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 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.
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.
Often times it is easy to get caught up in advise or rules from this diet program or that diet book in the quest to shed those unwanted pounds but what is often over looked is researching the "best" way to eat for health. When the focus is solely on weight loss and not the health of the body there can be a tendency to choose foods that are optimal or hindering for our goals. Figuring out all sorts of rules, tips, and guidelines about how to eat. But, do we really need all of that? At some point, the information stops being helpful and becomes hindering. It can lead to restrictions, burn-out, guilt and stress. This is Part 4 of a Seven part series on Intuitive Eating.
What is the food police? It is that inner voice that tells you you can't have certain foods, should be following particular dieting rules, and have to pay time in the prison of guilt for not eating the "right" thing. Almost all of us have a food police voice in our heads. It comes from all the information that we get over the years and adopt as law for how we eat.
Think about the last meal you had. How did it end? Did you eat the amount you had planned for that particular meal and stop afterwards, despite still feeling like you could eat a little bit more? Did you serve yourself a large portion because your “eyes were bigger than your stomach”, but finished your plate anyways? Or did you eat until satisfied, even if it meant leaving food on your plate or going back for more?
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