Thriving as a Physician
How to Lose Weight & Love Your Life
Podcast
Physicians… Ready to lose weight and manage emotional or binge eating while loving your life more?
Hosted by Dr. Siobhan Key, an Obesity Medicine Physician and Certified Coach, this podcast teaches you practical, sustainable tools to lose weight and thrive in your life at the same time. Each episode will show you how to move away from always feeling restricted and frustrated to discovering what really works for lasting weight loss. You deserve to thrive. [Previously the Weight Solutions for Physicians podcast.]
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How Physicians Can Start Weight Loss So They Can Actually Keep Going
Another Monday morning. You're standing in your kitchen at 5:30 AM, meal prepping like your life depends on it. You've thrown out all the chips. You've stocked up on protein and vegetables. You've told yourself this time will be different. And maybe it is. For three...
Why Smart Physicians Feel Stupid Around Food (And What to Do About It)
I remember sitting in my car after another long shift, unwrapping the Wendy's I'd just gone through the drive-thru for. Again. I'd told myself that morning I wasn't going to do it. I'd packed a lunch. I knew exactly what I was doing to my body. And yet there I was....
The Perfectionism Block: Why Trying to Do Weight Loss “Right” Keeps Physicians Stuck
Are You Stuck in the Perfectionism Trap? As physicians, we're trained to do things right. Follow protocols. Get the perfect result. This serves us well in medicine, but when it comes to weight loss? It's actually keeping us stuck. I learned this the hard way. For...
Stop Beating Yourself Up After Weekend Eating: A Physician’s No-Shame Approach
You know that awful feeling after a weekend of eating way off-plan? The shame that starts Sunday night. The self-blame that carries into Monday morning. The "I'll start over tomorrow" drama that never actually works. I spent years stuck in this cycle. Weekend after...
Why Summer Eating Sucks for Women Doctors (And What Actually Works)
Summer Should Be Easy, Right? Wrong. I've been thinking about something that comes up every year - why the hell is summer so hard for eating? You'd think it would be easier. Fresh everything. Time off. But if you're like most women doctors, you started June with good...
Live Q&A Part 2: Food Addiction vs Emotional Eating (Plus Sweet Cravings & Identity Shifts)
Understanding what empowers you vs what makes you feel broken "It feels like I must eat and I don't know how to not do it. Is there such thing as food addiction or is it all emotional eating that's driving me?" This question came from a physician during my live...
Live Q&A Part 1: When Physician Stress Eating Feels Out of Control
Real questions from real doctors about emotional eating, call room binges, and why starting feels impossible "I've been following you for some time and I just can't pull the trigger to start. I want to lose weight so badly. What's stopping me?" This question came from...
Why Women Physicians Rebel Against Diet Plans (And How to Work With It Instead of Fighting It)
I need to tell you something that might surprise you: that voice in your head that rebels against your eating plans isn't trying to screw you over. It's trying to protect you. As a family physician who spent years fighting herself around food, I wasted way too much...
Why Physicians Struggle with Self-Care (And How to Finally Fix It)
I caught myself doing it again this week. Feeling overwhelmed, behind on everything, generally crappy. Then it hit me - I hadn't done my morning routine in over a week. The same 15-minute routine that I KNOW makes my entire day feel better. Sound familiar? Maybe...
Why Monday Morning Weight Loss Motivation Fails for Women Physicians (And What Actually Works Instead)
Hey there. If you're reading this on a Monday morning, I'm betting you woke up with some version of "this week will be different" playing in your head. Sound about right? Maybe you're mentally going through everything you ate this weekend. Maybe you're already...
The 3 Physician Weight Loss Skills That Beat Willpower Every Time
Why Everything You Think About Weight Loss Is Wrong I just spent two weeks completely disconnected from work. Came home sick. And immediately fell into our classic physician trap - adding extra clinic time because I felt guilty for being gone. Sound familiar? As I was...
Physicians and Binge Eating: Is weight loss possible?
"If I could just lose 20 pounds, I'd be fine. I just have to stop binging" I hear this from physicians all the time. The logic seems sound – fix the weight, fix the eating. But here's what working with hundreds of physicians has taught me: trying to lose weight FIRST...
How to Thrive in Your Weight Loss & Life
