dieting

27 10 2024

Are There Really Shortcuts?

2024-10-27T20:41:28+00:00

This article was originally published in the op-ed section of The Jerusalem Post on 18 September 2024: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-820573 Part of the nature of man is to find the easy way out.  We innately seek pleasure and want to do things in the easiest way possible.  As psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle points out, we all want to [...]

Are There Really Shortcuts?2024-10-27T20:41:28+00:00
19 05 2024

The Steps to Success

2024-05-19T14:26:39+00:00

Pesach (Passover) is now behind us, and Shavuot is on the way. Many of us have been over-eating or were inactive, both before and during the holiday.  Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it can be difficult to [...]

The Steps to Success2024-05-19T14:26:39+00:00
8 10 2023

Resolve to succeed–and here’s how!

2023-10-10T12:54:21+00:00

This article was originially published as an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post on Monday, 9th Oct. 2023: https://jpost.pressreader.com/article/281805698578233 We’ve been through this before—you and I!  It’s after the holidays. We’re all thinking about weight loss and dieting—and we WILL fail in the long term.  It’s not because we don’t want to succeed, or because we [...]

Resolve to succeed–and here’s how!2023-10-10T12:54:21+00:00
12 05 2022

Sustainable weight loss: Changing the paradigm for health

2022-05-12T13:04:50+00:00

The following article appeared as an op-ed written by Alan in The Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-706248   Paradigms! They are a set of ideas. A standard way of looking at something. Most paradigms are formed over a long period of time, even years or decades. The problem is that when something becomes very ingrained in our [...]

Sustainable weight loss: Changing the paradigm for health2022-05-12T13:04:50+00:00
4 04 2021

Different This Time

2021-04-04T14:01:44+00:00

We’ve been through this before—you and me both!  It’s after Pesach, and this time it’s also after more than a year of pandemic lockdowns. Everyone is thinking about weight loss and dieting—and the failure that will result. This isn’t because you don’t want to succeed or because you can’t be successful.  It’s because diets, by [...]

Different This Time2021-04-04T14:01:44+00:00
4 07 2019

Ketogenic Diet?! I Think NOT!

2019-07-04T12:53:35+00:00

Here we are —again -- looking for some way to take off the extra weight we and keep it off this time!  All of us would also like to renew our health, in general, with some exercise and good healthy eating.  But everyone still seems to have those demons in their heads telling them to [...]

Ketogenic Diet?! I Think NOT!2019-07-04T12:53:35+00:00
5 04 2019

She came, she went, and now she’s back

2019-04-05T10:48:32+00:00

Sue is a young lady who came to my clinic 4 and a half years ago.  Her BMI was over 35 and being obese is something she had struggled with from her early teens.  We needed to teach Sue what proper eating and exercise was all about.  It wasn’t easy for her.  After all, a [...]

She came, she went, and now she’s back2019-04-05T10:48:32+00:00
3 05 2018

Are You Still Dieting?  Stop Now! (Part 1)

2018-05-31T13:31:53+00:00

People ask me a lot of questions about health and fitness.  But there is one question I just won’t answer; “What do you think about the ______diet?”  Why don’t I answer? Because with the exception of the DASH diet or a Mediterranean food program, the odds are overwhelming for long term failure when it comes [...]

Are You Still Dieting?  Stop Now! (Part 1)2018-05-31T13:31:53+00:00
25 10 2017

Getting Back on Track—It’s After the Chagim!

2017-10-25T11:21:36+00:00

Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Succos are now behind us. Most of us have been over-eating and we were most likely very inactive both before and during the Yom Tov season.  Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it [...]

Getting Back on Track—It’s After the Chagim!2017-10-25T11:21:36+00:00
19 04 2017

Getting Back on Track—it’s After Pesach!

2017-04-19T11:20:35+00:00

Pesach is now behind us, and most of us have been over-eating or were inactive both before and during the Yom Tov.  Although the incentive might be there to start taking better care of our health and to lose weight (your clothes may be tight), it can be difficult to revive healthy habits. But now [...]

Getting Back on Track—it’s After Pesach!2017-04-19T11:20:35+00:00