WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.251 --> 00:00:02.012 Welcome to the Wellness Besties Podcast. 2 00:00:02.112 --> 00:00:02.672 I'm Lissette. 3 00:00:03.133 --> 00:00:03.833 And I'm Nicole. 4 00:00:04.253 --> 00:00:12.178 Two besties in their 50s, trying the treatments, having the real conversations, and figuring out midlife health and wellness together. 5 00:00:12.518 --> 00:00:13.258 Let's get into it. 6 00:00:14.139 --> 00:00:19.802 So I saw on Instagram in your stories your 50th birthday photo shoot. 7 00:00:20.062 --> 00:00:20.342 Oh, yeah. 8 00:00:20.363 --> 00:00:21.243 You look so... 9 00:00:21.866 --> 00:00:22.406 Amazing. 10 00:00:22.506 --> 00:00:24.867 I've been so crazy. 11 00:00:25.208 --> 00:00:30.330 Yeah, I started prepping for it, but I still have a little bit of to go until my 50th. 12 00:00:30.410 --> 00:00:33.131 So, so when, so how many more weeks? 13 00:00:33.491 --> 00:00:36.633 So my, my 50th is, is on the, on July 16th. 14 00:00:36.653 --> 00:00:39.574 So probably about like four weeks was at three, three, four weeks left. 15 00:00:40.134 --> 00:00:40.394 Wow. 16 00:00:40.554 --> 00:00:43.376 So I meet with my nutritionist on Wednesday. 17 00:00:43.797 --> 00:00:46.138 So how was the overall experience with your photo shoot? 18 00:00:46.398 --> 00:00:47.079 It was fun. 19 00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:47.759 It was fun. 20 00:00:47.819 --> 00:00:51.722 I have to tell you, well, number one, the photographer was also a dancer. 21 00:00:51.802 --> 00:00:56.245 So she's like trying to put me in moves that I was like, girlfriend, my body does not move there. 22 00:00:56.265 --> 00:00:59.408 Did you feel comfortable or did you feel a little awkward? 23 00:00:59.648 --> 00:01:00.508 No, no, no. 24 00:01:00.729 --> 00:01:01.829 I was comfortable. 25 00:01:01.849 --> 00:01:03.611 I will say I was very comfortable. 26 00:01:04.451 --> 00:01:07.033 With her directing me and saying, like, do this, do that. 27 00:01:07.113 --> 00:01:08.534 At first, you know, it's a little awkward. 28 00:01:08.594 --> 00:01:09.395 It's like, you know. 29 00:01:09.715 --> 00:01:10.136 I know. 30 00:01:10.376 --> 00:01:13.098 But the position, she was like, can you hold your leg up? 31 00:01:13.158 --> 00:01:17.061 And I'm like, no, I cannot hold my leg up like that. 32 00:01:17.742 --> 00:01:18.703 I wish I can. 33 00:01:18.723 --> 00:01:21.785 She's like, this is my 50th birthday photo shoot, right? 34 00:01:21.865 --> 00:01:22.125 Exactly. 35 00:01:22.145 --> 00:01:23.386 I'm lucky I can move at all. 36 00:01:23.406 --> 00:01:24.187 Yeah. 37 00:01:25.208 --> 00:01:26.649 But yeah, no, it was a great experience. 38 00:01:26.729 --> 00:01:27.830 She's amazing. 39 00:01:27.850 --> 00:01:29.552 I would love for you to do a shoot with her as well. 40 00:01:29.572 --> 00:01:30.172 Oh, yeah, definitely. 41 00:01:30.192 --> 00:01:32.594 Because she's, I always say she's an artist. 42 00:01:32.694 --> 00:01:34.976 She's a photographer, but she's more an artist. 43 00:01:34.996 --> 00:01:43.864 She's not going to come out with you and get content, you know, to brand, but put you in a studio and get you in positions that your body did not know could go in. 44 00:01:43.884 --> 00:01:44.665 Yeah. 45 00:01:45.385 --> 00:01:45.825 She's amazing. 46 00:01:45.905 --> 00:01:47.086 And you did a couple outfits? 47 00:01:47.266 --> 00:01:48.286 I did a few outfits. 48 00:01:48.326 --> 00:01:49.667 More sexy, you know. 49 00:01:50.027 --> 00:01:51.127 I saw the one you posted. 50 00:01:51.147 --> 00:01:51.747 That was sexy. 51 00:01:51.767 --> 00:01:52.748 Yeah, that was sexy. 52 00:01:53.008 --> 00:01:54.608 So you looked amazing. 53 00:01:54.688 --> 00:01:55.129 Thank you. 54 00:01:55.289 --> 00:01:58.990 And so what are you doing right now as far as your workouts? 55 00:01:59.610 --> 00:02:03.471 So workouts, I mean, still consistent, my three days of weight training. 56 00:02:03.672 --> 00:02:07.533 Okay, I just want to pause right there because I want ladies to know. 57 00:02:08.797 --> 00:02:12.360 I mean, eventually we would love to be able to post a picture, right, so they could see it. 58 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:13.301 Yeah. 59 00:02:13.981 --> 00:02:16.063 But Nicole's body looks insane. 60 00:02:16.303 --> 00:02:19.726 And she just works out three days a week. 61 00:02:19.746 --> 00:02:20.027 That's good. 62 00:02:20.427 --> 00:02:21.047 And then – It's late. 63 00:02:21.208 --> 00:02:22.589 I don't even do – I don't go hard. 64 00:02:23.049 --> 00:02:25.371 I'm not, like, throwing back weights at the gym. 65 00:02:25.531 --> 00:02:27.753 I'm in a maintenance phase for the most part. 66 00:02:27.773 --> 00:02:29.575 I don't really want to grow except for my glutes, but – 67 00:02:30.075 --> 00:02:30.415 Right. 68 00:02:30.435 --> 00:02:30.655 Yeah. 69 00:02:30.735 --> 00:02:31.376 I'm a white girl. 70 00:02:31.416 --> 00:02:32.316 So let's be honest. 71 00:02:32.336 --> 00:02:33.596 How much are they going to grow? 72 00:02:34.397 --> 00:02:39.039 But yeah, like it's for me, like it's light three days, just consistency. 73 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:40.759 It's but you know what? 74 00:02:40.959 --> 00:02:42.940 When you want to dial in, it's the food. 75 00:02:43.160 --> 00:02:43.801 It's the food. 76 00:02:43.821 --> 00:02:44.661 It's the food. 77 00:02:44.821 --> 00:02:46.922 And you already have that muscle that you built. 78 00:02:47.282 --> 00:02:47.562 Yes. 79 00:02:47.682 --> 00:02:48.122 Prior. 80 00:02:48.222 --> 00:02:49.683 So you're just like shedding the fat. 81 00:02:49.783 --> 00:03:04.986 Yeah, so it's all about and I love this episode today about like what we're getting into like our training habits, our eating habits, because when I want to dial in for a photo shoot for a birthday for an event, as long as I'm consistent, it just takes a little bit of tweaking and what I'm already doing. 82 00:03:06.073 --> 00:03:07.353 And it makes such a difference. 83 00:03:07.373 --> 00:03:11.815 So today we're talking about how training and our eating changed after 40. 84 00:03:11.935 --> 00:03:12.175 Yeah. 85 00:03:12.395 --> 00:03:18.357 So what were you – how was your – how were you working out prior to how you are now? 86 00:03:18.717 --> 00:03:19.057 Okay. 87 00:03:19.337 --> 00:03:22.798 So prior – so I started working out 20 years old. 88 00:03:22.918 --> 00:03:24.439 Literally, I got my first membership. 89 00:03:24.579 --> 00:03:26.939 I had – well, my daughter, I had her at 22, so 22. 90 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:29.700 Got my first membership. 91 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.542 I thought I was supposed to burn myself out on every single car. 92 00:03:33.722 --> 00:03:39.164 I went from the elliptical to the treadmill to the Stairmaster to the bike to the wrong machine. 93 00:03:39.184 --> 00:03:40.144 And I'm like, OK, I'm done. 94 00:03:40.764 --> 00:03:41.305 And I would leave. 95 00:03:41.365 --> 00:03:43.105 And I was 10 pounds soaking wet. 96 00:03:43.145 --> 00:03:44.226 I was so malnourished. 97 00:03:44.266 --> 00:03:45.306 I wasn't eating healthy. 98 00:03:45.866 --> 00:03:47.147 And I was overtraining. 99 00:03:47.847 --> 00:03:49.029 There would be nights in my... 100 00:03:49.129 --> 00:03:52.333 I would be at home and think I had to do even more cardio. 101 00:03:52.593 --> 00:03:53.414 My parents woke up once. 102 00:03:53.434 --> 00:03:53.915 It's crazy. 