January 2015 – The Weight Loss Counter Revolution

The following is a guest post from a friend of mine who is a family therapist. I believe that effective weight loss stands on three pillars, diet, exercise, and psychology. I focus mostly on the diet and exercise part in the blog but I wanted to expand to address the psychological impact of weight. Hopefully more posts along these lines will be coming. Enjoy…

If you are a reader of this blog, I am guessing that you are interested in losing weight. I’d like to offer a new angle to this problem, as seen from my perspective as a marriage and family therapist. Family therapy as a formal approach involves addressing problems people face in the context of their family as a system, not just as the problem of a single person who happens to be in a family. Weight management too can be seen and addressed through this lens.

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I love sweet potatoes. They are nutritionally equivalent to white potatoes but they add a lot more flavor which means you need less quantity to get better quality in terms of flavor. If you want to add protein and make it a meal, throw in some chicken breast to make it more substantial. Regardless, this recipe is a good low calorie healthy one with a bit of spice thrown in to help you keep warm in the cold winter months. I got this one from http://deliciouslyella.com. Enjoy!

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There you were at the holiday table filled with your closest friends and family. Inevitably somebody at the table has traded in their love of soap opera stars for an obsession with those handsome daytime TV doctors. Good looking, smart, and oh so helpful. So your aunt Martha is going on and on between helpings of stuffing about all the latest advances and advice she has learned from her dapper daytime medical consultants. You listen with an open mind and most of it sounds interesting and plausible but generally you’re a bit skeptical. Maybe you think Martha is a bit of a nut for believing everything she sees on TV. She is after all wiping her mouth with her new ShamWow she bought on QVC and she did bring beef, turkey, chicken, and vegetable jerky from her new Jerky machine. But maybe what she learned is true, the TV doctors are real doctors after all. Continue reading “Why you shouldn’t listen to TV doctors” →

It’s freezing cold outside here in Baltimore and, against all our wishes, we are all trapped in our homes for fear of losing digits if exposed to the elements. One of the problems with being stuck inside is that boredom can lead to snacking and the snacks one eats when bored are not generally good for losing weight. For that reason, it takes some thought and planning to find meals that will keep you warm and keep you healthy. The key to staying in control is a small amount of forethought and a bit of determination. To help you my wife found this gem of a recipe which is both nutritionally balanced in the right way (high protein, low carbs), easy to make, and a bit spicy to warm you up on the inside. In fact, this recipe in my opinion has too few calories per serving as posted on their blog. I would recommend having it serve one or two people and will calculate the nutrition facts as such. The spicy part is optional for those of you who have tender taste buds. This one comes from foodmanna.net so give them some love and check out their other recipes. Enjoy!

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