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WMC has plan designed for you by Tonya Shipman Registered dietitian For more information visit the Wellness Wednesday booth from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Children's Hospital lobby.   The MUSC Weight Management Center (WMC) offers programs that  include an emphasis on making lifestyle changes that are important for long run success. These changes are the ABCDS of lifestyle change: Activity changes: Exercise is crucial to the long-term success of a weight loss program. Behavioral changes: The center helps examine problematic eating behaviors and ways to change them. Cognitive (thinking) changes: The center helps  change thought patterns that lead to overeating. Dietary changes: A registered dietitian helps  form a healthy eating plan. Support systems: The center provides  support   through group and individual sessions. First Step is a 20-week program that offers significant, yet gradual, weight loss through individual weekly meetings. People of all weight ranges make changes in activity level, eating practices and behaviors related to weight control. Individual meal plans and exercise plans are included at the outset.   The FOCUS program is a 15-week intensive lifestyle change program designed to induce larger initial weight loss. Patients attend brief individual appointments that rotate among the nutrition, exercise and behavioral topics. The diet consists primarily of meal replacements,  then becomes a primarily food based meal plan and shifts to more moderate weight loss.  The program also stresses the importance of an active lifestyle.   Health Fast is a 30-week program for people who need to lose more than 50 pounds, and combines medically supervised supplemented fasting with instructions in lifestyle change techniques. Health Fast offers a more rapid, but safe rate of weight loss for people with more weight to lose.   WMC offers individual services, so patients may customize weight management programs to suit their preferences. To receive information call 792-2273 or e-mail wmc@musc.edu.   For information, visit http://www.muschealth.com/weight or call 792-2273. Special savings and benefits exist for MUSC staff members.  Editor's note: The preceding column was brought to you on behalf of Health 1st. Striving to bring various topics and representing numerous employee wellness organizations and committees on campus, this weekly column seeks to provide MUSC, MUHA, and UMA employees with current and helpful information concerning all aspects of health.     Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.