What's Your Treatment Plan?

Over the past few months, we have discussed a variety of weight management programs. Most of us have done or are doing OPTIFAST currently. Most of us have done a variety of other plans, i.e., TQI (which isn't really a weight management program, but offers very sound nutritional advice), Weight Watchers, etc. We've talked about creating hybrids of various programs.

We've discussed weight loss surgery.

And we've hammered home the need for exercise as part of a weight management program.

We've discussed obstacles which may stand in our way - including:

• busy lives
• grief
• boredom
• our own perfectionism
• our own lack of self care (taking care of other people's needs when we can't get ourselves on our own to-do list!)
• resentment
• depression
• protection/insulation
• need for comfort or soothing, etc.

So how are we doing? Most of us recognize that left to our own devices, we tend to lose track and gain weight. If we're holding steady, that's certainly not bad!

But many of us express frustration about not keeping weight off as effectively as we'd hoped.

I've always maintained that most of us are - or should be - our own best doctors. Yes, I've heard the line, "A doctor who treats himsef has a fool for a patient!"

But we usually do know ourselves reasonably well.
So, knowing yourself as you do, what is your current recommendation for your own treatment plan? Think about it; write it up. Shore up your resolve.

We're all in this together.
Linda Gromko, MD