A happy Pittsburgh Lipo Laser client sent us the following testimonial:

"After just five treatments I lost two inches around my waist.  The staff at AM encourage good health, proper eating habits and regimented exercise program that enhances the area in which you choose to lose the excess fat.  I’m now returning to begin work on another area of my body that I would like to also see tighten up.  I highly recommend the Lapex Lipo combined with good health habits."

- Gail S., Pittsburgh, PA

Body Contouring & Spot Fat Reduction of Stubborn Areas.

In Pittsburgh, LipoLaser treatments can be found at Allegheny Medical , one of the premier LipoLaser treatment centers in the western PA area.  Lipo Laser is pain free and non-invasive.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office 412-494-4554.

Allegheny Medical
2000 Cliff Mine Rd, #110
Pittsburgh, PA 15275

412-494-4550

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Satisfied Pittsburgh LipoLaser Client loses 2 inches to Waist is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

Going out to eat when dieting can be intimidating.  Finding items to suit your dietary needs on menus can be difficult.

When going out to eat it is important not to get discouraged.  Sometimes a Medically supervised weight loss and management program, like this one offered in Robinson,PA, can be very helpful if you are a socialite trying to drop a few pounds.

Good rules of thumb to follow while dining out and on a diet are these:

1.     Eat light.  Go for a salad with steamed or baked protein, and light dressing.  Skip the croutons, and share the bread!

2.    Get diet soda, iced tea, or water.  Drinking water curbs the appetite.

3.    Desert? No thanks! Skip desert.  Instead order some fresh fruit salad.

4.     Chew your food.  This may seem like something we do automatically but it isn’t.  Chewing your food more takes more energy, slows the eating process, and allows your body to actually feel hungry.

5.    If you are ordering something heavy, like pasta or a sandwich with a lot of protein, take home leftovers.  Break up those calories throughout the day, but don’t eat heavy in the late evening.

7.    Most restaurants offer some sort of “Light” option, or “healthy choice” option.  Not all do however.

8.   Most restaurants should have nutritional information (ingredients, calories, grams of fat) in the kitchen, and will gladly give it to you.
Want more help with your diet?  Need more supervision?

Allegheny Medical can help! Our Lighten Up® Weight Management Program is a medically supervised exercise program which educates individuals about leading health, active lifestyles and reduces risk factors for disease and injury. Every individual is screened, tested and counseled prior to beginning the customized exercise program.

Weekly Program

1 Office Visit with the Doctor, 1 Office Visit with Registered Dietitian, and 3 Supervised Work-Out Sessions. Price is $29.00 a week.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office 412-494-4554.

Allegheny Medical
2000 Cliff Mine Rd, #110
Pittsburgh, PA 15275

412-494-4550

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Dining Out While Losing Weight in Robinson, PA is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

It’s summer, and while some of us are bikini ready, a lot of us are still trying to be that girl in the Yoplait commercial.  You know the one that saves her teeny bikini in the closet until viola! Magically Yoplait light yogurt magically allows her to fit into the bikini?  If only weight loss were that easy.

It may not be as easy as commercials make it seem, but it definitely is possible.  Here are some great, fun, high calorie burning exercises to get you bikini ready in no time!

1. Squash.  An hour of playing squash burns 1,000 calories.  No, it isn’t a typo.  Squash is a high energy cardio sport.  To win, you have to outsmart the other player, and of course be able to volley with a racket and a rubber ball no bigger than a gulf ball.
2. Swimming.  So you may not be totally bikini ready, it is okay.  Swimming is a great cardio workout.  An hour of swimming (at a moderate pace, based on a 150 lb. female) burns about 540 calories!
3. Walking. Walking isn’t the fastest calorie burning exercise, but for those of you just starting out, it is a great one!  Walking burns about 205 calories per hour (based on a 150 lb. female, at a moderate pace).
4. Aerobics.  Aerobics can be done in your home, with or without a video, and it is an amazing calorie burner.  Aerobics burn 410 calories per hour (based on a 150 lb. female).
   

Allegheny Medical can help! Our Lighten Up® Weight Management Program is a medically supervised exercise program which educates individuals about leading health, active lifestyles and reduces risk factors for disease and injury. Every individual is screened, tested and counseled prior to beginning the customized exercise program.

Weekly Program

1 Office Visit with the Doctor, 1 Office Visit with Registered Dietitian, and 3 Supervised Work-Out Sessions. Price is $29.00 a week.

Body Contouring for Spot Fat Reduction of Stubborn Area.

In Pittsburgh, LipoLaser treatments can be found at Allegheny Medical , one of the premier LipoLaser treatment centers in the western PA area.  Lipo Laser is pain free and non-invasive.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office 412-494-4554.

