Beyond the Weight with Henny and Sandy

Join us as we chat about everything from tickling fetishes to lunchables to how to navigate friend groups. We get into it all! We discuss what to do when we find ourselves in social situations with people we are having trouble connecting with or are irritated by. We also wonder about when (if ever) it’s appropriate to give some constructive criticism related to socializing. Lots to digest here!
 
**Show Notes**
Documentary we mentioned:
Tickled
Podcasts we mentioned:
Flightless Bird
We Can Do Hard Things
Book we mentioned:
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

Join us as we chat about some of the things that make us laugh and some of the things that we are anticipating will make us laugh soon. We also go down a rabbit hole on pop and its impacts on our overall health. Finally, we reminisce about some of the tried and true WW advice we’ve  gotten and given over the years.
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
MesSy with Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Book we mentioned:
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

Join us as we chat about all things perfection. Each and every one of us have a few perfectionist tendencies, and Henny is learning how we can all harness the power of those qualities and use them to our benefit. We do a little quiz to see what type of perfectionists we are, and we do some thinking out loud about how perfectionism connects to eating habits and weight loss goals. This episode is pretty perfect if we do say so ourselves.
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Ultra-Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler
Podcast we mentioned:
Armchair Expert (specifically the episode with Maureen Dunne from March 28, 2024)
Website we mentioned:
https://www.perfectionistsguide.com/

Join us as we chat about a couple of great books we’re in the middle of right now. Henny’s learning about different studies proving that the way a food is processed actually has more health impacts than the nutritional make-up of that food while Sandy’s learning more about the benefit-only practice of eating more plants. It’s not all serious though! We also discuss the relabelling of Coke Zero products and the lengths Henny will go to replace a missing puzzle piece!
 
**Show Notes**
Books we mentioned:
Ultra-Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken
How Not to Die by Michael Greger
Movie we mentioned:
Roadhouse

Join us as we chat about our recent March Break trips and the lack of stress related to food we both felt on our vacations. Henny is learning that there are different patterns of eating that may actually work for her, and Sandy is really trying to convince her that different skin care routines may work for her too. We also discuss the nature vs. nurture debate when it comes to obesity. I(s obesity more than just the result of food decisions? (Spoiler: it is!)
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Chasing Life

Join us as we chat about our attitudes toward things; which things get kept and which things get chucked? And why? And what does that say about us? We’re both doing things strangely lately. Sandy is using chamomile tea as part of her skin care routine, and Henny is providing towel service to the men in her life. Finally, we discuss how empowered we feel while reading some great women’s memoirs!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcasts we mentioned:
Synced
We Can Do Hard Things
Books we mentioned:
Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

Join us as we chat about how completely flabbergasted and entirely grateful we are to be celebrating exactly five years of the podcast on this very day! We have had a wonderful time over the past five years chatting with each other and with anyone and everyone who listens to Beyond the Weight. Thank you so much for supporting us!
 
**Show Notes**
Netflix Documentaries we mentioned:
Lover, Stalker, Killer
American Nightmare
Podcast we mentioned:
Chasing Life

Join us as we chat about what it means to be a super communicator (according to our Power of Habit expert Charles Duhigg) and why communication is so tricky and so important. We update one another (and you all) on our ventures into incorporating more plant-based meals into our regular diets. Finally, we have the age old debate: shower or bath? What team are you?
 
**Show Notes**
Book we mentioned:
Mother, Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Super Communicators by Charles Duhigg
Podcast we mentioned:
Armchair Expert

Join us as we chat about all things donuts (are you really surprised?)! Cake donut or yeast donut? Small donut shop or chain restaurant? Crueller or buttermilk bar? We also discuss the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating. Finally, we get into a deep conversation about our previous (and/or current) binge eating habits and notice that our patterns are very different!
 
**Show Notes**
Podcast we mentioned:
Food, We Need to Talk
Flightless Bird

Join us as we chat about our experiences making some changes, trying something new, and following the Livy Method. How has life changed now that neither one of us are snacking at night? How many fruits do we need to eat every day in order to be happy? What’s our stance on bread? All this and more in this week’s episode!
 
**Show Notes**
TV Shows we mentioned:
Expats (on Prime)
The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down (on CBC Gem)
Program we mentioned:
The Livy Method