At Halloween time, dread is supposed to be part of the fun. But when it comes to exercise, dread is a major part of why we don’t do it. But where does that dread come from? This week, Catherine and Donald examine the origins of dreading a new healthy activity and give you some suggestions as to how to get over the dread and on with the movement. Th…

At this special time of year, we are reminded that demons like to possess young people and make their heads spin around. Some people have demons from heck, while others have demons jn the form of snacks. Nobody knows what to do about demon snacks, do they? Catherine and Donald may have some suggestions. Based on an article from neuroscientist Alex …

This time of year striking a balance between werewolves and ghouls can get you. Similarly, striking a balance between working treats into your life and cutting them out all together can get you. Figuring out when to moderate and when to put a pause on certain foods and beverages is a tricky road to travel, and this week, Catherine and Donald are he…

If you’ve ever used a Quija (trademark Hasbro) board, it can seem like the other person or people are moving the planchette around. It’s definitely not you making those choices. When we make impulsive food decisions, we WANT to feel like we’re not making those choices either. It was definitely the spirit world that made me eat that entire cake by m…

If you’re like me, you thought the movie “The Fall Guy” was about a guy who loved the Autumn so much that he dedicated his life to keeping the Fall season in his heart all the year round. It turns out, that movie was about a stunt person in love with a Director who solves crimes for some reason. Have you ever thought about how cool it would be to h…

Most of us know that French is virtually impossible to translate, but there are a select few who understand some of the words. Luckily, We Only Look Thin’s Catherine is one of those select few. This week, the couple talk about how the culinary process, “Mise en Place”, or “Putting in Place”, can help us to achieve weight loss and fitness goals. Whe…

If you’re like most of us, you’ve wished for a magical body transformation. To be granted a wish and to wake up in a brand new, perfect body. And you’ve probably promised that you’ve learned a lesson and you’ll always be good from now on if you can just be thin now. But if that really happened, would you know how to maintain that weight or would yo…

We’ve all asked Mary, Mary quite contrary how her garden grows and she’s given us some story about using silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row. That story doesn’t seem to check out. What effect do silver bells have on plant growth? What even is a “cockle shell” anyway? When you think about it, the right question should be, “h…

Labor Day Sale?!? Pumpkin Spice?!? Halloween Decorations?!? Wasn’t the summer just getting started? If you’re like a lot of us, you entered the year with lofty goals for your weight, health, and fitness. And if you’re like a lot of us, things haven’t turned out how you’d hoped. It’s tempting as we head into the Fall to just put it all off until nex…

Have you ever thought to yourself something like, “a positive attitude just means you’re not really paying attention to the word” or “these people need to get their heads out of the clouds and face that fact that they’re never going to get there”.? If you answered “yes”, you might need to work on your resilience. This week, Catherine and Donald tal…

When you’re in your 20’s, most people want to lose weight to look better in a pair of Vidal Sassoon blue jeans. As we get older, most people still want ...Oleh 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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

If you’re a character from Game of Thrones, you might be known as the “Breaker of Chains”, but if you aren’t a character from Game of Thrones, you probably aren’t. However, even if ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

If Schoolhouse Rock taught me anything, it’s that three is the magic number. And if that’s true then Episode 333 must be triple magic! AND, it’s part three of our ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

The middle episode of a trilogy is often considered filler. Just a bridge to get from the set up in part one to the final payoff in part three. But ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

Loopholes. Sometimes we work so hard to jump through them, we should call them “hoopholes”. Because people make themselves jump through hoops. Get it? This week, the couple go ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

When we name an episode of this show after DC Comics’ wackiest super team, it might be easy to assume that Donald came up with the title, but in fact, ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

What has dinosaurs, talking mice, street teams, and 3 cats in a trench coat? This episode of course! Have you ever said to yourself, “I’ll never do that again” only ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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, ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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. ...Oleh 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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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, ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin

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 ...Oleh we-only-look-thin