Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy

Beyond the Weight #164: Is It All In My Head?

Join us as we chat about portions. What is the right portion size? How do we know if we’ve had enough? Or too much? Where did we originally learn how to portion out food? Why do we always feel so hungry? Sandy also has a bee in her bonnet about people whose integrity is lacking, so we have to have a little rant about that too. Enjoy!

Beyond the Weight #163: When Too Much is Too Much

Join us as we chat about some of the fun we’ve had together (IRL) in the past few weeks including attending a concert together (a first) and eating some great food (no surprise there). Sandy fills us in a bit about her son’s wedding (which went off beautifully), Henny shares some interesting ideas she heard about habits vs. addictions, and we both chat about a book we read about the start of the opioid epidemic in North America. It’s been a busy week!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
No Stupid Things (Episode 101)
Book we mentioned:
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Shows we mentioned:
Dopesick 
Frankie & Grace

Beyond the Weight #162: Revisiting Our Types

Join us as we chat about some new learning we’ve recently done about the Enneagram Personality types. Thanks to an expert discussion on the podcast, We Can Do Hard Things, Henny has had a new aha moment about the personality she has, her deepest fears and desires, and how that links to weight and overall health. We also discuss some of the class trips we can remember from our childhoods, and Sandy shares a bit more about the saga that has been shoe shopping!
**Our apologies for less than perfect sound quality for the first 31 minutes of the episode.**
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle (specifically episode 89)

Beyond the Weight #161: We’re All In

Join us as we chat about some of our all or nothing tendencies and what really keeps us motivated and determined to reach a goal. We return to a previous discussion about the Power of Regret and outline some of the steps offered by the author for working through regret and using it to improve your situation. Finally, we have a good chuckle (as usual) at the memory of Henny’s car phone. Tell us you had one too!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Armchair Expert
Books we mentioned:
Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Friendship List by Susan Mallery

Beyond the Weight #160: Saying No

Join us as we chat about the importance of saying, “No.” We both have difficulty declining offers from others and saying no to volunteering our time, and we also both struggle to ask others for help when we need it (well, maybe one of us more than the other). In this episode, we look to an expert to give us some advice on how to protect our time and our sanity by just saying, “No.” Then we discuss the difference between treats and snacks and how our own thinking about these things has evolved over time. What do you think? Is there a difference?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Something You Should Know
Book we mentioned:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Beyond the Weight #159: Hot Messes & Hot Takes

Join us as we chat about a couple of self-help type books that we’ve read and want to read that were featured on the By the Book podcast. (By the way, if you’ve never checked out that podcast, you really should!) Sandy tells us about her latest escapades in Peru that involve both movies and running. Finally, we discuss all things public bathrooms after having read No Place to Go by Lezlie Lowe. Why are women’s lineups always longer? And how many Toronto subway stations actually have public bathrooms?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
By the Book with Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg
Books we mentioned:
No Place to Go by Lezlie Lowe
Atomic Habits by James Clear
You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy

Beyond the Weight #158: Don’t Pick the Honey Dip

Join us as we chat about Henny’s cilantro plant that won’t stop growing, Sandy’s five green tomatoes that took 5 months to appear, and whether or not having a bird poop on you is good luck. Then we discuss some biases we have when it comes to food. We have been trained, taught, and told that some foods are healthy, some are indulgent, and some are just plain sinful. We also have a strong inclination about which donut to pick when given the choice. Do you?
 
**Show Notes**
Book we mentioned:
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Beyond the Weight #157: Thank You For Being A Friend

Join us as we chat about all things friendship. Friendship can be hard. How do you make a friend? Keep a friend? Deal with the loss of a friend? Can you be a better friend? Who is your friend? What does real friendship look like? Put your bathrobes on, grab your coffee, and join us for a fun and friendly chat.
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
Book we mentioned:
Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer

Beyond the Weight #156: A Mixed Bag

Join us as we chat about a smorgasbord of topics and a plethora of stories. The episode is very much a bowl of potpourri. We tackle everything from whether or not we would have wanted to wear uniforms in high school to ageism and the importance our society places on age to things we tried that we thought would be awful and turned out to be super fun! What do you love now that you thought you wouldn’t like?
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
Book we mentioned:
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

Beyond the Weight #155: Supply and/or Demand

Join us as we chat about a couple new workout options that we’ve been trying out recently and a few things we’ve been watching for fun too. We also discuss whether poor nutrition is a supply problem or a demand problem . . . and we discover (to no one’s surprise) that the problem is not that simple. Finally, it wouldn’t be a complete podcast episode if Sandy didn’t make fun of Henny. Listen to hear what she did this time! Enjoy!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
No Stupid Questions (Episode 92)
In God We Lust
The Shrink Next Door
Armchair Expert
Shows/Movies we mentioned:
The Shrink Next Door on Apple+
Severance on Apple+
St. Vincent