The Healthy Weigh

Ditch the Diet of the Week The Healthy Weigh

Find out more about the weight-loss options available through Saint Francis

 

The Healthy Weigh medical weight-loss program incorporates diet solutions from Health Management Resources (HMR), a weight management company that specializes in lifestyle education, personalized attention and follow-up and emphasizes long-term weight and health management. The program uses HMR to teach participants how to lose weight safely, keep pounds off, and improve wellness through healthy eating habits and physical activity. It can be customized for people looking to lose anywhere from ten to 100 or more pounds.

HMR is the leading provider of medically based weight management and maintenance programs in clinics, hospitals and medical centers throughout the country. The clinic is staffed by trained HMR experts and integrates a registered dietitian, nurses and medical director Philip E. Tippen, MD, for great results.
More than 1 million people have chosen HMR since its inception in 1983. The in-clinic diet options include the medically supervised Decision-Free® Program and the Healthy Solutions® Program for weight loss without medical guidance. There is also an HMR at Home® option. HMR program participants can count on:

  • An easy-to-follow meal plan
  • Tasty, nutritional full-course entrees
  • Weekly coaching from an HMR health educator
  • Filling snack choices
  • Delicious recipe suggestions
  • Meal replacements like shakes and bars
  • The helpful HMR Calorie SystemSM tools
  • Successful short- and long-term results

Attend a free orientation session for more information and to sample our wide selection of food, beverages and meal replacements. Call 573-331-5686 to reserve a spot today!

Click here to learn more about HMR at Saint Francis.

We also offer these great weight-loss programs:

Exercise is Medicine™

A six-week program that offers pre and post assessments, structured resistance and balance training, as well as nutrition and health-risk reduction education. Clients are entitled to three weekly sessions for six weeks, as well as use of Fitness Plus on class days. Sessions are held in the Saint Francis Health and Wellness Center.

  • Fitness Plus members $69
  • Nonmembers $99
Move It and Lose It

This ten-week program helps you take the appropriate steps to lose weight and make lifestyle changes with proper nutrition and exercise. For less than $20 a week, the program provides 45-minute group exercise circuit training twice a week; weekly support group sessions led by our wellness dietitian and nurse; pre and postfitness measurements to determine individual caloric needs for maximum weight loss; and a flexible meal plan.

To learn more about The Healthy Weigh or other weight-loss programs and sign up, visit us in the Health and Wellness Center, across from the elevators, or call 573-331-5686. Find out more about HMR at www.hmrprogram.com.

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