Medical Weight Loss Clinic Near McLean, VA

BeLite Medical Center is a physician-supervised weight loss practice in the City of Fairfax, about 12 miles south of McLean. BeLite has been treating weight loss since 1995, and our Fairfax office has served patients from McLean, Langley and across Northern Virginia since 1996. Your first consultation is free.

Where is BeLite in relation to McLean?

We are at 3923 Blenheim Blvd, Suite 61A, Fairfax, VA 22030, just south of Fairfax Circle. Free parking is available at the office park. McLean is a straight run down Route 123 — the same road you know at home as Chain Bridge Road.

Driving from McLean: It is one road for most of the way. Take Chain Bridge Road — Route 123 — south out of downtown McLean, through Tysons and Vienna and on into the City of Fairfax. Turn left onto Fairfax Boulevard (Route 50) east toward Fairfax Circle, then follow the signs onto Blenheim Boulevard south to 3923 Blenheim Boulevard, Suite 61A. The alternative is the Beltway (I-495) south to I-66 west and out to Route 50, which is quicker outside the rush hour and slower inside it.

Estimated driving time: approximately 25 to 35 minutes, depending on how Tysons is behaving.

By public transit: McLean is one of the few communities we serve where the train is a real option. From McLean station on the Silver Line, ride to East Falls Church and change to the Orange Line out to Vienna/Fairfax–GMU, the closest station to our office; from there it is a short bus ride or a rideshare. Allow about an hour door to door. Most of our McLean patients drive, but when 123 is backed up through Tysons the train is the calmer choice.

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What does the program involve?

BeLite specializes in the pharmacotherapy of obesity: prescription medications that reduce hunger and cravings, combined with a nutrition plan, exercise guidance, and close medical supervision. Because these are serious medications, patients are seen by a medical practitioner at least every four to five weeks to monitor progress, check for side effects, and adjust treatment.

We treat people who are healthy and overweight as well as people with significant medical problems. There are no contracts. If you come for a consultation and decide not to enroll, you pay nothing.

Which medications does BeLite prescribe?

Depending on your medical history and goals, your practitioner may recommend:

• Zepbound (tirzepatide)
• Wegovy (semaglutide)
• Phentermine
• Oral GLP-1 medications: Foundayo (orforglipron) and the Wegovy pill

Selected medications can be dispensed at our on-site pharmacy, so some patients, if they choose to, can leave their appointment with their prescriptions in hand. See the full list on our medications page.

Also available at BeLite

Alongside weight management, BeLite offers Xeomin — an FDA-approved botulinum toxin type A injection that smooths frown lines, forehead lines and crow's feet. It is the same class of treatment as Botox, with comparable effectiveness and duration; BeLite chose Xeomin because its formulation contains only the active molecule, without the accessory proteins that may contribute to resistance over years of use. Treatments are given by a certified physician assistant or board-certified nurse practitioner. Results appear over three to seven days and last three to four months, with no downtime, and the consultation is free.

Xeomin at BeLite · Why we chose Xeomin over Botox

Who provides the care?

Appointments are with Board Certified Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners who specialize in weight loss medications, under the supervision of our Medical Director, Richard Rothman, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Rothman is a Board Certified Psychiatrist with a doctorate in pharmacology and extensive publications on the pharmacotherapy of obesity. Meet our medical providers.

Are appointments in person or virtual?

Your first visit is in person at our Fairfax office. We believe in-person care produces better results, and it is how we start every patient. Virtual follow-up visits may be offered to stable patients when approved by our Medical Director. Read why we favor in-person care.

What do patients say?

“I love having the monthly check-ins, the convenience of the on-site pharmacy, and the friendly staff.”

— Michelle, BeLite patient

Read more testimonials or view before-and-after photos.

Eating, Walking and Training in McLean

Two parts of the program happen between appointments: how you eat day to day, and how you move. Everything below is in McLean proper — the 22101 blocks around Chain Bridge Road, Old Dominion Drive and Beverly Road — rather than in Tysons, which carries a McLean postal address but is a different trip to a different kind of place. We have no affiliation with any of them.

Places to walk

McLean has some of the best-known walking in the region and almost none of it is easy. The Potomac gorge runs along its northern edge, and the parks up there — Scott’s Run, Turkey Run, Difficult Run, Great Falls — are genuine hikes: real elevation, exposed roots, creek crossings on stepping stones, and in Great Falls’ case a $20 entry fee per vehicle. They are worth doing. They are not where you build a walking habit in the first fortnight.

So the order below is deliberate. The first is flat, paved and in the middle of town. The second is a short stream-valley trail. The third is the famous one, listed with its drawbacks stated rather than buried.

