Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Addicted to food?
Clink on this link http://dld.bz/Cmc5 and check out this article regarding how the chemicals in our body and brain lead us down the fat bucket pathway...... let me know what you think!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
What Motivates You?
Just the sound of the word "motivation" is exciting, especially when associated with anything to do with weight loss and keeping weight off. Motivation seems some magical "thing" that just happens and makes us want to do something. Unfortunately, motivation is difficult to come by and one must be truly motivated to even put in the work required to find their own motivation (especially the weight loss and keeping weight off type of motivation). Truth be known, we are more often than not driven more by what I call.... "The Anti-Motivation", spending much time thinking of ways NOT to do things, such as diet and exercise and all the boring, nasty things we must actually get ourselves motivated to do to lose weight and keep it off - excuses, excuses, excuses. We somehow find the motivation to dream up some amazing excuses!
"Motivation" is the carrot, the prize, the incentive that triggers the GO chemicals in our brain. For millions, the prospect of stomach surgery can get the GO chemicals going with thoughts of rapid weight loss clouding any reasonable thought process required to think through this potentially life changing procedure. For those about to receive this magical knifing, the motivation to lose initial weight and attend any number of counseling sessions as required by the insurance company is NO PROBLEM! Just think - suddenly thinness - all weight problems gone (there's the carrott). The bad news....where are those wondrous GO chemicals three years post op when the weight starts looming once again?? (Gee, maybe I should have taken off my surgery goggles and listened more closely in those classes).
If you're serious about weight loss and weight management...think about what motivates you - think about what might motivate you -reflect upon a time in your life when you were truly motivated. Conjure up ways to get yourself inspired to reach for the carrot. Imagine yourself motivated and allow your brain to find those GO chemicals and get them surging through your body. Be a kid again and play pretend if you're blocking....BE motivated, believe it and keep going and going and going - it will save your life. With motivation and those GO chemicals on your side.....the low fat, low calorie, healthy diet is the easy part.
"Motivation" is the carrot, the prize, the incentive that triggers the GO chemicals in our brain. For millions, the prospect of stomach surgery can get the GO chemicals going with thoughts of rapid weight loss clouding any reasonable thought process required to think through this potentially life changing procedure. For those about to receive this magical knifing, the motivation to lose initial weight and attend any number of counseling sessions as required by the insurance company is NO PROBLEM! Just think - suddenly thinness - all weight problems gone (there's the carrott). The bad news....where are those wondrous GO chemicals three years post op when the weight starts looming once again?? (Gee, maybe I should have taken off my surgery goggles and listened more closely in those classes).
If you're serious about weight loss and weight management...think about what motivates you - think about what might motivate you -reflect upon a time in your life when you were truly motivated. Conjure up ways to get yourself inspired to reach for the carrot. Imagine yourself motivated and allow your brain to find those GO chemicals and get them surging through your body. Be a kid again and play pretend if you're blocking....BE motivated, believe it and keep going and going and going - it will save your life. With motivation and those GO chemicals on your side.....the low fat, low calorie, healthy diet is the easy part.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Weight Loss Surgery & Supplements
Without the proper tools, weight loss surgery of any type does not work in the long run. Weight loss surgeries usually benefit only the surgeons. Also, any advertisements regarding weight loss supplements - I do not support.
Dr. Stacey A. Hilton-Davis
Dr. Stacey A. Hilton-Davis
Tweeting thru the Holidays
The World of Twitter is now upon us all. Zillions of resources - try it - I have. Follow me on Twitter @drhiltondavis.
If you are interested in my Psychological self-therapy.....WiTHIN You Now!™........stay tuned. Guaranteed to help you with the challenges of weight management.
WiTHIN You Now!™........my book is in progress - you will LOVE!!
If you are interested in my Psychological self-therapy.....WiTHIN You Now!™........stay tuned. Guaranteed to help you with the challenges of weight management.
WiTHIN You Now!™........my book is in progress - you will LOVE!!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Rainy days, food & money
Rainy days are great days to dust off your exercise videos, put your mat down and move....stretch, Yoga, and little cardio. Then, before a hot bath, Google a healthy, low fat veggie soup recipe, run to the store thru the raindrops and get the fixins'. Enjoy some down time if you can, enjoy the Season, watch White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Vera Ellen and know you don't have to ever be THAT skinny...
Hint: Save $600.00/year, buy the necessary tools ($100.00 at most) and give yourself your own manicures and pedicures. After 5 years you will have saved $3,000.00. You may need the extra cash one day.
Leave your hair to the pros....please.
