Have you been discouraged by inability to lose weight despite really trying? Have you ever paid for a weight loss program and felt you wasted your money? The experts at metabolism.com appreciate what you have gone through and want to help you get it right. Beth Ellen DiLuglio is a certified nutritionist and consultant [...]
Marion brings us up to date on her progress after stopping smoking, gaining and then losing weight. Thank you Marion for sharing your experience with metabolism.com members!
Marion writes:
Just wanted to give you an update, quit smoking 8 months ago and have gained exactly 20 pounds, seems like the weight gain has finally slacked off. Last [...]
Action Guide to Weight-Loss Barriers
By the weight-loss experts at Mayo Clinic and Donald Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H.
Authors of The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight.
Long term success with a weight program sometimes follows a bumpy, uneven path. Many obstacles can keep you from achieving a more healthy weight.
Learning to identify potential roadblocks and [...]
Maya Sarkisyan, a consultant with metabolism.com, shares her life experiences with smoking, gaining weight and hypothyroidism. If you want to ask Maya questions about her methods please do not hesitate to make use of our forum page. Once on the forum look for the “Latest Discussions” column and then click on Topic “Add New”. Then [...]
In a new book, The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs — Nature’s Own Appetite Suppressant — to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain, the authors Judith J. Wurtman, PhD and Nina T. Frusztajer, MD, propose that eating carbs before a meal can actually help weight loss efforts. The connection between carb consumption and [...]
Written on January 9, 2010 | Posted in
diabetes,
diet,
diet and weight loss,
general health & nutrition,
health,
hormones,
metabolism,
nutrition,
weight gain,
weight loss
Carb craving seems to be a major hurdle for people with metabolic disorders like diabetes and thyroid disease. Is this just a problem all people face or is there something more specific about metabolic disorders that draws people in the direction of carbs? It is clear that when “insulin resistance” is part of the medical [...]
Leslie writes to metabolism.com about the effect hypothyroidism has had on her life, her energy and her weight. Her experience raises the notion that her metabolic problems may not be totally resolved despite what appears to be an adequately low TSH level while on Armour thyroid.
Leslie writes:
I am at a total loss as to how [...]
Win a weight loss consultation with Kim Russell. Tell us your weight loss story and why you think this consultation will help you. In one month the staff of metabolism.com will choose one person with the most compelling story to receive a free consultation with Kim. Just log on to our Weight Loss Institute forum and [...]
Written on July 6, 2009 | Posted in
welcome
Suzann has learned a lot in her search for the best approach for treating her thyroid condition. She is a big fan of the well known medical writer Mary Shamon. Suzann offers our members the following advice:
I have seen a nutritionist before….what a great education I got. Lost 30lbs…but it came back slowly. I still [...]
Every time I think I’ve heard it all, a new diet comes along.
Myths abound when it comes to losing weight, eating right, and living a healthy life. Most diet myths tend to stick around because they tend to speak directly to our inherent desire to eat the right way. Some of these develop from “common [...]
