We Only LOOK Thin

In part 4 of our series on navigating the different levels of your health and fitness jourventure, we ask you to do some detectivating. Your first mission; figure out if “detectivating” is a real word. At this stage, you know mindset is important, you’re tracking consistently, developing a healthy relationship with the scale, and getting in consistent movement. Now it’s time to work on identity and refine and level up your habits. You’re really doing the things now. Plus, Donald ruins Shakespeare, Catherine calls the police on spaghetti squash, and you learn why The Hamburgler turned to a life of crime.

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This week, take a cue from Q*Bert! In the third part of the We Only Look Thin series on building habits from the ground up, we’re about half-way up the pyramid. Catherine and Donald ask you to start looking at your past plans, letting go of the idea of “one weird trick”, setting a realistic weight goal, and how to set a calorie goal. This is where results get real. Plus, Catherine gets re-combobulated, Donald puts you on double secret probation, and the rubber meets the snake road.

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Nicewell Food Scale at Amazon (the one that Catherine and Donald use):

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Daily Calorie Calculator at FreeDieting.com

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The Q*Bert Cartoon Theme Song on YouTube:

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As that song from Stranger Things says, “Be running up that hill. Be running up that building”. Only in this case, that “hill” or “building” is a pyramid. And here’s the twist; it’s metaphorical and it’s based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. You didn’t see that coming, did you? In part 2 of their spectacular, multi-part series on building sustainable weight loss from the ground up, Catherine and Donald talk about going from just finding your footing to adding structure and purpose to your health and fitness plan. Plus, Donald doesn’t know what plants do, Catherine moisturizes with water, and we put the fun back in fundamentals.

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The Ate food journaling app:

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When you hear the word “pyramid”, you might think about how King Tut got so funky or that food chart they taught us about in school or maybe those schemes you know you should stay away from.   If you’re Catherine and Donald, you think about all of thsoe things, but you also think about Maslow’s hierachy of needs.  We Only Look Thin has taken the theory from psychology and made it about weight loss and fitness.  This week, the couple talk about what to do when you’re at the very bottom.  How can you find your footing in terms of mindset, food, and movement?  Listen to find out.  Plus, Donald starts a heavy metal band, Catherine takes other people’s dogs for walks, and the couple advises you NOT to save your drama for your mama.

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Wait, what? You’re telling me that there are even more ways that I sabotage myself? We sure are. You didn’t think you were getting off that easy did you? In fact, there are so many ways to sabotage yourself that you could write a book about it. Alice Boyes, PhD DID write a book about it and your chums at We Only Look Thin are here to talk some more about it. This week, Catherine and Donald take another deep dive into forms of self-sabotage and how they can stop you from hitting your health and fitness goals. For example, did you know that you could be too optimistic? Listen to find out how. Plus, Catherine sharpens her pencil, Donald posits something or other, and clearly there are other forces at play.

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The Healthy Mind Toolkit by Alice Boyes, PhD on Amazon:

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Is taking weight loss and fitness advice from Johnny Cash song lyrics irresponsible or the key to overnight success?  Probably.  Alice Boyes, in her book “The Healthy Mind Toolkit”, talks about patterns of self-sabotage and how we trip ourselves up by following one extreme way of thinking or another.  This week, Catherine and Donald break down three of them and make them about weight loss and fitness because everything is about weight loss and fitness.   The couple help you to recognize when you’re stuck on one side of a coin or another and how to find the center path on the way to achieving your goals.  Plus, Catherine gets stuck on the timely rabbit, Donald falls for a werewolf, and the couple encourages you to swipe in whichever direction isn’t the good one.

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What’s that?  You’re offering me a treat?  You don’t have to know that I just ate, so I don’t mind if I do!  If you’ve ever struggled with your weight, you’ve probably intentionally, or even unintentionally, overeaten when you’re not even hungry.  As humans, we’re pretty good at tricking ourselves into having good reasons to indulge.  Listener Dave wrote in to ask about the various types of “non-hunger-based eating” that people do and Catherine and Donald were happy to oblige.  This week, in part 2, the couple talk about “grazing”, “value-based eating”, “self-negotiating”, and more.  Recognizing your behavior patterns is an important step in achieving your goals.  Plus, Catherine is basically Taylor Swift’s best friend, Donald gives advice on The Dark Web, and the couple will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

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National Eating Disorders Association

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Leave it to We Only Look Thin to take perfectly good concepts like “Revenge” and “Secret” and make them about eating. New listener Dave wrote in to ask the couple about “non-hunger” based eating and Catherine and Donald replied to the email and then replied in the form of this episode. In part one this week, the couple talk about “All or Nothing”, “Impulse”, “Multi-Tasking”, and more types of mindless eating and how we make up excuses to overindulge. Plus, Catherine has fish friends, Donald hunts for pocket sandwiches, and dolls with sharp teeth probably won’t bite you while you listen to this episode.

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National Eating Disorders Association

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Episode 16 – Secret Eating

Merry Soup Swap Day to you!  If you’re like most people, you love math and hate surprises.  Well, we’ve got the episode for you! It can be easy to use special occasions as an excuse to over indulge in food.  For some, it can be easy to use non-special occasions too.  Donald and Catherine did this for most of their lives; treating every day like it was a surprise occasion to be celebrated with food.  This week, the couple talk about how taking agency in your choices will help you to achieve your health and fitness goals.  In 2024, you have an extra day in which to make great choices.  Plus, Catherine is a Julian Calendar champion, Donald is a little bit country, and the couple do not recommend productions of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Jr.”.

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The Healthy Mind Toolkit by Alice Boyes PhD on Amazon

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The wait is finally over! It’s time for part 2 of the origin story of We Only Look Thin. Listener Susan wrote in to ask about the early days of Catherine and Donald’s journventure, and they were all too happy to talk about it. Did the couple ever lose any weight? Did they ever start a podcast? Did Timmy ever get rescued from that well? Also, learn about how letting go of unhelpful messages from the past and developing a vocabulary around our actions can be crucial steps on the right path to sustainable weight loss. Plus, Catherine does it pole to pole, Donald puts too many “u’s” in it, and you learn way too much about different ways to split a banana.

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Fitbits on Amazon

The Fitbit Sense (the one that Catherine and Donald use) on Amazon:

Half Size Me podcast with Heather A. Robertson

Weight Loss Made Real podcast with Cookie Rosenblum

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