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Take Back Your Health
Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions.
We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results.
We are a medical program, not just a prescription.
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Sep 3, 20237 min read
Frustrated with Weight Loss Medication Shortage?
Many people experienced the benefits of weight management medications, only to find that all the pharmacies are out of them everywhere....
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Oct 8, 20225 min read
Medications vs. Lifestyle in Weight Loss
There is a recent “news cycle” in weight loss medication. Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) was approved to treat Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on May...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Aug 20, 20224 min read
Rainier Medical Weight Loss Program Top 10 FAQs
August is glorious in the Pacific Northwest! Many people enjoy travel and special events. It is hard to believe that Fall and Back to...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 30, 20226 min read
Healthy Home Makeover
Before the pandemic, I would have said that many people spend as many waking hours at work as they do at home. Now, many people spend a...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 23, 20225 min read
Alcohol & Health: Friend or Foe
Alcohol has somehow managed to take a significant place in our society. Primarily in the form of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), it has occupied...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jun 18, 20223 min read
Shame, Anxiety & Weight Bias
Yesterday, it hit me once again; I failed my patients. In April 2020, faced with the start of the Covid pandemic, school closures, and...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 21, 20223 min read
Ending Weight Cycling, Part 2
Very Low Calorie Diets using meal replacements have been well studied as a medical protocol for both non-surgical treatment of obesity...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
May 7, 20225 min read
Out with the Old: Ending Weight Cycling
For better or for worse, managing weight is a lifetime journey. Obesity Medicine is the specialty of diagnosing and managing the chronic...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 30, 20224 min read
Exercise: Balanced is Best!
Exercise is very exciting because it so quickly changes how you feel and how your body works. While all types of exercise provide...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Apr 24, 20226 min read
Not Just Meal Replacements: Managing Macros
“Managing Macros” is a relatively precise way of doing a nutrition plan using grocery store food. I am doing a blog on it to illustrate...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 26, 20226 min read
Week 12: Maintenance
Congratulations! You have finished your sprint and you and it is time to settle in for the endurance portion of this journey. I wish I...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Mar 19, 20226 min read
Week 11: Transitioning to Maintenance
Congratulations! You are on week eleven! Keep in mind that while these blogs are written for a 12 week program, the length of your...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 26, 20224 min read
Week 8: Making Weight Loss Last
Congratulations! You have now gotten down all of the integral parts of weight loss! Look at all of the wonderful things you are doing:...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Feb 12, 20224 min read
Week 6: Take Back Your Mealtime
Congratulations! You are on your sixth week of your program! If you are doing a 12 week program, which is typical for women losing about...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Oct 30, 20214 min read
The Perfect Week
The Perfect Week In this week's blog, I am pulling it all together into an example of a “perfect day,” including a weekday and a...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Oct 22, 20217 min read
Your New Normal: Maintaining a Goal Weight
Don't worry, this is a good "new normal!" With an average weight loss of 22%, the question for most people who do the Rainier Medical...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Sep 18, 20216 min read
Stress & Health: Week 2 Fall Challenge
It is week 2 of the Fall Challenge. Congratulations to everyone who has decided to invest some space in your brain, time, and life to...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Aug 7, 20218 min read
Exercise Prescription - the Only Prescription You Want.
In my old practice, I used to spend most of my time writing prescriptions (many of which the patients did not want!). In my current...
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Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 31, 20216 min read
“Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants.”
“Learning how to eat,” that is a goal that I sometimes hear. It is true, eating has gotten quite complicated. When did we forget how to...
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