We Only LOOK Thin
341 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 674 ratingsCatherine and Donald Wygal are a married couple who, after a life-long struggle, have each lost over 100 pounds. Join them as they work on keeping the weight off and pass along what they’ve learned along the way.
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Episode 140 – The Game’s Afoot!
September 14, 2020 03:51 - 36 minutes - 29.8 MBChances are, if you have feet, you’ve probably used them for walking. You’ve also probably taken them for granted. If you’ve listened to this show for any length of time, ...
Episode 139 – Trigger Warning
September 07, 2020 04:01 - 34 minutes - 28.4 MBCatherine and Donald continue to milk the heck out of their r/loseit Reddit AMA! Er, that is to say that they treat their listening audience to a more in depth ...
Episode 138 – I Volunteer as Tribute
August 31, 2020 03:48 - 37 minutes - 31 MBThe Dynamic Duo of weight loss are at it again! The couple continue their series of deep dives into the questions they were asked on their hit Reddit AMA. Are ...
Episode 137 – Calorie Police
August 24, 2020 03:54 - 38 minutes - 31.8 MBIt’s like a blog post for your ears! Catherine and Donald begin a series of deeper dives and follow ups on questions that they were asked in their Reddit r/loseit ...
Episode 136 – Ketchup with the Wygals
August 17, 2020 03:50 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBPeople are constantly craving more information about The Wygals, so Catherine and Donald put together an episode just for them. And you. The couple talk about moving through different phases ...
Episode 135 – Growth Chart
August 10, 2020 03:52 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBWhen trying to reach a goal weight, people oftentimes search for the perfect plan. The perfect diet and exercise routine that will melt the pounds off and keep them off. ...
Episode 134 – Unstuff Yourself – Part 2
August 03, 2020 03:51 - 46 minutes - 38.2 MBPart 2 of our extravaganza on combating compulsive eating continues with a podcast that’s on the razors edge (that’ll make sense when you listen). Inspired by an email from a ...
Episode 133 – Unstuff Yourself – Part 1
July 27, 2020 03:54 - 45 minutes - 37.4 MBIn what some are calling part 1 of a Christmas Special in July, Catherine and Donald give their take on how to combat compulsive eating. Inspired by an email from ...
Episode 132 – The Fork Tendencies
July 20, 2020 03:50 - 47 minutes - 38.3 MBSometimes, we have expectations for ourselves that we just can’t meet. Getting ourselves to do what we want can oftentimes feel impossible. Author and Podcaster Gretchen Rubin has developed a ...
Episode 131 – The Knights Who Say N.E.A.T.
July 13, 2020 03:47 - 48 minutes - 39.3 MBThis week, We Only Look Thin tricks you into learning! Catherine and Donald talk about the importance of N.E.A.T, but this isn’t your grandfather’s “neat”. This is Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. ...
Episode 130 – Shark Week
July 06, 2020 03:51 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBOn your health and fitness adventure (or journey or journ-venture), staying on track can be difficult at the best of times and menstruating can add additional challenges into the mix. ...
Episode 129 – Brittany Runs a Calithon
June 29, 2020 03:52 - 43 minutes - 35.8 MBOn a weight loss journventure, we all know about eating too many calories, but did you also know that you can eat too few? Inspired by an email from listener ...
Episode 128 – A Six Pack of Hard Truths
June 22, 2020 03:50 - 44 minutes - 36 MBSome people think that the key to weight loss is just to find the right diet or exercise program to go on for awhile. This week, inspired by an article ...
Episode 127 – Around the Weight Loss in 80 Ways
June 15, 2020 03:45 - 41 minutes - 33.9 MBWhether you are on a weight loss journey, a weight loss adventure, or a weight loss journ-venture, figuring out the best method of travel from where you are to your goal ...
Episode 126 – Moving Target
June 08, 2020 04:03 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBDonald wanted to do a salute to the great building maintenance people from pop culture. From Snyder on “Good Times” to Mr. Miyagi in the “Karate Kid”, he and Catherine ...
Episode 125 – The Giving Tree
June 01, 2020 04:01 - 46 minutes - 37.7 MBThe We Only Look Thin team harvest another childhood memory and make it about weight loss. This time, it’s the classic children’s book, “The Giving Tree”, by Shel Silverstein. Sometimes ...
