TRIGGER WARNING: John talks about having dreams of suicide (around 37 minutes in). We appreciate everyone who has already reached out and we appreciate your concern. John has never had these kinds of thoughts in waking life before so we want you to know there is no concern. But your kindness is always so appreciated.

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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 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:

• Emily watched Brittany Runs a Marathon  — a fantastic movie for us! If you haven’t checked it out, it’s amazing! Available on Amazon Prime.
• It’s weird watching these movies with people who haven’t ever had weight problems. We also know those friends who say things like, “I can’t do cardio! I lose too much weight too quickly!”
• One thing about changing yourself is feeling like our friends want to keep us in their little compartments in their minds and in real life.
• Sam, John’s girlfriend, is coming into town! Yay! And the Super Bowl is coming up, so let’s talk about that food!
• Emily’s favorite cupcake place has a Buffalo Chicken Cupcake! Would you try it?
• Are you ready for the best way to eat a cupcake? Cupcake Sandwich!
• There’s a new “Biggest Loser!” and we get to hear John’s real thoughts on Jillian Michaels.
• John Judge-mingo might be another alias for John, lol.
• If someone can’t find you attractive how you are, they are not the person for you. — Great advice from John.
• Emily mothers John and tells him he doesn’t have time. You’re welcome, future John!
• Big shout-out to Wellness While Walking by Coach Carolyn. I loved the tip from the podcast about adding more vegetables and LOVES Everything But the Bagel Seasoning on them! Wow!
• John gives some Dude Cooking lessons from his InstantPot. But, boy, do we have issues with making eggs sometimes. Emily last time, this time John!
• Emily has an Ask a Skinny Person moment because she’s not used to having her butt hurt from sitting on a bony/less-fatty butt.
• Emily has started doing affirmations out loud and they really do make a difference.
• John makes an appointment to see a neurologist for his concussions from years ago.
• TRIGGER WARNING: John talks about suicidal dreams around the 37:14 mark.
• We started a Daily Accountability Challenge! Did you join?
• So many wins for #WinningWednesday!
• Emily proves she doesn’t know sports — umps in football!
• Check out Theresa’s art in our group!
• “She wants to D — Donuts!”
• Emily’s old walking shoes are too big and they are flattened from when she was heavier.
• Check toward the end of the episode to see if we gained or lost weight this week.
• 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:

• The Book it was based on  — Queen Bees & Wannabees
• Samantha from I Shake My Head with Lisa and Sam
• The Brutal Secrets Behind “The Biggest Loser”  — New York Post
• Check out Biggest Loser Fancast
• Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting and the Logical Weight Loss podcast
• Dr. Harry Henshaw - Positive Affirmations on Spotify
• ThinkUp.me
• Dave’s tool: CommitTo3 for accountability for teams!
• Body Beast Challenge
• 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.

We had a great discussion in our Facebook group thinking about the lifestyle changes we make to lose weight versus what we are planning on doing once we hit our goal weight and need to maintain.

John also had a bout with food poisoning and Emily has shifted her whole schedule to mornings so we're both a little out of our comfort zone.

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

In This Episode:

• John goes right into his whirlwind of a week and his bout with food poisoning.
• We apologize if this podcast isn’t always out on Mondays -— like this week!
• Emily has moved her eating window earlier because of her changing her sleeping schedule to earlier.
• We talked on last week’s episode about proactive mode versus reactive mode during the day.
• Emily exploded an egg in her microwave before coming on the show. Apparently, 25 seconds is too long.
• When you hear us referring to others, it’s our chat room while we record live in the Hate to Weight Facebook group!
• Deborah posted a question in our group -— how do you balance what you’ll do with your diet versus what you’ll be doing for the rest of your life?
• What alcohol can you never have again?
• Emily got a recipe for Easy Italian Chicken Sandwiches and made sandwiches in the Instant Pot (on the Slow Cooker setting)
• We have our own little recipe section! Should this be an ongoing thing? Our Hate to Cook segment, lol!
• If you’re going to drink Coke, get it from McDonald’s! There’s a link below about why it tastes so good.
• Fantastic Winning Wednesday posts this week! Thanks everyone who contributes! Any win is fun to celebrate!
• This week’s Johnspiration -— “The worst part is throwing a hissy fit and giving up.”
• We’ve lost 131 pounds between the two of us! WOW!
• 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:

