In our medical weight loss program we help you lose 2 – 5 lbs a week with a total program that includes the best diet – weight loss pills and appetite suppressant medications, vitamin B12 injection therapy and a nutrition diet plan made specifically for you. 

And with our weight loss program you eat real food so you don’t have to spend tons of money on soups and shakes that taste like chalk.

If you need help with losing weight call us for a Totally Free Medical Weight Loss Consultation at 215-821-7336.

Here are 7 great recipes that are big on portion sizes but small in calories. Each recipe ranges from 300 to 400 calories per serving size.

Hungry Man Sized Breakfast Casserole*

Ingredients:

• 24 ounces of frozen hash browns
• 1 cup of skim milk
• 1 cup a big substitute
• ½ cup of diced onion
• ½ cup of red bell pepper diced
• 4 ounces of diced green chilies
• ¾ cups of swiss cheese grated
• 6 slices of bacon that’s cooked and crumbled

Spray a 9×13” pan with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Add the hashbrowns and cook in 300°F for about 20 minutes. Next mixed all the remaining ingredients and pour over potatoes and cook for 30 minutes. This makes approximately 6 servings each with 414 calories.

Ham and Egg Casserole*

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter melted
• 1 pound of low-fat Monterey Jack cheese shredded
• 2 ½ cups of egg substitute beaten
• 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 16 ounces of fat-free cottage cheese
• 2 cups of ham that you cut into cubes
• ⅛ teaspoon of Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 cup of shredded zucchini
• 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup of chopped red bell pepper

we are going to preheat an oven to 400°F and put butter in a 9 inch pan and melt this in the oven. Next combine all the other ingredients and put them in the pan and bake this at 400°F for approximately 15 minutes and then at 350°F for another 15 to 20 minutes. This makes 6 servings and each with the calorie count of 413 calories.

Asparagus Omelette and Citrus Salad*

omelette ingredients:

• 10 ounces of asparagus
• 1 ½ cups of egg substitute
• ⅓ cup of Parmesan cheese finely grated
• ¼ teaspoon of black pepper
• ¼ cup of scallions thinly sliced
• salad ingredients:
• 6 ounces of mandarin oranges
• 2 grapefruits cut into sections
• 3 cups of bib lettuce
• 6 tablespoons of poppy seed dressing

Steam the asparagus until crisp and tender, approximately 5 minutes and then drain. Whisk the egg substitute, grated Parmesan cheese and black pepper in a large bowl to blend. Spray a skillet with nonstick vegetable oil. Sauté the sliced scallions for 3 minutes or until softened. Add the cooked asparagus and sauté until heated through. Reduce the heat to medium and spread the asparagus mixture in a single layer in the skillet. Next pour the egg mixture over the asparagus and cook until the eggs are softly set tilting the skillet and gently running a rubber spatula around edge to allow uncooked egg to flow underneath, for about 4 minutes. Slide the omelette onto a plate folding it in half, cut the omelette into wedges and serve. While the omelette is cooking combine the Mandarin oranges, grapefruit sections and lettuce in a large bowl and toss lightly with dressing and divide onto salad plates. This makes approximately 3 servings with each having 388 calories.

Spicy Omelette*

Ingredients:

• 1 large potato
• ¾ pound of turkey sausage
• 1 small chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• ¾ cup of egg substitute
• 6  whole-wheat 8 inch tortillas
• ½ cup of reduced fat Monterey Jack cheese
• ½ cup of salsa
• Cook the potato in boiling water for about 35 minutes until it’s tender. You can cook the potato in the microwave if you prefer. When cool, peel and cut the potato into cubes. Brown the sausage in a frying pan and add chopped onion, chili powder, and cayenne pepper. Cook this for about 10 minutes. Drain and discard any fat. Add the cubed cooked potato. Beat the egg substitute and add to the pan, stir until the eggs are set. Spoon the mixture into the center of the warm tortillas and then top with the shredded cheese and roll up the tortilla. Then place on a plate and serve with the salsa. This makes 6 servings each with 409 calories.

