It’s official. Kirstie Alley now has her own weight loss program called Organic Liaison. Two years ago she was sent packing from Jenny Craig – possibly for not sticking with the program.

She promised she would come back with her own program, and here it is.

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I’m trying, folks, really I am. For the thousandth time, I suppose. I’m about 60 pounds overweight right now. But here’s the true irony: I am in charge of revamping my company’s wellness program. (Physician — heal thyself!!) Some employers offer at work weight loss programs, or cash to help people attend weight loss meetings and the like (and we’ve done that). Some have weigh ins and contests.

But I want to help people on an individual level, because I know from my own sordid experience that weight loss is very personal, and very individualized. I started developing a list of the various obstacles people have to losing weight (as well as to maintaining a weight loss), then trying to come up with various ways to those obstacles. For example, I’m thinking of not only the just-excuse obstacles as well as the real hard-to-get-around ones — “it takes too much time to plan”, “my co-workers won’t stop bringing in cakes”, “I don’t like diet foods”, etc.

From my own point of view, I just happen to like too much the “wrong” kinds of foods. One Oreo? Yeh, right — more like 18 Oreos! And I don’t like to exercise. So, let’s just say those are my biggest obstacles. What would it take to help me get over those obstacles?? That’s the bottom line, isn’t it? Forget the HOW to lose the weight, but the WHAT it will take to lose the weight. Any suggestions, thoughts, ideas??? What are your obstacles? I need your advice to help me with my task at work, but mostly for myself.

sxc.hu: MeiTeng

I’m pretty much against “detoxing,” but I think the word itself may be evolving to take on a new meaning.

The detox concept has certainly been around for a while, and (unfortunately) it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

According to the market research firm Mintel, in the last year there was a 108 percent increase in foods making detox claims. They predict detoxing will be a major trend in consumer packaged goods in 2010.

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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) announced that its New Drug Application (NDA) for lorcaserin, Arena’s internally discovered and developed drug candidate for weight management, including weight loss and maintenance of weight loss, has been accepted for filing by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients — those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 — in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes…

The adverse affects of being overweight are not limited to physical function but also extend to neurological function, according to research in the latest issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences (Volume 65A, Number 1). The publication presents a collection of ten articles highlighting new findings related to obesity in older persons…

Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to researchers. Early treatment of depression could help reduce stress and control obesity – a major health issue. “This is the first time cortisol reactivity has been identified as a mediator between depressed mood and obesity in girls,” said Elizabeth J…

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is taking the lead in gastroenterological innovation by conducting “Fostering Innovation and Technology in Digestive and Metabolic Diseases…

What a strange love affair people have with this popular pork product and it doesn’t seem to be getting less popular as time goes on.

A recent survey conducted on the behalf of Maple Leaf Foods showed that 43% of Canadians would rather eat bacon than have sex. Now that’s some serious bacon love!

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UK psychiatrists have announced they are concerned about the harmful influence of the media on people’s body image and are calling for a new editorial code to stop the promotion of unhealthily thin bodies and making eating disorders appear glamorous…