We Only LOOK Thin

The Olympics may be winding down, but there are still a ton of lessons that “regular people” can learn from Olympians. In a lot of ways, hitting a goal weight is a lot like winning an Olympic medal. This week, Catherine and Donald talk about how, just like top athletes, you need to start planning for after the event even before you get there. Plus, Catherine Ws the Heck, Donald names tunes in notes, and you learn the truth about where Olympians spend the offseason.

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If you’re like me, you were watching the Olympic Men’s gymnastics rings event this morning and you were thinking, “I could never do that”. Or maybe you were thinking, “It must be nice to just be able to do nothing except exercise all the time. If I could do that, I’d finally be thin.” Or maybe, “I would have made a great pole vaulter if I’d tried.” It turns out that none of those thoughts really helps us on our health and fitness journey-adventure. But what if there were some things that “regular people” could learn from Olympic Athletes? This week, with the help of an article by Joe Kita on WebMD, Catherine and Donald break down some mindset perspectives used by top athletes that you can apply to your own daily life. Plus, Catherine is better than an article writer, Donald has tendency separation surgery, and most sporting events teach us nothing.

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Olympic Athletes Use These Mindset Tricks – You Should Too Written by Joe Kita

The Happiness Lab Podcast episode: Don’t Accentuate the Positive

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You probably think it’s a coincidence that the word “Storm” rhymes with the word “Swarm”, but is it?  Probably.  However, it isn’t a coincidence that when you are trying to change your behaviors, one of the most effective brainstorming methods is the Swarm of Behaviors created by BJ Fogg, PhD.  This week, Catherine and Donald break down the Swarm of Behaviors and give you some examples on how to apply it to your weight loss habits so that you can take “I want to lose weight” and turn that into actual weight loss.  Plus, Donald wants to start a smash book, Catherine attacks the letter “K”, and we’re not randos on the internet because you know us.

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Everyone agrees that there are only two kinds of people in this world: Spice Girls people and Backstreet Boys people.  But what if we put aside our differences and used the lessons taught by both super groups to get to the heart of our weight loss and fitness goals?  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about the first step in BJ Fogg’s Behavior Design model; clarify the aspiration.  When you set a nebulous “pie in the sky” goal, it can make it difficult to figure out how to get there.  Asking yourself what you want and why, can narrow your focus and make the habits involved clearer.  Plus, Catherine swim, swam, swums, Donald does not rock the flannel, and women’s puns are good, but men’s puns are bad.

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Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg, PhD on Amazon:

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If you’re a space bounty hunter travelling with your adopted child, you probably don’t worry too much about weighing yourself. On the other hand, if you’ve had life-long weight issues you probably worry about it a lot. Maybe too much. Or maybe not enough. Developing a healthy relationship with the scale can be a difficult minefield to navigate. This week, Catherine and Donald walk you through seven tips for using the scale in a way that works best for you. It’s kind of like using The Force; there’s a light side and a dark side. Plus, Catherine explains the “Axioms of Feminometry”, Donald is also known as “Jimmy A-plus-ichinson”, and marriage is about one-upmanship.

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Summertime is traditionally a time for beaches, pools, road trips and vacations. Just like teenagers in love who walk hand in hand, road trips and vacations are paired with food and drink indulgences. If you’re anything like Catherine and Donald, you can’t find one without the other. This week, the couple give you some basic tips on navigating the summer vacation season while still keeping your health and fitness goals in mind. A vacation doesn’t have to mean saying goodbye to all of your healthy habits. Plus, Catherine complains about Halloween again, Donald has a particular set of skills, and you will believe that a seatbelt can click.

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For some, the official start of summer means BBQs and vacations.  For others, it means getting stuck in a rut.  This week, Catherine and Donald help you look at the summer and adapt your health and fitness routine to the season.  Maybe that means moving your activity outdoors and maybe it means moving it into air conditioning; either way it means moving yourself towards your goals.  Plus, Catherine gets singular, not possessive, Donald drowns in berries, and there’s a Karen riot over Halloween decorations.

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Urevo Walking Pad on Amazon (the one Donald and Catherine use)

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Mental effort, physical effort, and routine.  When you hear that a podcast episode is about those three things, it makes it extra tempting to listen.  But what if we threw in “The Ability Chain”, invented by Stanford Professor and bestselling author, BJ Fogg, PhD?  And what if we let you know that Catherine and Donald take three links in the ability chain and help you troubleshoot adding more movement into your life?  Now it’s a slam dunk, right?  Right.  Plus, Donald has a good luck wrist injury, Catherine thinks the Marlboro Man can solve her problems, and The President is monitoring how many jumping jacks you can do.

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If you’re the band Erasure, you probably want to Break These Chains of Love. If you’re BJ Fogg, PhD, you want to make your ability chain stronger. It’s sort of a Yin and Yang thing. This week, Catherine and Donald look at the first two links in the ability chain, Time, and Money, and walk you through how you troubleshoot them to get more movement into your life. By making each of the links stronger, you can get yourself to make movement part of your daily routine. Plus, Donald raises the roof to burn calories, Catherine sells a fitness onesie, and marriage is the real tough mudder.

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You’ve heard of necklace chains and bicycle chains and probably even the “Chain of Fools”, but have you heard of the Ability Chain?  BJ Fogg, author of “Tiny Habits”, encourages people to make behavior change easier to do.  Make it more convenient to do the habits that you want to put in place.  This week, Catherine and Donald talk about using the five links in the Ability Chain to make it easier to eat the way you want to in order to hit your weight loss and health goals.  Figuring out what’s holding you back and simplifying the barriers is one of the key steps in lasting habit change.  Plus, Catherine gives you a standard issue gargoyle, Donald pits Professor X vs Professor Fogg, and get ready for selfies with sandwiches.

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