The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program

The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program is a healthy lifestyle choice to lose weight and maintain weight loss based on education and support. The Program combines meal replacement sachets with a trained and experienced team of nutritionists, pharmacists, GPs and support personnel that take a client through the weight loss process step-by-step and offer healthy diet and lifestyle options.

The Program teaches clients how to make healthier choices to improve their lifestyle; including understanding food labels, cooking healthier meals, eating at work or out with friends.

How it works

The Program works by replacing two meals per day with a formula food, which is a complete meal. It contains vitamins, minerals, protein, fat and carbohydrate the body needs. The third meal consists of protein, vegetables and any extras from the 'Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program list'.

Professional Nutritional Support

Tony Ferguson heads a team of experienced nutritionists, pharmacists and support personnel on hand to advise and build individual programs that suit each participant. They teach their clients how to read food labels, shop better, and incorporate exercise into their lifestyle.

A Typical Day

• Breakfast – Tony Ferguson Meal Replacement Sachet
• Mid-morning – Fruit from the allowed list
• Lunch – Tony Ferguson Meal Replacement Sachet & salad from the allowed list
• Mid-afternoon – Fruit from the allowed list
• Dinner – Palm sized piece of protein and at least three cups of vegetables
• After dinner – Diet jelly or other snack from allowed list up to 100 calories

Water is vital and two litres per day must be consumed.

Allowed Food

Protein:

• Chicken breast
• Steak
• Lamb
• Veal
• Lean pork
• Fish
• Lean ham
• Turkey
• Eggs
• Seafood such as crab, prawn, oysters etc

Vegetables:

• Alfalfa Sprouts, mung beans, green beans
• Asparagus
• Bok Choy
• Broccoli, cauliflower
• Brussel sprouts, squash
• Celery, cucumber
• Cabbage, spinach
• Capsicum
• Eggplant
• Lettuce, watercress
• Leeks, radish, onion, shallots

Fruit:

• Apple, banana, pear, oranges
• Apricot, nectarine, peach, prunes
• Blackberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries
• Grapefruit
• Grapes
• Lemon
• Mango

Additional foods that can be occasionally consumed:

• Skim coffees
• Decaffeinated colas
• Dry wine
• Diet jelly
• Almonds, linseed, sunflowers
• One scoop low fat ice cream
• Lite cream cheese
• Diet Ice Blocks

Suggested Recipes:

• Baked ricotta with roasted tomatoes
• Tomato and eggs on corn tortilla
• Grilled chicken with herb butter, almonds and gruyere
• Herb-crusted BBQ lamb salad
• Cajun chicken with chunky salsa
• Pesto-grilled chicken drumsticks
• Tomato and bocconcini lamb stacks
• Fish fillets pan-fried with pancetta and caper herb butter
• Lemon and garlic rack
• Vegetable and tofu kebabs

All recipes can be found in the Weight Management Book.

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Q. What is the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program?

The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program is a healthy lifestyle choice to lose weight and maintain that weight loss with education and support. The Program combines meal replacement sachets with a trained and experienced team of nutritionists, pharmacists, and support personnel that take a client through the weight loss process step-by-step and offer healthy diet and lifestyle options.

The Program teaches clients how to make healthier choices to improve their lifestyle; whether it be understanding food labels at the supermarket, cooking healthier meals, eating at work or out with friends. The Program is flexible and can be tailored to suit different needs and lifestyles.

Q. How does it work?

In addition to specialised support, the Program works by replacing two meals per day with a formula food, which when combined with a multivitamin is a complete meal. It contains vitamins, minerals, protein, fat and carbohydrate the body needs. The third meal consists of protein, vegetables and any extras from the ‘Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program list’.

The Program is a combination of a low calorie diet and the ketogenic principle, and includes prepared food formulas and a carbohydrate and calorie reduced diet. The benefits of this Program in conjunction with carbohydrate restriction include: 1) rapid weight loss and 2) the body goes into the natural fat burning process of ketosis. Ketosis happens after 48 hours when the body detects that it isn’t getting enough carbohydrates(the body’s favourite source of fuel), therefore it ‘switches over’ to a different method of providing fuel for itself- fat stores. The enormous benefit of this particular method of weight loss is that it maintains or improves the body’s metabolic rate by minimising the body’s lean muscle mass loss.

Q. How many people are on the Program?

There are now more than 300,000 people registered on the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program around Australia.

Q. Does reducing fat play a role in the Program?

If a diet is high in carbohydrate and low in fat, the body must use the energy stored in the carbohydrate before the next intake of energy otherwise it stores the unused energy in the liver and muscles. Once the body can no longer store energy in this form it converts unused carbohydrate into fat. The realisation that a high carb-low fat diet could lead to the body adding to its fat stores showed that fat reduction was not the only solution, and the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program developed from there.

Q. Are the shakes safe? What are they made of?

The shakes are made up of approximately 30% protein, 50% carbohydrate and essential fats and nutrients. They are predominantly skim milk powder fortified with vitamins and minerals then textured and flavoured to make them delicious.

Once a client understands healthy eating and weight management practices through the Program, they don’t rely entirely on the sachets to lose weight. However, many people find the sachets are a convenient, tasty way to maintain a lower weight and continue to use them three or four times a week after they have reached their maintenance weight.

Q. What flavours do the shakes and soups come in?

Crème of Chicken soup, Asian Curry soup, Banana, Chocolate, Mocha, Strawberries & Cream, French Vanilla, Espresso, Wild Berry and English Toffee, Pumpkin soup, Crème of Mushroom soup, Tropical Mango, Café Latte, and Pina Colada.

Q. How is the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program different?

One of the reasons many people fail to successfully complete any diet is their weight loss targets are simply unachievable. The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program is about better balance. The nutritional advice and support educates our clients towards healthier lifestyles, and helps them stay motivated. We call it the human approach. Many of the tablets and capsules which people take and expect the weight to simply fall off without any additional exercise or dieting.

We also offer access to personal service regardless of where they live remains paramount to Tony Ferguson.

Q. Is the program supported by the medical community?

The Program has had a great amount of support from the medical profession who often refer patients needing to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle onto the Program.

One of the key areas of focus is to work closely with a client’s doctor throughout the weight loss process, especially those on medications for such illnesses as diabetes, blood pressure and heart conditions. A database installed into the 115 Tony Ferguson outlets records reductions in these medications with the intent of quantifying the savings to the public by this successful Weightloss Program.

Q. Where can people join the Program?

The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program is widely available across Australia and operates out of selected Terry White Chemists in NSW, QLD, VIC, TAS, SA, ACT and WA, and dedicated Tony Ferguson Weightloss and Wellness Centres in NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT, NT & WA.

Providing an accessible and easy service is paramount to the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program. Therefore, a mail-order option is also available online at www.tonyferguson.com and phone 1800 612 644.