Mike Donahue

Total Pounds Lost: 106

Medical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: HMR Diet

Mike Donahue started the HMR program at Floyd Memorial in December 2007. In the many months since then, Donahue has shed nearly 106 pounds.

Donahue admits his reasons for beginning the program were fairly typical. “I needed to get healthier and start eating better foods,” Donahue said. “I also wanted to take better care of myself and just feel better.”

The HMR program was very successful for Donahue. “It was one awesome experience,” Donahue said. “My outlook on life is much better now.”

Donahue said the HMR program has improved his health by educating him about proper diet and exercise. “It teaches a lot about exercising,” he said. “Now I exercise more and drink more water.”

Donahue is now on the maintenance portion of the HMR program and is still exercising very frequently. He has also grown to enjoy more healthful foods. “I am eating real food, but not fatty foods,” Donahue said, noting that he typically sticks to fruits and vegetables.

Experiencing the HMR program has benefited Donahue in many ways. “My blood pressure has changed, my cholesterol has gone down and my back problems have cleared up,” he said. “I now look and feel much better.”

Sheri Gahlinger

Total Pounds Lost: 44

Medical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: HMR Diet

Losing nearly fifty pounds required Sheri Gahlinger to make a serious lifestyle change. Gahlinger said the first thing she had to alter was her way of thinking. “You have to learn to put yourself first,” she said. “You have to change the way you eat, your activities and the way you handle your family and work.”

Gahlinger said she turned to the HMR program at Floyd Memorial because of her continuous weight gain, rising blood pressure and need for cholesterol medication. After losing forty-four pounds with the program, she is now medication free.

Gahlinger admits that the diet plan is very intense, but the benefits are worth the intensity. “The classes are strict,” she said. “But I know they are helping me.”

Prior to entering the HMR program, Gahlinger was depressed and unmotivated. She explained that she doesn’t feel that way anymore. “Now I’m more active, I look better and I have more confidence overall,” she said.

Gahlinger is currently in the maintenance portion of the HMR program, working to maintain her current weight. “I went from zero exercise to almost two hours of exercise a day,” she said. “It’s not a struggle to maintain the weight but a daily awareness of everything I do.”

Rick Bobbitt

Total Pounds Lost: 85

Surgical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: Realize Gastric Banding Surgery

Rick Bobbitt has lost over 80 pounds, in just five months. After having the Realize Gastric Banding procedure, Bobbitt was shocked at how fast he could shed the pounds.

“I’ve probably lost hundreds of pounds over the years,” Bobbitt said. “But they’d always creep back. The Realize plan is the most wonderful thing for long-term weight loss.”

Bobbitt experienced a very rapid recovery, from the minimally invasive Realize procedure. “Less than two hours after my surgery I felt good enough to go home,” Bobbitt said. “I walked laps in the corridors until it was time to go.”

Before the procedure, Bobbitt weighed around 250 pounds and was experiencing numerous health issues. “My cholesterol was over 300, I had severe sleep apnea and my blood sugar kept rising,” Bobbitt said. “Then I had a heart attack and wasn’t motivated to lose weight because I didn’t even think I could live for another year.”

The Realize plan totally changed Bobbitt’s mindset. “Now I’ve lost over 80 lbs. and I feel fantastic!”

Sharon Broughton

Total Pounds Lost: 63

Medical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: HMR Diet

“Before starting HMR I never ate vegetables,” Sharon Broughton said. “I figured if cows ate them then I got them, but I knew I had to do something. I was falling apart and needed to control my blood pressure, cholesterol and arthritis.”

Broughton’s search for a weight-loss program with support, guidance and long-term results landed her in the HMR program at Floyd Memorial.

“Since HMR stresses exercise, I’m now exercising four days a week,” Broughton said. “And the food plan is working well for me too.”

In six months Broughton has lost 63 pounds and dropped from a size 22 to a size 12. “I’ve maintained the loss for six months,” she said. “But what I have gained is even better – my health!”

Dave Grimes

Total Pounds Lost: 80

Medical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: HMR Diet

After years of unsuccessful diet plans, Dave Grimes was ready for something that would work. “I needed a program that offered two essential things,” Grimes said. “I needed someone to coach me and someone to tell me what to eat.”

When Grimes heard of the HMR program at Floyd Memorial, he knew he had found a program that was just for him. “I rushed right into the program, because I had a firm belief it would work,” Grimes said.

Of the three meal plan options in the HMR program, Grimes said he choose the one that he thought he could stick with for the longest period of time. “I chose the Decision Free plan,” he said. “It is designed to be on the plan for 13 weeks, but I didn’t have any problem continuing the same plan for five months.”

Grimes says, after losing 80 pounds, he feels good all the time. “I knew from day one that HMR was going to work. And it did!”

Debbie Grimes

Total Pounds Lost: 105

Medical Weight Loss Treatment Plan: HMR Diet

Debbie Grimes had struggled with weight issues all of her life, but overeating wasn’t her problem. “What I ate was the problem,” she said. “Things I thought were healthy were some of the worst for losing weight.”

When Grimes found the HMR program at Floyd Memorial, she learned how to eat healthier. “For the first time I really learned how to eat nutritiously and prepare tasty food without butter, gravy or sauces,” she said.

Grimes is maintaining her loss of over 100 lbs., and likes many of the aspects of weight-loss. “I actually like the way I look now,” she said. “I look younger. And I have more energy than I did 20 years ago.”

Most of all Grimes health has improved tremendously. “HMR really is a life-changing program!”