We Only LOOK Thin
Episodes
Episode 404 – Error Not Found
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, you listened to our most recent episode and you managed to navigate the Halloween candy being thrown at you and you stayed on track. Congratulat...
Episode 403 – Creature From the Snack Lagoon
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most lagoons are associated with a color. When you visit The Blue Lagoon, you expect to find a couple of shipwrecked teenagers teaching themselves bio...
Episode 402 – GLP-101
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a person in the world, and most of us are, you have probably heard of GLP-1 medication for weight loss. Listener James wrote in to ask...
Episode 401 – 401 ‘kay
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brainteasers. Puzzlers. Riddles. Toughies. You threw them all at us and we delivered the goods. And what I mean is, you asked us so many great q...
Episode 400 – The 400 Club
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four Hundred episodes. Where does the time go? It seems like only last week we were releasing episode 399. For this very special episode, we asked...
Episode 399 – Stop, Drop, and WOLT
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a baby and you’re reading this, you’re probably a genius. Congratulations Baby Genius! If you’re older than a ba...
Episode 398 – Time Bandits
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are many types of bandits in the world. We all know about train robbers, highwaymen, and cattle rustlers, oh, my! What about those bandits w...
Episode 397 – Opposite Day
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like it would be a good idea to envision your best day. Imagine everything going exactly to plan. You conceive of eating on target, naili...
Episode 396 – Too Clothes for Comfort
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might not believe this, but some people wear clothes every day. For some of those very same people, clothes can be a mental burden when you̵...
Episode 395 – For Those About to Walk, We Salute You
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We know that some of you are fans of alternating current while others are fans of direct current, so in this episode we have included both AC and DC. ...
Episode 394 – All the Right Moves
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moves. Everyone makes them, but not everyone makes the right ones. Whether it’s busting out the cabbage patch at the company office party or rep...
Episode 393 – Lord of the Onion Rings
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re about to set off on a weight loss and fitness journey, adventure, or journventure, you probably don’t think about asking elves...
Episode 392 – Mood Ring
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, so the 1970s wasn’t all bad. We got Star Wars, Jaws, The Sex Pistols, and Led Zepplin out of it. But we also got disco, streaking, pet...
Episode 391 – Mission ThinPossible
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has this ever happened to you? You’re a vital part of a spy mission, but the spy who dives out of the way of the giant exploding fish tank gets ...
Episode 390 – Click Bait
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the episode that other podcasters don’t want you to hear! Most of us have fallen for click bait. We’ve clicked the link that s...
Episode 389 – I Like Big Shoulds and I Cannot Lie
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re part of the giant throng that has been clamoring for a collab, which is short for “collaboration”, between Gretchin Rubin ...
Episode 388 – Square Pegs
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keys are great for jingling to make a baby laugh, but not so good for weight loss and fitness plans. If you’re like Catherine and Donald, you pr...
Episode 387 – BYO Summer – Part 2
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a hotshot you’re probably used to pop quizzes. People are always coming up to you and saying, “Pop quiz, hotshot!”. ...
Episode 386 – BYO Summer – Part 1
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like most people, when you think of Summer you think of the 1986 John Cusack movie, “One Crazy Summer” and the eternal que...
Episode 385 – Does This Kale Spark Joy?
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like me, when you think about “life changing magic”, you think about tidying up. Author Marie Kondo is right there with us...
Episode 384 – Overthinkers Anonymous
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve got to have the perfect plan, right? The one with the best tools, the optimal routine, and maximum efficiency. It has to be out there and...
Episode 383 – The Case of the Secret Snack
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like me and you think about food all the time, when you hear the word “secret”, your mind might go straight to “secr...
Episode 382 – Fraud Hard
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a raging debate on the internet about whether or not this is a Christmas episode. It has all the hallmarks; it’s being released in...
Episode 381 – Warning Label
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Movies, TV shows, and books make you think that committing fraud is all fun and games. The reality of committing fraud can look very different from ...
Episode 380 – Goal Control
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The triangle might be your favorite musical instrument and you might collect original vinyl albums from the world’s greatest trianglists. Or may...
