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

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 episode at http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/iceberg

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 [email protected]

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.

Bad days happen. We can't expect ourselves to be happy and positive all the time. For many of us, avoiding negative emotions drives overeating and eating off plan. This is a common cause of why "diets" fail. You need to build skills in tolerating negative emotions to be able to weather what life throws at you without turning to food. In this episode, I teach you an approach to start building awareness of your emotions that may be driving eating, how to tolerate them without trying to change them and how to figure out what the root causes of the emotions might be to create a plan to reduce them. Let me know how you are applying this to your weight loss journey at http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/tolerating.

Join me for a chance to pick the brain of a very knowledgable dietitian who uses a lower carb approach with her clients, Joy Kiddie. She has some great points about fat intake and customizing the approach to your unique body. Let us know your thoughts or questions by commenting at weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/lchf-rd. Or send me an email at [email protected].

What happens when you eat something that isn't on your plan or over eat? Does it become a slide that is hard to get off of? In this bonus episode, I go through my 5 step process for dealing with mistakes. Everyone makes them. What matters is how you get back to your plan. Download your free worksheet for this episode.! Email your thoughts to [email protected].

How do you get off the dieting rollercoaster? How can you make sure this is the last time you lose weight? Learn to pay attention to your thoughts. Make them work for you and stop letting them work against you. In this episode, I introduce Brooke Castillo's thought model as a tool for identifying underlying thoughts that impact your weight and eating behaviours. This thought work is key for losing weight and maintaining it with ease. Listen in and lets do this together! Let me know what thoughts you have uncovered at http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/thoughts.

If losing weight is your goal, some form of meal planning and prep is a must. It can seem overwhelming to think about making healthy meals from scratch while managing a busy physician schedule and other demands. It is possible and some planning can make it simple and streamlined. Listen in to my best tips on setting yourself up for success through meal planning and prep. For show notes and links or to comment, http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/meal-planning

What do you do if you just can't stop eating the food you decided you wouldn't eat? You feel sick and uncomfortable and frustrated but keep falling in to the same patterns. Food and sugar addiction is real and not talked about enough. In this episode, I interview Dr. Vera Tarman, Addictions Physician and Author about food addiction. For links and to comment on this episode, go to http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/food-addiction

Do you make plans for giving up habits or changing your eating and then find it hard to follow through? Do you find you can lose a little bit of weight but then stall out and lose focus? In this episode I'll discuss the basics of cultivating motivation for long term weight loss. Your brain is one of your strongest tools or biggest stumbling blocks in weight loss. Let's learn how to make it work for you. How are you staying motivated? Comment here to let me know.

How do you actually eat low carb? What do you eat for Breakfast? For Lunch? For Dinner? How do you eat out? Listen in as Dr. Miriam Berchuk and I discuss our best tips for living a low carb lifestyle. Miriam is an anesthesiologist who works in Calgary and has been eating low carb since 2017. She brings a wealth of personal experience and knowledge to the episode. Did we miss any of your questions? Head over to http://www.weightsolutionsforphysicians.ca/low-carb-living and post your questions to the comments.

What is the best way eat for weight loss while still feeling satisfied? That can be a very controversial topic! The best way for you to eat while losing weight is the one you feel satisfied on and would be able to maintain for the rest of your life. Let me explain why I think using a lower carbohydrate approach to eating meets these requirements and is my preferred approach for myself and people I work with. I'll discuss the basic science behind it and discuss how to apply this to your life. Tune in next week when we cover even more practical tips for low carb eating.

Welcome to the first episode of the Weight Solutions for Physicians podcast. Lets get to know each other! I'll introduce myself, my personal weight history and my experience in helping people with weight issues. Then, I will talk to you about the number one important factor for long term weight loss: mindset. How you think about your weight loss journey can make it or break it. It seems simple but it is so important. Listen in for the details.