103 00:03:54.316 --> 00:03:59.903 To me, in the middle of like 5 a.m. Now that we're young, to me doing cardio, I overtrained. 104 00:03:59.983 --> 00:04:01.325 I was so super thin. 105 00:04:01.445 --> 00:04:03.027 Can I ask you, do you... 106 00:04:03.933 --> 00:04:07.236 Do you think you had like, were you just trying to be really skinny? 107 00:04:07.276 --> 00:04:07.536 Yes. 108 00:04:07.877 --> 00:04:08.237 That was. 109 00:04:08.777 --> 00:04:09.138 I like. 110 00:04:09.158 --> 00:04:11.580 Yeah, I wanted to like make me look emaciated. 111 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:12.681 Make me look unhealthy. 112 00:04:12.701 --> 00:04:14.262 Well, I think that's like when we grew up. 113 00:04:14.282 --> 00:04:14.462 Right. 114 00:04:14.543 --> 00:04:18.926 Is that like the Kate Moss and like all those that heroin era, right? 115 00:04:18.946 --> 00:04:20.488 That everybody was like super thin. 116 00:04:20.508 --> 00:04:20.708 Yes. 117 00:04:20.728 --> 00:04:21.389 That was the look. 118 00:04:21.469 --> 00:04:22.430 Yes, that was the look. 119 00:04:23.090 --> 00:04:28.614 And, yeah, and unfortunately I got so, like, sucked into it and I over-trained on cardio. 120 00:04:29.115 --> 00:04:33.158 I had – and then 22, I got my first gym membership, me and my girlfriend. 121 00:04:34.739 --> 00:04:35.820 We would do weight training. 122 00:04:35.840 --> 00:04:37.681 We would – you know, again, I found a partner. 123 00:04:37.881 --> 00:04:39.323 I found a partner to go with. 124 00:04:39.343 --> 00:04:42.485 But back then, we didn't have social media. 125 00:04:42.505 --> 00:04:45.107 So we didn't know people were lifting weights. 126 00:04:45.407 --> 00:04:49.370 I think, like, back then I would think that the only people that lifted weights were bodybuilders. 127 00:04:49.390 --> 00:04:49.630 Were men. 128 00:04:49.951 --> 00:04:50.691 And bodybuilders. 129 00:04:50.711 --> 00:04:50.851 Yeah. 130 00:04:50.871 --> 00:04:51.512 So women that would – 131 00:04:51.852 --> 00:04:52.933 We're bodybuilders, right? 132 00:04:53.053 --> 00:04:55.734 And to be honest, back then, 20 years ago. 133 00:04:56.074 --> 00:04:56.295 Yeah. 134 00:04:56.455 --> 00:04:56.975 Yeah. 135 00:04:57.135 --> 00:04:58.796 30, 20. Who am I kidding? 136 00:04:59.056 --> 00:04:59.196 20. 137 00:04:59.256 --> 00:05:00.837 30 years ago, that's what it was. 138 00:05:01.057 --> 00:05:05.720 I'm telling you, my girlfriend and I were one of the only girls in the gym lifting weights with the guys. 139 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:07.681 So how old are you? 140 00:05:08.401 --> 00:05:09.102 So I was 20. 141 00:05:09.142 --> 00:05:09.742 I was about 22. 142 00:05:09.782 --> 00:05:11.403 So that was really young. 143 00:05:11.443 --> 00:05:11.763 Yes. 144 00:05:11.823 --> 00:05:13.704 I started weight training young. 145 00:05:13.944 --> 00:05:14.165 Yeah. 146 00:05:14.605 --> 00:05:17.146 But I still did the cardio way too much. 147 00:05:17.346 --> 00:05:19.848 I still was so fixated on cardio. 148 00:05:20.448 --> 00:05:22.209 How long did it take you to stop? 149 00:05:22.450 --> 00:05:22.770 30. 150 00:05:23.450 --> 00:05:25.352 30 years old is when I started actually. 151 00:05:25.452 --> 00:05:27.153 And I started competing at 30. 152 00:05:28.194 --> 00:05:29.915 What's how old was I when I started competing? 153 00:05:29.955 --> 00:05:30.295 35. 154 00:05:30.776 --> 00:05:35.339 So at 30 years old, now I was divorced, divorced from my ex-husband. 155 00:05:35.359 --> 00:05:36.560 I had two small children. 156 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:38.881 I had met my second ex-husband. 157 00:05:40.683 --> 00:05:41.703 And he was huge. 158 00:05:41.743 --> 00:05:45.606 He was 6'4", like ripples with muscles, like so lean. 159 00:05:46.406 --> 00:05:47.907 And we would go to the gym together. 160 00:05:47.947 --> 00:05:49.829 And that's when I really learned how to train. 161 00:05:50.169 --> 00:05:52.410 So you've been lifting for a long time. 162 00:05:52.430 --> 00:05:52.671 Yes. 163 00:05:53.051 --> 00:05:54.752 So you figured it out a long time ago. 164 00:05:54.972 --> 00:05:55.313 I did. 165 00:05:55.633 --> 00:05:55.954 I did. 166 00:05:56.434 --> 00:05:56.715 I did. 167 00:05:56.815 --> 00:06:02.002 And that's why I try to tell my kids, you know, as my son who's 23 years old, I'm like, get the fuck in the gym. 168 00:06:02.243 --> 00:06:03.004 What's wrong with you? 169 00:06:03.024 --> 00:06:03.785 Definitely. 170 00:06:03.865 --> 00:06:04.246 And you know what? 171 00:06:04.646 --> 00:06:06.149 Let's talk about bone health with it. 172 00:06:06.249 --> 00:06:10.074 I mean, forget the weight training and feeling good and looking good and staying thin and – 173 00:06:11.158 --> 00:06:18.424 When we get older, we hear you break your bones because you fall, you trip, because your bone density, obviously, as you get older. 174 00:06:19.284 --> 00:06:24.368 So working out and doing weight training is so beneficial for your bone density. 175 00:06:24.548 --> 00:06:25.089 Oh, of course. 176 00:06:25.149 --> 00:06:27.350 It's like the number one thing right now for us. 177 00:06:27.591 --> 00:06:27.931 Yeah. 178 00:06:28.411 --> 00:06:31.474 So I basically... Yeah, what was your training like? 179 00:06:31.494 --> 00:06:31.954 Yeah. 180 00:06:32.154 --> 00:06:33.314 When did you start lifting? 181 00:06:33.595 --> 00:06:33.875 Okay. 182 00:06:34.055 --> 00:06:36.356 So I've been – I've always been into the gym. 183 00:06:36.496 --> 00:06:38.777 And I think my first membership was when I was 16 years old. 184 00:06:38.857 --> 00:06:39.077 Wow. 185 00:06:39.337 --> 00:06:41.337 And it was in Miami and it was Living Well Lady. 186 00:06:41.357 --> 00:06:42.798 It was an all-women's gym. 187 00:06:42.938 --> 00:06:44.079 And all I would do was classes. 188 00:06:44.099 --> 00:06:45.639 It was like step aerobics. 189 00:06:46.539 --> 00:06:48.780 Never would I have gone to the weight section. 190 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.141 Not for a long time. 191 00:06:50.781 --> 00:06:54.923 Then when I moved to New Jersey and I – after I had my first daughter – 192 00:06:56.763 --> 00:06:58.844 I got really consistent with the gym. 193 00:06:59.485 --> 00:07:00.285 But it was just cardio. 194 00:07:00.505 --> 00:07:01.365 It was spinning. 195 00:07:02.046 --> 00:07:03.246 It was boot camp. 196 00:07:03.306 --> 00:07:05.987 It was like every class I could take, that's what I was doing. 197 00:07:06.128 --> 00:07:09.069 I did that probably until I was like 42 years old. 198 00:07:09.769 --> 00:07:11.350 Tons and tons of cardio. 199 00:07:11.370 --> 00:07:12.210 That's most women. 200 00:07:12.430 --> 00:07:15.772 And on Sundays, I remember there was this 90-minute spin exercise. 201 00:07:16.352 --> 00:07:36.135 class that I would take it was awful yeah 90 minutes on a spin bike yeah and that's what I did and I was not in great shape I mean I was you know I was just like killing myself with so much cardio were you were you one of the women that would be like why am I not toning up why am I working out so hard yeah 202 00:07:36.575 --> 00:07:37.495 And I don't see muscle. 203 00:07:37.515 --> 00:07:37.655 Yeah. 204 00:07:38.035 --> 00:07:38.255 You did. 205 00:07:38.315 --> 00:07:39.016 A hundred percent. 206 00:07:39.056 --> 00:07:41.496 Because I was doing boot camp classes at one point. 