Dr. Phil Calls Bistro MD To Help In “Extreme Weight” Case
With a case of extreme obesity slowly killing a man, Dr. Phil has called upon Bistro MD and Dr. Caroline Cederquist M.D., the developer of the diet with hopes that her expertise and her medical delivery diet can offer critical help to the situation.
On the show, which air yesterday, January 29, 2008 Dr. Phil employs his popular team approach, and he’ll have input from his usual posse of medical experts for Kevin, who at age 44 has reached the stunning weight of 715 pounds. But faced with a weight problem that extreme, not just any doctor has the depth of experience to offer meaningful help.
So Dr. Phil called in BistroMD and Dr. Cederquist, a board-certified family and bariatric physician who has at the core of her treatment a focus not on extreme diets or radical regimens, but on addressing the metabolic irregularities that develop in overweight people from a few pounds overweight to hundreds of pounds.
“Kevin is disabled and virtually homebound,” says Dr. Cederquist. “He has gained 300 pounds in the past five years. He suffers from diabetes and severe sleep and breathing difficulties. Problems with his joints and his sheer mass make it almost impossible for him to move around, and as a result, he scarcely leaves his bed, let alone his house. Getting him from home to the Dr. Phil studios was a major undertaking.”
Dr. Cederquist said Kevin had been rejected for weight-loss surgeries because the medical conditions related to his obesity make him too high-risk as a candidate for surgery. He has sunk into a depression over his worsening situation, and resorts to eating for comfort, further worsening his conditions-and his despair.
“These are often people who have been successful at everything else in their lives, and they cannot understand why their efforts to lose even 20 pounds are so futile,” she says. “But for them, it’s just not as simple as eat less, burn more. Losing weight is not just about eating less of the wrong things; it is about eating more of the right things.”
Because Kevin’s high-risk status prevents him from pursuing bariatric surgery, Dr. Phil’s staff assessed a number of options for Kevin, and ultimately, Dr. Phil asked Dr. Cederquist to help with Kevin’s case. She had developed a home diet delivery program that specifically addresses both the practical and metabolic problems most people as well as Kevin must overcome. The home delivery diet, called BistroMD, is a home-delivered diet that Dr. Cederquist developed..
The gourmet foods in the BistroMD diet will help Kevin deal with both the practical and the medical challenges he faces. The meals are portion-controlled and designed to preserve lean muscle tissue as the dieter loses body fat. Because they are low in glycemic load, the foods also tend to reduce the sugar and carb cravings that lead so many to abandon their dieting attempts.
While Kevin is an extreme example, his metabolic abnormalities are common and are becoming more so. Currently 70.8% of men and 66.2% of women in the U.S. are overweight. The vast majority of overweight people develop metabolic abnormalities as they gain. But with the right nutritional program is the underlying principle of the Bistro MD diet. The macronutrients of the diet include adequate lean protein spread throughout the day, controlled portions of complex carbohydrates and the right amount of “good” fats.
About BistroMD:
Dr. Cederquist set about creating fresh pre-packaged working with professional chefs to develop recipes for dishes both delicious and metabolically sound. Today BistroMD meals are prepared using cutting-edge food preparation technology to assure an optimal balance of preparation convenience, correct nutrient content, and peak dining enjoyment. Affordable dining plans are fresh frozen, delivered right to the dieter’s home weekly, eliminates the need for grocery shopping and takes just minutes from package to plate.
Dieting is Easier When You Love the Food. Delicious meals shipped to your door. It’s a proven strategy that works!
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Soup Helps You Lose Weight
Yep, a bowl of piping hot soup filled with vegetables not only warms your inside it can actually help you to lose weight!
Soup is a great way to get your recommended servings of vegetables each day. Be creative and try different vegetables in soups.
Be careful of the cheesy and creamy soups because they are higher in calories and fat. Doesn’t mean you can’t ever have them …
Just enjoy them in moderation. You want to add soup to a nutritionally balanced diet. Do not try to lose weight by only eating soup.
A two-year French study found that people who ate soup five or six times a week were more slender than those who did not eat soup.
A study by Pennsylvania State University found that people who ate soup one or two times a day as part of a reduced calorie diet were more successful in losing weight.
Another study by Penn State concluded that by beginning a meal with soup, volunteers reduced the amount they ate by an average of 100 calories per meal.
And another study at Penn State found that foods high in water content has a strong impact on feeling full and satisfied … The study was in three parts:
1. The volunteers ate a chicken rice casserole appetizer before their meal
2. The volunteers ate the chicken rice casserole as a soup (The cooks just added one cup of water to the previous rice casserole).
