Staying Fit When It’s Freezing
You know you need to keep moving through the winter, for both your health and your medical weight loss program. Don’t ignore the great outdoors—here’s how the change in weather can mean opportunities to inject more challenge and fun into your workout program. From our...
Recipe of the Week: Easy Cajun-Style Jambalaya
This traditional Louisiana dish is usually made with the “trinity” of celery, bell peppers, and onion. This savory version omits the celery but includes spicy sausage along with juicy chicken and shrimp, making for a delicious, filling dinner. Recipe Nutritional...
Recipe of the Week: Garlic Beef with Broccoli
This Chinese favorite uses brown rice to up the nutritional value. Find the garlic chili sauce in the Asian food section of larger supermarkets or in Asian markets; Lee Kum Kee is one brand to try. Just make sure it has roughly 15 calories or less per tablespoon....
Sleep and Your Weight: What’s the Connection?
If you’re feeling tired all the time and also like you’re gaining weight, it may not be your imagination. Sleep deprivation can cause people to develop metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that may include insulin resistance (when the body doesn’t properly use...
Hot Drinks: Warm Up Without Getting Weighed Down
January means low temperatures, and nothing can help keep you warmed up when the temperature plummets like a mug full of a delicious hot drink. But with all the calories coffeehouse and fast food teas and coffees can have, it’s best to make your own so you can control...
Lose The Guilt, Lose The Weight
We’ve all experienced it on some level in any one of its forms. Excessive guilt, religious guilt, emotional guilt, neurotic guilt…you name it. But no matter how we frame it, it all stems from the same basic root feeling that we’ve done something dreadfully wrong, and...
Making Good Resolutions: 2020
It’s time to gear up for 2020! The new year brings the feeling of a fresh start, which is why so many people make New Year’s resolutions. Weight loss is the most common resolution, but only 8 percent of people who make New Year’s resolutions actually stick to them....
Setting Goals: Can You Reach Too High?
Goals. We all have them. Some are smaller, short-term goals, like finishing a project at work. Some are bigger, long-term goals, like losing weight. Goals give us drive. They give us motivation. They keep us going. When we reach a goal, big or small, we feel a sense...
Holiday Survival, Part 4: Taming Food Temptations
Holiday festivities traditionally revolve around food, and the pressure to overindulge can throw any well-intentioned dieter into a tailspin. Here’s how to make wise choices during the holiday season. Statistically, Americans gain between 1 and 10 pounds each year...
Holiday Survival, Part 3: Party Food
Welcome to Holiday Survival: Part 3. Buffets are perilous for those who are watching their weight. Fortunately, a few simple strategies can help you indulge without over-indulging. 1. Do you eat out on a regular basis? During the holiday season, you may want to trade...