As a 30ish year old woman working in the bariatric field while trying to lose weight herself, I hope that this blog can give an educational and personal view on weight loss from a medical perspective.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Happy Holidays!
Hey everyone! Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Hope you are enjoying this holiday season and I hope it's filled with much love and joy! I'll see you all in the new year and you know what one of my resolutions will definitely be!Haha!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Update Time!!
Hello to everyone who happen to
be reading this entry. Just wanted to give you guys a quick update
this entry on how my progress is going from when I first decided to
try losing weight again. I'm down 6 pounds from the time I first
started this blog back in November, which is not as much as I would
have liked to lose but considering it is the holiday season, I am
just happy that I lost weight. Right now, I am still working on the
things that I have already talked about these past few entries as
well as a weight loss plan/strategy for this upcoming new year. I
hope that you all are doing well especially if you are trying to lose
weight this holiday season. Remember to think positive and believe
in youself :)
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Holiday Help!!!
“The
road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.”~
Unknown
Hi everyone! Well, I know that we are
admist of what I call the “Triple Threat” of the year when it
comes to weight loss. It starts off with Halloween, goes through
Thanksgiving, and even before you have a chance to let your pants
out, you have to deal with the holidays. I guess all those dinners,
parties, goodies, and temptations that we are faced with and often
give into are one reason that many people put down “lose weight”
when New Years finally comes around. I know that I'm going to have
to keep in mind some things this holiday season if I want to avoid
gaining even more weight.
One of the things I'm going to do is
if I'm invited to a potluck party, I'm going to try to make a
personal dish that I enjoy and is also on the healthier side. That
way, if there are no other healthier dishes that I can put on my
plate at the party, I know I can always fall back on my dish rather
than only having less healthy options to choose from. If there are
other healthier dishes at the party, I can also fill my plate up with
them and by doing so, I'll be better at practicing my second
strategy, which is moderation.
I'm a big advocate of moderation for
the simple fact that life is too short to not occasionally indulge in
something you enjoy, including certain foods, even if it may not
necessarily be good for you. However, the key to this notion is to
try to practice moderation when it comes to temptation. This year,
when I go to any holiday parties, I'm going to try to devote the
largest portion of my plate to the healthier food options while
leaving a little room to sample any “guilty pleasures” I know I
really want to try. I think this strategy will allow me to get a
taste of some of the more indulgent foods, such as desserts, without
completely blowing my weight loss efforts.
A third technique I'm going to try
this holiday season is to drink atleast one glass of water right
before I eat at a party. Water helps me feel fuller before I eat so
I am more likely to eat less. It will also keep me more hydrated in
case I do decide to drink an alcohol beverage at the party.
I hope that these three little tips
will help me from gaining weight during this holiday season. If
anyone reading this entry has any waistline-friendly recipes or
weight-loss tips that they would like to share, please feel free to
leave it in a comment below :)
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Power of Change
“The definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and over and expecting different
results.”~Albert Einstein
Change can be scary. For that reason,
it is understandable that most people seek out and rely on
consistency and stability, which we definitely need in certain areas
of our lives. However, being unwilling to change in other areas can
leave us stagnant. Sometimes we need to just let go of our fears,
take a deep breath, and EMBRACE CHANGE in order to grow or improve
ourselves. When it comes to weight loss, if you have been eating or
exercising (or both) a certain way for awhile and have not been able
to drop anymore pounds, it may be time to consider trying some
changes. Our bodies are remarkable in their ability to adapt or
become accustomed to certain things such as the same exercise
routine. The same goes for “bad” habits such as eating junk
foods or not eating enough and putting your body in a “starvation”
mode. When we need to make changes in our lives, we need to also
remember that it does not always have to be big or happen
immediately. Much like we did not develop certain patterns
overnight, we cannot expect to necessarily change them overnight.
Also, sometimes even small changes can make a big impact.
For me personally, I know there are
several areas in my current lifestyle that I need to change and
improve upon if I want to progress in my weight loss. In order to
help me develop a strategy for successful lifestyle changes, I wrote
a list of my weight loss goals, both short-term and long-term, and
the changes, both small and big, that I needed to make to help me
achieve those goals. I know that these positive changes may not be
easy or happen instantaneously, but, in the long run, I feel that
they will be worth making. For this week, as a short-term goal, I am
going to focus on cutting back on eating out and start to learn how
to do more cooking so I can make healthier meals for myself. Next
week I plan on focusing on developing a regular exercise routine that
will work with my personal and work schedule. Good luck to all of
you who are also planning to begin making any positive lifestyle
changes! Remember to be patient as well as stay positive and believe
in yourself!
Monday, November 12, 2012
The Start of SeriouslyHere4U :)
“The journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step”~Lao-Tzu
Hi everyone and welcome to my blog!
The main reason I started this blog was that I wanted to show our
patients that just because I am a medical provider it doesn't mean
that I can't be affected by the escalating obesity epidemic. In
other words, wearing a white lab coat does not mean that I don't have
challenges battling the numbers on the scale or my waistline. As
some of our patients may already know, I stopped my medications for
several months and 20 pounds slowly but surely crept up on me. Being
barely 5 feet tall, this extra 20 pounds feels more like 50 in terms
of how I look and how I feel so I decided to restart the same
medication regimen that many of our patients are on in addition to
some personal lifestyle changes. I already know that losing weight
is not an easy or quick task at all so I figured it might be helpful
to some of our patients if they could see my challenges and struggles
as well as strategies that I may use to try to overcome them. Since
it is coming from both a provider and patient perspective, this blog
is going to mainly be a mix of personal and educational aspects
associated with obesity and weight loss. However, I have to say that
any opinions expressed within any entry are strictly my own. I plan
to try to update this blog atleast once a week and in the end, I hope
that it helps not only me with my weight loss journey but other
people as well. In the meantime, try to stay positive and believe in
yourself!
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