Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy
Our podcast is just us, chatting about activity, food, mindset, and life in general.
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Join us as we chat about radical self-love, irresistible behaviours, and deep-freezers. We have a lot to say about a podcast episode we recently listened to with Brené Brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, the author of The Body is Not An Apology. Sandy is trying out some new mantras to appreciate her body more and Henny recalls different ways she has attempted to apologize for the size of her body moving through the world. Then we discuss a book about behavioural addictions and decide that being the architect of your own environment is necessary for building the habits you want and avoiding the habits you don’t. Finally, Henny gets teased for having multiple bags of frozen vegetables in her deep freezer (if you’re not storing veg in there, what are you using it for?!). What’s in your freezer that you might have forgotten about?
*Show Notes*
Books we mentioned:
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
Hooked by Michael Moss
The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Podcast we mentioned:
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Join us as we chat about all things environmental, sustainable, and green. Henny’s growing fresh herbs in an AeroGarden, Sandy’s drying her fresh herbs in the microwave, and we’ve both just watched Seaspiracy on Netflix and have A LOT to say about it. We also discuss the idea of mast fruiting and how clever trees really are. Who knew?! Finally, Sandy has become a true shorts-wearer, and Henny could not be more proud!
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Join us as we chat about our roots; that’s right, we’re both Hamilton girls and proud of it (Fun Fact: Henny is actually originally from Fruitland). We also discuss the emotional roller coaster that is the prime time television show: This Is Us. Finally, it would seem that our podcast isn’t complete with a quick update on our reading, and we take this opportunity to completely fan girl about an upcoming book authored by none other than WW Chief Science Officer, Dr. Gary Foster (a.k.a. Sandy’s major crush). Are you going to be reading The Shift with us in the Fall of 2021?
*Show Notes*
Books we mentioned:
This is Me by Chrissy Metz
The Shift by Dr. Gary Foster (comes out Oct. 5, 2021)
Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
Hooked by Michael Moss
Podcast we mentioned:
Today is the Day
Show we mentioned:
This is Us
Commercial we mentioned:
https://twitter.com/danjlevy/status/1376537392736165895?lang=en
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Join us as we chat about some of the qualities and characteristics that we have that we feel have really helped us along on our weight loss and wellness journeys. Sandy shares a few kitchen tips too . . . any one else have trouble keeping avocado and cilantro fresh for more than a few hours? We can an update on Sandy’s reading (she’s got a couple of dynamite books on the go) and an update on Henny’s cooking adventures (yes, they do involve black beans). Finally, Sandy walks us through the world of tinctures and elixirs. Sound magical? It is!
*Show Notes*
Books we mentioned:
The Radium Girls by Cyrielle Evrard and Kate Moore
Promised Land by Barack Obama
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Foodist by Darya Pino Rose
Podcasts we mentioned:
Renegades: Born in the U.S.A.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Join us as we celebrate our ONE HUNDREDTH episode today! (And we went a bit long . . . hope that’s okay with you!) Our theme today was “our very best” and we run through many of our “bests” related to the four WW pillars (food, activity, sleep, mindset) and some categories of things we love (books, music, podcasts, our bodies). We’re so thankful to anyone who listens to us and shares in our lives through this podcast. Here’s to another hundred! (Yikes!)
*Show Notes*
Book we mentioned:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Always Too Much and Never Enough by Jasmin Singer
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman
A Promised Land by Barak Obama
Podcasts we mentioned:
By the Book
Today is the Day
Why Won’t You Date Me?
Smartless
Armchair Expert
Dissect
Renegades: Born in the U.S.A.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Join us as we chat about all the kitchen shenanigans Sandy is getting up to in her Everyday Herbal course through the Academy of Culinary Nutrition . . . oil infusions, bath bombs, drinking vinegar, etc. We also talk at length about our latest read, a book about being a Foodist. Suffice it to say that we both loved it and had lots to say about it. Finally, Sandy shares her latest Facebook find: a cool group featuring a bunch of WW members who are also food bloggers and culinary masters (or, at least, we think so).
*Show Notes*
Book we mentioned:
Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting by Darya Pino Rose
Facebook Group we mentioned:
WW Food Blogger Community
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Join us as we chat about Henny’s plan for ensuring she doesn’t skip out on tough workouts and Sandy’s culinary prowess and successful English Muffin creation. We take another trip down memory lane as we reminisce about things we remember from school (we’re talking everything from how to read a sewing pattern to how a castle was built in Medieval Times with turrets, a moat, and a drawbridge). Finally, we discuss the flexibility we have with the three coloured plans with myWW+ and how silly it is to be afraid about switching between them.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Join us as we chat about the fact that any success we’re looking for comes from making the very smallest of changes. Sandy is adamant that she will never wear a corset, and Henny shares her latest obsession: re-watching clips of winning Olympic moments. We also discuss a documentary that Henny watched recently called Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things and an episode of the WW Presents Podcast that Sandy particularly enjoyed. P.S. Does anyone else think corsets are crazy?
*Show Notes*
Shows we mentioned:
Bridgerton on Netflix
Movies we mentioned:
The Sound of Music
Beauty & the Beast
Dumbo
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things on Netflix
Podcasts we mentioned:
WW Presents Podcast
Today is the Day Podcast
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Join us as we chat about the things we keep track of (and we’re not talking only SmartPoints and weight) and where we keep track of them. Sandy has a great question about movies that she borrowed from a podcast she’s started listening to (Films to Be Buried With), and we have fun going down memory lane for a bit. Then Sandy makes fun of Henny for having a deep freezer (doesn’t everyone have one?). Finally, Henny shares some super fascinating facts about the BMI that she learned on an episode of another podcast she stumbled across (Rebel Eaters Club). Join us!
*Show Notes*
Shows we mentioned:
*Ted Lasso on Apple+
Movies we mentioned:
*Old Yeller
*The Land Before Time
*Airplane
*Grease
Podcasts we mentioned:
*Films to be Buried With
*Rebel Eaters Club
*Race to 270: 306 and 230 ~ Armchair Expert
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Join us as we chat about the ins and outs and ups and downs of building and maintaining relationships using Jancee Dunn’s book, How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids, as a starting point. We laugh knowingly at her assertion that one of the most common arguments that happens between people who cohabitate is about how to load the dishwasher! Sandy regales us with her latest culinary adventures . . . she’s growing her own sprouts, making her own recipes, and using a slower cooker (sort of). Finally, we discuss Sandy’s latest podcast love: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard. Do you listen to that one too?