Biggest health problem in America? Childhood obesity...
What do we bring or align our kids teams with ?? Donut companies and fast food places.
As parents when we are responsible for bringing snacks and drinks are we thinking at all about these childhood obesity epidemic? The answer is that we should.
If you have children at the ages that make us responsible for their eating activities we really do need to show lots of responsibility.
Please do not forget to put June 19, Saturday, 3PM on your calender for our Patient Appreciation Day/Fashion show/Book signing...really fun event scheduled!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
weight loss and choices
I just looked at the comment posted to my entry yesterday and this motivated me to talk again about "choices"...everyday we make choices....from what we wear to what we accomplish forst at work to what we are going to do after dinner. Some of these choices are made for us...for instance, a supervisor at work may tell us exactly what needs to be done first. However, most of the choices of our nday are dictated by ourselves.
What we eat and how we decide to exercised are our choices. By initiating a weight loss effort your are choosing to be healthier, look younger, feel better in your clothes, etc. However to get there you need to make choices that involve the forfeiture of high caloric foods, alcohol and old habits. Sometimes choices in life are in fact mutually exclusive...you cannot choose to be at that ideal weight and still choose to have 2 cocktails at night. Something gotta give.
When your choices buck normal human behavior it becomes more difficult Giving up high caloric food sources is not normal human behavior.
Still to the choices that make you feel better about yourself...these are much better long-term choices.
What we eat and how we decide to exercised are our choices. By initiating a weight loss effort your are choosing to be healthier, look younger, feel better in your clothes, etc. However to get there you need to make choices that involve the forfeiture of high caloric foods, alcohol and old habits. Sometimes choices in life are in fact mutually exclusive...you cannot choose to be at that ideal weight and still choose to have 2 cocktails at night. Something gotta give.
When your choices buck normal human behavior it becomes more difficult Giving up high caloric food sources is not normal human behavior.
Still to the choices that make you feel better about yourself...these are much better long-term choices.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
weight loss and miracle fat removal
Well, here we go again....I was watching a Fox News segment on some "miracle" machine that targets fat and through a cold laser technology emulsifies fat. Any non-medical person would have looked at this segment and come away with the belief that this is a breakthrough technology for fat reduction and weight loss.
We must separate body contouring from weight loss. Liposuction, laser fat emulsification and other similar procedures can perhaps make SOME of the fat appear to be less, but these are NOT weight loss procedures. As a matter of fact, ethically, if a patient is above a certain body weight, liposuction should not be offered to the patient.
Let me reassure everyone that there is NO miracle weight loss fat removal procedure. To lose weight and keep that weight off requires life-style changes and behavior modification. There is no easy way around this.
Shame on Fox News for doing these segments and not having some counter opinion offered to present the reality of the situation.
We must separate body contouring from weight loss. Liposuction, laser fat emulsification and other similar procedures can perhaps make SOME of the fat appear to be less, but these are NOT weight loss procedures. As a matter of fact, ethically, if a patient is above a certain body weight, liposuction should not be offered to the patient.
Let me reassure everyone that there is NO miracle weight loss fat removal procedure. To lose weight and keep that weight off requires life-style changes and behavior modification. There is no easy way around this.
Shame on Fox News for doing these segments and not having some counter opinion offered to present the reality of the situation.
Friday, May 28, 2010
weight loss and holidays
Memorial Day weekend is here....doesnt it just seem that we were digging out of huge snows???
Okay, the challenge: how to approach a holiday weekend full of barbeques, gatherings, high caloric foods, alcohol abounding etc....
FOCUS on the reasons why you want to lose the weight...those reasons are very important to you...health, clothes, looking younger, self confidence, energy etc....these reasons are very dear to you. Are these reasons more important than the temporary satisfaction we feel eating unhealthy choices? Heck yeah!
Separate the fun of being around your friends and loved ones from the ingestion of high caloric food sources. You can do one without the other.
You are choosing to be healthier, happier, look younger etc...a GREAT choice...do not let old holiday habits derail your efforts.
Okay, the challenge: how to approach a holiday weekend full of barbeques, gatherings, high caloric foods, alcohol abounding etc....
FOCUS on the reasons why you want to lose the weight...those reasons are very important to you...health, clothes, looking younger, self confidence, energy etc....these reasons are very dear to you. Are these reasons more important than the temporary satisfaction we feel eating unhealthy choices? Heck yeah!
Separate the fun of being around your friends and loved ones from the ingestion of high caloric food sources. You can do one without the other.