• Slow Cooker Italian Chicken Sandwiches
• The Real Reason McDonald’s Coke Tastes So Good
• 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? We have a store for our show! 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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

We both have planning on the brain this week and talk about Proactive Mode vs. Reactive Mode when it comes to our diets, businesses, and life.

John has already had a morning! And he even has a realization halfway through the episode and remembers to breathe. He also wants to create a #Lifing Toolbox.

Emily changes her schedule and has some adjusting to do. This may or may not be affecting her weight. We’ll see!

We also talk a lot about the importance of planning, including how we plan. Emily walks us through her weekly and daily planning and journaling routine, as well.

“I can’t wait to miss my kids!”  — Emily

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• John has already had a morning!
• John has adjusted his Eating Window for his Intermittent Fasting to One Meal a Day.
• Emily’s tip: Follow hashtags for the diet you’re doing on Instagram and Twitter so you get inspiration throughout the day.
• We can’t do math on a podcast! Our usual joke is 2+2=Chicken (Emily wants you to know she was once a math tutor, she swears!)
• What is your moment of #ImNotEvenSorry? Post it in the group or tag us if you’re following us on social media.
• John realizes he’s in Reactive Mode all the time!
• If you’re reading this, take a deep breath! It’ll feel good, we promise ;)
• We start talking about how we organize ourselves during the day. Emily is very Writey-Downey, are you?
• We know we do so much better when we set up a plan, even if we end up having to throw it out the window if something happens.
• John walks us through how his brain lies to him — can you relate?
• We talk a lot about planning in this episode and different methods, including writing things down and a deep look at Emily’s weekly and daily writing/planning routines.
• “Limited Time” gets us every time!
• Emily has realized that her toddler turns her brain to mush by the end of the day and has to adjust her whole schedule.
• Emily’s porn is counting down to when preschool begins, for sure.
• She’s going to bed earlier and waking up earlier, when she can have time to herself to plan before anyone wakes up and puts her in reactive mode.
• We both realize we need to find a release that’s not food.
• John needs a Lifing Toolbox!
• 33:06 Emily breaks down her morning pages and how she plans her day. (Thanks for the question, Craig!)
• She starts with Morning Pages: 3 pages of freewriting, from the book “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron; Then she does a to-do list in a bullet journal style, but separates it into three sections: Self-Care, Work, and Home & Family.
• Thanks to the Business Fabulous Podcast for giving me the idea to put stickers in my notebook! - Emily
• Emily can’t wait to miss her kids!
• We have some AMAZING #WinningWednesday posts!
• Do you have an audio drama or storytelling podcast you like? Let John know!
• John’s therapist says food addiction is the slowest, more painful way to kill yourself. Wow! It’s so sad and true!
• Emily has been doing daily yoga for more than a year now!
• John is so quotable!
• In case you’re new to the show, when Emily refers to Shark Week, she’s referring to her period.
• 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:

• Find out more about One Meal a Day from Delay, Don’t Deny by Gin Stevens  — Emily loves this book and this really helped her start her IF journey, even though she’s not at OMAD yet.
• Clever Fox Planners
• Find out more about Morning Pages from “The Artists Way” by Julia Cameron
• Business Fabulous Podcast
• My Fitness Pal
• The Productive Woman 
• 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 on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show? We have a store for our show! 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

Welcome to our new listeners and our new members in the Hate to Weight Discussion Group on Facebook! We’ve seen a few new faces in the group and we’re always excited when you can join us for the live show.

No matter where we are in our weight-loss journey, it seems we are constantly testing and adjusting. John’s schedule plus the diuretic he’s supposed to take wreaks havoc on his eating window with Intermittent Fasting. And Emily had a day of Emotional Triggers that would have sent her into a binge-eating tailspin otherwise.

And we had a lot of interaction in the chatroom this week, which we always love and appreciate!

“One bad day doesn’t make a bad week.”  — Annette from our Facebook Group in the Live Chat!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• John’s trying to get more steps in and is sore today.
• Welcome to our new listeners! We kind of throw you into the deep end at the beginning of this episode as we explain why we call Shark Week what it is. So, if you are offended by women’s menstruation, turn away now.
• And while Emily had a day of a bunch of triggers, she realized that after 80 episodes, she finally has the mindset not to run to food!
• John is testing and adjusting his eating window when it comes to Intermittent Fasting. BUT! He realizes that he doesn’t have to shame himself anymore. Yay!
• John had a bad recipe experience and we are determined to find a way to enjoy cooking.
• Emily tried InstaCart for the first time and we got to avoid the Big Kid Toy Aisle of Aldi.
• John gives us some more Dude Cooking ideas and we want to know, what is the food you can’t make for yourself?
• Fun Tip: At the beginning of the year, go through your pantry and it’s easy to find the cans and containers that have expired.
• John JUST realized that Chia Pets come from Chia Seeds!
• “You DON’T throw out Ferrero Rocher, you just don’t.”
• It’s always interesting when we have to explain our diets to people. We both really love the science behind Intermittent Fasting and we talk a bit about it. We have more resources over at HatetoWeight.com.
• So many great #WinningWednesday Posts!
• We have really worked on our triggers over the course of the show and we’re getting stronger with every episode!
• 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:

• Emily’s HappyLight
• CPAP.com
• InstaCart
• Chia Seed Pudding Recipe
• Follow our amazing listener Theresa Crout for her Annual VooDood Challenge! Website | Facebook | Instagram 
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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

Happy New Year, Weighters! (Not sure how we feel about that name for listeners, hmm.)

Welcome new listeners and returning listeners! We loved getting back together after the new year and talking about how we spent our holiday and how we’re starting the year. 

If you’ve joined us or rejoined us after the new year and raring to go on your weight-loss goals. We give some tips that have helped us in the past with getting back on the wagon, and we also know that setting goals helps you achieve them!

We also talk about goals for 2020 from both ourselves and those in our group! We would also love to know your goals and you can still add to the 2020 Goals post in the Facebook 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 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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• Weighters doesn’t work as a nickname all the time.
• Emily started off the year with a stomach bug in the house and is asking for accountability.
• “Your health is your first million dollars.”  — John (maybe?)
• “You can’t to 10 until you do 1.” — John
• How did you spend your New Years? (Probably not like Emily did — Space Jam!)
• Welcome to everyone who found us recently! We hope you enjoy dropping in smack-dab in the midst of a year and a half into our weight loss!
• Sugar sneaks itself into everything!
• John’s goal is to cook more in 2020.
• “Welcome to Hate to Cook, two lifelong take-outers ….”
• Check out some of John’s on-the-fly recipes! Should we have a Dude Cooking Segment?
• We also give some tips for those who are looking to get back on the health wagon train.
• We’re both moving to the One Meal a Day lifestyle. That may be in both of our futures.
• Always do your own research for whatever diet plan you want to try. We also know that not all doctors have the most up-to-date information about nutrition, so you are your best resource sometimes.
• Since we don’t have Winning Wednesday posts this week, we talk about our listeners’ goals for 2020!
• When it comes to being aware of your triggers, “Keep challenging yourself to ask ‘Why?’” — 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:

• I Shake My Head with Lisa and Sam
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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

We jump right into today’s show and even had to backtrack to record an intro! But don’t worry, John is a great editor and somehow kept our ADHD a little more understandable in the final edit.

We’re back from our holiday break and we are feeling the effects, for sure. A lot has happened and whenever John and Emily skip a week of chatting, there’s usually tangents galore, as with this episode.