207 00:07:42.156 --> 00:07:46.918 And sometimes they would incorporate weights, but I would never grab weights that were over five pounds. 208 00:07:46.938 --> 00:07:50.339 And it was just like cardio with weights, though, because it wasn't real lifting. 209 00:07:51.359 --> 00:07:53.539 And because I was scared that I was going to get bulky. 210 00:07:53.559 --> 00:07:53.719 Bulky. 211 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:55.280 And I did not want to be bulky. 212 00:07:55.300 --> 00:07:56.580 So that held me back. 213 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:59.461 And I would always show, like, I remember once Instagram came out. 214 00:08:00.181 --> 00:08:07.267 I would look and I'd be like, oh, I like how she looks and whatever my husband would tell me because you're not going to achieve that doing what you're doing. 215 00:08:07.287 --> 00:08:08.448 You need to lift weights. 216 00:08:09.289 --> 00:08:10.950 And I was scared to lift weights. 217 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:11.971 First of all, I didn't know how. 218 00:08:12.211 --> 00:08:12.492 Yeah. 219 00:08:13.112 --> 00:08:15.274 And it was very intimidating to me. 220 00:08:15.294 --> 00:08:19.878 And we talk about that all the time, like how women don't do it because they don't know where or how. 221 00:08:20.458 --> 00:08:21.419 And they don't do it. 222 00:08:21.679 --> 00:08:22.740 Instead of trying to learn. 223 00:08:22.760 --> 00:08:23.441 Right. 224 00:08:23.481 --> 00:08:24.021 So what I did was – 225 00:08:26.163 --> 00:08:28.305 Okay, I said, I decided I'm going to start lifting weights. 226 00:08:28.325 --> 00:08:33.548 So I found this gym by my house and I worked with, I did a semi-group. 227 00:08:33.788 --> 00:08:37.951 It was four women with one trainer and that's how I learned how to lift weights. 228 00:08:37.971 --> 00:08:38.651 Wow, okay. 229 00:08:39.132 --> 00:08:40.132 Taught me everything. 230 00:08:40.152 --> 00:08:44.295 I had no idea, no idea about form, nothing. 231 00:08:44.675 --> 00:08:47.517 So you and Alex never worked out together typically or? 232 00:08:47.597 --> 00:08:48.218 Typically no. 233 00:08:48.238 --> 00:08:48.418 Okay. 234 00:08:48.438 --> 00:08:51.120 Because I would have to go at a different time because of the kids. 235 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:51.800 Mm-hmm. 236 00:08:52.582 --> 00:08:52.822 Right? 237 00:08:53.043 --> 00:08:53.183 Yeah. 238 00:08:53.203 --> 00:08:54.204 So we couldn't go together. 239 00:08:54.285 --> 00:08:57.309 So then I found this gem, and his name is Brian Barr. 240 00:08:57.469 --> 00:08:58.871 He still has gems in the area. 241 00:08:58.891 --> 00:08:59.252 I love him. 242 00:09:00.513 --> 00:09:01.235 He taught me everything. 243 00:09:01.495 --> 00:09:01.875 Really? 244 00:09:01.895 --> 00:09:02.156 Everything. 245 00:09:02.216 --> 00:09:04.900 And then he taught me so much about nutrition because I was... 246 00:09:05.683 --> 00:09:07.224 Still, like, we'll get into that. 247 00:09:07.424 --> 00:09:07.664 Yeah. 248 00:09:08.645 --> 00:09:10.346 And that's how I learned. 249 00:09:10.446 --> 00:09:12.106 And that was at 42. 250 00:09:12.467 --> 00:09:12.667 Okay. 251 00:09:12.687 --> 00:09:13.447 So now I'm 52. 252 00:09:13.587 --> 00:09:14.628 So it's been 10 years. 253 00:09:14.908 --> 00:09:15.308 Okay. 254 00:09:15.328 --> 00:09:17.369 So 10 years of weight training, consistent weight training. 255 00:09:17.389 --> 00:09:18.170 Consistent weight training. 256 00:09:18.190 --> 00:09:19.070 Three days a week as well? 257 00:09:19.691 --> 00:09:19.911 More. 258 00:09:20.091 --> 00:09:20.951 I do... 259 00:09:21.291 --> 00:09:25.314 Right now, last time we spoke, I was doing a program that was six days. 260 00:09:25.434 --> 00:09:26.254 It was too much for me. 261 00:09:26.474 --> 00:09:26.694 Yeah. 262 00:09:26.854 --> 00:09:28.295 My sweet spot is four days. 263 00:09:28.495 --> 00:09:28.815 Okay. 264 00:09:29.256 --> 00:09:31.717 So do you have certain days you train on or are they just... 265 00:09:32.197 --> 00:09:33.397 Any four days a week? 266 00:09:33.417 --> 00:09:37.198 I do four days a week of lifting, whatever, according to my schedule. 267 00:09:37.218 --> 00:09:39.099 And then I do two degree classes a week. 268 00:09:39.119 --> 00:09:39.299 Okay. 269 00:09:39.699 --> 00:09:41.419 And I walk 10,000 steps a day. 270 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:41.779 Yeah. 271 00:09:42.339 --> 00:09:46.640 But it took me a long time because I didn't want to get bulky. 272 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:47.141 Yeah. 273 00:09:47.441 --> 00:09:49.041 And I didn't know what I was doing. 274 00:09:49.061 --> 00:09:55.722 And now if I were to do it all over again, you could go on YouTube if you don't have money for a trainer because the trainers are expensive. 275 00:09:55.742 --> 00:09:55.923 Yeah. 276 00:09:56.243 --> 00:09:57.803 And you could really learn everything there. 277 00:09:58.152 --> 00:09:58.392 Yeah. 278 00:09:58.412 --> 00:09:59.293 Like everything. 279 00:09:59.493 --> 00:10:00.213 Yeah. 280 00:10:00.633 --> 00:10:00.993 Anything. 281 00:10:01.414 --> 00:10:02.674 And now with chat, forget it. 282 00:10:03.095 --> 00:10:05.716 Chat will write you the whole program. 283 00:10:05.816 --> 00:10:08.797 And all you have to do is go on YouTube, look up the videos. 284 00:10:08.817 --> 00:10:10.038 Look for the exercises. 285 00:10:10.158 --> 00:10:10.818 Right. 286 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:12.579 To learn how to do the exercises. 287 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:13.540 And then you could do it. 288 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:15.901 You got a program from chat, the videos from YouTube. 289 00:10:16.241 --> 00:10:17.122 You could do it at home. 290 00:10:17.382 --> 00:10:18.042 You could do it at home. 291 00:10:18.062 --> 00:10:19.623 You don't have to be in a gym to do it. 292 00:10:20.063 --> 00:10:21.084 You know, look, COVID. 293 00:10:21.564 --> 00:10:23.785 We all had gyms and COVID. 294 00:10:23.825 --> 00:10:24.766 Like we made it work. 295 00:10:24.786 --> 00:10:25.446 We made it work. 296 00:10:25.546 --> 00:10:27.127 The people that work out. 297 00:10:27.287 --> 00:10:27.487 Right. 298 00:10:27.507 --> 00:10:29.468 Yeah, we worked out the whole time. 299 00:10:29.708 --> 00:10:34.831 So now definitely now after you started training with weights, how soon did you see the results? 300 00:10:34.851 --> 00:10:37.053 Were you like, oh, my gosh, I'm seeing muscle. 301 00:10:37.173 --> 00:10:39.714 Well, not until I fixed my nutrition. 302 00:10:40.175 --> 00:10:40.595 Okay. 303 00:10:40.915 --> 00:10:41.315 Okay. 304 00:10:41.775 --> 00:10:43.036 So let's talk about that. 305 00:10:43.096 --> 00:10:45.618 What was your eating like then versus now? 306 00:10:46.632 --> 00:10:50.053 Then I would do whatever trendy diet was hot. 307 00:10:50.373 --> 00:10:50.833 Oh, gosh. 308 00:10:50.993 --> 00:10:51.653 Whatever it was. 309 00:10:51.694 --> 00:10:52.554 Atkins, keto. 310 00:10:52.574 --> 00:10:56.835 Atkins, keto, Mediterranean, the zone, whatever. 311 00:10:56.915 --> 00:10:57.375 Whatever. 312 00:10:57.735 --> 00:10:58.796 A cabbage diet. 313 00:10:58.936 --> 00:10:59.756 Whatever stupidity. 314 00:10:59.776 --> 00:11:00.836 I can't remember the cabbage diet. 315 00:11:00.876 --> 00:11:01.456 It was stupid. 