Who are we?

We are Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns. We are medical doctors with an intense interest in weight management and addressing the root cause of the problem. 

⚡️Newsflash-The root cause is NOT that you are lazy and greedy and have no willpower 

Why are we so interested in weight management? 

Well, 2 reasons:

1/ Like many of you, we have both been on a weight loss journey. 

2/ We see the profound effects this problem has on the health of our patients resulting in more disease, more medications and more complications.

Dr Mary has PCOS, a hormonal condition that results in weight gain from puberty. She tried for decades to manage her weight. She exercised like crazy. She followed traditional diet advice. She finally found the solution by changing what and when she ate-not how much she ate. This allowed her to rebalance those hormones, shed the kilos and even have a baby. 

Dr Lucy was the diet queen. She has been on every diet known to (wo)man.  She was excellent at losing weight but keeping it off was the issue. She had "fat clothes" and "thin clothes" in her wardrobe. She was most definitely the all-or-nothing girl. Perfect- restricting like mad. Then when life got in the way she was on a bender, regaining all the lost weight. Changing her thinking around dieting has resulted in her weight being stable for years... even when she goes on holidays or life gets messy. 

As lifestyle medicine doctors, we guide you along the path to improved metabolism. We give you a metabolic map if you will.

As doctors of psychological medicine, we help you shift your thoughts and manage your emotions-Fine tuning your inner compass.

With the right map and a well functioning compass, you are now on the correct path to long lasting weight loss and good health.