• WHAT MAKES Lighten Up! DIFFERENT ?

  • Since 1983, we have had a consistent philosophy as the basis of our treatment plan and its goals:
  • The focus of the clinic is long-term weight management
  • Retention of long-term staff is essential to quality of care
  • All clients are to be treated with respect
  • All staff is included in client care
  • Staff members treat each client as an individual
  • We seek to work with people who are ready to live without weight as a life problem
  • The clinic goal is to get people off of as many medications as possible, living an activity-inclusive lifestyle with good, whole food-nutrition, resulting in a healthy future
  • Weight loss, and weight loss methods, are to aid the client in reaching a healthy weight, but are not the only focus of care
  • Weight loss will not be maintained without a follow-up program in place
  • Classes will separate fact from fiction in regards to:
  • Weight loss
  • Weight management
  • Nutrition
  • Activity level
  • Classes will contain relevant information
  • Emphasis will be on acquiring Tools, Techniques and Skills, not discipline and deprivation, to maintain weight loss
  • We assume positive intent with all clients
  • Clients are willing to learn and to make new choices
  • All information gathered at the clinic is confidential
  • We work to get emotion out of the way of problem-solving
  • Physicians, Family Nurse Practitioners or Physicians' Assistants review all lab results and EKG's
  • Participants will be monitored weekly by the MD , FNP or PA
  • We co-ordinate care with the client's private MD through notification of all lab and EKG results
  • We do not take the place of clients' private practitioners
  • Learning and practicing accountability is a requirement of long-term success
  • Conditions vary with each client, and vary over time with each person
  • We will be available through on-call 24/7
  • Private appointments, as needed or requested, are available to all participants
  • All monthly charges are inclusive of all services
  • Up-to-date medical and behavioral records are kept for each client
  • Ensure that a complete, fully-developed, data-driven program is in place
  • As new information becomes available it is incorporated into the program
  • Learning a new way of life will take time
  • Mistakes do not need to lead to "failure"
  • Self respect increases with attaining goals
  • Living without a weight problem allows one to say "YES" to opportunity
  • AND, MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,
  • Weight cannot be kept off through deprivation
  • Weight management is a teachable skill
  • Weight management can not be bought, it must be taught and experienced
  • This philosophy has been in place for 25 years. Being treated with respect, and being told the truth, continues to serve our clients successfully.
  • TOGETHER WE'RE GOING PLACES!