H2O

Me: “What’s keeping you going?”

I asked him when he came in for his follow up

Back story: He has lost 20 lbs

No medications …

Started 3 months before

Doing the things

He ate out less…

Swapped his salad dressing
And ACTUALLY started drinking WATER

as in…
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Water 

He may have said he was “allergic” to it before as joke I didn’t find particularly funny at the time 

His wife was onboard

Snack choices had been modified 

They also got a fruit bowl

(Insert gasp and all the feels on this one)

He had been listening 

Apparently 

I called him out on it

“Yeah I was listening ”

He made my day… or at least part of it!

Conversations continuing …

Nudges 

Reminders 

Not alarms don’t worry 

To help you live long and well!

Caring sincerely,

Dr. Olabintan

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.