Allegheny Medical
2000 Cliff Mine Rd, #110
Pittsburgh, PA 15275

412-494-4550

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Pittsburgh: Get Ready for Summer Swimwear! is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

Cosmetic surgery to improve body image is no longer for just for celebrities and public figures.  It is something many "normal" people do, often with substantial improvement to their confidence and ability to feel good about themselves.  Whatever the reason, liposuction is a popular treatment for fatty areas of the body that just don’t seem to go away.  Liposuction is a fairly invasive procedure.  It requires anesthesia, pain, and recovery time.  Fortunately there are alternatives to liposuction.

LipoLaser is a good option for people who have very stubborn areas of fat on their body.  The laser is able to loosen adipose fatty.  Adipose fat is the fat that causes us to gain inches and cellulite.  The LipoLaser is noninvasive, painless, and doesn’t require any sort of recovery time.

LipoLaser is great for body contouring and spot fat removal.  Sometimes after losing a lot of weight areas of fat still remain, or areas of the body still need sculpted.  LipoLaser is great for this as well.  LipoLaser also stimulates the metabolism while breaking down fatty tissue.

LipoLaser is used for ten minutes on one problem area of the body.  Adipose fatty tissue is easily breakable.  The laser breaks down the fat.  This broken down fatty acids turns into energy through natural bodily functions.

In Pittsburgh, LipoLaser treatments can be found at Allegheny Medical , one of the premier LipoLaser treatment centers in the western PA area.

Call Now for a free consultation: 412-494-4550

Allegheny Medical
Park West Two, Suite 110,
2000 Cliff Mine Road,
Pittsburgh, PA 15275

412-494-4550

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Pittsburgh LipoLaser: A Noninvasive Route to a Whole New You is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

Monitoring your diet is vital to weight loss.  Just as vital though is exercise.  Exercise is important for everyone and cannot be overlooked.  Walking is a great way to burn calories and relieve stress.  Find a walking buddy, or a work out buddy; if you have an obligation with another person you are more likely to keep it.

Always be sure to diet and exercise in a healthy manner.  Over exercising and under eating is never health, and under eating actually slows your metabolism.  When trying to lose weight always keep an eye on your goal weight.  Some people have jeans that they can’t fit into, others have a bathing suit they are keeping for that special day; whatever it is, keep your spirits up and remember what you are working for!

Allegheny Medical can help! Our Lighten Up® Weight Management Program is a medically supervised exercise program which educates individuals about leading health, active lifestyles and reduces risk factors for disease and injury. Every individual is screened, tested and counseled prior to beginning the customized exercise program.

Weekly Program

1 Office Visit with the Doctor, 1 Office Visit with Registered Dietitian, and 3 Supervised Work-Out Sessions. Price is $29.00 a week.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office 412-494-4554.

Allegheny Medical
Park West Two, Suite 110,
2000 Cliff Mine Road,
Pittsburgh, PA 15275

412-494-4550

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm and Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Carnegie PA: Weight Loss and Medically Supervised Exercise Program is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

Currently 68% of adults are overweight or obese and 33% are obese.  Obesity is a major health problem facing America, and it is growing.  I wish I could say that people in Pittsburgh beat these trends, but despite our excellent healthcare access, we are no thinner than the rest of America.

Losing weight isn’t easy.  It takes commitment, hard work, exercise, and a focus on a healthy diet.

Technology has made the weight loss process a little easier.  If you have a smartphone, you can download apps to help.  For example, My Fitness Pal makes it easy to record the foods you eat, the exercise you do.  You give MFP your goal weight, and MFP gives you a maximum caloric intake to follow.  This max caloric intake is easy to follow using the computerized program to record your foods and our exercise.

MFP also has an area to record weight, as well as estimates your future weight in the next five weeks.  MFP is just one of many calorie counting programs out there online, there are a lot to choose from, and if you do choose to go this route, make sure to read some reviews about the sites and that the site offers everything you need for your weight loss journey.

Robinson PA Medically Supervised Weight Loss and Weight Management Programs

Allegheny Medical's Lighten Up® Weight Management Program is a medically supervised exercise program which educates individuals about leading health, active lifestyles and reduces risk factors for disease and injury. Every individual is screened, tested and counseled prior to begining the customized exercise program.

Weekly Program

1 Office Visit with the Doctor, 1 Office Visit with Registered Dietitian, and 3 Supervised Work-Out Sessions. Price is $29.00 a week.

To schedule an appointment, please call our office 412-494-4554.

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Weight Loss Apps & Robinson PA Weight Management Programs is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

Which state ranked number 1?  That would be Mississippi, where nearly 34% of adults in that state are classified as obese. There were 38 states with obesity rates over 25% in adults--shocking when compared with the fact that no state had a rate over 20% in 1991.

