Everything on this site falls into one of four jobs: working out what is actually going on, working out what treatment exists, working out who pays, and working out what to do this week. This page is the index to those four, in that order, because doing them out of order is how people end up paying for a programme that was never going to address their problem.
1. Work out what is going on
Weight is a symptom as often as it is a cause. Sleep apnea, thyroid disease, iron deficiency, insulin resistance, alcohol and shift work all move the number, and none of them respond to a stricter diet.
- Health guides — the mechanisms underneath weight, written plainly.
- Men's health — testosterone, visceral fat, bloodwork after 40, sleep apnea.
- Women's health — perimenopause, thyroid, iron, postpartum, cycle effects.
- Conditions — PCOS, prediabetes and the rest, in a Canadian context.
2. Work out what treatment exists
There are four honest routes, and medication is one of them rather than the default. Which one fits depends on medical risk, not on motivation.
- Pathways — self-directed, clinic programme, virtual assessment, medication evaluation, maintenance.
- Providers — what Canadian telehealth services publish about their own pricing, side by side.
- Clinic directory — in-person clinics by city.
- Comparison guides — virtual versus in-clinic, and the trade-offs each way.
3. Work out who pays
This is the question with the worst answers online, because coverage is decided province by province and changes without announcement. Every rule on the coverage pages carries the date it was checked.
- Coverage by province — public plans, private plans and what falls between them.
- GLP-1 cost in BC — what the medications actually cost when nobody is covering them.
4. Work out what to do this week
The part that survives contact with a normal week: sleep, protein, steps, strength, and a plan for the appointment.
- Calculators — BMI, energy needs, protein target, diet builder.
- Lifestyle — sleep, strength, walking, stress, alcohol.
- Diet systems — what each one actually asks of you.
- Guides — including the questions worth asking on a clinic call.
- Blog — longer pieces and news context.
How to use this before an appointment
Clinic time is short and it goes fastest when the history is already written down. Before a first call, it is worth having four things ready: the weight history with rough dates, what has been tried and for how long, current medications and doses, and the symptoms that are not about weight — snoring, daytime sleepiness, cycle changes, fatigue, low mood. That list changes the conversation more than any calculator on this site does.
If medication is on the table, the question list for a GLP-1 appointment covers what to ask about monitoring, dose escalation, side effects and what happens if you stop.
What this site is not
It is not a pharmacy, not a telehealth prescriber and not a clinic. Nothing here prescribes, and no page on this site can tell you whether a medication is appropriate for you. Matching is free for patients; clinics may pay for patient enquiries, and that arrangement is described in full on the page for clinics rather than hidden in a footer.
Prefer to see someone in person?
We list medical weight-loss clinics with a physical address and match you to one for free. Licensed clinicians decide eligibility — including for any medication discussion.