Virginia Heart Health and Wellness Center
43,641 lbs
Total weight lost since December 2013
30,259 lbs
Total body fat lost since December 2013
1,979
Patients helped to live a healthier life
40 lbs
Average weight lost on the program
Our focus and passion is to help you live a healthier, more vibrant life from the inside out. We specialize in weight loss, using the Ideal Protein Protocol. Ideal Protein is a medically designed and supervised, partial meal-replacement, ketogenic protocol. The protocol works by restricting your carbohydrate consumption, to encourage your body to use its fat stores for energy. This flip of the fuel source helps you maintain muscle throughout weight loss, so you can burn more fat.
Our Wellness Team
The Virginia Heart Health and Wellness center offers a comprehensive program to help our patients get the weight loss kick start they need and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Our wellness team has helped hundreds of patients in the Northern Virginia area achieve their weight loss goals, become more active, and live a life they never believed possible. In addition to our team of certified health and wellness coaches, we have a registered dietician on staff who is available for one-on-one consultations, providing meal planning and guiding to meet specific medical conditions and individual needs.
Virginia Heart is an independent authorized Ideal Protein Clinic.
What is Ideal Protein? Ideal Protein is a medically designed and professionally supervised weight loss protocol intended to improve overall health and wellness through successful weight loss and weight maintenance. It is a 3-phased protocol that helps you set, achieve and maintain your weight loss goals.
Maintaining Your Weight Loss
Once weight loss is achieved by following the Ideal Protein protocol, we will transition to stabilization and then maintenance. Patients will continue to work with their wellness coach who will tailor stabilization and maintenance to each individual's needs. In stabilization, we begin removing the meal replacements and add in whole foods such as complex carbohydrates, whole grains, starchy vegetables, fruit, healthy fats like avocado, nuts and seeds, and incorporate lean proteins. As the patient gains confidence and comfortability in their new lifestyle the transition to maintenance will begin. Phase 3 is the removal of all meal replacements and mirrors a heart healthy Mediterranean diet. Through every step, a coach is there to providing individualized meal suggestions/recipes, and lifestyle tips to provide an empowering lifelong change!
Contact Us
Virginia Heart is excited to partner with you for a healthier life! To learn more about our programs give our wellness center a call at 703-766-5893 or email weightloss@tcg.md
Meet our Health and Wellness Coaches
John's Story- Sleep Apnea and Wellness
When a job change and new health insurance provided John with the opportunity to undergo a comprehensive physical exam, he decided the time was right to take a good look at his health.
At 75, John knew he needed to lose weight. “I had gotten to the point where I was avoiding mirrors and having my picture taken,” he admits. So while sitting in the waiting room at Virginia Heart to be seen for his sleep apnea, John noticed a brochure for the Ideal Protein medical weight loss program.
He mentioned his interest to Hannah Moon, a nurse practitioner in Virginia Heart’s Sleep Center, who referred him to the Ideal Protein program.
The more he learned about the program, the more John decided the time was right to finally do something about his weight, which had topped out at 242 lbs. With the support of his Ideal Protein Coach, John lost 30 lbs. in his first 30 days on the program! Within 60 days, he was down a total of 44 lbs. He attributes much of his success to the 24 years he spent in the U.S. Army. “I am very structured and I follow the program to a T,” he says.
Although his initial goal was to lose 50 lbs., John did not like the fact that his body mass index (BMI) was still in the obese range so he continued on the program. As of January, he has lost a total of 80 pounds! He is very excited to be, as he puts it, “out of the obese range” and improving his BMI below the obese range reduces his risk for cardiac disease and he has already seen a drop in his blood pressure. He has since moved into Phase 3 of the program. Phase 3 focuses on maintaining the patient’s current weight by following the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet.
John says being able to take care of his general cardiac care with his cardiologist Dr. Alireza Maghsoudi, his sleep needs through the Sleep Center at Virginia Heart and his weight loss with the Ideal Protein team is like “bringing your car in for a complete tune-up all in one place. It is great that all of these aspects of my care are all part of the same organization,” he says.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many traditions, John is looking forward to the day when he can return to his alma mater, Virginia Tech, and take his place in the Alumni Regimental Band and show off his dramatic weight loss. “I haven’t been able to wear my band letter sweater for years,” he says. “But this year I put it on and it fit!”
Common Questions
How does Ideal Protein work?
Ideal Protein is a 3-phase protocol. Phase 1= weight loss. Personalized coaching sessions, using meal replacements to maintain muscle mass while burning fat during weight loss. Phase 2= stabilization. Weaning off the meal replacements, and gaining lifestyle education from your coach for successful maintenance. Phase 3= maintenance. Maintenance education, continuing to meet with your coach for accountability, and discontinuing use of meal replacements.
John's Story- Sleep Apnea and Wellness
When a job change and new health insurance provided John with the opportunity to undergo a comprehensive physical exam, he decided the time was right to take a good look at his health.
At 75, John knew he needed to lose weight. “I had gotten to the point where I was avoiding mirrors and having my picture taken,” he admits. So while sitting in the waiting room at Virginia Heart to be seen for his sleep apnea, John noticed a brochure for the Ideal Protein medical weight loss program.
He mentioned his interest to Hannah Moon, a nurse practitioner in Virginia Heart’s Sleep Center, who referred him to the Ideal Protein program.
The more he learned about the program, the more John decided the time was right to finally do something about his weight, which had topped out at 242 lbs. With the support of his Ideal Protein Coach, John lost 30 lbs. in his first 30 days on the program! Within 60 days, he was down a total of 44 lbs. He attributes much of his success to the 24 years he spent in the U.S. Army. “I am very structured and I follow the program to a T,” he says.
Although his initial goal was to lose 50 lbs., John did not like the fact that his body mass index (BMI) was still in the obese range so he continued on the program. As of January, he has lost a total of 80 pounds! He is very excited to be, as he puts it, “out of the obese range” and improving his BMI below the obese range reduces his risk for cardiac disease and he has already seen a drop in his blood pressure. He has since moved into Phase 3 of the program. Phase 3 focuses on maintaining the patient’s current weight by following the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet.
John says being able to take care of his general cardiac care with his cardiologist Dr. Alireza Maghsoudi, his sleep needs through the Sleep Center at Virginia Heart and his weight loss with the Ideal Protein team is like “bringing your car in for a complete tune-up all in one place. It is great that all of these aspects of my care are all part of the same organization,” he says.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many traditions, John is looking forward to the day when he can return to his alma mater, Virginia Tech, and take his place in the Alumni Regimental Band and show off his dramatic weight loss. “I haven’t been able to wear my band letter sweater for years,” he says. “But this year I put it on and it fit!”
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