316 00:11:01.516 --> 00:11:02.097 I would do them all. 317 00:11:02.117 --> 00:11:02.697 The house stunk. 318 00:11:02.737 --> 00:11:03.517 I would do them all. 319 00:11:03.597 --> 00:11:05.317 And then I would lose weight. 320 00:11:05.498 --> 00:11:08.558 And as soon as I would start eating normal, I would gain it all back. 321 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:09.659 I did that forever. 322 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.439 Like an idiot. 323 00:11:10.699 --> 00:11:16.642 So is it because you would lose weight and then did you consistently eat like that or would the weekends come? 324 00:11:17.483 --> 00:11:20.485 No, then the weekends would come and I would have my drinks and then I would eat whatever I want. 325 00:11:20.565 --> 00:11:22.486 Yeah, I would have my burgers, my pizza. 326 00:11:23.466 --> 00:11:29.910 Or I would be really good and I restricted so much and then I would binge, like, you know, because I was restricting so much. 327 00:11:30.010 --> 00:11:30.730 You were missing it. 328 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:32.171 And then your body was, like, craving it. 329 00:11:32.191 --> 00:11:32.291 Yeah. 330 00:11:32.311 --> 00:11:32.971 And then it would get it. 331 00:11:32.991 --> 00:11:34.252 It would be like, I didn't want it all. 332 00:11:34.452 --> 00:11:35.093 So I did. 333 00:11:35.433 --> 00:11:35.573 I... 334 00:11:36.930 --> 00:11:37.791 I did isogenics. 335 00:11:37.871 --> 00:11:39.211 Did you ever do an isogenics diet? 336 00:11:39.351 --> 00:11:41.973 I don't think I did it, but I obviously have heard of it. 337 00:11:42.013 --> 00:11:42.253 Yeah. 338 00:11:42.573 --> 00:11:43.313 Drinking shakes. 339 00:11:43.334 --> 00:11:44.054 Of course. 340 00:11:44.154 --> 00:11:45.074 I was so thin. 341 00:11:45.915 --> 00:11:46.795 Tons of cardio. 342 00:11:46.855 --> 00:11:47.916 I was just drinking shakes. 343 00:11:47.936 --> 00:11:48.396 Skinny fat. 344 00:11:49.017 --> 00:11:55.440 And then I would fast for two days, like not eat, just eat these little waffle little things that they supplied you with. 345 00:11:55.800 --> 00:11:56.361 Yeah. 346 00:11:56.381 --> 00:11:57.301 That was it. 347 00:11:57.461 --> 00:11:58.382 You know what screwed me up? 348 00:11:58.402 --> 00:11:58.782 The keto. 349 00:11:58.822 --> 00:11:59.602 Oh, really? 350 00:11:59.622 --> 00:12:00.863 I was like, oh, give me bacon. 351 00:12:00.883 --> 00:12:01.523 Give me steak. 352 00:12:01.543 --> 00:12:02.104 Give me fat. 353 00:12:02.144 --> 00:12:03.324 Put butter in my coffee. 354 00:12:03.464 --> 00:12:04.125 Like, really? 355 00:12:04.205 --> 00:12:05.766 How did you eat before... 356 00:12:06.746 --> 00:12:10.910 processed, fast, go all day without eating. 357 00:12:10.970 --> 00:12:12.972 My biggest thing is I would not eat. 358 00:12:13.052 --> 00:12:14.654 It wasn't what I was eating. 359 00:12:14.674 --> 00:12:16.876 It was what I wasn't eating. 360 00:12:17.296 --> 00:12:18.237 I would starve myself. 361 00:12:18.438 --> 00:12:19.819 Do you think you had an eating disorder? 362 00:12:19.959 --> 00:12:20.720 A hundred percent. 363 00:12:20.780 --> 00:12:21.581 A million percent. 364 00:12:21.761 --> 00:12:22.121 I'm so confident. 365 00:12:22.201 --> 00:12:22.461 Oh, yeah. 366 00:12:22.501 --> 00:12:22.702 Yeah. 367 00:12:23.362 --> 00:12:23.942 My whole life. 368 00:12:24.262 --> 00:12:24.522 Really? 369 00:12:25.163 --> 00:12:27.303 Until now, because now I'm, you know, it's like. 370 00:12:27.323 --> 00:12:27.923 You figured it out. 371 00:12:27.963 --> 00:12:28.204 Yeah. 372 00:12:28.604 --> 00:12:32.365 But my whole life, I was so thin at one point. 373 00:12:32.705 --> 00:12:36.846 Do you know my first marriage, I was 25 years old, 26. 374 00:12:36.866 --> 00:12:39.487 We had my daughter at 22, but we didn't get married till 25. 375 00:12:40.147 --> 00:12:41.288 And I was 105 pounds. 376 00:12:41.748 --> 00:12:42.908 I'm 5'6", 5'6 1⁄2". 377 00:12:42.988 --> 00:12:45.529 That was skin and bones. 378 00:12:45.609 --> 00:12:46.369 I was 105 pounds. 379 00:12:46.729 --> 00:12:47.149 Five pounds. 380 00:12:47.189 --> 00:12:52.391 My dad thought I got hit in the face, but it was my bone protruding out of my, like, cheekbone. 381 00:12:52.411 --> 00:12:52.651 Oh, my God. 382 00:12:53.573 --> 00:12:55.936 So I wasn't eating all processed foods. 383 00:12:56.276 --> 00:12:59.180 It's like Grammy, anything quick, you know. 384 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:01.543 So how did you get out of it? 385 00:13:01.923 --> 00:13:04.707 How I got out of it was I started counting macros. 386 00:13:05.943 --> 00:13:09.265 So did you learn to count macros when you started competing? 387 00:13:09.465 --> 00:13:09.765 I did. 388 00:13:10.085 --> 00:13:10.665 That's when you learned? 389 00:13:10.685 --> 00:13:10.845 I did. 390 00:13:11.025 --> 00:13:11.205 Yep. 391 00:13:11.606 --> 00:13:11.966 I learned. 392 00:13:12.026 --> 00:13:12.726 I heard about it. 393 00:13:12.766 --> 00:13:18.549 I, you know, I've always, I was like, and the funniest thing is it was so confusing at first. 394 00:13:18.689 --> 00:13:19.049 I know. 395 00:13:19.409 --> 00:13:23.731 Like, it was so simple, but yet it was so, and I'm like, I'll get it. 396 00:13:23.771 --> 00:13:24.211 I'll get it. 397 00:13:24.712 --> 00:13:26.833 Now I can tell you like what's in an egg. 398 00:13:27.113 --> 00:13:29.954 I can tell you like a whole day, like a meal, like, whatever. 399 00:13:30.234 --> 00:13:38.143 Here, oh, you got 32 grams of rice, you know, like I know because I've been doing it so long that I can literally tell you the amount of macros in like something. 400 00:13:38.643 --> 00:13:44.450 But it was – and even now, still to this day, I just recently let go of processed foods. 401 00:13:44.470 --> 00:13:47.453 So when I say processed foods, it would be like even the bars. 402 00:13:47.593 --> 00:13:49.976 I love my – I had one this morning because I was in a rush. 403 00:13:50.016 --> 00:13:50.256 Yeah. 404 00:13:50.496 --> 00:13:51.798 But it's not my go-to. 405 00:13:52.258 --> 00:13:54.341 I would prefer a piece of fruit. 406 00:13:54.501 --> 00:13:58.706 I would prefer an egg or egg whites or cream of rice or oatmeal. 407 00:13:59.226 --> 00:14:02.470 I would prefer a whole food over something quick and easy. 408 00:14:02.790 --> 00:14:10.980 So do you still – do you always count macros or when you're just trying – now that you're trying to tighten things up for your – Yeah. 409 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:30.242 50th is that do you revisit it or do you have you stay on it so i will say i always have my fitness app but my fitness pal always have the app i always know my macros and i do track i dial in when i'm like doing the photo shoot my 50th birthday coming up like you know knowing i want to lean out 410 00:14:30.862 --> 00:14:36.066 So I will dial in and be cautious and like very conscious of what I'm eating and what I'm tracking. 411 00:14:36.566 --> 00:14:39.488 Whereas in the past, if I'm tracking, if I miss a day, I don't beat myself up. 412 00:14:39.928 --> 00:14:41.649 A lot of times I do intuitive eating. 413 00:14:41.909 --> 00:14:42.570 Yeah, me too. 414 00:14:42.670 --> 00:14:43.570 You know, I'm on vacation. 415 00:14:43.590 --> 00:14:46.813 I'm not tracking on vacation, but I know what my body, what fuels my body. 416 00:14:46.833 --> 00:14:46.933 Yeah. 417 00:14:47.593 --> 00:14:51.236 If you eat the same thing every day, you know, you're kind of taking in the same macros. 