Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs

All our programs are month-to-month and based on a 4-week time frame. You can stop any time you like and there is no contract. When you are finished losing weight, we have several maintenance program options for you to choose from.

At Dr. Sattele’s Rapid Weight Loss Centers you pay one flat monthly fee after your first visit, and it covers everything: follow-up visits, medical exams, BIA body composition testing, and your prescribed medications. Your medications are dispensed at your visit, so there are no pharmacy runs and no surprise charges at checkout.

Every program runs month to month, and you can stop whenever you choose. We don’t accept insurance, but you can pay with flex spending (FSA) and health savings (HSA) cards.

We do not accept insurance at our offices. We do, however, accept flex spending or health savings cards.

Your first visit at Rapid Weight Loss Centers is a free consultation, with no commitment required. At that visit you:

1. Sit down with the team and talk through your goals, health history, and current medications
2. Get a medical exam
3. Have a BIA body fat analysis done so we know your starting point

If you decide to start, you leave the same day with your prescribed medications in hand, a calorie-specific meal plan built for your body, and your follow-up schedule. From there the rhythm is simple: you follow the plan day to day, and we check your weight, give your injections, and adjust as needed at every visit.

Your program is supervised by Dr. Kevin M. Sattele, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician, who has directed medical weight loss programs in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee regions for more than 25 years. Becky Harlan, Nurse Practitioner, sees patients alongside him. Dr. Sattele’s Rapid Weight Loss Centers operates three offices across South Carolina’s Grand Strand and Pee Dee regions.

The scale tells you what you weigh, not what you lost. A week of water loss can look like progress, and a week of real fat loss can hide behind water retention. BIA (Bioelectric Impedance Analysis) testing at Dr. Sattele’s clinics breaks your weight into three numbers, so we always know which one is changing:

• Fat mass — confirms the weight you’re losing is actually fat
• Lean muscle mass — watched closely, because losing muscle slows your metabolism
• Body water — separates temporary fluid swings from real fat loss

We use your BIA readings to adjust your plan when the numbers drift. Rapid Program patients are tested monthly; Standard Program patients are tested at the start and end. If you add Compounded Semaglutide, a GLP-1 medication, read about preserving lean mass on a GLP-1.

Absolutely, this is the best diet for diabetic patients! Almost all Type II Diabetic patients can eliminate insulin and oral diabetic medications if following the diet correctly.  Usually within as little as 4 days, our patients will have normal blood sugars and be off all diabetic medications!  Fasting blood sugars usually run between 90 and 120 mg/dl.

Yes! Obesity is a common factor that can lead to high blood pressure. Studies show that just 10 lbs. of weight loss can lower your blood pressure 20-30 points!  Most patients can come off all blood pressure medications with proper weight loss.

No. Nothing should be consumed 1 hour before or 1 hour after taking your thyroid medication except water.  The medications we use will not interfere with your thyroid medication if taken correctly.

Not necessarily. Our diet will work for every patient, every time, as long as you follow it correctly.

Yes. We can adjust the diet for anyone, and we have had many vegetarian/vegan patients over the years who have been very successful.

We have several different medication/injection options available and will help find the best combination for you based on your needs and current situation e.g. your health history, medications etc.

Our program price includes the medication(s) and injections that you receive. You do not need to go to the pharmacy.

We expect you to cheat a little on special occasions.  Just do well on the other days and you will still have a great month!

Caffeine can slow your weight loss.  We ask that you limit caffeine to one caffeinated beverage a day or less.  You may need to wean your caffeine intake gradually over a week or two so that you do not get headaches.

Yes, you can.  Our diet consists of real foods. Just be careful to make the right selections and watch your portion size. Our program will help guide you as to which foods to choose.

Not unless you are overeating.  We will repeat the body composition testing when you are finished and tell you exactly how many calories and carbs you can eat per day so that you will not gain weight. If you do not overeat, you will not gain fat.  This number of calories will vary from person to person so make sure you come in for that final visit so we can repeat the BIA testing and go over the results with you.