Phen-Pro Weight Loss

Sit Ups

Sit-ups are a useful way to flatten the abdomen. As a doctor interested in health, I am concerned only about excessive fat in the liver and around the intestine. Most patients, on the other hand, especially women, are concerned about the cosmetic appearance of the round belly.

Americans are Overgrown Children

Often I hear Americans say, "I couldn't help myself", "I had to have it", "I couldn't resist" and it occurred to me to think, this is NOT how real adults talk; this is the way children talk. Such childish thinking is universal in the U.S.

Once A Year Monitoring--Can't Do It

Some out-of-state patients have noted that Congress just passed a law requiring patients to be really seen by the physician once a year to receive prescriptions from the physician. The patients ask if I will see them once a year instead of more often. I tell them that the once-a-year national standard is a minimum. States are allowed to require more frequent visits, and my state, Maryland, does.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Although every bariatric patient has the capacity to figure out how to handle Thanksgiving dinner, it is important for the physician to give specific advice, because, otherwise, the it's-okay-to-do-what-everyone-else-does error takes over. The idea of Thanksgiving gives people warm, fuzzy feelings, leading directly to fuzzy thinking. No, you may not overeat on Thanksgiving to any great degree. Gluttony is gluttony on the last Thursday in November as much as any other day.

Back to the Media

I will be speaking at Bus Boys and Poets bookstore 2021 14th St., N.W. from 3-6 on December 18. Other book stores too, and I'm going back to radio. I have a press agent. Are you reading this, Sheryl? My successful patients are eager to go on, with me.

Confusing Size with Quality

Americans have terribly confused size with quality. They think anything is better if it's bigger. Food certainly. But also cars, TVs, houses, breasts, theaters, stadiums. Europeans, on the other hand, appreciate quality, the best they can get, but as for size--things should be only big enough and no more.

Report on Group Lessons

My first session of group lessons is now finished. I began with six intelligent, overweight women who had nevertheless not learned the Six Lessons or read my book or lost weight. My initial idea was that (1) they were visual, not verbal learners (2) motivated to make changes and lose weight; and (3) they were victims of oversized meals, plates, pots, pans & packages, and (4) NOT significantly snacking on cakes, cookies & ice cream.

C Words Redux

It's amazing how much of the bad stuff starts with the letter "C".

Cakes
Candy
Cookies
Chocolate
ice Cream
Cane Columbus
Childishness

Two Lessons Learned

As said before, the majority of my patients listen to my speech and read my book and do well, losing weight, but I have a small group that do not. I am developing programs for them. For the women I have introduced group sessions; for the men, the e-mail-every-day club. In each case I have learned an important lesson.

Atypical Patients

Most of my patients are obese adults (BMI>30) but not all. Some patients are merely overweight (BMI 25-30), and I know some doctors don't treat such people. Back when phen-FEN was in the news, I didn't treat them either. But I found that merely overweight patients denied anorexiant medicine usually went on to become obese. Remind yourself that patients paying full price in cash usually KNOW they have a real medical problem. For the clinician to substitute their judgment for the patient's...

The First Group Session

Last Wednesday was my first group sesson. I meant to have six medium-overweight ladies, but one student was unable to attend because of emergency cardiac bypass surgery, underscoring the fact that overweight is a serious health problem. I opened with a review of the Six Lessons, which by now are posted on every wall of my office. It is a sad comment on human nature that half my patients still haven't learned them.

Obesity and the Bail-Out

There is a relationship between obesity, the Wall Street collapse and the Federal bail-out. Follow me. Why are investment banks collapsing? The ultimate cause, not the proximate cause. Answer: Many Americans can't make their mortgage payments.

Many Meals versus a Few

Many patients have said they heard you can lose weight by eating five small meals a day instead of two or three larger ones. An obese patient even said her personal trainer told her she didn't lose weight because she didn't eat enough. Anyone will lie to you for money.

Cyring in My Office

I have now seen 5000 people in my office, since March 1995, for the treatment of obesity. Three times I have had a patient cry in my office. Once the patient was depressed. Another time I misread the patient's body language and pushed too far; she started crying and abruptly left. I hated that. But you MUST push people to some degree or you don't get results. It happened only once, out of 5000 people.

Phentermine tablets stamped 'K 25' are authentic

I am now convinced that the phentermine 37.5 mg tablet from KVK Tech, Pennsylvania, is genuine. It is stamped "K 25". I have attached a photo. In a previous mailing I affirmed the genuiness of the tablet from Qualitest stamped "K" on one side and " 50 30" on the other, and the tablet from Actavis stamped "A159". All are football shaped and either light blue or white with dark blue speckles. I'm doing this because I can't be sure of...