your risk of experiencing side effects. You should aim to eat 40% of your calories in protein.
Patients can consider services offered by the Hughes Center to help build muscle like emsculpt, emface, body contouring treatments like coolsculpting and skin tightening treatments like Exion body and Exion Microneedling RF. The Hughes Center team can help to guide you in your overall beauty and wellness journey.