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Why Willpower Isn’t the Answer to Weight Loss

Why Willpower Isn’t the Answer to Weight Loss

Why Willpower Isn’t the Answer to Weight Loss

For years, I believed—like many of my patients—that willpower was the missing ingredient in weight loss. If only we could be “strong...

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Hunger is not just physical but emotional, relational and universal. Hunger is universal - a sign of unmet needs. When we lean in, we can acknowledge and meet that need- a powerful form of self care.
Ignoring hunger results in reactivity, poor personal health and wellbeing, disconnection in relationships, and disengagement in our lives.
Addressing our hunger creates resilience, emotional regulation and greater engagement in our lives 💫
Now enrolling in Resilient Minds- a deep dive into managing stress and uncertainty in our lives with intention not reactivity. Learn more @dradrienneyoudim.com

#resilience #reactivity #mindbody #mindbodymedicine #emotionalhunger

Hunger is not just physical but emotional, relational and universal. Hunger is universal - a sign of unmet needs. When we lean in, we can acknowledge and meet that need- a powerful form of self care.
Ignoring hunger results in reactivity, poor personal health and wellbeing, disconnection in relationships, and disengagement in our lives.
Addressing our hunger creates resilience, emotional regulation and greater engagement in our lives 💫
Now enrolling in Resilient Minds- a deep dive into managing stress and uncertainty in our lives with intention not reactivity. Learn more @dradrienneyoudim.com

#resilience #reactivity #mindbody #mindbodymedicine #emotionalhunger

Big news on the WHO announcement for the use of GLP1s for the treatment of obesity. First of all- obesity is a chronic disease marked by changes in hormones and physiology.
2. These drugs are intended for LONGTERM use. Many people want to use it as a short term “diet. Listen in to why that’s a bad call.
3. These drugs should be used in conjunction with a healthy (high protein high fiber diet) this goes without saying but many people will lose weight regardless but that too backfires in the long run (I’ve seen it happen many times in my medical practice and perhaps more on that in another video)
But all in all yay 🎉!!!
This obesity medicine specialist is happy! 🥳

#glp #glp1 #obesity #obesitymedicine #wegovy #zepbound #ozempic #monjaro #weightlossjourney

Big news on the WHO announcement for the use of GLP1s for the treatment of obesity. First of all- obesity is a chronic disease marked by changes in hormones and physiology.
2. These drugs are intended for LONGTERM use. Many people want to use it as a short term “diet. Listen in to why that’s a bad call.
3. These drugs should be used in conjunction with a healthy (high protein high fiber diet) this goes without saying but many people will lose weight regardless but that too backfires in the long run (I’ve seen it happen many times in my medical practice and perhaps more on that in another video)
But all in all yay 🎉!!!
This obesity medicine specialist is happy! 🥳

#glp #glp1 #obesity #obesitymedicine #wegovy #zepbound #ozempic #monjaro #weightlossjourney

I start every new month with a new intention. This month I am sharing mine with you. ✨
I hope you allow your life to expand beyond the limits you set for yourself.
Beyond your hunger and beyond your reactivity.
I hope you let it become richer, fuller, and more beautiful than any belief your mind may still try to cling to.
I hope you don’t cap your potential at the level you believed was “reasonable.”
Most of all, I hope you recognize the light within you,
May your life unfold with more grace, purpose, and possibility
than you ever believed you could claim.💫
#newmoon
#newmonth
#settingintentions
#sundaymood☀️
#hellodecember❄️

I start every new month with a new intention. This month I am sharing mine with you. ✨
I hope you allow your life to expand beyond the limits you set for yourself.
Beyond your hunger and beyond your reactivity.
I hope you let it become richer, fuller, and more beautiful than any belief your mind may still try to cling to.
I hope you don’t cap your potential at the level you believed was “reasonable.”
Most of all, I hope you recognize the light within you,
May your life unfold with more grace, purpose, and possibility
than you ever believed you could claim.💫
#newmoon
#newmonth
#settingintentions
#sundaymood☀️
#hellodecember❄️

Why I created Resilient Minds™
A small intimate cohort of likeminded people interested in learning science backed tools to build:

✔ Emotional regulation
✔ Nervous system stability
✔ Freedom from self-sabotaging patterns
✔ Sustainable, aligned habits
✔ Clarity and intentional leadership

16 hours of high-impact, small-group coaching that ensures you’re supported every step of the way.

Next cohort begins Tuesday January 27 -430-630 pacific x 8 weeks

Get $1000 now thru December 1
Link in stories and at dradrienneyoudim.com

Why I created Resilient Minds™
A small intimate cohort of likeminded people interested in learning science backed tools to build:

✔ Emotional regulation
✔ Nervous system stability
✔ Freedom from self-sabotaging patterns
✔ Sustainable, aligned habits
✔ Clarity and intentional leadership

16 hours of high-impact, small-group coaching that ensures you’re supported every step of the way.

Next cohort begins Tuesday January 27 -430-630 pacific x 8 weeks

Get $1000 now thru December 1
Link in stories and at dradrienneyoudim.com

Grateful for enduring love, for blue skies, for the privilege of doctoring, for the joy of older children and even for the white hairs and the laxity of skin that reminds me of the blessings of age.
Wishing you all a joyful, peaceful and meaningful day with your loved ones.
Xx,
dr. adrienne

Grateful for enduring love, for blue skies, for the privilege of doctoring, for the joy of older children and even for the white hairs and the laxity of skin that reminds me of the blessings of age.
Wishing you all a joyful, peaceful and meaningful day with your loved ones.
Xx,
dr. adrienne

Gratitude can mean many things. Sometimes it is kindness directed inward- showing gratitude by showing ourselves grace.
So much of our stress response comes from the belief that we should be able to control everything — our bodies, our schedules, our emotions, our outcomes.
But true resilience begins with allowing.
Allowing disappointment. Allowing joy.
Allowing uncertainty. Allowing change.
In short, allowing the truth of what is, without bending life into what we think it should be.
This is grace and gratitude in action.

