Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy

Beyond the Weight #154: Walking, Talking, & Podcasting

Join us as we chat about new ways to get active with the WalkTalks podcast in the WW app and with FitOn Courses. Sandy mentions a few more podcasts she’s loving these days if you’re on the lookout for some new listening gems. She also gives us a physio update and that leads to a conversation about peculiar sensations. Finally, we have to say a few things about recent events in popular culture (AKA the slap heard around the world).
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Smartless
WalkTalks Podcast on the WW App
The Vaping Fix by Wondery
Island Crime

Beyond the Weight #153: No Regrets Here

Join us as we chat about regret. What is it, when do we feel it, is it purposeful, and how do we get past it? What would your future self say to you now (and how can that help you to avoid future regret)? Henny has some kitchen and food prep bragging to do, and Sandy helps her out with some ingredient swap ideas. Finally, we discuss some movies from the 80s and 90s that may or may not be worth the watch (re-watch) in 2022. What’s your favourite movie from that time period?
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Burnout by Amelia Nagoski & Emily Nagoski
The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink
 
Podcast we mentioned:
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Episode with Daniel Pink (March 24, 2022)
 
Movies we mentioned:
Troop Beverly Hills (Henny’s all-time favourite)
Top Gun (would not recommend)
La Guerre des Tuques
A League of Their Own
The Princess Switch

Beyond the Weight #152: Up In Our Feelings

Join us as we chat about everything from the disappointment we feel when a movie we were looking forward to just isn’t great to the confusion and apprehension we feel when we are experiencing something new and different to the deep relief we feel when something that was missing is finally found. That’s right everyone! Today we get all up in our feelings. We also discuss Brené Brown’s newest book, Atlas of the Heart, and we’ve got lots to say about comparative suffering, boundaries, and insecurity.
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Cultish by Amanda Montell
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

Beyond the Weight #151: Channeling Our Inner Saboteurs

Join us as we chat about the actual definition of self-sabotage, and then we work through a quiz to determine all the various ways we may or may not sabotage ourselves. Then we discuss how to build new habits to get around the barriers we have set in our own way. Finally, we put on our Harriet-the-spy type sleuth hats and try to solve a very serious mystery that has befallen Sandy. Where, oh where, could her neoprene ankle brace have gone?!?!
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted
The Gift Of Forgiveness by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt

Beyond the Weight #150: What’s in a Brand Name?

Join us as we chat about olive oil, fish, cheese, and champagne! Sound delicious? It is . . . IF you actually taste the real thing; the problem is, according to our latest read, Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted, most of us are enjoying a knock-off version of these tasty foods. We geek out about the production of actual authentic parmesan cheese and freak out about the misleading labels on so many of the foods in our cupboards. Finally, we discuss Sandy’s recent brush with pseudo-fame as a celebrity lookalike. Do you think Sandy looks like Jamie Lee Curtis?
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Real Food, Fake Food by Larry Olmsted
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman
 
Podcasts we mentioned:
Hypochondriactor
Someone Knows Something
Welcome to Paradise

Beyond the Weight #149: All Things Food

Join us as we chat about all things food! We discuss what we like to do with the odds and ends we have in our fridges, how to make the best lasagne, and whether pizza Fridays are salmon Sundays are better. Sandy’s got a great hack for peeling beets, and Henny realizes that what looked like a huge head of lettuce from her AeroGarden was really only a few bites of deliciousness. We also talk about being kind to ourselves. What does it actually mean to be kind to yourself and is it possible to be too kind?
**Show Notes**
None! (Strange, no?!)

Beyond the Weight #148: Flavour Mayhem!

Join us as we chat about zesting lemons, growing fresh herbs, and chopping garlic. We’ve also been reading about flavour and how incredible food science is . . . scientists can (and do) create any flavour we could possible want and add it to all sorts of unpalatable foods to make them tasty. If you’re looking for some podcast or book recommendations, we’ve got a few of those too.
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
The End of Craving by Mark Schatzker
Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
Show we mentioned:
The Shrink Next Door on Apple+
Podcasts we mentioned:
The Shrink Next Door
Scammers

Beyond the Weight #147: Cravings & Convos

Join us as we chat about pet peeves and what to do about them! We’ve both been super busy this week because Henny’s got Olympic Fever, and Sandy’s become a washer-woman because of the mess the birds in her backyard are leaving. We haven’t been too busy to do some reading though! We sit down today to talk about The End of Craving by Mark Schatzker, and there’s lots to digest.
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
 
Books we mentioned:
The End of Craving by Mark Schatzker
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
Steak by Mark Schatzker

Beyond the Weight #146: Is it Burnout or Boreout?

Join us as we chat about Sandy’s quick recovery from her ankle surgery (she’ll be out of that boot before you know it). We also discuss our love of Dolly Parton, our obsession with Wordle, and our favourite “study snack” from when we were students. Finally, we have a great conversation about the lost art of doing nothing. Is it really a thing? Can you do it? Should you do it? How?
**Show Notes**
Book we mentioned:
The Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems and Lona Aalders

Beyond the Weight with Henny & Sandy Episode 145: What’s Eating You?

Join us as we chat about sandwich choices we made as kids, veggie choices we make now, and how we really feel about ketchup. Sandy has been reading Nomadland by Jessica Bruder and comes to the realization that her Dad is a nomad! Henny shares some highlights from a book she just finished called Unwinding Anxiety . . . but it’s not really about anxiety! It’s more about changing our way of thinking. Finally, Sandy reminds us that it’s not often what we’re eating that is the problem . . . it’s what is eating us!
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer