4 Reasons for Stomach Bloating and Belly Fat by Medical Weight Loss in Philadelphia
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In or Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Center people come to us for all different reasons. Most people who come to us need help with losing weight while others may want to lose weight but they also want to improve their overall health and wellness. One of the main complaints that we usually hear from almost everyone is that their stomach is always bloated and / or they just cannot get rid of their belly fat. There are many different reasons why a person may be bloated or not able to get rid of their belly fat and today I am going to discuss a few of them.
Reason Number 1:
One of the most common reasons for having difficult to lose belly fat is that there is too much insulin in the body.When your insulin level is high your body is in fat storage mode. Most of the calories that you are eating during this time or going to be stored as body fat. You start developing abdominal fat also known as visceral fat. This can also lead to your liver getting fatty and can eventually cause fat to develop around other organs and into our stomachs and causing distended belly. This can also cause a sagging stomach as well. And of course let’s not forget the love handles and back fat. Eating too much high-sugar fruits, starchy carbohydrates, candies and beverages containing sugar can all increase your insulin level and cause you to gain fat.
Reason Number 2:
High cortisol levels can also increase your belly fat. cortisol is produced by your adrenal glands and is considered to be a stress hormone. When you are physically and mentally over stressed your body produces more cortisol and cortisol in turn increase insulin production. And we know that high levels of insulin increases stomach fat. Cortisol turns protein into glucose which causes a spike in insulin production. Because cortisol increases your blood sugar and your insulin you eventually develop a insulin resistance and your body cannot properly control blood sugar; now you can possibly develop Diabetes. So your body is now producing high levels of insulin but it’s not effective in lower blood sugar levels.
Reason Number 3:
Another reason for stomach bloating is that you are consuming too many sugar alcohols such as erythritol. Sugar alcohol can cause stomach bloating, gas, diarrhea and constipation. Personally, I cannot consume large amounts of erythritol. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes I was trying to restrict my sugars and starchy carbohydrates. For my birthday, my wonderful wife made me a sugar-free, low carb cheesecake and she used erythritol. When I took my first bite it was absolutely delicious and suffice to say it was my birthday so I indulged a bit too much and I paid the price later.
My stomach was a mess, nothing but pain and gas. I learned this lesson the hard way. If you are maintaining a restricted carbohydrate diet, you have to be careful of overconsumption sugar alcohols. There are other sugar substitutes that you can use. I now use monk fruit and monk fruit extract. If you do use sugar alcohols please use small quantities.
Reason Number 4:
Finally you may just be overeating or eating too many times during the day. When you eat it takes about 4 – 5 hours for the food that you are eating to be processed and go through your stomach. It takes about 5-6 hours for the food to go through your small intestine and then it can take anywhere from 10 hours to 30 hours to go through your large intestine depending on what you ate.
So when you are eating something every hour you could be overloading your system. You have to give your body time to digest all of the food that you were eating. And when you are eating take your time you don’t want to shovel everything and anything into your body as fast as you can. Be mindful of the foods you are eating and the quantity of food that you are eating.
If you would like more information on our Philadelphia medical weight loss program just call us at 215-821-7336 and we will be glad to answer any of your questions. You can also call and schedule a free weight loss consultation.
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3 Guilt Free Recipes to Help You Lose LBS & Inches by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
This article is for all of our wonderful patients in our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Program that came in this past Saturday and requested that I post a recipe for chocolate brownies, chocolate ice cream and good healthy protein bars that taste like dessert. So here our recipes for a Paleo Chocolate Brownie, Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream and Paleo Cookies and Cream Protein Bars. And the best part is that you don’t have to bake any of these goodies. If you are new to our weight management program I invite you to call and schedule a consultation with our weight loss team. Call 215-821-7336 and schedule your consultation now.
Here are the great recipes:…
Brownies – Paleo Style
- Ingredients For the Brownie Batter:coconut flour – 1 cup
- cocoa powder – 1 cup
- Total solutions 4 protein powder – 2 scoops chocolate
- butter – 1 cup
- sugar free maple syrup – 1.5 cups
- mashed sweet potato – 1 cup
- sugar free almond milk – 1 teaspoon
- For the frosting you can use any sugar free chocolate frosting.
DIrections:
Take a 8 x 8 inch pan and line it with parchment paper. Mix the protein powder, cocoa powder and mashed sweet potato in a large bowl. Make sure that it’s smooth and not lumpy. In another bowl stir in the syrup and butter. You might have to microve them a bit so it mixes nicely. Combine the ingredients of both bowls and stir until it’s combined nicely. Now just pour the mixture into the pan and refrigerate. Allow it to become firm then add the frosting over top. Set it back in the refrigerator to set a bit more… Then enjoy!.
Cookies and Cream Protein Bars
I have to tell you that this is a fantastic recipe and it’s especially good after a good workout. And these protein bars are going to be gluten-free, dairy free, sugar free and vegan.
