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By: Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
Published: March 1, 2020
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It used to surprise me when patients on low calorie but not very low carbohydrate diets told me they had more energy quickly after starting the diet plan. Granted they are not just dieting but also more sleep and a good exercise regimen. When put all together, diet, exercise and sleep usually energize most people.
When thinking about large and heavy meals, I visualize the overeater as a snake having a large meal. When the snake has his monthly meal he sits there with his belly full, crawls under a rock and digests for the next few weeks. When it is time to go searching again for food, the snake gets quite active, finds and eats another big meal and then again just sits there and digests for a few weeks. When eating a large and or heavy meal, I think we are much the same. Lots of food, carbohydrates, dessert and then we just feel like sitting on the couch after dinner watching the TV. until we have partially digested then get up, grab a another high carbohydrate dessert and then sit again till it is time to go to bed.
The last patient I just saw this afternoon described a similar experience. He used to go frequently out to dinner, have a large meal, bread, dessert and a glass or 2 of wine and then go out to a movie, frequently falling asleep several times during it. After being on his diet incorporating a few meal replacements into his food regimen, he noticed after just one week that he has more energy and hasn’t dozed off after dinner recently. I asked him to remember this moment. This concept or thought that eating less can make us feel better. Eating better can give us more energy. Eating better can give us more stamina. “It may have helped his tennis game” but as he said that, laughed, and continued “that it has done nothing for his golf game”.
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
