The biggest thing I've noticed while in clinical rotation? People want to lose weight. Of course.

After asking a bit about their eating habits - there tends to be a common error in their eating habits.

They eat their biggest meal at night.

This is a major weight gainer. Why? What do you do at night? Sleep. Metabolism is slow and calories are not burnt. Where do the calories go? To storage. Storage is fat once glycogen stores are filled in the body. 

Glycogen stores are replenished quickly if one is not exercising. 

So, in order to help prevent fat from appearing on your sides, eat your biggest meal at lunch.

    This way there is enough time in the day where your metabolism is clicking away. If you exercise, then the benefit is even larger. 

What to do at dinner?

 Eat complex carbohydrates - fiber. Salads are excellent. The increased fiber in salads makes you full so you won't want more. The trick with salads though is one tends to add a ton of dressing.

Avoid this desire. Try to pick juic...

If you're unaware of AA and are considering learning more about it, you may desire to read this paper. It is a review of two meetings that I attended per requirement of my medical school's Addictions course.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Step Meetings

The room was large, beautiful in an old building located in a large park surroundings. The mix of men to women was about equal and age ranges were mainly middle and upper but there were a couple young early 30’s folks there as well. I was surprised by the number of seniors in the group. I’m not sure of the exact number but I would say about 50 people. The arrangement was well done in a horseshoe shape with the emphasis on the front speaker’s table. The front speaker seemed to organize the meetings structure and was in charge of choosing who spoke.

The seats were simple fold out chairs. There was a ton of light in the room from numerous windows. Being there at 7 AM was interesting as I saw most people had a large cup o...

The biggest thing I've noticed while in clinical rotation? People want to lose weight. Of course.

After asking a bit about their eating habits - there tends to be a common error in their eating habits.

They eat their biggest meal at night.

This is a major weight gainer. Why? What do you do at night? Sleep. Metabolism is slow and calories are not burnt. Where do the calories go? To storage. Storage is fat once glycogen stores are filled in the body. 

Glycogen stores are replenished quickly if one is not exercising. 

So, in order to help prevent fat from appearing on your sides, eat your biggest meal at lunch.

    This way there is enough time in the day where your metabolism is clicking away. If you exercise, then the benefit is even larger. 

What to do at dinner?

 Eat complex carbohydrates - fiber. Salads are excellent. The increased fiber in salads makes you full so you won't want more. The trick with salads though is one tends to add a ton of dressing.

Avoid this desire. Try to pick juic...