American industry icon Henry Ford once famously said, Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right. Said another way, you may be the only one standing in the way of your dreams, which includes achieving weight loss goals....
Whenever we encounter a problem in our lives, whether it’s financial, emotional, physical, or what have you, our initial instinct is usually to try to solve it ourselves. Get a cut, put a Band-Aid on it. Break up with your boyfriend, cry it out for a week. But what if the wound keeps opening up? Or, what if the crying lasts for more than six months? At what point do we know it’s time to seek professional help?...
There’s an old joke that goes like this: Question: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Answer: Practice, practice, practice? Sure, it’s corny. But it’s true! If you want to succeed at anything in life, it takes developing your skills, and that requires practice. Weight loss is no different....
At any point in time there may be hundreds of research studies underway seeking to unlock the key to reversing the obesity epidemic gripping the United States and the rest of the world. But could the answer be as simple as a better nutrition label?...
If you follow a medical weight loss plan, you already know that building and maintaining lean muscle mass is the Holy Grail for a faster metabolism. A new study reinforces the benefits of higher muscle mass by demonstrating that, even while living with chronic disease, it can prolong the years of your life....
When you’re at a comedy stand-up show, the comedian’s ultimate goal is to make you laugh. When listening to a speech from the President of the United States, his or her goal is to make you feel confident. But what they say is only part of the equation. How they say it matters just as much in producing the desired effect. As the saying goes, it’s all in the delivery. In much the same way, effective delivery may hold the key for successful pharmaceutical treatment of obesity....
It’s funny how quickly time can fly. One minute you’re ringing in the new year, the next you’re pulling out your summer clothes. And here we are. Two weeks away from the unofficial start to summer!...
You know and love him for his incredible acting, but did you also know Tom Hanks is living with Type 2 Diabetes? It’s true, and there are valuable lessons we can all learn from his experience....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been in the headlines lately, first with its announcement of a new packaged food Nutrition Facts Label improving designed to improve our understanding of a food’s sugar content. Now the agency is targeting Americans sodium levels, saying that we are consuming about a third more than we should. But what is all the fuss about salt?...
A juicy peach. A slice of refreshing watermelon. A bowl full of strawberries. What do these things have in common? They are some of the sweetest fruits of summer. But when it comes to controlling your weight, is it okay to include them in your plan?...