Smart Weight Loss Coaching | Nutrition, Mindset and Fitness Tips for Women Who Want To Level Up Their Health, Wellness and Longevity
Are you looking for a SMART and sustainable approach to weight loss? One that rejects restrictive diet plans, self-blame and punishing protocols? You’re in the right place! This show discusses how to lose weight by addressing nutrition, mindset and fitness.
Tune in for answers to questions like:
-How do I lose weight?
-What are the best foods for weight loss?
-What are the best exercises for weight loss and fitness?
-What’s the most successful medication for weight loss?
-Why am I not losing weight?
-How do I maintain weight loss?
-Is it possible to lose weight if I have Binge Eating Disorder?
-How can I live healthier longer and increase my healthspan?
-How do I create balance to increase my sense of wellness?
Your host, Lisa Oldson, MD is a board certified physician and a certified life & weight loss coach. She helps women reach and maintain their healthy weight by sharing the latest science and closing the door on unhelpful nutrition and fitness concepts. You will NEVER hear her utter the phrase, “Just eat less and move more.”
Most people know what they “should” do to lose weight, but there’s something that blocks us from our goals. Each week, Dr. Lisa delivers fresh insights and effective techniques for shedding pounds. By incorporating mindset work, behavioral change and medical science, Dr. Lisa shares the SMART way to achieve & maintain weight loss. SMART weight loss focuses on health, wellness, quality of life and longevity.
Learn more about working with Dr. Lisa at www.SmartWeightLossCoaching.com.
Episodes
123 episodes
122. Mindset Over Willpower: Using Psychology To Transform Weight Loss and Improve Your Healthspan
If you’ve ever felt like you just don’t have enough willpower to lose weight, this episode is for you. Dr. Lisa shares research from psychologists Dr. Traci Mann, Dr. Wendy Wood, and Dr. Ellen Langer to show why willpower isn’t the answer , and...
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121. Breast Cancer Prevention: 5 Lifestyle Changes That Can Lower Your Risk
One in eight women will face a breast cancer diagnosis in her lifetime, but research shows that up to 70% of cases may be preventable through lifestyle choices. In this episode, Dr. Lisa Oldson explores the most powerful, science-backed ways to...
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15:46
120. Weight Loss Without Willpower: How Healthy Habits Make Success Automatic
Think thin people have more willpower? Think again. In this episode, Dr. Lisa explains why sustainable weight loss has nothing to do with superhuman discipline and everything to do with building SMART, automatic habits. From skipping the cookie...
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14:06
119. The Secret to Sustainable Weight Loss: Nail It, or SNAIL IT, In Five Easy Steps
If you’ve ever felt frustrated because your weight loss feels too slow, this episode is for you. Dr. Lisa talks about why so many people quit on themselves when the scale doesn’t move fast enough, and why that’s often a mistake. You’ll hear abo...
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15:36
118. Dr. Lisa Spills The Tea About Orforglipron, The Affordable Weight Loss Pill Option That’s Awaiting FDA Approval
If injectable weight loss drugs like Zepbound can help people lose 20% of their weight, what about a once-a-day pill that achieves 12% weight loss, without the needles and sky-high cost? In this episode, Lisa Oldson, MD shares Andrea’s journey ...
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117. Weight Loss, Health, and the Lie We’ve Been Fed- Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are the New Cigarettes
In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Lisa calls out the real culprit sabotaging your weight loss and health: ultra-processed foods. What if we told you that quitting them is as hard, and as necessary, as quitting smoking? For those of you who are c...
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116. Chronic Stress In Women…How It Hijacks Our Hormones And Our Weight Loss Goals (And What We Can Do About It!)
In today's episode of the SWLC Podcast, Lisa Oldson, MD opens up about an intensely personal period of acute stress, and uses that story to jump into the science behind chronic stress, hormonal shifts, and weight gain in women.If ...
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15:54
115. The Truth About Calories: Why Exercise Isn’t the Key to Weight Loss
Is your desk job really to blame for stubborn weight gain? In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Lisa Oldson breaks down a groundbreaking global study led by Duke University researchers that challenges everything we’ve been told about calories, move...
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114. Longevity by Design: How Your Shoes, Your Home, and the Stairs You Take Affect Your Health and Weight (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this two-part series, Dr. Lisa shifts gears from short-term food choices to the daily habits and decisions that shape your long-term health, weight, and mobility. This episode explores how seemingly simple choices, like buying slip...
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113. 35,000 Daily Decisions: How Small Choices Shape Your Health, Weight, and Longevity (Part 1)
What do slip-on Skechers, ranch-style homes, and marshmallow fluff have to do with wellness and weight loss? A lot more than you’d think. In this first part of a two-part series, Dr. Lisa takes you inside the 35,000 micro-decisions we make each...