Gratitude can mean many things. Sometimes it is kindness directed inward- showing gratitude by showing ourselves grace.
So much of our stress response comes from the belief that we should be able to control everything — our bodies, our schedules, our emotions, our outcomes.
But true resilience begins with allowing.
Allowing disappointment. Allowing joy.
Allowing uncertainty. Allowing change.
In short, allowing the truth of what is, without bending life into what we think it should be.
This is grace and gratitude in action.

I have often said running is like Prozac, Adderral and Xanax all rolled into one. I start out with a mind full of worries and end with lessons. Today three stood out most.

1. This weeks events reminded me that life is precious my friends. I know you know. But let’s try hard to live like we know.

2. I was reminded of a lesson I learned while breastfeeding as a resident. Your capacity is directly proportional to the challenges that lay before you.

3. And finally life is hard, beautiful and absurd. Don’t take it or yourself too seriously.

Here’s me today at mile 5. I look pretty good right?? Yeah well you should have seen me 6.2 miles later 😛

Next stop 13.1 🙌

I have often said running is like Prozac, Adderral and Xanax all rolled into one. I start out with a mind full of worries and end with lessons. Today three stood out most.

1. This weeks events reminded me that life is precious my friends. I know you know. But let’s try hard to live like we know.

2. I was reminded of a lesson I learned while breastfeeding as a resident. Your capacity is directly proportional to the challenges that lay before you.

3. And finally life is hard, beautiful and absurd. Don’t take it or yourself too seriously.

Here’s me today at mile 5. I look pretty good right?? Yeah well you should have seen me 6.2 miles later 😛

Next stop 13.1 🙌

Wahoo!!!
Thousands of us dedicated to #obesity are gathered at the annual #ObesityWeek conference in Atlanta excited to hear the news of price drops for these drugs🎉
These drugs appear to have tremendous benefits for
🧘🏻‍♀️weight loss
🍸alcohol use disorder
🚬addiction
🧠dementia risk
🫀cardiovascular diseases including heart attack and stroke
☄️ reduced inflammation
But also can have adverse effects including data presented at #obesityweek today showing that interruptions and discontinuations have consequences including increases in inflammation and CVD risk.
Here’s my advice-
Be informed
Find a knowledgeable physician.
I wouldn’t give you Botox, breast implants or chemo-
You should not get prescribed by your dermatologist, dentist or butcher.
Unless they are trained in obesity medicine 🤷🏻‍♀️
#ow2025
#obesitymedicine
#obesitymedicinespecialist
#glp1

Wahoo!!!
Thousands of us dedicated to #obesity are gathered at the annual #ObesityWeek conference in Atlanta excited to hear the news of price drops for these drugs🎉
These drugs appear to have tremendous benefits for
🧘🏻‍♀️weight loss
🍸alcohol use disorder
🚬addiction
🧠dementia risk
🫀cardiovascular diseases including heart attack and stroke
☄️ reduced inflammation
But also can have adverse effects including data presented at #obesityweek today showing that interruptions and discontinuations have consequences including increases in inflammation and CVD risk.
Here’s my advice-
Be informed
Find a knowledgeable physician.
I wouldn’t give you Botox, breast implants or chemo-
You should not get prescribed by your dermatologist, dentist or butcher.
Unless they are trained in obesity medicine 🤷🏻‍♀️
#ow2025
#obesitymedicine
#obesitymedicinespecialist
#glp1

Emotional eating is just a form of reactivity- like lashing out, compulsive drinking, shopping, working…
It comes from an underlying emotion that is driving the show. Here’s a practice
Step 1: pause before reacting
Step 2: ask yourself what is the underlying emotion- be as specific as you can. Just labeling will lessen reactivity in the amygdala
Step 3: offer yourself a self soothing practice. Hand on heart is my personal favorite.
Step 4: Feel where that emotion is in your body. Take a few breathes. Remind yourself that even if the emotion is difficult you can tolerate it. All the while breathing, offerring yourself soothing touch and words of reassurance. Remind yourself hard as it may be you can tolerate difficult emotions.
Step 4: Notice that desire to react might ease.
Remember this is a practice. You may still snap at your child or grab that Halloween candy but chances are with practice you will become less reactive and more intentional.
#mindbody #emotionaleating #emotionalhunger #reactivity

Emotional eating is just a form of reactivity- like lashing out, compulsive drinking, shopping, working…
It comes from an underlying emotion that is driving the show. Here’s a practice
Step 1: pause before reacting
Step 2: ask yourself what is the underlying emotion- be as specific as you can. Just labeling will lessen reactivity in the amygdala
Step 3: offer yourself a self soothing practice. Hand on heart is my personal favorite.
Step 4: Feel where that emotion is in your body. Take a few breathes. Remind yourself that even if the emotion is difficult you can tolerate it. All the while breathing, offerring yourself soothing touch and words of reassurance. Remind yourself hard as it may be you can tolerate difficult emotions.
Step 4: Notice that desire to react might ease.
Remember this is a practice. You may still snap at your child or grab that Halloween candy but chances are with practice you will become less reactive and more intentional.
#mindbody #emotionaleating #emotionalhunger #reactivity

It’s on baby 🔥
A few weeks ago my eldest asked me to join her in a half marathon - to which I answered ummm, no thanks.

It’s been almost 13 years since I ran @lamarathon and I haven’t run even short distances for months!

But then I ran 6.5 miles with her and today I ran 8 and some change.

So here goes!

I have 27 days to get to 13.1 🏃🏻‍♀️
Thanks to @elliatorkian for reminding me I can do hard things 💪🏼 and to you for keeping me accountable.
@torkianaesthetics convinced me to buy the cancel insurance. Let’s make sure I don’t use it 🙌🏼

#letsdothis

It’s on baby 🔥
A few weeks ago my eldest asked me to join her in a half marathon - to which I answered ummm, no thanks.

It’s been almost 13 years since I ran @lamarathon and I haven’t run even short distances for months!

But then I ran 6.5 miles with her and today I ran 8 and some change.

So here goes!

I have 27 days to get to 13.1 🏃🏻‍��♀️
Thanks to @elliatorkian for reminding me I can do hard things 💪🏼 and to you for keeping me accountable.
@torkianaesthetics convinced me to buy the cancel insurance. Let’s make sure I don’t use it 🙌🏼

#letsdothis

Our hunger represents our unmet physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational needs.
When these needs go unmet we are more likely to be reactive.

🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏽‍♂️Physical hunger longs for rest, movement, nourishment, and regulation — the basic bodily needs that support your physical health and vitality.

💗Emotional hunger seeks validation, belonging and comfort — the reassurance that our inner world is seen and valued.

☯️ Spiritual hunger yearns for purpose, and meaning or faith and surrender — connection to something larger than ourselves.

👩‍❤️‍👨Relational hunger desires attention, connection, and intimacy — the bonds that remind us we are not alone.

When these hungers go unmet, we become reactive — quick to anger, to craving, to withdrawal.
But when we feed them intentionally, they become the foundation of resilience, presence, and self-respect.

🎧Deep dive on this weeks HealthBite podcast ✨

#healthandwellbeing #mentalhealth
#nutrition
#healthpodcast
#wellbeingpodcast
#hungryformore

Our hunger represents our unmet physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational needs.
When these needs go unmet we are more likely to be reactive.

🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏽‍♂️Physical hunger longs for rest, movement, nourishment, and regulation — the basic bodily needs that support your physical health and vitality.

💗Emotional hunger seeks validation, belonging and comfort — the reassurance that our inner world is seen and valued.

☯️ Spiritual hunger yearns for purpose, and meaning or faith and surrender — connection to something larger than ourselves.

👩‍❤️‍👨Relational hunger desires attention, connection, and intimacy — the bonds that remind us we are not alone.

When these hungers go unmet, we become reactive — quick to anger, to craving, to withdrawal.
But when we feed them intentionally, they become the foundation of resilience, presence, and self-respect.

🎧Deep dive on this weeks HealthBite podcast ✨

#healthandwellbeing #mentalhealth
#nutrition
#healthpodcast
#wellbeingpodcast
#hungryformore

Such a joy celebrating @ucsandiego at the Illustrious Alumni Awards with my dear friend and colleague president of the Alumni Board of @ucsdmedschool. I have loved our work on the board together!

Hey alumni! Our institution is doing life changing work! Let’s reconnect and support them in this mission to do good!
PS…I will be hosting a soirée for School of Medicine Alumni in LA in January. SOM alums DM me- we want to see you there!!

#alumni #ucsd #ucsdschoolofmedicine #womeninmedicine #payitforward
@jayscott8811

Such a joy celebrating @ucsandiego at the Illustrious Alumni Awards with my dear friend and colleague president of the Alumni Board of @ucsdmedschool. I have loved our work on the board together!

Hey alumni! Our institution is doing life changing work! Let’s reconnect and support them in this mission to do good!
PS…I will be hosting a soirée for School of Medicine Alumni in LA in January. SOM alums DM me- we want to see you there!!

#alumni #ucsd #ucsdschoolofmedicine #womeninmedicine #payitforward
@jayscott8811

Hunger for more is not a personal failure but hardwired in our biology- something psychologist call the hedonic treadmill- the tendency to adapt to success-momentarily- only to reach out for more. Constantly reaching for a moving target 🎯 leaving us discouraged and disenchanted.
Learn more about the “fix” this week on the HealthBite podcast and my book Hungry for More found on @amazonbooks and @audible

Hunger for more is not a personal failure but hardwired in our biology- something psychologist call the hedonic treadmill- the tendency to adapt to success-momentarily- only to reach out for more. Constantly reaching for a moving target 🎯 leaving us discouraged and disenchanted.
Learn more about the “fix” this week on the HealthBite podcast and my book Hungry for More found on @amazonbooks and @audible

4 Tips to self-regulate for #worldmentalhealthday
1. Just move- do anything to move your body. It counts
2. Nourish yourself with real food. Show your yourself that you matter.
3. Put the phone away. Enough said
4. Just breathe. Place your hand on your heart send yourself some love and take 3 deep breaths.
The world feels chaotic. Life is crazy but you got this!
#mentalhealthandwellbeing
#mindbody #nourishyourbody #nourishyourmind
#dradrienneyoudim

4 Tips to self-regulate for #worldmentalhealthday
1. Just move- do anything to move your body. It counts
2. Nourish yourself with real food. Show your yourself that you matter.
3. Put the phone away. Enough said
4. Just breathe. Place your hand on your heart send yourself some love and take 3 deep breaths.
The world feels chaotic. Life is crazy but you got this!
#mentalhealthandwellbeing
#mindbody #nourishyourbody #nourishyourmind
#dradrienneyoudim

We have been conditioned to view hunger as something to suppress - but what if your hunger is a signal of something deeper.
✨Hunger for rest when you are depleted from giving to everyone else
✨Hunger for belonging when you are stuck in a loop of disconnection
✨Hunger for validation that keeps you chasing success.

Your body is trying to get your attention.

You don’t need to silence your hunger.
You just need to listen.

🎧Listen in on the conversation on the HealthBite podcast- anywhere you listen.

#hunger #emotionalhunger #glp #glp1 #ozempic #wegovy #zepbound #mounjaro #weightloss

We have been conditioned to view hunger as something to suppress - but what if your hunger is a signal of something deeper.
✨Hunger for rest when you are depleted from giving to everyone else
✨Hunger for belonging when you are stuck in a loop of disconnection
✨Hunger for validation that keeps you chasing success.

Your body is trying to get your attention.

You don’t need to silence your hunger.
You just need to listen.

🎧Listen in on the conversation on the HealthBite podcast- anywhere you listen.

#hunger #emotionalhunger #glp #glp1 #ozempic #wegovy #zepbound #mounjaro #weightloss

We are reactive, quick to respond to a threat, a craving, an unkind word or an undesirable situation. This reactivity is hard wired in our nervous system and perpetuated by our news feed, our social media, and our amazon app. But when we cultivate the ability to pause between trigger and reaction, between desire and habitual response, we reclaim our agency, free will and choice. In that space, we uncover the ability to act, not react. To live, lead and love with intention and clarity of mind.