Hint: Save $600.00/year, buy the necessary tools ($100.00 at most) and give yourself your own manicures and pedicures. After 5 years you will have saved $3,000.00. You may need the extra cash one day.
Leave your hair to the pros....please.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Weight Loss Surgery
Just as obesity has rocketed over the past 30 years, weight loss surgeries have made the same incredible surge. Regardless of the "type" of weight loss surgery choosen, the results are similar: An immediate and sharp decrease in body weight due to an immediate and sharp decrease in food intake. The good news is that this decrease in body weight lowers many risk factors for heart disease, cancer and depression. The bad news is that if the work has not been done prior to the surgery to put into place a lifetime behavior modification plan, the weight begins to creep back on leaving the surgery recipient exactly in the same shape they were prior to surgery - overweight, unhealthy and unhappy.
Most surgery centers require patients to attend classes and counseling prior to surgery as well as "getting back on track" classes. Yet for many, attending these classes is only a "going through the motions" activity. Clearly, for a large percentage of surgery candidates, the pre and post surgery counseling and education does not meet their needs.
Weight loss surgery is only successful if it results in lifetime weight management. Dropping 100 pounds for fifteen minutes followed by weight gain is not success - it is sad and very dangerous. Attending a class to "get back on track" after the surgery may be too late.
If you are considering weight loss surgery, don't fall into the trap of feeling as though you are the one who "won't put the weight back on". Understand that once the novelty of the surgery wears off and your appetite comes back, you will be faced with the same challenges that led you into obesity. Understand that weight loss is a very small aspect of weight management, and without serious behavior modification tools to help you through the rest of your life, success will be only a dream.
Stay tuned to my column for behavior modification tools that will help you today and tomorrow - with or without weight loss surgery.
Most surgery centers require patients to attend classes and counseling prior to surgery as well as "getting back on track" classes. Yet for many, attending these classes is only a "going through the motions" activity. Clearly, for a large percentage of surgery candidates, the pre and post surgery counseling and education does not meet their needs.
Weight loss surgery is only successful if it results in lifetime weight management. Dropping 100 pounds for fifteen minutes followed by weight gain is not success - it is sad and very dangerous. Attending a class to "get back on track" after the surgery may be too late.
If you are considering weight loss surgery, don't fall into the trap of feeling as though you are the one who "won't put the weight back on". Understand that once the novelty of the surgery wears off and your appetite comes back, you will be faced with the same challenges that led you into obesity. Understand that weight loss is a very small aspect of weight management, and without serious behavior modification tools to help you through the rest of your life, success will be only a dream.
Stay tuned to my column for behavior modification tools that will help you today and tomorrow - with or without weight loss surgery.
My published article on "Examiner.com"
I am proud to say this article was published recently on "Examiner.com" for which I am a "Local Examiner"... Log on and take a look at this very cool on-line newspaper...
Men and women alike seek to achieve the “Six Pack” - those chiseled abs that symbolize sex appeal, self-control, and hours in the gym. Yet recent research indicates that more than 50% of US adults have abdominal obesity or “belly fat” and millions of dollars are spent on diets and potions that promise results with little to no avail. So, the question remains, is there a well-researched, scientific way to “target” and burn belly fat with the foods we eat? The good news is that the answer is YES! Visceral fat, the kind tucked deep inside your waistline, is more metabolically active and easier to lose than subcutaneous fat under the skin, especially if you have plenty of it. Eating a diet rich in whole grains while reducing refined carbohydrates changes the glucose and insulin responses and makes it easier to mobilize those belly fat stores.
Men and women alike seek to achieve the “Six Pack” - those chiseled abs that symbolize sex appeal, self-control, and hours in the gym. Yet recent research indicates that more than 50% of US adults have abdominal obesity or “belly fat” and millions of dollars are spent on diets and potions that promise results with little to no avail. So, the question remains, is there a well-researched, scientific way to “target” and burn belly fat with the foods we eat? The good news is that the answer is YES! Visceral fat, the kind tucked deep inside your waistline, is more metabolically active and easier to lose than subcutaneous fat under the skin, especially if you have plenty of it. Eating a diet rich in whole grains while reducing refined carbohydrates changes the glucose and insulin responses and makes it easier to mobilize those belly fat stores.
In a nutshell, try adding foods to your diet that contain the whole grain kernel such as brown rice, oatmeal and popcorn (without butter of course) and reducing foods from your diet that have been processed by machinery that strips the bran and germ from the whole grain such as white rice and pasta made with white flour. Along with your regular exercise program and a focused mindset, this diet modification promises to produce true results and a healthier you.
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