The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Science doesn’t support the calories-in, calories-out hypothesis. If you are still trapped into believing that model, it’s time to learn more!
Education, Nutritional Biochemistry, Weight Loss Myths
COVID-19
COVID-19 and Obesity
As the statistics keep rolling in, we are getting some grim data about obesity and/or chronic medical conditions and COVID-19. Having these medical problems doesn’t put you at risk of contracting the virus (but being around other people that are symptomatic certainly does – so please keep up the social distancing!). However, if you do
habits
Health – identity vs hobby?
This idea has generated a lot of conversations amongst my friends and patients this past week. I think it does a great job of summarizing why most of us struggle with weight! Let’s dive into the why… After years of counseling hundreds of patients through their weight and health journeys, I have come to the
Eating emotions
Eating Anxiety?
I have spent almost twenty years practicing medicine and I bet there hasn’t been a day that I haven’t had to talk someone down from a place of anxiety. It’s part of the job of doctoring. Some people are anxious. Some people are just wound more tightly. That has always been the normal in my
Eating emotions
Eating Happiness “Champagne Moments”
Patients come into my office all the time with “confessions” of eating off plan. After one of these confessions, I usually get to hear the reasoning behind why the choice was justified. The past two weeks, I addressed the reasoning behind why people eat negative emotions like stress and sadness. I am going to address
Eating emotions
Why do we eat our sadness?
Our theme this month is my office is eating emotions. What do I mean by that? When we encounter an emotion that we perceive as being negative (sadness, loneliness, emptiness, frustration, hopelessness), we typically want to “fix” that negative emotion. We want it to go away – to be replaced by a more positive emotion
Eating emotions
Why do we eat poorly when we are stressed?
I have an amazing job. I get to talk every day with people who are driven. People that are working hard to improve their health, their lives, their bodies, and their relationship with food. People that have decided to break societal norms and bravely try to do something different. It’s not normal to be healthy
habits
Motivation vs Habits
Few things can have a more powerful impact on your life than improving your daily habits. However, it often feels difficult to keep good habits going for more than a few days, even with sincere effort and the occasional burst of motivation. Habits like exercise, meditation, journaling, and cooking are reasonable for a day or
habits
Habits vs Systems
One of the most common things I hear from frustrated patients is that they know what to do to get healthy- they just can’t seem to put it into action most of the time. Which is completely valid. Although many people talk about needing accountability during the process of losing weight – what they are