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

Goal-setting is one of the most powerful tools that you can incorporate into your weight loss process. In today's episode I talk about how to set goals and make them propel you towards where you want to be. Comment at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/goal-setting or email me at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sasha Shillcutt of Brave Enough about her experiences with physician burnout.   She coaches and leads a group with a focus on equipping women to live and lead authentically. Comment on this episode at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/sasha-shillcutt or email me at info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

Are there foods with magical powers in your life? These are the foods that feel impossible to resist. Or the ones that feel like your life wouldn't be the same without them. Join me in this episode to learn how to identify these foods in your life and neutralize their magical powers. Once neutralized, you can live a life of ease around these foods and continue on your long term weight loss path.

Join me this week for a chat with Lily Nichols. Lily is a dietician with an interest in prenatal nutrition and gestational diabetes. She is an author of two books, "Real Food for Pregnancy" and "Real Food for Gestational Diabetes". Lily is a wealth of knowledge about the current evidence around nutritional requirements in pregnancy. Check her out at:  http://lilynicholsrdn.com . Comment on this ep...

Almost universally, when we make a "mistake" on our weight loss and eat something we hadn't planned, we are really tough on ourselves. We spend a lot of time and energy beating ourselves up about our choices. In this episode, I will show you that this is not an effective way to get yourself to make behavioural changes. The far more effective way is take a "Positive Parenting" approach to dealing w...

Join me this week to hear Dr. Kukaswadia's story about how she transformed her metabolic health with a lower carb diet and developed a new passion for recipe creation on the instagram account My No Sugar, All Spice Kitchen. She has great tips for making a lower carb diet work as well as some great recipe tips. Comment on https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/no-sugar-all-spice or email me at...

How often do you start a diet with great intentions but then end up feeling deprived about food you can't eat?   You are not alone.   I think this is one of the biggest reasons people stop following a food plan.   Here's a secret: The feeling of deprivation isn't coming from the food you "can" or "can't" eat, it's coming from your thoughts about how you are trying to eat.   This is great news! Thi...

I happy to welcome Dr. Evelyne Bourdua-Roy to the podcast this week. Dr. Bourdua-Roy is a Family Physician and author who runs a low carb clinic for metabolic health. In this episode, we talk about her best tips that she uses with her patients and herself as well as her book "Eat Fat to Lose Weight with the Keto and Low Carb Diet" Comment on this episode at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians...

Everyone talks about how great low carb eating is and how easy it is to lose weight on it. But what if you just can't get yourself to start? Or what if you start and see results but keep making choices that sabotage your success? In this episode, I'm sharing my top 3 reasons why it may be hard to start a low carb way of eating or why it may be hard to stick to it consistently. Comment on this post...

Summer can be one of the hardest times of the year to stay focussed on your weight loss. This bonus episode is the recording from my webinar "Top 3 Summer Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them". Register for by Best Summer Ever program at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/summer . Registration closes June 14 at 9pm PST. Save your spot now!

This week I have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Brian Lenzkes to the show. Brian is a host on the Low Carb MD Podcast and an Internal Medicine Physician in California.   He has great thoughts and experience on using lower carb eating as a therapeutic tool. Are you tired of summers passing you by? Join my Best Summer Ever group coaching program.   We are going to have an amazing summer! Register at...

What is one of the most sneaky thoughts that could be undermining your weight loss efforts? In this episode, I talk about how we subconsciously undermine ourselves and how building awareness of these patterns will transform your life.   Remember: You are amazing and you are killing it! Comment on this episode at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/enough or email me at info@weightsolutions...

This week I have a special guest, Sarah Bowen Shea from the Another Mother Runner podcast.   Sarah and her business partner Dimity have been helping women get moving with running, regardless of size, fitness level or age for the past 10 years.   In this episode, Sarah gives you her best tips for starting out with running and how to fit it into a busy physician schedule. Post your thoughts at https...

Can exercise make up for bad eating habits? Are all those magazine articles about the latest way to lose weight correct?   What if you can't exercise, are your attempts at weight loss doomed?   In this episode, I review the basics behind exercise and weight loss. And I discuss a way to view exercise to celebrate it for what it can do for you. Send me comments at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysi...

This week I am excited to have Ellie Kempton of Simply Nourished Nutrition on the podcast. Ellie is a registered dietician who specializes in helping women age gracefully through nutrition and lifestyle design. If you are wondering how your age or menopausal state may be impacting your weight loss efforts, then this episode is for you! Send me your comments and questions at https://www.weightsolut...

Wondering how to stay on track with your weight loss when family keeps buying junk food? Or how to get back on track if you have been off your plan for days or even weeks? What role should exercise play in your weight loss efforts?   All these listener questions and more are answered in today's Q&A show. Did I miss your question? Send it to me for upcoming episodes at info@weight solutionsforphysi...

Sugar. So sweet. So compelling.   Our brains like it. We like it.   So why shouldn't we eat it? In this episode, I explain why there are far more important reasons to steer clear of sugar than just the calories it adds to foods.   I teach you what it does to our brains, what it does to our metabolism and what the health implications are.     Send me your comments at https://www.weightsolutionsforp...

Binge Eating Disorder is the most common eating disorder and is rarely talked about. It can feel so overwhelming and hard to control.  If you struggle with binge eating, then this episode is for you! Lauren Ciesco is a Binge Eating Coach and has some great tips about how you can get control of binge eating. Questions or comments? Post them at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/binge Email...

Are cravings derailing your weight loss efforts? In this episode I teach you my step-by-step approach to dealing with food cravings. You can learn to manage them and this episode will teach you how. Let me know what you think at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/cravings or email info@weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca

This week's interview is with Barbra Allen Bradshaw and Carol Loffelmann, founders of the Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition. They are both busy physicians who separately came to understand the power of nutrition and have joined forces to support fellow physicians and change the food landscape in Canada. Listen in to hear their personal journeys with lower carb, whole food eating and th...

What type of thoughts do you have about your food choices and whether you are going to stick to your plan? Often these are passive in nature and open the door to self sabotage. Changing them to more confident thoughts is simple to do and makes a huge difference. In this episode, I show you how using an example from my life. Comment on the episode at https://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/conf...

Judith Gaton of the New Glam Gal Podcast is with me today and we are talking about how to dress so you feel great. No matter where you are on your weight loss journey, she has tips for you. Comment on this episode at http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/glamgal

Don't let your weight loss ship get sunk! We tend to focus on the scale, our eating habits and activity as the main targets for losing weight. But, there are things under the water that are more important to long term weight loss than what is easy to see. In this episode, I explain my iceberg analogy and how to start addressing some of the deeper influencing factors. Check out the graphic for this...

Eating out is a fact of life for most people. It can also be one of the biggest stumbling blocks when you are trying to lose weight. What can you eat? How do you stay on plan? What do you order if you are eating lower carb? In this episode I will cover all this and more.  Plus I will give you my best tips for eating out low carb off of (almost) any menu. Send me your favourites at info@weightsolut...

Weight loss and fun? Is it even possible? Absolutely! And making the process enjoyable will make it easier and longer lasting. Listen as I review 5 tips for making weight loss more enjoyable and keeping a positive attitude through the process while still living a busy physician lifestyle. Download your free worksheet at www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/fun.