• McLean Central Park, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd, McLean, VA 22101 — the one to start with. Mostly paved, flat, and wooded enough that it does not feel like laps of a car park; the simplest approach is to park at the Dolley Madison Library and pick the path up from there. Open 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The park came through a major county renovation and reopened in March 2025, so anything you remember about it being fenced off is out of date.
• Pimmit Run Stream Valley Park, 1955 Foxhall Rd, McLean, VA 22101 — a quiet 0.7-mile trail along Pimmit Run, well shaded and rarely busy; one regular calls it Pimmit Hills’ best-kept secret. Open 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Two honest caveats: it is narrow enough that walking two abreast is awkward, and it has a lot of exposed roots and stays muddy for a day or two after heavy rain. Firm shoes, and give it a dry spell.
• Scott’s Run Nature Preserve, 7400 Georgetown Pike (VA-193), McLean, VA 22102 — the local landmark, with a waterfall where the run meets the Potomac. The honest description is that this is a hike and not a walk: steady elevation, a creek to cross on stepping stones, no restrooms, and a small car park that fills early at weekends and in good weather. Open 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Go on a weekday morning, wear proper shoes, and treat it as the reward rather than the routine.

Eating out without starting over

McLean’s restaurants are older and more family-run than the postcode might suggest, and their great strength for anyone on a weight-management plan is kabob. The Persian and Turkish kitchens along Chain Bridge Road, Old Dominion Drive and the streets between them are built on charcoal-grilled lamb, chicken and fish served with herbs, yoghurt, grilled tomato and salad; almost nothing on the hot side of those menus is fried or finished in cream. Three habits make them work: order the shish or the chicken kabob rather than the stews, ask for a side salad in place of the mound of saffron rice, and leave the bread basket where it is. Beyond that, your plan is built around normal food in smaller quantities, not special meals.

• Kazan Restaurant, 6813 Redmond Dr, McLean, VA 22101 — Turkish, in McLean since 1980, and the sort of place where the staff know the regulars. The chicken shish and the doner kebab both come with a side salad, and the meze are largely vegetable. Lunch 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM and dinner 5:00 to 9:00 PM Monday to Friday, dinner only on Saturday, closed Sunday — a narrow window, so check before you set off. 703-734-1960.
• Chopt Creative Salad Co., 1449A Chain Bridge Rd, McLean, VA 22101 — chopped salads and warm grain bowls built to order, so you choose every component and can keep the dressing on the side. Open 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM most days and 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Sunday. The one for when lunch needs to take ten minutes rather than an hour.

Only two entries, and the reason is worth saying plainly: several of McLean’s best-regarded restaurants — including two long-established Persian kitchens a few hundred yards apart on Old Chain Bridge Road and Old Dominion Drive, and the Japanese restaurant on Lowell Avenue — have no website of their own, only delivery and reservation listings. Every business we list links to its own site, so those are described in the paragraph above instead. The advice in it applies to all of them.

Gyms and studios

Strength training protects muscle while you lose weight, which is why we raise it with every patient. McLean’s gym market is unusual: it is almost all private studios and one-to-one coaching rather than large clubs, and the big-box gyms its residents use sit over the line in Tysons. That suits most of our patients better than it sounds, because what stops people going back to a gym is rarely the equipment. All three below are small, supervised, and used to people starting from a standstill.

• TFN Training, 1491 Chain Bridge Rd, Suite 100, McLean, VA 22101 — one-to-one training with nutrition counselling, massage and physical therapy under the same roof, and thirteen years in McLean behind it. Their own line is that everyone can and should lift weights; the reviews that matter for our purposes are the ones about a session being re-planned on the spot around an injury. Open 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM on weekdays, 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday.
• Sculpt Strength Training, 6721 Curran St, McLean, VA 22101 — a private one-to-one studio: no gym floor, no waiting for a machine, and programmes written around the individual with a stated emphasis on form to prevent injury. People in their fifties and people managing back trouble feature heavily in the reviews. Open early on weekdays and on both weekend days, though the studio’s own site and its Google listing differ on the closing times — worth confirming when you book. 571-666-0814.
• FLEXX Fitness, 1356 Beverly Rd, Suite 100, McLean, VA 22101 — the one with options: personal training, semi-private sessions, group classes and open gym access, so you can change format without changing gym. The intro package is a 60-minute assessment, two one-to-one sessions and a body-composition scan. Open 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM on weekdays and 6:30 AM to noon on Saturday. 703-288-8844.

Listings and links verified October 2026. Hours and offerings change; please confirm with the business before you go.

We also serve patients in Tysons Corner, Great Falls and Vienna. See those pages for directions and hours.

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