Archive | May, 2009
Just Say No!
There are some foods that are just pure, unadulterated diet sabotage. These are foods that I think you should never eat, or if you can’t give them up entirely, have very very rarely (this is not once per day – that means once per month!). I think these are foods that you’ve seen as “no-no’s” [...]
Leftovers and Lap Bands
21. May 2009
Most people I know are thrifty, especially in these lousy economic times. Can you imagine purposely wasting something that costs money – money that you worked hard to earn? The flip side is also true, most of us can’t resist a good deal, especially if we think it adds more value for a minimal investment. [...]
Lap Band Eating Outside the House
19. May 2009
In my last post I talked about food choices that were really bad and not so bad at Sonic. But when I got to talking to Betty May about it she brought up a really good point. Why should you have to eat out unexpectedly at all? Unless you’ve been called out emergently because a [...]
Sonic
18. May 2009
It’s been awhile since I posted about local restaurants and had a patient in this morning who says she goes to Sonic fairly often so I thought I’d take a gander at their menu. Sonics are everywhere and are very convenient, but what can you eat there that are good choices? If you haven’t already [...]
Get Your Exercise Bang for the Buck
11. May 2009
Recently my brilliant spouse (I’ve got to say that, he took our daughters out shopping for mother’s day) showed me an exercise plan to maximize results from a minimal amount of time. Given how crazy hectic all of our lives are, I thought that sounded like a great idea. The program goes by many different [...]
Why haven’t you lost 40 pounds this month?
5. May 2009
This week, a Lap Band patient told me they were discouraged. I thought they were doing great as they had lost about 10 pounds since their last visit 6 weeks ago. Overall they had good weight loss. They had good awareness of using the Lap Band as a tool to control their portions by stopping [...]
Lap Band Smoothie Recipes
3. May 2009
One of my favorite kitchen discoveries has been the imersion blender. I’ve always loved smoothies and in the last few years have become addicted to protein shakes. But it’s kind of a ginormous pain in the you-know-what to have to clean a blender every day. Protein powder and fruit tend to gum up in the [...]
28. May 2009
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