Our Resilient Minds cohort has begun! 8 weeks to learn MindBody skills to ✨manage reactivity ✨reduce stress
✨boost resilience
✨enhance emotional regulation.
Waitlist now open for January cohort. DM us for details 🌟

#resilience #regulate #reset #stress #awareness #mindbody #mindbodyskills
#mindbodyandsoul

We are reactive, quick to respond to a threat, a craving, an unkind word or an undesirable situation. This reactivity is hard wired in our nervous system and perpetuated by our news feed, our social media, and our amazon app. But when we cultivate the ability to pause between trigger and reaction, between desire and habitual response, we reclaim our agency, free will and choice. In that space, we uncover the ability to act, not react. To live, lead and love with intention and clarity of mind.

Our Resilient Minds cohort has begun! 8 weeks to learn MindBody skills to ✨manage reactivity ✨reduce stress
✨boost resilience
✨enhance emotional regulation.
Waitlist now open for January cohort. DM us for details 🌟

#resilience #regulate #reset #stress #awareness #mindbody #mindbodyskills
#mindbodyandsoul

GLP1s and Global Warming?!
💥GLP1 usage resulted in reduced carbon footprint thru healthier diets
💥Heart failure patients on these drugs also had reduced hospitalizations (as a result of better health) further reducing carbon emissions
🤯These effects if multiplied to those eligible would save carbon emissions equivalent to 20,000 full capacity Boung 747 long-haul flights!!!

OKAY- but we dont have to be on GLP1s to fight climate change or to improve our health and wellbeing.
What is one positive change you can make in your diet today.? 🍎🥑🥗

GLP1s and Global Warming?!
💥GLP1 usage resulted in reduced carbon footprint thru healthier diets
💥Heart failure patients on these drugs also had reduced hospitalizations (as a result of better health) further reducing carbon emissions
🤯These effects if multiplied to those eligible would save carbon emissions equivalent to 20,000 full capacity Boung 747 long-haul flights!!!

OKAY- but we dont have to be on GLP1s to fight climate change or to improve our health and wellbeing.
What is one positive change you can make in your diet today.? 🍎🥑🥗

I’m sorry. I’m usually not smug. But honestly…I. Just. Can’t. 🤐
#TripleBoardCertified
#MedicalDoctor
#Nutrition #ObesityMedicine #GLP1 #FakeNews #Hype
#Guru
#Wegovy #Mounjaro

I’m sorry. I’m usually not smug. But honestly…I. Just. Can’t. 🤐
#TripleBoardCertified
#MedicalDoctor
#Nutrition #ObesityMedicine #GLP1 #FakeNews #Hype
#Guru
#Wegovy #Mounjaro

One of the things I love most about what I do is agency- the fact that we have the power to begin anew - every new year, every new moon, every Monday and with every breath.
To turn over a new leaf and choose a new way of relating to our habits, to our partners, to our communities and to the world around us.
Shana Tova to all my brothers and sisters. Wishing you an open mind and open heart in the year to come.
Xx
Dr. adrienne

One of the things I love most about what I do is agency- the fact that we have the power to begin anew - every new year, every new moon, every Monday and with every breath.
To turn over a new leaf and choose a new way of relating to our habits, to our partners, to our communities and to the world around us.
Shana Tova to all my brothers and sisters. Wishing you an open mind and open heart in the year to come.
Xx
Dr. adrienne

Nothing I love more than pics of Hungry for More out there in the world 💫
Thank you to @kreationjuice
@hungryformorebook found on @amazonbooks and @audible
#health #wellbeing #hunger #spiritualgrowth #personaldevelopment
#mindbody

Nothing I love more than pics of Hungry for More out there in the world 💫
Thank you to @kreationjuice
@hungryformorebook found on @amazonbooks and @audible
#health #wellbeing #hunger #spiritualgrowth #personaldevelopment
#mindbody

I’ve experienced a lot of death and dying as a physician.
I’ve done chest compressions on people who never came back to life.
I’ve called time of death on more code blues than I can remember.
I administered morphine to my grandfather in his final days on hospice.
And I reassured my cousin to go in peace minutes before her last breath.
But seeing that video shook me.
Because we are not meant to witness that kind of horrific violence, nor were we meant to just keep scrolling on by…
If you are feeling unsettled, off, distracted, irritable, distraught…
that’s your humanity speaking to you.

Connect with the humans around you. A friend, family member, mentor, confident.

And if you need help remember there are resources to help you 🙏
Be well out there my friends

Xx,
dr. adrienne

I’ve experienced a lot of death and dying as a physician.
I’ve done chest compressions on people who never came back to life.
I’ve called time of death on more code blues than I can remember.
I administered morphine to my grandfather in his final days on hospice.
And I reassured my cousin to go in peace minutes before her last breath.
But seeing that video shook me.
Because we are not meant to witness that kind of horrific violence, nor were we meant to just keep scrolling on by…
If you are feeling unsettled, off, distracted, irritable, distraught…
that’s your humanity speaking to you.

Connect with the humans around you. A friend, family member, mentor, confident.

And if you need help remember there are resources to help you 🙏
Be well out there my friends

Xx,
dr. adrienne

70-80% of our diet comes from processed or ultra processed foods.

The result- blood sugar crashes resulting in hunger, irritability, fatigue and reactivity.
Some simple ways to nourish:
More from earth, less from pantry
High-protein foods (natural GLP-1 boost)
High-fiber foods (sustained energy)
Fermented foods (gut health)
Water over caffeine/alcohol

#FUEL
#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#nourish
#nutrition #obesitymedicine

70-80% of our diet comes from processed or ultra processed foods.

The result- blood sugar crashes resulting in hunger, irritability, fatigue and reactivity.
Some simple ways to nourish:
More from earth, less from pantry
High-protein foods (natural GLP-1 boost)
High-fiber foods (sustained energy)
Fermented foods (gut health)
Water over caffeine/alcohol

#FUEL
#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#nourish
#nutrition #obesitymedicine

This week marks over a decade since I left my position as the Medical Director of the Center for Weight Loss at Cedars Sinai.

At the time I was told I would never make it. Obamacare, competition, yada, yada, yada…

And yet when I opened my own practice 2 weeks later, the patients came, and have been coming ever since.
I wrote a book, did a TEDx, and created Resilient Minds helping high acheivers like myself manage the stress and reactivity that leads to self sabotaging behaviors like over-eating and over-drinking and ultimately burnout. Most importantly I practiced medicine on my terms.

