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Welcome to the new Great Lakes Weight and Wellness Website! Things sure have been busy around here. We finally moved to the new building and we absolutely love it! Br. Bell has been asked to speak on our local public access channel two times in one month. He loves getting the message out. I hope some of you got a chance to view it.

Our weight loss patients have been making HUGE gains, which is to say, HUGE losses. They’re so happy about it we made an infomercial about it. It will air December 6th, right after Saturday Night Live! You can see some of the testimonials’ right on this page. Just take a peak over at the left side under “Recent Videos.” We’re very excited!

Enough about us. Tell us what you think. This website was designed to deliver information as quickly as possible to you our patients. What do you want to see, perhaps more recipes? Maybe more tips on how to stay fit or videos showing proper exercise technique? We’re here to help you out in any way we can. PLEASE visit the “Contact Us” page and tell us what you’re thinking.

This recipe serves: 4  
Ingredients
4 medium sweet potatoes (or yams), scrubbed clean
Cooking Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400º F.
2. Prick the skin of the potatoes with a fork in several places to prevent the potatoes from bursting.

3. Place the potatoes in a warm oven to bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until tender.

Serving Size: 1 potato
Nutrition Information

Number of Servings: 4/strong>
Per Serving
Calories 130  Carbohydrate 33 g
Fat 0 g Fiber 4 g
Protein 2 g Saturated Fat 0 g
Sodium 45 mg

Cooking Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Rinse the chicken under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Season inside and out with salt and pepper.

2. Place the chicken in a large roasting pan.

3. Roughly chop two sprigs of the rosemary. In a small bowl, mix together Dijon mustard, honey, chopped rosemary, lemon juice and lemon zest.

4. Place the remaining sprig of rosemary, a lemon half, the onion quarters and garlic in the cavity of the bird. Using a pastry brush, coat the outside of the bird with the lemon honey glaze.

5. Place the roasting pan in the oven and baste the chicken every 15 minutes with any remaining glaze. Roast until a thermometer inserted into the thigh reaches 180° and juices run clear, about one hour. Remove and discard the skin. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Serving Size: 1/4 of chicken

This recipe serves: 4  

Nutrition Information

Number of Servings: 4/strong>

The holidays are filled with decadent foods at family dinners and office parties. Try these tips to help you eat healthy while still allowing yourself to enjoy yourself.

Create a colorful plate Fill your plate first with the Four Food Groups, two thirds of which should be vegetables, especially orange and green vegetables – they will fill you up with few calories. Add small samplings of the calorie-laden foods such as mashed potatoes with gravy, fried plantains, latkes or crispy beef if you wish. After the main meal, you should feel satisfied, which means you will be less tempted to eat a lot of rich desserts such as shortbread cookies, trifle and chocolates. If you do indulge, make it a bite-size portion.

A deck of cards and a hockey puck The calories in a single holiday dinner can often total almost a whole day’s worth. Enjoy your favorite holiday dishes but choose appropriate portion sizes. One serving size of turkey should be 75 g (2 ½ oz.) or the size of a deck of cards. A serving of mashed potatoes should be ½ cup or the size of a hockey puck. A day before your celebration, you might want to review the Food and Drug administrations web site in determining appropriate servings sizes.

Cheat sheet Make wise food choices to decrease calories and fat. For example, go for white over dark turkey meat (without skin) topped with just a sprinkling of gravy or cranberry sauce, and you can reduce your calories by almost half.

Nogs and ciders Drinking alcohol or anything sugary before a meal can actually make you feel hungrier. Then when you sit down to eat, you may heap more on your plate than you had planned. Not only that, but alcohol contains a lot of calories and little nutritious content. For example, a four-ounce glass of wine has 100 calories and one regular beer 151 calories. Instead, drink a mineral water before dinner, and then have just one alcoholic beverage with your meal, if you wish. Sip on it slowly to make it last.

PREPARE

It’s easy to take a healthy holiday meal and instantly turn it into a high-calorie, high-fat trap. Follow these tips to turn your traditional recipes into heart-healthy ones:

Cook healthier Choose alternative ways of preparing your holiday dishes by broiling or roasting instead of frying. Refer to the Food and Drug administration ingredient substitutions to help you make more, heart-healthier choices.

Go easy on the extrasInstead of dressing up your foods with gravy, sour cream, butter, margarine or cream-based sauces, try using herbs, spices, lemon juice, garlic, low-sodium broths and vinaigrettes to add flavor to potatoes, vegetables and meat dishes. See American lung and Heart Association web site for heart-healthy ideas.

Calm the munchies Cooking when hungry or going to a party starving can often lead to overeating. Drink a low-sodium, 100% vegetable juice or eat a healthy light snack such as low-fat yogurt or a small handful of unsalted nuts before you cook or go out to avoid sampling your recipes and eating more than you should.

BE ACTIVE

Keeping up your regular physical activities during the holidays is more important than ever. These tips might help you stay the course.

Double up Increase your activity during December. For example, if you go to the gym three times a week, increase it to four. If you play tennis once a week, make it twice. You will not only feel better about yourself, but burn more calories, too. (Try to avoid the “I-worked-out-so-I-get-to-eat-more syndrome.” You’ll cancel out your efforts if you do.)

Sign up now Many people resolve to start a physical activity routine in January. Don’t wait. Sign up for that yoga or spinning class this month. That way you’ll be well on your way after the holidays are over. Make a commitment to start a walking program, too.

Play Before your holiday meal or party, throw snowballs, go skating, or take in a long, brisk walk with family and friends. It’s a great way to socialize (without nibbling and drinking) and to catch up on family news.

The obesity epidemic is well known to be a growing problem not just in this country and in the state of Michigan, but right here at home in Monroe county, where we have one of the highest obesity rates in the nation.

Great Lakes Weight and Wellness, centered in Newport, has an integrated medical treatment program for the diagnosis of obesity and its many related health problems. The program is run by staff who all have both a personal and professional interest in helping overweight patients lose significant amounts of weight and learn a healthy lifestyle to keep the weight off, using medical rather than surgical tools.

Please come join us December 13th @ 11:00am to learn more about the health and medical benefits of a structured medical weight loss program