Prior to your first appointment you will be asked to complete a questionnaire and food diary to establish your current position in terms of eating and activity patterns and to gauge your readiness and motivation to change. It will also provide us with a benchmark to enable us to monitor your progress.
On your first visit to the SmartWeight™ clinic you will receive a personal consultation with the Senior Clinical Nutritionist and a medical assessment with a body composition analysis, to assess your current status and requirements for weight loss. Personalised nutritional recommendations will be provded to reflect eating preferences and clinical condition, and the SmartWeight ™ system will be explained. This is carefully structured to motivate you and help you achieve success. Subsequent visits can be planned around your schedule with educational and practical events built in.
All participants, particularly those with insulin resistance, are encouraged to sustain a low glycaemic formulation to help down-regulate the body's insulin response and to fend off the appetite for longer.
Body composition analysis, to establish the percentage and distribution of body fat and muscle tissue, will be measured monthly.
You will also receive a personalised folder for information and progress reports and support and advice via email will be available to help you on your way.
SmartWeight™ is a life-changing plan as well as an eating programme and usually has such a positive effect that patients choose to continue with it for the rest of their lives.