Dieting

6 Strategies to End Yo-Yo Dieting in 2023

Available for Interviews: Dr. Mimi Secor.

Dr. Mimi is a fitness and health advocate who is passionate about helping women to lose weight and feel great, and is the author of Healthy & Fit at Any Age: A Guide to Creating nutrition, exercise, and mindset habits for busy women!

The new year is here, a time when people start their diets again, with the endless aim to lose—and try to keep off—those extra pounds. Such blind positivism! We all know that diets don’t work are not the solution for any positive, long-term results. Read on for some practical tips from a prominent nurse practitioner who is a health and fitness advocate.

What Dr. Secor Can Say in an Interview on
Strategies to Losing Weight:

- First: Stop dieting! This is about a healthy nutritional plan. You shouldn’t feel deprived. Doing so will only be a temporary fix that will ultimately fail in the long run.

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What’s the Quit Trying Dilemma? The Brain Science of Weight Loss

Available for Interviews: Dr. Franchell Hamilton

Dr. Franchell Hamilton, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FOMA is the Founder of NeuroSwitch™ Weight Loss. Dr. Hamiltion is also the author of two books, Transformation Is a Mindset: The Journey to Changing Your Input and Your World and And the Best Diet Is . . . .

What Dr. Hamilton can say in an Interview on
The Quit Trying Dilemma:

What is causing the “quit trying dilemma/epidemic” in our diet culture?
Dr. Hamilton can explain.

- There is an area in our brain that kills our motivation called the habenula.
- The habenula has been activated by previous failures and the kill switch motivation and triggers an anti-rewarding pathway.*
- This has caused many people to stop trying diets or working out or give up on new year’s resolutions.

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Tried Everything? Losing Weight Once and For All

Available for Interviews: Dr. Mimi Secor

Dr. Mimi Secor DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in Women’s Health for over 40 years. She is a sought-after national speaker and consultant who has been featured in numerous local and national media outlets. Dr. Mimi is also a fitness and health advocate, is passionate about helping women to lose weight and feel great, and is the author of the newest book, Healthy & Fit at Any Age: A Guide to Creating Mindset, Nutrition, and Exercise Habits for Busy Women.

What Dr. Mimi Secor could say in an interview on
Losing Weight Once and For All:

Have you, like so many others, tried every diet trend out there? Do you feel like you have tried everything and still can’t lose weight? Are you getting to an age where you’re beginning to wonder if you shouldn’t just give up?

Stop right there.

It is never, NEVER too late to make small changes that lead to a healthier version of you.

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5 Scientifically Proven Ways to Lose Weight

Available for Interviews: Dr. Franchell Hamilton

Dr. Franchell Hamilton, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FOMA is the Founder of NeuroSwitch™ Weigh Loss–a place for people to receive treatments ranging from bariatric surgery and medical weight loss to hormone therapy. Dr. Hamiltion is also the author of two books, Transformation Is a Mindset: The Journey to Changing Your Input and Your World and And the Best Diet Is . . . .

What Dr. Hamilton could say on
Proven Ways to Lose Weight:

There are so many fad diets out there. Here are 5 scientific ways people can lose more weight:

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Celebrity Diets and All the Fad Fanfare: The Reality of True Weight Loss

Available for Interviews: Dr. Franchell Hamilton

Dr. Franchell Hamilton, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FOMA is the Founder of NeuroSwitch™ Weigh Loss–a place for people to receive treatments ranging from bariatric surgery and medical weight loss to hormone therapy. Dr. Hamiltion is also the author of two books; Transformation Is a Mindset: The Journey to Changing Your Input and Your World and And the Best Diet Is . . . .

What Dr. Hamilton could say on
the Topic of Celebrity Diets:

Adele and other celebrities were recently highlighted in the news because of dramatic weight loss. Many people get excited about celebrity diets, but a bariatric surgeon can talk about the realities of weight loss for the rest of us. Fad diets can be exciting, but do they work?

