Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy

Join us as we chat about everything from Sandy’s Homemade Lasagna to Henny’s Chicken Broccoli Divan (well, it’s actually Skinnytaste’s recipe) to the difference between kcal and Calorie (spoiler alert: there is none) to what the word “awesome” actually means. We also discuss whether or not it’s a waste of time to finish a book you don’t really like or to follow people on social media whose posts you scroll right past. It’s a fun and laughter-filled episode, so give it a listen!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Food, We Need to Talk
Aggressive Salad
Book we mentioned:
Burn: How Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight by Herman Pontzer

Join us as we chat about what happens when there is an absence of scientific evidence . . . (spoiler alert: people are bound to make things up). We found a new podcast to listen to and discuss a bunch of topics including whether or not tracking your food is necessary for weight loss, why it’s important to understand why you want to lose weight (if that’s what you want to do), and how nutrition science is always changing. Finally, we celebrate the upcoming long awaited return of the Walnut Crunch to a Tim Hortons near us (and maybe you too!)
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Aggressive Salad: Nutrition with a Bite
Book we mentioned:
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

Join us as we chat about aging, how our bodies change as we age, what we might learn from those who are older than we are, and the fact that age really is just a number. We discuss the way comparison can lead to negative self talk, and although we’d like to stop those negative feelings, we haven’t figured out a way to do that just yet. Finally, we marvel at how impactful “non-exercise” can be for our physical health. Get moving, everyone!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
No Stupid Questions
Food, We Need to Talk
Book we mentioned:
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

Join us as we chat about the simple truth about how to eat in a way that will keep our bodies happy and healthy. Yes, there are some things that nutritionists and food experts do agree on! We also discuss the potential power of a life coach, the potential harm of refusing to enjoy the things that we have, and the potential need to change your job every 3-5 years. Finally, Sandy thinks she might become an avid pickle-baller. What do you think?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
How to Be Fine
Food, We Need to Talk
Flightless Bird

Join us as we chat about how change can impact our lives in troublesome ways, in unexpected ways, and in positive ways. Henny has a ridiculous story about her latest experience at the bank, and Sandy is not surprised about any of it because it all took place at “the bad bank.” We also discuss the blessing of social health care after hearing of some people’s financially-crushing hospital experiences south of the border.
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Flightless Bird (particularly the episode on Rabies)
How to Be Fine

Join us as we chat about our experiences having overweight . . . we discuss representation of fatness in media, we debate whether or not it’s necessary for fat people to portray fat characters in film, we explore our own implicit biases towards thinness, and we wonder about other myths about fat people that we have been trained to believe. It’s a jam-packed episode! Listen and share your thoughts with us too!
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Bare by Susan Hyatt
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
Website we mentioned:
Project Implicit (implicit.harvard.edu)

Join us as we chat about our week-long vacation in Peru . . . together! If you want to hear about all of our South American shenanigans, this is the episode for you! If you’re more interested in our health and wellness conversations, please come back next week for our regularly scheduled programming. We promise that next week’s episode will be full of wellness-related tidbits as usual. We just couldn’t let this week pass by without recapping our trip!

Join us as we chat about the wild times in the life of Henny and Sandy the past couple of weeks. Our schedules have been jam-packed with appointments, tasks to do, celebrations, topsy-turvy living conditions, etc. We’ve barely had time to sit down and take a breath, so we’re using the podcast this week to do just that. We hope you enjoy!
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Dying of Politeness by Geena Davis
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

Join us as we chat about how our environments influence our thinking and our actions, and this gets us thinking about what our environments say about us. What does it mean if Sandy keeps her books organized from tallest to shortest? What does it mean if Henny keeps her books organized by genre? What about someone who leaves piles of book helter skelter all over the place! Eek!
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You by Susan Hyatt
Movie we mentioned:
Ticket to Paradise
Podcast we mentioned:
Normalize This!

Join us as we chat about Sandy’s recent experience with the word “bare”. (She’s both bared a cheek AND read a book titled Bare.) We talk about what it means to live courageously and how we feel we are brave and/or how we shy away from things. Finally, we discuss the beauty of a WW workshop. Where else can you find a group of people so different from one another who are actually more LIKE than UNLIKE?!?!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Armchair Expert
We Can Do Hard Things
Books we mentioned:
Bare by Susan Hyatt
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H