When Will I See My Weight Loss?

When Will I See the Weight Loss?

With seven out of ten Americans clinically overweight or obese, many of us are trying to lose weight. More stamina, lower cholesterol levels, and a decreased risk of heart disease are only some of the benefits of eating a balanced diet and getting more exercise. Plus, while your health is the most important consideration, how you feel about the way you look is also important. The problem for many people is that they set unrealistic expectations, hoping that all of the changes will happen overnight. When those expectations fail to materialize, the whole project is abandoned.

At the beginning, especially if you’ve made dramatic changes in your diet and exercise, you will likely see a bigger loss, but most of that is water that’s been stored in your muscles, usually due to a high-carbohydrate diet. After you lose all that water weight, you should start to see fat loss, usually around 1-2 pounds a week.

It’s important to remember that when weight loss is noticeable to you and when weight loss starts to show to other people varies. To illustrate: if you’re a woman and you want to go down a dress size, you will have to lose 10-15 pounds. That will take several weeks. However, long before that, your jeans will button more easily, your belly will look flatter, and your shirts will be roomier. But after you’ve dropped that dress size? That is when weight loss is noticeable to others. Don’t get discouraged when weight loss starts to show more slowly to some people than others.

What If the Weight Won’t Go Away?

But what if you’re doing all the right things and it’s not enough? You’ve changed your eating habits, started an exercise program, but the weight is stubbornly sticking to you. If you find yourself in that situation, you might want to include weight loss injections as a part of your program. Called “lipotropic injections,” they are a non-invasive tool to help you reach your goals. We are a weight loss clinic in San Antonio that offers lipotropic injections as part of a well-rounded weight loss program that includes a balanced diet and exercise.

Lipotropic injections should not be confused with liposuction, a procedure that removes fat from the body and which is often unsuccessful in the long term. Rather, these injections have l-carnitine which helps to build muscle and therefore help to burn fat. An added benefit is that they can suppress your appetite and boost your energy levels, without the dangerous side effects of many diet pills. In addition, these injections are effective in helping you to keep the weight off once you’ve reached your goals.

Be Well 365 is your weight loss clinic in San Antonio where we combine lipotropic injections with a multivitamin to ensure that your body gets the vitamins, minerals, and amino acids it needs to stay healthy. Set up your consultation to discuss your goals, and create a weight loss program to help you.