We Only LOOK Thin

It’s that special time of year in between Halloween and Thanksgiving when people can only think of one thing; forming new and healthy habits. Friend of the show in our dreams, Gretchen Rubin, wrote a book about it and this week, Catherine and Donald go through her final eight strategies for forming habits. Are you going to turn to pairing, clarity, or other people? Or maybe everyone’s favorite pastime, loophole spotting. We’re confident that at least one of these will help you get where you want to be on your weight loss and fitness journventure. Plus, Donald is burning for bargains, Catherine wants to be a figurehead, and the couple tells you about hard work and stuff.

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The 21 Strategies for Habit Formation by Gretchen Rubin

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin on Amazon

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You might be saying to yourself, “Look, it’s Autumn.  Can’t you just let me enjoy the leaves changing color and some pumpkin spice?”  It’s a fair point, but it’s not what we do here.  We help you form habits that will allow you to reach and maintain your weight loss and fitness goals.  And so does Gretchen Rubin.  This week, the couple takes you through 9 more of Gretchen Rubin’s strategies for habit formation and helps you apply them to your health.  Waiting for a Lightning Bolt? Trying to figure out if you should abstain from certain foods?  We’ve got you covered.  Plus, Catherine names trees, Donald goes behind the felt curtain, and the couple gives you that new planner feeling.

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The 21 Strategies for Habit Formation by Gretchen Rubin

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It’s that time of year again when everyone starts turning their attention towards one thing; habit formation. But how do you start? Close personal friend of the show, Gretchen Rubin (we wish) has some ideas. She literally wrote the book on it. This week, Catherine and Donald go over Gretchen Rubin’s first four strategies of habit formation and relate them to weight loss, health, and fitness. What kind of accountability do you thrive on? How do you distinguish yourself? What should you monitor? The answers await. Plus, Donald lobbies The Earth, Catherine becomes “Cathy Goulash”, and Big Mattress tells you where to sleep.

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The 21 Strategies for Habit Formation by Gretchen Rubin

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin on Amazon

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At Halloween time, dread is supposed to be part of the fun. But when it comes to exercise, dread is a major part of why we don’t do it. But where does that dread come from? This week, Catherine and Donald examine the origins of dreading a new healthy activity and give you some suggestions as to how to get over the dread and on with the movement. The chilling truth is that adults are responsible for their own habits. Plus, Catherine wants to un-read books, Donald introduces The Yolkening, and Agony Hill has cotton candy at the top.

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At this special time of year, we are reminded that demons like to possess young people and make their heads spin around.  Some people have demons from heck, while others have demons jn the form of snacks.  Nobody knows what to do about demon snacks, do they?  Catherine and Donald may have some suggestions.  Based on an article from neuroscientist Alex Korb, Phd, the couple walk you through some ideas for using your brain to exercise excessive snacking from your life. Or better yet, work snacking into your life in a way that makes you proud of your choices.  Plus, Donald is ganglialicious, Catherine has a bucket full of tricks, and the real demon is illiteracy.

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7 brain tips to cut down on snacking by Alex Korb Ph.D.

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This time of year striking a balance between werewolves and ghouls can get you.  Similarly, striking a balance between working treats into your life and cutting them out all together can get you.  Figuring out when to moderate and when to put a pause on certain foods and beverages is a tricky road to travel, and this week, Catherine and Donald are here to help. Planning, pivoting, portioning, and pausing are all options along the way.  Plus, Catherine thinks love is disgusting, Donald needs a fainting couch, and we do not do well with willys or nillys.

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If you’ve ever used a Quija (trademark Hasbro) board, it can seem like the other person or people are moving the planchette around.  It’s definitely not you making those choices.  When we make impulsive food decisions, we WANT to feel like we’re not making those choices either.  It was definitely the spirit world that made me eat that entire cake by myself.  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about the importance of letting go of your magical thinking and really taking responsibility for your food choices.  Really asking yourself what your choices are getting you and what they are costing you is an important step towards weight loss success.  Plus, Donald thinks a violin playing chicken would make a good emperor, Catherine uses a metal detector powered by magic, and WOLT place is definitely not haunted.

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If you’re like me, you thought the movie “The Fall Guy” was about a guy who loved the Autumn so much that he dedicated his life to keeping the Fall season in his heart all the year round.  It turns out, that movie was about a stunt person in love with a Director who solves crimes for some reason.  Have you ever thought about how cool it would be to have your own stunt person step in when your health and fitness gets hard?  If you’re like Catherine and Donald, you’ve often wished for someone else who could do the hard parts when it comes to weight loss.  This week, the couple help you to realize that you are your own stunt double, capable of facing any situation yourself.  Plus, you can’t rely on Donald for textiles, Catherine reveals a shocking truth about churning your own butter, and lawyers gotta loy.

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Most of us know that French is virtually impossible to translate, but there are a select few who understand some of the words.  Luckily, We Only Look Thin’s Catherine is one of those select few.  This week, the couple talk about how the culinary process, “Mise en Place”, or “Putting in Place”, can help us to achieve weight loss and fitness goals.  When we put the right habits and systems in place, it helps us do the things we say we want to do. Slow down, show yourself some patience, really observe your world, and ask yourself how you can make it easier. Plus, Catherine knows that the locals call it “French Land”, Donald doesn’t have time for a sense of calm, and the industrial revolution has taught us nothing.

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How Mise en Place Optimizes Your Cooking and Your Life

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If you’re like most of us, you’ve wished for a magical body transformation. To be granted a wish and to wake up in a brand new, perfect body. And you’ve probably promised that you’ve learned a lesson and you’ll always be good from now on if you can just be thin now. But if that really happened, would you know how to maintain that weight or would you celebrate with food? This week, Catherine and Donald talk about looking forward to maintaining your goal weight even as you work towards hitting that goal weight. You need to work on putting in place the skills, systems, habits, and behaviors in place to keep the goal weight you’re looking to hit. Plus, Catherine likes doilies and whisking, Donald tries to attract listeners from outer space, and the 1970s did not care about backstory.

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