We have been very busy getting our new satellite office up and running in the last couple of weeks. If you have not seen it, the office is located at 307 Euless Westpark Way.

This time I’m going to talk about the next section in our healthy dietary change resolution for 2010. Once you make your resolution specific and achievable, make a plan. Again, make your plan specific. In our plan we have added our short-term goals. I tell my patients that this is what you will focus on. As I said in the previous blog, don’t focus on the end result. Keep your focus on what you are going to do today or this week.

MacArthur OB/GYNs’ Plan

• Each person will weigh once a week
• Each person will keep a weekly food diary
• Each person will attend the diet and nutrition classes provided
• Each person will begin to incorporate more activity (we will also walk as a group on nice weather days at lunch)

Our Short Term Goals include:

This week’s tip for a successful resolution is:
Make your resolutions achievable

• Losing 15 pounds in the next 3 weeks to fit into that bathing suit for your vacation to Mexico is not very realistic
• however, losing 1-2 pounds per week for the next 3 months is.

Don’t bite off more than you can chew

Raise your hand if you have made a New Year’s resolution in the past and not achieved it? (My hand is up) Better yet, raise your hand if you have made a resolution for this year and have already fallen off the wagon? (My hand is also up) It is not too late to jump back on that wagon.

I invite you to join the staff at MacArthur OB/GYN in a resolution to make healthy dietary changes for 2010. Many of the staff have expressed a desire to either lose weight or to learn how to eat healthier. It is not too late to join us. I will keep you all posted of our progress.

Trying to LOSE weight during the holiday season can set you up for failure. Focus instead on MAINTAINING your current weight. This can be hard especially since everywhere you look there are all kinds of wonderful food and snacks. If you are diabetic (gestational, Type 1, Type 2) it is an even larger challenge to keep your blood sugars normal. Hopefully, by following some of these tips we can get through this season and maintain our current weight.

Use a small plate

As Americans, two of the biggest mistakes we make in the way we eat are portion size and type of carbohydrate we consume. Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet and our body needs carbohydrates in order to function properly. Carbohydrates provide the body’s immediate energy needs and are easier and faster to break down than proteins or fats. There are 2 types of carbohydrates; simple (or bad) and complex (or good). We will talk about complex carbohydrates later.

Simple carbohydrates: