weight loss and goodies

Good Morning...first, a couple of random things...I read an article in the Washington Post this morning about some coffee place which refused to serve a patron an iced latte expresso because of the concept of ruining the drink with ice. Apparently the customer became belligerent and demanded his drink, threw out some four letter words, and then proceeded to write on his blog (www.andiamnotlying.com) about this experience. The shop owner then wrote on his company website (www.murkycoffee.com) responding to this irate customer's rants. The article goes on to report that over 100,000 people visited the irate customer's site and over 15,000 visited the coffee website in one day.

Okay..so why the story and what does this have to do with weight loss? Answer: There are over 300 million people in America, 65% overweight which makes for about 200 million people who are overweight, subjecting themselves to early morbidity and mortality. Not that what is being written in this blog is anything that is earth shattering, but I am hoping that at the very least, my readers are helped to some extent by mentating through the issues that we discuss daily. Perhaps by thinking about issues daily, this will allow you to be more successful in your efforts to be healthier and therefore happier. So, for you 10 daily readers who visit my blog site, I want to thank you for taking the time to read the stuff I am writing daily, and for those 200 million americans (minus 10) who are overweight that would rather read about some loser with a blogsite ranting about coffee without ice, I invite you to spend your time a little bit more wisely on the internet. Laughing...okay, my rant is now over for the day..back to weight loss:

Yesterday a patient came into my clinic who gained a bit of weight and she proceeded to explain that she ws with her grandchildren and ate some of the "goodies" that she brought for her grandchildren. I want to propose that small, high caloric food sources that are repetitive (M&Ms, chocolate covered raisens, candies, etc) should not be thought of as "goodies " or "treats" but rather SABOTEURS. Those little evil things will thwart your weight loss efforts, lessening your chances of living longer to enjoy the grandchildren. What kind of "goodie" thing is this that will lessen our lifespan? Try as best as you can to redirect your mindset to look at wight gaining foods as not treats, but as things that hurt us.

Hey....thanks for the positive response to the concept of an organized walk/run in the summer. People are suggesting september instead of August. Please stay in touch with us for an exact date which will be forthcoming soon.