Author Archives: Delight Medical

Making the transition to a healthy diet is a central component of your medical weight loss program. After you finish your meal replacement diet you will need to slowly transition back to whole foods. For a lot of people this is the hardest part. Losing weight on a controlled diet plan is manageable, but maintaining that weight loss once you are free to eat regular foods again can be challenging. [Read more]

When people claim that healthy cooking is not an option, a lack of time is usually the excuse. Indeed, time is something we all wish we had more of, and all that dicing, slicing, sautéing and baking will take time that you may not have to spare. But if you hope to maintain the progress you’re making with the help of your medical weight loss program, then cooking your own healthy meals is not an option—it’s an absolute necessity. [Read more]

If you’re contemplating starting a low carb diet to help you lose weight or reduce fat, most likely you have a lot of questions and concerns. What constitutes a low carb diet? How will this diet plan benefit your health? While there are benefits to a low carb diet, it’s best to speak with your weight loss doctor before embarking on a low carbohydrate diet. [Read more]

While many people pursue weight loss out of aesthetic concerns for their waist line, a more important benefit is that it improves your health. While following your medical weight loss program you will need to find ways to stay motivated. [Read more]

An effective weight management plan must incorporate healthy cooking and meals. If you want to lose weight, then you must find ways to cut back on the number of calories that you eat. Fortunately, there are some simple ways to cut back on calories without giving up your favorite meals. [Read more]

The goals that you set can have a powerful impact on your weight loss success, especially when you are starting to make changes to your diet and exercise. When you want to successfully lose weight and maintain that weight loss, it is important to set realistic goals that provide the baby steps that will guide you through the process. [Read more]

Sticking to a logical, healthy eating plan can be the key to unlocking your weight loss potential, but for many people, emotional eating can ruin even the best intentions. [Read more]

When you are participating in a medical weight loss program, finding the motivation to exercise and eat right day after day can be difficult. This is especially true when you are just getting started. Exercise can feel disruptive to your habits and routines. It can be intimidating and can even feel unpleasant as you work. To see the weight loss results you want, you need to find motivation to keep up the good habits. A few things that work: [Read more]

In some ways, incidental activity is more important than exercise because for many people, it may be the only kind of physical activity they receive that helps prevent them from gaining weight and suffering weight-related medical conditions. [Read more]

Feeling overweight and being overweight may be two different circumstances, but they can still result in the same emotional response — personal dissatisfaction and lowered self-esteem. Here in Los Angeles, many of us can relate to this sentiment and have tried myriad routes to weight loss only to gain it back time after time. A key component to achieving lasting weight loss is our ability to compare ourselves to others less and to focus more on what weight loss really represents to each of us on a personal level. [Read more]