I've lost 132 lbs from April of 2011 until just yesterday, learning how to eat right and with moderation through Weight Watchers. IMO, Medithin is not a healthy program to follow.

Good point & I agree with JULIEW - I also thought the article sounded like a paid advertisement. I would imagine the initial cost that includes tests, doctors, nurses, etc could be quite expensive, but if it works that is good.

I would like to hear about these "Success Stories" about a year from now. If it is truly a "Success", they will be able to keep the weight off. That is the thing with these "diets", expensive and not eatting the day to day foods that are within reach and practical. Exercise 3-5 days a week and watch what you eat. Eat smaller portions. THAT is how you keep off the weight.

it doesnt matter how they lose it , if this is working for them kudo s for their effort in making a change in their lives , it their money and their time . they cut out some food s , but only for a period of time , then they are reintroduced but your taught a healthier way of choosing what u eat from that food group . its not just about weight loss its about making better choices in what you eat too .

The four main food groups are:
1. Salt
2. Sugar
3. Fat
4. Artificial ingredients

I was able to lose 110 pounds in about a year without the use of shots, pills, or fad diets. Eat less, move more.

THANK YOU Sandman! I don't care what people say. This "fad" diet has worked for me because it has taught me things about food that I didn't know before. It has taught me about HOW the body uses the food that we eat and that a calorie is NOT just a calorie. (I literally laughed a little when I read that.) But either way whether you believe that 52lbs in 3.5 months is healthy or not (3.71 lbs per week averaged), is irrelevant. I FEEL good, I LOOD good, I EAT well, I TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND HAVE CHANGED MY LIFESTYLE. I am able to get out an exercise being less heavy on my frame. I'm not putting poisonous complex carbs into my body anymore, and it's amazing how healthy this has made me (just ask my doctor). Sure I could've done it without paying to go to this place, but THAT gave me the accountability while I was detoxing from the carbs (the bad ones) to stick with it, and keep committed. Same thing if I was quitting smoking. If I had joined a "clinic" to help me quit smoking, would you all be as harsh about that and tell me I was foolishly wasting my money on something I could've done "on my own"?? Doubt it. So, to each his own. It is what it is. And now I am what I am.... HEALTHY (and thin too, YAY!) :)

Denise and the girls at Medi, I still love ya'll :)

Sadly, the amazing champion bodybuilder MIKE MENTZER ALSO died at 50 years-old due to heart complications on June 10, 2001. He was found dead in his apartment by his younger brother and fellow bodybuilder Ray Mentzer, who died two days later in his sleep after complications from a long battle with Berger's disease (IgA nephropathy).

And aside from the idea of "calories in/out," the arguments that support a balanced diet and the necessity of ingesting micro-nutrients that occur in natural food sources outside of the simple calorie calculation have become increasingly obvious.

Different people need different approaches to losing weight and MAINTAINING that loss, however. Ultimately, it must always involve a personal dedication to lifetime, lifestyle change in exercise, eating and drinking habits. If this program helps people to achieve that goal, and they are willing and able to pay for it, so be it. Money seldom is able to buy a chance at health so directly, and $20-30 hardly buys one dinner nowadays.

If you need convincing of the need, just shop around town for a day anymore to encounter what are some of the most obese people on this planet (that is, "Americans"!). And it's not from a lack of availability quality food nor is it a vast and sordid corporate conspiracy - it's from people choosing to eat and drink and smoke things that they know are not healthy and choosing to not pursue and active lifestyle. Ultimately, it's their choice, that unfortunately we as taxpayers and medical consumers end up paying the price of...and that is the real sin!

Size 4 what a cow!! NOT.
your body shouldnt be living on 500-800 cal a day. If you do 2000 a day compared to what you are doing now the weight will come off and reduce portion sizes cut out all the sugar-carbs-less. Don't need to pay $$$$ a month to do this.