- Ingredients:
- coconut flour – 1 cup
- almond flour – 1/2 cup
- total solutions 4 vanilla protein powder – 1/2 cup
- Stevia or any other type of sweetener – 2 tablespoons
- vegan – gluten-free – dairy free – sugar-free chocolate sandwich cookies – 2 – 3
- any type of not butter – 1/2 cup
- sugar-free maple syrup – 1/2 cup
- any type of dairy free milk such as sugar-free almond milk – 1 tablespoon
Let’s start by taking a lower baking dish grease it and then line it with parchment paper and then grease the parchment paper and set this bowl on the side. Then take the granulated sweetener, protein powder, sugar free chocolate cookies that we have broken into large chunks or larger crumbs in the flour until a large microwavable safe bowl and mix itre. In another microwave safe bowl add the liquid sweetener and butter until it’s totally melted. Then pour your mixture into the dry mixture and stir it until everything mixes nicely together. It should be a bowl of large crumbs. Next add your milk preferably a couple tablespoons at a time while stirring it will form a nice thick batter. Now all that we have to do is take this mixture and pour it into your baking dish and press it down. Then just refrigerate this for at least 30 minutes.
Chocolate Ice Cream
- Ingredients:
- banana – 2 – 3 bananas
- any type of not butter such as cashew or almond butter – 1 – 2 tablespoons
- cocoa powder – 2 tablespoons
First cut your bananas into slices and place these into the freezer and give them time enough to freeze. Your bananas have to be frozen before you begin making this recipe. Now and your frozen bananas into a blender and blend them for about 8 test 10 seconds and then pour in the almond butter and cocoa powder. After that I usually like to polls the blender so that everything blends together nicely. Then just pour into a bowl and enjoy.
If you need help or loved one needs help losing weight call us and schedule your weight loss consultation. Call us now at 215-821-7336.
Or for more information on our Philadelphia weight loss program just give us a call and we can tell you all about it. Call 215-821-7336.
Our program includes an initial medical consultation and evaluation and we may use weight loss pills, diet pills, appetite suppressant medications, vitamin B12 injections, sensible meal plans, exercise plans and even meal replacement programs. We will do our very best to help you lose weight and improve your health and wellness. We also have programs for improving muscle mass and with the proper nutrition most people experience a nice boost in their energy levels.
Call us now and let us help you achieve your health and fitness goals.
From a Size 18 Divorcee to a Sexy Curvy Size 12/14 Newlywed
Congratulations to Susan who dropped from a size 18 to a curvaceous size 12/14. First let me say that Susan gave us permission to tell her story and she actually insisted we tell her story in hopes of helping people in her same situation.
In our medical weight loss program people come to us to help them lose weight for so many different reasons. Some people may have to lose weight because of health reasons while others are looking to lose weight for some type of family or school reunion and then some are just looking to lose weight to fit into a bathing suit before their vacation.
And for some losing weight can be a triumphant personal victory and such is the case with Susan. You see Susan was a happily married 57-year-old woman with 3 children. But as it turns out Susan’s husband was not quite as happy as she was and he left her for a much younger woman.
Financially Susan was left secure by her husband because he was a very successful businessman but emotionally she was totally devastated. It took quite a bit of time for Susan’s friends to finally convince her to start dating, to get her life back.
And being good friends they set her up on lots of blind dates but sadly there was never a 2nd date. Finally Susan had enough and she decided it was time to do something about her situation.
She decided to find love again.
Susan’s first visit with us was not easy. She gave us every reason why the program was not going to work for her. She also told us that she was never a skinny girl. She was never a size 4, she was never a size 6. But just like we tell all of our patients not everyone is meant to be a size 2, not everyone is meant to be a size 4 or even a size 10. You just have to be happy with yourself and be the best possible you that you could be. I explained to Susan that in our program we take into consideration your body type. And we try to help you appreciate the body that God gave you.
If you are a curvy lady be thankful for the curves that God gave you and if you are a skinny lady be thankful for the body that God gave you. Our program is all about appreciating yourself.
While we do help people that must lose lots of weight we also help ladies (and men) that just need to lose a tummy fat, thigh fat and maybe some arm fat and then just tone everything up with walking and maybe even some resistance training just using rubber bands that they sell in the stores that are inexpensive. So again our program is designed to help you be the best you. Our goal is to help you appreciate who you are and what you are. And as it turns out Susan also found a gentleman who definitely appreciated her curves.
In her first visit with us we explained to Susan that the appetite suppressant medications work extremely well at controlling your appetite and we even showed her little tricks to do if she did happen to be hungry especially late at night. Well Susan put her best effort into the program and now she is enjoying her honeymoon.
Here are a few of Susan’s favorite recipes from our weight loss program.
Double Chocolate Low Carb Mug Cake
- 1 ½ TBSP Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
- 2 TBSP Cream Cheese
- 3 TBSP Unsweetened Almond Milk
- ½ Tbsp Milk Chocolate Cocoa
- ½ Tbsp Dark Chocolate Cocoa
- 2 TBSP Milled Flax Seed
- 1 TBSP Almond Flour
- 1 TBSP Sour Cream
- 1 Egg
- 2 TBSP Chocolate Sugar Free Flavoring (Torani)
- 2 or more packets STEVIA
- Soften the cream cheese in the microwave then add the other ingredients and microwave for 1 ½ minutes to 5 minutes depending on your microwave power.
Peanut Butter Low Carb Mug Cake
- 1 ½ TBSP Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
- 2 TBSP Cream Cheese
- 1 TBSP Unsweetened Peanut Butter
- 3 TBSP Unsweetened Almond Milk
- 2 TBSP Golden Flax Seed
- 1 TBSP Almond Flour
- 1 Egg
- 2 TBSP Hazelnut Sugar Free Flavoring
- 3 packets STEVIA
- First soften the cream cheese in the microwave then add all the ingredients and microwave for 1 ½ minutes to 5 minutes depending on your microwave.
