There are lots of kinds of holes in the world, but some of the most nefarious ones are loopholes. In this case, loopholes are the lies that we tell ourselves so that we don’t move closer to the healthier lifestyle that we say we want. This week, Catherine and Donald re-visit Gretchen Rubin’s first five loopholes and talk about how they relate to weight loss and fitness. Don’t measure every day by your best day or your “ideal self”. Ask yourself, “what is the least that I can actually get myself to do”? Plus, Catherine attacks learning, Donald is almost as Zippy as Miracle Whip, and if you can’t rock boats now, when is the rocking going to happen?

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Gretchen Rubin’s 10 Logic Loopholes
https://gretchenrubin.com/2014/02/which-of-these-10-categories-of-loopholes-do-you-invoke

Gretchen Rubin’s books on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/3EiNYus

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https://www.weonlylookthin.com/episode-163-loop-holier-than-thou-part-1/

Episode 164 – Loop Holier Than Thou – Part 2
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Episode 11 – Weight Loss Loopholes
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Episode 12 – Weight Loss Loopholes – part 2
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Episode 119 – Loophole 19
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