Frequently Asked Questions
Your doctor has prescribed you a weight loss medication, now what?
Prescription weight loss medications can boost your weight loss journey, but they often fall short in addressing the essential lifestyle changes needed for long-term health and sustained weight loss. That’s where the Eviole can help. We’re here to bridge that gap and guide you towards lasting results, even after you stop taking medication.
The best person to prescribe you weight loss medication is your GP who knows your full medical history. However, our Eviole doctor can assess you and prescribe medication if it’s right for you, and your weight loss journey.
Weight Loss medications work through a number of physiological pathways, slowing the passage of food making you feel fuller, reducing your appetite and also dampening the desire for food all resulting in less appetite and reduced food intake.
With Eviole’s meal and activity plans and lifestyle health education, weight losses from 1kg+ per weeks are achievable. Your total weight loss will depend on how well you implement a healthy diet and daily activity into your lifestyle, and how long you are on weight loss medications for.
Using weight loss medications is a journey. Unverified progress reported in social media can be highly exaggerated and does not show the people that struggle. Everyone should be prepared to be on weight loss drugs for 12 months
With Eviole, our goal is to help you achieve steady, healthy weight loss. Eviole’s online platform delivers weekly content, tracking tools, has telehealth available and health reminders for up to 52 weeks.
Unless you learn how to maintain your weight with a balance of nutrition and activity, clinical results say that 80% of users regain their weight over the following 12-18 months.
As a medically supervised weight loss program, most of Eviole’s telehealth consultations are eligible for private health insurance rebates to your level of cover. Medicare rebates are also available for certain consultations. Please contact us for further information on your eligibility.
Our Dietitian designed meal plans are built upon the Optifast VLCD range which is nutritionally balanced to provide your daily nutritional requirements when using 3 replacements per day. Without Optifast VLCD, you will need to rely on a food-only meal plan to provide a balanced and healthy diet which may be a difficult amount of food to consume if you are on weight loss medications.
If you prefer not to use dietary replacements, our Dietitians can design you a personalised meal plan at one of your telehealth sessions to ensure you are benefitting from a balanced diet.
Yes, the principles underpinning Eviole apply to all forms of successful weight loss. Getting started with the right advice, setting achievable goals and building your confidence is a great start to reaching what seem to be impossible goals. It can be done.
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