Hate to Weight

Watch the LIVE Recording: https://www.facebook.com/John.bukenas/videos/10222973972114748/

Have you had enough? Yes. The answer for all of us is “yes.”

Get ready for some silliness in this episode and getting into some woo with Emily and her Ashwagandha (don’t worry, we’ll explain). Join us as we try to lighten your spirits with us!

We talk a lot about our current situations, which as you may know if you’re listening to this around the time it comes out, is the COVID-19 social distancing stuff. It’s important to mention, as we do every episode, we are not doctors. Please refer to the CDC website guidelines for information or any questions you may have.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• Emily’s coming up on her birthday and she’s indulging.
• Anyone else find themselves ordering more shelf-stable food than they normally do?
• Emily has a problem with Cheesy Puffs! Never get her started on the “Essence.”
• It’s also our two-year anniversary.
• One thing we’re not dealing with are the bakers at work anymore.
• It’s amazing the stuff we do for free food. But we make sure not to be the Office Scavenger in a stealth way. (Or so we think)
• Do you relate? Have you also had secret tricks to eating? Let us know! Email us at [email protected]
• Emily’s Cheesy Puffs are John’s Tapioca Pudding.
• Now that we have the accountability of the podcast, luckily John and Emily don’t run too far amok.
• John’s actually finding it easier to get the food he needs and he may be getting into a groove. This has made the anxiety subside.
• Emily is recording an audiobook version of her book in her other Facebook group to get out of her comfort zone.
• We really appreciate you listening to our vulnerability. Something about this podcast is the truth serum we have needed as a form of therapy.
• John goes deep into what he thinks about doing affirmations in the mornings.
• Emily talks about her morning pages and how she follows the moon cycles!
• Have you ever looked into the cycles of the moon and how our bodies are attuned with it?
• Emily takes Ashwagandha every morning and talks about it a bit.
• Everyone’s a little nuts right now. Folks, hold tight.
• Yay for the #WinningsWednesdays! Awesome job with the NSVs (Non-Scale Victories) and SVs!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Podcasting Step-by-Step with Sarah Mikutel
• Moon Cycle app
• 12 Proven Health Benefits of Ashwagandha
• This is the brand Ashwagandha Emily takes
• Ayurveda and Ashwagandha with Shivani Gupta - The 5 a.m. Miracle Podcast with Jeff Sanders
• My Fitness Pal app
• Why We Gain Weight When We’re Stressed—and How Not To - Psychology Today
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
• Don’t forget to check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

We’re in yet another week of Quarantine but we’re grateful we’ve been on this health journey together. At the time of this recording, Emily was finishing up a Spirit Week Challenge where she dressed up for theme days every day for a week. And John has decided he’s going to hunker down once he started reading about how those in the obese/morbidly obese camp are more susceptible.

Everyone, stay safe out there! We’re so grateful you choose to spend your time with us and we hope we continue to entertain you right now.

We talk a lot about our current situations, which as you may know if you’re listening to this around the time it comes out, is the COVID-19 social distancing stuff. It’s important to mention, as we do every episode, we are not doctors. Please refer to the CDC website guidelines for information or any questions you may have.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• We are Quarantine Crazy.
• Emily has enacted a Spirit Week Challenge because she is bored of her current wardrobe.
• Every day had a theme — Monday: Favorite book or movie character; Tuesday: Retro Day — pick a decade; Wednesday: Disney; Thursday: Sports Jersey; and Friday (the day we recorded): All Dressed Up with No Where to Go.
• Both Emily and John were dressed up and recording Live in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group!
• Emily is also doing Spirit Week during Shark Week. Emily makes sure to broadcast to everyone, including her uterus, she is not pregnant!
• John gets to experience a NSV — his suit is now loose! He wouldn’t have known otherwise.
• Now that Emily has lost weight, she finds that she only wore certain outfits and dresses once before losing too much weight and swimming in them.
• John’s trying to work the carbs back out of his system. And it’s very hard right now to get fresh produce right now in stores. We’re also freaked out by the viral videos of people doing gross things in super markets. And the salad bar has always been iffy, ugh!
• InstaCart is so unpredictable, so one shipment came after two weeks, another came in two days. Emily and her husband also tried Shipt and that worked well, too.
• John is starting to worry about hunkering down, especially for people who are obese/morbidly obese.
• But he’s getting in an Intermittent Fasting groove again, doing 16-8.
• Emily has a problem when it comes to new food in the house where she wants to eat all the new snacks and especially comfort food. Emily even has a little moment discussing all the foods she would have as a last meal.
• Emily was able to get creative while she was waiting for her grocery order and was able to go through her stockpile of food she would buy and forget about.
• Emily is missing her WaffleFuls! Hoping Brickbox in Stratford, CT, opens up again soon!
• We’re both missing our fast-food, but turns out, John knows a lot about preparing squirrel meat.
• Yay for the #WinningsWednesdays! You are all awesome!
• It’s not just you  — every day seems like it’s a week long to all of us.
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Want to check out Emily’s Spirit Week? Here’s the original Instagram Post
• InstaCart
• Shipt
• Everyone’s a Curator; Everyone’s a Content Curator
• Trim Healthy Mama — a diet Emily was successful at for six months (until Cheez-Its happened)
• I Shake My Head with Lisa and Sam
• Ask the Podcast Coach
• Don’t forget to check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

Sorry for the late-releasing episodes! We're still trying to adjust our schedules for our own client work, as well as this podcast.

We're both adapting to our quarantines and it's a stressful time, for sure. John is a bit hungover on today's episode and has recently shaved his head. And Emily is dealing with a sick spouse (not COVID, thankfully) but it's still stressful on top of everything else.

We talk a lot about our current situations, which as you may know if you’re listening to this around the time it comes out, is related to the COVID-19 crisis. It’s important to mention, as we do every episode, we are not doctors. Please refer to the CDC website guidelines for information or any questions you may have.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• Welcome to Day Whatever It Is of Quarantine!
• John has shaved his head! Don’t forget to join the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook so you can see!
• John is also a bit hungover while recording.
• Emily has found herself wanting a cigarette. The stress from this whole thing is real, y’all! Thank goodness we can’t go out.
• Don’t smoke, kids. Ever.
• And don’t listen to 18-year-old Emily. She’s missing her college vices and has chosen swearing as her current vice to relieve stress.
• Please! Stay home! Keep your bubble intact and sing some Police if you need to — “Don’t stand so close to me!”
• John is ready to hunker down until there is a vaccine. He’s getting back into Intermittent Fasting and eventually keto.
• Emily’s planning a Spirit Week Challenge! Want to spruce up your daily wardrobe? Check it out!
• Have you ever eaten a typical food so much that you actually get sick of it and never eat it again?
• We’re coming up on our Two-Year Anniversary of this show.
• Be prepared — Emily goes into a segment about Easter Candy and the different varieties she loves.
• Warning: If you are starting Intermittent Fasting, drinking will be a bit different. Take your time because alcohol usually hits differently.
• Emily is actually missing crowds. Not people — just crowds.
• “Mental health comes first … but, Pearl Jam!”
• Thank you to our listener Deb who described our show as a “clubhouse for those losing weight” on Reddit!
• Should we rename our Facebook group the Hate to Weight Clubhouse.
• We’re also featured on Feedspot’s Top 20 Weight Loss Podcasts You Should Follow in 2020!
• Emily’s husband has a cold this week and is doing the work of two parents, plus trying to work, plus dealing with the world as it is. Suffice to say, it’s been a hard week and the journey to getting one clean knife was enough to throw her into a tizzy.
• In case anyone needs it, Mobile Smash Rooms are a thing!
• Even though there’s a lot of stress in Emily’s house, she was able to eat some food she doesn’t normally get because her husband is sick. Silver linings.
• Awesome Winning Wednesdays, everyone! We’re so glad you’re all still working toward your goals with us!
• Emily’s PMS/Season of Our Discontent is still going on. No pregnancy on the horizon, just stress.
• Sorry for the later episodes. We’re working on being more consistent!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Talking Fat with Jonathan and Jen Apple | Spotify
• StreamYard
• Top 20 Weight Loss Podcasts You Should Follow in 2020 - Feedspot
• Mobile Smash Rooms
• Khan Academy — how Emily’s toddler is learning, at this point
• Brilliant Observations
• I Shake My Head with Lisa and Sam
• Don’t forget to check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

This episode was recorded in the beginning of April 2020 for context. We're still getting used to the temporary new-normal of staying indoors and self-quarantining for our own safety. It requires us to learn more planning skills that, luckily, we have already been working on with our own diets. But not like this.

In fact, Emily has taken to calling the combination of this + PMS "The Season of Our Discontent". Good thing we still have our sense of humor, although John has deemed himself an Anxetiy-Riddled Hypochondriac Germaphobe.

We talk a lot about our current situations, which as you may know if you’re listening to this around the time it comes out, is the COVID-19 social distancing stuff. It’s important to mention, as we do every episode, we are not doctors. Please refer to the CDC website guidelines for information or any questions you may have.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• John starts off the show with a clip of a toddler upset about how she can’t get all her favorite foods and the tantrum that ensues. And that’s pretty much how John’s reacting.
• We find our habits have changed from everything that’s going on with the coronavirus pandemic.
• Don’t take vitamins on an empty stomach! Nope!
• John now identifies as an Anxiety-Riddled Hypochondriac Germaphobe.
• Do you have triggers for your eating or other habits? That’s one thing we’ve really worked on identifying.
• We’re also learning how to plan our shopping and eating so we can make our groceries stretch.
• Emily is celebrating two years of doing Intermittent Fasting! Two years = 90 pounds down = 8 sizes down!
• It’s weird that this is starting to become a new normal for everyone.
• Gross-out alert: Both John and Emily admit we both enjoy pizza that’s been left out over refrigerated. Eek!
• Emily has some morbid curiosity. We apologize in advance.
• Thank goodness for the #WinningWednesdays posts! We can always use some good news.
• Thank you for all the memes and affirmations!
• Emily has now named her PMS  —The Season of Our Discontent.
• Want to boost your immune system? Exercise!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Groups at Higher Risk for Severe Illness - CDC
• Make Bread with Beer Instead of Yeast - Food.com
• Regular exercise benefits immunity -- even in isolation - Science Daily
• Don’t forget to check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

Heads up: We normally don’t censor ourselves on the show, but we do talk about a very mature podcast a bit in the beginning. If you want to skip all that, we finish talking about it by the 18:00-minute mark. It’s a Pearl-Clutcher!

We talk a lot about our current situations, which as you may know if you’re listening to this around the time it comes out, is the COVID-19 social distancing stuff. It’s important to mention, as we do every episode, we are not doctors. Please refer to the CDC website guidelines for information or any questions you may have.

Even though John and Emily are both naturally homebodies, even they are getting a little restless when it comes to being told to Stay Home. And that leads to some stress eating, unfortunately. But we’re figuring things out as we go along, as per usual.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• Do you also sing along to our theme song? We do today!
• What do you think? Do you like the humor and the memes about Quarantine and COVID-19?
• John finds himself very undisciplined right now and running amok, but at least he’s aware!
• Our food planning skills are being tested heavily! Especially when it comes to buying enough to eat and also store.
• We’re all going to forgive John for not stepping on the scale this week because the batteries were dead.
• Who’s the mean person in your life? Is it you?
• But John has decided to get some sunshine and fresh air. (Psst: I talked to him later that day and it was a good experience.)
• Have you heard about Dying for Sex? What do you think?
• We’re also looking for distractions — something that has nothing to do with current events.
• Everyone! Big news! Julie Andrews is OK! (There was nothing wrong with her, but Emily worries if she doesn’t get a Julie Andrews update every so often.)
• Emily is pulling back and taking a look at her business and how it fits into what’s going on.
• She also is turning off the phone during the day or putting Do Not Disturb on her phone.
• Be aware of the Scarcity Mentality that many of us are in. This raises our stress and many of us hold onto weight when our stress is up. Thank goodness for yoga, mindfulness and making plans you look forward to.
• Want to lure Emily out of her house? Offer her food!
•  Weddings are just older people-Proms!
• “Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail” - Annette-spirations from the Live Chat Room!
• We also both having crazy dreams  — anyone else?
• “If you’re doing what you should be doing, the outcome doesn’t matter.” - This week’s John-spiration!
• Congratulations to everyone for their #WinningWednesday posts!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Niel Diamond sings a “Sweet Caroline” Parody
• COVID-19’s Impact on Podcast Listening - Voxnest
• Our Podcast Host is Libsyn, by the way (Want a free month of hosting when you sign up? Use the coupon code EMILY)
• Netflix throttles its service in Europe
• How to Wipe Down Your Groceries Video John talks about
• Dying For Sex podcast
• S-Town podcast
• Omaha Steaks
• Online Poker
• Bejeweled App (iOS | Android)
• Go follow our friend Jason Bryant who is doing his usual wrestling announcing on his Instagram Stories.
• Wellness While Walking podcast
• Want some of our favorite Keto and Intermittent Fasting resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

Heads up: This episode was recorded on March 19th, so keep that in mind if we’re behind on the current events when you listen to this.

We were all this together when we were dieting, and now we’re all in this together when it comes to staying home and stopping the spread of COVID-19.

This week, we’re starting to get used to our new life of quarantining ourselves and keeping ourselves separated from others. There’s a little bit of stress eating popping up in our lives, as well, but we try to keep the mood up in this episode!

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• We’re finding out just how much we rely on our normal way of getting food and now we’re adjusting.
• We’re finally cooking at home! And it sucks as much as we knew it would.
• John goes through his grocery routine now and how he sanitizes what comes into his house.
• Why is it so hard not to touch our faces?!
• As if we didn’t have trouble planning our meals before, we are trying to survive a crash course in it now!
• Emily has a bidet attachment and it’s amazing right now! It saves on toilet paper!
• Would you buy a Used Bidet? Um, no!
• Are you still enjoying the quarantine memes? We are!
• Emily has started streaming her work on Twitch (in fact, she’s streaming right now while writing notes!)
• Have you found you need more breaks from your phone lately?
• John refused to go to the doctor’s office and is really taking this seriously! Good for him!
• GRATITUDE IS THE ATTITUDE!
• Years ago, both of us would have eaten all the crap and been fine. But NO! We wanted to get healthy.
• Emily has been working on lowering her expectations of other people, as well as herself right now.
• We’re all in this together (but #HateToWeightDidItFirst).
• Congratulations to everyone for their #WinningWednesday posts!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Max & Mel Brooks’ Video
• Buy an Attachable Bidet on Amazon
• Talking Fat with Jonathan and Jen
• Logical Weight Loss 
• Wellness While Walking
• The Intermittent Fasting Podcast
• Want some of our favorite Keto and Intermittent Fasting resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

Yay! Emily is back this week! And she’s working on getting back to her own self lately.

A head’s up. This episode was recorded March 12, 2020. At the time of recording, we were just beginning social distancing and learning about the seriousness of COVID-19. Please bear with us while we try to find a balance between entertainment and sensitivity to the topic.

While Emily was coming back from her trip, John has been hunkering down, preparing to do a lot more Dude Cooking at home instead of getting drive through.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We are not doctors. Please talk to your doctor before trying any new diet or exercise routine. We try our hardest to link to useful resources we have mentioned. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

In This Episode:

• John doesn’t like being away from Emily for two weeks.
• Sorry everyone for the sound on my end! It seems I used my computer mic, ugggh! — Emily.
• Let’s encourage John to do more solo episodes!
• John explains Discord to Emily. Are you on Discord? What do you think?
• Emily is having a bit of an identity crisis when it comes to social media, so she’s becoming more introspective and playing with her private Instagram.
• Would you allow a video of yourself dancing online? Emily loved it!
• Emily has also found that from her daily yoga, she now enjoys dancing! And pretending to know how to dance.
• I promise, y’all, I am an Introvert! I take a looong time to warm up to people.
• Podcasters are the best people!
• We did stupid stuff when we were 18, right?!
• Emily left her phone in an Uber. If this has never happened to you, check out how she got it back!
• Emily used the Hate to Weight Voicemail Line to get her phone back.
• John talks about an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience with an infectious disease specialist.
• John’s anxiety is up and we both know for us anxiety is an overeating trigger.
• How are you when it comes to hearing symptoms?
• We have both realized we hate cooking. We should have named this podcast Hate to Cook. Seriously!
• Home Ec taught Emily how to follow a recipe, but she can’t come up with a recipe.
• Emily is looking forward to watching Salt Fat Acid Heat. Have you seen it?
• Was the movie Outbreak used in your high school class to talk about viruses and how they spread? That’s how Emily learned.
• Please do your research, everyone!
• Great job with everyone’s winning Wednesdays! Keep ‘em coming!
• Delivery is dangerous!
• “Give me a carrot? It better be during a commercial!” — Past-Emily, who wouldn’t eat crunchy food because then she couldn’t hear the TV
• John is starting to realize he doesn’t want to get bariatric surgery, but he’s still keeping to his dedication to losing weight.
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Discord
• Stargate Pioneer’s shows Gonna Geek & Better Podcasting
• The Joe Rogan Experience — Michael Osterholm
• Working from home and need a camera? Emily recommends the Logitech C920
• Watch Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix
• Snopes
• For the latest information about the coronavirus and COVID-19, visit the CDC or WHO websites.
• Check out the walking podcast Wellness While Walking
• MyFitnessPal
• Follow John on MyFitnessPal
• Want some of our favorite Keto and Intermittent Fasting resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

John did a solo episode and he did a great job! Emily wasn’t feeling well that day and had to bail. But as I’m writing these show notes, I am loving hearing John’s wins and his thoughts on the article that was put in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group!

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

In This Episode:

• John goes outside his comfort zone and does a solo episode! Sorry, everyone  — Emily had a headache and didn’t sleep well that night before and had to skip this week.
• But John took initiative and stepped up when he gained weight the past few weeks.
• He and his girlfriend, Samantha, worked together with MyFitnessPal and talk every day about their progress.
• Yay for the Whooshie Pill! (But also, boo to the constant peeing!)
• We also do a Winning Wednesday! Great job, everyone!
• John even does a solo weigh-in! Wow! (Sorry, I’m so impressed while writing these show notes! Great job, John!)
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• My Fitness Pal
• The Tiny Cell that Connects our Physical and Mental Health, and Solves a Decades-old Mystery of Why Toxic Stress Leads to Brain Changes that Spark Depression, Anxiety —  ACES Connection
• Want some of our favorite Keto and Intermittent Fasting resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

What happens when you go on vacation while doing Intermittent Fasting?

Well, Emily found out on her big family vacation! In fact, it’s a whirlwind of a story, which includes Emily’s actual ideal vacation of driving for hours in nature, calling on her “boot and rally” days from college to get her through taking too many vitamins on an empty stomach, and Couch Jeans from the Universe.

Wow. Are these show notes or the back of a family comedy from the ‘80s VHS?

Meanwhile, while Emily was away, John spent time with his girlfriend and then ran amok the rest of the time. But it wasn’t an all-at-once thing. It happened gradually. But now, since he’s had to be accountable on the show, he has decided to create a 5-step plan for himself and can hopefully find some local groups to help out. (Suggestions welcome!)

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can talk to us and other Weighters while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

In This Episode:

• Emily is back from a family vacation and, boy, was it interesting! Disneyland, Universal, California and back and feeling like it was straight out of National Lampoon. (OK, no dead relatives on the car.)
• Best way to rid yourself of Mom Guilt? Being *those* parents on a plane with a screaming child. Emily and her husband were those parents. Eek!
•  But Diet Guilt? Apparently, that’s a thing, as Emily finds out. But because of sickness going through everyone else, she decided to take Zicam outside of her eating window. Because being healthy on a family vacation is probably the best reason to break a fast. SPOILER ALERT: Turns out, it didn’t deter her weight loss at all! :)
• Are you a Disney food person? Emily loved the food there!
• “You’re a mom! Come on! College has trained us for this. Boot & Rally!” — When you tell yourself you don’t have the flu, you just took too many vitamins.
• Even writing these show notes, our sleep schedules are still wonky!
• Humans are so weird! Seriously!
• Another exception to Emily’s eating window. Good hibachi. But not California pizza. Sorry, California.
• Emily loves her shoes she wore to Disneyland. In case you’re curious, they’re Sketchers with Memory Foam.
• Would you wear “Couch Jeans”? Seriously.
• But the Couch Jeans from the Universe did provide a wonderful belt for the jeans Emily brought and found out were too big.
• Emily also had the win of getting down to her wedding weight! But her dress fit completely differently.
• Please do not send in your theories
• “You’re gonna wash that story right out of those jeans.” —  John
• After John’s girlfriend left, he was on a muck and continued.
• More unhealthy choices fell into the cart, bigger portions were being made, and John knew he was in trouble.
•  John heard a podcast from a YouTuber Bridget Phetasy 
• John’s 5-Step Plan:

1. Get back to Intermittent Fasting
2. Get a good breakfast.
3. Slowly start reducing any sugar and carbs.
4. There has to be more exercise.
5. Be more proactive and accountable.

