Weight Management

Understand the parts of a weight loss plan including exercise, healthy eating, and monitoring your progress.

If you're planning to lose weight, congratulations! Before you begin, let's talk about weight-loss goals. Many people set goals that that aren't well thought out. This leads to failure. But by avoiding common pitfalls, you can set goals you can achieve.

Learn the three main types of exercise as well as ways to increase activity in your daily life and tips to keep you motivated to continue making exercise part of your normal routine.

Learn healthy food choices that will help you lessen the amount of calories you eat, helping you lose weight and feel better overall.

If you're trying to lose weight, or even maintain a healthy weight, you may have been told to stay away from "empty calories." Nutritionists agree they aren't good for your waistline. But what are empty calories, exactly? And why are they so bad for you?

Learn ways to help you be mindful of what and how much you eat, and how it will go a long way in helping you manage your weight.

You're working hard to lose weight, and even though you've had some success, it's not easy. Maybe your weight loss has stalled. Maybe your diet is beginning to bore you. Maybe you're having cravings you just can't ignore. You need help to stay motivated. Let's talk about some tricks that can keep you on track.

It seems we don't always have time for traditional meals. We may grab a quick bite while working, or eat while we're "on-the-go." We may choose foods we know aren't healthy. Eating this way isn't good for you. Junk food is bad for your body. And when you eat while focused on other things, it's easy to eat too much. To combat these bad habits, you can practice a technique we call "mindful eating."

This is a low-carbohydrate diet that stresses the importance of eating fats. It can help people lose weight. And losing extra weight improves your health.

Understand how important the support of healthcare providers, as well as support from family and friends, is to your success for losing weight and keeping it off.

Understand that bariatric surgery may be an option for some people and how it may be determined if someone is a candidate for bariatric surgery.

This eating plan helps some people lose weight. With intermittent fasting, you eat a healthy diet during some periods. During other periods, you don't eat. Or, you eat very little. We call these "fasting" periods. Fasting helps you eat fewer calories overall than you normally would. This helps with weight loss.

Staying fit is a challenge for many people. Carrying too much body fat is bad for your health. Being "overweight" means you weigh more than what we consider normal for your body type. If you keep gaining weight, you may become "obese." Let's take a few minutes to learn about weight and your health.

Many overweight men carry their extra weight in the belly area. If you have a lot of belly fat, you may think it's harmless. But your tendency to gain weight in the belly area means you have a higher risk for some health problems. Let's learn more about what belly fat means for you.

This helps you lose weight without surgery. It's done through an endoscope. That's a long, thin tube with a light, a camera and a channel for instruments. This procedure makes the space inside your stomach smaller. You'll eat less and feel full longer. It can help you lose a lot of weight.

If you want the health benefits of a sauna session but can't tolerate high heat, infrared sauna therapy may be right for you. An infrared sauna directly heats your body with light. This is different from traditional saunas. They heat you up by warming the air around you.

Carrying too much weight can increase your risk for many serious health issues. These include problems with your heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, and joints.

For some people, a healthy weight is higher or lower than average. Your healthcare provider can help you decide on a healthy weight for you.

You can keep the weight off, if you make changes slowly and stick with them. Consider that you may never find the perfect time to lose weight. Decide that the right time to be healthier is now.

Body mass index (BMI) is a way of telling if you are at a healthy weight. The higher your BMI, the greater your risk for obesity and health problems. Use the chart to figure out your BMI.

Food is your body's fuel. You can't live without it. The key is to give your body enough nutrients and energy without eating too much. Learn new eating habits to manage your weight.

Studies show that people who exercise are the most likely to lose weight and keep it off. Exercise burns calories. It helps build muscle to make your body stronger. Make exercise part of your weight-management plan.

It's easy to be motivated when you first start. The key is to stay motivated all along the way. Here are things you can do to keep yourself on the path to success.

Knowing the truth about losing weight can help you separate what works from what doesn't. Don't be taken in by expensive weight-loss fads like pills, herbs, and special foods. There's no magical way to lose weight.

Before you decide that you won't be happy until you get down to a certain number of pounds, consider your age, gender, and current weight.

Research clearly shows that most diets don't work. Even those of us who lose weight on a diet generally regain most or all of the weight within a couple of years. But the way most diets are set up often leads to failure.

Obesity is a complex problem. A general healthcare provider can offer help with weight loss. But a bariatric healthcare provider has more training in how to treat obesity.

The best way to lose weight is to set a reasonable goal and lose it slowly. Here are some tips to help you.

The longer a person is obese, the more he or she is at risk for problems. Many chronic diseases are linked with obesity. And obesity is hard to treat. Because of these reasons, prevention is very important.

Some healthcare providers specialize in treating people who are obese or overweight. They are called bariatric healthcare providers or bariatricians. Some of these providers may also be bariatric surgeons. Read on to learn more.

Medical nutrition therapy is a type of treatment for people who are overweight. It's also for people with certain health conditions. During treatment, you will work with a registered dietitian to make a nutrition plan just for you.

Intensive behavioral therapy is a treatment for obesity. Through this treatment