“We do not ask permission. We do not apologize. We are allowed to live in the body where we feel our best” – Dr. Toomer
Weight Health & Menopause
Personal Care & Community
Whether in full bloom or a whisper in the wind as a wish, they’re strong and hardy, just like you.
We go to our doctors knowing something is off and we get the “lose weight” lecture. I got the “you’re a doctor, you should have known better” lecture when I asked for help to loss 100+ pounds. Not helpful. We could each write a book on all the things we’ve done in the name of weight loss – some healthy and some not so healthy. No judgment.
Or worse, we see a “specialist” when our waist is growing by the day. The scale is competing to see how many more numbers it can add each day. And then we got the sympathy message: It’s to be expected “at your age”.
Expected? How about not accepted? Aging gracefully doesn’t mean putting ourselves at metabolic risk.
For years we’ve known that weight gain is simply a canary in our metabolic coal mine. Something is happening that needs to stop.
If I sound a little angry, it is because I am. After 30 years in medicine, 16 years as a GLP-1 pioneer, 10 years in a direct metabolic weight management private practice, I have seen to much mistreatment and mismanagement not to be angry.
When it comes to giving my patients a place to be seen, heard, and helped based on need not numbers, I do not ask permission. I do not apologize. I will not ask you to either. You ask and I answer.
I am Dr. Catherine Harmon Toomer – a Community Health and Family Physician with 30 years of experience helping patients maximize their health and wellness through metabolic weight loss treatment -starting with myself.
I hadn’t intended on creating a highly effective weight loss program, I had just been told I had a 50% chance of living 5 years. I was just desperately trying not to die.
So, there I was, 36 years old with a newborn and a toddler and on a heart transplant list. I was on insulin to control my Type 2 diabetes and had gained over 100 pounds from years of stress meeting my genetics.
I knew I couldn’t control my heart, but when I reached out to colleagues for metabolic control and weight loss assistance, I hoped for a shoulder to lean on, instead I got shamed (and the unhelpful advise to eat less and exercise more – how? My heart was failing).
So, I dug deep into my biopsychosocial training to inch my way to survival. Small incremental changes that delivered unexpected results. I documented every single step and My M.E.M.O. METHOD™️ was born.
Minimal Effort for Maximal Outcome. Think of it like metabolic dominoes. One small push, sets off an effortless chain reaction. I lost 60 pounds in 6 months, got off insulin, and more importantly, 25 years later, I am still here.