Texas Lap Band Surgeons Talk With You

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If your house is like mine – first thing you hear when you get home, “What’s for dinner????” Even as a dietitian and with probably over 100 cookbooks, I sometimes still struggle to find something for dinner that is healthy and quick. Here are a couple of ideas – I have added comments for you [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]