Weight Loss Programs

Houston Methodist Center for Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery, staffed by registered dietitians, an exercise physiologist and multiple mental health professionals, can help you safely jump-start your weight loss journey while providing you the tools you need to maintain it.

Weight Loss Programs Menu

What Is a Weight Management Program?

A weight loss program like ours is a medically supported way to reach and maintain a healthy weight. We use a number of treatment methods and services to encourage healthy habits that reduce the risks of obesity and help lower body mass index (BMI). With expert support, compassion and medical expertise, we assist you in making lifestyle changes that result not only in weight loss but in a new lease on life. Change your perspective and then change your weight to improve your total well-being, inside and out.

Sign Up for a Free Online Orientation

If you’re ready to take the first step toward reaching a healthier weight and gaining a healthier perspective, you’ve already made the biggest and most important decision. We applaud you, and we’re ready to help you get started. All you have to do is find a day and time that works for you and sign up for one of our free orientation webinars.

How Can We Help?

What Do Medical Weight Loss Services at Houston Methodist Look Like?

Our weight loss program orientation will review program details to include program plan, cost, and how to get started. You can choose one of two paths best aligned with your weight-loss goals:

  • Medical Weight Management

    The Houston Methodist Medical Weight Management program is a three-phase weight-loss plan that begins with a medically supervised, very low-calorie diet and progresses to a personalized eating plan designed around healthy foods meant to help you maintain your weight loss.

     

    Program features include:

    • Physician supervision, with weekly check-ins and monthly lab monitoring
    • Two- to five-pound weight loss per week
    • Very low-calorie liquid meal plan and weight loss diet
    • Weekly check-ins and healthy lifestyle changes demonstrated in classes led by registered dietitians and mental health and exercise professionals

  • StepLITE℠

    The Houston Methodist StepLITE℠ program is a moderate weight-loss program that can help you improve your health and direct you toward long-term weight-loss success with self-monitoring tools, education and physical activity to lose the excess weight and improve your overall well-being.

    Program features include:

    • Weight loss up to two pounds a week
    • Check-ins and weekly classes led by registered dietitians and mental health and exercise professionals
    • Low-calorie meal plans and meal replacements

     

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Support Throughout Your Weight Loss Journey

Whether patients travel a path to weight loss through medications, nonsurgical programs or bariatric surgery, we understand the need for comprehensive education, monitoring and support. That’s why we offer a range of skilled and highly specialized support professionals who provide resources, events and services to help you along the path to long-term weight loss.

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Free Orientation and Events
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Virtual Weight Loss Programs
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In-Person Weight Loss Programs

Support

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Lifestyle Management
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Bariatric Support Groups
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Bariatric Nutritional Supplements

Other Medical Weight Loss Programs

If you find the programs above aren’t enough to meet your personal weight loss needs and goals, you may wish to explore other weight loss options with Houston Methodist, including:

 

 

These medical weight loss programs may include lifestyle changes, surgical procedures, weight loss medications, and more.

Why Choose Houston Methodist Weight Loss Programs?

Why Choose Houston Methodist Weight Loss Programs?

Starting on your weight loss journey is a highly personal decision that takes a lot of courage, faith and hard work. We are proud you’ve come this far, and we want to walk beside you the rest of the way. At Houston Methodist, our expert team of registered dietitians, exercise and mental health professionals are here to offer you the highest level of support in meeting your weight loss goals and your objectives for your overall health.

 

We provide treatment, guidance and support with both knowledge and compassion, because we know that your worth is so much more than body weight or the number on the scale — it’s priceless. We see the value in you, and we’re here to help you see it, too.

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