Are You Ready to Lose Weight?

By: Dr. Melina (View Profile)

After slightly more than a year, and down thirty-five and a half pounds, SP finally had her cholesterol rechecked, and the results were astounding. Her total cholesterol dropped 22 percent, triglycerides were down 41 percent, bad cholesterol was down 31 percent, and her good cholesterol was exactly the same! Her eating habits had become completely “second nature,” and she actually continued losing relatively effortlessly beyond her initial goal weight.


Melina Jampolis, M.D., author of
"The No Time to Lose Diet," is a board-certified internist and physician nutrition specialist (one of only 200 in the country). She specializes exclusively in nutrition for weight loss and disease prevention and treatment. This excerpt has been displayed with permission from Thomas Nelson, Inc.

 

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posted: 09.26.2007
Frankie
Excellent article! I am so tired of seeing all the quick tips to losing weight as if it were that easy. This is information is intelligent and most importantly will achieve results. I especially like the idea of writing out the reasons 'why' one would want to lose weight. Vain motivations are not enough. It's your health and quality of life that one should be looking to alter when trying to lose weight. You have listed some great examples. Thank you for this resource!
posted: 09.26.2007
Juliette Betancourt
I think you bring up a good point about the "readiness" to lose weight. There have been many times in my life where I started a diet because I was focused on my physical image, but I wasn't ready to make the necessary changes to my diet or habits. Today I understand that my weight is not so much about image but about how I feel inside. Feeling healthy is my main goal, which has changed my perception of dieting as a whole.
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