Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast

Today is Dr Lucy’s Birthday!  For many people birthdays and celebration can cause them to go off track and lose their way. The story for our society is that birthday equal cake and lollies. Dr Lucy shares with you her strategies on celebratory eating. She gives you 3 options on how to manage your celebration and goes through the pros and cons of each strategy She breaks through some of the myths i...

Join Dr Lucy as she chats with another low doctor. She is joined by Dr Alex Petrushevski from Low Carb Specialist in Sydney. Alex has a wealth of knowledge and has a particular interest in nutrition and cancer. They chat and debunk the myth on red meat increasing the cancer risk. They also go on to talk about the mechanism behind obesity and cancer and most importantly what you can do to decrease...

Do you find night time eating a problem? You’ve been “good” all day but after dinner you find yourself on the couch eating chocolate or ice cream or even both! Every day you tell yourself you’re going to stop but it’s just too hard. Join Dr Lucy and Dr Mary as they discuss this very common scenario and give you practical tips to overcome this issue and achieve your health and weight loss goals New...

Ep87 Rewire your Mindset In this wonderful episode Dr Lucy chats with Brian Keane, a leading nutritionist and personal trainer in Ireland. As you all know, one of Dr Lucy’s favourite things to talk about is mindset. Brian has a wealth of experience in this area, has written a best-selling book and you are sure to fall in love with his beautiful Irish lilt. Brian and Dr Lucy chat about self-care, w...

Is it possible to over eat healthy foods? The short answer is yes! It is possible to overeat any food. In this episode Dr Lucy and Dr Mary discuss the definition of overeating. They chat about the reasons that we can overeat and the reasonable stories our brain can give us to enable overeating. Whilst it is much easier to overeat hyper-palatable processed food, we can indeed over eat real food, ev...

Dr Lucy chants with another lifestyle medicine doctor today about the importance of habits. Dr Orlena Kerek is a habits expert. They chat on the importance of habits and how forming good habits make your life easy! Habits become automatic and then there is no decision fatigue. Just like brushing your teeth, they happen without any internal discussion. Dr Orlena has written a book to help you cemen...

Dr Lucy and Dr Mary chat today about the very popular practice of juice cleanses and juice detoxes. Many people think that doing a juice cleanse will help them lose weight.    They challenge some myth-information on this topic and explain why juice detoxes are in fact not a detox. They also explain why for many people drinking large quantities of juice is in fact harmful to our bodies.&n...

The Fat Ginger Nerd is the title of a book written by Brendan Reid. This is a book of inspiration and hope written by someone who was overweight his whole life. Join Dr Lucy Burns as she chats with Brendan about his weight loss journey. Brendan has lost 50 kg and maintained his weight loss for 5 years by eating low carb. This podcast is full of emotion as Dr Lucy discusses the stigma and bullying...

We’ve all heard the phrase, “just look on the bright side”. Whilst this phrase is often said with well-meaning intent, it can make us feel unheard and that our feelings aren’t valid. Dr Mary and Dr Lucy chat about this today. They explore the difference between toxic positivity and positive psychology. Using some of the tools that fall under the umbrella of positive psychol...

You have heard us say time and time again that many people have the knowledge but implementing that knowledge is the sticking point. This is all about understanding how your mind works. It is only you know the stories in your head and the thought processes that lead to those stories, can you truly change the way you think and the behaviour that follows Join Dr Lucy as she chats with mindset expert...

In today’s episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary chew the fat dogmatic thinking. They discuss Dr Mary’s recent diagnosis of gestational diabetes and that despite her low carb lifestyle, she may still require insulin. Lifestyle changes and medications are not mutually exclusive. Good health and self care is not an either/or situation. Optimising lifestyle may mean a reduction or even a cessation...

At Real Life Medicine, we strongly believe in not just giving you the highlight reel. Too often, weight loss stories are curated are shared as success stories but rather than inspiring us, they can just make is feel bad for not being able to achieve the same results. Join Dr Lucy as she chats with Raelene Stratton, a real woman who in her thirties, found herself staring down the barrel of a life o...