3. The volunteers ate the chicken rice casserole appetizer followed by drinking a glass of water.
The RESULTS – the volunteers ate one third fewer calories when the chicken rice was consumed in soup form. They did not get hungrier earlier or eat a bigger dinner later.
TIP: To reduce the fat in your soup … refrigerate right after you make it. As it cools that fat rises to the top and you can skim it off the surface. Reheat and enjoy!
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Are You Ready To Lose Weight? (2)
10 Questions You Must Ask Yourself!
(Questions 5 – 10)
6. Are you committed to your weight loss goals?
To lose weight you need to be prepared. Plan your meals. Planning keeps you on track by knowing what and when you will eat. You need to know what you want your final results to be …
Do you want to be a size 10?
Do you want to fit into that special outfit again?
Bottom line is you have to plan to succeed and work the plan. Be patient and know that it will take time to achieve your weight loss goals. Experts agree that it is best to lose one to two pounds per week.
7. Are you willing to explore emotional issues that trigger overeating?
Do you eat when you’re bored? Angry? Sad? Happy? Stressed?
Do you find yourself mindlessly eating while watching TV?
Mindlessly eating – tasting food while you’re cooking?
Tto lose weight you will need to overcome these barriers.
Experts believe that 75% of overeating is caused because of emotions. We learned this behavior.
When we were small and scraped our knee, our mom usually would give us a kiss & maybe a cookie to make us “feel better’. We have erroneously associated food with feeling good.
The good news is that we can learn new improved behaviors if we choose to. Identify what causes you to overeat. When you know what triggers you to overeat, you will be able to replace eating food with an alternative behavior and begin to lose weight.
Instead of using food to feed your emotions try one of the following alternatives:
- Take a bubble bath
- Take a short walk
- Listen to your favorite music
- Listen to a self-hypnotic tape
- Talk to a friend on the phone
- Read a book
- Meditate
- Exercise to your favorite video
- Get busy – clean your house, iron, wash your car, tend to your garden
8. Are you willing to increase your physical activity?
Let’s face it we all need to be more active then we are. You don’t need to join a gym or set up a rigorous exercise program. You just need to add more physical activity in your life.
Remember to lose weight you must consume fewer calories and exercise more.
Some easy ways to add exercise into your life …
- Take a daily walk with your loved ones before or after dinner
- Go outside and play ball with your children
- Take dancing lessons
- Park as far away as possible and walk rest of the way
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator
- Take up a new sport, tennis, volleyball, basketball etc …
9. Are you determined to Succeed?
You need to be willing to do whatever it takes to lose weight. We are all individuals, this will be different things for each one of us.
Some of you may need professional counseling.
For others determination may be all that’s needed. Only you can answer this question for yourself.
Make a contract with yourself. Sign it . Read it as often as necessary for you to stay focused on the final outcome.
Picture yourself at your desired weight. Keep that mental picture in your mind as often as possible.
Keeping records of what and when you eat increase your chance of success. Most online weight loss sites have convenient trackers you can use online.
When you truly decide to lose weight, you’ll be surprised at how easy it really can be.
10. Do you have a support team?
It’s extremely important that you have support while losing weight. You may need someone to talk to when that bag of chips is screaming “eat me”. Have someone on speed dial that you can call.
An online support team works just as well. It’s been proven that online support can be just as effective as group meetings. Best part of online support is you can find somebody online 24/7. Any good weight loss site, will offer support forums.
Now you know if you are mentally ready to lose weight. If you are, be sure to get a physical. Consult with your physician before beginning any weight loss or exercise program.
NOTE: If you have any eating disorders such as binging, purging or starving yourself, you need to consult with a professional.
Lose Weight and Feel Great!!
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Are You Ready To Lose Weight? (1)
10 Questions You Must Ask Yourself!
(Questions 1 – 5)
It’s important that you are mentally ready to lose weight.
It is a proven fact that when you are ready to make permanent lifestyle changes, losing weight and keeping it off becomes possible.
1. Do you know why you want to lose weight?
This may sound like a strange question at first. In order to succeed, it’s important that you have a deep rooted reason for wanting to reduce your weight. Just saying I need to diet, or I wish I was thinner does not give you the inner strength needed for weight loss.
You will need to look back on your reason(s) when the going gets tough. Get out a pen and paper and complete the following … (Dig deep into your heart and find the real reasons why you want to lose weight.) I know I will succeed because … Some common reasons for wanting to lose weight are:
- To look better
- To have more energy
- To set a good example for your children
- To be attractive to the opposite sex
- To be able to buy sexier clothes
- To be healthier
Are you currently experiencing health problems that would be improved by losing weight? Such as, high blood pressure, joint problems, high cholesterol etc.
2. Do you want to lose weight for yourself?
Your reasons for wanting to lose weight need to be personal reasons.
You can’t lose weight because your spouse, mom, kids or doctor wants you to.
If you can’t sincerely answer this question “yes” you are setting yourself up for failure.
Get some 3×5 cards and write down every personal reason you can think of to lose weight. Read these cards aloud to yourself, several times a day. This will help keep you motivated.
3. Are you being honest with yourself?
You need to review your previous failures and successes. You will need to identify obstacles that have hampered previous weight loss efforts. Forgive yourself for past failures. Learn from them. Repeat behaviors that have helped you before. View losing weight as a positive experience.
If you begin a weight loss program thinking …
“I can never have chocolate” or “I can never eat a fast food burger again.”
You’ll be obsessed with these foods. You’ll feel like you are depriving yourself and will eventually give in to your cravings – and probably wind up overeating.
Lose weight by eating all foods in moderation.
4. Do you have major distractions or stress in your life right now?
- What’s happening in your life right now?
- Are you recovering from surgery?
- Are you grieving over a loved one?
- Having severe marital problems or financial problems?
- A teen-ager that’s testing you to your very core?
- A job that is demanding all of your time and energy?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above – now might night be the time for you to lose weight. You just have too much other stuff on your plate.
If you are focused on demanding issues in your life, you’re less likely to give your diet the attention it needs. To effectively lose weight you need to focus on you. Be attentive to what and when you are eating. Make time for daily exercise. LOVE yourself.
5. Do you have clear goals regarding weight loss?
Before you begin to lose weight, it’s important to set SMART Goals. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Trackable. Set small goals at first. Make them personable.
For an example a person who weights 160 pounds on October 1, 2006, might set a goal such as “I weigh 155 pounds on October 31, 2006.”
Each time you set one of these small goals and attain it .. Your motivation increases and you’ll continue to lose weight.
Reward yourself with non-food each time you achieve your goal. You will conquer your final goal only after achieving several small goals.
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How many Diets Have You Tried?
Everytime you hear of a success story, the author ALWAYS states how many previous diets they’ve tried. Just goes to show you that most people don’t succeed in their first weight loss attempt. So My question to you is: Read more
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7 Questions You Need To Ask …
Before Joining a Meal Delivery Service
In today’s hectic world, prepackaged diets are becoming more and more popular.
They are a “No Brainer” healthy way to lose weight. Requires little planning and no cooking. Some people may even say “It’s the next best thing to having a personal chef.”
Lose weight rapidly without giving up vital nutrients your body needs. Prepackaged Diets allow you to do just this! It’s like a dream come true.
There’s no counting calories or carbs. No measuring – no fuss.
It’s easy for you to determine how much you should be eating once you’re eating home cooked meals again. Because, while on prepackaged diets your Meals and snacks are in correct portion sizes – which teaches you Portion Control.
On Prepackaged Diets you may be required to purchase fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy products from your local grocery store in addition to the prepackaged foods.
Most prepackaged diets are healthy and offer a variety of foods.
The cost and taste of the various prepackaged diets vary greatly.
Ask the following questions before signing up for a prepackaged weight loss program:
- What foods will you have to purchase yourself from the grocery store?
- What is the cost of the meals?
- Do you have to purchase a minimum?
- Are the meals dehydrated or frozen?
- What if you don’t like the food?
- Is there a long term contract or membership fee? (Jenny Craig requires a membership fee.)
- What is their maintenance program?
See Prepackaged Diets and Meal Delivery Program Comparison Chart
You should also look for programs that offer support. Remember online support is just as effective as seeing someone in person. Sometimes it may be better, because you can remain anonymous.
Remember just because you may be seeing someone in person – it doesn’t mean that they have any counseling or nutrition credentials.
A lot of so called counselors at weight loss centers are actually just trained sales reps. Read what 20/20 had to say about LA Weight Loss.
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LA Weight Loss
Did you see the 20/20 episode regarding La Weight Loss?
This episode originally aired on 2/16/07. One of 20/20s reporters Samantha Wender went undercover to three different LA Weight Loss Centers. The results were the same at each center.
On her first visit she was encouraged. She was told that the center could help her to lose weight. She was asked to fill out a personal questionnaire regarding her weight struggles.
At subsequent visits the so called counselors used Samantha’s emotional issues to convince her to purchase LA Weight Loss supplements, weight loss bars, shakes, vitamins etc.
A former customer that was featured in the story wound up spending over $4,000. and lost about 10 pounds.