Chocolate Mousse
- 1 can of full fat coconut milk, water drained
- ¼ cup of sugar free chocolate protein powder
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder unsweetened.
- Start with one can of full fat coconut cream or full fat coconut milk and just drain the water. And put this in a mixing bowl then add 1/4 cup of your sugar free protein powder and add your 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder then you just mix everything together. Make sure that your protein powder is sugar-free. We have a great sugar free protein powder in the office.
Mug Cake Low Carb
- 1 egg,
- 1 tablespoon of coconut flour
- 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons of almond flour
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- Add vanilla flavored Stevia to taste combine all of the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for approximately one or three minutes until it’s cooked.
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we do and if you need help with losing weight I invite you to give us a call and schedule a weight-loss consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336 and set up your medical weight loss consultation.
Our program uses the highest quality medical weight loss pills and appetite suppressant medications, vitamin B12 injection therapy as well as a weight loss nutritional diet plan that is made specifically for you.
We take into consideration any special needs that you may have. So if you’re looking to lose 15 or 20 pounds or if you need to lose 100 pounds or more – I invite you to call us and schedule your consultation. Call us now at 215-821-7336.
Lose 2-5 lbs a Week Eating Snacks by Weight Loss Phila
With our medical weight loss program most of our patients tell us that they are never really hungry because our appetite suppressant medications/weight loss pills work extremely well at curbing their appetite and cravings. But they do appreciate that they are able to eat delicious meals, snacks, treats and smoothies and still lose weight.
In fact the weight loss medications and all of our delicious recipes have made my personal weight loss from 247 pounds down to 185 pounds very easy and enjoyable. Personally I find it difficult to tell people that I am on a diet when I’m able to eat chocolate Chip Brownies and cheesecake and still lose weight LOL.
As weight loss doctors we consider it our responsibility to give you, in our opinion, the best weight loss and appetite suppressant medications but we also will provide you with recipes for delicious and tasty food that will help you lose weight more quickly. You will find these recipes on this website and also on our YouTube channel “Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia”. I have just uploaded our 275th recipe video to our YouTube channel. So not only do we give our patients what we consider the best weight loss medications possible but we also give you tons of recipes that will help you lose weight more quickly.
If you are like me and like to snack these recipes are definitely for you. In this article I’m going to give you the recipes for some amazing weight loss smoothies that will get rid of your appetite and make you feel totally satisfied , I will also give you recipes for low-carb – low sugar brownies, cakes and cheesecake. I am even going to add to recipes for piecrust that are both low in carbohydrates and low in sugar.
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do.
Chocolate Smoothie For Breakfast or Lunch*
2 tablespoons of Chia seeds
1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup of our Solutions4 chocolate protein powder
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
1 tablespoon of unsweetened cacao powder
1 – 2 packets of Stevia
1/4 cup of water
1/2 cup of ice
combine all of the ingredients into a blender and enjoy
Heavenly Chocolate Weight Loss Smoothie*
1/2 medium avocado
1 cup of unsweetened almond milk or any other unsweetened nondairy milk
1/4 cup of heavy cream
2 tablespoons of Chia seeds
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
one scoop of solutions for chocolate protein powder or a quarter cup of egg white protein powder (optional ingredients include drops of liquid Stevia to taste.)
Directions:
Place all of these ingredients into a blender and pulse until nice and smooth. If you are feeling very chocolatey you can use a square of dark chocolate that’s at least 85% dark chocolate and break this into tiny pieces and mixed it in your smoothie.
Chocolate Muffins*
1 large egg
1 tablespoon of coconut oil or butter
1 tablespoon of xylitol
5 – 10 drops of liquid Stevia
1 tablespoon of raw cacao powder
2 tablespoons of almond flour
1 tablespoon of coconut flour
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon of baking soda
(optional one square of 85% – 90% of dark chocolate)
Instructions:
Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat using a hand whisk. Then add the melted coconut oil or butter, xylitol, Stevia, cacao powder, coconut flour and almond flour, cinnamon, cream of tartar and baking soda. Mix everything well and pour the mixture into small ramekins. (break the square of dark chocolate into very tiny pieces and gently place them on top of the chocolate batter) then microwave for 60 – 90 seconds and you have a delicious low-carb chocolate muffin. Instead of using a microwave you can also bake them in an oven that is preheated 360°F for about 15 minutes. You can even top the muffin with full fat sour cream or whipped heavy cream. This recipe should make one muffin.
* These recipes are from ketoditapp,com. They have a great app for low carb recipes.
Now, first I am going to give you two awesome recipes for piecrust that are both low-carb and low sugar and then I will give you recipes for a yummy cheesecake, brownies and even a wonderful chocolate cake.
Almond Piecrust**
1 1/2 cups of almonds
1/4 cup of vanilla whey protein powder
1/4 cup of melted butter
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Using a food processor with the S-blade in place, grind almonds to a consistency similar to cornmeal. Add the protein powder and butter and pulse to combine everything. Then pour this into a pie plate and press firmly and evenly into place gently building it up around the sides. Bake this for approximately 12 – 15 minutes or until the edges are starting to brown lightly. Then remove from oven and let it cool.
