Kelsi Smith
Lost 85 lbs in 7 1/2 months
Medical Weight Loss

I’ve had weight problems my whole life. It’s something I’ve always troubled with. Probably the last 8 years, I started putting more weight getting pretty heavy and I wasn’t really paying attention to it. A lot of people can relate to that, that just with living life you let it get away from you and you don’t deal with it until you get to a point where you feel stuck and lost, and you don’t know what to do.

I’ve tried every weight loss programs out there. I’ve tried every diet pill and things worked for a little bit but they don’t help you change your lifestyle. They don’t get to the point of why you turn  favor for comfort for good and bad reasons. A lot of people are emotional eaters and I found out I was and so learning to direct those emotions to something else. Those kinds of programs don’t do that. They can you lose a few pounds but as soon as you go off of them you gonna gain them back because you haven’t dealt with, you know, why putting the weight on the first place.

I actually went in to consult with Dr. Darm about doing the Lipolift procedure because I wanted something quick and fast and I just wanted to get rid of the fat. And I went in and met with his consultant who was fabulous and just put me right at ease but who also let me know that I actually weight too much to have that procedure done. I was immediately blown away that I was too fat to have that fat reducing procedure and just broke on tears. She took my hands and said, “well we have this weight loss program that I want you to learn about and consider”. We sat down, she went through the information with me, watched the video with me and she had Dr. Darm come talk to me. He said, “How much do want away?” I had no idea I just thought anything but this and he throw out a number and I just kind a laugh at him thought that it was impossible because I hadn’t weight that since high school. He just looked at me and said, “It’s totally possible. You can do that. It’s easy.” And I was like. “Oh OK.” And he goes “Go home and think about it come back tomorrow and meet with our nutritionist,” and looked over the paperwork and I did. I met with the nutritionist the next day and she explained the program a lot more detailed to me and I went home and talked with my family and  said, “This is what I need to do,” and they were really excited.

Dr. Darm weight loss program is a medical weight loss program and as a nurse that was really important to me that knowing I needed to lose a lot of weight and how that can affect your body, that they’re gonna be watching me very closely not just from food and exercise point of view but that they would be drawing labs, checking my blood pressure and making sure that my body was going through appropriate changes.

I started seeing the results right away. The first week I lost a lot of weight and from there on it came off really quickly. The great thing about things program is “if you follow it you can’t not lose weight” I mean it can come off pretty quickly. The first 25 lbs was pretty incredible for me and it gave me the encouragement to keep going and stick with it and it just keep coming off.

My BMI went from being in the obesity category to normal and my blood pressure when I started I didn’t realized I had high blood pressure and now it’s totally normal and healthy. I never had problem with my cholesterol but it is something they watched really close on people as your cholesterol, a lot of people with diabetes don’t have problems with their blood sugar when they’re done with this. This really helps a lot of people health wise. It helps with your joints. I was carrying a lot of weight around I have back problems and my neck and back are always killing me at the end of the shift and getting all that weight off,I have no back problems. I’m rarely I’m sore if I’m sore it’s because I’ve worked out too hard a day before.

The scale and the measuring tape and your clothes don’t lie. I’ve lost 60 inches all over. I’ve gone down 12 dress sizes and that’s what feels good. That’s why the number doesn’t matter to me anymore.

The great things is everyone that’s in your class, you’ll wee different people come and go.  Everyone is in different place in the program so when you’re starting out there’s people that’s been in the program for months to year that could really give good advise. And then being someone that’s been through it for a year I get to go and be encouragement to people. They say me walk in the class and they don’t know why I’m in there but it’s because I’ve lost a 100 lbs. and there’s people in the program that have lost more than a 100 lbs. I mean, everyone that is doing it and sticking to it and making it a priority in their life is losing weight.

Like I said I feel like they’re family. I’m always look forward every week to going there. It’s never feel like something I have to do, it’s I’m going in and I’m meeting with these people who are excited for me and they’ve been looking up to see my before and after pictures with me and cry with me and me be happy with me and just celebrate with me. It’s been really fun. They are so genuine. They really want you to succeed. They are there for you even if you are having a hard week you can email or call and talk to someone and get the support you need. I’m going through the maintenance now. I never feel like I’m lack of support. The maintenance, they’re just really incredible.