52 lbs in 3 months is NOT healthy either.
they say healthy is about 3 ish lbs a week.

"The most important thing regarding nutrition is that a bodybuilder obtain a well-balanced diet. This can be accomplished by getting the daily compliment from each of the Four Basic Food Groups:

1) fruits and vegetables
2) cereals and grains
3) meat, fish and poultry and
4) milk and daily products.

Doing so will give you the proper ratio of nutrients - 60 percent carbs, 25 percent protein and 15 percent fats.

Don't underestimate the value of a well-balanced diet. Think about it. What could possibly be better than a well-balanced diet, which covers all of your nutritional needs?"
Mike Mentzer-first person to score perfect 300 in both Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia and arguably the winner of 1980 Olymipa which was Arnolds last victory

mteg you sound alot like my dietician.

To quote the great Mike Mentzer "a calorie is just a calorie". Weight and weight loss are simple equations that people make complicated. Anyone that wants to lose weight (just weight loss, not gain muscle or improve other areas of health) needs to calculate their BMI. That is the minimum amount of calories needed daily to maintain their current weight. To lose weight, simply eat less calories. It wouldnt matter whether you ate salad or Krispy Kremes, if you eat less than your BMI, you'd lose weight. Second is metabolism, the bodys rate of burning calories. Some foods speed this up, along with exercise. That is why atheltes have to injest far more calories than a seditary person, because they burn calories faster. Ketosis, Atkins, juice, etc... fad diets only work while you are on the diet. Funny how the bodybuilders of the 60's and 70's (most AAS free) all consumed diets equally balanced between carbs, protein, and fat. My advice to anyone that wants to lose weight is skip soda, froce yourself to write down all calories taken in for the week, eat when hungry (and only when you are hungry), find an activity you like that involves exercise and do daily, cook meals vs. take out or frozen pizza, set small goals to accomplish the big one.

The dietician I go to says you should not go below 1200 calories a day, and to loose the weight at no more than 2lbs a week. I eat fresh fruit everyday, exercise everyday and watch my portions and I have lost 2 sizes and lost 23lbs. I am doing it slow. They slower you do it the easier it is to keep the weight off.

studs,

what "scientific" claims are you seeking? Are you saying a diet with low carbs, lower processed foods, high in protein, along with moderate exercise does not work?

I would suggest that you go to pubmed.gov to seek your answers. Protein metabolism, exercise, moderation-balanced nutrition; these topics are well researched and there is a wealth of information for you to determine what will/can work for you.

Perhaps you believe the "science is not settled" on an optimum human diet? Interestingly enough, AL Gore will tell you that the science is settled on anthropogenic global warming....but diets-no way!

Prinny, how many calories are you allowed a day? I know each person is different, but what is YOUR allotment?

This is the easy way out. You don't need shots and all that crap, you need to eat correct and exercise. Most of these people will gain back the weight once they stop going. Instead of paying the high prices for this fad diet use that money to get a personal trainer or dietician to teach you how to properly change your lifestyle. Anyone can lose weight when you are put on all sorts of appetite suppresants. And what are the side effects of these pills and shots? Are they FDA approved and even so look at all the past weight loss pills out there that were approved and are no longer because of the terrible side effects that show up later in life. Come on people, do the hard work, change the life style, and it all starts from within yourself, you have to change your mindset before you can change your physical self.

Where's the science behind these claims? Oh, that's right, there is none.