Crisp Chocolate Piecrust**
1 1/2 cups of almonds
1/4 cup of Stevia
2 squares of bitter chocolate melted
3 tablespoons of butter melted
2 tablespoons of vanilla or chocolate whey protein powder
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 325°F. Using the S-blade of your food processor grind almonds until they are the texture of cornmeal. Add in the Splenda and pulse to combine everything. Pour in the melted chocolate and then the melted butter and run the processor until everything is evenly distributed. Make sure that everything is combined nicely together. Then at the protein powder and pulse again to mix everything together. We are then going to pour this mixture into a 10 inch pie plate that you have coated with nonstick cooking spray press firmly and evenly into place and bake for approximately 8 minute. Allow this to cool before filling.
Chocolate Cheesecake**
2 cups of cottage cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup of sour cream
2 ounces of unsweetened baking chocolate melted
1/4 cup of Stevia
1 almond piecrust – recipe noted above
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 370°F. Put the cottage cheese, eggs and sour cream in a blender and blend. You want to blend everything until it is nice and smooth. Then add the melted chocolate and Splenda and blend everything again. The next step is the poor this mixture into the pre-baked pie crust. Place the cake on the top rack of the oven and place of flat pan of water on the bottom rack. Bake for approximately 40 – 45 minutes. Then let it cool and place it in your refrigerator to chill it well before
eating it. You can also serve this with heavy whipped cream.
Coffee Mocha Chocolate Chip Brownies**
1 cup of Stevia or xylitol
1/2 cup of chocolate whey protein powder
1/4 cup of almond meal
1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon of instant coffee crystals
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of butter
2 large eggs
1/4 cup of water
6 ounces of sugar-free chocolate chips or sugar-free dark chocolate bars chopped chocolate chip size – you can do this by hand or use a food processor.
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Put the Splenda, protein powder, almond meal, cocoa, instant coffee crystals and salt in a food processor with the S-blade in place. Pulse to combine everything. Then add the butter and pulse until the butter is mixed in nicely with the dry ingredients. Pour everything into a bowl then mix in the eggs one at a time beating well with the whisk after each egg is added. Then beat in the water and finally stir in the chocolate chips or chopped up chocolate bars.
Next spray and 8 x 8 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and spread the batter evenly in the pan. Bake this for approximately 15 – 20 minutes but be sure not to over bake. Let it cool and then cut into squares. You can cut this into 25 small Brownies.
Chocolate Cake**
1 cup of finely ground hazelnuts or almonds
1/2 cup of vanilla or chocolate whey protein powder
3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 cup of Stevia
1/2 teaspoon of salt
5 tablespoons of coconut oil
1 tablespoon of cider vinegar
1 cup of cold water
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a bowl combine your nuts, protein powder, cocoa, baking soda, Stevia and salt and stir them well together. You want to make sure that there were no lumps in this mixture. Then spray a 9 x 9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and place the mixture in it. Make two holes in this mixture for the coconut oil into one in the vinegar into the other in the water over top of the whole thing. Mix with the spoon or fork until everything is well combined and bake this for approximately 30 minutes. This cake is moist, delicious and fudgy it’s more like Brownies as compared to your regular layer cake.
**These recipes are taken from the book 1001 Low-Carb Recipes written by Dana Carpender. It’s a great low carb cook book.
So there you have it. Some wonderful recipes that are low in carbohydrates and very low in sugar. I have used these recipes myself and they have made my losing weight and keeping it off very easy. So I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do and that they make your weight loss journey easy and fun and of course delicious.
If you need help with weight loss just call us for a free consultation.
Call us at 215-821-7336.
Grocery Shopping List To Lose Weight Fast with Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Grocery Shopping List To Lose Weight Fast by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Lose weight fast with Medical Weight Loss Philadlphia’s rapid weight loss plan.
Get started now with this grocery list to jump start your weight loss.
Our weight loss program works because the weight loss pills / appetite suppressant medications are very
effective at decreasing your appetite and cravings and we also give you a detailed plan on what to eat
to safely lose as much weight as possible. We give you a diet plan booklet and also have a ton of
recipes and munus on this website, our youtube channel and even are Google plus page.
So here is a list of all the delicious foods you get to eat on our weight loss program:
Poultry:
Chicken breast
Cornish hen
Lean ground Turkey
Turkey breast
Eggs:
chicken brown or white
Duck
egg whites
goose
Fish and Seafood:
Catfish
clams
cod
crab
flounder
halibut
lobster
mahimahi
orang roughy
oysters
salmon
sardines
scallops
shrimp
sole
swordfish
tilapia
trout
tuna
mussels
squid
anchovy
haddock
cavier
bass
carp
mackerel
Beef – Pork – Veal – Lamb:
Select or Choice grades of beef trimmed of fat including:
Chuck,
rib
rump roast
round
sirloin
cubed
flank
porterhouse
T-bone steak
tenderloin
Bacon
beef jerky
Canadian bacon
ground beef
ham
lamb chop, leg or roast
pork center loin chop
pork tenderloin
veal loin, chopped or roast
Other Meats / Proteins:
Bierwurst or beerwurst
bologna
Buffalo
Chorizo
corned beef
Devon sausage
duck
goose
ham
hot dog
liverwurst
meatloaf – pastrami
pepperoni – smoked meat
pheasant
pork roll
processed sandwich/deli meats – ham, roast beef, turkey, chicken etc.
