America is overweight. Most of us are on one diet or another throughout our entire lives. What is wrong? Why don’t we lose weight? What is the right kind of diet? Is the same approach best for everyone? Our guest today is Lisa DeRosimo, M.D. who is board certified in a relatively new field of medicine, Bariatric medicine. Bariatric Medicine specializes in the comprehensive treatment of overweight, obesity and related disorders. If you or someone you love needs to lose weight, this podcast is for you.  Dr. DeRosimo holds a Masters Degree in Nutrition from Cornell University and a medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  She is in private practice in Palm Beach Florida and Charleston South Carolina.  In her wellness care clinic, Dr. DeRosimo prepares a “personalized eating plan” for each patient. Included are lifestyle changes that each person needs to make to maintain their proper weight, energy and health.  Patients check in weekly.  She encourages women around 50 to eat 3 meals per day but they must include an activity plan and cut back 500 calories per day.  Women who follow her plan lose 2 lbs. per week and do not gain any back.  She gives suggestions on what to eat, what not to eat, and talks in depth about your metabolism and nutrition.

 

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Whether Meredith Medland is interviewing celebrities on the red carpet at Hollywood Eco-Fashion Shows or turning on a room full of students in her fitness class “Sexy and Spirited,” she helps people experience an extraordinary level of possibility. The founder of Three Outcomes.com, and a Master Host on the Personal Life Media Network, Meredith is a gifted interviewer and facilitator.  She’s known for her unique questions, ability to dig up the real truths and bring humor as well as depth to her interactions with audiences.  She is also a podcaster and host of the show, “Living Green: Efortless Ecology for Everyday People.” Her show just hit the top 100 podcasts in June of this year. A frequent speaker to audiences of thousands, she has interviewed on CNN, CNBC, ABC, CBS and been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.  Meredith has bridged the gap from the boardroom to burning man, by bringing 12 years in digital marketing and advertising and combining it with holistic education, transformational facilitation and somatic movement. Her career as a nationally known internet analyst and Fortune 500 marketer give her a solid foundation from which she can leverage technology to bring the voice of everyday people living eco-savvy lives through her podcast “Living Green.” Meredith probes the psychology of ecology in her unique and entertaining interview style by bringing her midwestern traditional business life and merging it with her more recent transformative Californian hipster. If there is anyone in the world who can bring two very different worlds together — Meredith can. She began focusing on “living green,” after she found that living “in her body” was just the first step in expanding her own personal evolution. 

 

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“Aging Gratefully” has been dedicated to helping people find Passion, Purpose and Joy in the aging process. To do that we know it is essential for people to come together and share their support, resources, stories and knowledge. Our guest today, Dotsie Bregel, is doing just that through her prominent web sites for Baby Boom women. She helps them by empowering and connecting them with others on the same path. She has a wonderful story to tell. Listen to this podcast to  hear of her fascinating journey and learn from her wisdom. Dotsie is the Founder and creative force of the websites National Association of Baby Boomer Women, and Boomer Women Speak, (the number one website on all search engines for “baby boomer women.”)  She established the association, the only one dedicated to serving the healthiest, wealthiest, and best educated group of women to reach midlife, in order to support and encourage women to live their dreams. She is a writer, speaker, and expert on issues concerning her generation of women. Dotsie is passionate about educating and empowering midlife women through her wildly successful Web sites, including more than 60 forums that act as a virtual village for boomers. We asked, “What prompted you to create your baby boomer women websites?”  Dotsie answered, “Following Mom’s death and facing the empty nest caused me to hunker down in prayer seeking guidance and direction for the next season in life. I struggled with this question: What do I want to be when I grow up? Yes, I was a 44-year-old baby boomer and was still searching! I’d loved being a mom who stayed home to make a difference, but shortly they’d all be in college and I’d be out of a job. Since I enjoyed my friendships with women and liked us to feel connected and encouraged, I chose to launch a Web site that would do just that. A site that allowed us to share our stories and give everyone a peek into our hearts and lives would help enlighten ourselves and others about our generation of women.”On this show she answers questions such as:“What is the mission of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women?” “What are the member benefits?”  “How did you find the associates who share expert advice on your website?“What type of women are joining?”“What role does NABBW play in addressing the joys and concerns of boomer women?”            The URL’s for her websites are www.nabbw.com and www.boomerwomenspeak.com.

 

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Recently a friend called me and told me “Something terrible happened today.”  Now, I know this person was diagnosed with cancer two months ago, went through treatments and is waiting for the next biopsy to determine her condition.  When she told me something terrible happened I immediately thought the worst, that she’d been given some devastating information about her health.  Then she said, “All my jewelry was stolen yesterday.”  I let out the breath I was holding and asked, ” Anything else?”  “No,” she said.  “I’m heartbroken.  My engagement ring, wedding ring, all my treasured pieces.  I feel so violated.” 

I could understand and sympathize with her, having had that same experience myself once or twice in my life.  But all I could think to say was, “Don’t take this wrong, but I’m so relieved.  When you said something terrible happened I thought it was about your cancer.  I know how you feel about your personal jewelry, the financial and emotional value, but they are not your health.  I’m not trying to be a Pollyanna, but you can get new jewelry.  You and I know, particularly in this stage of life, your health and time are the two things you really can’t afford to lose.”

I hoped I wasn’t being to0 dismissive of the traumatic experience she was going through, but I really needed to throw light on the relative importance of things.  If we lose our health and can’t get it back, we lose all.  If we lose our precious personal posessions and can’t get them back, we go on, perhaps, depending on our point of view, even lighter and freer than before.

Modern medicine has performed miracles with acute illness. If you have a heart attack, if you’re shot with a bullet or you have pneumonia, you want the best trained western doctor available to treat your condition. But people with chronic conditions have a different experience. They are often treated with powerful but often only mildly effective drugs, frequently with disturbing side effects. Today’s show features two men who are doing something that’s different, yet tried and true about chronic illness. This show will be good for your health.   Walter M. Lewis, M.D was trained as a traditional western medical physician in Internal Medicine. He practiced at the Santa Barbara Medical Clinic, now the Sansum Clinic.  When Walt Lewis was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he first tried the accepted, mainstream medical practices for a cure.  Unable to reverse his condition that way, he decided to break with his years of medical training and  commit himself to a totally naturopathic program.  He retired after thirty years of practice, took his wife and daughter and moved to

 

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