The best way to control binging on sweets and starches, is not to buy problem foods in the first place. Don’t bring them into your house. Like the alcoholic who buys a bottle of wine to have in the house – a cake, bag of cookies or container of ice cream is eventually going to […]
2010
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If I can get you moving and exercising, you’ll probably feel better and have more energy – but the bet is you won’t lose weight by exercising alone. You’ve got to limit calories to about 1500 a day. You’ll lose faster on 800-1000 calories a day. And when it’s been studied, there’s not a significant […]
You’ve really got to starve if you’re going to lose weight. There’s no other way. You lose weight by burning fat, by taking in fewer calories than you need. It’s feels a lot better to live on 3000 calories a day than on 800. 3000 calories is more fun, more energy, more food and feeling […]
Multivitamins will make you hungry and slow down your weight loss. Most antidepressants make you ravenous, cause your body to store fat, and make you gain weight. I’ve seen patients gain 120 pounds in 6 months due to antidepressants. Elavil, Tofranil, Sinequan, Celexa, Effexor, Trazodone, Lexapro, Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac – all cause weight gain. The […]
One of the cheapest and most popular pieces of home exercise equipment is the Gazelle. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and is ideal for Interval Training, the most efficient kind of exercise you can do. Interval Training is exercising as hard as you can for 1-3 minutes, recovering for 1-2 minutes, then […]
One of the best ways to get exercise during the winter months is to borrow your kid’s Playstation 3 and try Zumba Fitness, Dance Dance Revolution or EA Sports Active 2. All 3 of these games come with gadgets that help you work out or monitor your progress. For the cost of an exercise class […]
The irony is that to prevent holiday weight gain, if you are not following a low carbohydrate (less than 20 grams of carbohydrate per day) diet, you have to restrict your fat calories. But if you are on a low carbohydrate diet, fat calories are generally not a problem. Holiday weight gain comes from a […]
Sugar-free Lifesavers are available in 5 Flavor bags (cherry, pineapple, orange, raspberry, watermelon), Wint-ogreen bags, Pep-o-mint bags, Butter Toffee bags, Sorbet bags and Cherry bags. Lifesavers have about 7.5 calories each, so you can have 12 a day and be under 100 calories. Jolly Rancher sugar-free bags are also available in assorted flavors and have […]
Some patients do better eating 1 meal a day. That’s what I do. I very seldom eat anything at all until 8pm or 9pm. The worst thing I can do is to eat before then, because it makes me tired and hungry. If I don’t eat all day, I feel fine. Other patients do better […]
A trick to that can decrease both hunger and cravings is to suck on very low calorie sugar-free candy all day long. This strategy helps many patients from eating all day long. Remember, it doesn’t matter if you eat once, twice or six times a day. There’s no metabolic advantage or difference. By sucking on […]