 What are my options?
Obesity treatment can include diet and exercise, behavioural therapy, weight loss drug therapy and surgery. These options are usually recommended by a health professional or your doctor, after your body mass index has been calculated and factors such as your health history, mobility, as well as the ability to comply with dietary and other behavioural treatment have been considered assessed. You may be encouraged to combine one or more treatments to achieve the better results.
Diet and exercise
The recommended rate of weight loss is 0.5 to 1kg (1 to 2 lbs) per week. When trying to lose weight a common mistake is to jump in feet first and make drastic changes to your diet. When this proves unsuccessful people can become disheartened and even make the situation worse by comfort eating. Leave plenty of time to practise new eating patterns so your body stands an honest chance of adjusting to the reduced food intake.
A new diet regime can be aided by separate exercise sessions of 10 or 15 minutes. To see a noticeable improvement in your weight you should be aiming to do 30 minutes of exercise 5 times per week. Increasing your amount of physical activity doesn’t necessarily mean joining a gym; you can carry out everyday activities such as gardening, washing the car, walking up stairs or planning outdoor activities with your friends.
Diet and exercise is an important part of any obesity treatment. Regardless of which treatment you choose, you will need to make important lifestyle changes to achieve real weight loss.
Slimming pills
If you have been following a healthy diet and increased your physical activity, but have not witnessed any positive transformation in your weight, you can purchase slimming pills or ask your doctor to prescribe a course of Xenical tablets.
Non-prescription slimming pills work by increasing your metabolic and rate and helping you to burn more fat. There are few side effects from slimming pills as they are usually naturally formulated, which means they can be purchased freely over the counter. However, there is no guarantee your weight loss can be achieved, which is why manufacturers often market products as supplements for a healthy diet and exercise plan, rather than an obesity treatment.
Xenical
Prescription Xenical tablets are proven to have a higher success rate than ordinary slimming pills. They work by preventing your body from absorbing all the fat within your food. You can obtain Xenical if you have a BMI of 30 and above, although patients who have a BMI of 27 may be approved treatment if they are at risk of serious health problems.
Xenical usually starts to affect how you digest fat within 1-2 days. Studies show that Xenical can help to block up to 1 third of the fat from being absorbed from your diet. Treatment should only continue beyond 3 months if you have lost less than 5% of your body weight. If the drug has not worked after this timeframe, you may look to alternative treatment methods such as surgery.
Surgical procedures
Weight loss surgery is carried out to restrict the amount of food a person can eat. The most common types of surgery include gastric band surgery, gastric bypass, bilopancreatic diversion and sleeve gastrectomy. Operations can take from 30 minutes to several hours to successfully complete and if performed privately, can cost as much as £20,000.
Surgery is recommended for people with obesity who:
- Have a BMI of 40 or higher
- Have a BMI between 35 and 40 with diabetes or high blood pressure
- Have tried other suitable ways of losing weight without any success
Repeated surgical procedures may be needed to keep the surgical procedure in tact. This may leave behind further swelling, bruising and scarring. For these reasons, patients should first for try less complicated and safer treatment methods such as prescription medication.
Buying prescription medication online
An online consultation must be successfully completed before a prescription obesity treatment like Xenical can be purchased online. Our consultation is a free, confidential process between you, our doctor and our pharmacist. They will ask you for details from your medical history to determine whether you can take a particular medication. If they approve your treatment, Xenical will be dispatched for overnight delivery.
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