Episode 124 – Buy! Sell! Buy! Sell!
May 25, 2020 04:00 - 42 minutes - 34.6 MBIt’s a little known fact, that getting on a scale is one of the leading ways in which people weigh themselves. Developing a healthy relationship with your scale can be ...
Episode 123 – President Business
May 18, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes - 33.7 MBDo you spend your time looking for the next “get thin quick” scheme? Do you wish you could be instantly in shape without developing a plan to get there? If ...
Episode 122 – Clue
May 11, 2020 04:01 - 51 minutes - 42 MBIf a famous fitness detective accused you of crimes against your own health, could you produce an air-tight alibi? Was it Colonel Mustard or the Bratwurst with mustard that really ...
Episode 121 – Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
May 04, 2020 04:01 - 41 minutes - 34.1 MBIf you’ve ever wondered which character on Gilligan’s Island you’d be, this is the podcast for you. Do you find yourself saying, “I just need to get past this week ...
Episode 120 – There’s a Monster at the End of This Podcast
April 27, 2020 04:01 - 32 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this week’s episode, Catherine and Donald ask the age-old question; who’s your Spirit Muppet? Sometimes it can feel like there are monsters all along the road to weight-loss and ...
Episode 119 – Loophole 19
April 20, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 47.2 MBThis week, instead of getting loopy, Catherine and Donald talk about loopholes. In this case, the weight loss and fitness loopholes created by COVID-19. In this unprecedented time, it can ...
Episode 118 – Pity Party
April 13, 2020 04:01 - 38 minutes - 31.7 MBIf you’ve listened to this show at all, you know that there is no finish line to weight loss. Nearly everyone who has lost weight has faced at least some ...
Episode 117 – Doctor! Doctor!
April 06, 2020 04:01 - 57 minutes - 46.7 MBWe present another episode recorded before we were all staying at home. Have you ever said, “Well, you know me. I’m either all into my diet or I’m all out.”? ...
Episode 116 – Lucky Charms
March 30, 2020 04:02 - 45 minutes - 36.7 MBWe Only Look Thin presents the episode that was supposed to come out just before St. Patrick’s Day. So, let’s all agree to pretend everything is normal and that it’s ...
Episode 115 – House Arrest
March 23, 2020 04:18 - 27 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this unprecedented time in modern history, Catherine and Donald discuss how to stay on track while being stuck at home. The couple point that this could actually be an ...
Episode 114 – WOLT Interrupted
March 16, 2020 04:23 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBWith a Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic going on, instead of our normal zany, slide-whistle filled episode, we decided to post a recording of a Facebook Live that Catherine conducted on Sunday, March ...
Episode 113 – From Zero to Zumba
March 09, 2020 04:02 - 43 minutes - 35.7 MBWe Only Look Thin presents you with a romantic fitness comedy. If you’re like most people, you might assume that fitness instructors are born fit, or even more likely, created ...
Episode 112 – Manic Panic
March 02, 2020 05:02 - 50 minutes - 40.8 MBIt might be spiders, heights, grizzly bears, or socks with sandals, but chances are we’re all afraid of something. When it comes to fitness, we can all relate to the ...
Episode 111 – Graze Anatomy 2 – Stop Hitting Yourself
February 24, 2020 05:02 - 54 minutes - 44 MBWhile nearly everyone has eaten themselves into a “food coma” at one time or another, some of us make it a regular habit. Catherine and Donald binge ate over and ...
Episode 110 – Graze Anatomy
February 17, 2020 05:06 - 45 minutes - 37.1 MBFew things can derail the fitness train faster than a bad cold or the flu. Chances are, somewhere during your fitness journey, you’re going to get sick, and getting sick ...
Episode 109 – Life Support
February 10, 2020 05:02 - 56 minutes - 46.1 MBIt seems like a no-brainer that the people who love you the most would be the most supportive when you decide to make a big change in your approach to ...
Episode 108 – Pyramid Scheme
February 03, 2020 05:20 - 46 minutes - 37.6 MBThis week, a couple of squares talk about pyramids. You’ve probably heard of or even studied Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which is usually represented by a pyramid with basic human ...
