Blog Posts

Dear Friend,

Please enjoy these inspirational stories, weight loss tips and useful information.

If you have a subject that you would like me to write about please email me directly at:

dr.elin@fatlossover40.com

With Love and Gratitude,

Dr. Elin Ritchie MD  

P.S. Sign up for the Fat Loss Newsletter
and get more of these kind of inspirational tips
in your inbox!

Posted 9/25/14 by Dr. Elin Ritchie MD

How to Drop Pounds at 500 Miles an Hour

Pretty fast weight loss, hey.  Most people can only drop about 5 pounds a month.  Today I’m going to drop it way faster than that!

Can you guess what I’m about to do?  I’m going home from a business meeting and I’m really looking forward to the flight.  Most people walk around with a long face, thinking about the hassle of travel.  Me, I’m bouncing past the hotel desk, skip the coffee, because I’m juiced already.  I’ll be smiling right through the security check as I take my shoes off!

Not that long ago I saw a woman on a plane.  She was complaining, whining and generally unhappy. I felt bad for her and figured she was having a pretty bad day, or a bad year, or a bad life.   Read more...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Posted 8/15/14 by Dr. Elin Ritchie MD

How to Stop Eating for the Wrong Reasons

Recently, I was meeting with a group of women in my office.  We meet once a month to learn about weight loss.  We have a lot of fun learning and sharing our lives and experiences.  I always learn as much from them as they learn from me.  Together we explore the journey to health and wholeness, inside and out.

We began this meeting going around the circle and taking a ‘weather report.’ If you haven’t done this before, it’s worth going over.  Instead of reporting the outer circumstances of our lives, we share the inner condition we find ourselves in.  Some people respond that they have “sunshine and warm weather,” others have “scattered clouds,” and occasionally one of us has a “cold front coming in with snow expected.”  In this way we get in touch with our feelings without the ‘story’ and explanation of why we think we feel this way.

Have you ever noticed that talking about your problem, or the reason you’re upset doesn’t really help resolve the issue. Read more ...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Posted 7/1/14 by Dr. Elin Ritchie MD

Unlearning Learned Helplessness

Two days ago I received a book in the mail that has my fingers flying.

“The Complete Book of Fingermath” by Lieberthal is inspiring to say the least.  Without planning on it, I am engrossed in learning this new system and I just can’t tear myself away.  Right from the introduction, I am gripped:

“Live is full of surprises.” Writes Lieberthal, “No sooner do you get used to the way society expects you to act, setting out ground rules for what is and what is not acceptable behavior, and no sooner do you pass these hard-won virtues on to your loved ones, than something comes along to turn your whole universe upside down.”

I can’t agree more and this applies to many other subjects besides math.   Read more ...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------