Getting Fast Food? Stay Slim With These 5 Tips

Getting Fast Food? Stay Slim With These 5 Tips

With so many fast food options out there these days it can be pretty difficult to keep up your healthy eating habits. Go ahead and check out our tips and give a few of them a try the next time you plan on eating out.  1. It’s All About Portion Control Go for the...
Healthy Tasty Apple Crisp

Healthy Tasty Apple Crisp

Treat Yo Self! What’s the point of having a sweet tooth if you don’t use it? This weight loss friendly dessert will curb your cravings AND help you slim down.  Apple Crisp Recipe Ingredients Filling: 1 apple Half of a small lemon 1 Tbsp water 2 tsp zsweet Cinnamon...
Garlic Ginger Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry

Garlic Ginger Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry

Who loves seafood? We sure do! Especially when it’s easy-to-make, delicious and healthy. For those on the HCG Diet, this Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry has just the right amount of zesty garlic and ginger to keep your taste buds on their toes. Not only is it...
Meet Maria Amaya, Another MD Diet Success Story

Meet Maria Amaya, Another MD Diet Success Story

Meet Maria, a social, outgoing and driven woman, who loves to set goals. After hearing about MD Diet from a friend, she was determined to tackle the challenge of losing weight. Maria’s health is very important to her. She’s been losing weight so that she...
Mmm Mmmm Meatballs!

Mmm Mmmm Meatballs!

Simple and delicious, these yummy meatballs will hit the spot. Ingredients 100 g steak (ground into hamburger) 1 grissini (ground into powder) 1 T milk Parsley Onion powder Basil Oregano Garlic Salt Pepper Preheat oven to 425. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Form...
Success Story – Kathy Snook’s Transformation

Success Story – Kathy Snook’s Transformation

Meet Kathy Snook, she loves her family and works hard to provide for them. Kathy works as a distribution manager for a local book publisher. When she is not at work, you can find her spending time with her amazing family. She loves to cook, crochet, and volunteer at...
Lemon Pepper Fish

Lemon Pepper Fish

Ingredients 100g whitefish Juice of half lemon 1-3 cloves minced garlic 1/2 tsp. black pepper 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. cumin powder 1/8 tsp. turmeric Instructions 1. Place fish in a small bowl. 2. Add garlic, black pepper, salt, cumin, and turmeric. 3. Make sure to coat...
Thai Cucumber Steak Salad

Thai Cucumber Steak Salad

Ingredients:  100g steak 1 tsp sambal oelek or red pepper flakes 2-3 cloves minced garlic or 1 tsp garlic paste 1/4 tsp ground white pepper 2-3 Tbsp water 100g cucumber half a lemon chopped cilantro Instructions 1. In a small dish, combine cucumber, juice of 1/2 lemon...
At 72 Years Young, Else Overcame Tragedy to Lose 70 Pounds

At 72 Years Young, Else Overcame Tragedy to Lose 70 Pounds

On the edge of the lake in Provo, Utah, there’s a farm where yellowed stacks of hay lay, and Else Morgan and her husband, a cowboy, ride and rope horses, living out their golden years with their children and grandchildren. It was at this idyllic setting that...
MD Diet’s Spooky Tips For Scaring The Pounds Away

MD Diet’s Spooky Tips For Scaring The Pounds Away

1) Start your day with a high protein breakfast. Why? Protein is more filling and starting your day with protein will keep you fuller so you don’t crave sugar and carbs. If you eat carbs first, you will crave carbs the rest of the day.  Protein is also calorie...

Success Story: Jean

“I have been a client for over 2 years and I am so grateful for the concern, care and patience shown to me while I have struggled to get down to a weight, and then maintain it, where I feel good about myself. (Besides the compliments of others of how much younger and...
Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Loss

Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Loss

A central part of any weight loss plan is to consume fewer calories than you expend in a day, and artificial sugar seems like an easy way to cut back on the calories. But before you decide to start using Splenda and Equal, there are some things to consider. Artificial...
Why Losing Weight is Harder for Some Than Others

Why Losing Weight is Harder for Some Than Others

Ever feel like you just weren’t built for exercise? Sometimes we step out the door for a run or onto the treadmill, and it is just pure torture. And then we look over and see someone with sweat pouring down their body with an enormous smile on their face. Why can’t...
A Guide to High Protein Dieting

A Guide to High Protein Dieting

Research shows that a diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates can be an effective weight loss tool. But going about it the wrong way can be bad for your health, causing you to miss out on important nutrients. Carbohydrates are what the body usually uses for...
How to Eat Healthy Fats

How to Eat Healthy Fats

Low-fat crackers, no-fat snacks or “light” yogurt and all of their many cousins have bombarded grocery stores across the nation in the past decade, but now the anti-fat craze may be evaporating, and our bellies aren’t getting bigger because of it. There are three...
Dealing with Depression while on a Diet

Dealing with Depression while on a Diet

Most dieters are unhappy about having to diet, but few are genuinely depressed.  Depression can manifest itself in the form of sadness, emptiness, anger, irritability, and/or an overall inability to control one’s emotions.  Many women who experience premenstrual...
Cold Sensitivity while on a Diet

Cold Sensitivity while on a Diet

Ever sit at your desk at work and feel like your in the middle of the arctic?  Do you wrap up while others are stripping down? One possible side effect while dieting is cold sensitivity.  Cold sensitivity can leave you feeling cold even when your environment feels...
Alex Lost 53 Pounds in 4 weeks with MD Diet!

Alex Lost 53 Pounds in 4 weeks with MD Diet!

Meet Alex: Alex tried out our HCG diet.  In just 4 weeks Alex lost 53 lbs!  The photo above is a representation of his progress at 4 weeks.  He went on to finish our 6-week HCG program to lose well over 60 lbs!  Way to go Alex!  
Lindsay Lost 75 lbs. on our HCG Diet!

Lindsay Lost 75 lbs. on our HCG Diet!

MD Diet is dedicated to helping people lose weight, and we are more than happy to share the success of hundreds of our patients who have had life-changing weight loss journeys.  Here is Lindsay’s story: Since a very young age, my weight has always been something...
Battling Insomnia while on a Diet

Battling Insomnia while on a Diet

While on a diet, some people find that they lose more than pounds: they lose sleep.  The inability to fall asleep, or even stay asleep, can be frustrating and can lead to fatigue and irritability.  Insomnia associated with dieting can be caused by diet pills, ketosis...