CHANGE Program Testimonials

Maria's Story:

Maria came to our facility suffering from years of chronic back pain and fatigue.  She had steadily gained weight each year and was afraid to eat much food because no matter how little she ate, she kept gaining more weight.  After trying many other avenues to rid herself of the pain and fatigue, we set her up with a resting metabolic test.  The results of the test gave us exactly how many caloriese Maria's body needed to both maintain her current body weight and also to lose weight.  It turned out that Maria's body was in starvation mode.  She had been eating too few calories for years.  As a result, her body would hoard all the calories she ate and store them as fat, not metabolize them.  After 4 months of eating the appropriate number of calories for her body, with proper meal spacing, her metabolism has revved up.  She has lost over 15 lbs, her chronic back pain has went away, and she now has energy to go on long daily walks with the dog, lift weights 2-3 times per week and take a weekly spinning class.