I wonder if you have ever been told how to work, when to marry, how many kids to have or when to have them? That you could never be successful or joyful or content doing your life how you saw fit?

Chances are you have.

As I celebrate my anniversary today, I am here to remind you that you and only you know your next best move, your next best step, and how to live a life that is uniquely you. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise- no matter how noisy they might be.

Here’s to being the master of your own domain 🥂

This week marks over a decade since I left my position as the Medical Director of the Center for Weight Loss at Cedars Sinai.

At the time I was told I would never make it. Obamacare, competition, yada, yada, yada…

And yet when I opened my own practice 2 weeks later, the patients came, and have been coming ever since.
I wrote a book, did a TEDx, and created Resilient Minds helping high acheivers like myself manage the stress and reactivity that leads to self sabotaging behaviors like over-eating and over-drinking and ultimately burnout. Most importantly I practiced medicine on my terms.

I wonder if you have ever been told how to work, when to marry, how many kids to have or when to have them? That you could never be successful or joyful or content doing your life how you saw fit?

Chances are you have.

As I celebrate my anniversary today, I am here to remind you that you and only you know your next best move, your next best step, and how to live a life that is uniquely you. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise- no matter how noisy they might be.

Here’s to being the master of your own domain 🥂

What a joy to celebrate @angelcitysports this weekend, the incredible paralympians and founders @clayton.frech @ezrafrech @1labahar.

I have had the privilege to be a part of this organization since its inception and how exciting to meet @swimuphill one of the hero’s of Adaptive - a documentary following the journeys of 3 paralympians to the Paris Paralympics.

In this beyond beautiful narrative- you will laugh, you will cry, you will be reminded of what it means to be human.

Do yourself a favor and watch Adaptive now streaming on Peacock.

I promise you will thank me later ❤️

What a joy to celebrate @angelcitysports this weekend, the incredible paralympians and founders @clayton.frech @ezrafrech @1labahar.

I have had the privilege to be a part of this organization since its inception and how exciting to meet @swimuphill one of the hero’s of Adaptive - a documentary following the journeys of 3 paralympians to the Paris Paralympics.

In this beyond beautiful narrative- you will laugh, you will cry, you will be reminded of what it means to be human.

Do yourself a favor and watch Adaptive now streaming on Peacock.

I promise you will thank me later ❤️

In case you needed this
✨💫🌟

#MondayMorningMantra
#trust
#faith
#surrender
#unfolding

In case you needed this
✨💫🌟

#MondayMorningMantra
#trust
#faith
#surrender
#unfolding

Make nutrition (and life) easy my friends 💫

Simple salad with gem lettuce, arugula and tomato straight from. @brentwoodfarmersmarket.
Tuna with fresh dill, chives, dijon mustard topped with my favorite extra virgin olive oil from @aficio22

After a busy and beautiful weekend celebrating a bar mitzvah and🪬and the paraolymipians at @angelcitysports I am greatful and tapped out.

You can find me and Sammie 🐶 sitting outside listening to the birds and watching the butterflies 🦋

Featuring your RDA for: #omega3
#phytonutrients,
38 grams of #protein, #vitamin D from #sunshine and #connection 🐶
Happy Sunday 💞

Make nutrition (and life) easy my friends 💫

Simple salad with gem lettuce, arugula and tomato straight from. @brentwoodfarmersmarket.
Tuna with fresh dill, chives, dijon mustard topped with my favorite extra virgin olive oil from @aficio22

After a busy and beautiful weekend celebrating a bar mitzvah and🪬and the paraolymipians at @angelcitysports I am greatful and tapped out.

You can find me and Sammie 🐶 sitting outside listening to the birds and watching the butterflies 🦋

Featuring your RDA for: #omega3
#phytonutrients,
38 grams of #protein, #vitamin D from #sunshine and #connection 🐶
Happy Sunday 💞

This one really got me upset today!
What are we gonna do?!!🤣

#firstworldproblems
#womeninmedicine
#TPO
#gelmanicure
#womenhelpingwomen

This one really got me upset today!
What are we gonna do?!!🤣

#firstworldproblems
#womeninmedicine
#TPO
#gelmanicure
#womenhelpingwomen

Wegovy or Zepbound?
Patients often ask how do I decide which to prescribe??
New data reveals that Wegovy might have additional protective effect on the cardiovascular system.
Listen in to learn more.

This video is for informational purposes only and not intended as medical advice nor should it be used to diagnose or for treatment. Consult your doctor or healthcare provider to discuss any personal healthcare decisions.
#boardcertified
#obesitymedicine
#mindbodymedicine #beverlyhills
#wegovy #zepbound #glp1

Wegovy or Zepbound?
Patients often ask how do I decide which to prescribe??
New data reveals that Wegovy might have additional protective effect on the cardiovascular system.
Listen in to learn more.

This video is for informational purposes only and not intended as medical advice nor should it be used to diagnose or for treatment. Consult your doctor or healthcare provider to discuss any personal healthcare decisions.
#boardcertified
#obesitymedicine
#mindbodymedicine #beverlyhills
#wegovy #zepbound #glp1

I often tell my patients to think about their bodies in terms of seasons.

For women comes puberty, pregnancy, menopause—and many seasons in between.

Sometimes we feel tight and fit. Other times our bodies expand to fill a role that season calls for.

I’ve found the same to be true professionally.

After decades of highlight after highlight, accomplishments, and accolades, I have learned that speed is not sustainable.

At first, this truth was met with frustration. But seasons are a fact of life—not only when it comes to our physical health, but our professional health too.

But, when we heed the season of slowness and contemplation, we prepare ourselves for the next season of productivity, growth, and fulfillment —without risking burnout.

Resilient Minds™ was born from this realization-helping high-achieving professionals like myself reach their personal, relational, and professional goals from a place of alignment instead of force.

Our next cohort begins September 30 for women and October 1 for men.
More information send me a DM or learn more at https://www.dradrienneyoudim.com/resilient-minds

I would love to see you there! 💫

#mindbody #mindbodysoul
#mindbodyconnection
#personalgrowth
#professionalgrowth
#leadership

I often tell my patients to think about their bodies in terms of seasons.

