We humans can often be completely irrational and sometimes downright stupid (really not a judgement, I am human too). As a integrative physician who specializes in body change I counsel people every single day on what it takes to make change happen. Let me illustrate for you how these conversations often go: Me: Well, I went through your initial paperwork and labs and I can see you have tried a …Read More
By Jill Coleman, MS At Metabolic Effect, we pretty much hate meal plans. And the reason is because they become a crutch for people, and they take the onus off the individual and put it on “the plan.” If you’ve been following ME for some time, you know that we believe that fat loss and body change is a 100% unique process FOR YOU. Hence the name “ME”–meaning it’s all …Read More
Mindful eating is a term used to describe awareness of the sensations you feel while eating, both physical and mental. If you’ve been living the fat loss lifestyle (FLL) for a while, you’ve undoubtedly experienced an example of this during a cheat meal. If you don’t typically eat fast food, for example, you’ll notice the greasy taste of low-quality fats and the chemicals they use for processing. Or if you …Read More
Jade Teta Cravings are both behavioral and biochemical and learning how to stop cravings requires understanding both. First, it is useful to distinguish what we mean by a craving. Where as hunger is felt in the gut, cravings are felt in the head. You can be stuffed in the gut, but still have cravings for food in the head. Have you ever eaten a full meal and felt stuffed, but …Read More
By Jillian Teta There is a huge difference between crash dieting and sustained fat loss. We think we want the former, when in reality, it is the latter we seek. Who wants to lose weight only to gain it all back and more? And yet, that is what many people do, simply because they don’t have the tools to turn fast weight loss into lasting body change. Here are 4 …Read More
Here at Metabolic Effect, we talk about living “the fat loss lifestyle,” and many of you mention living the “ME lifestyle.” So what does that entail and how can you know if you are living it? For starters, despite the name, it doesn’t mean we are losing fat constantly and depriving ourselves to reach our lowest weight as fast as possible (that would be more like a contest prep diet). …Read More