You are choosing to be healthier, happier, look younger etc...a GREAT choice...do not let old holiday habits derail your efforts.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
weight loss and focus
First, please do not forget to put Saturday, June 19 2010 3PM on your calender....we will have a really fun time at our Charity Fashion Show/Patient Appreciation Day. We are asking people to donate clothes that do not fit anymore. From professional to leisure clothes, your donations will be greatly appreciated. We will provide free snacks, great music, entertainment and of course our Fashion Show. Bobby McJeys at the National Harbor right over the Wilson Bridge near the Gaylord. YOU ALSO GET A FREE VISIT FOR SHOWING UP AND MAKING A CLOTHES DONATION!!!
I want to discuss the word "focus" as this applies to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. The gaining of weight requires no effort or focus whatsoever....basically pay attention to everything/everyone else in your life and you will find the weight going on. To lose weight requires focus...focus on your meal planning, focus on the avoidance of the derailing food sources, focus on scheduling exercise time, etc.
How do we maintain and NOT lose focus? Writing your weight down once a week next to your scale at home will allow you to see the reality of the weight situation...either good or bad. Try to think several times a day about how much better your life would be if you lost the weight you desire. Team up with someone/others who are on a similar mission to become healthier and happier by achieving weight loss. Buy a really great outfit that would look great on you at your desired weight and ha it prominently visible in your closet.
Focus on "you". Do not allow outside forces to make you lose this focus.
Weight loss requires focus
I want to discuss the word "focus" as this applies to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. The gaining of weight requires no effort or focus whatsoever....basically pay attention to everything/everyone else in your life and you will find the weight going on. To lose weight requires focus...focus on your meal planning, focus on the avoidance of the derailing food sources, focus on scheduling exercise time, etc.
How do we maintain and NOT lose focus? Writing your weight down once a week next to your scale at home will allow you to see the reality of the weight situation...either good or bad. Try to think several times a day about how much better your life would be if you lost the weight you desire. Team up with someone/others who are on a similar mission to become healthier and happier by achieving weight loss. Buy a really great outfit that would look great on you at your desired weight and ha it prominently visible in your closet.
Focus on "you". Do not allow outside forces to make you lose this focus.
Weight loss requires focus
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
weight loss and phentermine
Okay, Posner goes off again. This time it is against the state of Florida. We have a patient visiting there for awhile and we did a virtual phone visit with her and then tried to call a prescription for phentermine into a Florida pharmacy. No go...they wont take it down there. Highly controlled.
Okay, here is the point: Yes, phentermine is an amphetamine...a controlled substance. If abused, it can cause many problems. We are doliong out seven pills at a time...not seventy or seven hundrerd. We are using this medication in an incredibly responsible manner to help people in their efforts to lose weight. What is the nations largest bhealth concern? Amphetamine abuse or obesity? What is the cost to society of people abusing 7 pills of phentermine vs the cost to society of diabetes, heart disease, various cancers, strokes etc?
States, the givernment and insurance companies just dont get it...People need HELP in losing weight and one of the tools that can help jumpstart a persons weight loss efforts is the RESPONSIBLE usage of a prescription anorectic.
Allowing people to jumpstart their efforts motivates the person psychologically. Phentermine is just a part of a program....the other components are just as essential.
Okay, here is the point: Yes, phentermine is an amphetamine...a controlled substance. If abused, it can cause many problems. We are doliong out seven pills at a time...not seventy or seven hundrerd. We are using this medication in an incredibly responsible manner to help people in their efforts to lose weight. What is the nations largest bhealth concern? Amphetamine abuse or obesity? What is the cost to society of people abusing 7 pills of phentermine vs the cost to society of diabetes, heart disease, various cancers, strokes etc?
States, the givernment and insurance companies just dont get it...People need HELP in losing weight and one of the tools that can help jumpstart a persons weight loss efforts is the RESPONSIBLE usage of a prescription anorectic.
Allowing people to jumpstart their efforts motivates the person psychologically. Phentermine is just a part of a program....the other components are just as essential.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Book Signing--Fashion Show-Charity Event
Just a reminder that we have a very special day planned for Saturday, June 19 2010. We are having our Fashion Show for Charity and a book sigining of our new book The Serotonin Solution for Never Dieting Again.
This event will be held at Bobby McKeys Piano bar at the National Harbor and will start at 3PM. We ask that you bring clothes to donate if you have any that do not fit anymore or others that you want to donate. Our Fashion Show part will include patients of ours who have lost a considerabble amount of weight in the program and can now confidently wear something in front of others they never would have worn before.
Great music, free refreshments, and a FREE VISIT if you attend. Mark this date on your calender!!! Call us at 703-866-4144 if you have any questions!
This event will be held at Bobby McKeys Piano bar at the National Harbor and will start at 3PM. We ask that you bring clothes to donate if you have any that do not fit anymore or others that you want to donate. Our Fashion Show part will include patients of ours who have lost a considerabble amount of weight in the program and can now confidently wear something in front of others they never would have worn before.
Great music, free refreshments, and a FREE VISIT if you attend. Mark this date on your calender!!! Call us at 703-866-4144 if you have any questions!
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