How to Lose Weight Safely and During the Holidays with Dr. Alicia Shelly

Have you struggled to lose weight at some point in your life?  Are you exasperated and feel like all the diets you’ve tried don’t work?   We discussed weight loss with Dr. Alicia Shelly for this week’s episode of the Weekend Wellness Hour Show.  Dr. Shelly is a Board Certified Internal Medicine and obesity medicine physician with Wellstar Medical Group in a suburb of Atlanta, GA and has struggled with weight herself in the past.   Dr. Shelly initially explained some medical recourses to assist people with weight loss.  She discussed surgeries and medications as options but she really stressed the importance of lifestyle changes.  Even when she prescribes weight loss medications, she works closely with patients to ensure they are making the lifestyle changes as well.    We went through 5 important aspects of life that contribute to a person’s health and affect a person’s weight loss journey. Dr. Shelly explained the value of looking at nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress and mindset.   With changes in these 5 areas, Dr. Shelly has had great success in guiding patients in losing weight in a safe and healthy manner.  Dr. Shelly gave her top tips in each of these categories so that people can take action right away in adjustments of their daily habits.    Dr. Shelly also gave her opinion on intermittent fasting and which types of fasting she likes for those working on losing weight.  She also gave some tips on how to approach the holidays to avoid weight gain with so many festivities surrounding the dinner table.    Dr. Shelly has a free online course and ebook to help people get started into new habits for their health.  She also has a podcast, Back on Track: Achieving Healthy Weight Loss, where she interviews experts who can provide additional guidance and tips in the weight loss journey.   Please join us to learn some great weight loss tips to help you end the year on the right track.   Please feel free to reach out to Dr. Alicia Shelly at https://drshellymd.com/.   -Dr. Amy Novotny   Subscribe to PABR Institute's email list for free Tips for Relief: https://pabrinstitute.activehosted.com/f/1   www.pabrinstitute.com