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JAN

2016

5 Benefits of Laser Hair Removal

It can be such a pain to get rid of unwanted hair. Waxing and plucking can be painful and then you need to keep making appointments because the hair never really goes away. Electrolysis is still painful and time-consuming. In the end, other types of hair removal will be more

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JUL

2014

It Is a Lifestyle, Not a Diet: Gain Control of Your Weight for Good

In today’s society of the glamour models with toothpick legs and flat stomachs on every magazine cover, people are becoming more obsessed with weight loss instead of weight control. Billions of dollars are spent every year on fad items such as abdominal machines, video

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JUL

2014

Maintain Your Nutrition Programs On Vacation

It can be very tempting to abandon your good sense and stop eating healthy on vacation. Although you may strive for healthy eating, it’s easy to drift off and grab an ice cream cone here and there. However, there are ways to watch what you eat on vacation. It’s easier

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MAR

2014

Does Eating Breakfast Make You Hungrier?

The answer is yes and no. It depends on what you eat for breakfast. As a weight loss doctor, I spend a significant amount of time with every new patient discussing the importance of breakfast and I have lost count of how many times I have heard “If I eat breakfast, I am hungry

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JAN

2014

Willpower

You either have or you don’t, right? Behavioral studies would show this to be incorrect. Willpower is a complex behavior that is ever changing. I teach my patients that every decision during your day is a different decision. Do you shower? Do you brush your teeth? Do you get

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DEC

2013

Lose Weight in the New Year

I am in full support of New Year’s Resolutions for weight loss. I am in support of any motivator to finally take action to change your health. There is no better time than today, and if you are reading this and it is before January 1, 2014, I recommend that you don’t even wait

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NOV

2013

New Weight Loss Drug Part 2: What is Qsymia?

Qsymia has been approved as an addition to a reduced calorie diet and increase in exercise for chronic weight management in patients with an initial BMI of 30 (obese) or 27 (overweight) with at least one medical condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or high

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OCT

2013

Weight Loss Is Hard

My very first weight loss patient to lose 50 pounds on my program made a statement to me on that visit which has stuck with me since that day. I have repeated it to hundreds of patients since. She said, “It is still hard. I have to get up and make the decision every day that I am

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OCT

2013

Weight Loss Is Hard

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OCT

2013

New Weight Loss Drugs – Part 1: What is Belviq?

The FDA approved a new weight loss drug, Belviq or lorcaserin generically, on June 27, 2012. Belviq is manufactured by Arena Pharmaceuticals and is the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 13 years for weight loss. It approved Belviq as an “addition to

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