We Only LOOK Thin
329 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 651 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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Episodes
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 ...
Episode 91 – Unknown Knowns
October 07, 2019 04:01 - 50 minutes - 41.2 MBWe’ve always been told, “Don’t be a know it all”. But is that always a bad thing? Sometimes there are things that we know that we don’t know and other ...
Episode 90 – Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
September 30, 2019 04:01 - 52 minutes - 42.4 MBDon’t confuse generosity with generosity. Do you think you’re an unappreciated super-hero? Many times in life we feel like we have the weight of the world on our shoulders. We’ll ...
Episode 89 – 5 O’Clock Somewhere
September 23, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBIt’s a sobering episode of We Only Look Thin (because it’s about alcohol, get it?). Alcohol can be a real stumbling block when trying to achieve our weight loss and ...
Episode 88 – Perfection is Procrastination
September 16, 2019 04:03 - 45 minutes - 37.2 MBIt’s a practically perfect episode of We Only Look Thin! On the road to our goal weight, we often say to ourselves that if we can’t do something perfectly, then ...
Episode 87 -. Weight LossMosis
September 09, 2019 04:00 - 50 minutes - 41.3 MBDonald and Catherine get kind of science-y this week and discuss the often perceived idea of Weight Loss through Osmosis (i.e. “Weight LossMosis”). We think that just by joining the ...
Episode 86 – Wake Me up When September Ends
September 02, 2019 04:01 - 52 minutes - 42.7 MBIt’s a Laborious episode! How many times have you said to yourself, “after this week things will settle down and then I’ll get back to it”. Bad news, things will ...
Episode 85 – Failure is Feedback part 2
August 26, 2019 04:02 - 52 minutes - 43 MBThis episode is doubly discouraging! In part of of their hard-hitting series about not letting failure discourage or stop you, Catherine and Donald give you many more ways in which ...
Episode 84 – Failure is Feedback – Part 1
August 19, 2019 04:03 - 45 minutes - 36.7 MBOne of the most difficult things about weight loss can getting back on our plan when you haven’t been successful in sticking to it. It can be just as difficult ...
Episode 83 – Back from Vacation-ation-ation
August 12, 2019 04:01 - 42 minutes - 34.9 MBSometimes with weight loss, you can do all the planning, take all the advice, set yourself up for success, and things still don’t go well. Catherine and Donald are back ...
Episode 82 – My Left Foot
August 05, 2019 04:11 - 52 minutes - 43 MBIt’s an Oscar worthy episode of we only look thin and the title is based on another movie that Catherine hasn’t seen. Donald and Catherine discuss the importance of diversifying ...
Episode 81 – Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
July 29, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 36.5 MBIt’s a thrifty episode of We Only Look Thin and we’re not talking about Thrifty Ice Cream. Do you “clean your plate” all the time because it would be wasteful ...
Episode 80 – The Weight Loss Fairy
July 22, 2019 07:15 - 42 minutes - 35 MBIt’s the 80th episode of WOLT, and in honor of the ’80s, Catherine and Donald are popping their collars, wearing slap bracelets, and binge watching Alf. They’re also going to ...