We thank all our listeners who have been with us this year and we hope to continue our success in 2020!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• We went RIGHT into the episode without meaning to, so our beginning may seem a bit different than usual.
• Emily’s family gets her one of the best water bottles she’s ever gotten … and we get into a little Podcaster Humor about it.
• Oh! We have a store for our show! Check it out here!
• We love being able to give people help from our own resources, but we also want people to expect more than just a simple formula.
• This is the year John is setting goals!
• One of the things we beat ourselves up over is knowing how to do all the things … but not doing it. UGH!
• We went on a tangent about giving kids choices.
• We’ve been known to succumb to McDonald’s “would you like anything else with that?”
• Have you gone axe throwing? Emily loves it!
• Emily has been realizing she’s going to become a Hockey Mom. Nothing wrong with that … except how cold it is!
• Sorry this episode is so ADHD  — John and Emily haven’t talked for two weeks and weren’t fully expecting to record this episode.
• Emily didn’t put out cookies for Santa  — it was outside of his window ;)
• Check out our friends’ podcast, Talkng Fat! If you like this show, you’ll love them!
• John is going to work hard this year at crossing off days in a row on a calendar.
• We have two weeks’ of #WinningWednesdays!
• Heads up  — the gyms will be packed in January!
• We love when you share the funny memes and recipes you find in our group!
• 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:

• Emily’s Yeti water bottle
• Get a Hate to Weight water bottle!
• The Little Book of Big Change
• Talking Fat with Jonathan and Jen Apple | Spotify
• Trivial Warfare
• Congressional Dish
• Crock Pot Mexican Chicken Soup
• Follow our amazing listener Theresa Crout for her Annual VooDood Challenge! Website | Facebook | Instagram 
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind

Like the show? We have a store for our show! 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

We’re getting back into the swing of things in this episode. John has a good week, aside from a late-night craving. Emily stops focusing on the scale and instead focuses on the benefits of Intermittent Fasting.

We’re asking for a lot of feedback for this episode! We want your rants, your wins, and your goals for 2020!

“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail!” - Thanks to Annette in the chat for reminding us!

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 and we record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• John’s having a great week, especially since he doesn’t have to wrap his legs anymore, which was really eating a lot of his time.
• John’s friend is going for skin removal surgery and he’s following her journey for inspiration.
• What do you think our Cover Art Mascot’s name should be?
• Emily + Dilemma = Dilemma-ly.
• Did you know there was a “hunger hormone”?
• Emily is loving green tea, but John can’t have it. He gets too jittery, even though the caffeine is much less in green tea than coffee.
• You can be an AARP member, no matter what your age is! 
• Why do copycat recipes have to be so difficult?!
• Hey! Thanks for reading our show notes!
• Are you participating in #NoSugarDecember?
• 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:

• Wellness While Walking podcast - episodes will start coming out January 1st! (Apple / Spotify)
• Avoid these foods for a healthier heart
• Join AARP
• Faster Than Normal by Peter Shankman (this is more a book for those with adult ADHD, but this is where Emily first read about Intermittent Fasting)
• Jumpstart Your Labor Cookies Recipe 
• Easy Homemade Chili  —AllRecipes.com
• Texas Roadhouse Chili copycat recipe
• Diet Doctor Episode with Dr. Robert Cywes
•  
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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

John had a night where he ordered pizza and wings and is trying to find some of what Janet Jackson sings about, Control!

Emily has a list of fun new ideas she’s tried the past week to get happy, get cooking, and get warm.

We really go off on some tangents this week, but John has decided to bring more energy to the show, and Emily tries to remember her pun skills.

Get ready because this episode is a little off the walls!