418 00:14:51.756 --> 00:14:52.657 So, yeah. 419 00:14:52.917 --> 00:14:53.757 I want to talk about that. 420 00:14:53.918 --> 00:14:54.078 Yeah. 421 00:14:54.418 --> 00:15:00.802 How – I know a lot of people, like, are always asking me for recipes and – how's your eating? 422 00:15:00.822 --> 00:15:03.044 Is it – do you eat, like, the same things every day? 423 00:15:03.124 --> 00:15:04.045 I think, like, the most – 424 00:15:04.625 --> 00:15:09.669 The people that are in the best shape and are consistent, their food is pretty basic. 425 00:15:09.869 --> 00:15:11.310 Because we prep. 426 00:15:11.451 --> 00:15:11.711 Yeah. 427 00:15:12.011 --> 00:15:12.772 Our food's made. 428 00:15:12.992 --> 00:15:13.212 Yeah. 429 00:15:13.452 --> 00:15:15.274 I'm not making things on the cuff. 430 00:15:15.994 --> 00:15:17.756 My turkey is always made. 431 00:15:17.796 --> 00:15:19.137 My grilled chicken's always made. 432 00:15:19.637 --> 00:15:21.159 Lean meat, whatever I have. 433 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.800 Beef, it's always there. 434 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.982 So what I do to switch it up... 435 00:15:25.602 --> 00:15:27.545 is I make it in bulk. 436 00:15:27.945 --> 00:15:31.650 So I'll have a bulk thing of rice, a bulk thing of sweet potatoes, a bulk thing of chicken, whatever. 437 00:15:32.130 --> 00:15:32.931 And then I switch it up. 438 00:15:33.032 --> 00:15:34.353 I might have rice with ground turkey. 439 00:15:34.393 --> 00:15:35.835 I might have rice with the grilled chicken. 440 00:15:35.875 --> 00:15:37.597 I might have a sweet potato with a ground turkey. 441 00:15:37.657 --> 00:15:37.878 Yeah. 442 00:15:38.198 --> 00:15:39.119 So I make it. 443 00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:43.144 And then I use my Walden Farms, my calorie-free sauces and seasoning. 444 00:15:43.404 --> 00:15:43.605 Yeah. 445 00:15:43.725 --> 00:15:44.125 And I'm good. 446 00:15:44.806 --> 00:15:45.046 Yeah. 447 00:15:45.106 --> 00:15:48.448 So I learned how to track macros. 448 00:15:48.848 --> 00:15:50.208 Like I learned it on Instagram. 449 00:15:50.368 --> 00:15:50.808 Okay. 450 00:15:50.829 --> 00:15:52.189 That's the first time I heard about it. 451 00:15:52.409 --> 00:15:56.371 And then it took me a minute to figure it out because it was, and I researched it. 452 00:15:56.471 --> 00:16:06.835 And when I started working with Brian at that gym, I told you when I started lifting weights, he was into tracking macros and he, um, 453 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.961 He would talk about it a lot and I learned a lot from him. 454 00:16:10.902 --> 00:16:14.504 And that's when I realized like how many calories I needed to eat. 455 00:16:14.524 --> 00:16:16.826 I was definitely under eating and still heavier. 456 00:16:17.106 --> 00:16:17.386 Yeah. 457 00:16:18.627 --> 00:16:24.010 So right now I'm eating a lot more and I'm a lot thinner than what I used to and I was eating a lot less. 458 00:16:24.030 --> 00:16:24.210 Yeah. 459 00:16:24.230 --> 00:16:24.771 Believe it or not. 460 00:16:24.951 --> 00:16:26.251 Just because I was eating the wrong things. 461 00:16:26.312 --> 00:16:27.392 I was eating a lot of processed. 462 00:16:27.472 --> 00:16:27.973 Oh my gosh. 463 00:16:28.013 --> 00:16:29.153 I didn't realize how much. 464 00:16:29.413 --> 00:16:29.874 Oh my God. 465 00:16:29.934 --> 00:16:33.196 Macros are in like a tablespoon of peanut butter. 466 00:16:33.616 --> 00:16:34.757 Meanwhile, you probably had a hoop. 467 00:16:34.997 --> 00:16:37.800 I would put that in my smoothie. 468 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.600 It was like a shovel. 469 00:16:38.660 --> 00:16:40.702 And I'm like, this is a tablespoon? 470 00:16:40.722 --> 00:16:41.022 Yes. 471 00:16:41.102 --> 00:16:42.704 This is four ounces of chicken? 472 00:16:42.904 --> 00:16:42.984 Yes. 473 00:16:43.044 --> 00:16:44.605 I was definitely eating. 474 00:16:44.625 --> 00:16:45.186 It's eye-opening. 475 00:16:45.246 --> 00:16:45.906 I'm a big eater. 476 00:16:46.006 --> 00:16:46.447 You're not. 477 00:16:46.587 --> 00:16:47.348 Yeah. 478 00:16:47.368 --> 00:16:50.050 I could eat as much as my husband eats. 479 00:16:50.110 --> 00:16:53.873 But then I realized, I'm like, okay, he's 6'2", I'm 5'4". 480 00:16:53.933 --> 00:16:55.454 We shouldn't be eating the same plate. 481 00:16:56.035 --> 00:17:00.519 And then I started measuring and getting into that habit. 482 00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:00.639 Yeah. 483 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:03.860 And then that's when everything, like, really changed for me with the food. 484 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.661 You don't realize. 485 00:17:04.681 --> 00:17:04.741 No. 486 00:17:04.941 --> 00:17:08.162 Like, that's the biggest thing that people are like, oh, my gosh, I did not. 487 00:17:08.182 --> 00:17:09.102 Peanut butter is huge. 488 00:17:09.122 --> 00:17:10.963 Peanut butter and even, like, four ounces of chicken. 489 00:17:11.003 --> 00:17:11.183 Yeah. 490 00:17:11.263 --> 00:17:11.884 It's nothing. 491 00:17:12.044 --> 00:17:12.504 It's not a lot. 492 00:17:12.524 --> 00:17:14.925 And, like, a cup of rice, you know, you'll be surprised. 493 00:17:14.945 --> 00:17:17.006 The rice always kills me because you can't. 494 00:17:17.606 --> 00:17:22.329 This little cup of rice and it's like 30-something grams and you're like, oh, my gosh, it's not enough. 495 00:17:22.349 --> 00:17:24.751 So I swapped that out for cauliflower rice. 496 00:17:25.091 --> 00:17:25.411 You did. 497 00:17:25.531 --> 00:17:26.692 So I could have more volume. 498 00:17:26.752 --> 00:17:27.332 I need volume. 499 00:17:27.372 --> 00:17:28.633 Yeah, because you like to eat. 500 00:17:28.753 --> 00:17:28.973 Yeah. 501 00:17:29.233 --> 00:17:29.434 Yeah. 502 00:17:29.914 --> 00:17:31.115 So same thing with Billy. 503 00:17:31.155 --> 00:17:37.118 It's funny because sometimes I'll sit and I'm not – it's not that I'm not a big eater because I can throw down. 504 00:17:37.138 --> 00:17:39.080 Like when I'm hungry, I will inhale. 505 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:43.082 I think I've taught myself to eat slower because it does help. 506 00:17:43.362 --> 00:17:43.903 Yeah, I need to do that. 507 00:17:43.923 --> 00:17:44.163 I used to – 508 00:17:44.743 --> 00:17:46.544 And I'm working with Billy. 509 00:17:46.564 --> 00:17:49.186 Like I tell him all the time, like, babe, stop shoveling the food in. 510 00:17:49.646 --> 00:17:54.229 Because when you eat fast like that, so eating slower definitely helps. 511 00:17:54.329 --> 00:17:55.290 Yeah, I need to do that. 512 00:17:55.570 --> 00:17:56.391 Definitely helps. 513 00:17:56.511 --> 00:17:57.752 Yes. 514 00:17:57.952 --> 00:18:07.038 But still, the eye-opening thing with the macros is just how much you're getting of something versus how much you used to take of something was eye-opening. 515 00:18:07.458 --> 00:18:08.018 So big. 516 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.980 So I basically now, if... 517 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:12.702 I give myself like a buffer. 518 00:18:12.722 --> 00:18:13.924 I have like a five-pound buffer. 519 00:18:15.125 --> 00:18:16.566 And I don't always track. 520 00:18:16.606 --> 00:18:17.567 I eat intuitively. 