New Bariatric patients often ask this basic question: “How do I determine my goal weight?” The SET POINT: Each person has his/her own “set point” that the body has programmed deep inside which lets the body know the amount of weight it wants to maintain. Basically, this “set point” was established ...

Every year millions of us make a New YearÂ’s resolution to lose weight. Every year millions of us give up before the end of January. LetÂ’s take a look at some of the things we do to set ourselves up for failure year after year. Super Restrictive Diets We all like ...

The formula for losing weight is simple: eat less and exercise more. But, it's not really all that simple, is it? Long-term weight loss isn't impossible, but you do have to be committed. Having a weight loss plan for your success is a good start. Here are ten items that should ...

Effects on serotonin, blood sugar regulation, and more! Although the above would probably be the major mechanisms by which whey could help the dieter, there are several secondary effects of whey that may assist in weight loss. For example, wheyÂ’s effects on serotonin levels. Serotonin is probably the most studied neurotransmitter ...

Mediterranean diet is basically the dietary traditions followed by the people of Greece, Spain and southern Italy who live around the Mediterranean Sea. It has been studied by an American Dr Ancel Keys when he landed in Greece in 1945. He discovered that the people of Greece and Spain had ...

It is a common misconception that aerobic exercise tones and firms muscles. Actually it accomplishes very little toning and firming. Resistance exercise (weight training) is where real toning and firming of muscles occurs. Doing both aerobics and weight training is the optimal way to lose more fat and gain more muscle. ...

The latest dieting craze has no doubt been the low carb high protein diets. Those of you on Atkins, South Beach etc will no doubt have noticed a number of changes since you took up the diet. And no IÂ’m not talking about the remarkable weight loss I am talking ...

We live in a culture that honors Type A, driven behaviors. That includes exercise and for many people, itÂ’s taken away the joy out of simply walking. Instead of seeing walking as something you must do to get in shape, see it as a gift of being alive and let ...

We're no longer shocked by the celebrity photos that show protruding hipbones, bony breastplates, countable ribs, and collarbones practically piercing through the flesh of their shoulders. It looks normal to us now. It's the look we're supposed to achieve. The media sounds a loud alarm over the celebrities who get too ...

Are you bewildered when intuitive eating guides tell you to eat when youÂ’re hungry and stop when youÂ’re full? It can be a difficult skill to relearn after years of dieting and/or bingeing. One entirely different way to eat the right amount for your body is to change the goal ...