Pacific Northwest Medical Group

10/15/2026

📍 We’re Moving! (Good news, we’re not going far.)

Our Puyallup clinic is getting a brand-new home, and we could not be more excited to welcome you there. We’re just about a mile down the same road, in a beautiful professional building directly across from Costco.

🏡 New address: 1002 39th Ave SW, Suite 200, Puyallup, WA 98373

🗓️ A few quick dates to know:

Last day at our current location: Thursday, Nov 12
Closed to move: Friday Nov 13 & Saturday Nov 14
We open at the new location: Monday, Nov 16 at 8:00 AM

Your care does not change one bit. Same team, same appointments, same treatment plan, just a bigger and better space, with more patient rooms, expanded services, and a 50-person room for our monthly group support meetings.

Thank you for growing with us. We can’t wait to see you at the new place! 💙🧡

📲 pnwmedicalgroup.com

10/15/2026

Time for the Hawks to bounce back.

Game day is here! On Thursday. Beat the Broncos.

10/13/2026

A Phone Call From the Future... are you going to listen?

Book a free consultation at www.pnwmedicalgroup.com

10/13/2026

Welcome to the Century Club, Patient "VL"! 🎉

100 pounds - Gone!

We are so proud of her. And she is SO proud of herself, as she should be.

She picked up her 100 lb club gift this week and was beaming.

Then she said something that stopped us all:

“I’m getting hand-me-downs now from my younger sister. I never in a million years thought this would be possible. She was always the skinny one.”

Hand-me-downs.

From her little sister.

That’s not a number on a scale. That’s a whole life shifting.

VL, you made our staff’s day. Truly.

This is why we do what we do.

Real Support. Real Results. Real Transformations.

Pacific Northwest Medical Group
Puyallup: 253-340-2270
Federal Way: 253-363-8877
http://www.pnwmedicalgroup.com

10/09/2026

Same calories. Very different plate.

One of our patients was losing weight slower than expected, so we asked for 3 days of food notes.

Their Calories? Close to target.
Protein? About a third of goal.
Fluids? About a third too.

However - No breakfast, no fruit or veggies, and nearly every calorie from fast food or packaged snacks.

The medicine is a tool, not magic. It turns down hunger. It doesn't choose what's on the plate.

We give every patient three guardrails: a calorie range from your BMR, a protein goal, and a fluid goal. Bring us 3 days of food notes and our clinical team will show you exactly where you land.

Full story on our blog: https://www.pnwmedicalgroup.com/post/glp-1medicines-are-a-tool-not-magic

10/09/2026

Happy to all the 12’s. Big game on Sunday against the 49’ers. Jen and I will be there, as a House and Clinic Divided! Our first game in person.

!!!!!

10/07/2026

Hey everyone -

The scale stalls for two or three weeks and the thought creeps in... "it stopped working."

Most of the time? Nope.

I was stuck at 243-245 for about THREE MONTHS on tirzepatide during my journey. My Styku scans showed fat still coming off and muscle going on the whole time. The scale just didn't want to tell that story. SCALES CAN BE DIABOLICAL :-)

Our rule: give it 4 weeks before you call it a plateau.

Weigh the same way every morning
Write it down and look at the WEEKLY average, never one day
Wait for 4 flat weeks in a row
Grab a tape measure and pay attention to how your pants fit

Salt, carbs, constipation, your cycle, a new workout, or a dose step-up can all hide real fat loss for days.

And please, don't bump your own dose. Bring us your 4-week log and we'll figure it out together.

New handout at both clinics: "Is It Really a Plateau?" in English and Spanish. Full write-up on our blog: https://www.pnwmedicalgroup.com/post/is-it-really-a-plateau-or-is-the-scale-just-being-diabolical-again

-Daryl

10/06/2026

Hey everyone - Happy National Taco Day! And it lands on a Tuesday this year, which feels like the universe showing off :-)

Full disclosure: tacos are my favorite food. Ask any of the Staff or Jen. Favorite forever. I worked at Taco Bell in high school (actually fibbed about my age and started working before I was actually 16.) I consider myself a highly trained professional :🙃

Drop your favorite taco in the comments. Carne asada? Fish? Al pastor? I'm taking notes for lunch.

I'll add a few of thoughts into the comments as they come to me throughout this most wonderful day!

-Daryl

10/05/2026

Styku, our 3D Laser Body Scanning system, added a feature that allows us to aggregate some information - one was total pounds lost in the last 24 months. Our patients have been doing amazingly well!

10/02/2026

The holiday stretch is here — 90 days from Halloween to New Year’s. Our October Patient Monthly shares practical tips for GLP‑1 patients to navigate parties, travel, and holiday treats without derailing progress. Read the full survival guide and make this your strongest season. https://wix.to/M8cldtx

This is the October 2026 edition of Patient Monthly, the newsletter we send to our patients at Pacific Northwest Medical Group in Puyallup and Federal Way. We share it here so anyone curious about in-person GLP-1 care can see what being a patient with us looks like.The holiday stretch starts now. Le...