• Richard Kelley, M.D. has been a practicing physician for the past 18 years, 12 of which were spent working fulltime in emergency medicine. He is trained in family practice with 3 years of general surgery experience.

    Due to a long, personal interest in optimal fitness and its link to overall health, he segued into the weight-management field and obtained Certification from the American Board of Bariatric Medicine. He has practiced fulltime bariatric medicine for the past 5 years and lives a lifestyle based on principles of optimal fitness. His mission is to help others understand the mechanics of how to transform and optimize their physical body through fitness and optimal nutrition.
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    Getting fit is about more than losing weight…

    Why are women told that exercise is a way to lose weight, when so many of us enjoy sport for how it makes us feel, not how it makes us look?

    More and more, in my own clinic, we are seeing women who are trading in their desire to ‘just be thin,’ for the desire for more strength and even a bit more muscle. The women that I see making this transition, truly appear happier and much more self confident, in my opinion. They are able to stop obsessing about what the scale says day-in and day-out and begin understanding that true control over the body comes from their dedication and consistency with both exercise and great nutrition, including exercise that builds strength. –Richard Kelley, M.D.

    Here is an excerpt of an excellent article from The Guardian:
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    Why do we exercise? Is it to be fitter, stronger, faster… or just thinner? For women, the answer is always the latter. From TV to radio programmes, we are nagged to join a gym, while magazines engage in soul-searching on why we can’t keep to our promises of losing weight. In January in particular, it’s hard to find anywhere that talks about women’s exercise without a focus on weight and looks. Even fitness magazines are at it, with cover models who are not just healthily slim, but thin. Women’s Fitness this month will help you to “Lose half a stone now!” and get a “Flat tummy fast!” Zest insists you “Get the body you want”, which is of course: “A flat tum for life, drop 10 inches fast, be 7lb lighter.”

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