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Weight Loss Success with Diet, Exercise and Sleep
By: Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
Published: March 11, 2010
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My Bariatric Experience at the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
I have been treating overweight patients all my medical career and full time over the last 3 years. I have been saying for a few years that sleep is an underrated part of weight loss. We all consider diet and exercise to be the most important. I think sleep is just as important and just last week a study was released showing the important triad of weight loss: diet, exercise and sleep.
My experience on this goes back a few years. I had a very analytical patient who worked unusual hours with very early conference calls. He kept track of the number of hours of sleep, hours of exercise and calories eaten each day. If he was doing well with all three, he was losing weight great. If he was doing any two of them, sleep and exercise but eating a little more or exercise and diet but not sleep, he maintained his weight pretty good. If he was only doing one of them, he was then gaining weight.
If you follow our blog you may recall an old posting on obesity and sleep from 2008. I just want to restate that these beliefs are still the same and more studies now prove it. We require seven hours of sleep. Several studies showed that those who slept less than 7 hrs per night were much more likely to be overweight and if you sleep as little as 5 hours, 80% of those persons are overweight.
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
