Beach Body Weight Loss Recipes by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

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Phila Medical Weight Loss

It’s June and many people have been participating in our Philadelphia medical weight loss program and have already gotten their body ready for the beach. But if you don’t have your beach body yet here are a few recipes that when combined with our medical weight loss program can help you lose 2 to 5 pounds a week just like most of our patients do.

These are some of the recipes that I myself  have enjoyed while dropping from 247 lbs to 177 lbs over the past few months.

Fruity Smoothie for Two:

Ingredients:

  • A half cup of blueberries
  • 1/4 cup of cherries
  • 1/4 of a small banana
  • 6-8 ounces of unsweetened almond milk or any non-dairy milk
  • 1 handful kale
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut butter
  • 1/4 cup of flax seeds
  • 1 teaspoon of butter
  • 4-6 ice cubes

Combine all of the ingredients into a blender and enjoy.

Chocolate Nut Muffin

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp ground hazelnuts / hazelnut meal
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened raw cocoa powder
  • ⅛ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp of Stevia
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil or butter, melted
  • 3-5 drops liquid stevia
  • Can add 1 tbsp reddiwhip or greek yogurt and sprinkle a touch of cinnamon

Instructions:

Place all the dry ingredients in a mug and mix thoroughly. Add the egg, coconut oil and stevia and mix well using a fork. Microwave on high for 70-90 seconds. After it is cooked you can add reddiwhip, greek yogurt and even top with cinnamon.

Blueberry Cheesecake Candies

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen – or any berry that you like
  • 3/4 cup cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter or coconut oil, softened
  • 2 tablespoons of stevia
  • 1 vanilla bean OR 1/2–1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Cut the butter and cream cheese into small pieces and place in a bowl. Let it sit for 30-60 minutes and soften at room temperature so that is is soft but firm. Place the strawberries into a blender and pulse to a smooth consistency. Then add the powdered stevia, vanilla extract and mix well. Add the softened butter and cream cheese. Pulse everything so that it is blended nicely and creamy smooth. Then spoon out the the tasty treat into small tins or candy molds. Put this into the freezer for about 2 hours or more until everything is set.

I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do and I hope they make your weight loss journey a bit more enjoyable and sweeter. If you need help in achieving your weight loss goals I invite you to call us for a free medical weight loss consultation at 215-821-7336.

As of June 17, 2015 the free medical weight loss consultations are being  offered for a limited time. Call 215-821-7336 and schedule your consultation now.

So call now if you want to lose weight under the supervision of a medical doctor. The weight loss pills help decrease your appetite and cravings and the vitamin B12 injection boosts your metabolism and gives you that extra energy to get through your day.

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Medical Weight Loss What Makes US Different

Best Medical Weight Loss Program in Philadelphia

In this article I will review why I think – and our Patients think we are the most complete medical weight loss program in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Delaware and Jersey.
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Difference 1:
First of all we only use the highest quality medications and supplements in our program. Many of our patients have told us that the medications that we use to control their appetite and hunger seem to be more effective as compared to the  medications that they were given by other medical weight loss centers.
 
Difference 2:
Our patients tell us that our program is Less expensive than other medical weight loss programs in the Philadelphia, Bucks County, Jersey and Delaware regions.
 
Difference 3:
You see a Certified and licensed medical health care practitioner on each and every visit. You will usually see the Medical Doctor on your visits and on some occasions you may be seen by our certified and licensed Physician's Assistant. Our Physician"s Assistants received their degrees from the Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine which is one of the finest medical schools in the Philadelphia region and the country. Today you will find Physician's Assistants in most Medical offices taking care of patients under the supervision of a Medical Doctor.
 
Difference 4:
We spend time with you going over a proper diet and nutrition program. Many of our patients tell us that at other weight-loss clinics in Philadelphia they are just handed a sheet of paper with nothing on it but meat, chicken, fish and vegetables and told that this is the diet that they are supposed to follow. They are also told to drink nothing but water.
 
So basically they are told to follow an Atkins like type of diet.
 
Now most of us have tried the Atkins diet in the past and we all have lost weight on the Atkins diet. But the problem is as soon as you eat your first piece of bread, your first piece of chocolate or your first piece of anything that is not a protein or vegetable . You will gain the weight you lost back.
 
Personally there have been times when I myself have lost 30 pounds doing the Atkins diet But as soon as I  ate my first slice of pizza I started to gain the weight back and Actually gained back 50 pounds. So, I gained back the 30 pounds that I lost plus an additional 20 pounds.
 
I don't  know about you but I find it extremely difficult not to have at least a little bit of starchy carbohydrates during the day.
 
So with our program we allow you to eat starchy carbohydrates – just in moderation. In fact, we allow you to eat almost everything in moderation.
 
