General Health

With summer activities in full-swing, everything that makes the season relaxing and fun may begin to make your medical weight loss plan a bit more challenging. Try these tips to keep your weight loss plan on track....

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”- Thomas Edison We all know that in order to achieve a goal, we need to take action. And if at first we don’t succeed, we try, try again. But what is that internal thing that propels us to try in the first place? The reasons why we take action stem from a number of different factors. Collectively we commonly refer to them as “motivation”....

In the past few years there has been renewed focus on the negative impact long periods of sitting can have on our health and wellbeing. It has been linked to numerous chronic conditions and some types of cancers. And because physical activity plays such a critical role in long-term healthy weight management, you can imagine that excessive sitting isn’t doing your body mass index and body fat percentage any favors. But it’s also what we do during those periods of sitting that adds fuel to the fire....

See what food and factors can help lower the risk of diabetes and help patients with diabetes manage the disease. ...

What do you do when boredom strikes, weight loss slows, or you just feel some diet fatigue? It's not easy to beat the weight-loss blahs, but know that you're not alone. We've got tips to try when the blahs are getting you down....

Everyone knows that successful and sustainable weight loss is about good habits—doing the right things consistently. Here’s how to tap into your good habits to motivate yourself instead of focusing on what you lack....

If you’re experiencing middle age weight gain, there are steps you can take to maintain or even lose weight on a medical weight loss plan....