Lean MD - Dr. Diane Wight, Walnut Creek

What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition?

Our weight-loss program provides weekly visits with your personal weight loss mentor, body composition analysis, weekly Vitamin B Injection, optional appetite suppressant, and vitamin supplements. It is by Board-certified physicians, the mentors are highly trained and have medical backgrounds. Each patient is assigned to a personal mentor. It is based on the only MD-accepted diet, The Mediterranean diet. Patients eat real food and eat five times a day. The diet was created by a registered dietician and is high protein and full of vegetables and fruit. Physician prescribed appetite suppressants can be used as part of the program. There is no counting calories or complicated decisions about what food to eat. You are not on your own, you have a personal weekly visit with your mentor.

What was the inspiration to start this program?

Patients in my practice could not lose weight, many are obese and have serious medical conditions and are on medications that they would not need if they just lost weight. These medical conditions contribute to poor health and a shorter life span and include the following; diabetes, hypertension, elevated lipids, sleep apnea. Patients also suffer from gastro esophageal reflux disease, aching joints, feeling of low self-worth and lack of control in their lives.

What is the best feedback that you have received from a patient?

My patients feel in control again, they not only shed a physical weight but a mental burden as well. Patients have stated “I have hope again”, “delicious meals”, “I don’t even feel hungry”, “I lost 32 pounds in 48 days and looked great at my son’s wedding”, “I cleaned out my closed to fit in my new wardrobe and now I look great”.