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I have been studying weight loss for over 20 years. I have studied anatomy and physiology, behavioral science, and motivational theories related to weight loss. I have read thousands of scientific journal articles and books on nutrition, exercise physiology, and medicine and based on my knowledge, I have designed personalized programs for people to lose weight and regain their health. I have researched the quick fixes and gimmicks from cabbage soup diet to liposuction, interviewed people who tried them, and analyzed these fads for any potential effects and harmful side effects. I have used my knowledge to lose weight, when my person health behaviors deteriorated and when I struggled to overcome binge eating and sugar addiction and I taught the behaviors I learned to work to all types of people in various settings. I have designed and implemented fitness programs, motivational group programs, and lecture series on health, weight loss, and fitness. I have gone to doctors ap...

The way to the middle-way is to not succumb to the perceived value of extremes.  This is why I caution people when they believe in the value of extreme behaviors as a solution to their problems - no matter which end that extreme is in.  Those extremes are the opposite ends of the same stick and usually picking that stick up from one end means that you end up smacking yourself in the head with the other end. You can balance the stick holding it in the middle a lot essier than trying to stand it on it's end. Nowhere is this perception, that extreme change is the way to success, more apparent than in health behaviors and fitness goals.  People are forever searching for the most intense program with immediate, extreme results.  They believe that quitting "cold turkey" is easier than reducing their vices, so they go on for years and decades waiting for the right moment to quit all while talking the talk of quitting without any action.  Some order the m...