Applying the 5:2 Diet – Easiest Fasting Technique

Applying the 5:2 Diet – Easiest Fasting Technique

The following is a recent email newsletter we sent out to subscribers detailing one extremely common misconception – – – daily subtle calorie reduction is not easier than fasting (nor more effective). The details here are simple and if followed will provide an opportunity for health benefits. If you haven’t heard of the 5:2 diet it is worth looking into. I first heard of...
Feeling too hungry to stay on track? Try these tips to stay consistent.

Feeling too hungry to stay on track? Try these tips to stay consistent.

If you follow our blog or DAMY Health at all you know that we’ve been using intermittent fasting for awhile and our members have had great success with it in combination with our DAMY Lean program. Fasting and low calorie diets in general always present challenges. It is how we overcome them that makes us successful and allows us to consistently keep weight off. Making intermittent fasting...
Just Do It – How to find discipline and lose weight for good

Just Do It – How to find discipline and lose weight for good

Want to try something exciting? Try to get healthier. Try now. Start today.  In order to start you have to ask yourself the following questions. Be honest and contemplate your responses. Be sure you are being honest. It will help, I promise.  So, lets go.  Just Do It – Starting on the Path to Wellness What would you give up now to be healthier in the future? Would you stop eating so many...
Your own accountability plan – How to stay consistent

Your own accountability plan – How to stay consistent

Why are you trying to lose weight? Is it to feel healthier, look leaner, reduce your blood pressure or something else? On your journey this question can be important to come back to. The response may change. Checking in with this question can also help to keep you accountable. It can be powerful.  Throughout my first five years of helping patients become healthier I have attempted to be their...
How to go low carb – Steps to making any change

How to go low carb – Steps to making any change

To make any big lifestyle changes in this life we have to really want it. Like, I mean, really want it. Making change is hard. Where does that desire and drive come from? Something bigger than ourselves.  For some it is fear of death and for others it is to accomplish more goals. Many want to be thriving long into old age so they can watch their kids grow.  Why can some people...
How to start a holistic weight loss program – Beginner Steps

How to start a holistic weight loss program – Beginner Steps

You don’t get used to seeing people suffer. Each person’s experience is unique, as are the outcomes. All anyone can do to help is be an image, a guide and path to positive change and eventually wellness.  Suffering comes from disease and disease usually occurs when we live an unhealthy lifestyle (aside from genetic conditions).  Seems simple doesn’t it? Why is disease so common?  I...
12 Simple Rules for Healing the Gut

12 Simple Rules for Healing the Gut

If you are looking to improve your overall health, speed weight loss and increase energy the first place to start is the digestive tract. Besides nutrient absorption and waste excretion the gut plays a major role in immune function, neurotransmitter development and appetite control. When there is dysfunction in this organ there are usually issues elsewhere. We are learning new things about the...
3 ways green tea can improve your health (and help with weight loss)

3 ways green tea can improve your health (and help with weight loss)

In the middle of this intermittent fasting journey I find myself looking for beverages to consume after the sun goes down each evening. I have turned to green tea for a little boost in the afternoon and have been enjoying its medicinal qualities. In my clinical practice I recommend green tea as a coffee substitute (thanks to the reduced caffeine) and as a therapy in many different conditions....
Fatigue is a workout killer: How to start exercising when you are too tired

Fatigue is a workout killer: How to start exercising when you are too tired

Fatigue is a workout killer. It is the number one excuse from my perspective for skipping workouts. Getting off the couch, finding the motivation and choosing exercise over another activity are all difficult when we are extremely tired. We are all aware of the benefits of exercise for weight loss, cardiovascular health and stress reduction but we often forget about the endorphins released during...
3 Habits to Quit to Lose Weight Easier

3 Habits to Quit to Lose Weight Easier

So much of improving overall health is about introducing discipline into our daily lifestyle and actively working to reduce and ignore cravings for things not inline with our goals. I see and treat food addiction in the same way I see and recommend quitting smoking – Break the habits associated with the action and the action will lose its grip. In my smoking cessation protocol small...