Staying Connected to The Weight Management Center - July 7, 2009
July 7, 2009 – 8:52 am
“I want to stop craving ice cream and candy”, or “I want to learn to cook, so I can eat at home”, are things patients frequently say to me as they begin to contemplate new lifestyle changes that will hopefully lead to lasting weight loss. Unfortunately, it is not likely that restricting calories enough to lose 20-30 pounds in three months will also result in changing a 30 year-old habit of using sweets to manage difficult feelings.
If only the path to changing familiar, deeply entrenched coping skills was paved with perfectly balanced meal plans and calorie controlled menu items. Read the rest of this entry »
As part of my son’s homeschooling curriculum, we are studying Romeo and Juliet. After watching Italian director, Franco Zeffirelli’s version of the play last night, I’m feeling connected to the impetuous teen alive in me. Do you ever feel him or her come to life in you? You know, that part of us that wants what we want-so much so that we would be willing to drink poison from a vial in order to get it? Or how about the feeling where we just want what we want because it feels good in that moment? We abandon all care for the consequences of our actions; in fact, we can’t see the big picture at all-only this moment-and we act on it. 
Each week I look for themes in the questions and challenges patients bring into our 
