Weight Matters

Power in Pairs: Weight Loss Success Is More Likely When Couples Do It Together. MBT Success Story: Robin and Ron McNeill Starting Weights: Robin – 182 lbs., Ron – 174 lbs. Current Weights: Robin – 152 lbs. (-30lbs), Ron – 143 lbs. (-31lbs.) What happens when you mix marriage, two demanding professional careers, and...

Learn the Signs & Symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food (often quickly and to the point of discomfort); feeling a loss of control during a binge; and feelings of shame, distress or guilt. It is a...

5 Tips for Maintaining a Successful Ideal Protein Diet Routine.   Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference between success and failure when it comes to dieting. The coaches at BodyTech Weight Loss and Health clinic in Rockville, Maryland have compiled five tips to help keep your Ideal Protein diet on track....

Food Mood Link: Emotional Eating GUEST BLOG: By Michelle K. Berman, Nutritionist/Dietitian, MS, RD, LD If you have ever heard the phrase, “just have some willpower and you will lose weight”, then obviously the person with those famous last words was not an emotional eater. Emotional eating is not about food, physiological hunger, cravings,...

WANTED: Weight Loss Buddy Recruit a buddy to share the road to weight loss success. The road to weight loss can be a lonely one if you’ve opted to go it alone. The difference between success and failure can also come down to having the right support system in place. At BodyTech, our team...

Forty Doesn’t Mean You Need an Extra Forty! Middle age shouldn’t justify extra weight gain.   Success Story: Amy Schoen WEIGHT LOSS: 35 Pounds Weight was never an issue for Amy Schoen, that is at least until she became a forty-something. All her life, she had been thin and could eat freely without any...

Mindful Eating: Your Secret Weapon for More Effective Weight Loss. Often we gain weight for reasons beyond just poor food choices alone. Destructive behaviors, negative thoughts or intense feelings can drive us to make poor food choices and overeat. No matter the driver, food should never be viewed as a source of comfort, stress...

DIETERS BEWARE SERIES Is Nutella spreading it on “slick” when comes to good nutrition? A Review by the BodyTech Weight Loss and Health Team. Have you ever tried to find the exact list of ingredients for Nutella chocolate spread online? You know, the identical list that appears on the Nutella product label, as required...

Your Mindset is Key to Successfully Changing Bad Eating Habits.   Changing bad habits, especially unhealthy eating, can be difficult. It isn’t easy to do nowadays, thanks to the fact that much of the food that is readily available is nutritionally poor, sugar-filled and addictive. Who doesn’t love a good potato chip now and...

On average, Americans of every age consume far too much sugar in their daily diet. In recent years, the spotlight on sugar has been growing as health experts seek to understand the root causes of our nation’s rapidly increasing epidemic of obesity and diet-induced health conditions...