#1 J.B.

"My story begins with years of yo-yo dieting and feeling frustrated and out of control with my weight. Over the years I had tried 4 different diet plans and spent over $1000.00 on the last one. One of the diet plans I had re-visited 3 times. Each time I would lose some weight, but gained it back plus some. The diet plans promised to help me succeed and I would do well for awhile and then fail. I felt very defeated, but wanted very much to lose weight and feel good about myself again. Finally, I realized I had a problem and called the Eating Disorder Coalition of Tennessee and they recommended Dr. Scales.

"Upon entering Dr. Scales office, I weighed more than I ever had. Diets just weren't working!Dr. Scales helped me understand my unhealthy relationship with food. He did it through cognitive behavioral therapy. For the first time in my life, I have felt comfortable around food. I am no longer binge eating or feeling guilty about eating. Best of all, I am losing weight without dieting. I am down to a size 14 which I haven't seen in 6 years. My cholesterol went from 230 to 180. I have also improved my emotional outlook tremendously. Dr. Scales has been completely respectful and sensitive about my issues surrounding food. I have found his program to be very empowering. Not only has Dr. Scales been a very respectful physician, but I have found him to very compassionate physician and mention Christian principles a couple times in therapy. It feels like a huge burden has been lifted from my shoulders and I only wish I found his program years ago!!!!"

#2 P.W.

"I just want to let you and your staff know what a change your program has made in my life. I feel for the first time in years that I am eating and selecting food as a "normal" person. I know the recovery road is long, but it is unbelievable the progress we have made in the past 6 months. I truly believe if it were not for your program, I would never have gotten my eating habits under control and I am certain I would not have lost weight and reclaimed my health. I have recommended your program to friends and will to anyone with an eating disorder- you and your program simply said, have changed my life. I actually have to give the credit to my husband—he is the one who found your program and he is overjoyed with the progress we have made—he thinks it is a miracle."

#3 A.H.

"I came to Dr. Scales because I was binge eating and I wanted to get some control over my weight and my eating habits. I had tried counseling before and almost every diet program out there in order to change my compulsive overeating, but I always ended up with the same out of control behaviors I had started with.

"Dr. Scales helped me learn how to change eating behaviors I'd had virtually my entire adult life. He first helped me to change my perceptions of food so that I could eat more healthily and enjoy foods that I had deprived myself of for fear of gaining weight. More importantly, he helped me to change my perception of myself so that I could be successful in achieving my goal of controlled eating which has helped me lose the weight I so desperately wanted to lose. My life has changed with his help and guidance. I would highly recommend Dr. Scales to anyone who has any kind of issues with food or weight-related problems."