Colorado Center for Weight Management Newsletter
The Holiday Season Begins!
November 2005
Jennifer,
Welcome to our first edition of the Colorado Center for Weight Management
Newsletter!
This tool is designed to enhance your weight loss journey by furthering your
diet and health knowledge. Each issue will contain relevant news articles,
patient's common issues, and original articles written by the CCWM staff.
The topics in each newsletter are driven by YOU, our audience. All
feedback is appreciated, and very welcome. Thank you, and ENJOY!
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in this issue
* Thanksgiving Do’s & Don’ts
* "What's in the Foods You Eat" Now on Home Computers
* Reader Recipes
* CCWM wants to know ...
* $$$ FYI! $$$
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"What's in the Foods You Eat" Now on Home Computers
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists today launched a free,
computer-download version of a searchable nutrient database of typically
consumed foods. This consumer-friendly, new resource, "What's In The Foods
You Eat—Search Tool," provides a 61- nutrient profile on thousands of the
foods people report eating, year in and year out.
The ARS Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG) rolled out the new PC-download
product today during the American Dietetic Association's annual conference in
St. Louis, Mo. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific
research agency. FSRG is headed by supervisory nutritionist Alanna Moshfegh.
To Find Out More ... -
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2005/051024.htm
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Reader Recipes
Tonya's Mouthwatering Minestrone
Begin on the stove top in small sauce pan:
First bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Add 1/2 Cup small florets of
broccoli/cauliflower to soup. Take water off heat, and add minestrone soup
packet. Blend thoroughly with whisk or hand blender. Add 1.5 ounces precooked
lean sirloin or ground white turkey meat. Add extra garlic powder, dried basil,
or dried oregano if desired. Let stand covered for 3 minutes.
Mouthwatering Minestrone is counted as 2 protein packets!
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CCWM wants to know ...
CCWM wants to hear what you have to say. This section of the newsletter
will be filled with your questions, comments, and topics you are interested in.
All of the feedback you provide will help to improve our program.
This month CCWM wants to know ...
What has been your biggest challenge while loosing weight, and how has your
family/friends supported you?
You can respond to this by sending an email to
Thank you, and we look
forward to your response.
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$$$ FYI! $$$
You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay to lose weight if it is a
treatment for a specific disease diagnosed by a physician (such as obesity,
hypertension, or heart disease). This includes fees you pay for membership in a
weight reduction group and attendance at periodic meetings. You cannot include
membership dues in a gym, health club, or spa as medical expenses, but you can
include separate fees charged there for weight loss activities.
You cannot include the cost of diet food or beverages in medical expenses
because the diet food and beverages substitute for what is normally consumed to
satisfy nutritional needs. You can include the cost of special food in medical
expenses only if:
The food does not satisfy normal nutritional needs,
The food alleviates or treats an illness, and
The need for the food is substantiated by a physician.
The amount you can include in medical expenses is limited to the amount by which
the cost of the special food exceeds the cost of a normal diet. See also
Weight-Loss Program under What Expenses Are Not Includible, later.
Read on...
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http://www.irs.gov/publications/p502/ar02.html#d0e2138
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Thanksgiving Do’s & Don’ts
The Holidays are a paradox to me. They are a happy joyous time yet they
cause so much stress. That combination is hazardous for weight conscious
individuals. Happiness and stress are the two biggest emotions that cause
people to overeat. The emotions combined with the abundance of available
food creates an overeating frenzy. CCWM has put together some suggestions
to get you through the holiday season in the same pant size.
The to DO list
* Remember your portions sizes
* Focus on your friends and family NOT food
* Increase your exercise routine by at least one more day per week
* JOURNAL all food eaten
* Be prepared to say "NO" to family members ready to push food on you
* Enjoy and appreciate all of the positive feedback from family and friends
regarding your weight loss
* Focus on the new improved behaviors you have implemented
* Observe how the rest of your family eats and maybe next year make suggestions
for a healthier holiday!
Don't ...
* Nibble at food as it is being prepared
* Rationalize your behavior ... "Everyone is overeating I should be able
to"
* Put your exercise routine by the wayside
* Keep leftover sweets around ... Send them home with your relatives
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Quick Links...
Colorado Center for Weight
Management - http://www.ccweightmanagement.com
The American Dietetic Association - http://www.eatright.org
The American Society of Bariatric Physicians
- http://www.asbp.org/
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