We Only LOOK Thin

Do you think that you just can’t do it? That you’re too busy or that you have the world’s worst metabolism?  Catherine and Donald used to think the same things, but trust us, if they can do it, you can too.  This week the couple talks about how to rethink your thinking thoughts of thoughtfulness and about how they had to start fighting for themselves before they believed in thems...

Catherine and Donald can’t stand it.  They know you planned it.  In this episode, they are gonna set straight this Watergate.  The couple introduce you to the various life cycles of a weight-loss sabotage and discuss how we are often our own worst enemies. Failure confirms our belief about ourselves that we can’t do it. The Tip of the Week (TOW!) is “one and done” and the P...

Sometimes weight loss takes a vacation to a large theme park in Orlando, Fl and sometimes so do Catherine and Donald. Your intrepid WOLT hosts discuss their struggles with weight loss over the holidays and how having a foundation of solid habits got them right back on track. The Tip of the Week (TOW!) is to not half-space your exercise and the Product of the Week (POW!) is a metaphysical mystery....

Entering a new year can be a time to tell yourself that you’re going to really get it together this time. It can be a time to make New Year’s resolutions or to get all of your “bad behavior” out of the way before January 1st. Catherine and Donald make suggestions, like adding a new habit every month and treating yourself like a toddler, to get you through the weight loss ye...

Are you and your significant other in different places when it comes weight loss and health?  In this episode, Catherine and Donald open up about how codependency in their marriage enabled bad behavior for many, many years.  The couple discuss leading by example, communicating, and finding your own support group, as ways to deal with it when your significant other is not on board with your weight...

Are you treating weight loss like a game?  Trouble? Boggle? Hungry Hungry Hippos?  In this episode, Catherine and Donald become magicians and turn games into metaphors.  They help you figure out what kind of accountability you need and remind you not to take your eye off the prize.   A prize that is your health, your mobility, and the pride that you will feel when you set a goal and achieve it wit...

In this week’s episode, Catherine and Donald talk about depression and how it relates to weight loss and how the tools to push past your thoughts are where change comes from.  A recipe or a diet plan is not going to cure your depression; you have to work on the way you think about your thoughts.  Catherine talks about how disconnecting her feelings from her actions has been critical in achie...

Have you found the perfect weight loss plan? Have you purchased all the stuff? The shake weight, the wristband, the membership kit? Are you telling everyone about how great it is? Are you Allison Adkins? Sally South Beach? Wilhelmina Weight Watchers? In the words of the immortal Vanilla Ice; Stop, collaborate, and listen. You might be Comin’ in Hot. Catherine and Donald use a lot of referenc...

Have you ever just wanted to quit on weight loss?  Catherine and Donald are here to tell you that life isn’t a wrestling match that you can just tap out of so you’d better put your “get-along” shirt on and start getting along with your own habits.  The two of them spent decades quitting their way up the scale and it didn’t go well.   There’s also an update on Ka...

Are you hoping for a lightning bolt to strike which will jolt you into action towards weight loss goals? Do you think that you’ll be visited by three ghosts to get you going? Will you be lucky enough to get a gallstone or gout that will force you to change? Leave it to The Fun Police, Catherine and Donald, to tell you that lightning bolts don’t rescue people. You and your choices are h...

Legend has it that miners took canaries into coal mines to act as a warning sign of dangerous gasses.  Are you hiding from your scale? Refusing to wear your fitness tracker? Saying things like, “I’ll start next week”? These are all weight loss “canaries in coal mines” that you are approaching danger.  In this episode, Catherine and Donald talk about recognizing the si...

Is the battle between “less filling” and “tastes great” stressing you out?  That can mean only one thing; the holiday season is almost upon us.  Catherine and Donald are here with a super-sized episode to help get you through it without throwing away all of your weight loss goals.  Do you want to curse your own name on January 1st or you do you want to be proud of yourself?...

Just in time for Halloween, we have a scary good episode in which we take you through the ins and out of weighing and measuring your food.  Catherine and Donald talk about how tracking what you eat gives you a budget and benchmarks for your weight loss adventure.  Choosing not to track is like paying with a credit card and that bill is coming due with interest.    The Tip of the Week is to reduce...

