87. Chaya Leah Sufrin on the Epiphany of Weight Loss

Nancy and Sarah are joined by Chaya Leah Sufrin, one-half of the wonderful “Ask a Jew” podcast, to talk about a subject she’s mostly avoided: Weight and her own body. Chaya Leah recently lost 45 pounds, which coincides with a season when Sarah was shedding weight too, making for one big conversation about diets, discipline, self-care versus self-neglect, and the mental health savior that is exercise. Topics include:

• The forbidden TV show Chaya Leah used to sneak-watch as a young girl

• The secret to weight loss is deciding to do it

• How do you balance body positivity with, umm, reality?

• Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, Scarsdale, etc etc.

• The Jane Fonda workout and the 80s VHS fitness craze

• Vitamin B12 shots, yea or nay?

• Everyone thinks Chaya Leah is on Ozempic (she’s not)

• Nancy and Sarah share a fantasy and it involves … pills?

• Chaya Leah’s crush on Elon Musk

• Did the ADL go to the way of the ACLU?

• Who Nancy wants to play her in the movie

And much more!