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So many of my patients are diet experts. They have been on every diet known, and modified them in every way possible. If you have lost weight in the past, you know how distressing it is to see the weight come back on. As it turns out, we can predict when someone is about to regain weight with some degree of certainty. The history goes like this: As someone loses weight, they also increase their activity level. As long as they stay active, their eating habits stay in balance.
A drop in activity level is the most common signal that you are about to regain weight. This can occur due to illness, travel, family stressors such as the death or illness of a family member, or any of life’s twists and turns. As soon as you stop exercising, you typically stop paying attention to the eating habits that lead to your weight loss. Following this, you might stop weighing yourself. After all, who wants to face the scale when you are gaining weight?
This self destructive cycle can be interrupted by getting us involved as early as possible. Whatever the weight regain, we are here for you to help you get back on track. One strategy is as follows: If you can’t exercise due to a life event or stressor, go back to the last diet plan that helped you lose weight. That will lessen the damage of stopping your exercise. Ask yourself what worked for you in the past, and what did not work. You’ll be amazed at how some simple planning can avoid the yo-yo diet cycle.
Gina
Lost 44.5 lbs
"I had no trouble adhering to the meals and they really helped catapult my progress! The classes were so beneficial to me because they helped change my thinking about how I viewed health, nutrition, and fitness.
I will always have my relationship with Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. They truly helped me change my life forever." Read More
Lauren
Lost 60 lbs
"Dr. Ziltzer and everyone who I have come in contact with at the Scottsdale Weight Loss office have been so encouraging and I look forward to seeing them each week. It is now a year and 2 months later since I started. I am down 60 lbs., which is the average amount a 9-year-old weighs, it is crazy to think I lost a whole person! I feel amazing, I hit my goal weight in November 2021 just before Thanksgiving. Nothing on my body hurts anymore..." Read More
Chuck
Lost 66 lbs
"The best thing I did was call the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. I have a lot more energy, I'm not hungry, and it feels great.
You can take it from me that this is a program that produces results. The staff is always positive, supportive, and never judgmental.
Your visits always result in positive reinforcement, no matter if you had a good week or a bad week." Read More
Emily
Lost 101 lbs
"Here I am at the lowest I have been since high school weighing in at 155lbs. I have lost 101 lbs, BMI of 39 when I started, to 21.6, and of course at body fat % of 47.1 to 26.5%. I told myself by my 30th birthday I wanted to be confident in the way I look and I owe it all to SWLC. The entire staff is so welcoming and they are rooting for you just as much as you are rooting for yourself...." Read More
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Meet Our Team
Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Jillian Swope, DNP, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Kimberly Roberts, DNP, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
