Thriving As A Physician: How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life

Do you ever have weeks that completely throw you off course in your weight loss plans? It doesn't have to be that way. With some planning and the tips in this week's podcast, you can face hectic weeks and come out with your weight loss intact.

Do you fear being overly permissive with your eating? This can lead us straight to the permissive trap where we unintentionally create permissiveness. In this week's episode I'll teach you all about the permissive trap and how to avoid it in your weight loss journey. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/permissive-trap or by emailing info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca.

Questions about fasting? This week's episode with Megan Ramos of The Fasting Method is packed full of the current evidence and tips about fasting as a tool for weight loss and metabolic health improvement. Check out the blog post at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/fasting Comment at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Today we are talking about how to set goals that truly work for you. Often we set a goal and then stop there, but the reality is to be successful in that goal, you need to take more steps. In this episode, I will you give you my step by step system for setting goals that actually work for you. Send me comments at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

This week's episode will teach you how to reflect back on your previous year and look forward to what you want this year. Doing this work with help launch you towards all of your goals in 2020. Email comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Bonnie Koo, MD is a board certified dermatologist and founder of Wealthy Mom MD. She empowers women physicians to take control of their finances and create the life they want. Finances and weight are related in a few different ways and feeling in control of your finances is an important part of feeling in control of life in general. Email comments to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Never fear, your holiday pep talk is here! We are in the final stretches of December and how you approach these final days matter. Today I am giving you a pep talk to stay focussed and keep treating yourself with compassion. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/xmas-pep-talk or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

December can be an exhausting month. And when it gets exhausting, sticking to your food and exercise plan can feel like just too much. Enter holiday weight gain :). Make this year different by focussing on keeping self care in your schedule. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/holiday-selfcare or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Weight loss over the holiday season… Impossible? Is weight gain inevitable? No necessarily. The best tool that can make the difference between weight gain and weight loss is creating a personalized holiday season plan. Learn how to make yours in this episode. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/holiday-plans or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Have you ever lost weight only to "find" it again? If so, it is important to know that it isn't your fault. In this episode, Dr. Alexandra Sowa and I are reviewing the science behind why weight regain happens and what tools you can use to maintain a weight loss. Dr. Alexandra Sowa is a board-certified physician of internal medicine and obesity medicine specialist.  Comment at https://www.weightsol...

Cultivating positive beliefs about your weight loss will change your whole experience and propel you forward towards your goals. Learn 10 powerful beliefs and how to start using them in your own life in this episode. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/powerful-beliefs or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Don't let these weight loss beliefs sneak under the radar. Left alone, they can slow you down! Listen to this week's episode to hear the 10 most common limiting beliefs and how to approach them. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/sneaky-beliefs or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Do other peoples and comments about your weight and eating throw you into a spin? Stop them from impacting your weight loss efforts with the tips in this week's episode. You can stay in control regardless of what people say. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/opinions or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

We all have an internal narrator for our life. With these tips, you can make your internal narrator help you achieve your weight loss goals more quickly and easily. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/narrator or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Life coaching for physicians is a fantastic tool with a building body of evidence of its effectiveness. This week's guest, Dr. Sunny Smith and I discuss the latest research and how coaching can make your life better. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/dr-smith or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Do you struggle with eating in the evening and night? This is the most common thing my clients struggle with. Evening eating can really slow down weight loss. In this episode, I will help you understand why this happens and give you my best tips for stopping overeating at night. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/evening or email at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Do you ever feel pulled in two opposite directions? It is important to really look at these tug of wars and what really underlies them. When you understand the root of this process, you can start taking back your control. Listen to this week's podcast below to learn more about how to end these internal tug of wars and find weight loss ease. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/Tu...

Dr. Scher is a board certified cardiologist and lipidologist in San Diego. He is the medical director at dietdoctor.com and the host of the diet doctor podcast. This episode is filled with balanced information about the current evidence for low carb eating and how it pertains to heart health. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/dr.scher or email at info@weightsolutionsforphysici...

If you struggle sticking to a plan, this episode is for you! To stick to a plan, you need to shift your focus from perfection to consistency. Following a plan "well enough" consistently will get you further than doing it perfectly for a short period of time. Listen in for my top 4 tips to build consistency. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/consistency or email info@weightsolu...

Having extra weight is not all negative. Having the weight and working on changing habits brings positive gifts that you may not have noticed. This week I discuss excess weight from a different perspective. What gifts is your weight giving you? Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/gifts-excess-weight or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Joan Ifland. Listen in for some great thoughts and tips about the impact of food addiction in our society, Dr. Joan Ifland, PHD is a food addiction expert and author of the only food addiction textbook, Processed Food Addiction. Backed by new technology developed in the textbook, Dr. Ifland has developed cutting-edge innovations in online programs a...

Being on call and dealing with sleep deprivation is a fact of life for many physicians. It can be a major factor in derailing your weight loss but with the right approach, you can learn to sail through call without eating off your plan. Download your Free On Call Plan at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/on-call. Email your questions to info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

When we start a weight loss journey, we have preconceived beliefs about how it will go. In this episode, I am going to show you the power of choosing your beliefs around your weight loss. You can decide how you want your weight loss experience to be and create it using the power of beliefs. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/beliefs or email at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians...

Self doubt is a sneaky emotion. It is often hidden and doesn't sit right at the surface of our emotions. And yet, it can drive so many behaviours like overeating or eating off plan. In this week's episode, I talk about my experiences with self doubt and give you some tips on managing self doubt in your own life. Comment on the blog https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/self-doubt or send me...

Taking care of your mental health is an important aspect of keeping up with your busy life and managing your weight. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Georgia Ede, MD who is a Harvard trained psychiatrist and an expert on the impact of diet on mental health. I've linked to the references she mentions in this episode at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/georgia-ede. Comment...