Episode 107 – The Couch is Lava
January 27, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 43.2 MBSure, moving around sounds like a lot of work. We’d all rather sit on the couch and do nothing, but it turns out that isn’t a good idea when it ...
Episode 106 – Gremlins 2 – The New Batch
January 20, 2020 05:01 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBIf you were a movie goer in the 80s, you know the rules for Gremlins. Don’t expose them to bright light, don’t get them wet, and don’t ever, ever feed ...
Episode 105 – Gremlins
January 13, 2020 05:01 - 45 minutes - 37.3 MBJust like Gremlins begin as a cute and cuddly Mogwai, so do fitness journeys begin with good intentions. Feed us after midnight however, and it’s like a bunch of tiny ...
Episode 104 – For Whom Adele Tolls
January 06, 2020 05:04 - 48 minutes - 39.4 MBIt’s the We Only Look Thin two year anniversary! As we embark on another year and a new decade, it is important to reflect on what got us to where ...
Episode 103 – 2020 Vision
December 30, 2019 05:52 - 43 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week, two people who wear glasses talk about having 20/20 vision. Or rather, a vision for the year 2020! Just like you should get an annual eye exam, you ...
Episode 102 – Ghost Hunters
December 23, 2019 05:01 - 35 minutes - 29.1 MBIt’s that time of year again! The time when Catherine and Donald take a wonderful season like Christmas and make it about weight loss. Of all the We Only Look ...
Episode 101 – Ghost Hunters
December 23, 2019 05:01 - 35 minutes - 29.1 MBIt’s that time of year again! The time when Catherine and Donald take a wonderful season like Christmas and make it about weight loss. Of all the We Only Look ...
Episode 101 – Holiday Half-Time
December 16, 2019 05:01 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBHave you ever been at a sporting event and the grounds crew or the Zamboni comes out at half-time and makes the field or ice basically brand new again? Well, we’re ...
Episode 100 – The Centennial Celebration
December 09, 2019 12:35 - 57 minutes - 46.9 MBIt’s the Centennial Celebration! It’s half as good as a bicentennial celebration, but twice as good as whatever 50 is! This week, Catherine and Donald give you 100 (give or ...
Episode 99 – Meal Day Preppers
December 02, 2019 05:05 - 44 minutes - 36.1 MBMeal Prep can seem overwhelming and impossible. Who’s got time for that? This week, Catherine and Donald answer that question (hint: you do!). The couple try to demystify meal prep ...
Episode 98 – Hunger Games
November 25, 2019 05:16 - 1 hour - 50 MBThe Hunger Games isn’t just a feel good holiday classic; it’s also what we’ve often played on our weight loss journ-venture. Going on starvation diets, not planning head, and allowing ...
Episode 97 – Holidays on Ice – Part 2
November 18, 2019 05:11 - 55 minutes - 45 MBIt’s part two of our holiday extravaganza. We have so much advice that it couldn’t be contained in one episode! In part 1, we focused on adjusting your mindset for ...
Episode 96 – Holidays on Ice – Part 1
November 11, 2019 04:57 - 47 minutes - 39 MBMath is fun! Especially at the holidays. That’s right, it’s that time of year again. The time when Donald and Catherine take something wonderful like the holidays and ruin them ...
Episode 95 – Wookin’ Pa Nub
November 04, 2019 05:01 - 55 minutes - 45 MBAre you lookin’ for love in all the wrong places? Places like the refrigerator and the pantry? People crave love in different ways and when they don’t get it, they ...
Episode 94 – We Own The Night
October 28, 2019 04:01 - 52 minutes - 42.8 MBWe don’t really own the night, no one does. But we do know a thing or two about night time over eating. Have you ever stuck to your plan all ...
Episode 93 – Does This Podcast Make Me Look Fat?
October 21, 2019 03:53 - 48 minutes - 39.3 MBSometimes words hurt, and not just when you get hit in the face with a book. Negative talk about the size and shape of a person’s body can be damaging, ...
Episode 92 – S.W.O.T.
October 14, 2019 04:01 - 42 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week, Catherine and Donald take you to business town. You may think that a S.W.O.T. analysis is a deep dive into the 1970’s TV show with the super catchy ...