Botta Medical Aesthetics & Wellness

Take a little time for yourself this Thursday evening.
Join Laurie Sigfridson, an experienced Kripalu, certified yoga, instructor, for a gentle class, focused on relaxation, stretching, and slowing down.
Thursdays at 6 PM
Botta Medical Aesthetics & Wellness
32 South Main St., Putnam
$15 per class
Space is limited. Call the office to sign up.

Our usual Sunday dinner looked a little different tonight.
Instead of cooking at home, Joe and I enjoyed dinner together at Blackstone in Putnam. A healthy lifestyle is not about avoiding restaurants or trying to be perfect. It is about creating habits that support your health while still making room for good food, connection, and experiences you enjoy.
Balance is part of the lifestyle.

Chuck’s story does not begin with the 190 pounds he lost. It begins with the honesty to say he is a food-aholic.
When Chuck started our THRIVE program almost 2 years ago at 465 pounds, he was short of breath and had difficulty walking. He had also spent much of his adult life doing what so many people have done; losing weight, regaining it, and beginning again.
For the past 21 months, Chuck has been eating real food and learning a different way to understand hunger, nourishment, and his relationship with food.
In a climate where weight loss is often reduced to the latest medication, Chuck’s story reminds us that medication, when appropriate, is only one helpful tool. Lasting change requires education, support, honest self-reflection, and the willingness to live differently over time.
When Chuck says he has “counted nothing", he does not mean that nothing was required of him. He means that he stopped living by calories, points, and complicated formulas. Instead, he learned to prioritize real food, protein, healthy fats, and choices he could continue making.
His result is exceptional, and it is his individual result, not a promise of what someone else will lose. But the most meaningful part of his story cannot be measured only in pounds. It is the distance between a man who struggled to walk and the man standing before this room, offering hope to someone else.
Chuck shared his story at one of our free THRIVE community seminars.
Our next seminar will be held on August 26 at BMAW.
Come learn how THRIVE approaches weight loss through real food, education, individualized support, and medication when appropriate.
Space is limited.
Check our event page and call BMAW to reserve your seat.

At 77, Bev has lost 63 pounds, but the number on the scale is only one part of her story.
After a heart attack and open heart surgery, she walked with a cane and a walker and needed help getting out of a chair.
Today, Bev describes having more energy, greater clarity, more confidence, and a very different relationship with food and her health.
In her words “ I can move again, live again, and I can smile again.”
Join us for our free THRIVE Getting Unstuck seminar on Wednesday, August 26.
Call BMAW to reserve your seat.
Individual experiences and results vary.
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What is metabolic flexibility?
Metabolic flexibility is your body’s ability to adjust which fuel it relies on more heavily as food availability and energy needs change.
In this excerpt, Dr. Joe uses a simplified explanation of what many people experience when their body is accustomed to frequent incoming carbohydrate: irritability, cravings, or feeling as though they need to eat again every 3-4 hours.
The body is not using only sugar or only fat at any one moment. The balance between these fuel sources change throughout the day.
At BMAW, our THRIVE program helps people understand how meal timing, carbohydrate, choices, movement, insulin sensitivity, medications, and individual health influence that balance. There is no single schedule or formula that is right for everyone.
Join us for our next free THRIVE Getting Unstuck seminar on Wednesday, August 26.
Call BMAW to reserve your seat.

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If information alone solved our problems, most of us would already be where we want to be.
Most people do not need more guilt, more judgment, or another list of rules. They need greater understanding; of their body, their patterns, and what may be keeping them stuck.
Your life can start to change when you become more committed to growth than you are to remaining with what feels familiar.
Our THRIVE program was built around this idea.
Join us for our next free THRIVE Getting Unstuck seminar on Wednesday, August 26.
Call Botta Medical Aesthetics & Wellness to reserve your seat.

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We kept it simple tonight with locally made smoked chicken breast and cheddar cheese, and butter roasted sweet potato rounds. Such an easy and delicious meal at home. 😋
Eating well does not always have to be complicated. Simple, satisfying food is exactly what you need sometimes…
And apparently, someone still needed to check the pantry afterward.😆