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    How do beginners get fit?
    Pouya Shafipour, MD, MS
    Board Certified Family Medicine Specialist
    Dr. Pouya Shafipour is a Family Medicine Specialist, Primary Care Physician, and a Weight Loss Specialist based in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Shafipour specializes in dietary, nutritional, behavioral, and exercise counseling to manage obesity and medical conditions related to excessive weight gain or loss. Dr. Shafipour received a BS in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University, and an MD from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in general surgery at UC Irvine and a residency in family medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and became board certified in family medicine in 2008.
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    It is recommended you do a total of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week.
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    How can I lose belly weight without working out at all?
    Lyssandra Guerra
    Certified Nutrition & Wellness Consultant
    Lyssandra Guerra is a Certified Nutrition & Wellness Consultant and the Founder of Native Palms Nutrition based in Oakland, California. She has over five years of nutrition coaching experience and specializes in providing support to overcome digestive issues, food sensitivities, sugar cravings, and other related dilemmas. She received her holistic nutrition certification from the Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts in 2014.
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    Your diet is a major contributor to your weight. One way to lose weight is to switch to a keto diet and cut carbohydrates out of your diet. When you switch to a keto diet, your body will burn more energy from fat since your body is producing less glucose to create energy. So, eating a ketogenic diet that's high in healthy fats, like as avocados, olive oil, and almonds, will help create ketones in the body that will help you burn energy, calories, and weight
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    How do I calculate how many calories I need to cut out of my diet to lose weight?
    Patricia Somers, RD, PhD
    Registered Dietitian
    Patricia Somers is a Registered Dietitian and an Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her RD from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 1979 and her PhD in Educational Administration (Higher Education Specialization) from the University of New Orleans. She received an Emerging Scholar Award from the American Association of University Women and the Faculty Excellence Award in Research from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
    Registered Dietitian
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    For most people, cutting about 500 cal/day will result in weight loss of 1 – 2 lbs/week. You can combine cutting food intake with increased exercise for best results.
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    How do I lose weight when I have a thyroid issue?
    Patricia Somers, RD, PhD
    Registered Dietitian
    Patricia Somers is a Registered Dietitian and an Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her RD from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 1979 and her PhD in Educational Administration (Higher Education Specialization) from the University of New Orleans. She received an Emerging Scholar Award from the American Association of University Women and the Faculty Excellence Award in Research from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
    Registered Dietitian
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    Get your thyroid hormones checked by a physician, and work with your doctor to find medication that helps control your thyroid.
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