We Only LOOK Thin

It’s the We Only Look Thin two year anniversary!  As we embark on another year and a new decade, it is important to reflect on what got us to where we are right now.  In your 20s, losing weight feels largely like a vanity project.  In your 40s and beyond, it’s about improving health and quality of life.  This week we look at past successes and failures.  No matter where you are in your fitness journey; just getting started, coming back after an absence, or trying to maintain, Catherine and Donald  put a spotlight on the core habits that will point you in the right direction.  Plus, Catherine does an excellent Adele impression, the couple emerge from a fruitcake filled haze, and Catherine is pretty in the face.   We’re asking you as you’re starting 2020 to set some realistic goals, put some realistic habits in place, but push yourself a little bit harder.  You really do matter.

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

Episode 84 – Failure is Feedback – Part 1

Episode 85 – Failure is Feedback – Part 2

Episode 92 – S.W.O.T.

Episode 100 – The Centennial Celebration

Episode 47 – Comin’ In Hot

This week, two people who wear glasses talk about having 20/20 vision. Or rather, a vision for the year 2020!  Just like you should get an annual eye exam, you should also examine your health, weight loss,  and fitness goals. How did your fitness choices serve you in 2019 and how would you like to change them for the coming year? We can have a dream in front of us, but unless we set specific actions to get to that goal, it’s just going to be a mirage.  Catherine and Donald talk about ways that you can have a clear vision of what your goal is and a plan to actually achieve it.  The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is not to get caught in no man’s land.  Plus, Donald and Catherine are a Limited Lunch Company, Donald is Captain Toothbrush, and you can’t grow a plant from hot mud alone.

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Vision Statement post by Kim Gold

Apps, Books, Devices, Websites Discussed:

Fitbits on Amazon:

Atomic Habits by James Clear:

Business Calendar 2:

Trello:

Habit Bull:

Other Episodes of this Show we discuss:

Episode 26 – Breaking Bad:

Episode 66 – Getting Started Part 1 – Mentalism

Episode 67 – Getting Started Part 2 – A Salute to Calories

Episode 68 – Getting Started Part 3 – One Step Beyond

It’s that time of year again!  The time when Catherine and Donald take a wonderful season like Christmas and make it about weight loss.  Of all the We Only Look Thins in the world, they’re the We Only Look Thiniest.  Just like Scrooge in the classic Dickens’ story, people love to believe that they’ll have an epiphany that will change them for the better forever.  In this week’s episode, Catherine and Donald talk about how long-term change comes slowly from building habits and doing the work.  What a bummer!  Plus, Mayonnaise is the most delicious hormone, Catherine confuses Ebeneezer Scrooge with Ichabod Crane, and the Couple offers a Ghost of the Month club.  Happy Holidays!

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It makes a great gift!

Kumail Nanjiani looking ripped:

Have you ever been at a sporting event and the grounds crew or the Zamboni comes out at half-time and makes the field or ice basically brand new again?  Well, we’re half-way through the holiday season and it’s time to take another look at how we’re doing and how we’d like to do on our weight-loss adventure.  This week, Catherine and Donald take another look at the Holidays and try to help you enjoy the second half without destroying your weight-loss achievements.  The Tip of the Week (TOW!) is to use an icon of the holiday season to remind you of your health and fitness goals.  The Product of the Week (POW!) is taking a break from all of the commercialism of the season.  Plus, Donald is becoming a Silver Fox, Catherine fights off multiple ninja attacks, and this week’s episode is live from the past!

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It makes a great gift!

It’s the Centennial Celebration!  It’s half as good as a bicentennial celebration, but twice as good as whatever 50 is!  This week, Catherine and Donald give you 100 (give or take) non-scale victories they’ve experienced since they each lost over 100 pounds.  Sometimes we focus so much on the number on the scale that we lose sight of all of the other benefits of achieving our goal weights.  The episode is packed so full, that there is no Tip of the Week (TOW!) or Product of the Week (POW!).  Plus, Donald gets exhausted from wishing friends happy birthday on Facebook, Catherine prefers to snap into a Slim James, and neither of them knows the difference between a vuvuzela and a DJ Air Horn.