In the world’s first known “Game of Thrones”/Aesop’s Fables mashup, Catherine and Donald remind you that winter is coming.  Sometimes winter is a season between fall and spring, and other times, winter is a metaphor for life’s unexpected challenges.  The couple discuss how to be ready for this weight-loss winter and the benefits of doing it now.  The Tip of the week involves Halloween candy and th...

Someone, somewhere, probably said, “Never trust a pretty face; especially not your own”.  In this episode, Catherine and Donald discuss being an unreliable narrator in our own weight loss stories.  The couple give advice on not ignoring the evidence in front of you and becoming the champion of your own life.  They also talk about a brick made of McRibs for some reason. This week’...

A dictionary that I just made up defines “Weekend” as two days that end the week. Sometimes it seems like these two days, three if we include Friday, can sabotage our weight loss goals. However, the real saboteur is ourselves. Truth Bomb. Catherine and Donald discuss what to do when you’re doing everything you can on week days, but falling apart on the weekends. It turns out that...

Sometimes on We Only LOOK Thin you lean valuable lessons.  This week you learn that not all “t”s are silent and that Catherine is a yuk mouth who thinks apples are “meh”.  Catherine and Donald also tackle emotional eating; the act of turning to food for comfort when we get upset or stressed out.  The two of them discuss how they ate to soothe themselves for most of their lives and how...

Have you ever said, “I can’t lose weight because I’m just not motivated?”.  Catherine and Donald sure have, but in this episode, they reveal that motivation is a fallacy in weight loss and even when it does come along, it’s fleeting and unreliable.  If you wait for The Motivation Bus to pick you up, you’ll end up stuck at the bus stop. Instead of motivation, slowly build up...

When you fail to plan your obsolescence you plan to be obsolete.  Okay, that makes no sense, but I promise that this podcast will make everything clear.  In an episode with two new segments, Catherine and Donald talk about the planned obsolescence that’s built into many diet programs and home exercise equipment.   They caution about getting too excited over a new gadget or gizmo or a “get thin qui...

Math; none of us understand it. Certainly, none of us like it. But it turns out that it’s futile to fight against it. In this episode, Catherine and Donald talk about the weight loss equation; putting effort in equals results out. They discuss really examining your habits and being truly honest with yourself when “you’re trying everything” and still can’t lose the weight. Donald also talks about g...

On our weight loss adventures, it’s often easier to stick to our goals when we stick to our normal routines.  Unfortunately, loved ones and friends sometimes want to see us in person.  Catherine and Donald talk about ways to minimize the weight-loss impact of out-of-town guests and give a few tips about going to visit others.  Donald also discusses his inability to eat anything that doesn’t look l...

As the song from the musical that we never saw reminds us, there are 525,600 minutes in a year.  Surprise!  During our weight loss adventures, we often use things like weekends, holidays, and special occasions (weddings, birthdays, taco Tuesdays) as excuses for indulgent behavior.  In this episode, Catherine and Donald discuss how treating every day like it’s a surprise, will get you nowhere with...

Social constructs, and barriers, and milestones, oh my!  We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to accomplish weight-loss goals by a certain age or for a certain event and if we don’t, we view ourselves as failures.  Catherine and Donald talk about getting through these imaginary barriers and not building them for ourselves in the first place.  It’s never too late to develop good habits and get to...

Are you a weight-loss farmer or a weight-loss hunter?  Can’t decide?  That’s probably because we just made up those things.  However, if you listen to this episode, the choice will become clear.  Catherine and Donald discuss the attempt to reap weight-loss benefits without giving your crops a chance to grow.  Many people plant the seed of weight loss, but then pull up the plant at the roots before...

This episode is about what happens after the sun goes down.  Whether you are alone or with that special someone, things can get wild in the dark.  Spoiler alert, Catherine and Donald talk about late night, unplanned eating, and overindulging.  Willpower wears down throughout the day and can be at it’s lowest point at night.  When you’ve had a full day, worked hard, and are tired, you don’t always...