Labs
Drawn on site at the first visit: metabolic panel, thyroid, A1c, lipids. Back within two business days. Nothing is prescribed before they are.
The Starting Line · 75 min · $149, credited
Your numbers are read before anything is prescribed.
The Starting Line is seventy-five minutes with Dana Whitfield, NP: your history and medications, labs drawn on site, a body composition reading, blood pressure, and a written 12-week plan with the medication if any, the weekly check-in day, the dietitian sessions, the price and the exit plan. $149, credited against month one.
Four readings, one plan
Seventy-five minutes, four readings, one written plan.
Body composition
Muscle, fat and water, not just a number on a scale. Repeated at week twelve so the plan protects muscle, not just the total.
The plan
Medication if any, the dose schedule, the weekly check-in day, two dietitian sessions, the monthly NP visit, the price, and the exit plan. In writing, yours to keep.
The weekly
The same nurse every week, in person before work or on video at lunch. Side effects, dose, food, the hard week. A person, not a portal.
Credited against month one.
Nothing prescribed until the labs are back.
Book your Starting LineWhy a document
Most first visits are a sales call. This one is an exam and a document.
The things people fear about weight loss clinics, in their own words: no doctor, an intro price that climbs, compounded medication nobody explains, and nothing planned for after. The Starting Line answers each one in writing. Labs before medication. The same price every month. The pharmacy named. The taper on page two.
It is also how we say no. If your labs, your history or your reasons say a GLP-1 is wrong for you, the plan says so and suggests what might help, which is sometimes the dietitian alone and sometimes another kind of doctor.
The labs
What the labs are, and why we wait for them
A metabolic panel, thyroid, A1c and lipids, drawn on site at the first visit and back within two business days. They rule out the reasons not to prescribe, set a baseline for week twelve, and sometimes find the thing that was making weight hard in the first place.
Nobody is prescribed on the day. Jordan calls when the results are in, Dana reviews them with Dr. Raman, and the plan is finalised with the numbers in it.
Sample plan · fictional
- Visit
- 75 minutes with Dana Whitfield, NP
- Readings
- Labs, body composition, blood pressure
- Plan
- Medication, dose schedule, weekly day, dietitian weeks, price
- Exit
- Taper and maintenance, written on page two
- Fee
- $149, credited against month one
No obligation
If you decide not to start
You keep the plan and the lab results. No deposit, no card on file, no follow-up calls unless you ask for one. Some people come back months later with the same sheet, and we repeat the readings before anything else.
Is the Starting Line really $149?
Yes, including the labs and the body composition reading, and it is credited against your first month if you start a program. It is not free, because the labs are not.
Can I start medication the same day?
No. The labs come back within two business days and the plan is finalised then. It is the one rule we do not bend.
Who does the visit?
Dana Whitfield, NP, with Dr. Priya Raman, MD, reviewing every plan as the collaborating physician. In Tennessee a nurse practitioner prescribes under a collaborative agreement with a physician; ours is in the building.
What is a body composition reading?
A few minutes standing on an analyzer that estimates muscle, fat and water. It is repeated at week twelve so the plan is judged on what changed, not just the total.
Do I need to fast?
Yes, for the labs: nothing but water for eight hours. Jordan sends the instructions when you book, and the 7 am slots exist for this.
The Starting Line · 75 min · $149, credited
Seventy-five minutes. Four readings. A plan you can hold.
With Dana Whitfield, NP, in Green Hills. $149, credited against month one.