[Note: May use our Weight Management Success System with your Physician, before or after your Bariatric Surgery Program, with one of our Physician Weight Management and Wellness Success Coaches or Educational Reinforcement Training Specialists, or as a Stand Alone, Do-it-Yourself Program. Ask your doctor or physician's practice to evaluate the program and Join the PWMSP Network - In order to receive your complimentary weight control shakes from PWMS & Bariatric Advantage, your physician supervisor must be registered in the PWMS system!].

1. After program enrollment, get Medical Clearance from your Physician or Physician Weight Management Success Coach if you have any known, serious pre-existing medical conditions, or are on any medications, which may require close monitoring or adjustment during the program as you lose weight and your health improves.
2. Complete Initial Weight Loss Goal Profiler and Pre-test.
3. Then review each online Teaching Module and take corresponding post-segment Mini-Test.
4. Next, complete the post-course Profiler and take the end of course Post-test.
5. Finally, click on Teaching Modules and Forms, and Create and Print "Certificate of Completion" for select course and now you are ready to begin our coaching and structured weight management program.
6. Schedule baseline metabolism measurement by PWMSC or Metabolic Testing Consultant, and select 6-month structured meal strategy and graduated activity plan.













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7. Begin the Weight Management Success Diet Program along with our or a graduated aerobic exercise program and daily hydration
8. Follow up with your Physician Weight Management and Wellness Success Coach or PCP on a monthly basis, particularly if your desire is to use FDA-approved appetite suppressants as prescribed by your program physician. Follow up with MD after completing program.
9. Review at least one training course teaching module every other week and follow up with your PWMS Coach with a minimum recommendation of at least one module per month as you progress through the 6 to 12-month program and achieve your weight management and health improvement goals.
10. Review one weight management success education principle every 2 to 4 weeks, take corresponding self-assessment, then simply Download & Print Documentation Form. Take form to your PWMS Physician/Coach or primary care doctor for completion.
11. Commit to and stay focused on your Goal, remember your purpose for doing the program, and adhere and submit to the strategy while you make your journey to Weight Management Success. May make appropriate adjustments in physical activity and your dietary practices along the way.
12. Have Physician refer you for Professional Nutritional Counseling (after you complete the program as well as help you attain a 5-year weight history if you are considering bariatric surgery). All DFL patient-clients should be referred for Nutritional Counseling.
13. Have Faith and Confidence in Yourself and Your Ability to Achieve Your Goal!
14. Persist in actions and planning and continue on your journey until you Succeed! Remember "knowledge is not power, the right application of knowledge is!"
15. Select, Refer to or Follow up with your Bariatric Surgery Center or Surgeon after 6-month Exit Medical Evaluation/Interview, if considering surgery
16. Schedule and undergo Repeat Metabolism and Reassess Personal Calorie Budget
17. Continue with your Structured Meal and Exercise Plan until you reach your goal and beyond!
18. Ask your doctor or physician's practice to evaluate the program and enroll in the PWMSP Network - In order to receive your complimentary weight control shakes from PWMS & Bariatric Advantage, your physician supervisor must be enrolled in the network!

[Important Note: It is recommended by PWMS that potential surgical weight management candidates review the "Risks, Benefits, and Alternatives to Bariatric Surgery" video overview and take corresponding self-assessment before undergoing Psychological Evaluation, Preoperative Counseling, and Clearance. Should follow up with your Bariatric Surgery Program after your Psychological Evaluation.]