Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy

Beyond the Weight #194: No Gimmicks

Join us as we chat about some super helpful and healthful habits you might want to develop this year including eating produce at every meal, planning for times during your day when you know you will have time to eat, and filling your water bottles at night to be ready for the following day. Sandy tells us a bit about her latest hiking trip, and she’s got an interesting trifecta to share. Finally, we talk about self care. Is it indulgent? Or is it simply taking care of yourself?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Food Heaven the Podcast
Normalize This!

Beyond the Weight #193: Get Motivated

Join us as we chat ALL about goal-setting and motivation. What is the difference between a goal and a chore? Should we focus on how far we’ve come or how far we’ve got to go? Do incentives work? If you’re looking to stay motivated to work towards your 2023 goals, this is the episode for you! Happy New Year!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
Freakonomics Radio
 
Book we mentioned:
Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation by Ayelet Fishbach

Beyond the Weight #192: Thinking Into the New Year

Join us as we chat about the benefits of shortcuts, the myth of multitasking, and why it’s so hard to focus. We also consider all that has happened and all that we have done in 2022, and we make some goals for how we’d like to move forward into 2023. What are you most proud of in 2022? What was the most fun moment of 2022 for you?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
Normalize This
 
Books we mentioned:
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life by Marcus du Sautoy
Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity by Gloria Mark

Beyond the Weight #191: Make an Impression

Join us as we chat about a few of our most recent pastimes including making homemade bath salts, climbing a gazillion flights of stairs, and re-visiting the characters of Sex in the City. More interestingly, we discuss first impressions. Are we good at making them? Should we make them? How important is a first impression? We’re curious to know . . . what were our listeners first impressions of us?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
No Stupid Questions (episode 121)
Shows we mentioned:
Handmaid’s Tale
And Just Like That

Beyond the Weight #190: Deep Diving

Join us as we chat about the wild world of vanity sizing. What exactly is a size 0? How is it that ten different pairs of 34-waist jeans are actually 10 different sizes? And why don’t Henny and Sandy ever shop for clothes together? Then we go in deep on Stutz, a documentary directed by Jonah Hill about his therapist, Dr. Phil Stutz. Have you seen it? We want to talk!
 
**Show Notes**
Documentary we mentioned:
Stutz (on Netflix)

Beyond the Weight #189: Quitting Stress

Join us as we chat about the positive side of quitting, the need to find some internal motivation, and how to navigate the stress of the upcoming holiday season. Henny is shaking her head at the audacity of some drivers, and Sandy is shaking her head at the negativity of some people. Finally, we laugh at the silliness of choosing to eat nothing all day in anticipation of a big meal! Why do we do that?!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Quitters (specifically the episode with Monica Padman)
We Can Do Hard Things (specifically Episodes #154 and #155)

Beyond the Weight #188: Guidelines, Anyone?

Join us as we chat about guidelines and how we use them to help us to develop healthy eating habits. Sandy begins by sharing some tidbits of wisdom she’s reading this week, and this leads us to a discussion about the new simplification of the WW program. We wrap up our chat by wondering aloud about gift-giving at the holiday season. Maybe we need guidelines for that too!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things
Book we mentioned:
Eat, Move, Think: The Path to a Healthier, Stronger, and Happier You by Shaun Francis

Beyond the Weight #187: Is It Always This Bad?

Join us as we chat about the weird ways our brains work! Why do we often see pictures from years ago and think, “I thought I looked awful then, but I looked amazing and wish I looked like that now!”? Why do we often feel like the cure to fatigue is to simply pile more on our already over-full plates? Why do we often stress about situations that come around every year instead of preparing for them ahead of time? We are silly creatures.
 
**Show Notes**
Book we mentioned:
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Beyond the Weight #186: Read This Headline

Join us as we chat about things that fear us, things that surprise us, and things that annoy us. We get into it about how we feel about other people when they are expressing their fears (is it ever okay to run around and shriek?) and when they get angry about bits of information they hear without getting the whole story (is it really necessary to freak out prematurely?). Finally, we discuss double standards for women - and we have differing views too!
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Flightless Bird (specifically they episode entitled "Maths")

Beyond the Weight #185: Speaking Up

Join us as we chat about the challenge of speaking up when you or someone you know is being treated without respect. How do you find the confidence (and the calm) to tell someone their words, their attitude, and their behaviour is not appropriate? We also discuss some fascinating time management myths, and Henny shares the number one time management strategy she learned in a book she just read. Finally, we share a few of the delicious meals we’ve been making lately! Yum!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things (Episode #147 specifically)
Flightless Bird
Book we mentioned:
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Soup recipes we mentioned:
Italian Wedding Soup from thekitchn.com
Tomato Spinach Tortellini Soup from aggieskitchen.com