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Weight Management – It’s All About the Planning!

2022-01-02

By Maria Fleet When it comes to weight management, if we want to be successful, we can’t wing it or improvise on our own. Dr. Dawn Smiley-Byrd, an endocrinologist who practices in and around Atlanta, GA, says it’s important to have a solid plan – one worked out with a doctor, and revised as time…

8 Habits That Make Reaching A Healthy Weight ACHIEVABLE

2021-07-26

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Dr. Sasha High, medical director of the High Metabolic Clinic in Ontario, has worked with hundreds of people who are trying to improve their health and reach a healthier weight. Along the way, she’s learned a lot about what helps people succeed. Here are eight of her favorite tips for creating the habits that make…

What To Do When We’ve Tried Everything & Nothing Has Worked

2021-07-25

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By Maria Fleet By the time people see Dr. Megha Poddar, they’re nearly out of hope that they’ll ever reach a healthier weight. “Ninety percent of the patients, by the time they get to me, they tried something on their own,” she says. In fact, she’s accustomed to hearing that they’ve tried many different weight…

Throw Away the Scale… and Other Surprising Suggestions from Weight Loss Experts

2021-07-25

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By Maria Fleet What if you went to a doctor for treatment of excess weight and they didn’t weigh you? That just might happen if you talk with a physician in Canada who specializes in weight management. Take Dr. Judy Shiau, medical director at the LEAF Weight Management Clinic in Ottawa. “If people came to…

7 Tips for Talking to A Doctor About Weight

2021-07-24

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We asked several physicians who specialize in treating obesity and excess weight how they would recommend talking to our family physician about reaching a healthier weight. Here were their suggestions: Educate yourself first. Before you start the conversation, it’s important to learn why the Canadian Medical Association and the World Health Organization have declared that…

Willpower Is A Myth… Try This Instead

2021-07-23

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Here’s why “having more willpower” is not the answer for sustainable weight loss

Ten Tips to Calm Cravings!

2021-07-23

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By Melinda Maryniuk, MEd, RD, CDCES Everyone’s had the experience of working so hard to eat better– smaller portions. More fruits and veggies. But there are times when you are just craving something specific to eat. Usually it’s something sweet or salty. Your inner voices are driving you crazy taunting you with “Go ahead, you…

A Dietitian’s Review: The Keto Diet (or a Very Low Carb Diet)

2021-07-23

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Find out what one dietitian thinks about the Keto diet…

My Weight Live: Reaching Our Best Weight

2021-07-01

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Yoni Freedhoff

Did you miss our episode on how to reach your best weight? Read the 5 main takeaways from our discussion with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff below… Best weight is whatever weight you reach while living the healthiest life you honestly enjoy. You couldn’t happily eat less or happily exercise more, and whatever your weight falls at,…

Seven Essential Steps To Keep Lost Pounds Off

2021-07-01

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By Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM Many people with excess weight or obesity are led to believe that the hardest part of tackling extra pounds is shedding them. Thus, most of the focus around weight management aims to answer the question: What’s the best eating plan (aka diet) to lose weight? We’re led to…