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6 Myths About Exercise & Weight Loss

Available for Interviews: Dr. Mimi Secor

Dr. Mimi Secor DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in Women’s Health for over 40 years. She is a sought-after national speaker and consultant has been featured in numerous local and national media outlets. Dr. Mimi is also a fitness and health advocate, and is passionate about helping women to lose weight and feel great, and is the author of the newest book, Healthy & Fit at Any Age: A Guide to Creating Mindset, Nutrition, and Exercise Habits for Busy Women.

What Dr. Mimi Secor can say in an interview on
some common exercise and weight loss myths:

There are a lot of common myths out there that we all tend to hold as true. This interview will explore these and go deep into offering real, tangible ways to exercise and eat right to achieve your weight loss goals.

1. MYTH: “You can easily lose weight exercising.” Most people think they can exercise to lose weight. Unfortunately, it is difficult to burn off that many calories, so diet is also usually a necessary component.
2. MYTH: “You CAN out-exercise an unhealthy diet.” Many people think they can do hours of cardio exercise and effectively lose weight. Contrary to popular myth, you can NOT out-exercise an unhealthy diet. Continue reading “6 Myths About Exercise & Weight Loss”

Secrets of Naturally Thin People

Available for Interviews: Tibor Deme

Tibor Deme is a Sports & Nutrition Specialist, Elite Personal Trainer, and Habit Transformation Expert. He is also the Founder of LifeBoostFit and accompanying app.

What Tibor Deme can say in an interview about
How to Attain and Maintain a Healthy Weight:

- It is generally true that naturally thin people don’t diet or count calories. While genetics are a factor, the more likely answer as to why these fortunate people continue to stay fit is the result of the cultivation of a healthy lifestyle. When you’re eating a diet filled with fruits and vegetables, limiting meat and dairy, and opting instead for plant-based options, in addition to avoiding processed foods and sugar, there’s no need to count calories.

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4 Reasons Why We Gain Weight and How We Live Better, Healthier Lives

Available for Interviews: Tibor Deme

Tibor Deme is a Sports & Nutrition Specialist, Elite Personal Trainer, and Habit Transformation Expert. He is also the Founder of LifeBoostFit and accompanying application.

What Tibor Deme can say in an interview about
How We Can Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle:

Gaining weight creates pathways for illness and disease in the body. Understanding the reasons why this happens is the secret to achieving our health and wellness goals:

1. The Western Lifestyle

Unfortunately, our diet is high in processed foods, which in turn are high in sodium and sugar, and other chemicals. The very foundation of our diet causes us to crave or even be addicted to these ingredients, which, over time, create pathways to illness and disease in the body. Sodium and sugar activate “reward” or “pleasure” eating which initiates an undesired and unhealthy habitual eating pattern. Consuming large amounts of sugar and sodium can lead to weight gain.

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What Is Mindful Eating? 3 Steps to Developing Healthier Eating Habits

Available for Interviews: Dr. Alice Fong

Alice Fong, ND, is an integrative naturopathic doctor specializing in stress, integrative medicine, diet & weight loss, and is a business growth consultant for holistic healthcare providers.

What Dr. Alice Fong can say in an interview
on Mindful Eating:

A lot of people have this idea that food is either good or bad so you have to restrict your intake to foods that are considered healthy. This has led to an explosion of so many diet programs such as Keto and intermittent fasting. However, there is something about diets that do not work for so many people. These diets often led to deprivation, frustration, and unnecessary stress.

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Farewell Fad Diets and Hello Health! There’s a New App for That

Available for Interviews: Tibor Deme

Tibor Deme is a Sports & Nutrition Specialist, Elite Personal Trainer, and Habit Transformation Expert. He is also the Founder of LifeBoostFit and accompanying application.

What Tibor Deme can say in an interview about
How to Take Control of Our Health Once and For All:

- - Taking care of our health is one of the only things we have control over during this pandemic, which is far from over. A healthy body fights better! Instead of being frightened by new, more contagious coronavirus mutations, we can channel our energy into strengthening our immune systems, so we do our very best to stay healthy.
  - Obesity, loneliness, and depression have been linked to unhealthy eating habits and emotional eating. Compromised immune systems due to underlying medical conditions have been linked to the severity of Covid-19. Unhealthy eating habits mostly cause underlying medical conditions.

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