Descriptions of the participating programs follow. You must meet weight requirements to qualify. The policy is available to all MUSC employees enrolled in the MUSC options insurance plan. The program helps you make changes in activity level, eating practices and behaviors related to weight control. Individual meal plans and exercise plans are included at the outset.
Participants usually lose one to two pounds a week.
During the initial stages of the program, participants drink a beverage five times a day as the sole source of nutrition, totaling 800 calories a day. Food bars are also available. Participants usually lose an average of two to six pounds each week during the beverage phase of the program, and can continue to lose a reasonable amount thereafter.