Episode 379 – Afraid of the Dark
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are afraid of the dark because they can’t see the ghouls. Other people are afraid of the dark because that’s when their rele...
Episode 378 – Abili-buddies – part 3
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You say you want to exercise. You have the best of intentions to exercise. But the day goes by, and you still don’t do it. But what’s stop...
Episode 377 – Abili-buddies – part 2
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like most people, you try to eat food every day. Sometimes, even making a dinner that fits into our health and fitness goals can be ...
Episode 376 – Abili-buddies – part 1
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s racing formula 1, becoming a fire truck when we grow up, or losing 5 pounds, we’ve all said that we wanted to do something, b...
Episode 375 – Going Streaking
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historians and the people who lived through it, often ask the question, “what the heck was wrong with the 1970s? Disco, mood rings, pet rocks, a...
Episode 374 – Postmortem
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The word “postmortem” comes from the Latin words “post” (after) and “mortem” (death). What a cheerful way to start...
Episode 373 – Worst Case Scenario
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a longtime listener, you already know that our second favorite thing is to make parallels between business strategies and health goals...
Episode 372 – Final Destination Addiction
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After last week’s episode, you probably thought that it was impossible for a weight loss and fitness podcast to include even more facts about Oh...
Episode 371 – Let’s Weight Awhile
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener Erin wrote in asking about how to deal with plateaus. At first, we thought it was strange that she’d turn to us for information about...
Episode 370 – People Pleaser
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard the old expression, “People: you can’t live with them”. But if that’s true, why do we spend so muc...
Episode 369 – S.W.O.T. in the Name of Love
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As it is nearing Valentine’s Day people’s attention turns towards one thing; business strategies. It is generally accepted that business...
Episode 368 – Adaption, ation, ation
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a character in a movie about big game hunting, at some point you’ll probably say, “humans are truly the most dangerous ani...
Episode 367 – Rigidity Rebellion
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you pride yourself on knowing the one right way to do something? Do you often say, “my way or the highway” and think it’s a good ...
Episode 366 – Facts Evasion
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like most people, you probably look into a mirror and sing the Eurythimics song, “Would I Lie To You?”. You sing, “...
Episode 365 – Alan or Nothing
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our 7-year anniversary! Hooray! To celebrate, we’re going to talk about giving up. Isn’t’ that just like us? Some...
Episode 364 – After Party
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like a lot of us, you may have treated the end of 2024 like a big party full of food. You may have also treated the beginning and/or m...
Episode 363 – Cramming for Christmas
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many ways to participate in cramming. You may have tried to cram too many people into the same car, or, if you’re like the hosts of t...
Episode 362 – Perfection Paralysis
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever wish you could take the thoughts in your head about losing weight and getting more physically fit and turn them into actions in a place no...
Episode 361 – Perfect Strangers vs Progress Strangers
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why don’t I just do everything perfectly? Shouldn’t I wait for the perfect circumstances before I start? If you’ve found yoursel...
Episode 360 – Holly Jolly Policies
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Winging it might work for improv comedians and reindeer flying around, but winging it on your food and exercise plan through the holidays is a set up ...
Episode 359 – Math Potatoes
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know that magical feeling when you open a present and discover that it’s the gift of math? Well, we’ve got a whole episode dedicated t...
Episode 358 – Fall Back Plan – Part 3
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that special time of year in between Halloween and Thanksgiving when people can only think of one thing; forming new and healthy habits. Fr...
Episode 357 – Fall Back Plan – Part 2
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You might be saying to yourself, “Look, it’s Autumn. Can’t you just let me enjoy the leaves changing color and some pumpkin spice?...
Episode 356 – Fall Back Plan – Part 1
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year again when everyone starts turning their attention towards one thing; habit formation. But how do you start? Close person...
Episode 355 – Dawn of the Dread
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At Halloween time, dread is supposed to be part of the fun. But when it comes to exercise, dread is a major part of why we don’t do it. But wher...
Episode 354 – The Snacks’orcist
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At this special time of year, we are reminded that demons like to possess young people and make their heads spin around. Some people have demons fro...
