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5 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight And How Weight Loss Medication Can Help
Have you been on your weight management journey for a while, and you're not seeing the results that you hoped for? Felix is here to help you better understand why weight loss can be more challenging for some people than others.
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Are There Any Short- or Long-Term Effects When Using Weight Loss Medications?
When you're starting a new weight loss medication, many people are so excited about the potential benefits these medications may provide, they forget to think about the potential side effects they may experience during their treatments.
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Are Weight Loss Medications Safe While Breastfeeding?
During pregnancy, our bodies go through a lot of changes and people often experience some weight gain that is more than temporary baby weight.
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Beyond the “Eat Less, Move More” Narrative: Overcoming Weight Loss Stigma With Modern, On-Demand Treatment Options
For decades, we've been told losing weight is easy. Calories in, calories out. Eat less, move more. Yet, that isn't everyone's experience, and the reality is much more complicated. At Felix, we believe it's time to change the narrative around weight loss as a matter of willpower and remind folks looking to manage their weight it's okay to ask for help. So, we launched a campaign to spark an important conversation about weight loss treatment.
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Can I Get Weight Loss Prescription Medication Online?
Managing our weight is something that many people struggle with throughout their lives. Unfortunately, despite their good intentions, the 'eat less, move more' movement doesn't take a lot of outside factors into account. Factors that have a huge impact on weight management.
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Can Intrusive Food Thoughts (Food Noise) Affect Weight Loss?
Although food noise is nothing new (i.e., it's a built-in instinctual reaction to prevent starvation in our ancestors), it's only recently that scientists and healthcare practitioners have started looking into the relationship between food noise and weight management.
Weight loss
5 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight And How Weight Loss Medication Can Help
Have you been on your weight management journey for a while, and you're not seeing the results that you hoped for? Felix is here to help you better understand why weight loss can be more challenging for some people than others.
Weight loss
Are There Any Short- or Long-Term Effects When Using Weight Loss Medications?
When you're starting a new weight loss medication, many people are so excited about the potential benefits these medications may provide, they forget to think about the potential side effects they may experience during their treatments.
Weight loss
Are Weight Loss Medications Safe While Breastfeeding?
During pregnancy, our bodies go through a lot of changes and people often experience some weight gain that is more than temporary baby weight.
Weight loss
Beyond the “Eat Less, Move More” Narrative: Overcoming Weight Loss Stigma With Modern, On-Demand Treatment Options
For decades, we've been told losing weight is easy. Calories in, calories out. Eat less, move more. Yet, that isn't everyone's experience, and the reality is much more complicated. At Felix, we believe it's time to change the narrative around weight loss as a matter of willpower and remind folks looking to manage their weight it's okay to ask for help. So, we launched a campaign to spark an important conversation about weight loss treatment.
Weight loss
Can I Get Weight Loss Prescription Medication Online?
Managing our weight is something that many people struggle with throughout their lives. Unfortunately, despite their good intentions, the 'eat less, move more' movement doesn't take a lot of outside factors into account. Factors that have a huge impact on weight management.
Weight loss
Can Intrusive Food Thoughts (Food Noise) Affect Weight Loss?
Although food noise is nothing new (i.e., it's a built-in instinctual reaction to prevent starvation in our ancestors), it's only recently that scientists and healthcare practitioners have started looking into the relationship between food noise and weight management.
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Can Weight Loss Medication Help With Hypothyroidism?
For people that are dealing with a medical condition, in addition to weight management, it can be difficult finding solutions that are both safe and effective for managing both issues simultaneously.
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Does Fasting to Boost Your Metabolism Work?
Intermittent fasting is an alternative to continuous calorie restriction, with studies showing that the weight loss achieved through intermittent fasting is similar to weight loss achieved through traditional dieting methods.
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Exploring the Link Between Weight Loss Medication & Muscle Pain
Muscle pain isn’t a known side effect of taking weight loss medications, but there are some muscle-related effects you may want to keep an eye on.
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Findings from the Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines
For years, people across the world have been trying to deal with weight management using the traditional 'eat less, move more' mindset.
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Food Noise Meaning, Symptoms & Treatments
One of the most recent discussions within the weight management community has been in regards to a new concept called ‘Food Noise’.
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Helpful Apps to Track Your Weight Loss Goals
To achieve a sustainable and healthy diet plan and to give yourself the best chances of losing weight, you need two things: the knowledge of what to eat, and the right combinations of food that you actually enjoy eating. Mealime helps with both!
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How Biology Really Affects Your Weight
The factors influencing our body size are deeply intertwined and influenced by biological, genetic, environmental, hormonal, social, and health conditions. It's time to move beyond “move more and eat less” thinking. Let’s dive into the underlying aspects of weight management and ways to develop an effective plan for sustainable change.
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How Birth Control Affects Weight
Birth control, like any medication, has been studied for its potential side effects, so there is an answer about its relationship to changes in a person’s weight.
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How Bone Mineral Density Relates to Body Weight
When it comes to our bodies, most of us tend to focus on things like losing weight or building muscle, rather than the health of our bones. After all, our bones are tucked away inside us, and we can’t easily see them or measure their health on a daily basis.
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How Changes in Hormones Affect Weight Gain in Menopause
Menopause weight gain can catch you off guard, especially when your eating and exercise habits haven't changed. That's why we're here to set your mind at ease by explaining exactly what's happening in your body around menopause and what you can do about it.
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How Does Fat Leave the Body When You Lose Weight?
