Those loveable scoundrels at the AARP tricked us into reading an article by Katie Smith about ten habits that could change your life forever.  Wouldn’t you know it, the article turned out to be great!  Now, we run down the second half of the ten habits: that’s nearly 5!  Catherine and Donald take you through the weight loss, fitness, and mental health benefits of cutting people out of your life, honoring commitments to yourself, unplugging, and more.  You are worth the Invesment in yourself. ...

What if we told you that there were ten habits that could change your life forever?  What if we further told you that the habits came from the AARP?  Then, what if we told you that we were only going to tell you about five of them this week?    Based on an article on thegirlfriend.com from the AARP by Katie Smith, Catherine and Donald dive into habits that you might want to adopt to achieve your health and fitness goals as well as improve your life in general.  Will you become more protective...

This is it! The final level! The boss battle! But wait, is that a mirror over there? It IS a mirror over there. Look at it. It turns out that the boss you are battling is in fact, yourself! Dun, dun, dun! If you’ve ever hit a goal weight or wished to hit a goal weight or wished that you wanted to hit a goal weight, this episode is for you. It’s time for maintenance, so now what? Have all your problems been solved? Can you go back to your old habits? What’s different and what’s the same? This...

If weight loss and fitness were a video game, you’d complete a level and move on to the next. It isn’t, but in this episode, we’re pretending that it is. This week, Donald and Catherine guide you through one of the higher levels; when you’re in range of your goal weight. You’re tracking, meeting calorie and activity goals, working on your emotional issues with food, and becoming a detective of yourself. So now what? It’s time to figure out what your goal weight should be and time to prepare...

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...

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. Join WOLT...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you know anything about comic books, you know that all heroes and villains have origin stories. Catherine and Donald are no exception. Listener Susan wrote in to ask the couple to talk about the early days of their journventure; how did it all start? What tools did they use? What podcasts did they listen to? How much did doctor’s advice factor in? The answers may astound you. There were so many answers in fact, that this is only part 1! Plus, Donald eats European Rice Krispies, Catherine...

When it comes to losing weight, most people ask “how?”.  How did you do it?  How did you eat?  How did you exercise?  How does watching Star Wars cartoons fit in?  However, the question that most of us should be asking is “why?”  The reason why you want to lose weight may seem obvious at first, but Catherine and Donald ask you to dig a little deeper.  Finding your real “why”, a reason that is meaningful and personal, is one of the keys to long-term weight loss success.  This week, the couple...

It’s 2024 and this is the year you change everything.  Starting today, you’re going to give up all of your unwanted habits and only do the healthy thing from now on.  But wait, haven’t you said this to yourself before?  This week, Catherine and Donald explore the myth of the overnight success and how it can be damaging to our decision making and our expectations.  The couple encourage you to instead make gradual, sustainable changes that are the true way to unlock your goals.  Plus, Catherine...

Reflection; vampires can’t do it, but most others can.  And yet, many choose not to.  As 2023 comes to a close, Catherine and Donald ask you to reflect upon the year, your health and fitness expectations for it, and how they turned out.  The couple ask you to look at your food choices, movement, and mindset and ask yourself, what do you wish you did more of, and what do you wish you did less of? By looking back, you can begin to make a plan for how you approach 2024.  Plus, Catherine plays...

At this time of year you can’t turn around without having to dodge a fruit cake or some kind of nog.  Whether you’re doing great with your health and fitness goals, struggling, or are tempted to give up all together, you could probably use some tips for getting through it all.  Well, this is your lucky day because this episode is chock full of that very thing.  Based on an article by Rachel MacPherson, this week the couple give you some advice for communicating your needs, eating mindfully,...

Your expectation of this show is probably that it’s the greatest podcast recorded by humans. The reality is that you are correct. But oftentimes our expectations and reality don’t sync up. This can be especially true of the expectations that we place upon ourselves. Throw in the holiday season and you’ve got a recipe for disappointment (be sure to track those calories). This week, Catherine and Donald talk about how the added stress of the holidays can lead to skipping out on our healthy...

Whelp, it’s December. How’d that happen? Seems like only 11 months ago it was January. You may be saying to yourself, “How do I manage my holiday food expectations?” The gang at We Only Look Thin are glad you hypothetically asked. This week, Catherine and Donald encourage you to use 6 of their favorite words that start with the letter “P” to look ahead at the month and make the choice for your healthy habits. Let’s end the year being proud of ourselves. Plus, Catherine rides in the...

This is the episode that some are calling the greatest event in the history of recorded media. Hopefully that’s enough hype. You’ve probably just gone through Thanksgiving weekend and may be tempted to give up on yourself until next year. Luckily, you have We Only Look Thin to help you navigate the rest of the holiday season. This week, Catherine and Donald rearrange the letters in S.W.O.T. and walk you through a plan for success. You have the strengths and opportunities to make it happen....

For some, Thanksgiving brings up warm memories of family and friends, or of Snoopy making popcorn for the Peanuts gang, or of your drunk uncle, drunkle if you will, embarrassing himself.  For others, it brings up a struggle to focus on health and fitness goals or even an excuse to give up until next year.  This week, Catherine and Donald ask you to “give T.H.A.N.K.S.” and use some of their favorite holiday tips to end up being proud of your choices.  Plus, Catherine finds dogs and takes them...

We’ve all at one time or another wished that the Power of Greyskull was real. That we could call upon it and instantly transform into She-Ra or He-Man (plus, who doesn’t want a Battle Cat?). Sadly, the Power of Greyskull may not be real, but the power of suggestion is. When we hear that we can’t do something, or see statistics indicating that most people fail, it influences our abilities to succeed. This week, Catherine and Donald talk about the “Honeymoon Phase” of a health Jourventure and...