Former employees of LA Weight Loss stated that they were taught in training ‘If they cry, they buy.”. They stated that they were not trained to have sympathy for people and were not trained to help people lose weight. LA Weight Loss denies this.
LA Weight Loss also pushes a credit card called Care Credit to help customers purchase their products. However this card comes with a steep 22% interest rate.
LA Weight Loss has had hundreds of complaints of deceptive advertising … bait & switch. Advertisements state you can lose weight for $7.00 a week, yet many people were asked to spend $400. up to join for 6 months or more.
LA Weight Loss claims that their professional counselors are the most important part of the program. However of eight counselors that Samantha met, only one had any medical background.
In response to ABC News inquiries LA Weight Loss wrote a letter to ABC. They admitted that there is no educational requirement for counselors and some had not even graduated from high school.
It’s interesting to note that LA Weight Loss isn’t even based in California. The corporate office is in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
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Popular Diets
There are so many popular diets available today that it can seem quite confusing. You know you want to lose weight but don’t know where to begin.
Which diet is right for you?
Do you need to count calories, count carbs, measure and weigh every morsel of food you put into your mouth?
There are several popular weight loss programs that you can choose from. Find one that fits your lifestyle.
You need to be willing to follow the diet plan. Be warned that not all popular diets are successful. You need to find a program that incorporates changes for long-term healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Some of the popular iets offer rapid weight loss. You need to be careful that you are not losing weight too fast. Some of the diets have lists of “good food” and “bad food”. Some limit or restrict complete food groups.
Many popular diets are low-carbohydrate. There is a lack of scientific evidence for or against these diets. This controversy has raged for decades. Many people have successfully lost weight and kept it off with this approach. Others have not been able to stay on such a strict regimen.
Popular diets usually fall under one of the following categories:
- A fixed menu diet that lists foods you can and cannot eat.
- Exchange diet. You are allowed a certain amount of servings from each food group per day.
- Combination diet. Eating a certain combination of foods at various times of the day to increase your metabolism.
- Questionable diet. Restricts or strictly limits entire food groups.
Experts agree that the healthiest and safest weight loss program consists of an exchange diet. You eat a variety of foods giving your body the fuel and energy it needs. You also don’t feel deprived and will not get bored eating the same ole thing day in and day out.
Read our reviews of todays most Popular Diets.
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Diet and Fitness
Diet and Fitness plans have the best success for long-term results if they are combined with behavior changes. Eat a sensible healthy diet and exercise.
Exercise builds muscle enabling you to lose weight faster. Muscle also allows you to eat more on your maintenance plan.
Are you serious about losing weight and leading a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life?
Fitness plans do not have to be long and tedious. Most experts agree that walking 30 minutes per day will do the trick.
You may also want to add strength training and toning to your fitness plan. Strength training works off of your muscles. This doesn’t mean you have to go to they gym. Cleaning your house, sweeping, mopping, washing windows, walking your dog etc is all considered a good workout.
It is important that you eat when you are undertaking a fitness plan. Too few calories and fad diets do not provide you with the strength and energy required for exercise.
By following a sensible diet and fitness plan you will find that you have increased energy. Exercise reduces stress and helps you have a positive mental attitude.
It’s important that you drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water per day to keep you hydrated. A good diet and fitness program decreases health risks.
Read our Diet Reviews to find the best diet and fitness plan for you.
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Meal Replacement Diets
Liquid diets are known as meal replacement diets or formula diets. If you are looking for rapid weight loss with just a little effort then a meal replacement diet may be right for you.
While following a this plan you will generally eat one balanced meal per day. The other two meals and snacks consist of a liquid formula drink or a meal replacement bar.
On most plans you are also encouraged to eat fruits as some of your snacks.
Benefits of Meal Replacement Diets
There’s not much planning involved. There’s no calorie counting or measuring portions. Meal replacement liquid diets are an easy “no brainer” way to lose weight.
A drawback is that it’s hard to learn portion control to maintain your weight loss. It’s not reasonable to think that you can follow meal replacement diets for life.
While following meal replacement diets you may want to sign up for an online program for support and encouragement. Once you’ve lost your weight an online program will be able to help you transition into maintenance and teach you the required skills needed to keep the weight off.
Most meal replacement diets give you a choice of purchasing the formula in a ready made drink form, a powder that you’ll mix with a liquid, meal replacement bars and snack bars.
Meal replacement diets are often compared to prepackaged diets. They are different.
Meal replacement diets consist of bars and shakes that are eaten in place of a meal.
Prepackaged Diets offer complete meals and snacks that have been prepackaged for you.
A diet that consists 100% of liquids should only be undertaken under the direction and close supervision of a physician.
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