Episode 353 – Spirits of Halloween
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time of year striking a balance between werewolves and ghouls can get you. Similarly, striking a balance between working treats into your life ...
Episode 352 – Ouija Board Weight Loss
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever used a Quija (trademark Hasbro) board, it can seem like the other person or people are moving the planchette around. It’s...
Episode 351 – The Fall Guy
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like me, you thought the movie “The Fall Guy” was about a guy who loved the Autumn so much that he dedicated his life to k...
Episode 350 – Mise en Place
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us know that French is virtually impossible to translate, but there are a select few who understand some of the words. Luckily, We Only Look...
Episode 349 – Freaky Friday
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like most of us, you’ve wished for a magical body transformation. To be granted a wish and to wake up in a brand new, perfect bo...
Episode 348 – Growth Spurt
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all asked Mary, Mary quite contrary how her garden grows and she’s given us some story about using silver bells and cockle shells an...
Episode 347 – Autumn Reset
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labor Day Sale?!? Pumpkin Spice?!? Halloween Decorations?!? Wasn’t the summer just getting started? If you’re like a lot of us, you en...
Episode 346 – Bouncing Back on Track
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought to yourself something like, “a positive attitude just means you’re not really paying attention to the word” or...
Episode 345 – Why MCA
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re in your 20’s, most people want to lose weight to look better in a pair of Vidal Sassoon blue jeans. As we get older, most peop...
Episode 344 – Won Moment in Time
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Olympics may be winding down, but there are still a ton of lessons that “regular people” can learn from Olympians. In a lot of ways, h...
Episode 343 – Olympics of One
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re like me, you were watching the Olympic Men’s gymnastics rings event this morning and you were thinking, “I could never do ...
Episode 342 – Eye of the Swarm
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You probably think it’s a coincidence that the word “Storm” rhymes with the word “Swarm”, but is it? Probably. Howev...
Episode 341 – Tell Me What You Want
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone agrees that there are only two kinds of people in this world: Spice Girls people and Backstreet Boys people. But what if we put aside our d...
Episode 340 – This is the Weigh
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a space bounty hunter travelling with your adopted child, you probably don’t worry too much about weighing yourself. On the othe...
Episode 339 – N.E.A.T. Me in St. Louis
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summertime is traditionally a time for beaches, pools, road trips and vacations. Just like teenagers in love who walk hand in hand, road trips and vac...
Episode 338 – WOLT Hot American Summer
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For some, the official start of summer means BBQs and vacations. For others, it means getting stuck in a rut. This week, Catherine and Donald help...
Episode 337 – Convenient Store – Part 3
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mental effort, physical effort, and routine. When you hear that a podcast episode is about those three things, it makes it extra tempting to listen....
Episode 336 – Convenient Store – Part 2
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re the band Erasure, you probably want to Break These Chains of Love. If you’re BJ Fogg, PhD, you want to make your ability chain s...
Episode 335 – Convenient Store – Part 1
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard of necklace chains and bicycle chains and probably even the “Chain of Fools”, but have you heard of the Ability Chain? ...
Episode 334 – The Weakest Link
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a character from Game of Thrones, you might be known as the “Breaker of Chains”, but if you aren’t a character fro...
Episode 333 – Thinside Job – Part 3
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Schoolhouse Rock taught me anything, it’s that three is the magic number. And if that’s true then Episode 333 must be triple magic! A...
Episode 332 – Thinside Job – Part 2
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The middle episode of a trilogy is often considered filler. Just a bridge to get from the set up in part one to the final payoff in part three. Bu...
Episode 331 – Thinside Job – Part 1
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Loopholes. Sometimes we work so hard to jump through them, we should call them “hoopholes”. Because people make themselves jump throug...
Episode 330 – Doom Patrol
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we name an episode of this show after DC Comics’ wackiest super team, it might be easy to assume that Donald came up with the title, but in...
Episode 329 – Never Say Never
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What has dinosaurs, talking mice, street teams, and 3 cats in a trench coat? This episode of course! Have you ever said to yourself, “I’ll...
Episode 328 – Tricked by the AARP – Part 2
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Those loveable scoundrels at the AARP tricked us into reading an article by Katie Smith about ten habits that could change your life forever. Wouldn...
Episode 327 – Tricked by the AARP – Part 1
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if we told you that there were ten habits that could change your life forever? What if we further told you that the habits came from the AARP?...
Episode 326 – Habit Elementary – Part 6
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is it! The final level! The boss battle! But wait, is that a mirror over there? It IS a mirror over there. Look at it. It turns out that the boss...
Episode 325 – Habit Elementary – Part 5
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If weight loss and fitness were a video game, you’d complete a level and move on to the next. It isn’t, but in this episode, we’re p...
Episode 324 – Habit Elementary – Part 4
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part 4 of our series on navigating the different levels of your health and fitness jourventure, we ask you to do some detectivating. Your first mis...
Episode 323 – Habit Elementary – Part 3
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, take a cue from Q*Bert! In the third part of the We Only Look Thin series on building habits from the ground up, we’re about half-way...
Episode 322 – Habit Elementary – Part 2
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As that song from Stranger Things says, “Be running up that hill. Be running up that building”. Only in this case, that “hill”...
Episode 321 – Habit Elementary – Part 1
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear the word “pyramid”, you might think about how King Tut got so funky or that food chart they taught us about in school or may...
Episode 320 – Living at Room Temperature
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wait, what? You’re telling me that there are even more ways that I sabotage myself? We sure are. You didn’t think you were getting off tha...
Episode 319 – I WOLT The Line
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is taking weight loss and fitness advice from Johnny Cash song lyrics irresponsible or the key to overnight success? Probably. Alice Boyes, in her...
Episode 318 – Blindspotting
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s that? You’re offering me a treat? You don’t have to know that I just ate, so I don’t mind if I do! If you’v...
Episode 317 – Hungry Like The WOLT
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leave it to We Only Look Thin to take perfectly good concepts like “Revenge” and “Secret” and make them about eating. New list...
Episode 316 – 366 Surprises
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merry Soup Swap Day to you! If you’re like most people, you love math and hate surprises. Well, we’ve got the episode for you! It can ...
Episode 315 – The Banana Splits
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The wait is finally over! It’s time for part 2 of the origin story of We Only Look Thin. Listener Susan wrote in to ask about the early days of ...
Episode 314 – Bananas for Weight Loss
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you know anything about comic books, you know that all heroes and villains have origin stories. Catherine and Donald are no exception. Listener Sus...
Episode 313 – The Three Whys Men
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to losing weight, most people ask “how?”. How did you do it? How did you eat? How did you exercise? How does watchin...
Episode 312 – Cold Turkey
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2024 and this is the year you change everything. Starting today, you’re going to give up all of your unwanted habits and only do th...
Episode 311 – I’m Dreaming of a WOLT Christmas
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reflection; vampires can’t do it, but most others can. And yet, many choose not to. As 2023 comes to a close, Catherine and Donald ask you t...
Episode 310 – I’ve Got My WOLT to Keep Me Warm
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At this time of year you can’t turn around without having to dodge a fruit cake or some kind of nog. Whether you’re doing great with you...
Episode 309 – WOLTing in a Winter Wonderland
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Your expectation of this show is probably that it’s the greatest podcast recorded by humans. The reality is that you are correct. But oftentimes...
Episode 308 – Season’s Eatings
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whelp, it’s December. How’d that happen? Seems like only 11 months ago it was January. You may be saying to yourself, “How do I mana...
Episode 307 – The Nut Tracker
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the episode that some are calling the greatest event in the history of recorded media. Hopefully that’s enough hype. You’ve probab...
Episode 306 – Snack Friday
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For some, Thanksgiving brings up warm memories of family and friends, or of Snoopy making popcorn for the Peanuts gang, or of your drunk uncle, drunkl...
Episode 305 – The Seven Year Itch
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all at one time or another wished that the Power of Greyskull was real. That we could call upon it and instantly transform into She-Ra or ...