The goal of One Life is to teach you how to lose weight eating real food and living your normal life. With that in mind every food is allowed on the diet. We simply teach you how to eat the foods you like in a way that allows you to still lose weight.

None.

Yes. The intent of the diet is to be real, so you’re more than welcome to have a glass of wine every night if you want, you just have to count it towards your daily Blocks.

The initial consultation is $240 and the weekly visits are $85. This includes everything you need for your weight loss.

No, because what we do works, we don’t need contracts. You simply pay for each visit as you go along until you reach your goal.

One Life works for everyone so our patients truly cover the entire spectrum. We treat both men and women, 18 to 80 year olds, and those with as little as ten pounds to lose as well as those with more than a hundred.

Everyone’s different but most of our patients lose between 4-6 pounds their first week, and then most women can expect to lose 2-4 pounds and men around 3-5 pounds a week if they follow the diet closely – although those with more than forty pounds to lose will typically lose significantly more.

Absolutely, but don’t take our word for it, click here to see what our patients have to say.

No, much like I wouldn’t recommend going to a weight loss clinic for exercise advice. Your personal trainer is an expert in fitness and exercise physiology, which makes them the perfect choice for helping you to get fit. Excluding the rare exception, personal trainers are simply not experts in weight loss nutrition – although a lot of them think they are.

While exercise is great for fitness, for health, for stress … for all kinds of good things, it’s a very small player when it comes to weight loss. So while we love exercise, you’ll do perfectly well with your weight loss no matter what your level of exercise is … or isn’t.

Confusing eating healthy with eating low-calorie is one of the most common misconceptions about weight loss. The reality is there are healthy foods and there are low calorie foods – but they are two completely different subjects. Olive oil, salmon, almonds, quinoa are all healthy foods but they’re also all very high in calories. If you’re eating a lot of high-calorie, healthy foods you’re going to end up consuming too many calories and aren’t going to be able to lose weight.

Yes. The problem is the old belief that “a calorie is a calorie” is wrong and if you try and treat all calories as equal, your weight loss is often not going to make any sense – because your expectations are based on incorrect information. Once you learn how to correctly assess the true impact of a food on your weight, weight loss will stop feeling like a mystery and will finally start to make sense.

Since you’re eating real food and living your normal lifestyle most people won’t have any idea that you’re on a “diet,” and hopefully it won’t feel like you’re on one either.

Everyone’s weight is their own. While some patients want to be a size 2, others are happy being a size 10. Our goal is to get you to a healthy weight, after that the final goal is simply where you feel good.

Each One Life clinic has two counselors. We purposefully keep our staff small so you’re able to build a personal relationship with your team.

Each week you sit down one-on-one with your counselor and go over your week to see if there’s anything you’re struggling with, so we can help you come up with solutions. We also go over a lesson each week which are designed to teach you as you go along, so by the time you get to your goal you’ll have the tools and knowledge you need to keep your weight off. Each week we weigh you to monitor your progress, as well as to hold you accountable, and we give you your weekly vitamin injection and appetite suppressants.

The whole goal of One Life is to make the appetite suppressants unnecessary as we teach you how to control your hunger and your weight, not with medication but with changes to your diet. We simply use the appetite suppressants as a crutch or training wheels until you are to the point that you no longer need them.

Absolutely. About 15% of our patients do One Life using our natural appetite suppressants. The One Life diet works great whether you use the prescription appetite suppressants or our natural supplements.

Phendimetrazine and Phentermine.

Given the history of problems caused by weight loss medications it’s wise to be cautious and it’s the reason why One Life only uses phendimetrazine and phentermine—because of their proven track record. Both of these appetite suppressants have been in use since the 1950’s and over the last 60 years they have been used by millions and millions of people without causing health concerns and are considered extremely safe. They are both FDA approved and carry no restrictions or warnings. They are actually in the same category of medications as the ADHD medications (e.g. Ritalin, Adderall, etc.) that millions of children take every day.

The appetite suppressants are stimulants so it can take your body a day or two to get used to the medication. The first couple of days some people can feel a little bit “jazzy,” kind of a “zoom, zoom” like feeling, but you shouldn’t feel jittery or agitated. By day three or four the stimulation the medication provides starts to feel about as strong as a cup of coffee. Most people actually like the little pick me up that the medication provides.

Among those with anxiety issues this is a very common fear but it is rarely, if ever, an issue.

On the first day or two, as the body is getting used to the medication, there can be some sleep disturbance. After those first couple of days, sleep issues usually aren’t a problem as long as the medication is taken early enough in the day.

The appetite suppressants are in the same amphetamine-based category of medication as Ritalin and Adderall, which are used by millions of children everyday. Comparing phentermine to “meth” would be the equivalent of comparing codeine to opium because both compounds are opiate-based.

From a physical standpoint the appetite suppressants create no physiological dependence. The National Institute on Drug Abuse ranks phentermine 148th and represents less than 0.03% of all drugs with abuse potential.

There are currently two One Life clinics; one in Solana Beach and one in Encinitas/Carlsbad.

Click here for their addresses and directions.

We accept Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA). While there are some insurance companies that cover weight loss programs, they are in the minority. You can determine if your insurance covers medical weight loss programs by checking the exclusions section of your policy.