weight loss

It's getting more and more expensive to be overweight in America.

Lee Kern, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Clinical Director for Structure House

Ol' catfish in the lake we called him Big Jim
When I was a kid my only wish was to get my line in him
Skipped church one Sunday rowed out and throw'd in my line
Jim took that hook, pole and me right over the side
Went driftin' down past old tires and rusty cans of beer
The angel of the lake whispered in my ear
"Before you choose your wish son you better think first
With every wish there comes a curse"

Studies show that most patients who are obese would like to shed much more weight than is realistic using a non-surgical method. These patients typically want to lose up to 34 percent of body weight. Weight losses of 25 and 17 percent are viewed as only "acceptable" and "disappointing" respectively.

You've heard about them. You've probably even tried a few. Fad diets are everywhere - advertised in magazines, discussed on TV, and promoted in books and instructional videos. Scarcely a week goes by without some new diet "guru" claiming that a new method or supplement or weight loss secret will cause your excess pounds to melt away and never come back. There are diets based on catchy concepts: the Eat Great, Lose Weight Diet; the Fit for Life; the New Beverly Hills Diet; and the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet. There are diets based on eating only one food

Yo-Yo dieting is a vicious cycle of losing weight, gaining it back, losing the weight again, and then gaining it back again.  Over and over again.  Like a yo-yo going up and down, the yo-yo dieter's weight goes up and down as well.