521 00:18:17.828 --> 00:18:25.956 But if I see that I'm getting to that ceiling of those five pounds and I know I need to dial it in, I'll go straight back to macros. 522 00:18:26.056 --> 00:18:26.537 So you do. 523 00:18:26.597 --> 00:18:28.879 So you don't count unless you know you need to dial it. 524 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:31.462 Like right now I'm counting because I'm trying to dial it. 525 00:18:31.502 --> 00:18:32.943 It's summer and whatever. 526 00:18:33.063 --> 00:18:33.344 But... 527 00:18:34.184 --> 00:18:36.666 I try to eat intuitively and I eat the same things anyway. 528 00:18:36.686 --> 00:18:38.608 So I know what my portions are. 529 00:18:38.748 --> 00:18:38.968 Yeah. 530 00:18:39.609 --> 00:18:48.255 A big thing people like huge thing people do is they'll cut back on, you know, the quantity, but they're still adding the ketchup. 531 00:18:48.556 --> 00:18:51.478 They're putting the dressing on salad. 532 00:18:51.918 --> 00:18:52.519 Olive oil. 533 00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.960 Be mindful of olive oil. 534 00:18:54.040 --> 00:18:54.660 Is it healthy? 535 00:18:54.701 --> 00:18:55.321 Yes. 536 00:18:55.341 --> 00:18:56.122 I love my olive oil. 537 00:18:56.142 --> 00:18:56.442 Yes. 538 00:18:56.602 --> 00:18:58.704 But it adds up. 539 00:18:58.724 --> 00:18:59.164 For sure. 540 00:18:59.285 --> 00:19:01.266 And it all adds to your calories. 541 00:19:01.667 --> 00:19:09.414 People think, oh, liquid, that drink, that coffee you're buying, that cost you $15 and probably has 1,500 calories in it. 542 00:19:10.155 --> 00:19:11.236 They don't track that. 543 00:19:11.356 --> 00:19:12.197 They think it's liquid. 544 00:19:12.717 --> 00:19:14.219 It's part of your calories. 545 00:19:14.239 --> 00:19:15.240 Yeah, and the coffee, the creamer. 546 00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:15.920 Yeah, yeah. 547 00:19:16.281 --> 00:19:16.561 For sure. 548 00:19:17.262 --> 00:19:21.866 So let me ask you, so back in the day when you were younger, what was your habits like? 549 00:19:21.886 --> 00:19:23.087 What did you used to eat? 550 00:19:23.208 --> 00:19:23.568 Shit. 551 00:19:23.668 --> 00:19:24.008 Yeah? 552 00:19:24.108 --> 00:19:24.469 Yeah. 553 00:19:24.629 --> 00:19:26.991 I used to eat processed. 554 00:19:28.733 --> 00:19:31.456 Well, I'm Puerto Rican, so we used to have like a lot of Spanish food. 555 00:19:32.096 --> 00:19:39.020 And it's like a lot of rice, a lot of beans, a lot of fried, fried, not no vegetables, really. 556 00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:40.341 No. 557 00:19:40.741 --> 00:19:43.103 So I learned my way of eating now. 558 00:19:43.143 --> 00:19:44.504 I kind of learned how to do that on my own. 559 00:19:44.844 --> 00:19:45.064 Yeah. 560 00:19:45.164 --> 00:19:46.885 Like my family doesn't eat like this. 561 00:19:47.005 --> 00:19:49.546 But you make – and you're like – to you, it still tastes like authentic. 562 00:19:49.566 --> 00:19:51.127 You're like, this tastes like the real stuff. 563 00:19:51.187 --> 00:19:52.668 Oh, this is great. 564 00:19:52.828 --> 00:19:53.608 I've trained myself. 565 00:19:53.789 --> 00:19:54.049 Yeah. 566 00:19:55.329 --> 00:19:56.150 Yeah, it was terrible. 567 00:19:56.170 --> 00:20:01.933 And then I think we grew up in an era where, like, I don't know, like, TV dinners were coming out, the microwave, like, processed food. 568 00:20:02.013 --> 00:20:03.013 Fast Quick was in. 569 00:20:03.073 --> 00:20:03.394 Yeah. 570 00:20:03.594 --> 00:20:04.054 For – for – 571 00:20:04.214 --> 00:20:05.575 For our generation, for sure. 572 00:20:05.736 --> 00:20:07.597 Going to, I mean, McDonald's. 573 00:20:07.637 --> 00:20:09.299 The 99 cents cheeseburger. 574 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.519 Yes. 575 00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:10.380 Oh, my gosh. 576 00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.321 That was a treat. 577 00:20:11.681 --> 00:20:12.762 Even when my kids were young. 578 00:20:12.923 --> 00:20:13.143 Yeah. 579 00:20:13.263 --> 00:20:17.627 Like, even 30 years ago, a treat was bringing them to Wendy's. 580 00:20:17.968 --> 00:20:20.090 I remember for my, like, oldest— 581 00:20:20.530 --> 00:20:22.473 pre-K, like, birthday party. 582 00:20:22.633 --> 00:20:24.275 Like, I brought cheeseburger, like, McDonald's. 583 00:20:24.295 --> 00:20:27.259 I'm like, I probably, if I would do that now, I would probably get kicked out. 584 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.900 You'd be frowned upon. 585 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:29.962 All the mothers would be talking about me, right? 586 00:20:30.283 --> 00:20:32.966 But back then, I mean, it wasn't that... No, we had parties there. 587 00:20:33.087 --> 00:20:33.807 At McDonald's. 588 00:20:33.827 --> 00:20:34.909 We rented McDonald's for the... 589 00:20:36.090 --> 00:20:36.950 So it's changed. 590 00:20:37.010 --> 00:20:41.192 But I so the way I eat now, it's completely different than the way I growing up. 591 00:20:41.412 --> 00:20:46.254 I had to teach myself everything like my parents weren't like I'm teaching my kids how to eat. 592 00:20:46.674 --> 00:20:47.615 They weren't teaching me. 593 00:20:47.635 --> 00:20:48.755 So what are healthy snacks? 594 00:20:48.995 --> 00:20:49.355 Talk. 595 00:20:49.375 --> 00:20:51.336 Let's let's talk about healthy snacks. 596 00:20:51.596 --> 00:20:52.656 I don't really snack. 597 00:20:53.057 --> 00:20:54.177 OK, so at all. 598 00:20:54.677 --> 00:20:54.937 At all. 599 00:20:55.197 --> 00:20:57.198 So you'll have three meals a day, three meals. 600 00:20:57.258 --> 00:20:58.779 OK, and nothing in between. 601 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:01.720 Nothing in between now at this point in life. 602 00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.120 Okay. 603 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.780 When. 604 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.240 Okay. 605 00:21:03.280 --> 00:21:07.642 So I'm a snacker because I prefer the bigger meals. 606 00:21:07.882 --> 00:21:08.702 You like the volume. 607 00:21:08.782 --> 00:21:11.463 I want the volume and I don't have room for the snacks. 608 00:21:11.663 --> 00:21:13.884 I guess that's the smaller, but I guess. 609 00:21:13.984 --> 00:21:16.005 But my snacks are cashews. 610 00:21:17.045 --> 00:21:19.328 You see, I got in trouble with cashews. 611 00:21:19.568 --> 00:21:20.349 I know I could. 612 00:21:20.469 --> 00:21:20.830 I could. 613 00:21:20.850 --> 00:21:21.871 I'm not going to lie. 614 00:21:21.891 --> 00:21:25.075 Because I was snacking on cashews before I knew. 615 00:21:25.315 --> 00:21:25.616 Yeah. 616 00:21:25.936 --> 00:21:28.359 And then when I realized, I weighed them out. 617 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.821 And I saw the calories. 618 00:21:29.861 --> 00:21:32.524 I'm like, no wonder I'm freaking not losing any weight. 619 00:21:32.584 --> 00:21:33.826 I'm eating cashews all day. 620 00:21:33.846 --> 00:21:34.747 I had to eliminate them. 621 00:21:34.927 --> 00:21:36.687 You have to, a quarter cup, that's it. 622 00:21:36.807 --> 00:21:39.168 And you track them, put them on your... And it's nothing. 623 00:21:39.408 --> 00:21:39.768 I know. 624 00:21:40.168 --> 00:21:40.728 But you know what? 625 00:21:40.788 --> 00:21:41.228 Okay. 626 00:21:41.568 --> 00:21:42.849 So again, remember eating slow? 627 00:21:43.389 --> 00:21:46.169 Billy gets, he goes crazy. 