Prosciutto
roast beef
roast pork
salami
sausage
summer sausage
turkey bacon
Vegetarian Meats:
Chik’n strips
meal starter
Morning star farms
Hot dogs
Smart Dogs
Lightlife
Tofu
Veggie burgers
Garden Veggie Patties
Morning Star Farms
Vegetables:
alfalfa sprouts
artichokes
arugula
asparagus
Bell pepper, red
bok choy – regular or baby
broccoli
brussels sprouts
cabbage
Collie flower
celery
chard – Swiss
collards
corn – white
cucumber
eggplant
endive
fennel
green onion
kale
iceberg lettuce
red leaf lettuce
romaine lettuce
mushrooms
mustard greens
okra
jalapeno peppers
Serrano peppers
dill pickles
radicchio
radishes
scallions
seaweed
shallots
snap peas
spinach
summer squash
turnip greens
watercress
zucchini
Herbs and Spices:
fresh basil
chives
cilantro
garlic
ginger
parsley
pepper
fresh peppermint
salt
fresh thyme
Healthy Fats:
animal fats
avocado oil
coconut oil
flaxseed oil
butter
ghee
olive oil
saturated fats
sesame oil
walnut oil
Dairy products:
Cheese:
American
asiago
blue
brick
Brie
cheddar
Colby
Colby Jack
cottage cheese
dry Jack
Edam
Farmer cheese
Feta
fontina
Gorgonzola
Gouda
Gruyere
Havarti
Limburger
mascarpone
Monterey Jack
mozzarella
Muenster
Parmesan
pepato
pepper jack
provolone
Queso Blanco
Ricotta
Romano
Scamorza
soy cheese
Swiss
Teleme
Dairy continued:
unsweetened almond milk
unsweetened coconut milk
FAGE Total Greek Yogurt
half-and-half
heavy cream
sour cream
unsweetened soy milk
whipped cream unsweetened
Other food items:
almond flour
almonds
avocado
baking powder
baking soda
Barlen’s Forti-Flax
Brazil nuts
cashews
black coffee
espresso
lemon
limes
macadamia nuts
mayonnaise
mustard
pine nuts
powdered mix, Stevia tropical singles
pumpkin seeds
sesame seeds
soy sauce
sparkling water
sunflower seeds
Tea – unsweetened plain – hot or iced
tomato
vinegar
water
Flours, Meals & Powders
Acorn Flour
Almond Flour
Almond Meal
Cocoa Powder (high saturated fat)
Flax Seed Meal
Protein Powder
Psyllium Husk
Sesame Seed Flour
Splenda
Nuts/Legumes: Only 1/4 cup a day.
Almonds
Brazilnuts
Coconut (high saturated fat)
Hazelnuts
Macadamias
Pecans
Pistachios
Walnuts
Seeds:
Chia Seeds
Flax Seeds
Hemp Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Safflower Seeds
Sesame Seeds
Dressings: Use in Moderation
Balsamic Vinegar
Blue Cheese
Creamy Ceaser
Ranch
Fats & Oils
Almond Butter
Almond Oil
Avocado Oil
Butter
Canola Oil
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Oil
Fish Oil (cod liver)
Flax Seed Oil
Grape Seed Oil
Hemp Seed Oil
Macadamia Oil
Mayonnaise
Olive Oil
Safflower Oil
Sesame Oil
Soybean Oil
Sunflower Oil
Sunflower Butter
Walnut Oil
There you have it. A shopping list of the best foods to lose weight fast and keep it off.
I hope this list helps you and if you need help with your weight loss call us for a weight loss consultation.
Call us at 215-821-7336.
Doctor Loses Over 30 lbs With Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Results of Our Medical Weight Loss Program
In our medical weight loss program most of our patients lose 2 – 5 pounds per week. They lose all this weight by eating delicious tasty food. And on our weight-loss program you eat real food that you would normally buy at the supermarket. You do not have to spend hundreds of dollars on pre-packaged meals like many other weight-loss programs.
In fact using our own medical weight loss program I have lost quite a bit of weight myself. You see I suffered a significant back injury a while back from a car accident. And these injuries caused me to suffer pain all day long and severely limited my physical activity.
Suffice to say I just got fatter and fatter.
Finally after being diagnosed with Diabetes, I realized that I had to make lots of changes and get myself together. So in the beginning of this year, 2015, I made the promise to myself and my wife that I would follow our medical weight loss program exactly as I teach all of our wonderful patients.
And I am happy to say that I have lost quite a bit of weight following our medical weight loss program. It makes me even happier to fit into clothing that has been in the back of my closet for years.
Because of my Diabetes I decided to follow a program that really controlled the sugar in my diet. This is the same program that I give all of our Diabetic patients to do.
Not only did I lose weight, but now at 3 months into the program my blood sugar levels are normal.
I definitely appreciated all of the recipes and menus that we provide our weight loss patients because they made my losing weight easy – I just had to follow the plan – and the food and recipes we give our weight loss patients are delicious. So losing weight was simple, delicious and easy. All I had to do was follow the plan.
The Phentermine works really well at controlling hunger and cravings so it’s easy to follow the plan when you are never really hungry.
One thing I did make sure was that my first meal of the day consisted of delicious protein. This pushed my body into fat burning mode and not fat storing mode.
It’s funny that in our weight loss program we make you eat to lose weight… While other weight loss programs have you starve yourself to lose weight.
So here are 8 yummy recipes that I enjoyed on my weight loss journey. I have them labeled as breakfast but you can eat them anytime of the day for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
These recipes are taken from the book The 100: Count Only Sugar Calories Diet Book by Jorge Cruise. It’s a great book and has lots of low sugar recipes. I definitely recommend you read it.