Join Dr Lucy as she chats with one her mentors Emma McQueen. Emma taught Dr Lucy and Dr Mary so many things that they now incorporate into their lives as thriving women! Emma McQueen is a business coach, an author and runs a wonderful program empowering female business owners.  Dr Lucy and Emma chat about many of the things people need do in business are also the things we need to lose weight...

What is the difference between hypnotherapy, mindfulness and meditation? How can these tools help you gain health and lose weight? Continuing on from their discussion on hypnotherapy last week, Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns talk though how you can master the powerful tools of meditation and mindfulness to improve your health and empower your weight loss journey. Although not necessarily easy, t...

Despite its long-standing use and strong evidence base, hypnotherapy is often cloaked mysticism and myth. Weight loss experts and medical doctors Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson are both trained medical hypnotherapists. They frequently use this powerful and safe tool to empower their patients and clients lose weight and gain health. As skilled hypnotherapists they harness the power of the subcons...

How can you navigate the over-abundance of chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and sugary high carb food available during Easter? How do you deal with the social pressure to eat unhealthy foods? Medical doctors, experienced mindset coaches and weight loss experts Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns share their highly-skilled advice to navigate Easter festivities without “falling off the wagon”...

Do bubble baths count as self care? Does buying those expensive shoes mean you are looking after yourself? What about wine, chocolate and watching TV on the couch? Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson examine the difference between self care and self soothing. To truly care for your mind and body now and in the future you need to engage in self care. Not just the self soothing. Extra show notes &...

Many of us are waiting for the right time to start a lifestyle change.  We have a story in our head that it has to be perfect or we can’t do it. "The diet has to be perfect or it's not going to work”. "My life has to be perfect – I can’t have any distractions". These are some of the “reasonable stories” that keeps us stuck. Join Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy B...

Do you use food or alcohol to reward yourself after a hard day? So many of us do! This is often a learned response since childhood. Just think of the children getting lollipops after vaccinations. Do you ever restrict food as a punishment? Often this is something that happened to us as children. Using food as a reward and food-restriction as a punishment can keep us trapped in unhealthy patterns....

Dr Lucy Burns chews the fat with nutritionist Aaron Day. Aaron is a low carb practitioner from Brisbane. He helps people bring carbohydrates back into their diet after they have been low carb and like us is a fan of busting through the "all or nothing" mentality.  He shares some great tips on how to increase your carbohydrate intake without fear of regaining all the lost weight. Join us to le...

Join Dr Lucy in this week’s episode as she chats with the most fabulous Tracey McBeath. Tracey aka “The Health & Healing Coach” is an expert in mind management and creating space to be able to see things differently.    Many of us have knowledge but implementing that knowledge is where we get stuck. Tracey’s new book "You Have Today: 100 Insights that will cha...

What are food cravings? Why do we get them? What can we do about them? Medical doctors, and weight loss experts, Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns, breakdown the physiology and psychology of food cravings in easy-to-understand terms. They discuss how you can deal with cravings, reduce their frequency and intensity, and simply get on with your healthiest life. Free ebook https://www.rlmedicine.com/n...

Nothing ever changes if nothing ever changes. Challenging our thoughts is key to changing our behaviour. And of course, it is the behaviour change that ultimately leads to long term weight loss. Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns discuss how to cultivate a growth mindset and how doing so is the most important change we all must make if we want to reclaim our health for good. Embracing our failures,...

We almost, but not completely, align with the intuitive eating and health at any size movements. These movements put forward many wonderful and healthy ideals that align well with our philosophy. We are very strong believers that self-worth is not dictated by the number on the scales. We believe that tuning into our bodies and treating ourselves with kindness is key to long term health. There is,...

Join Dr Lucy as she chats with Monique, a super high achieving women who has spent years on the diet rollercoaster. Monique was on boards, committees and even climbed to Everest base camp! She shares her story where, as a busy mum of five, working and studying full time, she lost herself.  As menopause approached she found herself overweight and overwhelmed. She was pre-diabetic, suffered int...