628 00:21:46.569 --> 00:21:50.510 I take, I buy a huge thing of cashews and then I take it and I shake it up. 629 00:21:50.690 --> 00:21:51.610 So I break them up. 630 00:21:52.091 --> 00:21:56.271 And a quarter cup is a more volume, even though it's not, it's the same amount. 631 00:21:56.691 --> 00:21:58.912 But the little pieces feels like you're doing... 632 00:21:59.472 --> 00:22:00.672 More like more of that. 633 00:22:01.052 --> 00:22:01.312 Yeah. 634 00:22:01.893 --> 00:22:02.473 So I do. 635 00:22:02.513 --> 00:22:02.993 I break them up. 636 00:22:03.013 --> 00:22:04.353 But other healthy snacks. 637 00:22:04.793 --> 00:22:06.014 It sounds so crazy. 638 00:22:06.534 --> 00:22:07.614 I should say other snacks. 639 00:22:08.494 --> 00:22:10.675 Bananas, fruit, grapes. 640 00:22:10.835 --> 00:22:13.775 Again, grapes get tricky because they're very high in sugar. 641 00:22:13.835 --> 00:22:15.996 So a lot of them adds up. 642 00:22:16.096 --> 00:22:16.756 I love dates. 643 00:22:16.956 --> 00:22:18.997 And those are so much sugar. 644 00:22:19.337 --> 00:22:20.797 I know you can only have like two of them. 645 00:22:21.077 --> 00:22:21.437 I know. 646 00:22:21.597 --> 00:22:24.138 Have you ever tried the I don't know if I'm saying them right. 647 00:22:24.158 --> 00:22:27.539 The like Pajero figs, something. 648 00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:27.939 No. 649 00:22:27.959 --> 00:22:29.179 It's good. 650 00:22:29.719 --> 00:22:30.080 Oh, my God. 651 00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.000 They're like Big Newton. 652 00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:32.361 I love them. 653 00:22:33.082 --> 00:22:36.004 So you like to snack and then just breakfast, lunch, dinner. 654 00:22:36.024 --> 00:22:38.126 Do you eat three meals a day and two snacks? 655 00:22:38.186 --> 00:22:38.386 Yep. 656 00:22:39.147 --> 00:22:44.732 I mean, listen, I eat three meals and I might have two snacks, three snacks sometimes because I'm a picker. 657 00:22:45.372 --> 00:22:46.193 I need. 658 00:22:46.213 --> 00:22:47.293 Oh, you know what I do have? 659 00:22:47.313 --> 00:22:48.954 I'm a big chocolate eater. 660 00:22:49.235 --> 00:22:49.635 Okay. 661 00:22:49.715 --> 00:22:53.277 So after dinner, every night I have a piece of chocolate. 662 00:22:53.497 --> 00:22:53.798 Okay. 663 00:22:53.938 --> 00:23:00.142 I used to eat lilies, but I'm trying to not eat such artificial processed foods. 664 00:23:00.542 --> 00:23:03.364 So lately I've been eating huge chocolate. 665 00:23:03.404 --> 00:23:04.004 The dark. 666 00:23:04.104 --> 00:23:04.685 I don't know. 667 00:23:04.805 --> 00:23:05.325 It's better. 668 00:23:05.345 --> 00:23:06.266 Where do you get it? 669 00:23:06.566 --> 00:23:07.206 At Whole Foods. 670 00:23:07.246 --> 00:23:07.667 You do? 671 00:23:07.687 --> 00:23:07.867 Okay. 672 00:23:07.887 --> 00:23:09.528 So just a square every night. 673 00:23:09.908 --> 00:23:11.470 Yeah, just after dinner. 674 00:23:11.531 --> 00:23:13.213 After dinner, a little something. 675 00:23:13.233 --> 00:23:20.023 Because, I mean, listen, that's essentially when you are going this route, you're going to give up a lot of things that you like. 676 00:23:20.424 --> 00:23:21.826 Or Yasso bars, too. 677 00:23:21.966 --> 00:23:23.248 I was going to say, you got to, yeah. 678 00:23:23.488 --> 00:23:24.590 Like, if I feel like it. 679 00:23:24.830 --> 00:23:25.110 Yes. 680 00:23:25.410 --> 00:23:26.071 You know what I do? 681 00:23:26.191 --> 00:23:27.451 I take nonfat Greek yogurt. 682 00:23:27.471 --> 00:23:27.671 Oh, yeah. 683 00:23:27.932 --> 00:23:29.212 And it makes protein in it. 684 00:23:29.392 --> 00:23:29.652 Me too. 685 00:23:29.712 --> 00:23:30.713 And I make like a pudding. 686 00:23:31.033 --> 00:23:31.193 Yeah. 687 00:23:31.233 --> 00:23:36.556 Sometimes I'll put little – and I'm mostly dairy-free, so I'll get like the coconut, you know, little things. 688 00:23:36.736 --> 00:23:38.497 Because let's face it, we're human. 689 00:23:38.577 --> 00:23:42.439 We can't always eat on vegetable – live on vegetables and fruit. 690 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:45.740 But when I go out on my night out, I'll eat whatever I want. 691 00:23:45.760 --> 00:23:46.481 You'll get the dessert. 692 00:23:46.721 --> 00:23:46.901 Yeah. 693 00:23:47.041 --> 00:23:47.942 You'll pick. 694 00:23:47.982 --> 00:23:48.682 You'll treat yourself. 695 00:23:48.822 --> 00:23:49.943 It's the 80-20 rule, right? 696 00:23:49.963 --> 00:23:50.544 80-20, yes. 697 00:23:51.084 --> 00:23:53.065 Yes, but during the week, I'm not eating like that at home. 698 00:23:53.105 --> 00:23:58.549 But when I go out on Friday, Saturday night, I have my appetizer, I have my dinner, I'll split a dessert with my husband. 699 00:23:58.569 --> 00:23:59.550 I usually never get my own. 700 00:23:59.970 --> 00:24:01.932 I split it, and I'll have dessert. 701 00:24:02.152 --> 00:24:02.412 Yeah. 702 00:24:02.772 --> 00:24:03.253 No problem. 703 00:24:04.327 --> 00:24:08.428 I will say, and I know that we've talked about, like, habits and things that we've given up. 704 00:24:08.628 --> 00:24:09.969 Gluten was something I gave up. 705 00:24:10.389 --> 00:24:11.229 I gave up gluten, too. 706 00:24:11.469 --> 00:24:11.830 You did? 707 00:24:11.970 --> 00:24:12.050 Yes. 708 00:24:12.070 --> 00:24:14.931 And how—doesn't that make it easier for us to not snack? 709 00:24:15.131 --> 00:24:17.711 Am I—the bread, when the bread comes to the table? 710 00:24:17.732 --> 00:24:18.672 So why did you give up gluten? 711 00:24:19.012 --> 00:24:22.873 So, okay, I gave up gluten because Billy has celiacs, and he was gluten-free. 712 00:24:23.193 --> 00:24:28.835 So when I met him, we were sharing some things, and then I said to him, like, you know what, I'm just going to see if I can give it up. 713 00:24:28.875 --> 00:24:30.536 Let me see if, like, what happens. 714 00:24:30.556 --> 00:24:31.516 So he has celiac. 715 00:24:31.896 --> 00:24:32.656 He says he does. 716 00:24:32.717 --> 00:24:33.857 I don't think he does, but he does. 717 00:24:34.697 --> 00:24:36.698 He says he does. 718 00:24:36.818 --> 00:24:42.502 But I will tell you, when I first gave up gluten, my body detoxed for two weeks. 719 00:24:42.562 --> 00:24:42.982 It was hard. 720 00:24:43.542 --> 00:24:43.962 Two weeks. 721 00:24:44.082 --> 00:24:44.703 I was sick. 722 00:24:45.163 --> 00:24:46.644 Like, I wasn't feeling myself. 723 00:24:46.724 --> 00:24:50.426 My cloudy, like, it was really, it was, I was shocked. 724 00:24:50.666 --> 00:24:52.167 So do you eat none at all? 725 00:24:52.327 --> 00:24:52.567 None. 726 00:24:52.787 --> 00:24:54.228 Do you ever, like, not even, like, a pill? 727 00:24:54.328 --> 00:24:55.089 Oh, no, I'll pick. 728 00:24:55.349 --> 00:24:57.390 Because, again, I'm by choice. 729 00:24:57.550 --> 00:24:57.870 I'm not. 730 00:24:57.890 --> 00:24:58.751 There's no allergy. 731 00:24:59.271 --> 00:25:04.614 So if I see something that looks really, really, really good, it has to look really good and tempting. 732 00:25:05.195 --> 00:25:08.797 So I gave up gluten because, you know, I have thyroid issues, right? 