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Meet the Founders of Tidewater Weight Loss
About Tidewater Weight Loss
This picture is what inspired me to start Tidewater Weight Loss. My husband and I were clearly overweight and both diagnosed as pre-diabetic. We tried everything: WeightWatchers (3x), Noom (2x), Whole30, Keto, SouthBeach, intermittent fasting, the Potato Diet, Nutrisystem, personal training, Pilates and more. Nothing worked. And the feelings of failure and frustration were constant.
Semaglutide treatments changed everything for us. Finally, our brains and our appetites were connecting. Meal planning and grocery shopping weren't my obsession anymore. My husband's snacking and food-sneaking impulses disappeared. And we realized so many people who were struggling like we did could get help from these medicines if only they were available and affordable.
Meet Dr. Pinckens
“By helping patients find success in managing their weight, it is possible to delay or prevent so many significant health challenges.”
Dr. Cedric Pinckens is a board-certified physician since 1985. In his three decades of surgical experience, he witnessed how weight impacted patients’ need for surgery and complicated their recovery. With that in mind, Dr. Pinckens has become an expert in the advancements in medical weight loss treatments and a leader at Tidewater Weight Loss, serving all of Hampton Roads Virginia Southside communities.
- Medical weight loss freed me from ever believing that I was overweight because I wasn’t doing enough. For decades, I tried every diet book, every app, every exercise class and fitness DVD that came out. Finally, semaglutide treatment moved the needle for me. And because Tidewater Weight Loss uses Inbody scanning, I know that I am losing fat from my body, not water weight or muscle.
CR down 15 lbs. since Summer 2023 - Semaglutide weight loss medication has changed my relationship with food. For the first time I can remember, I am not always thinking about what I just ate or what I am going to eat next. I am happy about the weight I have lost. And I am equally happy to have gained back the time and the money I was devoting to food.
KC, Down 21 lbs. since Fall 2023 - Within a few weeks, I noticed my meal portions were shrinking, my alcoholic beverages were fewer, and, surprisingly, I have completely stopped biting my nails - which I have done all my life. I know it will take progressing to the next levels of doses for me to reach my weight goal, but I am pleased with the changes.
BK, 8lbs lost in 5 weeks - When I started this journey, I was able to get prescription tirzepatide weight loss meds through my primary care doctor and my insurance. It changed my life! I lost weight and got on a healthier path. But once I reached a certain number on the scale, my insurance wouldn’t cover my name brand prescription anymore and the costs were practically as much as my rent!...
LM, 40lbs. lost since Spring 2023
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