Tuesday, February 07, 2012

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Healthy weight loss takes a healthy individual. If you have repetitively tried to lose weight unsuccessfully you are missing a key piece to the puzzle. Let us guide you. 

Most Americans find themselves overweight due to diets high in calories from refined and processed food, as well as junk fats. This leaves us undernourished and constantly hungry for more of the same empty calories. To fill the void we continue eating these nutritionally deficient foods creating a vicious cycle of over eating. A common solution is thought to be eating less when in fact weight loss is NOT about restricting calories. Weight loss is about getting healthy by proving the body with nutrient dense foods that nourish our cells and satisfy our appetites.

Another major road block in weight loss is that most of us remain in a constant state of stress whether it be from work, lack of sleep, chronic pain, poor nutrition, chemical irritants, over exercising, divorce and the list goes on. Stress, emotional, mental, or physical, causes a disruption in proper hormone function. Stress causes an elevation in the hormone cortisol which causes fat to deposit in the body eventually leading to weight gain. Altering behaviors and addressing stressors can lead to significant gains in health and weight loss.

At our clinic we focus on getting individuals healthy first. There is no secret. Healthy weight loss takes lifestyle change including eating the right calories, doing the right activities and reducing stressors. Many of our patients have had successful results in gaining health leading them to healthy weight loss.

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