All-Inclusive Medical Weight Loss Retreat in South Florida

The programme is all-inclusive, which here means the room, all meals, all fitness classes, medical consultations, testing and educational sessions are covered in one price. There's no upselling once you arrive and no separate bill for food, drinks or activities. Guests stay in a resort in south Florida with tropical gardens, a spa and a stretch of grounds to walk, and eat in the same dining room all week.

The daily rhythm runs roughly: early morning exercise, breakfast, a morning lecture or cooking class, more activity, lunch, an afternoon session, then dinner. Fitness sessions take place in a gym equipped with treadmills and machines that adjust resistance based on your heart rate, with trainers reading live data from wearable monitors to judge how hard you're actually working. Cooking classes are hands-on — you learn to build breakfast, lunch and dinner without salt, butter, cream, oil or sugar, and taste the result.

Medical input is what you won't find at most weight loss resorts. Staff include physicians alongside fitness trainers and nutritionists, and they monitor your progress during the stay, adjusting guidance based on your numbers rather than a generic plan. Body composition is measured with DEXA scans, which show whether you're losing fat or muscle — important, because dieting away muscle slows your metabolism and makes weight hard to keep off. Metabolic testing is used the same way.

This is not a spa week with a salad bar. It's a programme: structured days, set mealtimes, and staff who expect you to show up. The aim is that the weight lost during the stay stays off, which is why so much of the schedule is given over to teaching — how to shop, how to cook, how to keep exercising at home.

The centre has been running this programme for decades and has been described by Oprah.com and The Today Show as "the gold standard" in weight loss resorts. It's a well-established, clinical-flavoured operation rather than a boutique retreat, and the price reflects the medical staff, the equipment and the resort itself.

What's included

- Accommodation at a luxury south Florida resort - All meals, prepared without added salt, butter, cream, oil or sugar - Daily supervised fitness sessions - Heart-rate monitored cardiovascular training - Strength and conditioning training - Hands-on cooking classes - Nutrition and behaviour-change lectures - Initial medical consultation and baseline testing - Follow-up medical consultations during your stay - Body composition (DEXA) scanning - Metabolic testing - Blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring - Individual nutrition consultation - Individual fitness consultation - Progress measurement and exit consultation - Access to resort grounds, gardens and spa

What's not included

- Flights and travel to south Florida - Airport transfers - Travel insurance - Spa treatments - Personal expenses - Medication and prescription costs - Any treatment not part of the standard programme