It’s a little known fact, that getting on a scale is one of the leading ways in which people weigh themselves.  Developing a healthy relationship with your scale can be a bit like walking a tight rope.  Weighing too often can create anxiety and obsession.  Avoiding the scale entirely can be an indicator that you don’t want to face reality.   In this episode, Catherine and Donald talk about their up and down relationships with the scale and how they’ve learned to use it as a simple tool that’s a small part of their overall weight management program. It’s not the be-all and end-all.  Don’t give up when the scale is up.  It doesn’t mean that you’re broken; it’s an opportunity to change something.  Plus, Donald makes it about porridge, Catherine puts all her money into Betamax stock, and awesome sauce is calorie free.  As a special bonus, we’ve included financial metaphors galore!

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The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon

Atomic Habits by James Clear on Amazon

Weight Loss Tracking Apps Mentioned:

Fitbit

My Fitness Pal

Happy Scale

Lose It

FitIndex on the Apple App Store

FitIndex on the Google Play Store

Renpho on the Apple App Store

Renpho on the Google Play Store

Related Episodes of We Only Look Thin to Check Out:

Episode 44 – Canary in a Coal Mine

Episode 10 – Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me

Do you spend your time looking for the next “get thin quick” scheme? Do you wish you could be instantly in shape without developing a plan to get there? If you were magically at your goal weight, would you have the habits in place to stay there?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about how they spent years being victims of their own lives until they realized that it was their duty to practice some self-care.  They talk about having a long-term vision for yourself while working on the individual habits that will make that vision a reality.  Plus, Donald says “willy-nilly” AND “loosey-goosey”, Catherine sells out to “The Man”, and the “Y” in “YMCA” is too much for the couple to endure.

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Related episodes to check out:

Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme

Episode 100 – The Centennial Celebration

Episode 46 – There is No “i” in Quit

If a famous fitness detective accused you of crimes against your own health, could you produce an air-tight alibi?  Was it Colonel Mustard or the Bratwurst with mustard that really did you in?  This week, Catherine and Donald discuss how they spent years telling themselves that they were “doing everything they could” until they actually began to write down all of the food they ate and all of the exercise they did.  Tracking your food and exercise is one of the keys to going from fitness criminal to fitness super-sleuth. Plus, Catherine is a free spirit, Donald does an excellent Columbo impression, and February 12th, 2018 is a day that will live in infamy.  Lastly, yes, famous fitness detectives are really a thing.

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James Clear – Atomic Habits on Amazon:

A Related Episode of “We Only Look Thin”:

If you’ve ever wondered which character on Gilligan’s Island you’d be, this is the podcast for you.  Do you find yourself saying, “I just need to get past this week (or month, or project or school year or …) and then I’ll get back on track.”?  Do you imagine a time in the future when everything will align perfectly, and you’ll have the time and motivation to eat right and exercise?  Catherine and Donald spent most of their lives waiting for such a time to begin and managed to put on over 100 pounds of extra weight each while they were waiting.  In this week’s episode, they focus on ways in which you can do something now, even when you’re not feeling motivated.  Plus, Donald realizes that he’s Gilligan, Catherine annoys the people of New Jersey, and the couple would like to build radios out of coconuts.  They also try and answer the age-old question, “Was there anything better than the Harlem Globetrotters showing up on a TV show”?

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James Clear – Atomic Habits on Amazon:

James Clear – Implementation Intentions article

Colin Hay – Waiting for My Real Life To Begin

Other episodes of We Only Look Thin to check out:

Episode 92 – S.W.O.T.

Episode 41 – Winter is Coming

In this week’s episode, Catherine and Donald ask the age-old question; who’s your Spirit Muppet? Sometimes it can feel like there are monsters all along the road to weight-loss and fitness.  It turns out, that the real monsters are ourselves. Gulp. Gosh!  How we define our situations and ourselves can be our biggest obstacles. There’s a whole book full of things that we can’t control in life, but we can control what we eat, how we move. and how we talk to ourselves. Plus, Catherine can’t wait 40 seconds to eat some cake, Donald refers to money as “green spending paper”, and the couple introduces the new We Only Look Thin mascot; Couchy the Couch Potato.  If a podcast could be a page-turner, this one would qualify.

