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Is This Still Good?!?
Food Safety I am always ask these questions, “is this still good?, do you think this has been in here to long?, should I eat the turkey from 2 weeks ago?”. My least favorite is “smell this, do you think it’s okay?” With the holidays, I imagine that you will have the same questions at [...]
Amy’s advice for those times you just crave…..
Friday, December 4, 2009
Food Cravings… Food cravings will strike all of us at one time or another. What we must learn is how to cope and survive the craving without over eating and having “productive burps”. One of my suggestions that you may have heard before – follow the 4 Ds. Delay – wait 10 minutes before eating [...]
A Lesson to Learn from Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Many of you have probably already heard my discourse about why the last two months of the year are a toxic wasteland for dieters. There is usually a lot of leftover candy from Hallloween which starts the junk fest on November 1 (here’s a free tip: only buy bags of candy you don’t like- if [...]
Mistake of the Week #8
Saturday, November 28, 2009
I have a magnet on my fridge right at eye level. It has a picture of an extremely fit/athletic woman and it says, “What you eat in private, shows up in public.” I thought about this when a patient came in recently, angry because she wasn’t losing weight. She had eaten a large fast-food lunch [...]
How to Shop at the Grocery Store
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
I have a fundamental rule when it comes to food: if it’s lying around available, I’m likely to eat it. If it’s not, I won’t. I really can’t rely on my somewhat shaky willpower to make sure I always make the best choices in what to eat. So what’s the best way to make sure junk [...]
The Best Diet Trick…..Ever!!
Monday, November 23, 2009
You’re all going to think that we’re the biggest geeks that ever lived (assuming that you didn’t think that already). But when we drive to Dallas every 6 weeks or so, we listen to various podcasts and educational CDs to pass the time. Yesterday, when we coming back, we listened to 12 different short interviews [...]
5 Quick Tips to Make Dieting Easier
Friday, November 20, 2009
Here are some easy (but clever, although I can’t take credit for them) ideas to make losing weight easier! 1) Frozen Grapes: the next time you’ve got a sweet tooth that just won’t let go, try reaching for some frozen grapes instead. Since they’re frozen solid, you can’t eat too many of them, too quickly, [...]
What has weight loss given back to you?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I don’t know how many of you out there are on Facebook, if you are please sign up for mafia wars and add me, but it is really a great place to connect with people you haven’t seen for years. I was looking on there this morning and saw how many comments there were about [...]
Mistake of the week #7
Monday, November 16, 2009
I was talking to a patient today about the upcoming 6 weeks and how hard the Thanksgiving/Christmas combo can be on dieters. I told her that I dreaded January appointments because so many people gain 9-10 lbs over the holidays. Her immediate response – and she didn’t miss a beat, batt an eyelash, or pause [...]
Lori’s Thankful for….And wants to know what you’re thankful for!!!
Friday, November 13, 2009
I don’t know how many of you out there are on Facebook, if you are please sign up for mafia wars and add me, but it is really a great place to connect with people you haven’t seen for years. I was looking on there this morning and saw how many comments there were about [...]
Monday, December 7, 2009
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