It’s getting awfully close to the Christmas party season again. And you know what that means. Large dinners followed by sugary, high fat desserts like cheesecakes and puddings. And don’t forget all that high calorie alcohol that’s sure to be in abundance. You know what you don’t want over the holidays – to gain weight. [...]

Let’s face it. Very few people in our society use food strictly as fuel for their daily activities. We eat for flavors. We eat for entertainment. We eat to alleviate boredom, fatigue, excitement or heartache. We eat to be part of a social event. We eat because advertisers spend millions of dollars seducing us into equating [...]

In less than 2 weeks I will be participating in the Beaches Jazz Tune Up 5K Walk with Slimband colleagues, patients and MySlimband members. I am very excited about this because I feel not only is it away for myself to get more active this summer in a fun way, but I believe this event [...]

I recently read an article by David Gilks and it really snapped me out of some misconstrued ideas or myths people may have about losing weight… especially in summer with the impending doom of swimsuit season. I’ve summarized his weight loss myth-busters in the list below: Myth – Starve the pounds away This is ineffective [...]