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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Episodes
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about how much we love food (shocker!) and our “eating out” habits. Then we go down a rabbit hole talking about all things food: food Henny used to pack in her elementary school lunch, food Sandy has been making in Lima and risking getting in trouble for, food we love to eat as leftovers, and how McDonalds used to keep their food warm. Then we discuss how important it is for everyone to work some sort of retail or food service job to learn not only employable skills but empathy as well.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about raw food that we like to eat (or used to eat) and each of us is convinced that the other has the weirder list. Sandy unpacks some of the new information she has learned from reading Nina Teicholz’s book, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet. Finally, we can’t say enough about the brilliance of Morgan Spurlock’s recent documentary, Supersize Me 2: a look into what it takes to start a fast food restaurant, from market research to farming to delivering a product to the consumer. You can find the documentary on Amazon Prime.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about why we chose to start this podcast and how we feel our podcast as evolved over the course of sixty episodes. We discuss the very first podcasts each of us ever listened to, the podcasts we’re listening to now, and the podcast episodes that Dr. Gary Foster was featured on that you absolutely have to listen to (Sound Bites: A Nutrition Podcast - episodes from June 3, 2019 and December 11, 2019). Finally, we delve into a convo about thought patterns and the importance of taking note of our thoughts so that we can savour the good ones and let the negative ones go. What good thoughts/moments/events have you been savouring lately?
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Join us this week as we chat a bit about some of the fun we’ve been having with FitOn activities through our WW app (FitOn also has its own app) and Billy Blanks’ TaeBo workouts on YouTube! Then we get deep. We talk about some of our takeaways from the thoughtful advice shared by Esther Perel, therapist and creator of the podcast Where Should We Begin, and Jay Shetty, former monk and motivational speaker, on Oprah’s current 4-week live talk series for WW members, A Vision Forward. Finally we discuss the importance of recognizing privilege, talking about issues in the world today, and speaking up/out/against injustice. Sandy and Henny are both excited about diving into Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere. Anyone else read or watched it?
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Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about the Enneagram Test after having heard all about it on Brené Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us. We break down the 9 personality types presented in the test, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of a personality test in the first place, and delve into our own test results. We’ve also been enjoying Oprah’s Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward Live Virtual Experience and hope you have been too! There will be more to say about that soon! Also . . . does anyone else have an obsession with chargers?
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about the benefit of splitting up experiences that make you happy into smaller chunks and the “rewirements” Henny is working on as she continues through the Science of Well Being course she’s taking. We also discuss (and absolutely LOVE) Alicia Keys' memoir, More Myself. We know we mentioned it before, but now that Sandy is almost finished it, we’ve got lots to say. Finally, we muse about what it means to have real dialogue - to really hear and process other people’s ideas - and to do it in a non-judgemental way that allows both parties to learn and grow. It also turns out that we just can’t help ourselves but use old adages and expressions!
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Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about our thoughts of the new documentary on Netflix about Michelle Obama’s book and book tour, Becoming. We also discuss the importance of being heard, how all of us need to feel empowered to use our voices, and the fact that when we share something - particularly something vulnerable - we’re not necessarily looking for advice. It seems like it wouldn’t be a complete episode if we didn’t mention the dangers of social media, so there’s some of that in there too! Hope you enjoy!
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about a variety of different causes of weight gain as outlined in a new episode of the Today is the Day Podcast. We also discuss some of the major learnings we have had that we believe have helped us to maintain our weight loss (and you might be surprised to know that the things we identify as most important are different for each of us). Finally, Henny geeks out a bit about a new podcast (WE Well-being) that is being hosted by Sophie Trudeau because Tessa Virtue is one of the guests (Henny is a major figure skating fan), and Sandy makes fun of her for watching over 4 hours of “Open Ice Live!”, a COVID-relief fundraiser featuring skaters from around the world.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about the thing we most want to do when this quarantine/lockdown life is over (or at least relaxed a bit). We also talk at length about (okay, so we gush a bit) our latest read: Melinda Gates’ memoir, The Moment of Lift. We hear about Sandy’s second attempt at a Barre class and her obsession with her soda stream. Finally, we challenge ourselves (and you) to take part in some of the new activities through FitOn on your WW App (for WW members).
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Join us this week as we chat about flexibility. What makes us flexible or inflexible and how can we train ourselves to be a bit more flexible? We also talk about Sandy’s first experience taking a Barre class and Henny’s foray into the world of Richard Simmons videos! Finally, we share some of our take-aways from a Facebook Live interview between Dr. Bernice King (who Henny didn’t realize is the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.) and Dr. Brene Brown (our fav)! Also, did you notice that we have a new professional logo?! Check out @backporchcreative if you’re ever looking for a photographer, graphic designer, or a doer of anything else creative!