This is the time of year when most of us get fired up about self-improvement. Whether we call them New Year’s resolutions or not, most of us look at January as a time to reset – to do or be better than we did the year before. We vow to eat better, to exercise more, […]
Walk through this scenario with me: There’s a tired screaming baby in an apartment. There’s a woman trying to get the baby to stop screaming. The woman is (understandably) distressed about the baby’s screaming. Occasionally, she can get the baby to stop screaming for a minute or so by giving her a bottle or rocking
Sleep is the ‘most sedentary activity’ yet it may be the ONLY sedentary one that protects people from weight gain As much as people don’t want to believe it, sleep is a VERY important factor in successful weight loss and maintenance of weight loss. Many people consider sleep to be a waste of time –
It’s time to take the morality out of body weight. After seven years immersed in the science of obesity medicine, treating patients affected by this terrible disease, this is so second nature to me that I forget that it isn’t common knowledge to everyone else. I am constantly correcting patients when they say how they
Almost everyone who walks through our doors is there because they want to find a way to be healthier and live better. Despite the almost universal desire for these things, the actual “doing it” isn’t easy. It takes grit and persistence and tenacity and bravery and vulnerability – and a whole lot of other things.
We are just weeks away from beginning our journey into treating adolescents with excess weight. This has been a dream of mine from the very beginning. As much as I’ve wanted to take my practice in that direction, I have never felt fully qualified to spearhead an adolescent program. Although I have been practicing medicine
I have had quite a few people lately tell me that they haven’t been eating well because they are an “all-or-none person”. I’m struggling with this. As someone that can be very intense, I sympathize with people that dive in deeply. However, this just simply isn’t true – and it’s certainly not a flippant reason
Being alive requires a never-ending supply of energy. We use up energy every second of the day. The entire purpose of eating is to provide the body with energy. One of the primary functions of the body is to take the food we eat and convert it into a usable form of energy. Most of
I am constantly trying to undo disordered thinking about food. By the time most people come to my clinic, they have tried every weight loss program out there. Sadly, most of the programs in the world are not based in science. Most are based on calorie counting and cheerleading – which is not super helpful