The Sustainable Path to Weight Loss

While everyone’s situation is different, we know from over 20 years of research that all approaches to weight loss require diet and lifestyle support, working either as a direct intervention or alongside any medical intervention to achieve long-term change, and improved health outcomes. 

Weight loss medications like Wegovy and Ozempic are designed to help manage weight by reducing appetite and increasing feelings of fullness. However, for the best results, these medications should be used in conjunction with a balanced diet and regular physical activity.

• Enhanced Results: Combining medication with a healthy diet plan can lead to more significant weight loss and better overall health outcomes.
• Nutritional Balance: A diet rich in high-protein foods helps maintain muscle mass during weight loss, ensuring that the weight lost is primarily fat.
• Sustainable Habits: Developing healthy eating habits can help maintain weight loss long-term, even after stopping medication.

Weight loss medication can be a helpful starting point for people to begin their journey, but true success comes from combining it with education and support.

Weight loss medication works by reducing appetite, increasing feelings of fullness, or decreasing fat absorption, theoretically making weight loss easier.

However, they often come with side effects and may not be suitable for everyone. Additionally, they do not address the underlying causes of weight gain.

Some of the limitations of weight loss medication include:

• Temporary results: Medications can help you lose weight quickly, but without lifestyle changes, the weight can return as soon as you stop.
• Side effects: Many weight loss medications come with potential side effects that can impact your health such as muscle loss.
• Nutritional deficiencies: Weight loss medications can reduce your appetite, which could lead to nutritional deficiencies if not managed properly. A healthy eating plan is necessary to ensure you are getting all the nutrients and minerals you need to thrive.
• Dependency: Relying on medication alone makes it difficult to maintain the weight loss without it. Lifestyle changes are crucial to reduce the risk of weight regain once the medication is discontinued. 

This is why medication alone is rarely a long-term solution. Instead, pairing weight loss medication with lifestyle modifications like a nutritious whole foods eating plan can lead to greater weight loss and improved overall health.

High-protein foods are crucial in any weight loss journey. They help you feel fuller for longer, reduce cravings, and support muscle maintenance.

• Satiety: Protein-rich foods can help control hunger and reduce overall calorie intake.
• Muscle Maintenance: Maintaining muscle mass is essential for a healthy metabolism and overall strength.
• Versatility: High-protein foods can be easily incorporated into various meals, making it easier to stick to a healthy eating plan.

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet has a strong scientific foundation and impressive results:

• High Success Rate: 97% of members who completed the program lost weight within 3 months.
• Significant Weight Loss: On average, members lost 7.2% of their body weight after 12 weeks and 9% after 6 months.
• Long-Term Success: Members maintained their weight loss for the remainder of the year.
• Impact on Obesity: 28% of members shifted out of the obese category after 12 weeks, and 31% did so after 24 weeks. Additionally, 64% of members had lost a clinically significant amount of weight loss at 1 year, with a sustained average weight loss of 10.6kg, or 11.9% of their starting body weight.  
• Wide Reach: Over 1.2 million Australians have participated in the program to date, collectively losing 558,000 kilograms.

Fast Start Shakes are designed to provide a convenient and effective way to kickstart your weight loss journey with the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.

Here’s how they fit into the program:

Week 0: Add the Fast Start Starter Pack to your order when you select your membership length. Your Starter Pack will include a shaker and 42 meal replacement shakes. You can also buy more shakes from the Member Shop after joining. 

Weeks 1 to 3: The program begins with 2-3 Fast Start meal replacement shakes per day depending on your energy needs. These shakes will replace your breakfast and lunch meals, but you'll be provided a delicious Total Wellbeing Diet dinner in your meal plan and can snack on fruit and unlimited veggies. 

Weeks 4 to 6: Once you hit this stage, you will re-introduce breakfast and lunch and include more snacks and even indulgences! If you need, you do have the option to replace breakfast with a Fast Start Shake.

Learn more about our Fast Start shakes here.

Whether you have a little or a lot to lose, we have a membership that will suit your weight loss goals and budget! You can either pay upfront or monthly and can view all pricing options here.

Results are as unique as each of our bodies as everyone has a different starting point – some of our members have lost five kg and reached their goal weight, while others have lost 100 kg to reach their goal weight. But you can be confident that if you follow our program, you will lose weight. Why? Because it has been proven time and time again by science.

As a guide, the average rate of weight loss is about half a kilogram a week (averaged over 12 weeks). This might not sound like a lot but achieving this each week will add up to big losses over time – and losses that you’ll be able to maintain!

To read more about our results and science, click here.