What to Expect in Your Calibrate Doctor Appointment

Calibrate is designed to help you achieve metabolic health and lasting weight loss. For members, this means ongoing medical support through the entirety of the One-Year Metabolic Reset. And it all begins with a 45-minute video visit with a Calibrate doctor who will assess your metabolic health and prescribe a GLP-1 medication that will set you up for long-term success. Here’s how it works:

Before your appointment

You’ll schedule an appointment with one of Calibrate’s board-certified doctors for a day and time that works for you. Leading up to your appointment, you’ll get lab work, complete a Comprehensive Health Intake of your medical history, and enter your baseline weight, and waist circumference in the Calibrate app. Your Calibrate doctor will review this information prior to your visit to better understand your current health and come to the visit prepared with a treatment plan that’s right for you.

Meet your Calibrate doctor 

When you join the video visit (which you’ll access via a secure link in the Calibrate app) your Calibrate doctor will welcome you and review the goals of the visit. They’ll then explain how the Calibrate program addresses your biology to enable weight loss and improve your metabolic health. You must be in a quiet and private space (not in your car or a public place) during your appointment in order to protect your private health information and your safety.

Understand your current metabolic health

Your Calibrate doctor will review your Comprehensive Health Intake, lab results, and baseline biometrics (weight and waist circumference) with you. They will go through your health history to gain a full understanding of the factors that are most important for your metabolic health and Calibrate plan. They will explain what biometric measurements mean for your health and how levels could change over the course of your Calibrate year as you reset your metabolic system. If there are any abnormalities in your lab results, they’ll explain what they mean and walk you through next steps.

Set weight loss goals with your doctor

You’ll go over your weight loss goals for the year-long program with your Calibrate doctor. Our goal is to help you improve your metabolic health and lose at least 10% of your weight—the amount that research shows is clinically impactful, realistic, and sustainable.

Prescribe a medication that’s right for you 

Calibrate doctors prescribe medications called GLP-1s (glucagon-like peptide-1s) because research shows that, in combination with 1:1 accountability coaching and lifestyle changes, GLP-1s are the most effective and safe long-term option for weight loss. Based on your unique health information, your Calibrate doctor will prescribe the FDA-approved GLP-1 medication that’s right for you, and provide instructions for how to take it.

Get your questions answered 

Any questions or concerns? Your Calibrate doctor is happy to answer any medical questions you may have about the program or your medication.

After your appointment

For medical support beyond your initial 45-minute video appointment, you can always message our board-certified Medical Team via the Medical Channel in the Calibrate app regarding any questions you may have about your program progress, your medication, side effects, or your health.

You’ll also have access to the Medical Team through structured medical check-ins scheduled at the Month 1, Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 marks of your year. Your check-ins with the Medical Team—which you’ll submit through a detailed questionnaire in the app (not by video, this time)—will include an in-depth review of your program progress, your medications, any side effects, and any other health updates or questions you may have. After your check-in, you’ll receive a personalized follow-up message from one of the members on your Medical Team. Between check-ins, the Medical Team is available by messaging in the Medical Channel of the app whenever you have a medical question, concern, or update.

What Happens Next?

Learn more about the Calibrate orientation process.

Learn more about how Calibrate works with commercial insurance.

Learn more about the medication approval process.