YouTube testimonial (Dr. Tague Success Story - Karen) in which Karen — a former employee of the Center for Nutrition — describes her medically supervised weight-loss program. She reports being previously unaware she was pre-diabetic, having high cholesterol and very low iron; after three weeks on the program (diet, vitamins, supplements) her lab values normalized, she felt more energetic, and over the course of the program she lost 62 pounds, dropped 12 pant sizes, and reduced body circumference by 4.5 feet. She emphasizes the program’s medical supervision, counseling for emotional/behavioral drivers of weight, individualized medical evaluation (doctor/PAs oversight), and education about biological causes of obesity.
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I was an employee with the center for Nutrition for five years before I decided to start the program myself. I kept wrestling at night, knowing that it was the right thing to do, but denying that I needed to do it. So I thought I was just overweight and healthy, but once my lab work came back, I wasn't. I was pre diabetic. My cholesterol was high. My iron was low. Very, very low. And within three weeks of doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing. Eating properly, taking my vitamins and my supplements the way that I should be, my ranges were normal. I was no longer pre diabetic. My cholesterol was beautiful. My iron was back to normal. I felt like I had energy. I wasn't going home on my short days and taking naps. I was staying up and doing everything I needed to do at home. And I just felt better. And it just. It goes. Every week, it just gets better and easier. And the program really, truly does work. I lost 62 pounds and went down 12 pant sizes. I lost four and a half feet of fat off my body. All my life, I've struggled with my weight. It's not just, you know, in the last five years, it's up and down all around. Every one of us has a root of what's causing it. The scale is not the major problem that brought me in. It's the emotional part behind it. What was causing me to gain the weight, what was causing me not to lose the weight. And once I learned that, it just was easy. And I shudder to think that people think that 62 pounds was really that easy, but it was. It's not just about the body. It's about the mind, the soul, the spirit, the whole thing. It starts in the brain, and it works its way through the body. I mean, when you have obesity and overweight and you can't explain it, you don't understand why, and you're doing everything right. You're exercising, you're eating what you're supposed to eat, and nothing moves. The skeleton not move. You give up. You give up hope. And Dr. Tague, he shows you that there is a medical reason behind what you're going through. Everybody's different. Everybody has a different story. In my story, it was. There was something. And once I knew what that was, I was able to lose the weight. It was clear, it was crystal clear that I wasn't lazy, that I wasn't trying, that I was doing all the right things, but it just. There was something chemically missing that. That I wasn't getting and once I was told that information, I took off and I ran with it. This is the difference with center for Nutrition. The difference is that we educate our patients and we explain that there are going to be things that are coming up in your life that will bring stress. It just comes from different places. And that's where center for Nutrition comes in. That's different. We give the guidance in the counseling that other programs that I have been on did not. It's not just about the weight. It's getting everything healthy. And this program is very, very medically supervised. Everything is watched by the doctor, the PAs. It's not just come in and jump on a scale. Yeah, you're doing good. See you next week. Everybody here tries to help every patient succeed.