Jeff and Denise, thank you for an amazing last three months. And for helping me CHANGE MY LIFE. As a chronic pain patient, due to a genetic hereditary medical condition, this weight loss has given me my mobility back and reduced my pain tenfold. There is NO price I could put on that. For anyone who has never experienced 24/7 pain like I have, you will never understand the sheer hell that is. Thank you Medithin. You are near and dear to my heart. :)

I am ALSO a Medithin success story. I'm still currently doing the program but am down 52 lbs in 3 months! I feel AMAZING! Everything about my life has changed from this program. This is not a temporary way to eat, this is a LIFESTYLE change. The only way that you will gain ANY pounds back after being done is if you go back to eating fattening, carb-packed foods that the body was not made to eat.

besmom - you are providing information that is different from my calorie allottments and providing information about the costs that are painting a picture that you are paying way more than what you are getting out of the program. The people there provide more than just drugs and a shot, they are providing counseling, encouragement, accountability and help with issues that real people deal with in the emotional journey of losing weight. If you don't consider yourself worth the $50/week to change you life, I feel bad for you.

Bucky- the program does allow fresh fruit, in moderation as with everything else, simply because fruit carries a lot of natural sugars that will impede a persons ability to stay in ketosis which is the process by which your body burns stored fat for energy instead of carbs. The restrictions on the "diet" are simply to keep your body in a weight-loss phase and are reintroduced upon the maintenance phase at the end of the program, which is designed to help patients maintain their new-found body size. This "diet" is really based around other low-carb programs such as Atkins and the South Beach diet. The shots/pills to reduce hunger are all natural(amino acids), and honestly, half of the time, I don't remember to take mine and I still stay within my calories allowed and eat the way my body was made to process food. Protein and simple carbohydrates in moderation were what the body was built to use for fuel. Complex carbs (sugars) are essentially poison for the body. Check out Dr Robert Lustig's "Sugar the Bitter Truth" http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.y...

And learn about how bad sugars are for your body. I've now witnessed several success stories from the program and feel blessed and proud to say that I invested in myself by providing me with an opportunity to change my life. For the naysayers, you can continue to eat how you do and see which one of us is subject to heart disease, stroke and cancer more readily throughout our lives. I know i've made the right decision for my life, to be here with my family for more years than what I would've been afforded by putting what I used to, in my body. Oh and for the record, I've been monitored by a non-affiliated family practicioner throughout my program and have had blood work done periodically, and have been told that I am the healthiest I've been EVER, right now. So how's THAT for unhealthy!?!

Well Duh...do you know of ANY business that ISN'T about the money ?

I know someone who used this system to lose weight. She was probably a size 4 when she started and is now a size 2 or 0. Any person (program) who would sign this person up to lose weight scares me. It definitely is about the money for this weight loss place, not health! Steer clear, people!

Besmom, thank you for pointing out what the article doesn't say. This diet is terrible, and not healthy. When you aren't allowed to eat fresh fruit, that's an issue. When you are given shots and pills to reduce hunger, that's not safe. I know of someone who went on this diet, and as soon as the shots and pills went away, the weight came back.

I am one of Medithin's success stories. I went from a size 18 to a size 8 in just 6 months! There are no special shakes, snack bars, or strange prepackaged foods. Just lots of protein, veggies and natural foods.
I am thrilled with my new healthier way of eating. Its strange too, once you've been on the program for awhile, you don't miss all the sugars and starches.
This changed my life! My youngest daughter used the program first and lost 85 pounds! Now my oldest is on Medithin and to date has lost 50, she just started in January!
I don't have the words to express how fabulous this program is, and their staff is amazing. If all else has failed and someone really wants succeed, I highly recommend them! Kudos to the staff. And thank you Gazette for highlighting a fabulous asset to our Janesville business environment.

I think they should actually print what the eating portion of this program recommends. It encourages ketosis, mainly strictly limiting carbs. The calorie intake they give is between 500-800/day. Depending on any specials being run, it's 150$-200$ for the initial appt, and then 50$ a week for medicine and Vitamin B or "skinny shot" injection. This medicine by the way retails for about 27$ a month.

This seems like a paid advertisement, and not a news story

it is always good to hear about such great weight loss stories and see success stories all over the country. I recently wrote a free fat loss guide at http://fatloss2020.com/free that goes over the five critical components of fat loss that I've used over the years to help clients be successful in losing weight and keeping it off for a lifetime.