health & Beauty

Are you ready for a Challenge?

By Charlene Louis

APRIL 2008

With summer’s fast approach and our fears of holidays and island getaways, it’s time for us to take the challenge given to us by our bodies! Lifestyle Weight Management of Tyson’s Corner is one location that is on your side! With their 10-Week Weight Loss Challenge to promote health and weight loss in the Washington, DC region, hope is still on the horizon. Partnering with other local organizations, The Challenge will reward one individual and the top three teams (3-5 people) with cash and prizes for losing the highest percentage of their weight over ten weeks. So in other words...not only will you be satisfied with how you look in your swimsuit...you will be rewarded handsomely! This program is a win-win situation. Even if you are not a winner of the fabulous prizes, you will be a winner in the sense that you have finally received the help needed to get into shape.

Participants will achieve their weight loss using the trusted system at Lifestyle Weight Management, which features Dr. Siegal’s famous Cookie Diet™ products.

With full body scans to record exact measurements, medical examinations and personalized fitness regimens, success is guaranteed to all participants. Still not enough motivation? How about the chance to win over $10,000 in cash!

In addition to the scheduled weigh-ins, patients will also receive support from the on-site medical staff at Lifestyle Weight Management. Competitors will be able to come in and meet with the Center’s nutritionist and psychologist for help and evaluation each week as well. These services will be provided to all Challenge participants at no cost in an effort to help them reach their ultimate goal—permanent weight loss. Being fit and healthy should be on everyone’s agenda. With the number of health problems related to obesity (most which are preventable) our weight (no matter what age or sex) should be a concern to us all! Because of this, Lifestyle Weight Management will make a $100 donation to the American Diabetes Association for each team that signs up for the Challenge. By helping yourself you can help others! So call your friends, form a team and sign up at www.LifestyleWeightManagement.com

“Our system is about more than just helping patients lose weight. The objective is to help them keep the weight off for good, and that is exactly why we have our on-site maintenance program available to all patients if they choose,”- Dr. Elariny,

Lifestyle Weight Management Center of Tysons Corner, which opened its doors to patients over 6 months ago, offers a medically-supervised weight reduction and weight maintenance program, featuring South Florida physician Dr. Sanford Siegal’s Cookie Diet™ cookies.  In addition patients receive help from a team of experts in the weight loss field including physicians, nurses, psychologists, and nutritionists dedicated to helping patients meet their weight loss goals. Since opening their doors, over 100 patients have signed up to lose weight and make a lifestyle change. Thus far, patients on average are losing over 16 pounds each month.

Lifestyle Weight Management Center’s Challenge program is an ingenious way of motivating people to get in shape!  Final weight loss numbers will be tabulated at the end of July when all groups have completed the 10-week contest. ,

Prizes for each winner will include: $250 gift certificate from Radiance Medspa; free gym memberships from Golds Gym; free one-on-one personal training sessions at Fitness Together; and specialty meals to Challenge participants from BistroMD. Additional partners and prizes are in the process of being secured. Online registration will begin April 1, 2008. ,

Lifestyle Weight Management is located and is open Monday-Friday from 8:30am to 6pm and Saturday from 9am to noon, with evening hours to be added. For appointments call 703-778-7878. Or visit www.lifestyleweightmanagement.com