On our weight-loss program people cannot believe the Normal everyday foods that they can eat and still lose weight. The key to the weight loss success of our program is that we tell you when you should start eating how often you should eat and when to stop eating.
 
We make it simple and easy by giving you a blueprint to reach your weight loss goals.
 
Difference 5:
We give you an exercise program that is custom designed for you. We take into consideration your present health and physical condition when we design your program. Some patients might just walk a little bit. Other patients that are more physically fit may do a more varied type of exercise routine. We have patients that are working out three days a week for only 15 minutes on each of these days and they are losing weight.
 
Difference 6:
We are always just a phone call and/or an email away. We try to answer phone calls promptly but if we are on the phone with other patients your call may go to voice mail but please leave a message because we constantly check our voice mail and return calls almost immediately.
 
What we are about:
This program is not about losing 100 pounds in 30 days. It is about making small lifestyle changes that add up to big results and safe weight loss over a period of time.
 
It is not our goal to make you a size 0.
 
But it is our goal to make you happy with yourself. It is our goal to make you healthy and make you the "Best You" that you could possibly be.
 
Call us now and schedule your personal consultation.
 
Call 215-821-7336
 
We have office in Philadelphia and Bucks County.
 
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Stop The Insane Crazy Exercises & Workouts – Learn Simple & Easy Weight Loss Exercises

Stop the crazy work outs!
 
Hello everyone this is Dr. Kenny and I am pleading with you to please stop the insanity and stop injuring yourself with these crazy high intensity workouts that promise you a tremendous amount of weight loss and Beach body in 30 days or less. Now I am telling you that it is possible to lose a significant amount of weight in 30 days but I am also telling you that you do not have to kill yourself in order to lose the weight. It is possible to lose weight safely and sensibly without hurting yourself and that's what our program is about.
 
The reason I am writing this article is because each and every day when I am working with our weight loss patients and I am customizing a simple and easy diet and exercise program for them more often than not they tell me that they had injured themselves either while exercising with a DVD program that they bought after seeing an infomercial on television or working with an inexperienced trainer who had the best intentions but pushed them to the extreme and they hurt themselves.
 
 In order to lose weight:
  • You do not have to exercise like an insane person performing super high intensity exercises each and every day.
  • You do not have to run 10 miles each and every day.
  • You do not have to starve yourself.
  • You do not have to have an expensive gym membership.
  • You do not have to spend a fortune on personal trainers.
  • You do know have to have fancy expensive exercise equipment.
  • You do not have to spend money on the latest and greatest exercise DVDs.
  • You do not have to push yourself to the point where you actually cause yourself harm by injuring yourself.
  • You do not have to spend a fortune on weight loss supplements and fat burners and all that other stuff that you see promoted on television and sold online and in stores that are in our local malls.
 
It's sad, but people come into our medical weight loss center and tell me all of the wonderful supplements that they are taking and the advice that they are getting from the salespeople working at the nutritional supplement stores. The problem is that they are spending quite a bit of money at the stores in the hopes of buying a product that will help them lose weight but the sad fact is that are still overweight.
 
Their body is still over weight but their pockets are much lighter.
 
Their pockets are much later because they are spending money on inferior nutritional supplements.
 
 Sadly, the nutritional company can sell a product that only contains a 1 to 3 percent of the nutritional product that is on the label of the bottle and the rest of the you are taking can be just filler products.
 
Just because I am curious I ask them what type of graduate degree does the person selling this product have. Most of the time I am told that the person that sold them the nutritional supplement and gave them all this fantastic advice is a high school or college kid and that they had a tremendous physique.
 
Well, I have nothing against high school or college kids because I have children that are in high school and in college. But let me tell you when you are in high school and in college your body's hormones are at their peak. And this means that during those high school and college years you can almost eat anything and just do a little bit of exercise and still have a great body.
 
Sadly as we get older it gets a bit more difficult to eat whatever we want and still have a tremendous Beach body physique. At the age of 49 my body doesn't recover from the crazy exercise routines that I did when I was a much younger man.
 
Past the age of 30 our body's chemistry and hormonal levels decrease. This means that we do not heal as quickly as we did when we were in our teens and 20s. So this means when you do all of those crazy super high intensity exercises you are just going to hurt herself if you are over 30 years old.
 
 But I am happy to tell you that you can still lose weight and be in great shape if you just exercise and eat smart.
 
In our medical weight loss center we help people that have to lose hundreds of pounds as well as people that only have to lose 30 to 50 pounds.
 
So it's just common sense, at least to me, that a person who has 100 pounds to lose is not going to do the same exercise program as a person that has to lose 50 pounds.
 
The fact is that the majority of our patients start with just a simple walking program and they lose a tremendous amount of weight and they don't hurt themselves.
 
So please if you are thinking of spending money on one of those crazy exercise DVDs, don't!
 