The number of states with obesity rates exceeding 30% has doubled from four to eight in the past year, and the number of adults who said that they do not engage physical activity of any kind went up in 12 states.

Additionally, it was found that 15.8% of high school students are overweight and 12% are obese.

According to Jeffrey Levi, PhD, a professor of health policy at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, “Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges the country has ever faced, and troubling disparities exist based on race, ethnicity, region, and income...this report shows that the country has taken bold steps to address the obesity crisis in recent years, but the nation’s response has yet to fully match the magnitude of the problem.”

The state with the lowest obesity rate was Colorado, at 19.1%

A link with more information about the report and its findings can be found here.

Clearly, obesity is a serious health issue in our country--and one that is not going away anytime soon.  For more information, lecture topics, and treatment plans in the areas of weight management, obesity and nutrition, contact Allegheny Medical's WellnessCare for a complimentary consultation today at (412) 494-4554.

Fattest American States: Where Does Yours Rank? is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

The truth is, not all carbs are bad.  In fact, some can be very good for you and thus it's never a good idea to cut them out completely.  Carbohydrates that contain fiber are healthy carbs, as they help us avoid blood sugar spikes in our body.  Examples of these types of carbs would be fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.

Carbohydrates which are refined and processed and are therefore thought of as "bad" carbs would include such things as white rice and white bread.

The National Academies Institute of Medicine recommends that adults get 45% to 65% of their calories from carbs, 10% to 35% from protein and 20% to 35% from fat.  If you are wondering how to get more good carbs into your diet, here are a few ideas for you:

• Start off your day with whole grains for breakfast.  If you like hot or cold cereals, look for those that include whole oats or whole wheat in the ingredients
• Avoid potatoes and include brown rice in your meal instead
• Substitute whole wheat pasta for regular pasta
• Incorporate whole grain breads
• Eat more beans--they are a great source of good carbohydrates as well as protein

If you would like more help with your diet and are interested in nutritional guidance to help you look and feel your best, call Allegheny Medical today at (412) 494-4550.  Our staff dietitian can assist you with all of your diet and nutrition needs.

Are Carbohydrates Bad for Your Health? is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, young people should get up to 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

With childhood obesity rates on the rise, it's important to encourage your family to stay active.  Everything your family consumes is stored as energy, and if that stored energy isn’t used, it can lead to weight gain. Being active helps use up the calories you store from everything you eat over the course of a day.

Fortunately, exercise doesn't have to be a chore or take up a ton of time.  In fact, it may be easier than you think to get the entire family involved and incorporate movement into everyday family activities.  Here are just a few ideas:

• Taking walks
• Playing at the playground
• Scavenger hunts
• Hiking
• Frisbee
• Interactive video games
• Rollerblading
• Biking
  

Also, don't forget to let your family know the other important benefits of being active besides keeping trim.  It helps keep stress levels low, helps increase energy, improves sleep, alleviates boredom, strengthens bones and muscles, improves self-esteem, builds overall endurance, and more.

Allegheny Medical's WellnessCare can provide you and your family with information, encouragement and treatment plans to help improve your health.  We offer lecture topics on get moving family activities as well as complimentary consultations.  Give us a call at (412) 494-4554 today.

Activity Ideas to Get the Whole Family Moving is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog

WellnessCare's programs are unique due to the fact that we perform an in-depth medical evaluation of each patient so our medical team can accurately customize a wellness program based on the assessment of an individual. We identify health risks and needs and develop wellness initiatives that target the patient's specific areas of concern.

We provide:

Health Risk Assessments

• We help bring about lifestyle changes necessary to improve and restore your health for a lifetime

Health Screenings

• Bone Density, Blood Pressure, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cholesterol, Body Fat and BMI screenings are provided by WellnessCare health professionals as well as flu shot clinics

Health & Wellness Workshops

• Educational lectures are given on key health issues ranging from nutrition, CPR, stress management and first aid

Health & Wellness Fairs

• Health fairs offer health screenings, health risk assessments, informational exhibits and demonstrations which provide individuals access to information on various health and wellness topics

Additionally, we offer lecture topics in the following areas:

Nutrition/Weight Management

• BMI
• Body Fat Assessment
• Eating Through the Holidays
• New Year, New You

Men's Health

• Sports Performance Training
• Cardiovascular Testing
• Body Fat Analysis
• Strength and Conditioning

Women's Health Series

• Natural Hormone Options
• Osteoporosis
• Heart Disease
• Stress Management

Family Series

• Childhood Obesity
• Backpack Safety
• Alternatives for Ritalin
• Healthy Eating for Busy Lifestyles
• Get Moving Family Activities

To schedule a complimentary consultation with Allegheny Medical WellnessCare, please call (412) 494-4554.

Allegheny Medical’s WellnessCare Builds Healthier, Happier Lives is a post from: Allegheny Medical Blog