What to Expect From Us

Wesley Weight Management Clinic's medically supervised weight loss program is designed to help your patients find a healthy weight and maintain it for life: no matter what their starting point.

Dietitians, Doctors, Psychologists and Exercise Physiologists will teach your patients the skills they need to lose weight the healthy way with personalised nutritional advice, lifestyle counselling and education about exercise for maximum weight loss.

Key Features of our Weight Loss Program

  • Excellent results: since 1999 the Wesley Weight Management Clinic has treated more than 5000 people, with results published in credible medical and health publications
  • A structured weight loss program that emphasises long term behaviour change
  • Low calorie, healthy meal plans (we do not use very low calorie diets). If your patient wants to reduce their exposure to food-related cues they have the option of using low calorie and nutritionally balanced meal replacements under health professional supervision, followed by a transition back to a normal diet
  • Holistic care, including weekly appointments with Dietitians or Exercise Physiologists (view a schematic of our clinical model (PDF, 55KB)
  • An initial assessment by a Doctor to document existing medical conditions and arrange routine blood screening prior to your patient starting a weight loss program. Our Doctors liaise with our Dietitians to ensure that existing medical conditions are taken into account when devising meal plans and can liaise with GPs and specialists if patients' medications require alteration
  • Subsequent medical appointments to monitor your patient's progress and discuss the results of routine blood tests
  • An Exercise Physiology appointment to determine your patient's exercising heart rate zone for optimal fat loss and their Resting Metabolic Rate. The Exercise Physiologist will guide your patient through a 40 - 60 minute heart rate monitored walk and analyse their lactate levels via a finger prick test
  • An Exercise Physiology appointment to design a resistance-based exercise program for your patient and review their posture and technique
  • Assessment by a Psychologist (extra Psychology appointments may be arranged if required)
  • Ongoing liaison with referring GP or specialist
  • Strategies for long term weight maintenance and treatment of any weight re-gain.

Key Topics

Depending on your patients' needs, our health professionals can provide practical advice and education in topic areas including:

Exercise for weight loss Resistance training Goal setting Personal change
Measuring hunger levels Highly desired foods Rational thinking Personal responsibility and assertiveness
Managing stress Managing time  Avoiding the dieting cycle Grocery shopping
Low fat cooking Eating styles and strategies Metabolism Energy requirements
Meal planning The five food groups Alcohol intake Eating out and takeaway meals
Body image Engaging social support Eating cues Leaving food on the plate
Reading food labels Transitioning from meal replacements Weight maintenance Treating weight re-gain

Program Components

Wesley Weight Management Clinic's weight loss program is highly structured with three phases:

  1. Active weight loss Calorie controlled meal plans (which may include the supervised use of low calorie meal replacements) and education about nutrition and exercise
  2. Transition Gradual transition to a healthy, balanced diet and education about the skills needed to maintain a healthy weight for life
  3. Maintenance Coaching in any areas of concern and consolidation of education from the active weight loss phase.

For more information about our weight loss program or to refer a patient, call us on 1800 567 348.