We are thrilled to announce Suzy Demeester will be the featured member at the Group Coaching Zoom meeting, Tuesday, February 23 at 5:30 pm EST. If you’re interested in learning more about the Group Coaching program or signing up, you can do so here. For the month of February, the Group Coaching calls will talk… Continue reading Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Suzy D
Author: Amy Eiges
Amy Eiges is a health coach and reformed chronic dieter who is passionate about helping others recover from the diet-binge-gain-shame cycle she struggled with for years. Since discovering a ketogenic and low-carb lifestyle, she has lost over 200 pounds and has both reversed pre-diabetes and resolved lifelong depression. "When I was just starting out, facing 200 pounds to lose seemed insurmountable, and the idea I would ever be where I am now was unfathomable. Know this: I am not extraordinary. I just finally got the right advice, put one foot in front of the other and didn't look back. I know now that it can be done, but after battling this war for 40 years I had lost hope that it was really, truly possible. I am living proof that it is."
Read more about Amy's story and struggles with food addiction and chronic dieting ("I Am Not Broken").
“Now What?” (Is an Open-Ended Question)
I am an obesity parolee. It is the most apt description Dr. Tro and I have come up with for what it feels like to lose 200 pounds after a lifetime stuck in the matrix of countless failed diets, lost hope and desperation. Somehow, I made it to the other side, but like many people… Continue reading “Now What?” (Is an Open-Ended Question)
Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Stacy R
We are thrilled to announce Stacy Rappold will be the featured member at the Group Coaching Zoom meeting, Tuesday, February 16 at 5:30 pm EST. If you’re interested in learning more about the Group Coaching program or signing up, you can do so here. For the month of February, the Group Coaching calls will talk about the… Continue reading Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Stacy R
What We Are Eating This Week: February 8, 2021
This week, Dr. Tro’s Office Manager, Taline Boyadzhyan shared two quick low carb meals she prepared. She’s the busy mom of two young kids, with a full time job and hefty graduate school schedule. “I had been at work all day, picked up the kids from school and took them to a routine doctors appointment.… Continue reading What We Are Eating This Week: February 8, 2021
Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Dr. Doug
We are thrilled to announce Dr. Doug Gwinn will be the featured member at the Group Coaching Zoom meeting, Tuesday, February 9 at 5:30 pm EST. If you’re interested in learning more about the Group Coaching program or signing up, you can do so here. For the month of February, the Group Coaching calls will… Continue reading Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Dr. Doug
Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Shelly Miller
We are thrilled to announce Shelly Miller will be the featured member at the Group Coaching Zoom meeting, Tuesday, February 2 at 5:30 pm EST. If you’re interested in learning more about the Group Coaching program or signing up, you can do so here. For the month of February, the Group Coaching calls will talk… Continue reading Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Shelly Miller
Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Greg Ramsey
We are thrilled to announce Greg Ramsey will be the featured member at the Group Coaching Zoom meeting, Tuesday, January 26 at 5:30 pm EST. If you’re interested in learning more about the Group Coaching program or signing up, you can do so here. Name: Greg Age: 47 Where do you live? Seattle, WA Profession?… Continue reading Spotlight on Group Coaching Member: Greg Ramsey
Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Announces Partnership with Diet Doctor
Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care is proud to announce a partnership with DietDoctor.com. All new patients and clients who enroll with the practice will receive a membership to the website. “DietDoctor is the most comprehensive site for all things keto and low carb. It has been an indispensable resource to me personally,… Continue reading Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care Announces Partnership with Diet Doctor
6 Steps To A More Satisfying Holiday Season
