If you’ve ever experienced a weight-loss plateau, you know the disappointment of stepping on the scale after another week of eating well and exercising only to see the same exact number as the week before. The truth is, weight-loss plateaus happen to almost everyone trying to lose weight. In order to overcome one, it’s important first to understand why they occur. Here are three contributing factors that can lead to a stalemate with the scale:
Too embarrassed to exercise? You're far from alone. Try on these ideas to boost your confidence and reach your fitness goals.
If you grew up believing that eating snacks between meals was a sure path to weight gain, you’ll be happy to hear that this is now outmoded thinking. A planned snack can actually help prevent overeating. If you wait to eat until you're starving, it's hard not to overeat once you sit down at the table. If you have a small snack to curb your hunger, you won’t be famished when you sit down for lunch or dinner, which can make it easier to control how much you eat during meals. Learn how to curb your hunger and control your weight with smart snacking. Start with these steps to make healthy snack choices:
If you find yourself wavering on your resolutions, and the winter weather has you hibernating, you're not alone. When the cold strikes, it's easy to curl up under a blanket and let your New Year's resolutions slide. remember that sometimes you need a plan B. Rather than beat yourself up, formulate an action plan to get back on track.
As you undergo your weight loss journey, you might question why protein is so prized. How does it really help you lose weight? Here are 5 reasons why protein can be your weight loss pal:
Stay Slimmer With Water Trying to lose weight? One of the secrets to weight loss is staying hydrated. Whether you simply forget to drink or don't love the taste, it's easy to fall short of keeping hydrated. But with a few adjustments with these stay hydrated tips, you can remind yourself to drink up.
After receiving numerous requests from prospective patients, we are pleased to announce that starting in early 2015, Dr. Kuri & Associates will be making available an additional Bariatric procedure, the Gastric Sleeve.
Well it's starting again! The food police are out in force this year. This is the time of year when all your well meaning relatives, co-workers and friends start in with there not so helpful comments about what you should or should not be eating. There is nothing like gathering with family and friends for a holiday meal and a side of guilt. Take a deep breath.... OK, now let it out slow.... Well in honor of anyone that has had to deal with the Food Police during the holidays or anytime for that matter, I have a little rendition of the Twelve Days Of Christmas for you. Have fun with it and
Whether you're keeping track of your current health status, starting a fitness program, or training for a fitness competition, there's an activity or health tracker to fit your needs. Learn about the available options to find the right tracker for your health goals.
Intuitive Eating is another piece of the weight management puzzle. Intuitive Eating goes hand in hand with mindful eating and the two together will help you develop a better more natural relationship with your body and food. The Interesting thing about intuitive eating is we all at one time had the ability to do it automatically. This is the introduction to a seven part series on Intuitive Eating.
Stop worrying about weight. What I mean by that statement is I understand that most of us decided to get the Lap Band for the purpose of losing weight. But the only way to sustain any weight you will lose is by developing a different relationship with how you feed and honor your body. The diet mentality is often to do something drastic for a short period of time to reach a goal....and then slowly watch it backfire as you go back to your normal lifestyle. It is not healthy to diet that way, yet that is the prevalent message in our culture today. This is part 2 of a seven part series on intuitive eating
How easily do you recognize your hunger signals? Do you know what hungry feels like, in comparison to reaching the point of wanting to inhale anything and everything? Do you know what satisfied feels like, versus stuffed too full or having to convince yourself you have eaten enough? Hunger and fullness are two physiological signs that we should be able to easily recognize, but many of us do not.
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