Does it Work? - Physicians Weight Loss Center

Hi has anyone out there tried PWLC? Give me the details.:)

Hi - not PWLC but am considering a visit to Physicians Weight Control as part of my plan.

Hi! A family member did this plan and did lose weight..... although I thought I would starve on what she was allowed. I went and checked into it and they put you on a strict diet and B6 and/or B12 shots weekly..... however, I decided I didn't need to PAY them $800.00 for them to tell me to eat less...... (their diets range from about 900 cal/day to about 1500 cal/day if I remember correctly). Maybe going in for weekly weigh-ins help keep some people on track and there were people I talked to that loved it. I checked into several other weight loss clinics in my town and it was all pretty much the same..... eat less, exercise, and some of them gave shots or diet pills. Good luck with whatever you decide.

This sounds much like something I'm doing now, though it's called the Dr. Bernstein diet. It's medically supervised, very expensive but it does work. I've been on it now for just over a week, and I went from 186.8 lbs to today's weigh-in at 178 lbs. The diet is very strict - you cannot deviate from the food lists they provide or the portions they recommend.

The first two days of the diet were nothing less than hell, but after that it's pretty smooth sailing. The food portions are small for protein (100g servings 2x day with a minimum of 4 hours between each), breads are severely limited to only certain bread types and only 2 servings a day, pretty much no dairy, 8oz of veggies (2 servings this size per day) from a very particular list, and 2 fruit servings again from this list.

For me.. I haven't been on any other diets before this one - but so far it is working. You really have to be self disciplined and serious about losing the weight. The shots help push your body into the "fat burning" mode - you need them because you are not getting enough calories from what you are eating during the day - the rest comes from your fat stores and normally you'd burn an extra 700 calories from these without the shots (but you'd feel hungry.. because you still need more calories to help your body function -- thus the shots that make you burn more.. in the given day).

Recommend it? I don't know.. it's working for me - it's hard, it's expensive, but it works. It's really a personal decision - you can't follow this diet without taking the shots and the potassium supplements - you'll feel like hell.
You can do something similar to this diet but you must eat more in the way of portions - but cut out the dairy and most breads... just increase your portions. Starving is never fun - this diet is a starvation diet - medically supervised.. with the supplements you need to not feel like you're starving without hurting your organs/bones. It's extreme, to say the least. I'm impatient and want this weight gone asap so I think it's why I chose it.

Why do you need B12 shots, do they do bloodwork to find out if you have a deficiency, I actually had a deficiency and had to take shots and then I took vitamins and I am fine now.

I just started on this program and I will let you know how it goes. I have several friends who have lost on their program and kept it off with maint. so I am giving it a try.

If anyone is on the program and looking for a diet buddy. Let me know!:carrot: