We Only LOOK Thin

Some people think that the key to weight loss is just to find the right diet or exercise program to go on for awhile.  This week, inspired by an article from cnet.com, Catherine and Donald open up a six pack of hard truths about weight loss.  Adjusting your mindset, emotions, stress, and sleep are just as important as figuring out what to eat and how to move.  The Tip of the Week (TOW!) is to set a default timer.  Plus, Catherine uses her “spiraling out of control voice”, Donald hangs on every word, and the couple reveal how to brew tea with a Fitbit. Original Article by Amanda Capritto: https://cnet.co/3hDEyhf Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ Atomic Habits by James Clear on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36p5RqD The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon https://amzn.to/3efFoOD Related Episodes to check out: Episode 125 – The Giving Tree https://bit.ly/3fFxIGu Episode 47 – Comin’ In Hot https://bit.ly/3dfNyWm Episode 37 – The Motivation Bus https://bit.ly/2UXiQeo Episode 50 – Party of One https://bit.ly/3eqrxWc Share Tweet Share

Whether you are on a weight loss journey, a weight loss adventure, or a weight loss journ-venture, figuring out the best method of travel from where you are to your goal weight can be one of the most difficult decisions to make.  People often spend so much time researching or bouncing from plan to plan that they forget to make progress.  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about how they did this for years and how they finally realized that taking action was more important than going through the motions.  This episode also features the temporary return of the Tip Of The Week (TOW!).  Plus, Donald tries to feel human feelings, Catherine gets carried on a jet stream of inspiration, and the couple manages to make the Straits of Magellan about weight loss. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ Authentic Success by Dr. Robert Holden on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YuQ9GV “How To Keep Destination Addiction From Stealing Your Joy” by Aisha Beau – Full Article https://advice.shinetext.com/articles/how-to-keep-destination-addiction-from-stealing-your-joy/ “Beware of Destination Addiction” article by Connie Mann: https://www.conniemann.com/beware-of-destination-addiction/ Other related Episodes of We Only Look Thin to check out: Episode 67 – Getting Started Part 2 – A Salute to Calories https://bit.ly/2YpgrtN Episode 58 – Occam’s Razor https://bit.ly/2AZWXnS Episode 23 – There Is No Finish Line https://bit.ly/2zpN822 Episode 73 – The Hedonic Treadmill https://bit.ly/37ptgZl Share Tweet Share

Donald wanted to do a salute to the great building maintenance people from pop culture.  From Snyder on “Good Times” to Mr. Miyagi in the “Karate Kid”, he and Catherine would breakdown all of their favorites.  However, since this is a weight-loss and fitness podcast, they decided to talk about weight maintenance instead.  Inspired by an email from a listener, Catherine and Donald talk about the long-term strategies for staying at your goal weight and why you should start thinking about it from the beginning.  Plus, Donald is a cautionary tale, Catherine says sports things, and the couple excavate their mind palaces. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ Atomic Habits by James Clear on Amazon: https://amzn.to/36p5RqD The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon https://amzn.to/3efFoOD Other related episodes of We Only Look Thin: Episode 73 – The Hedonic Treadmill https://bit.ly/3gseeX1 Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme https://bit.ly/3gsevt1 Episode 100 – The Centennial Celebration https://bit.ly/3d8iFUR Share Tweet Share

The We Only Look Thin team harvest another childhood memory and make it about weight loss.  This time, it’s the classic children’s book, “The Giving Tree”, by Shel Silverstein.  Sometimes on your fitness journ-venture, you’re the boy who takes and takes and takes.  Sometimes you’re the tree who gives and gives and gives.  Being 100% take or 100% give is not sustainable, and Catherine and Donald discuss how to live in the middle and how it’s one of the keys to long-term success.  Plus, Catherine is a metaphor mixologist, Donald lives in Egotown, and being a branchless tree with no apples is super chill. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Giving Tree on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2M1oOpF The Giving Tree read aloud on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgDWvLOodHw A Related Episode of We Only Look Thin: Episode 44 – Canary In A Coal Mine https://bit.ly/2ZE7FdX Share Tweet Share

It’s a little known fact, that getting on a scale is one of the leading ways in which people weigh themselves.  Developing a healthy relationship with your scale can be a bit like walking a tight rope.  Weighing too often can create anxiety and obsession.  Avoiding the scale entirely can be an indicator that you don’t want to face reality.   In this episode, Catherine and Donald talk about their up and down relationships with the scale and how they’ve learned to use it as a simple tool that’s a small part of their overall weight management program. It’s not the be-all and end-all.  Don’t give up when the scale is up.  It doesn’t mean that you’re broken; it’s an opportunity to change something.  Plus, Donald makes it about porridge, Catherine puts all her money into Betamax stock, and awesome sauce is calorie free.  As a special bonus, we’ve included financial metaphors galore! Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon https://amzn.to/3efFoOD Atomic Habits by James Clear on Amazon https://amzn.to/36p5RqD Weight Loss Tracking Apps Mentioned: Fitbit https://www.fitbit.com/us/home My Fitness Pal https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ Happy Scale https://happyscale.com/ Lose It https://www.loseit.com/ FitIndex on the Apple App Store https://apple.co/36qrW7U FitIndex on the Google Play Store https://bit.ly/2ZvIKJn Renpho on the Apple App Store https://apple.co/2TyJFVy Renpho on the Google Play Store https://bit.ly/3bXvRKL Related Episodes of We Only Look Thin to Check Out: Episode 44 – Canary in a Coal Mine https://bit.ly/3eaHNKx Episode 10 – Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me https://bit.ly/36p5fBl Share Tweet Share

Do you spend your time looking for the next “get thin quick” scheme? Do you wish you could be instantly in shape without developing a plan to get there? If you were magically at your goal weight, would you have the habits in place to stay there?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about how they spent years being victims of their own lives until they realized that it was their duty to practice some self-care.  They talk about having a long-term vision for yourself while working on the individual habits that will make that vision a reality.  Plus, Donald says “willy-nilly” AND “loosey-goosey”, Catherine sells out to “The Man”, and the “Y” in “YMCA” is too much for the couple to endure. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ Related episodes to check out: Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme https://bit.ly/362a9E5 Episode 100 – The Centennial Celebration https://bit.ly/2X4ddLG Episode 46 – There is No “i” in Quit https://bit.ly/2WYWKIO Share Tweet Share

If a famous fitness detective accused you of crimes against your own health, could you produce an air-tight alibi?  Was it Colonel Mustard or the Bratwurst with mustard that really did you in?  This week, Catherine and Donald discuss how they spent years telling themselves that they were “doing everything they could” until they actually began to write down all of the food they ate and all of the exercise they did.  Tracking your food and exercise is one of the keys to going from fitness criminal to fitness super-sleuth. Plus, Catherine is a free spirit, Donald does an excellent Columbo impression, and February 12th, 2018 is a day that will live in infamy.  Lastly, yes, famous fitness detectives are really a thing. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ James Clear – Atomic Habits on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2xmBELx A Related Episode of “We Only Look Thin”: Episode 118 – Pity Party https://bit.ly/2SFh40A Share Tweet Share

If you’ve ever wondered which character on Gilligan’s Island you’d be, this is the podcast for you.  Do you find yourself saying, “I just need to get past this week (or month, or project or school year or …) and then I’ll get back on track.”?  Do you imagine a time in the future when everything will align perfectly, and you’ll have the time and motivation to eat right and exercise?  Catherine and Donald spent most of their lives waiting for such a time to begin and managed to put on over 100 pounds of extra weight each while they were waiting.  In this week’s episode, they focus on ways in which you can do something now, even when you’re not feeling motivated.  Plus, Donald realizes that he’s Gilligan, Catherine annoys the people of New Jersey, and the couple would like to build radios out of coconuts.  They also try and answer the age-old question, “Was there anything better than the Harlem Globetrotters showing up on a TV show”? Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ James Clear – Atomic Habits on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2xmBELx James Clear – Implementation Intentions article https://jamesclear.com/implementation-intentions Colin Hay – Waiting for My Real Life To Begin https://bit.ly/2SqbQWb Other episodes of We Only Look Thin to check out: Episode 92 – S.W.O.T. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/episode-92-s-w-o-t/ Episode 41 – Winter is Coming https://www.weonlylookthin.com/episode-41-winter-is-coming/ Share Tweet Share

In this week’s episode, Catherine and Donald ask the age-old question; who’s your Spirit Muppet? Sometimes it can feel like there are monsters all along the road to weight-loss and fitness.  It turns out, that the real monsters are ourselves. Gulp. Gosh!  How we define our situations and ourselves can be our biggest obstacles. There’s a whole book full of things that we can’t control in life, but we can control what we eat, how we move. and how we talk to ourselves. Plus, Catherine can’t wait 40 seconds to eat some cake, Donald refers to money as “green spending paper”, and the couple introduces the new We Only Look Thin mascot; Couchy the Couch Potato.  If a podcast could be a page-turner, this one would qualify. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Monster At The End of This Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2wW8dje Kermit sings “It’s Not Easy Being Green”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZ-IxZ46ng Share Tweet Share

This week, instead of getting loopy, Catherine and Donald talk about loopholes. In this case, the weight loss and fitness loopholes created by COVID-19.  In this unprecedented time, it can be difficult to walk the line between being kind to yourself and using your circumstances as an excuse to overindulge or skip your exercise.  Your hosts point out 10 ways in which you may be lying to yourself right now about your health and fitness.   Plus, Donald forgets about bars of soap, Catherine introduces the new food movement “farm-to-my-mouth”, and kids don’t know what burning a CD is. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Rebounder that Catherine and Donald use available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2vK6AEQ Other Rebounders on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2wlTNc6 Yoga with Adriene https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene Blogilates https://www.blogilates.com Fitness Marshall on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyqR7WkL8i1b6xtSssDmW9w Leslie Sansone’s Walk at Home https://www.youtube.com/user/walkathomemedia Other episodes we discuss in this episode: Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes https://bit.ly/2WGDoJI Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2 https://bit.ly/2UwplUJ Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme https://bit.ly/2QDhALj Share Tweet Share

If you’ve listened to this show at all, you know that there is no finish line to weight loss.  Nearly everyone who has lost weight has faced at least some amount of weight regain in their lives. in this week’s episode Catherine and Donald discuss their experiences with weight regain and ways to not “throw out the baby with the bath water” and other terribly grim expressions.  Weight regain is not inevitable and you can win the fight against your all or nothing attitude.  Plus, Catherine used to be a member of Cypress Hill, Donald forgets what “Stomp” was called, and the couple assume that shuffleboard is what happens at parties. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ Shapefit.com post about weight regain: https://www.shapefit.com/exercise/dealing-weight-regain.html Other episodes discussed: Episode 05 – Abstaining vs Moderating – Battle of the Century https://bit.ly/2UV0B8y Episode 44 – Canary In A Coal Mine https://bit.ly/2wBIpJe Share Tweet Share

We present another episode recorded before we were all staying at home.  Have you ever said, “Well, you know me. I’m either all into my diet or I’m all out.”?  Everyone has succumbed to the “all or nothing” mentality from time to time.  Or maybe most of the time.  This week, Catherine and Donald discuss how being “all or nothing” got them a whole lot of nothing for most of their lives.  They talk about how you can modify, or “Doctor, Doctor” your exercise, food, sleep, etc. to keep yourself from going all the way out on something.   Plus, Chopin has a birthday, The Thompson Twins were not twins at all, and Catherine DOESN’T reference Marcus Welby, MD even when given the perfect opportunity. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2X8m14Z Jill Brown Fitness: https://www.youtube.com/user/jbrownnyla Jill Brown Push-up Modifications Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp1Liyo46Xk Blogilates on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates Other Episodes Related to This Topic: Episode 18 – Pump Up The Volume: https://bit.ly/2uG3sJs Episode 88 – Perfection is Procrastination https://bit.ly/32EZGwF Share Tweet Share

We Only Look Thin presents the episode that was supposed to come out just before St. Patrick’s Day.  So, let’s all agree to pretend everything is normal and that it’s about two weeks ago…  This close to St. Patrick’s Day, everyone knows that the most effective weight-loss strategy is to capture a Leprechaun and force it into giving you three wishes.  But what if you’re not that lucky?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about all the time they wasted wishing that they were lucky in weight loss instead of focusing on actions to get them where they wanted to be.  It turns out, the harder you work, the more luck you have.  Plus,  Donald questions the military experience of General Mills, Catherine advises against chasing rainbows or waterfalls, and 54% is more than half. Sign up for a 3-month membership in WOLT Place and get a complimentary 7-day trial or sign-up for a 30-day membership and get a complimentary 3-day trial. https://www.weonlylookthin.com/join-our-support-group/ The Fallacy Of Luck by Christos Harrison: https://www.christosharrison.com/luck/ Atomic Habits by James Clear (on Amazon): https://amzn.to/38hngAK Other Episodes of We Only Look Thin that are related or discussed in this episode: Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 1 https://bit.ly/2vX1ULG Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2 https://bit.ly/38QiP0N Episode 21 – Gravity Issues https://bit.ly/37P1jsD Episode 74 – Must Be Niceitis https://bit.ly/2SO1gJe Episode 84 – Failure is Feedback – Part 1 https://bit.ly/3c3rNd9 Episode 85 – Failure is Feedback part 2 https://bit.ly/37QTse9 Episode 80 – The Weight Loss Fairy (about Magical Thinking) https://bit.ly/2Pm4FwD Share Tweet Share

In this unprecedented time in modern history, Catherine and Donald discuss how to stay on track while being stuck at home.  The couple point that this could actually be an opportunity to engage in the fitness you’ve always wished you had time for.  Use those under house arrest as examples of what to do in these troubling times.  Also, We Only Look Thin is very popular in Germany, Donald creeps out the Neighbors, and lava is also lava.  Hang in there everyone. The Rebounder that Catherine and Donald use available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2vK6AEQ Other Rebounders on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2wlTNc6 Blogilates on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates Fitness Marshall on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyqR7WkL8i1b6xtSssDmW9w Leslie Sansone’s Walk at Home https://www.youtube.com/user/walkathomemedia Yoga with Adriene https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene Other episodes we discuss in this episode: Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes https://bit.ly/2WGDoJI Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2 https://bit.ly/2UwplUJ Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme https://bit.ly/2QDhALj Share Tweet Share

With a Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic going on,  instead of our normal zany, slide-whistle filled episode, we decided to post a recording of a Facebook Live that Catherine conducted on Sunday, March 15th, 2020.  Catherine discusses how to maintain a schedule while working from home, incorporating movement in your day, not beating yourself up when you’re not doing everything you think you should be, and handling anxiety and cabin fever when dealing with the COVID-19 situation. Share Tweet Share