Thick to Thin show

Thick to Thin

Summary: Andrea Kuchinski Plaza and friends spend an hour each week discussing the ups and downs of getting healthy in todays world. From the perspective of someone going from thick to thin, this promises to be a humorous look on her everyday struggles. A wide range of topics are covered from nutrition, relationships, shopping, crossfit and general gym life all relating to how she is achieving her goals with tips to achieve yours as well!

Podcasts:

 Episode 2… We’re getting better, and we talk about relationships! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

SO, we learned a few things, and I think we got a little bit better with our podcasting skills, so you should check it out... But this last podcast, we talked about relationships - the ups and downs of relationships.. friendships, romantic relationships, marriages.... but first, SOUNDBOARDS??? I'm sorry, but in college, I thought these were the funniest things in the WORLD. I used to call people all the time and use these things... if you want a good giggle, go to this website, and play around haha.Anyways, let's get back on point.. relationships, how are the effected when you decide to change the way you live? Well for me, it sucked.. when I first started working out and losing weight, my friend didn't understand, and they wanted me to be the same person, same, fun, drinking, eating crap, don't say no, Andrea.... it was really hard for me because instead of going to happy hour, I wanted to go to the gym, and people didn't get that, they didn't understand that, and they didn't support that, and that's the hardest thing out of all of this, is that your friends change the way they view you and the new things you do, aren't accepted.I literally had a friend tell me I needed to stop working out and start hanging out more because my "friendships wouldn't be around forever".... seriously? haha... well if that's the case, then this friendship isn't going past this conversation and you can have a nice life! My gym family became my friends because those were all people who had the same ideals and goals as I did - and it made things much easier... instead of friday night happy hours, we had friday night workouts, and I felt just as good being there then I did at the bar... and to tell you the truth, now, now that I'm healthy, I can party harder then I ever could HAHA. So take that! BAM!I think it's also hard when you have people who see you've changed your lifestyle and now are focusing on working out, and they want to put their two cents into HOW you do it --- I do crossfit, I get it, and not everyone does it, do I push it on people? No... Do I tell people about it when they asked me how I lost weight, yes.... but I don't sit here and knock other ways of working out just because I don't do them. I had someone tell me once that since I don't spin, because spinning is the best and it's the ONLY way to lose weight, that I'm not going to lose weight... umm well, actually, I lost more weight doing crossfit then spinning, so I think I will... Everyone and every BODY is different, what might work for you, might not work for the person sitting next to you and visa versa... so why not support each other in what you do, instead of getting all snippy because you don't do the same types of workouts!The last thing we really touched upon was relationships - do you know how hard it is to be in a relationship with someone that doesn't have the same ideas on fitness as you? HARD. It's hard when someone is trying to eat healthy, and the other one doesn't really want to... and I think that's a fine line that we walk on because do we offend the other person when we tell them we are upset that they don't want to eat the way we are eating, or workout the way we workout? Maybe... and we don't want to do that... I'll be honest.. I wish Juan did Crossfit... it's sooooo cool at the gym seeing couples push each other and get excited for each other that they got a new PR or did really awesome on a workout.. that's something I would love to share with Juan. It's easy enough to go home and be like, BABE, I added 10lbs to my clean and jerk today I'm so excited, and him be like, yay, great... but it's another thing if he's actually there, and he knows what it takes to throw 150lbs over your head, you know?And you know what, this is all im saying on this topic, but when you lose weight, sex is better... you feel so much better about yourself, and you want to do it! hahaha.. sorry, but we bring it up in the podcast, and it's true...

 Episode 1 Podcast…. Yeah, we need practice. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

So I wanted to try something new, mostly because I feel like I talk more than I write, so I figure, instead of blogging each week about how much of a pain in the ass it is to lose weight, that I would just talk about it with guests haha and questions from facebook! What I realized is that this whole podcast thing, is a LOT harder than I ever expected hahahahahaha ---Here are a few things I've learned for the 2nd one (if you guys even WANT a 2nd one! haha)1. Just because you and your "co-host" friend think it's funny, doesn't mean the rest of the world does... so things like vod's and wad's? Not funny.. (what are vod's and wad's by the way? literally just vodka and water with like 4 limes to make it taste ok --- listen, this is my drink of choice... I NEVER have a hangover because I'm always drinking water, and it's fresh!!!!! I'm telling you, get one, squeeze those limes in, and thank me later! haha) also, birthday parties that only the 2 of us and maybe 4 other people that might listen to this attended... not so funny, so time shouldn't be spent talking about it... for that, I'm sorry.2. I can't go back and take things out I didn't want to say... I mean I can, but I don't know how --- and I hear its really hard... and since I'm a huge "speak before I think" type person, I might say something that might offend someone, but I want you to know, I'm not being a dick on purpose, and I'm not saying these things to be mean, I literally just didn't think before I spoke and it probably came off wrong!!!!3. Just be real. Personally, I don't think podcasts are fun when they are boring, and I'm not a boring person... so I'm going to be real.. I'm going to talk about issues that are bothering me, and issues YOU want me to talk about... so if I talk about crossfit for like 2 minutes and you don't do crossfit or you don't like it, I'm sorry!!! Don't be mad, I promise to have a running guest on the show once and a while! :) Maybe one day we will do a total crossfit episode and warn you guys before hand not to listen to it!4. BE PREPARED! If you are going to take comments from facebook, have these comments already printed out so there isn't 3 minutes of stupid talk trying to find the topics HAHAHA.5. In this podcast in particular, I want to expand on some of these things.... a) if you listen, we talk about goals, and i really think that being healthy is a good overall goal, but it's not a goal that's going to push you through the hard times - pick weekly, or monthly goals - something SOMETHING that will drive you to that next goal, something that will make you put down that cheesecake! b) the part where i talk about being totally against things like isagenix and shakeology and advocare... it's not that I'm against it - it's that I think it's better to lose weight the natural way... the eat clean and workout way... I feel like when you use a weight loss type product or program you end up gaining it back - and that's just MY feeling (like i disclaimer in the beginning of the podcast, these are my thoughts, I'm not a licensed ANYTHING so don't take my word for it... but yes, I am going to do a cleanse only to get the toxins out of my body... but other than that, I don't do the meal replacement shakes, i think eating real food is much MUCH BETTER....5. Yes, this one sucks... and the next few ones might suck too but I know I am going to try to make them better... we are going to have guests, better topics to talk about, and most of all, GIVING STUFF AWAY... i mean, we have to bribe you guys to listen anyways right?!??!So, if you want, listen to this first episode, you might want to fast forward to about minute 15 when we get to talking about the intense things, haha, but hey, we tried, we don't think it's super bad, and I hope you kind of enjoy it too.....LET ME KNOW! HERE IT IS - IT STARTS WITH MUSIC RIGHT WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK SO TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN OR JUST WATCH YOUR EARS!One last thing....

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