Many of us eat mindlessly, without giving much thought to what we’re eating. This is common when we’re snacking, but it happens during meals too. If you aren’t careful, the habit of mindless eating can lead to overeating and weight gain. This is one eating habit that you’ll need to correct during your medical weight loss program. [Read more]

It’s true you aren’t going to find the types of foods you should be eating on your medical weight loss diet on the dollar menu, but that doesn’t mean eating healthy will be expensive. When done right, a healthy diet can work on absolutely any budget. However, when it comes to eating healthy you are going to have to change the places you are looking for food—especially if you are trying not to let your new healthy habits break the bank. [Read more]

If you think of your diet as a chore, you may be missing one important fact about healthy food: it can be delicious and exciting. Often, we dislike the idea of eating healthy not because we find healthy food distasteful, but rather because we haven’t explored the culinary world in enough depth. Even if a full OPTIFAST program has made your dietary decisions easier, now is the perfect time to take another look at the world of healthy food and start finding things you love about nutritious meals. [Read more]

One of the most pressing questions for anyone focused on weight loss is surprisingly difficult to answer: what should I eat for dinner? Though meal replacements may simplify your dietary decisions during medical weight loss in Los Angeles, you won’t be able to rely on OPTIFAST forever. Once your program is over and you’re ready to maintain the weight loss you’ve achieved, it will be up to you to make healthy and nutritious meals, and this means many trips to the supermarket. [Read more]

In Los Angeles, medical weight loss diets can steer you away from poor dining choices and help you make wise decisions as hunger sets in. By stocking your home with healthy foods you can start to prepare healthy foods for breakfast and dinner without too much planning, but this isn’t the case at lunch time. [Read more]

Learning strategies to spot healthier foods can be a huge boost as you follow your medical weight loss program and get lipotropic injections in Los Angeles. One way that you can start improving your eating habits right now is to become more cognizant of the calorie contents and nutrients in the foods you already eat. [Read more]

If you are trying to lose weight, then it is time to put down the menu and pick up the cookbook. Cooking dinner at home can drastically improve your weight loss efforts for a number of reasons. [Read more]

For those of us who aren’t culinarily-inclined, menus can sometimes seem like they are speaking a different language (and sometimes they actually are). The words sound great on paper, but don’t offer much insight into how the dish is prepared or what we can expect when it is brought out to the table. When you are on a weight loss plan this is a dangerous situation. One moment you think you are making a wise and healthy choice, and then just a few minutes later you are face to face with a bed of cheese and fried foods. [Read more]

Fresh fruits don’t come in a can, but you wouldn’t know it by the way many of us purchase and eat fruit. Even a lot of the ‘fresh’ produce available at the local grocery store has undergone extreme processing with pesticides and preservatives, and the natural taste of the fruit is often all but gone by the point it reaches our plates. [Read more]

Transitioning into a medical weight loss diet can be a challenging new adventure. As you learn to separate the good food from the bad, your weight loss doctor will set you up with a medical weight loss diet that’s right for you. Before you began eating healthier, you may have indulged in sweet treats whenever you liked, but now the sudden abandonment seems to be coming back to haunt you in the form of a sugar craving. You can learn to beat these sugar cravings by satisfying your sweet tooth in a healthy way without spoiling your medical weight loss diet. [Read more]