Are you stressed?   Questionnaire: Are you stressed? For each question, write on a separate sheet of paper the number that corresponds to the frequency with which you experience these various symptoms. Write down: 0 for never 1 for occasionally (about once or twice a month) 2 for fairly often […]

Why do I always fail? Because you’ve only done half the treatment. There are actually two treatments to follow in order to be successful: 1. Weight loss, which is relatively easy by following a diet that is appropriate to your needs and expectations. 2. Weight maintenance, which has nothing to […]

An integrated approach Weight loss with an emphasis only on changes of food choices, of fewer calories, of less of certain types of foods that one might enjoy, is difficult to sustain long term. One must not just focus on food, but integrate healthy eating with other appropriate lifestyle changes […]

Mission impossible “There’s nothing you can do, doctor, I’m excessively nervous.” “I was born very emotional, I’ll probably never be able to change that.” “I’ve always had nerves on edge, I’ll have to live my whole life like that.” Stories of abandonment and helplessness in the face of being able […]

How to lose weight by managing your emotions? To lose weight, watching your diet and practicing regular physical activities is not always effective if the mind does not follow. Indeed, it is also important to manage one’s emotions, a factor that has a determining influence on metabolism. 1/ The influence […]

Physical consequences of being overweight Type 2 diabetes Formerly called adult-onset diabetes because it was diagnosed in people 50 years of age and older, type 2 diabetes is now found in young people under 20 years of age, hence the new name. Experts predict that within a few years, there […]