One of the most frequently asked questions about weight loss is where does fat go when you lose weight. This guide answers this and other common weight loss questions. As always, if you have any specific questions about your own weight loss journey, please speak to a licensed Canadian healthcare practitioner.
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How Weight Loss Medication Helps Reduce Food Noise
There are a lot of different things that we can do to try and improve our health. However, there are some factors that can make weight management additionally challenging for some people, such as biological and genetic factors.
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How to Lose Weight With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Some of the most common symptoms of PCOS include cysts on the ovaries, irregular periods, difficulty getting pregnant, excessive hair growth, acne, and weight gain.
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Is Bariatric Surgery Better Than Weight Loss Medications?
Everyone's weight management journey is going to look a little different, since there are so many factors that impact our weight (i.e., genetics, biology, etc.).
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Is It Normal to Gain Weight on Your Period?
Menstrual weight gain is caused by shifts in your hormones – which affect your body’s water retention, eating habits and levels of tiredness. These internal fluctuations may impact how you look or feel during menstruation and it’s normal to keep tabs on how your body changes on a regular basis.
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Is It Safe to Lose Weight Quickly?
The fact is losing weight doesn’t have to be a restrictive and painful process. Sustainable and gradual weight loss is the key to long-term success. To do that, you need patience, persistence, and a willingness to grow.
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Late-Night Hunger Could be Affecting Your Weight
Late night eating and weight gain seem to go hand-in-hand. It’s normal to be tempted by a little something before bed. And hey, if you do find yourself scooping a few spoonfuls of rocky road before brushing your teeth — no judgement. Everyone deserves a little treat once in a while.
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Mindful Eating: The Key to Healthy Weight Loss
Our relationship with food can become detached or distorted, leading to all sorts of problematic eating habits like unconscious eating, binge eating, and compulsive eating.
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Ozempic: bijwerkingen + oplossingen
Sinds 2023 is Ozempic razend populair als afslankmiddel, mede door de invloed van socialmediakanalen. Hoewel de resultaten indrukwekkend zijn – na een jaar zijn gebruikers gemiddeld 10-15% van het lichaamsgewicht verloren – kun je bijwerkingen ervaren. Sommige zijn mild en veelvoorkomend, andere zijn zeldzamer en ernstiger. In dit artikel bespreken we de bijwerkingen, hun mogelijke oorzaken en praktische tips om ze te verlichten.
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Prescription Weight Loss Medications: Can They Cause Joint Pain?
Even with all the studies that have been done on weight loss medications, no link has been found between weight loss medications (or weight loss in general), and new or increased joint pain symptoms.
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Proven Weight Loss Prescription Medications: How Do They Work?
For many people, weight loss medications are a bit of a mystery. There are a lot of outlandish claims online from supplements and weight loss equipment, but not as much information about the potential effectiveness of prescription medications.
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The Benefits of Weight Loss Medication Combined With An Active Lifestyle
As much as we wish there was a magic elixir we could take for weight loss, the truth of the matter is that weight loss medications function most effectively alongside a healthy lifestyle.
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The Role of Sleep in Weight Loss & Management
Other factors such as lifestyle choices, genetics, prescription medication, and sleep quality can directly impact weight management. Yes, even sleep.
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Types of Weight Loss Medications for Women
Understanding the biology and physiology of weight loss can provide women with the tools to take care of their health in a way that feels good. Weight loss medications, known as anti-obesity medications or AOM, can help people address the biology of weight loss.
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Weight Loss Medications & PCOS Management
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a complex medical condition that is associated with many different symptoms, some of which may be able to be addressed by prescription weight loss medications.
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Weight Loss Medications: Are They Safe?
So, you've started your journey towards weight loss and better weight management. Congratulations! It's the first, and most important step towards taking back control of your health.
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Weight Loss Treatment FAQ
There are a variety of eligibility factors that your healthcare practitioners will assess. However at minimum, Canadians living with obesity who have a BMI over 30 OR with a BMI 27-30 who have a medical comorbidity like diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
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What Causes Rapid Weight Gain?
Rapid weight gain can happen for various reasons, some harmless, while others pose serious health risks. In this article, we'll explore the causes of rapid weight gain, the potential risks, and what you can do to manage it.
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What You Need to Know About Felix's Weight Loss Program Pricing
At Felix, we believe weight loss programs should provide judgement-free treatment and address biological factors such as genetics, hormones and metabolic rate that determine your weight — while being completely transparent about all costs involved.
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What is the 30-30-30 Rule for Weight Loss and Can Medication Help?
There are a lot of different weight loss ideologies out there, with more popping up all the time.
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Which Weight Loss Medications are Most Effective?
As hard as some people work, the reality is that biology and genetics are the main determinants of weight. That’s why ‘move more, eat less’ simply doesn’t work for some people, and the reason that weight loss medications have become so popular in recent years.
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Who Does Food Noise Affect the Most?
Over the last few years, the concept of 'food noise' has been reshaping the way we think about internal triggers for eating. These natural eating cues have always been integral in the human experience, since we believe our ancestors used food noise triggers to avoid starvation.
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Who is Eligible for Weight Loss Medications & How Can I Get a Prescription?
All prescription weight loss medications in Canada are authorized for sale by Health Canada for adults requiring chronic weight management support.
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Why Felix is Launching a Weight Loss Program to Help Millions of Canadians
Between TikTok, the Oscars, and The New York Times, it's nearly impossible to ignore the constant talk of new weight loss treatments. Now that we're offering weight loss treatment at Felix, we want to talk about why.