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Feb 10

Weight Loss Wonder: OSF’s diet program gains national recognition for its success – WIFR

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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now a nationally recognized program at a local hospital is fighting those numbers, helping hundreds of Stateliners lose the weight and keep it off.

"I wanted to lose 80 pounds. And how's that been going so far? Well I lost 110."

It's a new year and a new Randy Hoglund.

"I have more energy," he says. "I just feel great."

He says he's changing his life thanks to a diet plan at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. While this isn't the first time Hoglund's tried to lose weight, this is the first time he says it's worked.

"I lost 65 pounds, but I didn't stick with it because I didn't have any accountability," he says. "Not only did I put back on that 65, I put on another 40."

That was until his wife told him about OSF HMR's program.

"HMR stands for Health Management Resources," says OSF Weight Management Coordinator Adam Schafer. "We focus on the long-term weight management rather than the short-term."

Schafer says HMR is a meal replacement program that works because medical professionals help participants every step of the way.

"They're on a meal replacement program for 13 weeks, " says Schafer. "The meal replacements are meant to jump start their weight loss. It gives them no decisions, they just do the meal replacement, they lose the weight."

The HMR program has two phases. During phase one patients eat these meals, shakes and bars at least once a day. The second phase uses group meetings and individual sessions to keep patients on track.

"That's not only for for accountability but for the education and learning how to do the program," says Schafer. "Next we do midweek phone calls. That's an extra accountability figure. It's a time we can work with you one on one instead of a group setting."

Hoglund says the two steps are the reason when he steps on the scale, he sees results.

Participants also attend class every week. During class, weight management coordinators teach participants lifestyle changes and meal substitutions.

"Once a week we come to class and it's a lot easier to go out to eat and say listen instead of having dessert, I'll stick with this," says Hoglund. "Or instead of having this, I'll go with a more lighter option."

Losing the weight has opened other doors for Hoglund, allowing him to have a knee surgery and spend more time with his four grand kids.

"All around, I feel much better."

He feels the HMR program has allowed him to take the weight off and keep it off, teaching him to live a healthy life, and set goals: like losing another 15 to 20 pounds in the next three months.

The average weight loss during the first three months of the program is 35 pounds for women and 40 pounds for me according to OSF.

To learn more about the HMR program or to sign up, click the link on the right under "Related Links."

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