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DJ Airhorn:

Vuvuzela Sound:

Meal Prep can seem overwhelming and impossible.  Who’s got time for that?  This week, Catherine and Donald answer that question (hint: you do!).  The couple try to demystify meal prep by applying their, “Good, Better, Best” method.  The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is to get your knives sharpened.  The Product Of the Week (POW!) is a non-food advent calendar.  Plus, Chopin gets his knives sharpened, Donald tears a shoe apart with his teeth, and Catherine names a lot of sauces.

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Non-Food Advent Calendars on Amazon:

The Ginsu Knife Commercial:

Nena – 99 Luftballons

Episode 18 – Pump Up the Volume:

The Hunger Games isn’t just a feel good holiday classic; it’s also what we’ve often played on our weight loss journ-venture.  Going on starvation diets, not planning head, and allowing ourselves to get so hungry that we make terrible decisions are just some of the pitfalls of these games.   This week, Catherine and Donald talk about strategies for winning the game of hunger.   The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is to not supersize your drink.  The Product of the Week (POW!) is Professional Photos.  Plus, Catherine invokes “canary”, Donald loves Catnip Evergreen, and the couple give babies what’s coming to them.

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Episode 18 – Pump Up the Volume

It’s part two of our holiday extravaganza. We have so much advice that it couldn’t be contained in one episode!  In part 1, we focused on adjusting your mindset for the holiday season.  In part 2, Catherine and Donald focus on ways to face all the food.  Rather than enter 2020 with an additional 10 pounds to lose, we give you some strategies to make conscientious decisions for all of the food that may come at you during the season.  The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is to re-adjust your New Year’s Resolution. The Product Of the Week (POW!) is a habit circle.  Plus, Donald insults carrot cake, Catherine is clearly not a pile of potatoes, and discussing We Only Look Thin at your holiday party is totally not a bummer.

If you would like a We Only Look Thin Habit Circle, please email us at [email protected].

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Math is fun! Especially at the holidays.  That’s right, it’s that time of year again.  The time when Donald and Catherine take something wonderful like the holidays and ruin them with math. They got to their heaviest weights by spending years being victims of the holidays and they help you to not make the same mistakes.  The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is to Pre-Track The Entire Container.  The Product of the Week (POW!) is The Nothing Much Happens Podcast.  Plus, Donald is in a band called “Emotional Swimsuit”, Catherine pantomimes shrimp dipping, and  Dagger looks do not burn as many calories as you would hope.

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Catherine and Donald on the Coco Caliente Podcast:

Nothing Much Happens Podcast:

Other Related Episodes:

The Boundaries episode of We Only Look Thin (Dog the Boundary Hunter):

You Can’t Fight Math:

Occam’s Razor:

Gravity Issues:

Are you lookin’ for love in all the wrong places?  Places like the refrigerator and the pantry?  People crave love in different ways and when they don’t get it, they often turn to food for comfort.  This week, Catherine and Donald discuss Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love languages and how those Love Languages relate to overeating.  You don’t need to be at your goal weight to deserve love.The Tip Of the Week (TOW!) is to use Daylight Saving Time to reassess your helpful habits. The Product Of the Week (POW!) is the Brita Filter.  Plus, Catherine is finally proud of Donald, Donald names soups, and sisters are doing it for themselves.  Warning: This episode is filled with hooey and hogwash and other such harsh language.

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Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages book:

Five Love Langues Quiz:

The Boundaries episode of We Only Look Thin (Dog the Boundary Hunter):

Gary Newman Cars Video:

Genesis Invisible Touch Video:

Buckwheat Sings Wookin’ Pa Nub: