Weight Loss and Wellness

Kathy

Accountability Helps Kathy on her Weight Loss Journey

Memorial Weight Loss & Wellness helped Kathy cope with her emotions surrounding food, which had sabotaged previous weight-loss attempts.

Tom

The Patient Optimization Program led to the Best Possible Outcome.

For Tom, learning about healthy eating habits was key to losing weight. When he began the program, his mobility was limited due to pain. He grew to love water exercises, and continues to work out in the pool six days a week.

Jacob

Overall Lifestyle Change for the Memorial Weight Loss & Wellness Center First Patient

Jacob was one of the first patients in the medical weight-loss program at Memorial Weight Loss & Wellness Center.

Sparkle Hill

Decatur Mom Loses 100-Plus Pounds with Weight-Loss Surgery

After a full day working with senior citizens and special needs kids and adults, Sparkle Hill would come home from her job at the Decatur Park District thoroughly exhausted. Her first stop was the bedroom, where she would lie down and wait until the pain went away. She knew the culprit was her weight, an issue she had struggled with most of her life. By March 2015, she weighed 358 pounds. She was tired of being in pain. She knew something had to change.

Nichole Jones

Runner Celebrates Loss of Nearly Half Her Body Weight

Shirley Black

Formula for Weight Loss: Diet, Exercise, Encouragement

After coloring on the floor with her 2-year-old niece last September, Shirley Black knew it was finally time to get serious about knee-replacement surgery. She couldn’t get up without help.

Greg Mayes

Down 60 Pounds and Medication Free

At 31, Greg was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Three years later, he was still having trouble regulating his blood sugar, and he was beginning to notice increasing health complications due to his diabetes. He knew something had to give.