Archive | January, 2009
LapBands and Peanut Butter
Okay, to mix my metaphors, let’s talk turkey about peanut butter. Many people tell me that they eat peanut butter for protein. But peanut butter is a very mixed benefit food. Tastes fabulous, makes great cookies, but as a protein source? So-so at best. Two tablespoons of protein (a small serving) has 188 calories/9 g [...]
Taking Responsibility
27. January 2009
This was important enough to write when I heard it. I am sharing it with you. What you did in the past, though it may have made you the person you are today, has absolutley no bearing on what you do in the future. Take responsibility for the health and quality of life you want. Favorite inspirational [...]
Storms
26. January 2009
It is so easy when we run into the storms of life to revert back to where we found comfort before we got the band. FOOD! We used food as an emotional tool. Some of us became overweight not because of overeating at mealtime but because we used food to comfort us through the times [...]
LapBand Breakfast Choices
23. January 2009
Breakfast is a VITALLY important meal. Why? Not just cause your mother told you so. According to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition (Leidy HJ et al. 2008), when people eat high protein foods for breakfast they have more of a “full” feeling for the rest of the day. There is a [...]
LapBand Friendly Local Choices
21. January 2009
Okay, this is going to start a series of posts over the next few months on good food choices to make at local restaurants. It will not be comprehensive by any means, nor will it cover every eatery in the four states area. But I’m hoping that by looking at some of the examples, you [...]
More on LapBand Journaling
18. January 2009
I recently ran across a fascinating psychological study. People were asked to estimate the number of calories in a meal. They were shown two pictures: one with a diet coke as the drink (label prominently displayed) the other with a glass of water as the beverage. Should have the same calories, right? But that’s not [...]
Lap Band Journaling
15. January 2009
I jokingly call my new cell phone the “crack-phone” because I never seem to be able to put it down for more than five minutes. I’ve got tons of silly stuff installed, like Sudoku and a picture of a whip that makes a “snap” when you flick the phone (the beatings will continue until morale [...]
Feeling stuck with sinus drainage and the Lap Band
14. January 2009
Around winter time and spring we have some of our Lap Band patients get sinus drainage from either a cold or seasonal allergies. For some of those patients, they feel a lot of restriction and have trouble get food and liquids down. I call sinus drainage “Lap Band cement.” That sinus drainage just seems to [...]
No Scales
13. January 2009
We always tell our patients not to weigh on their home scales between visits, or at least not more than once per week. Why? Are we just sadists who enjoy the look of shock when you weigh-in at the office? No….at least not on most days. The reason is that scales lie – they lie [...]
Cheating with the Lap Band
11. January 2009
Top ten things I highly recommend you eat WEEKLY at most, not daily/every other day/on the full moon or in any other denomination: 1. Bacon -might as well sprinkle salt and some nitrites on a pat of butter and eat that instead 2. Sausage -a wise man once wrote that if you enjoy either sausage or [...]
29. January 2009
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