This time of year can be full of pitfalls to your eating and fitness routines. Here are a few tips to help you avoid the holiday (and post-holiday) “blahs”: Look at your calendar and count all your holiday celebrations. Even if your social calendar is filled to the brim, this probably only comes to a… Continue reading 6 Steps To A More Satisfying Holiday Season
Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meters Make Remote Monitoring Easier than Ever
Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care is proud to use the new Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meter in our office. This state-of-the-art device will interface with the EMR Elation Health system, allowing our staff to seamlessly view patient’s ketone data. The Bluetooth-enabled meter gives patients the option to share… Continue reading Keto Mojo GK+ Blood Glucose & Ketone Meters Make Remote Monitoring Easier than Ever
Group Coaching Program – Member Spotlight on Vic Basmadjian
Where do you live? Montreal, Canada Profession? Automotive after-market sales manager Diet/weight history? Battled obesity since the age of 7-8. Surpassed 200 lbs. at the age of 12 and averaged 250-295 lbs. throughout my adult life. Yo-yo dieting, Weight Watchers, cookie diets, soup diets, Scarsdale diet, you name it. Losing weight was not the problem,… Continue reading Group Coaching Program – Member Spotlight on Vic Basmadjian
9/22/2020 – Fasting Tips and Strategies
Fasting: Intermittent Fasting (IF), Time Restricted Eating (TRE), Extended fasting (EF); Various time protocols: 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, one meal a day (OMAD), alternate day fasting (ADF); What breaks a fast?; Fat-fasting; How to break a fast; Fasting and metabolism Dr. Tro, health coaches Brian Wiley and Amy Eiges and group participants discussed some… Continue reading 9/22/2020 – Fasting Tips and Strategies
8/25/20 – Remembering Your “Why”
Last week’s online group coaching meeting, hosted by Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care, continued its discussion around metabolic health. Dr. Tro Kalayjian shared studies about supplements and electrolytes which included some points on the importance of staying hydrated, ways to get magnesium through both foods and supplements, and the dietary effects… Continue reading 8/25/20 – Remembering Your “Why”
Are You Hungry?
By Amy Eiges I recently wrote on Twitter about the value of “failing” at many attempts to lose weight, all of which landed me before Dr. Tro and the beautifully simple question he posed after reviewing my food logs. He never asked that I track food, but I was terrified not to, conditioned by countless… Continue reading Are You Hungry?
Tales From The Scale: The Evil Metal Box
Health Coach Amy Eiges: Dealing With a Bad Case of the F***-Its By Amy Eiges This is not the blog post I intended to sit down and write this week, but circumstances change, so…. here goes. On Friday I purchased a pair of pants that is the size I said I’d be satisfied with when… Continue reading Tales From The Scale: The Evil Metal Box
Weathering the Perfect Storm
By Amy Eiges If you are brand new to keto/low carb or just starting out on your weight loss journey, you might want to save this blog post for a rainy day, but for the many of us that have been at this for a while and possibly discouraged, frustrated, stalled, finding it difficult to… Continue reading Weathering the Perfect Storm
The Cold, Ugly Truth: “I Will Always Be a Food Addict”
By Amy Eiges I am a food addict. The fact that I have lost about 180 pounds would seem to indicate that I am no longer a food addict, and indeed, I had convinced myself for a while that this was the case. Riding high on weight loss and ketones, decreasing clothing sizes, and admiration… Continue reading The Cold, Ugly Truth: “I Will Always Be a Food Addict”
Self-Care Must Be a Priority Under COVID-19 Quarantine
By Amy Eiges These are extraordinary times we are all living through right now, and it would be easy to slip back into self-destructive behaviors, forgetting to make your own self-care a priority. Eating disorders, substance abuse and mental health issues thrive in isolation, and many of us are in seclusion right now, separated from… Continue reading Self-Care Must Be a Priority Under COVID-19 Quarantine
“I Am Not Broken”
Freedom is Attainable — It’s On the Other Side of the Mountain of Garbage We’ve All Been Fed The following article was submitted by Amy Eiges “Jeez, Amy. What are you getting so worked up about?” I’m at brunch with my closest friends and they’re all staring at me dumbfounded. We are talking about a… Continue reading “I Am Not Broken”
