Your Orientation
Resource Hub
Congratulations on taking the first step to improving your metabolic health and achieving lasting weight loss. Consider this page your one-stop-shop for everything you need to make the most out of the time between sign-up and your doctor appointment. We call this Calibrate Orientation.
Your Orientation Checklist
We’ve designed this list to guide you through important actions you’ll need to take to ensure you, your coach, and your Medical Team have all the information needed to help you achieve long-term results.
Step 1
Complete Your App Onboarding
Estimated time: 1-3 weeks from sign-up
If you haven’t already, download the Calibrate app. You’ll get step-by-step instructions to set up your account, complete your Comprehensive Health Intake, request a lab order, schedule your coaching sessions, and more. After all the required steps are complete, then you’ll be able to schedule your doctor appointment.
Step 2
Complete Lab Work
Estimated time: 1-2 weeks from sign-up
Your lab results will help you and your Calibrate Medical Team understand your current health, develop your personalized treatment plan, and follow your progress over time. We’ll send you a copy of your lab order via the Support Center 48 hours after you select your lab provider during account setup. Please note: While lab work is not required to be completed before your first coaching session, it is required to be able to schedule your Calibrate doctor visit and get your GLP-1 prescription.
Step 3
Learn Program Basics
Estimated time: 1-2 weeks from sign-up
There is truly no other program that integrates targeted lifestyle change with GLP-1 medication like Calibrate—that’s why our members achieve better long-term results than those taking medication alone. Your first two classes (Fundamentals and Method) will explain the ins and outs of your Reset—they also house your Calibrate Commitment, an overview of what you’ll need to commit to in order to sustain long-term weight loss (hint: it’s more than medication). You’ll also be required to complete your first two classes before scheduling your coaching session. Find them in the Curriculum tab of your Calibrate app..
Step 4
Meet Your Accountability Coach
Estimated time: 2-4 weeks from sign-up
Once you’ve completed your account setup, your Comprehensive Health Intake, and Level 1 Fundamentals Class and Level 1 Method Class, you’ll be able to schedule your first coaching session in the Calibrate app. Together, you and your coach will set goals, review progress from your daily tracking data, and establish your Why for joining Calibrate.
Step 5
Prepare for Your Doctor Visit
Estimated time: 1-2 weeks from coaching session
Once you attend your coaching session and your Medical Team reviews your lab work, you’ll be notified via push notification and email that you can schedule your 30-minute, 1:1 video doctor visit. That’s when you and your Calibrate doctor will review your Comprehensive Health Intake, lab results, and establish which GLP-1 medication is right for you. We cover more about what to expect during your doctor visit in our live Welcome to Calibrate event—which you can RSVP to here.
Step 6
Start GLP-1 Medication
Estimated time: 4-6 weeks from your doctor visit for most individuals.
We know the waiting game can be hard, so we’ve put together this comprehensive guide to help you understand the ins and outs of getting started with medication at Calibrate. If you have questions along the way, send a question via the Support Center in your Calibrate app. While the approval process can take time, actively participating in coaching and habit change before you start medication will start to change your biology.
Four Pillars of Metabolic Health
We’ve designed Calibrate to help you achieve small (and big!) wins across four key areas of metabolic health. We call these the Four Pillars of Metabolic Health, and when you click on each of them below, you’ll learn what to expect across the program and have access to support along the way.
Upcoming Virtual Events
Whether you’re feeling nervous, excited, or have lingering questions, you’re not alone. Our live, virtual Orientation events are excellent opportunities to get answers to your questions and hear what questions other new members like you are asking. We’re in the midst of bringing you more robust event programming. In the meantime, watch the most recent events below.
Welcome to Calibrate
Watch Team Calibrate as they dive into the four components of the program: curriculum, 1:1 personalized coaching, tracking, and medication management—this is the ultimate overview of your Metabolic Reset.
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Food Office Hours
Twice a month, our food team shares more about Calibrate’s Food Pillar. The first 30 minutes are dedicated to the core program and the second 30 minutes cover Metabolic Jumpstart strategies.
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Frequently
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During your doctor appointment, your Calibrate doctor will review your lab results and health history, and use this information to make recommendations for your treatment plan—tailored to you.
You should receive a lab order via the Support Center in your Calibrate app within 48 hours of requesting labs during account setup. If we do not receive the necessary insurance information during account setup, we’ll contact you via the Support Center to obtain the necessary insurance details before ordering your labs.
Labs are not included in the cost of your Metabolic Reset. Your Calibrate Team helps navigate your commercial insurance to get your labs covered, but coverage is not guaranteed. Read more about labs coverage here.
Prior to your Calibrate doctor visit, our Medical Team requires you to complete lab work to better inform your medical care.
The lab requirements are as follows:
Within 3 months prior to your doctor visit:
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Within 6 months prior to your doctor visit:
- Hemoglobin A1c
- Lipid Panel
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
In addition, we recommend a fasting insulin test and a C-Reactive Protein (CRP) test (also within 6 months prior to your doctor visit), but this isn’t required.
If Calibrate generates the lab order, the required labs as well as a fasting insulin test and a C-Reactive Protein (CRP) test will automatically be included in your lab request.