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112. Simple Pleasures vs. The Food Carnival: Rewriting the Vacation Narrative For Weight Loss and Wellness
Can you really enjoy vacation or host friends without overindulging in junk food? YES. YOU. CAN.In this episode, Dr. Lisa shares highlights from the best weekend ever...A trip to rural Michigan filled with simple ple...
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111. When Creating New Healthy Habits Feels Impossible (Habit Change For Weight Loss, Longevity, and Wellness)
Ever feel like your new habits are stuck in “I’ll start Monday” mode? In this episode, Dr. Lisa shares a story about her client’s husband, and her own six-month delay in starting a shuffle dance class, to explore why habit change feels so hard....
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110. PCOS, Insulin Resistance, and Grandma Dot: Understanding Hormones, Weight & Metabolic Health
In this episode, Dr. Lisa takes a deep dive into PCOS, insulin resistance, and their link to weight gain and metabolic health, using a story about her quirky Grandma Dot to explain how insulin works. Learn how hormones like insulin, leptin, cor...
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18:32
109. Retatrutide: Why This Next-Gen Weight Loss Med Has Everyone Talking
Today’s episode dives into Retatrutide—the upcoming “Triple G” weight loss medication creating major buzz. Dr. Lisa shares the science behind this powerful GLP-1 / GIP / glucagon receptor agonist, explains why it’s being called the “Ta...
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17:00
108. Pride, Pain, Weight Loss & Lemon Bars: Navigating Hate with Hope and Healing
In this deeply personal and emotional episode, Dr. Lisa recounts a harrowing experience of verbal assault while en route to a local Pride parade. Through humor, vulnerability, and education, she explores the connection between hormones, stress,...
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107. Weight Loss Wisdom & Cookie Detours
What do a weird car noise, two insanely good cookies, and your weight loss journey have in common? Way more than you think.In this episode, Dr. Lisa shares a personal (and oddly delicious) story about a recurring thunking noise in her ca...
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16:10
106. Categorical Self Binding For Weight Loss, Longevity, and Even Cancer Prevention
Today, Dr. Lisa explores categorical self binding, a strategy where you intentionally avoid entire categories of food (like sugary drinks or ultra-processed snacks) to support weight loss, metabolic health, and potentially even cancer pr...
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17:40
105. Weight Loss With GLP-1 Agonist Medications, Sarcopenic Obesity, Muscle Loss, and Protein Intake
Sarcopenic obesity is when we have an imbalance in our body composition with too much fat tissue and not enough muscle tissue. Not everyone who carries excess weight has this, but for those who do, the health and functional impact is tremendous...
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19:38
104. Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Healthier, Impact Your Weight, Heart Health, Brain Health & Risk For Diabetes, But HOW You Drink Your Coffee Matters
There is an abundance of data on the impact of coffee drinking on health. Dr. Lisa shares the data on the way coffee impacts our risk for premature death, diabetes, depression, heart disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia, and other hea...
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16:50
103. Take These Steps To Reduce Stress & Anxiety (For Weight Loss & Better Health!)
Life throws us massive stress at times, but what about the daily worries that impact our stress hormones, and through that, impact our weight, our longevity, and our metabolic health? Sometimes we inadvertently choose thoughts that create undue...
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17:22
102. Dr. Lisa’s 3 Step Plan To Tame Food Desire When You’re Trying To Lose Weight & Improve Your Health
If you find healthy eating and weight loss challenging because you struggle with desire for certain foods, Dr. Lisa's 3 step plan to tame food desire is exactly what you need. There's nothing wrong with wanting treats, and for having them at ti...
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13:17
101. 4 Japanese Inspired Steps For Weight Loss, Better Metabolic Health, and Longevity
While some people may be familiar with kaizen as a business philosophy used by Toyota, it's also an approach we can tap into for continuous self improvement and behavioral change. In today's episode, Dr. Lisa walks you through 4 simple steps to...
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100. Special Episode - Dr. Lisa Peels Back The Curtain On Her Personal Life
In today’s episode, Bridget Brennan interviews Lisa Oldson, not about health, longevity, or weight loss, but about her life. If you’ve listened to all 100 episodes of the Smart Weight Loss Coaching Podcast, you surely feel you know Dr. Lisa, bu...
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99. Flaxseeds, Chia Seeds and All The Seeds For Better Health, Weight Loss and Longevity
Do you feel like the only one intimidated by all the talk about seeds, omega 3 fatty acids, and antioxidants? It's not just you! Any food can seem unapproachable until you get familiar with it, which is why Dr. Lisa is doing a deep div...
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98. Four EASY Spring Cleaning Actions For Your Health & Weight (aka How To Spring Clean Your FOOD, Your BODY, Your BRAIN, and Your HOME!)
It's SPRING! If you're the kind of person who loves spring cleaning, or is at least WILLING to entertain a spring spruce up, Dr. Lisa has 4 EASY spring cleaning tips that will have an impact on your weight loss and your health. Whet...
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