Dr. Michael E. Doyle: Conventional and Alternative Medicine

Update 8/31/10:

Progress has been slow, but is starting to improve. I took my own advice and started to actually eat less, and it works. Imagine that. While it’s still very hard to avoid overheating and junk food on the weekends, I’m trying to limit it more. The key to me seems to be going to bed a little bit hungry and drinking more.

WT: 184.6 lbs. (as always—in the late am, fully dressed+ shoes/keys/phone/etc.)

Update 8/12/10:

I worked on Saturday, then I went to a Renaissance Fair in Tuxedo, New York with the family on Sunday.  Again, the food was frightening.  Practically everything is sweet and as far as I can tell, everything sweet was made with high fructose corn syrup. Also, lots of food fried in who-knows-what kind of fat. It was pretty hard to limit the damage for myself and my family, but I tried.  If we go again, we’d better bring food and drink.

Then back home for a normal workweek.  I’ve been eating fairly carefully during the week, but I gained weight over the weekend as seems to be the norm.  Up til now, I haven’t been watching calories/portions.  In order to break through, I will have to focus on eating less…

WT: 188.6 lbs.

Dr. Doyle’s practice is designed is to combine Conventional and Alternative medicine to find the safest and most effective treatment for each patient. To learn more about Dr. Michael E. Doyle, click here.

I went with to my last weekend family to visit my sister in law in Montréal. Great weather. People are always very nice despite my complete inability to speak French beyond “merci.” We’ve been there before and have seen much of the beautiful city. This was a kid-oriented weekend and we went to a great waterpark and I rode the Rapids of Lachine with my two oldest sons (9 & 14). The Rapids might not have been much by a white water rafting standards, but there were plenty for me and my sons. We had a good time.

A great thing about Montréal (and probably Canada as a whole) is that some of the worst nutritional offenders are rarely seen. In particular, they don’t seem to use as much hydrogenated fat and high fructose corn syrup is rare. They actually sell real lard in the stores. My kind of country. We still have some lard left in our kitchen cupboard from the last trip. Unfortunately, even in Canada, waterpark cuisine and road food are not the greatest, but I tried…

WT: 188.8 lbs.

Dr. Doyle’s practice is designed is to combine Conventional and Alternative medicine to find the safest and most effective treatment for each patient. To learn more about Dr. Michael E. Doyle, click here.

Another tough weekend for losing weight. Company, too much food and some beer. I actually gained weight, but I’m getting back on track.

Afternoon 190.6 lbs.

Dr. Doyle’s practice is designed is to combine Conventional and Alternative medicine to find the safest and most effective treatment for each patient. To learn more about Dr. Michael E. Doyle, click here.