About My Book
Most books about dieting will doom you to failure. They give you rules to follow that, once broken, make you feel like a cheater. That’s not what I [...]
What is Exercise
The physiologic definition of exercise is based on what happens when your muscles burn calories in order to generate energy. Oxygen is required to burn calories and generate energy. Oxygen [...]
Exercise Principles
Imagine yourself at your Best Weight, and then imagine 2 or 3 physical activities that you would be able to do if you were at that weight, but that [...]
Foods to Avoid After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery was popularized more than 30 years ago. Today it is recognized as the most common, most successful weight loss procedure in the world. And the dramatic results [...]
Lack of Exercise More Deadly Than Obesity
According to a recent study from the University of Cambridge, lack of exercise is twice as deadly as obesity! Lead study author, Ulf Ekelund, from the Epidemiological Research Unit [...]
Am I a Gastric Bypass Candidate?
Gastric bypass surgery essentially makes the stomach smaller and reroutes the small intestine, allowing the patient to feel full with smaller portions, absorb fewer minerals, and experience an overall improvement [...]
Be Careful Who You Call an Expert
Beginning Note from Dr. Q The unfortunate thing about weight loss procedures is that, when the surgical procedure doesn’t work, the patient takes the blame. Although bariatric surgery is [...]
Correcting Weight Regain
Did you not lose as much weight as expected? Have you regained a lot of the weight you initially lost after surgery? Have both of these things happened?? [...]
Aggressive Weight Loss
Permanent Fitness Success Achieving permanent weight loss is one of the most difficult goals in life to achieve. Millions of people buy weight loss products and sign up for commercial [...]
Brief Overview of Metabolic Surgery
Putting the word "Cure" into the Management of Obesity-Induced Metabolic Disease Obesity-induced metabolic diseases (OIMD) such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic fatigue are traditionally thought of as treatable, but [...]