For women comes puberty, pregnancy, menopause—and many seasons in between.

Sometimes we feel tight and fit. Other times our bodies expand to fill a role that season calls for.

I’ve found the same to be true professionally.

After decades of highlight after highlight, accomplishments, and accolades, I have learned that speed is not sustainable.

At first, this truth was met with frustration. But seasons are a fact of life—not only when it comes to our physical health, but our professional health too.

But, when we heed the season of slowness and contemplation, we prepare ourselves for the next season of productivity, growth, and fulfillment —without risking burnout.

Resilient Minds™ was born from this realization-helping high-achieving professionals like myself reach their personal, relational, and professional goals from a place of alignment instead of force.

Our next cohort begins September 30 for women and October 1 for men.
More information send me a DM or learn more at https://www.dradrienneyoudim.com/resilient-minds

I would love to see you there! 💫

#mindbody #mindbodysoul
#mindbodyconnection
#personalgrowth
#professionalgrowth
#leadership

Studies have consistently shown that individuals who adhere to the Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
-Those who followed the Mediterranean diet had a 23% lower risk of dementia compared to those who did not.
-Mediterranean diet may be particularly beneficial for individuals with a genetic risk for AD
-Mechanisms include anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant effects, improved brain metabolism (omega’s) and reduced amyloid-beta plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
#health #wellbeing #cognitive health #nutrition #dradrienneyoudim

Studies have consistently shown that individuals who adhere to the Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
-Those who followed the Mediterranean diet had a 23% lower risk of dementia compared to those who did not.
-Mediterranean diet may be particularly beneficial for individuals with a genetic risk for AD
-Mechanisms include anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant effects, improved brain metabolism (omega’s) and reduced amyloid-beta plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
#health #wellbeing #cognitive health #nutrition #dradrienneyoudim

Who’s with me 🍂
#newbeginnings
#mindbody
#regrowth

Who’s with me 🍂
#newbeginnings
#mindbody
#regrowth

Last week I dropped off my son cross country for his first year at GW.
I must admit that though it is not my first time this one was tough.
Transitions are challenging.
Even the joyful ones, the uneventful and the mundane.
There are practices that can help us experience these challenges lovingly and with self compassion.
I place my hand over my heart, take a deep breath and tell myself
This is love, this is change, this is growth- for both of us.
Naming, reframing and self- regulating are some of the tools I teach in Resilient Minds helping high achieving professionals step out of reaction and into clear- headed action so they are less likely to soothe with self-sabotaging behaviors like over-eating, over-drinking, over-working and people-pleasing.
There are many parents in the same boat right now- Deep breaths my friends! These are normal growing pains for all of us ❤️
#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#resilientminds

Last week I dropped off my son cross country for his first year at GW.
I must admit that though it is not my first time this one was tough.
Transitions are challenging.
Even the joyful ones, the uneventful and the mundane.
There are practices that can help us experience these challenges lovingly and with self compassion.
I place my hand over my heart, take a deep breath and tell myself
This is love, this is change, this is growth- for both of us.
Naming, reframing and self- regulating are some of the tools I teach in Resilient Minds helping high achieving professionals step out of reaction and into clear- headed action so they are less likely to soothe with self-sabotaging behaviors like over-eating, over-drinking, over-working and people-pleasing.
There are many parents in the same boat right now- Deep breaths my friends! These are normal growing pains for all of us ❤️
#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#resilientminds

How we think fuels
how we feel,
how we act
and ultimately
how we live.

Nourish the thoughts that inspire positive emotions and fuel aligned action.

#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#wellness
#livewell #bewell

How we think fuels
how we feel,
how we act
and ultimately
how we live.

Nourish the thoughts that inspire positive emotions and fuel aligned action.

#mindbody
#healthandwellbeing
#wellness
#livewell #bewell

This beautiful kind-hearted generous child turns 21 today.
One of the greatest compliments of my life is that we are the same. To which I always say, nope she is version 2.0 on steroids!
What you have done so far in your advocacy in medical research in kindness and generosity to your friends, family and people around you is already beyond what many do in a lifetime.
But today I celebrate who you are not what you have accomplished ❤️
May you live long, healthy and prosperous @elliatorkian.
@torkianaesthetics we had no money, we had no time and we had no business having a baby when we did but we must have done something right or maybe we were just blessed 🪬
Here’s to you my lovely beautiful girl 🥂

This beautiful kind-hearted generous child turns 21 today.
One of the greatest compliments of my life is that we are the same. To which I always say, nope she is version 2.0 on steroids!
What you have done so far in your advocacy in medical research in kindness and generosity to your friends, family and people around you is already beyond what many do in a lifetime.
But today I celebrate who you are not what you have accomplished ❤️
May you live long, healthy and prosperous @elliatorkian.
@torkianaesthetics we had no money, we had no time and we had no business having a baby when we did but we must have done something right or maybe we were just blessed 🪬
Here’s to you my lovely beautiful girl 🥂

Life is filled with jaw clenching moments from the mundane to life changing.
How we navigate these moments can make all the difference in how we experience meaningful events and support our personal health and wellbeing.
This week on HealthBite I share some of the ways I regulate the normal stress response from reactivity to resilience.
Episode live on @applepodcasts @spotify or anywhere you listen.
#mindbody
#mindbodyskills
#health #wellbeing
#mentalhealthandwellbeing

Life is filled with jaw clenching moments from the mundane to life changing.
How we navigate these moments can make all the difference in how we experience meaningful events and support our personal health and wellbeing.
This week on HealthBite I share some of the ways I regulate the normal stress response from reactivity to resilience.
Episode live on @applepodcasts @spotify or anywhere you listen.
#mindbody
#mindbodyskills
#health #wellbeing
#mentalhealthandwellbeing

No matter how grounded or self-aware we are, we all
get pulled into reactivity.
Self-regulation requires
patience, persistence and perseverance.
//
Next cohort of Resilient Minds™ begins October 30. Link in bio or DM me for more info
//
#mindbody
#mindbodysoul
#resilience
#mindbodyskills
#resilientminds

