Life seems to come in phases, some of which can be more difficult to navigate than others. Life after school, in between 25 and 30, can feel like limbo. “What am I going to do next?” “What life goal do I need to check off the list?” “Are my ducks in a row?” “SHOULD my ducks be in a row?” As a twenty-something, finding the answers to these questions can be exciting, but it can also be stressful. For me, stress = weight gain. While balancing work, friends, family, school, etc., personal health and fitness can be a struggle to keep up with. Enter the oh-so-relatable me:

George Lemacks knew he needed to lose weight, he was walking with a cane and got winded walking a single flight of stairs. It wasn’t until he saw his mom successfully shed some weight that he decided to take action. He explains, “My Mom had been doing Physician’s Plan for a little while and was having success.”

George reached out to the Physician’s Plan team in Charleston for help, the same team that supported his mother’s weight loss journey. Says George, “Physician’s Plan has been great. The staff is friendly and encouraging and makes the whole process fun. The nutrition counseling is a big help. Once you learn how to eat it makes making healthy choices so much easier.” The team formulated a weight loss plan customized to George’s weight loss goals and medical profile. The plan helps to speed up metabolism, curb hunger, improve health and increase energy. Says George, “Physician’s Plan is the easiest way to lose weight that I have ever tried. It has been so easy for me to stick to the program.”

As an employee of Physician’s Plan Weight Loss & Wellness for 3.5 years, I provide patients with nutritional counseling and other tools for weight loss success. I recently began my own journey with Physician’s Plan as a weight loss patient because my weight was contributing to some back problems I was having. After talking with the other weight loss coaches at Physician’s Plan, I became motivated and made a commitment to improve my health and normalize my eating habits. I also told myself I needed to lose some weight to see if that would help with my back pain.

You may recognize her smile if you are a patient at Physician’s Plan Charleston. Summer is part of the Physician’s Plan team that helps patients with customized individualized weight loss plans. She’s a perfect fit, as she is an example of how the Physician’s Plan weight loss and wellness program works. She states, “I started the plan in June so that I could feel better about myself and also empower others to get healthy and happy.” And empowering others is just what she is doing, by sharing her story of a 45 pound weight loss in 4 months with Physician’s Plan.

Thank you to all our patients who shared his or her Healthy Selfie with us! We love seeing how our patients stay active, healthy, and motivate on a day-to-day basis. At Physician’s Plan Weight Loss + Wellness, we work with our patients to create a plan to achieve personal weight loss and health improvement goals. Real results are not only possible, but they are sustainable with the right plan. Make a commitment to your self-ie and get healthy with us!

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Chelsea as a person and the plan she set our for me was the key to my success.  If it wasn’t for the support, understanding, encouragement and love she gave, I would NEVER have made it this far.

A Florence patient for one year, she celebrates losing 82.1 pounds in 2017! Thank you for inspiring us to be happy and healthy this new year.

The first step of weight loss is deciding it is time to make a change. Caroline B., a Physician’s Plan of Charleston patient, made that change at the beginning of this year. She states, “I decided in January 2016 that enough was enough! I had tried losing weight on my own through exercise and had seen very little change. So I felt it was time to try a different path. This is when I found Physician’s Plan Weight Loss on Savannah Highway in Charleston.” Physician’s Plan, with locations in SC and NC, helps patients lose the weight and keep it off by working with each individual to create a plan to achieve weight loss and health improvement goals. Using the latest medical science, Physician Plan physicians uncover the actual cause of weight gain, such as slow metabolism, hormonal and nutritional imbalances or genetic factors. Caroline B. found that this information, as well as having a team behind her, helped her shed pounds, “Through their coaching and support I have managed to lose approximately 25 pounds and 15 inches in a six month period.”  

John Martin, a patient with our Hickory weight loss center, shares a testimonial about his weight loss experience with Physician’s Plan: “I have very much enjoyed working with the girls and doctors at Physician’s Plan. They all do genuinely care about you and what you are attempting to do. Over the course of my life I have lost and gained the equivalent of a small Army. Things are different here with their methods and procedures–they work!”

Congratulations to John on his weight loss journey!