Weight Loss: One Size Does Not Fit All
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
If losing weight is your New Year's resolution, read on! This month, I'm going to share some of my favorite strategies to help you build your own weight loss tool box. I call it a BEAM box – and it's based on the four pillars of weight loss: Behavior, Eating, Activity, and Medical care. And no tool is too small to be included. It all starts with what you're both WILLING and ABLE to do. These are not the same thing, and when you think about the "able" part, you can set more realistic and practical goals.
One important question I hear all the time belongs with the eating tools: What about meal replacements? Good or bad?
Meal replacements can be a great help, since they make automatic portion control much easier. There's no guesswork in tallying your daily calories (studies continue to show that we all underestimate how many calories we eat). Meal replacements can be a great way to jump-start a reduced-calorie eating plan. This can be as easy as a complete bar or shake (along with a fruit), a large skim milk latte for breakfast, or a frozen calorie-controlled meal. You also might want to try a few weeks of a complete meal replacement plan, like Jenny Craig or Nutrsystems; some people find this the most helpful of all.
Just one or two meal replacements a day can make the difference between weight maintenance and weight loss. It's a good way to enter the world of structured eating: a must-do for long-term weight loss success.
Whether you purchase a meal replacement, or create your own, these provide the security of easy food choices to both boost your confidence and help turn your attention to the flip side of eating less – being more physical active.
One important question I hear all the time belongs with the eating tools: What about meal replacements? Good or bad?
Meal replacements can be a great help, since they make automatic portion control much easier. There's no guesswork in tallying your daily calories (studies continue to show that we all underestimate how many calories we eat). Meal replacements can be a great way to jump-start a reduced-calorie eating plan. This can be as easy as a complete bar or shake (along with a fruit), a large skim milk latte for breakfast, or a frozen calorie-controlled meal. You also might want to try a few weeks of a complete meal replacement plan, like Jenny Craig or Nutrsystems; some people find this the most helpful of all.
Just one or two meal replacements a day can make the difference between weight maintenance and weight loss. It's a good way to enter the world of structured eating: a must-do for long-term weight loss success.
Whether you purchase a meal replacement, or create your own, these provide the security of easy food choices to both boost your confidence and help turn your attention to the flip side of eating less – being more physical active.
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