No matter how grounded or self-aware we are, we all
get pulled into reactivity.
Self-regulation requires
patience, persistence and perseverance.
//
Next cohort of Resilient Minds™ begins October 30. Link in bio or DM me for more info
//
#mindbody
#mindbodysoul
#resilience
#mindbodyskills
#resilientminds

Cravings come and cravings go…
But only if we are able to be with them with compassion and kindness.
Resistance only makes them stronger
#hunger
#hungryformore
#cravings
#obesitymedicinespecialist
#obesitymedicine
#mindbody
@dradrienneyoudim

Cravings come and cravings go…
But only if we are able to be with them with compassion and kindness.
Resistance only makes them stronger
#hunger
#hungryformore
#cravings
#obesitymedicinespecialist
#obesitymedicine
#mindbody
@dradrienneyoudim

Burnout isn’t something that just happens in the office. You can burnout in parenting, on caretaking, in life.
It happens when we are in a state of chronic stress, reactivity and constant motion.
So take a pause. Ask what you need in this moment. And listen.
Listen to HealthBite this week for practical skills and strategies.
#reactivity
#hunger
#mindbody
#mindbodyskills
#whatareyouhungryfor

Burnout isn’t something that just happens in the office. You can burnout in parenting, on caretaking, in life.
It happens when we are in a state of chronic stress, reactivity and constant motion.
So take a pause. Ask what you need in this moment. And listen.
Listen to HealthBite this week for practical skills and strategies.
#reactivity
#hunger
#mindbody
#mindbodyskills
#whatareyouhungryfor

Let’s talk about #orforglipron - the latest #glp1 in the news.
How does it compare to #ozempic (and by that I really mean semaglutide) in terms of weight loss and side effects? And will it be the rage??
//
@dradrienneyoudim
Triple board certified internal medicine, obesity medicine, physician nutrition specialist trained in #mindbody medicine.
Seeing patients in #beverlyhills
#weightloss
#weightlossdrugs
#obesitymedicine
#wegovy #tirzepatide #zepbound

Let’s talk about #orforglipron - the latest #glp1 in the news.
How does it compare to #ozempic (and by that I really mean semaglutide) in terms of weight loss and side effects? And will it be the rage??
//
@dradrienneyoudim
Triple board certified internal medicine, obesity medicine, physician nutrition specialist trained in #mindbody medicine.
Seeing patients in #beverlyhills
#weightloss
#weightlossdrugs
#obesitymedicine
#wegovy #tirzepatide #zepbound

From success to Significance✨

An excerpt from my conversation with Steve Wilt - a seasoned executive who participated in my signature
✨Resilient Minds course- teaching evidence-based mindbody skills that help us move from stress, reactivity and self-sabotaging behaviors to self- reflection, grounding presence and calm.

Next cohorts begin September 30 for women and October 1 for men.
Application in bio and more info at https://www.dradrienneyoudim.com/resilient-minds

#mindbodyskills
#mindbodyandsoul
#mindset
#stressmanagement #resilience

From success to Significance✨

An excerpt from my conversation with Steve Wilt - a seasoned executive who participated in my signature
✨Resilient Minds course- teaching evidence-based mindbody skills that help us move from stress, reactivity and self-sabotaging behaviors to self- reflection, grounding presence and calm.

Next cohorts begin September 30 for women and October 1 for men.
Application in bio and more info at https://www.dradrienneyoudim.com/resilient-minds

#mindbodyskills
#mindbodyandsoul
#mindset
#stressmanagement #resilience

Eat well, move more, stress less and love more.
This four-part program has been shown to lower blood sugars and heart disease risk in patients with diabetes, reduce prostate cancer cell growth, improve depression and even lengthen telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes that are worn away by aging AND now also combat against the onset of dementia as well!!
#eatwell #bewell #lovewell #livewell
#mindbody #health #wellness #wellbeing @deanornishmd

Eat well, move more, stress less and love more.
This four-part program has been shown to lower blood sugars and heart disease risk in patients with diabetes, reduce prostate cancer cell growth, improve depression and even lengthen telomeres, the protective caps of chromosomes that are worn away by aging AND now also combat against the onset of dementia as well!!
#eatwell #bewell #lovewell #livewell
#mindbody #health #wellness #wellbeing @deanornishmd

Movement has the power to improve every aspect of our health and wellbeing- mind, body and soul.
This weeks HealthBite offers practical strategies to get you moving. Because when you show up- your body conspires in your success. 💫
HealthBite podcast found @applepodcasts @spotify or anywhere you 🎧
#movement #exercise #mindbody #health #wellness #wellbeing

Movement has the power to improve every aspect of our health and wellbeing- mind, body and soul.
This weeks HealthBite offers practical strategies to get you moving. Because when you show up- your body conspires in your success. 💫
HealthBite podcast found @applepodcasts @spotify or anywhere you 🎧
#movement #exercise #mindbody #health #wellness #wellbeing

Your body wants you to succeed.
you don’t need to run a marathon,
go to the gym everyday, get a trainer, sweat profusely, huff and puff in order to achieve the benefits of movement.
Do something, anything and your body will conspire in your success 💫
“Weekend Warrior - How to Stay and Active and Healthy with Limited Time” on the HealthBite podcast live now!

#mondaymotivation #move #justmove #moveyourbody #healthpodcast #nutitionpodcast @healthbitepod

Your body wants you to succeed.
you don’t need to run a marathon,
go to the gym everyday, get a trainer, sweat profusely, huff and puff in order to achieve the benefits of movement.
Do something, anything and your body will conspire in your success 💫
“Weekend Warrior - How to Stay and Active and Healthy with Limited Time” on the HealthBite podcast live now!

#mondaymotivation #move #justmove #moveyourbody #healthpodcast #nutitionpodcast @healthbitepod

Be a weekend warrior!
Studies show that working out 1-2 days per week can be just as effective as working out every single day!!!
🏃🏻‍♀️A huge study “The Weekend Warrior Study” looked at almost 90K people who worked out only 1-2 times per week and followed them for 6.3 years and this is what the found:
💥weekend warriors were substantially more active in a shorter period-median 288 minutes!
💥weekend warriors Reduced the risk of developing 264 health conditions (daily exercisers reduced their risk of 205 in comparison ‼️)
💥weekend warriors had the same risk reduction as daily exercisers in cardiometabolic reduction including an equal reduction in risk of obesity (by almost 50%!)