So here are the recipes:
Breakfast Recipes:
Skinny Muffin Recipe:
- Quarter cup ground flax
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 TSP cinnamon powder
- 1 TSP coconut oil
- ½ TBSP of butter
- 1 egg
- 1 packet of stevia
- Mix all ingredients together in a coffee mug microwave for 50 seconds
Breakfast 1:
- 1 skinny muffin with butter, served with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 sugar calories
Breakfast 2:
- 2 eggs scrambled with a quarter cup of red bell peppers, a half cup of spinach, a half cup of grated cheddar cheese, served with a side of 2 strips of bacon and coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 3:
- 2 eggs sunny side up, served over 8 asparagus spears topped with 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese served with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 4:
- 2 eggs beaten with 2 tablespoons of half-and-half,, 1/8 teaspoon of salt, 1/8 teaspoon of pepper, 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup of chopped zucchini, 1/4 cup of chopped red bell pepper and 1 tablespoon of chopped red onions divided into 2 muffin tin cups and bake at 350° for about 20 minutes served with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 5:
- Omelette made of two eggs, a quarter cup of shredded Mexican cheese blend and 2 tablespoons of chunky salsa served with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 6:
- 1 skinny muffin with 2 tablespoons of walnuts, added to the mix, with butter served with coffee and half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 7:
- 2 fried eggs served with 2 breakfast sausage links and with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
Breakfast 8:
- 1 cup of cottage cheese mixed with one-quarter cup of chopped walnuts, served with coffee with half-and-half.
- 0 Total Carbohydrates and 0 Sugar Calories
So there you have it. Some of the quick and easy recipes that helped me lose weight.
If you would like help with your weight loss call us at 215-821-7336 for a free consultation.
Lose 2-5 lbs a Week Eating Cake by Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Diet Doctors
#LowCarRecipes
Yes it is possible to lose 2 – 5 pounds a week in our medical weight loss program while eating delicious cakes and other goodies like I have pictured here in this article.
In our medical weight loss program we believe we give you the best appetite suppressant medications and weight loss pills that will help decrease your appetite and get your hunger and cravings under control.
Lots of our patients tell us that they were never hungry and that losing weight on our program was the simplest and easiest weight loss program that they have ever done.
They also have told us that our weight loss program was not only simple and easy but it was the most fun because we gave them lots of recipes for delicious foods like a chocolate bomb weight loss shake, sugar-free blueberry ice cream, fat burning lemonade, espresso and ricotta cheese desserts and a multitude of of recipes for entrées, appetizers, desserts and even snacks.
One of my favorite recipes is for cheesecake that is sugar-free. And because yesterday was my birthday my wife made me my favorite sugar-free blueberry cheesecake. If you are already one of our patients you know that a few months ago I was diagnosed as having type II diabetes and that I have been trying to follow a sugar-free diet as much as humanly possible. And this sugar-free blueberry cheesecake recipe fits right into my new sugar-free diet plan because it has no extra sugar in it.
(If you are presently not one of our patients you can read all about my personal story about being diagnosed with diabetes in an another article that I have on this website titled “Confessions of a medical weight loss Dr.”)
And even though I am a weight loss doctor I actually ate quite a few slices of this delicious cheesecake yesterday and when I weighed myself this morning I actually weighed a half pound less.
So I know you can’t wait to try this recipe for yourself so here it is:
Sugar Free Blueberry Cheesecake*:
Ingredients:
- 8 oz. of cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon of stevia
- ¾ cup of xylitol
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- frozen blueberries (if desired)
Directions:
Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the sour cream, eggs, stevia, xylitol and vanilla. If you want a crust: Wrap foil around the bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan. Butter the bottom of the spring form pan and sprinkle ground walnuts or pecans on top. Pour the cream cheese mixture on top. Place the cheesecake in an oven safe dish that is larger than 10 inches. Pour hot water in outer dish so it reaches half way up around cheesecake. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 – 60 minutes until center is nearly set.
After removing it from the oven you can open the bag of blueberries and place them over top of the cheesecake. You can use blueberries or any other berry of your choice.
Then cool for 15 minutes. Scrape the sides of pan with a knife and release spring. Cool 30 minutes. Remove spring and refrigerate for approximately 4 hours. You can also make it in small ramekin dishes with no crust for individual servings. Make sure to reduce the baking time if you reduce the size of your pan.
*This recipe was taken from one of my my mentors Dr. Daniel Pompa from his website.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do. And from the picture that you see posted above you can see that I really did enjoy this cake LOL. But it was my birthday so I was allowed to cheat a little bit more than usual.
If you need help losing weight or achieving better health I invite you to call us for a free consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336
Lose 2-5 lbs a Week Satisfying Your Sweet Tooth by Philadelphia Diet Doctors
Lose 2-5 lbs a week and satisfy your sweet tooth with our medical weight loss program. Here are 3 recipes that will satisfy your cravings for sweets and still make you skinny.
In our medical weight loss clinics in Philadelphia and Feasterville Bucks County PA we believe that knowing what to eat is one of the main secrets to successfully losing weight. That is why we are are constantly giving you skinnylicious recipes that are delicious and conducive to you losing weight.
Chocolate Chip Strawberry Muffins*
This recipe makes 9 muffins. These muffins are very similar to the big products you can find in many high end coffee shops. They are deliciously chocolate , moist and studded with jewel like berries. You can also add 2 tbsp of good quality cocoa powder to the batter to create a double chocolate treat. Dark chocolate is actually very good for you because it contains antioxidants and is heart friendly.
