Every Bite Counts

  This is one of the more common sense pieces of advice I give to my patients, but it needs repeating. Even though you have a snack here and there during the day, all of those little nibbles and bites can add up BIG time. For example I have multiple patients who work in the […]

30 Day Challenges and Rapid Fat Loss are Good

There is a growing dichotomy amongst weight loss coaches where one group sides with 30 day challenges and quick weight loss and the other sides with slow long-term weight loss. These things don’t have to be mutually exclusive though. In fact, I initiate a rapid fat loss plan with my patients and online followers for […]

Legume Lunch

Many of my patients have leftovers from dinner for their next day’s lunch. If that doesn’t happen though, they struggle choosing a healthy option. One thing I like to teach them is what I call the “Legume Lunch”   I like healthy, but I also like convenient. My work schedule is similar to my patient’s. […]

The 3 things you should NEVER eat in 2016

I’m not sure about you, but I keep seeing these articles about “The 5 foods you should never eat if you want to lose weight” blah blah blah.   These articles are ridiculous. They say things like potato chips and candy etc. Okay so you can’t have a treat once in a while even if you have a small […]

Do you have Metabolic Syndrome?

  Have some excess weight around your belly with slightly elevated blood pressures/sugars/triglycerides and/or  low HDL-C? The doctor may tell you they are just small blips in your labs, but your risk of developing heart disease and diabetes are 2-5 times higher if you have 3 of those things in the cartoon. This is called […]