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After a long day of seeing patients at the community health clinic, Dr. Nick Yphantides liked to reward himself by driving through his favorite fast-food joint, In-N-Out Burger, and ordering a “4 by 4,” large fries, and a Coke.

The “4 by 4”—four hamburgers and four slices of American cheese stacked in a hamburger bun with all the sauce and trimmings, plus the deep-fried fries and 16-ounce Coke—contained 1,400 calories and 100 grams of fat, but that didn’t bother Dr. Nick a twit. In his mind, the drive-thru forays were just a snack, something to eat before dinner.

He was hungry—and fat. Dr. Nick had been gaining mounds of weight ever since medical school, when he fortified his late-night study sessions with Ding-Dongs and [ Continue Reading ]

Finding a path toward true fitness requires a lot of mental and emotional strength. The first step can often be the hardest, often because we don’t actually understand what that first step really ought to be. So what is the first step?

The first step on the path toward true fitness is to understand, not just in your head but in your heart and bones, that what others may say about your body is not necessarily true. And I don’t just mean amateurs and professional idiots. I mean nutritionists and dieticians who are far too willing to make blanket statements about people’s perfect size and weight. We need to understand that BMI is actually not accurate for everyone. Let me share an example to illustrate this. I am 5′9″. Based on my height alone, this BMI [ Continue Reading ]