We Only LOOK Thin

Have you ever heard that someone steps over dollars to pick up pennies? Have you ever wondered how many calories you could burn by stepping over dollars?

It’s surprisingly common for people to use “value” and “getting their money’s worth” as excuses for not hitting or maintaining their health and fitness goals. Buying the party size or the whole vegetable presents “more cost savings” than buying the smaller sized bags or the pre-prepared vegetable. But many times, we end up eating that party size in one sitting or letting that whole vegetable rot in the refrigerator because it would take too much work to prepare. Most often, it’s not money that’s standing in the way of our health and fitness goals, it’s time. This week, Catherine and Donald explore this theme and talk about ways in which you can change your mindset and figure out where the real value is. Plus, Donald is a notorious partier, Catherine wants to be friends with your cat, and the couple have plates and pineapple for days.

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We’re turning our memory loss into an episode! A lot of people have the idea that they will get to a certain place in their weight loss and fitness journey, and then put themselves on cruise control and it will just be smooth sailing for the rest of their lives (enjoy the mixed metaphor/pun). It turns out that it’s not that simple. People don’t get magically fixed and suddenly shed all the circumstances that led to their health and fitness issues in the first place. Life gets in the way no one’s weight loss and fitness adventure is a straight line. Plus, Catherine would rather just be normally-stitious, Donald reels into madness, and no one knows what nautical people do.

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It’s a little-known fact that the expression “the third time’s the charm” was created to explain how great the third part of the 3-part podcast was. With that in mind, We Only Look Thin presents the third part of a presentation from WOLT place with member Katherine Sanders. Katherine was diagnosed with Autism/ADHD at age 42 and is completing her professional training with ADDCA, the world-class ADHD specialist coaching organization. In this part, Catherine and Katherine discuss the importance of taking breaks and building in space for yourself, the power of the pause, handling loneliness, managing anxiety, staying organized when you have ADHD, and the importance of being more compassionate with yourself. You can accept a peg as it is and not try to smash it into something else.

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This episode has 20% more sparkle than last week!  We Only Look Thin continues with the second part of a presentation from WOLT place with member Katherine Sanders. Katherine was diagnosed with Autism/ADHD at age 42 and is completing her professional training with ADDCA, the world-class ADHD specialist coaching organization.  In this part, Catherine and Katherine discuss how the neurodivergent brain sees every circumstance all at once, the “Tower of Power”, the importance of fun in your life, using different tools at different times, and finding the moments that make you feel right.  What stories are you writing for yourself?

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Back by popular demand, an (almost) Donald Free episode! This week, We Only Look Thin presents the first part of a presentation from WOLT place with member Katherine Sanders. Katherine was diagnosed with Autism/ADHD at age 42 and is completing her professional training with ADDCA, the world-class ADHD specialist coaching organization. WOLT’s Catherine Wygal talked to Lightbulb ADHD’s Katherine Sanders about growing up undiagnosed with ADHD, what an ADHD coach is, how adult ADHD works into our Health and Fitness Journey, how to “re-sparkleize” an activity, and how important it is to be kind to yourself.

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This week, Catherine and Donald take you on an unrealistic 80’s adventure comedy and sprinkle in advice about weight loss and fitness.  Have you ever heard that “food is love”?  Or have you ever felt like you couldn’t change something about the way you eat or exercise because “it goes against tradition” or “just isn’t who you are”?  Many of us were brought up with these notions or even latched onto them as adults.  But what if these are just stories that we tell ourselves and we can actually change?  The We Only Look Thin team talk you through how to recognize your unconscious scripts and start to change them.  Plus, Catherine blames a famous chef and a beloved painter, Donald is both a band geek and a rebel, and the couple humble brag about satellite radio.

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If Food Is Love, How Do I Love Myself? By Deborah Klinger, MA

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At one time or another, we’ve all wanted to quit something.   Whether it’s a job, a relationship, or a game of Monopoly, the urge to give up can be powerful.  But what happens when you want to quit working on your health and fitness goals?  What does giving up on your health look like?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about the desire to quit during times of strong emotion, and the hidden scripts that drive us.  Maybe it’s not you; maybe it’s the system you have in place?  Maybe there are other options to giving up?  Plus, Catherine looks at stock photos for fun, Donald makes a regrettable decision, and the couple plead to you from a beach.

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Do you think to yourself, “I’ve been so good this week; I deserve to really treat myself this weekend”?  Or do you stick to a plan on weekdays and then “take the weekends off”?   A lot of times, we almost think of ourselves as two different people.  Our work week selves and our weekend selves.  In this episode, Catherine and Donald talk about how our weekend selves are doing our workweek selves a disservice.  OH, and how really we’re all just one person who needs to balance our behaviors all week to achieve our goals.  We need to make a weekly decision about our habits.  Plus, Donald eats everything, Catherine totally biffs it, and goats are respectful enough to leave your boxers

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It’s another treat for your ears!  In part two of Catherine’s interview with WOLT Place member Sam, they discuss how Sam’s identity has changed, how she chose her goal weight, experiencing plateaus, her “why” and how it’s changed, dealing with vacations, and what she did when she felt like giving up.   Plus, Donald’s absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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As Rod Serling would say at the beginning of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride, this is a somewhat different introduction to a somewhat different kind of episode.  This week, Donald takes a breather and Catherine does most of the heavy lifting; or rather, We Only Look Thin Place member Sam does most of the work.  The couple present the first part of an interview conducted as part of WOLT Place with success story Sam.   In this part, Sam shares the story of her Journ-Venture, how she got where she is, how much weight she’s lost, and the part that identity played along the way.  She even gives some of the credit to We Only Look Thin. Plus, in some ways, Donald’s presence is felt even more by his absence.

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