The Key to Starting any Exercise or Diet Plan
Albert Bandura is the most cited living psychologist. He pioneered work on confidence, which he called self-efficacy. In his early work on confidence he was able to get participants with severe snake phobias to actually hold a boa constrictor in a short period of time. The key was getting his participants to perform actions they […]
Treat exercise like automatic investments
If you know little to nothing about investing money, I highly recommend the easy read I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi. It is simple system that allows you to make your own automation of easy investing and banking to help you slowly gain wealth without thinking too hard. So what the hell does […]
Breaking unhealthy habits with this simple strategy
GUEST POST! A large amount of our daily food choices are automatic, meaning they happen with little conscious planning. This automatic decision making is a key feature of habit. A habit is created when behaviors repeatedly occur in a stable context. Habits are also very easily accessible in your mind. For example, imagine that every […]
The Best Diet for Weight Loss
As an obesity physician, I survey all of my patients about their diets. I also make note of the patients who are the most successful at losing and keeping off their weight. There is ONE trait that every successful patient shares in common. Is it their carbohydrate count? Are they vegans? Do they track their calories on an app? […]
Can you lose weight while eating McDonald’s?
On my Facebook page I made this post after meeting a new patient: This was met with much applause, but there were some who made reference to some individuals actually LOSING weight while STILL eating McDonald’s. This led me to make this silly meme: I was being a tad extreme of course. The TRUTH […]