Ingredients:
We will need coconut oil for greasing the muffin tin.
2 cups of almond flour
1/2 cup of mini dark chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
a pinch of sea salt
3 large eggs
1 quarter cup of maple syrup or honey
2 tablespoons of coconut oil melted
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
1 cup of fresh strawberries trimmed and sliced
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Then lightly grease 9 muffin cups with coconut oil. Line the bottom of the cups with parchment paper and grease the parchment. In a large bowl stir together the almond flour, chocolate chips, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl whisk together the eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil, lemon juice and vanilla until well blended. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Fold the strawberries and spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffin comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let it cool on the rack for about 5 minutes in the muffin tin then turn out onto the rack let it cool and serve.
Chocolate Raspberry Donuts*
Ingredients:
Coconut oil for greasing the donut pans.
2 cups of find almond meal
1/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa counter
2 teaspoons of coconut flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
a pinch of sea salt
4 large eggs
1/4 quarter cup of honey
1/4 cup of coconut oil
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
1 cup of fresh raspberries
1/3 cup of dark chocolate chips.
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and lightly grease a donut pan with coconut oil. In a large bowl stir together the almond meal, cocoa, coconut flour, baking soda and salt until well combined. Then in a medium bowl whisk together the eggs, honey, coconut oil and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to mix well. Carefully fold in the raspberries and chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the donut pan and tap lightly on the counter to remove air bubbles. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes until firm. Let it cool before serving.
Banana Vanilla Pancakes*
Vanilla and banana go together splendidly in this recipe and using a vanilla bean creates very rich flavor. Vanilla beans contain some B complex vitamins and traces of many minerals such as calcium, potassium, iron and zinc. This means that the vanilla can help regulate the body’s metabolism and normalize heart rate and blood pressure.
Ingredients are as follows:
3 large eggs
2 large ripe bananas seeds from one vanilla bean
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons of coconut flour
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
a pinch of sea salt
coconut oil for greasing the skillet and fresh fruit for topping. Directions:
Place the eggs, bananas, vanilla seeds and vanilla extract in a food processor and pulse until very smooth. Then add the coconut flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and pulse until smooth. Let this sit for about 10 minutes so the coconut flour can absorb the liquid.
Pulse again a few times. Place a large skillet over medium heat and brush with a bit of coconut oil.
When the skillet is hot add about one quarter cup of the batter and cook until bubbles appear on the top this should take about approximately 3 minutes.
Flip the pancake and cook until browned on the second side and cooked through. Repeat this process until all the batter is used. You can serve just topped with fresh fruit.
*Recipes are from the book paleo For Beginners by Fall River Press
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Enjoy Delicious Food and Lose 2-5 lbs a Week by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Lose 2-5 lbs a week. Chocolate Lava Cake
Lose 2 to 5 pounds a week in our medically supervised weight loss program eating Chocolate lava cake, banana, plum, kiwi, blueberry and raspberry smoothies. In our medical weight loss program located in Philadelphia and Bucks County Pennsylvania you get to eat real delicious food all while losing weight. Our weight loss program is not about starving, it’s not about exercising 20 hours a week and it’s definitely not about eating nothing but tuna fish and drinking water.
However, our medical weight loss program is definitely about enjoying delicious and nutritious food and most definitely about enjoying life.
So with that being said here are some of my favorite weight loss recipes:
Divine Chocolate Lava Cake
- Coconut oil for greasing the ramekins
- 5 ounces of dark chocolate
- 5 tablespoons of coconut oil
- 2 extra-large eggs
- 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
- pinch of sea salt
- 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon of coconut flour
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease six 6 ounce ramekins with coconut oil. Melt the chocolate and coconut oil carefully in the microwave until smooth, taking care not to burn. Transferred to a medium bowl and cool for 15 minutes. Whisk together the eggs, vanilla, maple syrup and salt until light and frothy. Add the egg mixture to the chocolate along with the cocoa and coconut flour. Fold to incorporate all of the ingredients well.Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins so they are about half full.Transfer the ramekins to a baking sheet and bake for 12 – 15 minutes until the edges are set but the center is still soft. I like to eat this while it is warm This recipe was taking from the book Paleo for Beginners the Guide to Getting Started by the Fall River Press
Banana Plum Creamy Smoothie*
- 2 handfuls of kale or any other green leafy greens
- 1/2 cup of ice
- 1/2 cup of plums
- 1 banana
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds
Combine all of the ingredients into a blender and enjoy.
The New and Improved Strawberry Banana Smoothie*
- 2 handfuls of kale or any leafy greens
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened organic Greek yogurt
- 1 small banana
- 1/2 cup of strawberries
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseeds
Combine all of these ingredients into a blender and enjoy.
Kiwi and Banana Weight Loss Smoothie*
- 2 handful of kale or any leafy greens
- 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk
- 1 banana
- 1 kiwi
- 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseeds
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened organic Greek yogurt
Combine all of the above ingredients into a blender and enjoy.
Raspberry Banana Weight Loss Smoothie*
- 2 handfuls of kale or any leafy greens
- 1 small banana
- 1/2 cup of raspberries
- 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds
- 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk or any other nondairy milk
Combine all of these ingredients into a blender and enjoy.
