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 […]
Consistency vs Intensity
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Community Support
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 […]
The Junk Drawer of Weight Loss
I am a pretty neat, organized human being. Everything has its place and I sleep better knowing that most things are in their place when I go [...]
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Leaders
In the past year, the number of people requesting new patient appointments has exploded. We have been slowly and steadily growing to accommodate all of these new […]
What do Rocks Have to do With Health?
I love this analogy. Stephen Covey was a business author who popularized the ‘big rocks’ approach to productivity. In summary, your total available time for the next […]
Identity Change
I started diving into the field of behavioral change last year and found it fascinating – and so applicable to the field of Obesity Medicine. Consequently, we […]
Ulysses Contracts
During active weight loss, patients come into the office for a lot of things: doctoring, evaluation, support, community – but one of the things they crave most […]
Reward Eating
Many of my patients struggle with the desire to eat in the evenings – typically a few hours after dinner, usually while watching T.V. There seem to […]
The Marshmallow Experiment
Information about the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment has come across my desk several times in the past few weeks. That’s a sign that I need to bring it […]
Our Toxic Food Culture
Only 12% of American adults are considered metabolically healthy. 12%. That means that 88% of us have some sort of disease or condition that impacts our metabolic […]