METABOLIC & FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE · LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO

In the Gap?
Not sick.
Not fine.

Just not yourself — and your doctor says everything looks normal.

Metabolic dysfunction does not begin with a diagnosis. It begins years earlier — in the space between healthy and disease — where conventional medicine has nothing to offer. We work precisely there.

Physician-led
Dr. T. Handy Lloyd, MD
Data-driven
PNOE · InBody · Labs
FSA/HSA accepted
Affirm available

— THE GAP

Where metabolic dysfunction quietly takes root.

There is a space between healthy and disease where most people spend years — sometimes decades. Your labs come back normal. Your doctor says come back in three months. But your body is telling you something different every single day.

This is The Gap. And it is exactly where we work — before metabolic dysfunction becomes a diagnosis. Because left unaddressed, The Gap has a direction. It does not stay still.

Hair shedding, skin changes, or facial changes after weight loss
Stalled GLP-1 progress — or fear of rebound when you stop
Perimenopause or andropause changes your doctor dismissed
Fatigue sleep cannot fix
Weight that won’t respond the way it used to
Workouts that backfire or stop working entirely
Told everything is normal — but you know it is not

If any of this sounds familiar:

Healthy
Energy consistent. Metabolism flexible. Body composition stable.
← The Gap →
Fatigue. Brain fog. Weight that won’t respond. Labs that say normal.
Disease
Type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome.
“Metabolic dysfunction quietly masquerades as aging, genetics, and inevitability — and most people are never given the opportunity to make meaningful, personalized interventions before disease takes hold. Care should not begin with interventions. It should begin with measurement and meaning.”

— HOW WE WORK

We don't guess.
We operate on a system.

Every program at Wellness by Design, MD begins with precise measurement not assumptions, not generic protocols. We find what your body is actually doing, then build everything around that data. This is what physician-led metabolic care looks like when it is done right.

01
Measure precisely
PNOE breath analysis, InBody 580 scanning, and targeted labs reveal what your body is actually doing — not what a formula estimates. Every protocol begins here.
02
Prescribe personally
Your data becomes Your Reset Rx — a physician-prescribed protocol tuned to your arm, your tier, and your physiology. Nutrition, movement, supplementation, GLP-1, peptides, and hormones — all calibrated to your results.
03
Prove it with data
At Day 85 we retest everything. PNOE, InBody, labs. You see exactly what changed — objective proof of your metabolic transformation, tracked in real time on your HeadsUp Health dashboard.

  • - WHERE TO START -

Two ways in.
One destination.

Not sure which is right for you? The Metabolic Snapshot™ is your first step — precision answers before any commitment. Reset Rx™ is your 90-day transformation — when you are ready to go all in.

Start here · First step out of the Gap
Metabolic Snapshot™
Know what your body is doing right now — and exactly what to do first.
$997
Payment plans via Affirm · FSA/HSA accepted
✓PNOE® breath testing — VO₂ max, fuel burning, biological age
✓InBody 580 scan — muscle, fat, visceral fat, phase angle
✓Gap Index™ + Bottleneck Driver — your #1 priority
✓Metabolic Snapshot Report™ — physician-authored
✓90-day app access — personalized targets and plan
Book My Metabolic Snapshot™
FSA/HSA accepted · Affirm available
90-day transformation · Physician-prescribed
Reset Rx™
Precise. Sequenced. Built entirely around your data.
From $3,900
Three tiers · Her · Him · Prime · Steady · Affirm · FSA/HSA
✓Full baseline + Day 85 PNOE, InBody, and targeted labs
✓Your personalized Reset Rx — physician-prescribed protocol
✓GLP-1 management, peptide protocols, hormonal support
✓HeadsUp Health dashboard — your data story in real time
✓Physician check-ins throughout — Her and Him tracks
Book a Clarity Call — $197
$197 applies toward enrollment within 7 days

- WHY I BUILT THIS

Dr. Tanesha Handy Lloyd, MD

Founder, Wellness by Design, MD · Board Certified Internal Medicine · Lincoln Park, Chicago

Metabolic dysfunction does not
begin with a diagnosis.

I built Wellness by Design, MD because I kept seeing the same pattern: patients who had been trying — really trying — for years. The programs. The supplements. The GLP-1 medications. And still feeling like their body was working against them. Not because they were doing it wrong. Because they were doing it without their data.

No one had ever measured what their body was actually doing. The Metabolic Snapshot™ and Reset Rx™ exist because measurement should come first. Meaning second. Everything else follows.

Ask me how I know.

YOUR FIRST STEP OUT OF THE GAP

Ready to stop guessing
and start knowing?

Every answer you have been looking for starts with your data. Not a protocol. Not a plan. Your data.

FSA/HSA accepted · Payment plans via Affirm · Lincoln Park, Chicago + Telemedicine