If you plan to upload your own labs, be sure they meet the full list of requirements above. If you are missing any required labs from this list, you will need to visit a lab to have them drawn before you can schedule your appointment with a Calibrate doctor. Please do not visit a lab without getting a lab order from Calibrate. You can request a new lab order by messaging us via the Support Center in your Calibrate app.
To ensure proper medical identification, please make sure your labs contain your full name and date of birth. Also, make sure the date of collection is on the pages of your results so we can validate when you got the labs done.
Our Medical Team prescribes medication based on up-to-date health information to protect your health and safety.
Both appointments can be scheduled through your Calibrate app, but only after you’ve completed certain orientation steps.
In order to schedule your coaching sessions, you must complete account setup, your Comprehensive Health Intake, and Level 1 Fundamentals Class and Level 1 Method Class in the app. Once you complete those steps, the app will prompt you to schedule your first coaching session.
To schedule your video doctor visit, you’ll need to attend your coaching session, complete your labs, and have a Calibrate doctor review your lab work. After these steps are complete, you’ll receive a push notification prompting you to schedule your doctor appointment via the app.
For your 30-minute, 1:1 video visit with your Calibrate doctor, you must:
- Attend your first coaching session
- Complete all your required labs five business days before your appointment
- Physically be in the primary state of residence you selected when you signed up for Calibrate
- Be in a quiet and private place, without distractions (no driving, please!), in order to discuss personal details about your health
If you’re unable to meet any of these requirements, you must reschedule your video visit.
To do so, log into your Calibrate app, tap the Visits tab, and select your doctor visit to reschedule. Please know that if you request to change or cancel less than 48 hours before your appointment, you may not be able to reschedule for up to two weeks, which will delay your medication process.
If you’ve changed your state of residence for 30 consecutive days or more, please also let us know via the Support Center so we can update your information. We may need to reschedule your doctor appointment with another provider in your new state.
During your appointment, you’ll discuss your health history, lab results, and learn more about the GLP-1 medications that are clinically appropriate for you and covered by your insurance. Your Calibrate doctor will also discuss how GLP-1 medications are most effective when you have the support of your Calibrate coach, Medical Team, and Calibrate Community. Your Medical Team will work with you to adjust medication as needed, in order to find the right tapering timeline. The lifestyle tweaks you’ll make, and the tools you’ll learn from Calibrate, are the key to sustaining your success long-term.
Starting any new medication can be complicated and intimidating. At Calibrate, we use a team-based approach to navigate the prescription process and reduce or eliminate any barriers, providing as smooth a transition as possible when starting your GLP-1s/combined GLP-1s. See our Getting Your Medication Guide for a detailed explanation of the prescription process.
GLP-1 approval can vary by insurance company and individual plan. Our team will help navigate the insurance process for you to find you a GLP-1 covered at $25 per month or less, on average, after any deductible has been met. It’s not uncommon to receive a few denial letters from your insurance during this time. It typically takes eight weeks to get a GLP-1 covered by insurance, but may take up to 90 days depending on the complexity of the case. You'll receive an email from Calibrate once we have a final determination of your GLP-1 coverage. Don't worry if you get an initial denial from your insurance: our Benefits Verification Specialists are working behind the scenes to submit multiple PAs on your behalf. If you are ultimately not eligible for any GLP-1 medications, we'll reach out to you in the Support Center.
Your Welcome Kit will be delivered within two to three weeks after you sign up. You’ll receive a tracking number and details via email a few days after your sign-up is complete.
Please follow the instructions in the Getting Started With Your Withings Scale Guide.
You can download the Calibrate app on the App Store (for iOS devices) or Google Play (for Android devices).
You can find detailed setup instructions in the following guides:
Please note:
- Check that you have Apple Health downloaded on your iPhone, or Google Fit downloaded on your Android phone. You’ll want to sync and share data directly between Apple Health or Google Fit and your Calibrate app.
- Turn on push notifications to allow the Calibrate app to notify you with reminders to track your daily metrics, alerts, and messages from our Medical, Support, and Coaching team:
—Log into your Calibrate app
—Tap the Profile tab
—Select Notifications
—Toggle on Push Notifications
—You will be prompted with a pop-up screen to opt-in to push notifications in your phone settings - Follow the instructions in the Getting Started with Calibrate Guide to set up your Withings smart scale.
- After you download and log into the Calibrate app, you’ll find on-screen instructions explaining how to measure and enter each baseline metric. You can also find detailed instructions in the Waist Measurement Guide.
Tracking is an important part of your Metabolic Reset because we believe that what you can measure, you can change. What you track becomes the data that your Medical Team uses to adjust your medication and the inputs that you and your Coach use to personalize your goals.
At the beginning of your Metabolic Reset—from the moment you log into your app—you’ll have two required trackers: your weight tracker and energy level tracker, which can be found on the home screen. You’ll also see additional sleep and step trackers. As you progress further into your Reset, these trackers will then become required. You’ll also see a final tracker, your red foods tracker, in your Level 1 Food class.
Check out our How and Why We Track Guide to learn more about how trackers can support your progress. You’ll also be able to discuss these trackers with your coach in your 1:1 sessions.
For everything you need to know about contacting Calibrate, please check out our Member Support page. Here you’ll find current average response times by question type, frequently asked questions, and additional resources.