If you need help losing weight it is always best to work with a licensed healthcare professional.
 
If you need help losing weight just call us and we will be glad to assist you. Call 215-821-7336
 
Whether you need to lose 50 pounds or 250 pounds we can help you.
 
We can help you achieve your weight loss goals without starving yourself and without injuring yourself.
 
If you have any questions just call us at 215-821-7336 and I will be happy to answer some of your questions.
 
So if you are ready to lose weight, get healthy and do it the smart way and without injuring yourself call us at 215-821-7336.
 
We have convenient office locations in Philadelphia and Bucks County, PA.
But we have one phone number for both locations 215-821-7336.
 
Our Philadelphia office is located at:
7439 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19136.
Call: 215-821-7336
 
Our Bucks County office is located at:
1200 Bustleton Pike, Suite 9, Feasterville, PA 19053
Call: 215-821-7336

 

 

 

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1600 Calorie Weight Loss Diet

Here is the Nutritional breakdown for the 1600 calorie weight loss diet.
 
Breakfast:
2 oz. Protein
2 Starches
1 Fruit
1 teaspoon Fat (or use at another meal)
 
Lunch:
6 oz Protein
0 Starch
2 cups of raw veggies or salad or 1 cup cooked- may suggest unlimited
1 teaspoon fat
 
Dinner:
6 oz Protein
2 Starches
2 cups raw veggies/salad or 1 cup cooked
1 teaspoon fat 
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How to Lose Weight When You are a Diabetic

Diabetics Optimal Food Choices for Weight Loss

Protein –Meats/Eggs/Dairy:
Buffalo, venison, lean beef, chicken, turkey, pork, duck, nitrate-free bacon, nitrate-free sausage, omega-3 eggs, all varieties of cheese, milk, yogurt (unsweetened).
 
Protein – Fish/Shellfish:
Salmon, halibut, cod, mackerel, herring, red snapper, tilapia, trout, tuna, crab, crayfish, catfish, sardines, sole, lobster, mussels, oysters, scallops, shrimp.
 
Vegetables (best low-glycemic veggies):
Arugula, asparagus, broccoli, broccoli rabe, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, collards, cucumbers, kale, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, okra, onions, peppers, radishes, spinach, Swiss chard.
 
Fruits (in moderation):
Blueberries, blackberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, grapefruit, limes, peaches, apples.
 
Nuts & Seeds:
Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds.
 
Note:  Peanuts are legumes, not nuts.
 
Fiber:
Legumes, lentils, prunes, oats, barley, buckwheat.
 
Fats:
Olive oil, olives, flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, avocado, coconut, butter.
 
Herbs/Spices:
Cinnamon, dandelion root, garlic, parsley.
 
Beverages:
Green drinks – 1 tsp. 1-3x/day in water.
Green tea
Cinnamon-infused water (mix 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon and ½ – 1 teaspoon baking soda into 32 oz. water. Drink 8 oz. four times a day. Lower to 1 – 2 cups after one to three weeks. This powerfully improves blood sugar.
 
Foods to Avoid: 
Sugar in all forms (including honey, molasses, sucrose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup), white flour, soda, alcohol, coffee, processed meats, soups, and other processed foods high in salt, trans fats, sorbitol and sorbitol candies as they can raise blood sugar. 
 
High Glycemic Fruits: bananas, watermelon, pineapple, raisins and all dried fruits.
 
High Glycemic Vegetables:  potatoes, corn, carrots, beets, turnips, parsnips
 
Diabetes Menu Outline:
Breakfast:
2 – 4 oz Protein 
1 serving Fruit and/or Vegetable (low glycemic) 
0 Starch 
1 Fat
 
Lunch:
4 – 6 oz Protein
1 – 2 servings Vegetables (low glycemic)
0 Starch
1 Fat
 
Dinner:
4 – 6 oz Protein
1 – 2 servings Vegetables (low glycemic)
0 – 1 servings Starches (optional)
 
1 Fat
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7 Weight Loss Tips

7 Weight Loss Tips from our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Center to lose weight fast.

Tip Number 1:
You should have a small portion of protein with each and every meal.
 
Tip Number 2:
Stay away from fried foods. When foods are fried it diminishes all the nutritional benefits of that particular food and it also adds a tremendous amount of calories and unhealthy fats. Better cooking methods include steaming, grilling, broiling and baking.
 
Tip Number 3:
You should be physically active each and every day. In order to lose weight it is not necessary to spend two hours in the gym every day. In fact you do not even have to have to gym membership. All you have to do is be active. The more physically active you are the more calories you burn during the day. You will also help develop good lean muscle and burn fat. You can take the stairs at work instead of using the elevator. You can ride a bicycle to work or to school. While you are watching your favorite television show it night you could actually be peddling on a stationary bike. You could also take a brisk walk around your neighborhood or your favorite local park. To achieve the maximum fat loss you should have a goal of performing some type of cardiovascular activity for 60 minutes each day.

