When we embark on a journey toward adopting a healthier lifestyle, the path to our goals can be riddled with challenges. Add in a global pandemic and those challenges can sometimes feel unsurmountable. But at Medical Weight Loss Clinic, our professional staff is here to help you through it all.
Rania Almahayni, manager of Medical Weight Loss Clinic’s Dearborn location, understands how any major change in life can impact our progress. Today, our patients are dealing with changes in their work schedules, their children may be heading back to in-person school and our daily routines are already in flux. It can all lead to higher stress levels and can make it seem harder to prepare and stick to healthy foods and habits. But that’s exactly what’s needed now.
“When a person goes through a life change, the level of stress will be more than the usual and they are going to be busier, less focused, and easily distracted,” Rania says.
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Add stress eating to the mix, and that healthy goal will only feel farther away. But there are ways to prepare and navigate these changes.
Here’s what Rania recommends:
· Set a schedule
“Set time during the week for buying ingredients, time to prep your food and create a schedule for eating every day,” she says. “It is much easier if you are prepared. This will also curb the temptations to eat wrong.”
· Make your shopping list
“Use shopping lists,” she adds. “Use your journal to write down all the food you are going to eat for a day or for a week. Add the time you are going to eat. Set aside 2 to 3 hours twice a week to prep your food ahead of time. You can do this for the whole family not just for yourself.”
· Plan time for exercise
Getting some more movement into your day can help curb stress levels, Rania notes. It also helps you focus and is a benefit to your health overall.
· Don’t skip a visit
“Keep coming to the clinic three times a week - or more if you need to,” she says. “It takes less than 15 minutes to have a visit. We will keep you accountable, help you stay focused and help you with your journal and food choices. We will call you to remind you to come in too if you stop coming.”
Should a patient get off-track, the easiest thing to do is start right back on the program. Rania says those patients who struggle often may come in feeling bloated, sluggish and even experiencing abdominal pain. But by going right back to the program, energy levels will increase and a healthier outlook will prevail.
“Life is not perfect,” she says. “(Patients) just need to get back on track - and the sooner the better. Keep coming to the clinic and we will help with this.”
She assures her patients that the program itself is not only easy to follow, it can be done anywhere.
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Her patients learn how to prepare a variety of healthy foods and make them easy to take along. For those patients who started the program or continued it during the pandemic and became familiar with a work-from-home schedule, it might feel daunting to make the necessary changes when they are heading back into the office or classroom.
But that’s where our staff can help. It’s possible to stick to it and succeed.
“This is truly a healthy, easy-to-follow and common sense diet,” Rania says. “It helps you lose the weight in a healthy way, improves your health and wellbeing and keeps you happy, active and energetic. I love this diet, and I love seeing how it changes my patients’ lives to the best. I recommend to all in need.”
Are you ready to meet your healthy goals? Learn more about how Medical Weight Loss Clinic’s customized programs. Schedule your free consultation online or by calling 1-800-GET-SLIM.
