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Getting Started
It’s the new year so it’s the time to start again fresh. Do I think there’s something completely new or different just because it’s January? No, but it’s a great time to make a mental break and start afresh. Whatever happened last year, whatever mistakes were made – they are now in the past. You [...]
The 80/20 Rule
22. December 2009
I wanted to expand briefly on Dr. Hekier’s last post about everything having to taste good. Everything in life has plusses and minuses. Go to a club on Saturday night and have a great time, but have a hangover Sunday morning. Buy a beautiful fast car with leather seats, pay more in insurance. Go shopping [...]
Why your Doctor would like to live on curly fries.
19. December 2009
Recently I had a patient that was doing well but had a minor slip-up in the past 6 weeks. They had done well in the year or so since their Lap Band, but gained weight uncharacteristically since the last visit. We went over their food choices and it turns out that they had seemingly “fallen [...]
Amy’s advice for those times you just crave…..
4. December 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
1. December 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
28. November 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
25. November 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!!
23. November 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 [...]
Why Some Lap Banders Lose Weight Almost Effortlessly
7. November 2009
There are some days in clinic when I feel a little like a cookbook. Everybody wants to know exactly what foods they should be eating, exactly how to prepare them and exactly what not to eat (’cause if you don’t forbid it specifically, then they’re gonna take it as a license to eat it). While [...]
Eat to Live, Don’t Live to Eat
5. November 2009
When I think about the phrase “I’m starving to death” I think about what a physician….no, not your wonderful, sweet, kind, thoughtful, caring (is that overkill?) surgeons, told a patient of mine a long time ago…….”It takes a body approximately 40 days to starve itself to death.” We may have those thoughts but, in reality, [...]
11. January 2010
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