Tip Number 4:
You should have your breakfast within the first 30 to 60 minutes of waking up. This will balance your body's chemistry and also put your body into fat burning mode for that day. If you do not eat during the first 30 to 60 minutes of waking up your body will go into starvation mode in the majority of the calories that you consumed during the day will be stored as fat. Please remember that you have to eat a good quality source of protein at breakfast. Coffee with extra cream and extra sugar and a jelly doughnut do not make up a healthy breakfast but they will make you terribly fat.

Tip Number 5:
You should drink at least 64 ounces of water every day. Your body needs to be properly hydrated in order to perform all of its normal activities. Without the right amount of water your body will not operate at its peak capacity.

Tip Number 6:
Do not be confused with all the different diet fads and 20 weight loss programs. So many people come into my office and are totally confused about what they really should be doing in order to be healthy and in order to be at a body weight that they would be happy with. Sadly this is because of all of the advertisements and infomercials that are on the television and on the Internet. The majority of these advertisements are just promoting weight loss programs, supplements or products that may give you a quick fix but eventually you will usually gained back all the weight you lost and probably even more than the weight you lost.

Tip Number 7:
If you really want to lose weight in a fast, safe and healthy way order to lose weight you should work with a healthcare professional that specializes in weight loss. In our medical weight loss program many of our patients do not have the slightest idea about what they really have to do to lose weight but this does not matter because we hold our patients by the hand and guide them step-by-step through their weight loss journey.

So if you are ready to lose weight give us a call for a weight loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336

Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
7439 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19136
Call: 215-821-7336
 
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Guide To Successful Weight Loss

In our weight-loss program it is recommended that you eat your first meal within the first 60 minutes of waking up. This is important because this first meal will provide fuel for your body to carry on throughout the day. If you do not eat within the first 60 minutes of waking up it will adversely affect the hormonal and chemical systems of your body. Your body will actually think that you are starving and as such you will tend to store the calories consumed throughout the rest of the day as fat. If you are not a breakfast person you may just eat a cup of sugar free yogurt and a cup of fruit or one of our Meal Replacement Shakes. Now remember just eating fruit alone is not recommended. You must have a small portion of protein for breakfast in order to set your body in fat burning mode for the day. This is why the Meal Replacement shake is ideal.

After breakfast I would recommend that you eat a meal or snack every 3 to 4 hours.

It is also recommended that you do not eat past 7 PM or 8 PM. This is because the mobility of the stomach tends to decrease significantly after 7 PM. Therefore, the majority of the calories consumed past 7 PM are usually stored as fat on the body. If you must eat past 7 PM I would ask that you eat vegetables and a very lean protein. Do not eat starch carbohydrates containing any type of flour or wheat.

In addition to your recommended diet / nutritional food program I would ask that you try to eat 2 pounds of vegetables daily. I would suggest that you eat 1 pound of raw vegetables and 1 pound of cooked vegetables. Raw vegetables include leafy green vegetables, lettuces, spinach, celery, cucumbers, etc. One or two large salads during the day will make it easy to consume a pound of raw vegetables daily. I also recommend that each every day you have with you a Ziploc bag filled with celery, carrots, cucumbers, peppers and any other types of vegetables that you enjoy. Now if you do get hungry during the day just open up your Ziploc bag and you can eat as many of these vegetables as you would like.

7 to 9 hours of sleep are recommended each every night. This is because your body actually metabolizes or burns your fat while you are sleeping. So if you do not have an adequate amount of sleep you will not burn as much fat and you will not lose as much weight as you should be losing on this program.

A common side effect of the medication is constipation. If you do experience constipation Miralax is recommended as well as sugar-free Metamucel.

It is also recommended that you drink approximately 64 ounces of water every day.

The following teas are recommended to assist with your weight loss: Yerbamate assists in metabolizing fat, Green Tea assist in metabolizing fat and Eleotin. Start by just drinking one cup of tea a day of any of the three teas listed. You can add more cups of tea if you would like. 

Instead of skipping a meal have – Herbalogica Meal Replacement Shake – You need to eat to lose weight.

Foods to Avoid:

Stay away from all types of cream in your coffee because cream has a tremendous amount of calories. Avoid all types of sugar. As long as there is any type of sugar in your body your body will not burn fat. Avoid dried fruit as it contains empty calories and a tremendous amount of sugar. Fruit juice purchased at the store must say no sugar added. I would prefer that you only drink freshly squeezed juices. Alcohol is to be avoided. Alcohol adversely affects your liver and other systems of the body and can actually inhibit the fat burning systems of your body for several days. Do not eat any type of food containing wheat, flour or rice past 7 PM. Slim fast is not recommended contains lots of sugar.

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