• John also noticed that he’s been bullying himself when he got on the scale.
• But we know if we have one bad week, it’s just a week. It’s not our entire life.
• John also talks about an article (linked below) about Food Addiction and he’s looking for support in his area.
• “There’s so much shame in being a food addict, that people don’t go. We suffer in silence.”  — John
• John was doing well, but then started gambling and “had outs” — if you know poker, you’ll love John’s analogy!
• We’re learning how to make these health changes to work for our lifestyle.
• But let’s get positive! The #WinningWednesday posts get us back into our silly mood.
• Thank you to our friend Dave Jackson for shouting us out in Podcast Magazine! Woo-hoo!
• Let us know where you listen! Take a photo of where you are and post it in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group!
• Emily really geeks out about Star Wars. Beware, it’s truly geeky.
• John even gives us some Dude Cooking ideas for eggs!
• Thanks to everyone who joined us for the live chat!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Samantha from I Shake My Head with Lisa and Sam
• Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting and the Logical Weight Loss podcast
• American Glutton Podcast
• Bridget Phetasy - Dumpster Fire YouTube
• 5 Ways to Help If You Think You Have a Food Addiction — RiverMend Health
• Podcast Magazine
• Want some of our favorite Keto and Intermittent Fasting resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.

Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

Emily’s getting ready for a family vacation, on top of crazy work stuff, on top of the current events  —it’s a recipe for the perfect storm in Emily’s world and there’s even a funny story about what happens when you throw a rock in the woods, craving mall pretzels, and prom dresses! OK, I’m building up this story a lot, but I promise this episode will be an interesting side of Emily in Panic Mode.

In better news, John’s special lady friend is visiting and he is having a ball, but making sure to weigh the options of good, better or best choices.

New to Hate to Weight? Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll never miss an episode and so you can listen to all the back episodes!

Don’t forget, you can interact with us while we record by going to the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook. We record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

Call in your WINS or RANTS anytime! 760-WINNING -— 760-946-6464

We want to encourage you to seek help if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

In This Episode:

• Yay! John’s special lady friend is visiting him and he’s having a great time.
• We’ve both been having a hell week.
• Emily is getting ready for a big family trip and there’s been a lot of stress in the house.
• Internet, you’re mad about a stripper pole?!
• She finally has the day of the Perfect Storm between current events, Shark Week, vacation planning.
• Thank you to our wonderful listeners for reaching out to John about last week’s episode and his dreams. We really appreciate it and love you so much.
• We want to encourage you to seek help if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
• Emily gets Woo and has a ridiculous moment in the woods.
• Emily goes for a mall pretzel outside her window (oh no!), but then makes a better choice!
• John talks about Good, Better, Best Decisions.
• If you ever see Emily by a body of water and she’s holding a rock, keep walking (or record it for John to laugh at later).
• Emily has never been to Disney and doesn’t know what to expect, especially as a parent.
• Johnspiration  —”I know this is stressful, but you’ll look back and it will be so much fun.”
• Flashback to when Emily broke her monitor while recording live!
• We’ll have to see how changing the window affects Emily when she gets back.
• Sorry, TGI Fridays!
• There’s a good chance the show notes from last week still aren’t written, lol!
• Great job, everyone, with the Accountability Challenge!
• How did you feel about the Super Bowl? Go Chiefs!
• Awesome Winning Wednesdays this week!
• Emily will be on vacation next week so no show! Sorry I couldn’t record another episode I talked about in this show. My son got a stomach bug that day and had to cancel! Ugh.
• We’ll see you in two weeks!
• Later, Weighters!

We’d love to hear your scale and non-scale victories! Come celebrate your wins over in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! 

Links Mentioned:

• Vagina Talks with Sophia Wiseone
• Check out the podcast Wellness While Walking
• Want more resources? Check out our resources page!

Join Us On Our Journey:

• Join our Facebook group: HatetoWeight.com/Facebook
• Follow Emily and John on Instagram
• We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John sometimes on She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show and want some sweet, sweet swag? Check it out here!

And check out T-shirts inspired by Hate to Weight by Mark Des Cotes from The Resourceful Designer and Podcast Branding 

Edited by John Bukenas of Audio Editing Solutions

Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.