Bananas and Avocado Lose Weight Loss Smoothie*
- 2 handfuls of kale or any other leafy greens
- 1 cup of ice
- 1 banana
- 1/2 of an avocado peeled
- 1 cup of blueberries or blackberries
- 1/2 cup of ice
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened almond milk or any other nondairy milk product
Combine all of the ingredients into a blender and enjoy.
*The recipes were taken from the book 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse by Jennifer Smith. I .recommend that you purchase the book as it is filled with wonderful smoothie recipes.
Paleo Oatmeal
- 1/2 cup of almonds
- 1/2 cup of pecans
- 1/4 cup of ground flaxseed
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 5 large eggs
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened almond milk or any other nondairy milk beverage
- 2 large bananas mashed
- 2 tablespoons of almond butter
- 2 cups of blueberries for topping
Directions:
Place the nuts, flaxseed and spices in a food processor or blender and pulse until it resembles coarse crumbs. Transfer to a large saucepan and set aside. In a small bowl stir together the eggs and almond milk until thoroughly combined and thick. Add the mashed banana and almond butter to the nut mixture in the saucepan and whisk until blended.Stir the wet ingredients into the nut mixture and place over medium heat. Cook the resulting nut mixture, stirring constantly, until it is thick and the eggs are completely cooked this should take anywhere from 5 – 7 minutes. Sprinkle with the blueberries and serve with a little more almond milk.This recipe was taking from the book Paleo for Beginners the Guide to Getting Started by the Fall River Press
I hope you enjoy all of these recipes as much as I do. If you would like help with your weight loss please give us a call for a free consultation at 215-821-7336
Thank you and have a great day.
Recipes to Burn Fat and Look Great by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia
Hello everyone Dr. Kenny here, if you are one of our medical weight loss patients you know that my mantra is “Losing Weight Should be Simple, Easy, Delicious and Fun. So with that being said here are a few more weight loss recipes that are definitely delicious and should help you achieve your weight loss goals of losing 2 – 5 pounds per week.
In my recent post of recipes on our website I have been giving you lots of weight loss recipes for weight loss smoothies and shakes in addition to regular appetizers, entrées, desserts and even snacks. The reason I have been posting so many smoothie recipes is because the majority of our patients are asking for quick and easy weight loss smoothie recipes because they do not have enough time for a regular breakfast first thing in the morning.
It just seems that everyone is always in a rush nowadays and there is never enough time to take care of yourself.
Most of the men I know are literally working 24/7 and most of the females that I know are also working 24/7 in addition to taking care of their children, getting them ready for school in the morning and then they head out to work or to take care of whatever responsibilities they have to attend to for the day.
So to me it seems that females have an even more difficult time taking care of themselves as compared to men. Now if you are man please do not be upset with me for saying this. I am a man, so this gives me the privilege to make such an observation. Honestly though, this is how it is in my house.
I do try to help with household chores and with the children but the majority of my time is spent in the office taking care of our wonderful patients. While my wife is taking care of the children, getting our youngest off to school in the morning and giving him a good healthy breakfast (because we know that young minds need good healthy food to fuel both their bodies and their brains to do well in school); in addition to this she also takes care of our three dogs and her parents. Not only does she do all of this but she also manages our offices and actually answers the phone and schedules the majority of appointments in our office. So when you call the office and if Elyse answers the phone you now know that she is my wife.
My wife is an amazing woman and she gave up her career in Pharmacy in order to stay at home and raise our three children and help us build our wonderful practice. So with all of this being said I know that women have a multitude of responsibilities and are not always capable of spending the time to take care of themselves. And that is why our weight loss program is designed to be simple, easy, delicious and fun and does not require you to exercise a multitude of hours each and every week.
Sorry! Sometimes I have a tendency to run on a bit LOL. But I am just very appreciative for the woman in my life and all the other woman in the world who are usually the backbone of their family and as such society.
Now! Here are the delicious weight loss recipes.
This is going to be a smoothie that is designed primarily for burning fat.
Nut-berry Fat Burning Weight Loss Smoothie
- 1/2 cup of fresh or frozen blueberries.
- 1 small apple, remove the core.
- 1 hand full of kale.
- 4 – 6 ounces of unsweetened almond milk, hazelnut milk or any other type of nondairy milk.
- 1 tablespoon of flax seeds.
- 1 – 2 packets of Stevia.
- If you are not using frozen blueberries you may want to add 1/2 – 1 cup of ice to make it nice and frosty and refreshing.
Now we just combine all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until it’s nice and smooth.
The Burn Fat and Look Great Smoothie:
- 2 handfuls of kale.
- 2 cups of cooled brewed green tea or any other type of tea.
- The juice of 1 lemon.
- 1/2 avocado that is peeled and pitted.
- ½ of pink grapefruit that is peeled and seeded.
- 1/4 cup of pitted dates –
- Or instead of the dates you could use 1 scoop of our Solutions4 protein powder that is totally sugar-free and packs the right amount of protein to get your body fat burning.
- 1 tablespoon of flax seeds.
- 4 – 6 ounces of unsweetened almond milk, hazelnut milk or any other type of nondairy milk.
Combine all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until it is nice and smooth.This recipe is taken from the book “The 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse” That is written by Jennifer Smith , However I did modify the recipe by adding flax seeds and substituting our protein powder in place of the pitted dates.
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do.
If you need help with losing weight please call us for your free weight loss consultation at 215-821-7336.
Thank you and have a fantastic day!
Again please remember to call us at 215-821-7336.