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The Monster At The End of This Book on Amazon:

Kermit sings “It’s Not Easy Being Green”:

This week, instead of getting loopy, Catherine and Donald talk about loopholes. In this case, the weight loss and fitness loopholes created by COVID-19.  In this unprecedented time, it can be difficult to walk the line between being kind to yourself and using your circumstances as an excuse to overindulge or skip your exercise.  Your hosts point out 10 ways in which you may be lying to yourself right now about your health and fitness.   Plus, Donald forgets about bars of soap, Catherine introduces the new food movement “farm-to-my-mouth”, and kids don’t know what burning a CD is.

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The Rebounder that Catherine and Donald use available on Amazon:

Other Rebounders on Amazon:

Yoga with Adriene

Blogilates

Fitness Marshall on YouTube

Leslie Sansone’s Walk at Home

Other episodes we discuss in this episode:

Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes

Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2

Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme

If you’ve listened to this show at all, you know that there is no finish line to weight loss.  Nearly everyone who has lost weight has faced at least some amount of weight regain in their lives. in this week’s episode Catherine and Donald discuss their experiences with weight regain and ways to not “throw out the baby with the bath water” and other terribly grim expressions.  Weight regain is not inevitable and you can win the fight against your all or nothing attitude.  Plus, Catherine used to be a member of Cypress Hill, Donald forgets what “Stomp” was called, and the couple assume that shuffleboard is what happens at parties.

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Shapefit.com post about weight regain:

Other episodes discussed:

Episode 05 – Abstaining vs Moderating – Battle of the Century

Episode 44 – Canary In A Coal Mine

We present another episode recorded before we were all staying at home.  Have you ever said, “Well, you know me. I’m either all into my diet or I’m all out.”?  Everyone has succumbed to the “all or nothing” mentality from time to time.  Or maybe most of the time.  This week, Catherine and Donald discuss how being “all or nothing” got them a whole lot of nothing for most of their lives.  They talk about how you can modify, or “Doctor, Doctor” your exercise, food, sleep, etc. to keep yourself from going all the way out on something.   Plus, Chopin has a birthday, The Thompson Twins were not twins at all, and Catherine DOESN’T reference Marcus Welby, MD even when given the perfect opportunity.

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The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff on Amazon:

Jill Brown Fitness:

Jill Brown Push-up Modifications Video:

Blogilates on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates

Other Episodes Related to This Topic:

Episode 88 – Perfection is Procrastination

We Only Look Thin presents the episode that was supposed to come out just before St. Patrick’s Day.  So, let’s all agree to pretend everything is normal and that it’s about two weeks ago…  This close to St. Patrick’s Day, everyone knows that the most effective weight-loss strategy is to capture a Leprechaun and force it into giving you three wishes.  But what if you’re not that lucky?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about all the time they wasted wishing that they were lucky in weight loss instead of focusing on actions to get them where they wanted to be.  It turns out, the harder you work, the more luck you have.  Plus,  Donald questions the military experience of General Mills, Catherine advises against chasing rainbows or waterfalls, and 54% is more than half.

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The Fallacy Of Luck by Christos Harrison:

Atomic Habits by James Clear (on Amazon):

Other Episodes of We Only Look Thin that are related or discussed in this episode:

Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 1

Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2

Episode 21 – Gravity Issues

Episode 74 – Must Be Niceitis

Episode 84 – Failure is Feedback – Part 1

Episode 85 – Failure is Feedback part 2

Episode 80 – The Weight Loss Fairy (about Magical Thinking)

In this unprecedented time in modern history, Catherine and Donald discuss how to stay on track while being stuck at home.  The couple point that this could actually be an opportunity to engage in the fitness you’ve always wished you had time for.  Use those under house arrest as examples of what to do in these troubling times.  Also, We Only Look Thin is very popular in Germany, Donald creeps out the Neighbors, and lava is also lava.  Hang in there everyone.

The Rebounder that Catherine and Donald use available on Amazon:

Other Rebounders on Amazon:

Blogilates on Youtube

Fitness Marshall on YouTube

Leslie Sansone’s Walk at Home

Yoga with Adriene

Other episodes we discuss in this episode:

Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes

Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – Part 2

Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme