AFI Doctors, led by Dr. Iquinder Singh, call Plainview, NY home. Our family-orientated practice sees patients daily for various health concerns, including those seeking help in their weight-loss journey. If you are struggling with your weight, our medical team can help.
Weight Loss
Over half of all Americans are considered overweight. Based on these statistics, AFI Doctors in Plainview, NY, believes we are facing an obesity epidemic.
Enter your age, weight, and height to see how you rank on the overweight scale. After discovering your BMI, check the following to see your rank. If you have an out-of-range and high BMI, then you should consider getting some weight loss help from us, as being overweight can cause several health concerns.
- If your BMI is 18.5 or less, you are considered underweight.
- Optimum Range: 18.5–24.9
- Overweight: 25–29.9
- Class I Obesity: 30–34.9
- Class II Obesity: 35–39.9
- Class III Obesity: 40 and over
Losing weight may seem like crawling up Mt. Everest with your fingernails. However, if you make a few lifestyle changes to your diet and daily activity, losing weight can be fun, inspiring, and engaging. With the right support, it can prove to be a learning process. Changing a few things or stepping up these things you may already do ensures a healthy long-term weight reduction.
- Cutting carbs
- Avoid sugar
- Use a high-quality sugar substitute
- Eating increased protein
- A sensible exercise plan, lifting weights
- Eight restful hours of sleep
- Increase fruits, vegetables
- Increase protein, nuts, seeds (chi)
- Decrease all dairy
- Avoid processed foods
- Decrease red meats
- Increase fish, chicken, turkey, pork
- Use healthy fats, such as olive or avocado oil
- Avoid excessive salt
Drink at least six to eight eight-ounce glasses of filtered water daily, and cut back on coffee and soda.
Losing weight does not necessarily mean you must tediously count calories daily, as long as you fill your stomach with plenty of healthy protein, fruits, and vegetables. While you don’t need to count calories obsessively, it is wise to count your carbs!
A Quality Family Doctor who Teaches Weight Loss
At AFI Doctors, we embrace integrity, transparency, excellent healthcare, routine physicals, open communication, a comfortable environment, and an office setting that welcomes all who come through our doors.
Our goal is to foster long-lasting relationships with you and your family members. You soon discover during and after your consultation appointment that our primary concern is you and your family and the excellent health we will help you achieve.
Call Dr. Singh today at 516-261-9955 at AFI Doctors in Plainview, NY, for weight loss help.