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 and we record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• John is shot out of a cannon for this episode!
• Emily tries so hard for a pun … it does not go well. We refer to Emily’s very first podcast, Classy Little Podcast.
• John is jamming to Janet. (Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty.)
• Back in the day, John was Funky Cold Jamingo.
• Do you have an air fryer? What do you think?
• Taco Bell, what is going on with your menu? You don’t need chicken!
• Do you pick a word of the year? John’s for 2020 is CONTROL, Emily’s is BALANCE.
• Emily cannot rap. Ugh. It’s embarrassing that she tried.
• Emily is COLD! All the time!
• Emily thinks she has a fear of success … but is it really fear of failure?
• Dr. John is in! And he gives some wise words (from the movie “Hope Floats” lol)
• We had a few members of our group who participated in NaPodPoMo last month. Congratulations, Dave, Adam, and Paul!
• Emily reads the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder and it’s sounding pretty familiar to us.
• Emily got a HappyLight to help with SAD.
• Bed, Bath & Beyond is the best!
• Emily has also fallen in love with Ready Chef Go bags that are so easy to cook!
• She has also started enjoying green tea and wait until you find out what “Russian Novel Hour” is and how wonderful it is!
• If you taste too much fish when you take Fish Oil, drink more water!
• We went LOOOONG this week, including two weeks’ worth of #WinningWednesdays!
• 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:

• Classy Little Podcast
• Control by Janet Jackson
• The Productive Woman podcast with Laura McClellan
• Seasonal Affective Disorder — Mayo Clinic
• How Light Therapy Works - Seasonal affective disorder: bring on the light - Harvard Medical School
• Verilux HappyLight 
• Ready Chef Go cooking bags
• Where to find Ready Chef Go Bags
• Intermittent Fasting Book: Delay, Don’t Deny by Gin Stevens
• Delay Don’t Deny Facebook Group
• Does a “Clean Fast” Really Matter? - GinStephens.com
• Bigelow Green Tea
• Teami
• Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting and the Logical Weight Loss podcast
• RENPHO Bluetooth Body Fat Scale Smart BMI Scale Digital Bathroom Wireless Weight Scale - Emily’s scale
• POUND workout
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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

We couldn’t get on Facebook for the Live Show, bu we still recorded. We actually recorded on Thanksgiving, before the feast, which worked out well for the weigh-in.

John has some big news for us  —he has been cleared by his therapist for weight-loss surgery! Yay! He also gives us a quick Dude Cooking recipe for vegetable soup and we talk about getting more vegetables in, even though it’s been too cold (for Emily) for a salad lately.

From John and Emily, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season and we hope you extend grace to yourself. It’s a very eating-centric time of year and people tend to beat themselves up the most. We want to help keep you accountable to yourself and your health and we are so grateful you’ve joined us for this podcast!

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 and we record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• We couldn’t get on Facebook for the live show because Facebook and Instagram were down. Sorry! (I couldn’t even upload our video. That kept crashing, too! Sorry! — Emily)
• What are you thankful for? Also, Emily was not prepared for this question and went right to food.
• John is grateful for his therapist and has some big news!
• Big congratulations to John, his mental health has been cleared to get the bariatric surgery! Now it’s just a matter of hitting a goal weight.
• What is with our kids trying to kill us?!
• Emily ate more vegetables this week, even though it’s been too cold for salads.
• Dude Cooking vegetable soup recipe: three bags of frozen vegetables in a crock pot with chicken broth.
• Do you like playing with food in your teeth?
• We referred back to Harriet Morris, Emily’s eating coach and her games to avoid binge-eating.
• Are you an Aldi fan? They have a lot of gluten-free stuff!
• John is comparing the benefits of Intermittent Fasting vs. Keto.
• It’s awesome that food manufacturers add more information to the package to help us make easier decisions. But the more we find out about nutrition and food information, the more informed we can be about what we put in our bodies.
• The memes in our Facebook group are awesome! We love when you post them because they always make us laugh!
• John plans the next few weeks of weight loss.
• Have you heard of sous vide cooking? Emily’s husband loves doing it and he’s testing it out on the Thanksgiving turkey.
• Sorry we couldn’t do our Winning Wednesdays this week because we couldn’t get on Facebook!
• Just remember, one day of eating will not ruin all your weight-loss.
• Emily found herself in Two-terville (where the first number on the scale is a 2) but, phew! She goes back to One-derland.
• Reverb — great for singers, horrible for podcast editors.
• Did you know Emily can play guitar and juggle?
• We get into a bit of banter about The Beatles
• Thanks to our friend Dave Jackson for giving us a shout-out!
• “Comparison is the thief of joy.”  —Theodore Roosevelt
• Sorry I couldn’t get the video up in our group! It was too big and would not load :(
• Don’t forget to give yourself some grace!
• 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:

• Harriet Morris - The Eating Coach
• Eating Games to avoid binge-eating
• Trim Healthy Mama diet
• She Podcasts Live
• Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting and the Logical Weight Loss podcast
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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

A big thank you to everyone who nominated and voted for Hate to Weight in the Discover Pods awards. We didn’t win, but we are thrilled to have been nominated!

John has been learning to sit with his feelings, at the urging of his therapist who he has been seeing to get ready for bariatric surgery. And we’re finding out that sitting with our feelings and trying not to go into the fight-or-flight response is much harder than just trying to fight them. But it’s necessary for true weight-loss and to keep from sabotaging ourselves.

Emily is dealing with Shark Week (what we call the week of her period) on top of weeks of sickness in the house and her weight-loss has been temporarily put on hold. But we have faith that we can make it through and we know it won’t always be like this, even though when we’re in the throes of it all, it can seem overwhelming and never-ending.

But luckily, we have some amazing #WinningWednesday posts this week!

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 and we record every Thursday at 11 a.m.!

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

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 70 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.

In This Episode:

• Thank you to everyone who nominated and voted for Hate to Weight in the Discover Pods awards! And congratulations to Sex with Emily who won in the Health & Fitness category!
• Do you love or hate “The Office”? John hates it!
• John’s learning to sit with his feelings, and this is an important step in our weight-loss journey.
• Mindfulness sounds “easy,” but when it comes to validating your own feelings and realizing the stories we tell ourselves, it’s incredibly difficult to learn.
• Both John and Emily have ADHD and there is a side of ADHD that comes with anxiety and possibly spiraling.
• We are both without our usual vices, so we have to find a whole new way to cope with our feelings. It’s still new to us and we’re still getting used to it.
• Emily is so sick of the generation wars. Stop it!
• Sorry we didn’t quite stay on the topic of weight-loss this week.
• We know how to diet — but we are learning to deal with the emotions and that’s the hard part.
• Did you know John’s stage name? John Jamingo!
• How we’re getting out our thoughts: Emily keeps morning pages and has a release jars for scraps of paper of her worries, and John has started recording his thoughts into the microphone.
• Oh, and it’s Shark Week for Emily and she is in hibernation mode, plus being sick and tired of being sick and tired.
• In case you need to hear this: You won’t always feel like this. This is only temporary. This is not the rest of your life. Also, no one has it all figured out.
• Did you know that checking something off your to-do list releases dopamine? How “Emily” is that?
• Emily gives some of her tips for productivity and chasing that dopamine.
• Comparison is the thief of joy!
• We love memes in the Facebook group! Feel free to share ALL your victories over there!
• Emily’s Weekly Weigh-In summed up: I’m not even sorry!
• John helps us come back during our Weigh-In!
• Later, Weighters!

From the graphic John talks about for Signs You Need a Break:

• Losing interest in things you’re usually passionate about and bring you joy.
• Short temper and east to provoke.
• Taking everything personally.
• Constantly overthinking.
• Emotionally Overwhelmed.
• Always Exhausted/Tired

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:

• Discover Pods Awards
• Office Ladies podcast
• NaPodPoMo
• Brené Brown: The Call to Courage — Watch on Netflix
• Dave Jackson from School of Podcasting, Building a Better Dave, and the Logical Weight Loss podcast.
• Gary Gulman On How The States Got Their Abbreviations - CONAN on TBS
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• Show Your Work! By Austin Kleon
• 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
• Join us on Twitter: twitter.com/HateToWeight
• Visit our Website: HatetoWeight.com
• Email us: [email protected]
• Check out John on Brilliant Observations and She Podcasts
• Check out Emily’s other podcast: The Story Behind
• Like the show? 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