This is a very interesting explanation of weight loss from Dr. Robert Wallace. It's a bit long but read it in it's entirety because it gives a lot of info. It goes like this:

If you are truly serious about losing weight and being healthy, you must take the time to know the energy quotient (number of calories) in every bite of nourishing and well-balanced meal or snack you consume. Whenever you consume 3500 calories more than your body can use, your body stores the excess as 1 pound of fat. To lose that pound, you must consume 3500 less calories than you need. Let's say that your ideal weight should be 120 pounds, but your actual weight is 140 pounds. This means that you want to lose 20 pounds on your diet. As a rule of thumb, a person should consume 18 calories per day for every pound of desired weight. If you want to weigh 120 pounds, your average calorie consumption per day should be 2,160 (18 times 20) Being 20 pounds overweight, you want to burn off the excess 80,000 calories (3500 calories per excess pound times 20 pounds). Since it took time to gain the 20 pounds, it should take a reasonable amount of time to shed the extra 20 pounds-about 24 weeks. By consuming 1700 calories daily, you are burning 460 stored calories. Remember, to be a trim 120, you should be eating 2,160 calories daily. In a week you will have burned off 3,220 calories (almost 1 pound). Once you get down to 120 pounds, you can move up to the 2,160 maintaining calorie limit.

There you have it, the formula for weight loss and the formula for maintenance. Let's give Dr. Wallace a hand and thanks for a well written and concise article that all of us can understand.

Gene C.

I should be taken out back and whupped for not developing this idea before now. As a matter of fact I cannot take any credit for this at all. The credit belongs to Karl Ribas and one of our clients that I will refer to a K with a great sense of humor. Karl is a vendor that helps us with our website marketing and mentioned it to me about 3-4 days before K, who is a good repeat client, mentioned that she might be getting carpal tunnel ordering the same stuff repeatedly and could we put her on automatic reordering to save her the Doctor visits. That said, we will be sending all of our clients an e-mail offering the Automatic Reordering service where you can select the mix of product and frequency of delivery to suit your needs and free you of having to remember to order, no more reentering all the shopping, shipping and billing information for each order and never running out of your favorite product. If you think this is a good idea and would save you trouble and make your life easier just send me an e-mail at gene@myhealthmanagement.com as to what would be the best time to call you by phone so we can discuss your individual needs and get you set up for the AutoOrder Program. In addition, those of you who become a part of the AutoOrder Program will also be included in our "Taste Buds" Group which will be favored with the (free) sampling of new products before they are introduced to the open market.


We are now stocking the new dessert, Chocolate Marshmallow Instant Pudding w/Chocolate Chips.

Gene C.