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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Enjoy one cookie and move on: The missing weight loss skill
“I’ll just have a handful of chips”... and suddenly the bag is empty “Those cookies look really good - I'll just have one”... and then you blink and find yourself finishing your fourth (even though you feel pretty full already) “It’s been a tough day -...
Reclaiming Exercise: Busting Myths and Setting the record straight
This post is your permission slip to stop feeling guilty about exercise. Life is too short to force yourself to do “exercise” that you hate in the hopes that it will make tomorrow's scale number a little bit lower. We have been fed a whole lot of myths...
How Restriction Drives Overeating: Interview with Dr. Megan Melo MD
In our last coaching call for Thrive Academy for Physicians, three members celebrated big changes in their eating. They weren't working harder, but they no longer felt the strong urge to reach for treats. One stopped eating dessert when she was satisfied (and left...
No More Crappy Diet Food!
Say it with me: “I refuse to eat crappy food I hate just to lose weight” Say it again. Say it louder. Sing it at the top of your lungs. If you need to, tattoo it on your arm so you can’t forget it. We have been told for SO many years that we should be satisfied with...
Binge Eating – Where to Start?
Did you know that most of the ways people try to stop binge eating actually makes the binging worse? It’s true. And it’s why binge eating feels so insurmountable. What you focus on when you try to stop binge eating matters. It is possible to take back control even if...
Restriction v.s. Abundance
Restriction sucks big time. I suspect you agree with me on this. None of us like to be restricted. But the moment we start thinking about losing weight, we are shifting into restrictive thoughts… “I guess I can’t have cream in my coffee any more…” “So & So on...
The ‘right way’ to lose weight as a physician
I wanted to share something with you that came up the other day in a coaching call. This is such an important foundational shift in how you think about your weight and eating that I recorded you a whole podcast episode about it. We’ve been taught to look for the “one...
My 3 Best Tips
Giving yourself permission to slow down and take care of yourself and your own well-being is a skill that I work on with Physicians inside the Thriving As A Physician program. This week on the podcast I share the importance of self-compassion and celebrating...
Dealing with tough things
As much as I wish a smooth and happy life for you, the reality is that tough things are going to happen. Knowing what to do when the tough things happen is an important skill for managing your weight long term. Often a big life event is what leads to people regaining...
5 Reasons Physicians Struggle With Food
I really thought there was something wrong with me. And I was petrified that other people would find out. After all, I was a family doctor. I talked to patients about eating healthy all day long. But I couldn’t stop myself from heading into the drive through at the...
Mindless Eating: When the food is gone before you realize you’re eating
Ever go from seeing a treat to eating it with lightning speed - without a second to think? Or not even notice you’re eating until the chip bag is empty? How the heck are you supposed to stop eating when you don’t even know that you are doing it? (BTW - If you do...
Breaking Free From Food Guilt
Can we all agree that food guilt sucks? You choose to eat something because you have a craving or it simply looks good. And then moments after you have taken the last bite… guilt comes in and sucker punches you in the gut <Oof!> So you wake up the next morning...
How to Thrive in Your Weight Loss & Life
