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Muscle mass loss that may accompany weight loss with medicines is a significant concern.  It is critical to understand that the muscle mass loss is almost completely correlated to the pace of weight loss and not the medicine itself.  As such, we need to make sure that we have realistic expectations, and understand that it is unwise to lose faster than a certain pace.  The pace of weight loss that is recommended, not only because of the sustainability (by reducing the significant increase in hunger and inability to maintain the lifestyle changes you make by more rapid weight loss), is 0.5 to 2.0 pounds per week.  This correlates to 2.15-8.6 pounds per month, which is almost always below the hopes and unrealistic expectations people set because "their friend" or "the people on TV" are having greater success.  If you start to lose faster than this, we need to actually try to slow you down, by adjusting the medicine.  This is especially important at the beginning, when the fastest weight loss always occurs.  Increasing your protein intake, primarily with plant-based protein (and fatty seafood, or a little lean meat for those who like meat), combined with resistance exercises, will also help reduce lean muscle mass loss.  We are confident that understanding these principles and acting accordingly will significantly reduce the risk for lean muscle mass loss and improve your chances of long-term weight loss success!

IT'S FINALLY HERE – a system that combines:

• Effective prescription medicine (to jump-start your weight loss journey) with...
• An effective lifestyle and weight management program that provides the tools and instruction needed to achieve long-term success!

Medicine can indeed be helpful to boost your efforts – HOWEVER,

1. to maintain proper nutrition despite a decreased appetite,
2. to further improve your health through an anti-inflammatory lifestyle,
3. to reduce the number and severity of side effects,
4. to know what to do to break through any plateau you hit with the medicine, before reaching your goal,
5. if you ever hope to be able to stop the medicine without regaining the weight, or
6. if you cannot tolerate or afford these medicines (or are worried about possible side effects), 

...it is critical to learn how to make necessary, but livable, positive changes in your eating habits.

While you are taking the medicine (or if, due to cost or side effects, you decide to try to become fit without them – see SLIM TLC without Meds), we will help you learn (at your own pace) and apply indispensable principles and tools that will help you maintain any success you achieve – and possibly allow you to wean off the medicine, saving a great deal of money and avoiding possible side effects.

SLIM TLC® is a highly customizable, effective, comprehensive, long-term lifestyle and weight management program.  It has a double meaning, primarily signifying becoming SLIM (and healthy) through Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLCs).  We help you make these TLCs through the SLIM TLC® System, which consists primarily of:

1. Our revolutionary "Free Food?  Whatever!" eating strategy (adaptable to all eating preferences)
2. Our unique tools and principles (you choose which ones you need to follow), including our groundbreaking goal-setting system, the SLIM TLC® Map

See the free preview of TLC University Lesson 1 (Orientation) to learn more! 

SLIM also stands for the (optional) use of the Shortest-term possible, Lowest effective & tolerated Intervention with Medicine – for those who desire, while we help you make the necessary TLCs.