Weight Loss - Medical Rx with Exercise Plan (8 Weeks)
Medical Weight Loss - 8 Week Plan with Exercise

Below is a PREVIEW of Day 1 of the Medical Weight Loss with Exercise Plan:
Welcome, and congratulations for starting your Medical Weight Loss Program. Over the next 8 weeks, we will see you shed pounds, shrink your waist size, and learn new eating habits you can follow for the rest of your life. It is important to re-read the manual you were given and make sure you understand the program and its requirements.
The goal for the first week of the program is to induce your body into ketosis. This means that your body is burning fatty tissue, and that your carbohydrate stores have been depleted. This can be achieved by eating protein only. Refer to your manual for protein suggestions.
We look forward to seeing you next week, when the practitioner will review your lab work with you and make any necessary adjustments to your treatment plan.
Have a great week, and remember planning your meals is the true key to success.

This program will introduce you to basic principles of cardio and resistance training to get you in better shape and better overall health. The plan will get more challenging as the weeks go on but for now, start slowly.
For the first four weeks, you will split your body into upper and lower body. Each workout and each week brings new change. Each day begins with a short cardio warm up followed by a longer cardio workout or a strength training workout that will train a specific muscle group or groups. Today, start with a warmup and then a simple upper body workout. Here is your workout summary:
WARM UP - 5 minutes
WEIGHTS - 5 exercises, 2 sets of each.
WARM UP: Warm up on the cardio equipment of your choice for 5 minutes. If you like a treadmill, go for it. Or walk outside. Just get the blood moving first. Then, move on to the strength exercises.
STRENGTH: After your warmup, do the following five exercises. Perform 6-12 repetitions of each exercise depending on your abilities, resting 2 minutes in between sets before moving to the next exercise. After doing each exercise once, repeat all 5 exercises again.
How much weight should you use? For each exercise, use a weight that allows you to comfortably finish 12 repetitions of the exercise. That might mean only using your body weight at first or small dumbbells.