🧘🏻‍♀️Your body loves you and wants you to succeed! Do something, anything and you will reep the benefits!

Learn more ways of making exercise attainable on this weeks podcast drops tomorrow anywhere you 🎧
#health #wellbeing #exercise #habitchange #habitstack #exercisesnack #moveyourbody #justmove #dradrienneyoudim

Be a weekend warrior!
Studies show that working out 1-2 days per week can be just as effective as working out every single day!!!
🏃🏻‍♀️A huge study “The Weekend Warrior Study” looked at almost 90K people who worked out only 1-2 times per week and followed them for 6.3 years and this is what the found:
💥weekend warriors were substantially more active in a shorter period-median 288 minutes!
💥weekend warriors Reduced the risk of developing 264 health conditions (daily exercisers reduced their risk of 205 in comparison ‼️)
💥weekend warriors had the same risk reduction as daily exercisers in cardiometabolic reduction including an equal reduction in risk of obesity (by almost 50%!)

🧘🏻‍♀️Your body loves you and wants you to succeed! Do something, anything and you will reep the benefits!

Learn more ways of making exercise attainable on this weeks podcast drops tomorrow anywhere you 🎧
#health #wellbeing #exercise #habitchange #habitstack #exercisesnack #moveyourbody #justmove #dradrienneyoudim

How many steps do you REALLY need??
Turns out 10K steps is totally bogus!
7000 steps per day results in:
cardiovascular disease - down 25%
cancer - down 6%
dementia - down 38%
depression - down 22%
Whaaat 😳
These numbers are insane.
Next Monday on the @healthbitepod I am debunking all the exercise myths and sharing all the ways you can biohack your way into better health by moving your body!
#health #wellness #wellbeing #movement #exercise #hungryformore

How many steps do you REALLY need??
Turns out 10K steps is totally bogus!
7000 steps per day results in:
cardiovascular disease - down 25%
cancer - down 6%
dementia - down 38%
depression - down 22%
Whaaat 😳
These numbers are insane.
Next Monday on the @healthbitepod I am debunking all the exercise myths and sharing all the ways you can biohack your way into better health by moving your body!
#health #wellness #wellbeing #movement #exercise #hungryformore

One of the biggest misconceptions in medicine is that your genes necessarily determine your risk.
There is a growing body of research that shows this not to be the case supporting the fact that our daily decisions are far more important in determining our health risk even when we are genetically predisposed to
In fact a recent study has identified these 8 health behaviors as critical to our health even when we have genetic predisposition.
-Healthy Mediterranean Diet
-Regular Movement
-Adequate Sleep
-Healthy weight
-Avoidance of Nicotine
-Normal Blood Pressure
-Normal Blood Sugar
-Normal Blood Cholesterol

Take back your health- you have more agency than you think!

One of the biggest misconceptions in medicine is that your genes necessarily determine your risk.
There is a growing body of research that shows this not to be the case supporting the fact that our daily decisions are far more important in determining our health risk even when we are genetically predisposed to
In fact a recent study has identified these 8 health behaviors as critical to our health even when we have genetic predisposition.
-Healthy Mediterranean Diet
-Regular Movement
-Adequate Sleep
-Healthy weight
-Avoidance of Nicotine
-Normal Blood Pressure
-Normal Blood Sugar
-Normal Blood Cholesterol

Take back your health- you have more agency than you think!

More of this please.

Our feeds are filled with negativity and division.

At some point it becomes confirmation bias- we find what we seek.

Love exists.

Make that an idea worth sharing. 💕💫

Repost @henmazzig 🙏

More of this please.

Our feeds are filled with negativity and division.

At some point it becomes confirmation bias- we find what we seek.

Love exists.

Make that an idea worth sharing. 💕💫

Repost @henmazzig 🙏

Men were 3X more likely to gain confidence on ozempic than woman?!!
So much to unpack here!
There certainly are differences in body image and positive self acceptance. But can we talk about the subtext here…
While we constantly seek external sources for confidence it will never address the true hunger. Hunger for belonging, validation, purpose, meaning…
You can always say I will be happy/confident/satisfied/whatever when I lose weight/get the job/ the boyfriend/the car…
Truth is external things will never satisfy the true hunger.

#dradrienneyoudim
#weightloss #weightlossdoc #mentalhealth #mindbody #mindbodysoul #glp1 #ozempic

Men were 3X more likely to gain confidence on ozempic than woman?!!
So much to unpack here!
There certainly are differences in body image and positive self acceptance. But can we talk about the subtext here…
While we constantly seek external sources for confidence it will never address the true hunger. Hunger for belonging, validation, purpose, meaning…
You can always say I will be happy/confident/satisfied/whatever when I lose weight/get the job/ the boyfriend/the car…
Truth is external things will never satisfy the true hunger.

#dradrienneyoudim
#weightloss #weightlossdoc #mentalhealth #mindbody #mindbodysoul #glp1 #ozempic

“If I don’t tell the truth about this journey, I fear I’ll look up one day and realize I disappeared long before I was actually gone.”

Wisdom, grace vulnerability, humanity.

This conversation with @gregorypnelson was truly a gift. Not just for those navigating Alzheimer’s or caring for someone who is, but for anyone facing uncertainty, loss, or transition.
In other words,..
all of us.
I hope you’ll listen—and share it with someone who might need to hear it today.

HealthBite by @dradrienneyoudim found anywhere you 🎧

#health #wellness #wellbeing #alzheimers #alzheimersassociation

“If I don’t tell the truth about this journey, I fear I’ll look up one day and realize I disappeared long before I was actually gone.”

Wisdom, grace vulnerability, humanity.

This conversation with @gregorypnelson was truly a gift. Not just for those navigating Alzheimer’s or caring for someone who is, but for anyone facing uncertainty, loss, or transition.
In other words,..
all of us.
I hope you’ll listen—and share it with someone who might need to hear it today.

HealthBite by @dradrienneyoudim found anywhere you 🎧

#health #wellness #wellbeing #alzheimers #alzheimersassociation

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