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Eating Right Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
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Published: April 17, 2010
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With all the information available about how to eat and how to lose weight, it’s easy to assume that eating right is a complicated process. However, eating right can be pretty simple once you understand a few basic principles.
Simple Tips for Eating Right
- You don’t want to lose weight, you want to lose excess fat. It’s important that you don’t become so focused on lowering a number on a scale that you embark on a diet that leads to muscle loss as part of your overall weight loss. Muscle provides energy and fuels your metabolism. While simply eating fewer calories than you burn can help you lose weight, if the calories you consume don’t contain the proper nutrients, part of that weight loss will come from lost muscle mass.
- What kind of calories you’re eating matters. It’s important that you consume a balance of protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats. Your body needs all of these macronutrients to function properly. Eliminating all of one macronutrient in order to cut calories – even if that means eliminating all fats – will deprive your body of the nutrients it needs for energy and optimum health.
- Focus on eating whole, unprocessed foods. Whole foods generally contain more nutrients than highly processed foods. While your calorie count may be the same, eating a diet that’s filled with whole foods will allow you to lose fat while retaining muscle mass. You’re also more likely to find that any weight loss you do enjoy is easier to maintain.
Nick
Nick's Story
"I wish I would have come here first. We spend all our time reacting to the next great weight loss tip or program. It might work for a while, but does not last and we end up yo-yoing from one fad to the next – as we gain more weight." Read More
Gina
Lost 44.5 lbs
"I had no trouble adhering to the meals and they really helped catapult my progress! The classes were so beneficial to me because they helped change my thinking about how I viewed health, nutrition, and fitness.
I will always have my relationship with Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. They truly helped me change my life forever." Read More
Lauren
Lost 60 lbs
"Dr. Ziltzer and everyone who I have come in contact with at the Scottsdale Weight Loss office have been so encouraging and I look forward to seeing them each week. It is now a year and 2 months later since I started. I am down 60 lbs., which is the average amount a 9-year-old weighs, it is crazy to think I lost a whole person! I feel amazing, I hit my goal weight in November 2021 just before Thanksgiving. Nothing on my body hurts anymore..." Read More
Chuck
Lost 66 lbs
"The best thing I did was call the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. I have a lot more energy, I'm not hungry, and it feels great.
You can take it from me that this is a program that produces results. The staff is always positive, supportive, and never judgmental.
Your visits always result in positive reinforcement, no matter if you had a good week or a bad week." Read More
Emily
Lost 101 lbs
"Here I am at the lowest I have been since high school weighing in at 155lbs. I have lost 101 lbs, BMI of 39 when I started, to 21.6, and of course at body fat % of 47.1 to 26.5%. I told myself by my 30th birthday I wanted to be confident in the way I look and I owe it all to SWLC. The entire staff is so welcoming and they are rooting for you just as much as you are rooting for yourself...." Read More
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Meet Our Team
Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Earley, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