Breakfast Enchiladas Family-Style*

Ingredients:

• 12 ounces of finely chopped ham
• ½ cup of chopped green onions
• 2 cups of chopped green bell peppers
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 1 ½ cups of low-fat grated cheddar cheese
• 8 whole-wheat 8 inch true tears
• 1 ½ cups of egg substitute
• 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon of Tabasco sauce
• 1 avocado

Preheat our oven to 350°F. Mix together the ham, onion, green bell pepper and cheese. Divide the mixture among the tortillas and roll them up. Place the seam side down in a greased 12 x 7 x 2” pan. In a separate bowl beat egg substitute, skim milk, flour, garlic and Tabasco sauce. And pour this over the enchiladas. Place in the refrigerator overnight or for a few hours then cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.  uncover for the last 10 minutes and then top with the slices of avocado to finally serve it. This makes approximately 8 servings each with about 385 calories.

Full Comfy  Tummy Breakfast Extravaganza*

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of turkey sausage
• 2 cups of egg substitute
• 10 slices of whole wheat bread cubed
• 3 cups of skim milk
• 1 cup of low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 1 cup of chopped red bell pepper
• 10 ounces of  chopped broccoli
• 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon of dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons of dried basil

In a large skillet brown the sausage then drain. In a large bowl beat the egg substitute  then add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Spoon into a greased 13 x 9” baking pan. Cover and let this refrigerate for 8 hours or so. Then preheat the oven to 350°F and bake this for about 60 – 70 minutes or until it’s cooked all the way through. This makes about 8 servings each with approximately 391 calories.

Morning Sun Veggie Quesadilla*

Ingredients:

• 1 slice of  turkey bacon
• ¼ cup of chopped onion
• ½ cup of chopped red bell pepper
• ¼ cup of egg substitute
• 2 tablespoons of black beans
• 1 ounce of fat-free sour cream
• 3 tablespoons of salsa
• 1 whole wheat 6 inch tortilla
• 3/4 ounces of switch cheese

Cook your bacon and then set it aside bring a medium large pan sprayed with nonstick vegetable oil spray to medium heat and add the red bell pepper and onion and cook until it softened, this should  should take about 3 minutes or so. Then add the egg substitute and scramble until fully cooked. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and set the pain aside to cool. Add the bacon, beans, 1 tablespoon of sour cream and 1 tablespoon of salsa to the egg scramble bowl and lightly mixed this and set it aside. Clean and dry the pan, spray with nonstick vegetable oil spray and bring to medium-high heat. Place the tortilla flat in the pan and sprinkle evenly with cheddar cheese. Spoon the egg mixture over half of the tortilla and  and then fold the other half of  Tortilla over top of the eggs. Make sure you press this down evenly with the spatula to seal everything and cook until both sides are crispy. This should be approximately 2 minutes per side. And then you could top this with the remaining salsa and sour cream. This makes one serving with approximately 400 calories.

I hope you and your family enjoy these recipes.

Remember if you need help with your weight loss plan, if you need just a jump start or if you can’t lose weight no matter what you do call us for your Free Weight Loss Consultation at 215-821-7336.

*These recipes are from the book 500 $00 Calorie Recipes by Dick Logue. It is a great book and has lots of really good recipes. You should add it to your cookbook library.

It always seems that from October all the way through the end of January it’s the most difficult time of year to not gain weight. Here are 3 tips to help you lose weight during the Holidays.

It’s an especially difficult time if you’re trying to lose weight. I hate to admit it but I even gained a few extra pounds over the Thanksgiving holiday. Why did I gain weigh? Because I am NOT able to resist my wife’s wonderful cooking and baking. Honestly, now just while writing this article I am thinking about the totally delicious banana bread with chocolate chips and peanut butter chips that she made.

And of course I cannot forget the pumpkin pie, coffee cake, sweet potato pie and chocolate pudding and banana pie that she made for our Thanksgiving feast. I must confess that I had more than one slice of each of these yummy goodies. And yes I did gain weight. But because I have my weight loss program in place, (the same program that I give to all of our weight loss patients), I was able to get back to my normal weight after a few days. So I decided to write this article and share a few tips that will hopefully help you avoid gaining weight during this holiday season.

Weight Loss Tip Number 1:

Skip eating breakfast. Yes you did read it right. I said do not eat breakfast for a day. On a day like Thanksgiving when you know you are going to be eating a humongous feast, it’s probably best to not eat breakfast that day. This is similar to the Protocols of intermittent fasting. With intermittent fasting you give yourself approximately 16 – 18 hours between your dinner and your lunch. The theory is that during this period of time your body will be burning all of your extra body fat. For example if you start your dinner at 7 p.m. at night you should finish around 8 p.m. Then you don’t eat until 12 noon the next day so you will be fasting for approximately 16 hours or so.

