{"id":1130,"date":"2017-12-18T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2017-12-18T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:10:17","slug":"losing-weight-can-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/losing-weight-can-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing weight can be easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas time is a time for celebration with family and friends \u2013 usually involving a lot of food.\u00a0 This is typically a tough time for people to stick to a healthy and nutritious diet.\u00a0 A couple of patients from Imagine Health Centres have taken a big change in their lives to eat and live healthier.\u00a0 Last year, Kathy and Jeff Baker noticed changes in their bodies such as running out of breath going up a flight of stairs, the onset of arthritis, high blood pressure and high sugar levels.\u00a0 The Baker\u2019s doctor, Dr Laura-Lea McKay, had placed them on a weight loss program and both Kathy and Jeff have lost over 100 pounds each\u00a0in one year<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It was Kathy who wanted to do the program but did not want to do it alone and so her husband, Jeff, joined her on this journey.\u00a0 The Bakers said that in order for them to be successful, they had to choose to make a new lifestyle change where they choose to make food not the main topic and to be more physically active.\u00a0 Jeff and Kathy cut carbs from their diet \u2013 no junk food and snacks; and portion control all their meals.\u00a0 If it is food they cannot eat, they will not bring it into the house.\u00a0 They have even adapted their usual recipes or dishes to a healthier version.<\/p>\n

For the Bakers, it is not just a change of diet but everything they do is a conscious effort for a better life.\u00a0 Being more active by walking more; using the exercise bike; swimming and they even participated in a 5K walk\/run with Dr\u00a0McKay\u2019s fitness team this past Spring.\u00a0 The Bakers did mention that it is important to have a supportive group of family and friends to keep you on track.\u00a0 Both Kathy and Jeff have more energy with a better outlook on life and the future.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in the Weight Loss program at Imagine Health Centres, talk to your family physician for a referral to see Dr Laura-Lea McKay or Dr Jonathan Chan in our\u00a0Downtown Calgary (100\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a0300 6 Avenue SE<\/a>) or Macleod Trail South clinic (4120\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a015 Sunpark Plaza SE<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0 Call Downtown Calgary clinic at (403) 775-9669\u00a0on Monday<\/span>\u00a0to Friday from\u00a08:30 am to 4:30 pm.<\/span>\u00a0 Call Macleod Trail South clinic at (403) 910-3990 on weekdays from\u00a08 am to 8 pm<\/span>\u00a0or weekends from\u00a010 am to 3 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Christmas time is a time for celebration with family and friends \u2013 usually involving a lot of food.\u00a0 This is typically a tough time for people to stick to a healthy and nutritious diet.\u00a0 A couple of patients from Imagine Health Centres have taken a big change in their lives to eat and live healthier.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}