Every body is unique.
Discover the transformative power of our 16-week, “in-house” Lifestyle & Exercise Weight Management Program ! Our comprehensive approach emphasizes high-frequency exercise, personalized dietetic consultations, and behavior change strategies, ensuring impactful and sustainable lifestyle modification.
Say goodbye to fad diets and hello to a healthier, happier you with our proven methods for achieving long-lasting weight loss success.
Embark on your personalized weight loss journey with confidence, guided by our expert team of specially trained weight management physicians. Through a comprehensive consult, we identify relevant comorbidities and weight loss challenges, enabling us to tailor a program that suits your unique needs.
With our dedicated health advisor acting as your concierge, you’ll receive unwavering support and motivation throughout your 16-week journey, embracing positive challenges towards a healthier, happier you.
Your health advisor also ensures seamless communication with your healthcare team, keeping them informed of progress, setbacks, and relevant issues, optimizing the impact of our weight management program for greater long-term health success.
This 16 week program consists of:
- 16 week membership to our 13,000 sqft collaborative heatlhcare facility
- Access to specially trained weight management physican team
- 16 week access to your own personal Health Advisor
- 3 x weekly supervised exercise sessions with our Clinical Exercise Physiologists
- 5 hrs or dedicated time with our Registered Dietitian
- Accountability framework consisting of 3 x DEXA body composition assessments & physical performance testing
- Develop strategies for sustainable behavior change, or receive mental health support from our Occupational Therapist ***
***Services available at additional cost in Allurion Balloon Program (Tier 1), services included standard in Premium Allurion Balloon Programs (Tier 2 & Tier 3)
Key Program Elements
Collaboration from certified healthcare professionals
Our weight loss team consists of obesity-specialized Physicians, Registered Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, and Clinical Exercise Physiologists (CEP).
DEXA Body Composition Scans
Pure includes a DEXA scan with a Clinical Exercise Physiologist as a baseline measurement of body composition along with a consult to provide education on the results found. Follow-up scans will be completed at the end of weeks 8 and 16 to asses progress and wrap up details on how to continue positive trends in the future.
With accurate information in hand, individualized training programs and eating strategies can be developed, driving clients closer than ever to good health and well-being.
Supervised Exercise & Education Sessions
Exercise and physical activity are important elements of weight loss and maintenance.
Pure will provide a 16-week exercise program with a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at a recommended frequency of 3-sessions per week.
- The program includes a guide on gym safety, gym etiquette, how to read, understand, and follow the prescribed exercise program.
- Individuals will have access to Pure Lifestyle’s TeamBuildr application, which will include all of the individual’s prescribed programs with video demonstrations and tutorials for future use after in-person training sessions are complete.
To manage injury risk, your clinical exercise physiologist will gradually introduce and promote exercise into an individual’s program.
Health Advisor Consult
Your personal concierge to our facility and our healthcare team, our health advisor ensures you get on track and stay on track through building a relationship with you, and intimately understanding your goals and barriers to success.
- Your Health Advisor kicks off your journey by providing you with an orientation to the program. They collect all necessary background information and provide all necessary scheduling.
- Your Health Advisor will conduct body composition assessments using our DEXA along with performance testing to identify functional limitations / deficiencies needing to be worked on during the program. DEXA testing is conducted pre, mid, and post the 16 week program while performance testing is conducted pre and post the 16 week program.
Nutritional Education Sessions
Individualized nutrition plans and advice are provided by a Registered Dietitian. The program promotes a balanced approach to nutrition for increased long-term success.
Sessions will cover the following topics:
- A discussion on nutritional habits that may be influencing patient’s lifestyle and health outcomes.
- How to prepare balanced meals and other various nutritional factors such as appropriate fluid consumption.
- The nutritional content of the meals and what makes them favorable options.
- Food safety, food preparation, shelf-life and easy tips and tricks.
Financing Available
Our Weight Management Physicians
All of Pure’s weight management physicians are American Board Certified in Obesity Medicine (ABOM).
Certification as an ABOM diplomate signifies specialized knowledge in the practice of obesity medicine and distinguishes a physician as having achieved competency in obesity care.
Dr. Ian Burron
Weight Management and Occupational Health PhysicianDr. Ian Burron
Weight Management and Occupational Health PhysicianOccupational and insurance medicine, musculoskeletal /rehabilitation medicine
In addition to training and previously practicing as a physiotherapist, Dr. Burron completed Occupational Medicine training through the University of Alberta (Foundation Course Occupational Medicine Part A and B) and completed the examination for Associate status with the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine (ACBOM). Dr. Burron is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) through the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME). Dr. Burron is a medical consultant for the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba and has provided Non-Treating (independent) medical exams and overseen rehabilitation programing for Manitoba Public Insurance, Manitoba Teachers Society, Health Employee Benefits Branch. Dr. Burron has provided consultation to Industry on Occupational health and workplace injury prevention and management.Exercise and Obesity medicine
Dr. Burron strongly believes in the importance of lifestyle modification and exercise for the prevention and treatment of all medical conditions. He is Board Certified in Obesity Medicine through the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Burron performs and interprets Cardiac stress testing and electrocardiograms (EKG) for diagnosis of cardiovascular conditions, exercise assessment and prescription.Emergency medicine
Dr. Burron is a practicing emergency physician at Selkirk Regional Health Center and was the Director of Emergency Medicine at Selkirk Regional Health Center from 2015-2020. Dr. Burron sits on the Manitoba Emergency Medicine Specialty Privileges Committee.
Dr. Kanwar Warraich
American Board Certified Obesity Physician