Some people love exercise, some people do not. But, we all want results and to feel as good as possible when you do exercise. Many common...

Exercise is very exciting because it so quickly changes how you feel and how your body works. While all types of exercise provide...

Congratulations! You have completed 9 weeks on a 12 week journey! You are three quarters of the way there! It is like mile 20 of a marathon, otherwise known as “The Wall“ in a marathon (so I have been told, since I have never run one). This when your legs feel like jello and you think there is no way your body can go farther. In weight loss, this is when you may feel like you are hitting a weight loss plateau. What is a plateau, and what should you do about it? Don’t despair,

Congratulations! After 3 weeks on the protein sparing modified fast, you are likely fully adapted to using ketones converted from stored...

Did you know that physical fitness is so important to your health that the American College of Cardiology recommends that it gets measured annually at a preventive visit as a “vital sign?” Physical fitness has been shown to be linked not only to the risk of getting sick, but to the risk of dying once you get sick. Physical fitness is a different parameter than BMI. Some people erroneously assume that a person’s physical fitness level inversely correlates with their BMI, or

The most commonly used metric to define obesity is the body mass index (BMI). Fortunately, weight for height, without accounting for the...

The Perfect Week

We have read in recent blogs about physical activity and exercise training; today we are reading about their end result: cardiorespiratory fitness. Fitness is important because the more fit you are, the more likely you can survive an insult to your health. This has been shown with heart failure and cardiovascular disease and cancer. We have seen that with Covid, certain factors like male gender, blood type, obesity, and other underlying comorbid conditions are associated wit

Last week's blog was about an exercise prescription, which, for adults, is recommended to feature three components: resistance training,...

In my old practice, I used to spend most of my time writing prescriptions (many of which the patients did not want!). In my current practice, I am frequently stopping prescriptions (the cover photo is the medications one couple got to throw away after doing the Rainier Medical Program!), but one of my favorite prescriptions to write is an Exercise Prescription! Let’s look at those!

Myth #1: Being active is the same as exercise A common phrase heard by those of us who work in weight loss and obesity medicine is “I...