Shakes, Bars, and Less Expensive Groceries. Oh My!

Jill was telling me a story the other day. It was about a patient of ours who had started the weight loss program as a less-than-enthusiastic participant. She had tried Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and every fad diet under the sun and ended up gaining weight in some instances. She'd just about had it with even trying to lose weight.

She'd come in for a free consult two months ago and asked a lot of questions with little hope in her voice. After conducting an IC on her we saw that her metabolism was actually normal which did little to make her happy. When I had Jill show her the supplements she had heaved a weary sigh and glumly bought three items (two sets of protein bars and one set of strawberry shakes; this should last any patient for two weeks).

When I was with another patient about a month later this lady stepped in to be weighed. We let our patients use our scale all the time at no cost as long as someone is here to input the data. It sends an elecetric current through the human body through the feet at a current so low you can't even feel it. The current bounces off of fat and muscle which have different densities and tell the doctor and patient how much of either substance is contributing to the number the scale reads for their weight. With diet and exercise a patient might not lose weight because what was once fat is now muscle (which weighs more), but the muscle burns fat and is in fact much healthier.

Anyway, the patient had stepped in to hop on the scale to see what, if anything, had happened. It turns out she had lost almost ten pounds in about three weeks, a healthy weight loss, and was feeling more energentic than she had in years. She quickly bought ten supplement and meal replacement items with a big smile on her face.

While on I'm on vacation, Jill is still in the office selling supplements. The patient stopped back in to be weighed (this is now almost two months after her initial visit) and lost nearly ten more pounds. Jill said she was having trouble understanding her because she was so excited that she was talking in a constant stream. The patient bought nearly twenty items, and when Jill questioned it she said this:

"I've lost so much weight and am so happy just by having a bar or two a day and walking around more that even my husband started sneaking my bars. I just figured I'd buy more. We've stopped buying as much stuff at the grocerey store because we're not as hungry with these bars around now!"

Jill says that the patient says she currently saves almost three hundred dollars on groceries now. I was floored, and can't wait to congratulate her on her next appointment. All this without the appetite suppresent too!