weight loss and gifts of Health

Good Tuesday Morning....A reminder...Patient Appreciation Nite this Friday...5-7pm...Come out and see your Doctor croon Frank Sinatra songs on the Karioke....Please join my staff and me for a very fun time....as you know we have many young people working in the office and the energy they bring to these events is incredible. We look forward to seeing you.

A subject we have discussed before but one that is important to bring up again: As you are purchasing gifts for friends and family members for the holiday please be very sensitive to the medical issues that the person may have and how that gift may adversely affect that person.

Obviously, as this relates to weight, try very hard to NOT give gifts of calories. The overweight person does NOT need brownies or cookies. You will derail their efforts to be healthier and happier. That nice bottle of wine will also perform the same sabotaging efforts.

Movie coupons, gift certificates for clothes stores...these types of gifts do not at all sabotage weight loss efforts. Please be sensitive to the things that would harm someone and hopefully your loved ones are giving similar thought.

weight loss...a gift of health

Good morning...first, kudos to Ellen Posner for hosting a great poetry fest last night at Brion's Grille. Co-sponsored by George Mason University, this event brought different people from different backgrounds, together to share their work. Serotonin-Plus was proud to be a sponsor of this wonderful event. It is humbling for me to see the talent that people have and how their words can move people.

Second, I would encourage all of you to read the comment to the blog I wrote yesterday. A very insightful, reality-based commentary that will male you step back and think lots. I so appreciate your comments to what I write and I encourage all of you to become engaged in the discussion.

We gave a free program (1200 dollar value) as a door prize last night. The person who won thios was not overweight but the gift was transferrable. She will present this to a person i her life she cares about to help them become healthier. As you start planning holiday gifts, I encourage you all to think of non-caloric gifts as a way of saying "i care about you." Cookies, cakes and other damaging food sources will hurt the very people you love if they have a weight problem. Give life...not hurt.