Beyond Weight

Beyond Weight is a customized and comprehensive program based on the latest research and advances in weight loss and nutrition. Take your first steps toward losing weight, looking your best, and feeling healthy and confident for the rest of your life.

"I want to talk to patients. To hear their stories and struggles and connect with them about something I am very passionate about – disease prevention, healthy diet, sleep, and stress reduction." — Marina Ivanovsky, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Medical Weight Loss Advancements

As part of creating your personalized Beyond Weight program, we will discuss if incorporating medications into your weight loss journey is the right fit for you. Traditional weight loss medications have helped many people, but they were often temporary solutions with side effects and complications.

With recent medical advancements, we can now offer medication options that improve metabolic health and train your brain and gut metabolic pathways to sustain long-term weight management. These options include once-weekly injections (such as Semaglutide or Tirzepatide), daily oral GLP-1 tablets, and daily appetite suppressants. You can read details about these treatments on our dedicated Medical Weight Loss Options page.

What to Expect & Why We Fail Long-Term

Marina and her team know that you are constantly bombarded with advertisements about the best diet, the best supplement – to “eat this, not that”. No one starts a diet with the intention of regaining the weight they lose. Unfortunately, roughly 90 percent of people who lose a lot of weight eventually regain it.

Our team has been studying why this happens to help you succeed at weight loss long term. There are many ways to lose weight, but not all are good for you or contribute to your long-term health. There is no pill, shake, supplement, food delivery service, diet or medical treatment that can help you tackle your emotional triggers and relationship with food.

Even the best athletes with the best abilities have coaches that help them to achieve Olympic results. Losing weight and embarking on your health journey can be hard, emotional, and overwhelming. Marina and her team help you through your journey with an evidence-based and compassionate approach. We help you face the issues that caused you to gain weight in the first place so that you don’t regain your weight.

Our Comprehensive Approach

1. Laboratory Baseline Mapping: We start with a blood test and look at laboratory results – inflammation levels, insulin resistance, cholesterol, thyroid, and more.
2. Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM): We can incorporate a CGM sensor as a real-time tool to closely monitor your individual blood sugar response to certain food groups, sleep, and exercise.
3. Personalized Analysis: We take into consideration your medical history, family history, and current medications.
4. Appetite & Lifestyle Evaluation: We look at your appetite, your busy schedule, stress levels, and environmental factors affecting your diet.
5. Practical Guidance: We do a grocery store walk-through and pantry purge – looking at labels and learning about what it means.
6. Ongoing Clinical Access: We make ourselves available via text or email if you ever have any questions about restaurant menus or grocery store choices on an ongoing basis.
7. Regular Progress Toggles: We conduct regular check-ins where we track progress and recommend any changes.