It’s really remarkable that when you do not eat for 16 to 18 hours that your body will actually increases its production of growth hormone and anabolic hormones. And these hormones increase your body’s ability to burn fat.

Simply stated when you do not eat for about 16 to 18 hours your body turns into a super efficient fat burning machine.

This will also decrease your body’s blood sugar levels. And it will even decrease your body’s cortisol levels. High levels of Cortisol in our body is known to be one of the major causes of most diseases that we suffer from.

So what I plan to do for the next holiday is to wake up have a nice cup of decaffeinated coffee with some heavy cream or half and half a packet of stevia for breakfast. After this I will try not to eat until dinner time, when I can almost eat as much as I want. I just have to be careful not to eat too many starchy carbohydrates and desserts that will turn into sugar.

We don’t want too much sugar in our bodies because when there is too much sugar in our body – insulin levels spike and this causes everything we have eaten to be stored as body fat.

Now if I get hungry and I really need to eat something at lunch time I try to keep it to healthy proteins like chicken, beef or fish and lots of leafy green vegetables like romaine lettuce and spinach. The easiest thing for me to eat would be a Cobb salad with some chicken and a very nice olive oil and vinegar dressing with oregano, salt, pepper, garlic etc.

Then after I finally eat dinner I will try not to eat for at least 12 hours. This way I give my body time to digest everything properly and help balance out my blood sugar levels. This should also help my body burn all of the excessive calories from the food that I consumed from overeating at the holiday dinner. Every time that I have done this I did not gain any weight during the holidays.

But this past Thanksgiving not only did I eat a humongous amount of food at dinner time but for breakfast I enjoyed some more of my wife’s delicious cakes and pastries. But like I said I just got back into the program the following day and I lost the weight in a couple days.

Weight Loss Tip Number 2:

Go for a walk after dinner. If you go for a nice walk after your big holiday dinner or if you play a game of football or basketball with the family your body should burn up all of the extra sugar and calories that you have eaten from your holiday meal. The more you move the better it is.

Just remember after the big feast you want to be active because the more active you are the less weight you will gain. If you are too stuffed to be active after dinner all you have to do is wake up a little earlier the next morning and go for a walk – walk outside, on a treadmill or even in the mall or ride a bike. This will also help you burn sugar, calories and fat.

Weight Loss Tip Number 3:

Eat 4-5 vegetables a day. This includes at least 2 cups of leafy green vegetables a day. This will help stuff your tummy with healthy food so there is no room for foods that make you fat.

Leafy green vegetables contain lots of nutrients to improve our overall health, decrease our appetite and help us live a skinnier, healthier and happier life. 

I hope you enjoyed these weight loss tips and if you need help losing weight I invite you to call us for a free medical weight loss consultation.

Call us at 215-821-7336 and schedule your free weight loss consultation now.

With our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Program there is no need to sacrifice and suffer by dieting and not eating during the holidays. SO if you are looking to lose weight and enjoy the holidays here are two delicious recipes that will help you lose weight while enjoying the holidays.

• Blueberry CheeseCake Smoothie
• 2 ounces full fat Philadelphia cream cheese
• 3/4 cup full fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup of blueberries
• 1/4 cup of unsweetened nondairy milk – almond or coconut
• Stevia to taste
• Vanilla extract to taste – I like approx a 1/2 teaspoon
• Combine all of the ingredients into a blender and blend until creamy smooth.

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• Pumpkin Pie Weight Loss Smoothie
• 1⁄4 cup flax seeds
• 1⁄4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1⁄4 cup of unsweetened almond milk
• 1⁄4 cup unsweetened pumpkin purée
• 1 tablespoon powdered Stevia
• 6-9 drops of liquid Stevia
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pumpkin spice mix
• Blend everything together then refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.

I hope you enjoy these recipes and they make your holiday season a bit sweeter. If you need help with losing weight – call us and schedule your FREE Medical Weight Loss Consultation in our offices located in Philadelphia and Bucks County. 215-821-7336

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