733 00:25:08.817 --> 00:25:08.937 Yes. 734 00:25:08.957 --> 00:25:10.478 So I have Hachimoto's. 735 00:25:10.518 --> 00:25:10.918 Me too. 736 00:25:11.158 --> 00:25:11.518 You too. 737 00:25:11.718 --> 00:25:12.139 I do. 738 00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:12.559 Oh. 739 00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:14.240 And my... 740 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:24.270 The functional doctor I was working with told me, if you continue to eat gluten, you have a 50% chance of developing another autoimmune disease. 741 00:25:24.410 --> 00:25:24.830 Oh, wow. 742 00:25:24.850 --> 00:25:25.551 I didn't even know that. 743 00:25:26.131 --> 00:25:27.313 And I've confirmed it. 744 00:25:27.393 --> 00:25:28.754 And that's when I stopped. 745 00:25:29.255 --> 00:25:31.096 And for many years, I was so strict. 746 00:25:31.457 --> 00:25:33.719 Because there's so many crazy autoimmune diseases, right? 747 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.060 I'm like, I don't need another one. 748 00:25:35.961 --> 00:25:36.802 Nowadays... 749 00:25:37.505 --> 00:25:41.528 I'll pick on a little piece of bread or whatever, but I would say 90% of the time I'm gluten-free. 750 00:25:41.688 --> 00:25:41.948 Yeah. 751 00:25:42.749 --> 00:25:44.010 And it's so easy to be gluten-free now. 752 00:25:44.030 --> 00:25:44.870 It's so easy. 753 00:25:44.910 --> 00:25:45.911 And everything tastes so good. 754 00:25:46.071 --> 00:25:46.331 Yeah. 755 00:25:46.451 --> 00:25:47.812 Like it's the char bread. 756 00:25:47.832 --> 00:25:51.135 When we started, when I started, it was hard. 757 00:25:51.275 --> 00:25:51.535 Yeah. 758 00:25:51.575 --> 00:25:52.155 It was like cardboard. 759 00:25:52.255 --> 00:25:53.356 And everything was like disgusting. 760 00:25:53.396 --> 00:25:54.337 Everything would crumble. 761 00:25:54.657 --> 00:25:54.877 Yeah. 762 00:25:54.897 --> 00:25:56.318 Nothing like put together. 763 00:25:56.338 --> 00:25:57.079 But now it's so easy. 764 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.179 It's so easy. 765 00:25:58.300 --> 00:26:00.921 But I'll have a piece of bread here and there. 766 00:26:00.941 --> 00:26:01.041 Yeah. 767 00:26:01.442 --> 00:26:01.962 But that's why. 768 00:26:02.002 --> 00:26:03.003 And I'm not celiac. 769 00:26:03.043 --> 00:26:03.223 Yeah. 770 00:26:04.784 --> 00:26:07.948 But they did say that about the autoimmune, which scared me. 771 00:26:07.968 --> 00:26:09.550 I'm like, I don't want another autoimmune disease. 772 00:26:09.630 --> 00:26:09.750 Yeah. 773 00:26:10.371 --> 00:26:12.253 I mean, even like something like dairy. 774 00:26:12.434 --> 00:26:15.437 It's so hard for me to go completely dairy-free. 775 00:26:15.457 --> 00:26:19.462 I love cheese, you know, but it's not good for us. 776 00:26:19.743 --> 00:26:23.067 I've never – you see, that's one thing I have never done, give up dairy. 777 00:26:23.287 --> 00:26:29.011 But they're saying now the whole fats and the whole dairy, that's actually, they're saying is better for us now. 778 00:26:29.031 --> 00:26:30.653 Like whole milk rather than coconut milk. 779 00:26:30.693 --> 00:26:31.213 It always changes. 780 00:26:31.313 --> 00:26:31.593 I know. 781 00:26:31.613 --> 00:26:33.975 But it depends on your macros because then you'll be so much. 782 00:26:33.995 --> 00:26:35.236 You'll kill yourself with the whole milk. 783 00:26:35.396 --> 00:26:35.636 Yeah. 784 00:26:35.896 --> 00:26:36.117 Yeah. 785 00:26:36.557 --> 00:26:40.740 I prefer coconut milk over almond milk, but almond milk is lower, so I choose almond milk a lot. 786 00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:40.980 Same. 787 00:26:41.321 --> 00:26:41.621 You know? 788 00:26:41.641 --> 00:26:41.741 Yeah. 789 00:26:42.061 --> 00:26:42.321 Yeah. 790 00:26:42.881 --> 00:26:53.063 So my take on macros, I think everybody should track at least for a month because you'll be surprised what's in your food and how much you're eating. 791 00:26:53.183 --> 00:26:53.463 Absolutely. 792 00:26:53.483 --> 00:26:56.224 Because everybody's like, oh, no, I only eat 1,200 calories. 793 00:26:56.424 --> 00:26:57.104 Well, do you? 794 00:26:57.504 --> 00:26:58.244 Have you tracked it? 795 00:26:58.344 --> 00:27:01.425 Because you probably are eating much more than 1,200 calories. 796 00:27:01.625 --> 00:27:05.426 Or if you don't want to track your macros, just measure your food. 797 00:27:05.606 --> 00:27:07.587 Just so you could get an idea. 798 00:27:08.107 --> 00:27:11.349 Because a tablespoon of peanut butter is not a tablespoon of peanut butter for most people. 799 00:27:11.469 --> 00:27:15.812 I just think you don't have to track forever, but at least for a month so you could see what's in your food. 800 00:27:16.012 --> 00:27:16.412 Yeah. 801 00:27:16.432 --> 00:27:17.493 Because you'll be shocked. 802 00:27:17.573 --> 00:27:20.995 If you're trying to lose weight and make changes. 803 00:27:21.175 --> 00:27:21.435 Yeah. 804 00:27:21.475 --> 00:27:22.175 Because you'll be shocked. 805 00:27:22.196 --> 00:27:22.456 Yeah. 806 00:27:23.036 --> 00:27:25.177 So let me ask you, what would you tell your younger self? 807 00:27:25.637 --> 00:27:27.138 What would you tell your younger self? 808 00:27:27.979 --> 00:27:28.839 Eat whole foods. 809 00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.060 Eat from the earth. 810 00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:33.302 Stop trying every trendy diet that comes out. 811 00:27:33.702 --> 00:27:34.403 That's the big one. 812 00:27:34.603 --> 00:27:34.803 Yeah. 813 00:27:34.823 --> 00:27:36.164 The trendy diet. 814 00:27:37.224 --> 00:27:39.546 What we do now, it's not sexy. 815 00:27:39.846 --> 00:27:39.986 No. 816 00:27:40.006 --> 00:27:40.547 It's boring. 817 00:27:41.267 --> 00:27:42.068 And we do it every day. 818 00:27:42.348 --> 00:27:42.988 And that's what works. 819 00:27:43.308 --> 00:27:44.129 It's like clockwork. 820 00:27:44.369 --> 00:27:44.789 I agree. 821 00:27:45.029 --> 00:27:45.390 I agree. 822 00:27:45.850 --> 00:27:52.935 I think, and again, listen, because we talk to our kids, I'm sure, I try to tell my daughter, don't eat the processed stuff. 823 00:27:53.475 --> 00:27:54.636 Stay away from the sugar. 824 00:27:54.656 --> 00:27:55.956 I say the same thing. 825 00:27:56.137 --> 00:27:58.758 Don't drink the energy drinks that they're drinking. 826 00:27:58.798 --> 00:27:58.998 Like... 827 00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:01.280 I mean, I don't understand. 828 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:03.201 First of all, they have so much access. 829 00:28:03.221 --> 00:28:07.204 They have so much easier than we did because when we wanted something, we had to ask for it. 830 00:28:07.224 --> 00:28:08.165 It had to be in our drawer. 831 00:28:08.185 --> 00:28:08.965 No, they just order it. 832 00:28:09.025 --> 00:28:09.586 They order it. 833 00:28:10.046 --> 00:28:14.869 How many times I get Dunkin' Donuts on my front steps or just anything. 834 00:28:14.949 --> 00:28:15.269 I know. 835 00:28:15.309 --> 00:28:15.550 Same. 836 00:28:16.555 --> 00:28:21.782 So it's hard to talk to a younger person to say, make these right choices. 837 00:28:22.242 --> 00:28:27.889 But I think, too, because of the way the world is evolving, I think the kids are being a little bit more conscious. 838 00:28:28.510 --> 00:28:28.630 Yeah. 839 00:28:28.650 --> 00:28:31.514 And I think by watching you, even if they're not doing it. 840 00:28:32.074 --> 00:28:32.314 Right. 841 00:28:32.334 --> 00:28:32.835 They see it. 842 00:28:32.995 --> 00:28:33.495 They see it. 843 00:28:33.555 --> 00:28:34.376 And I think it'll click. 844 00:28:34.836 --> 00:28:34.996 Yeah. 845 00:28:35.016 --> 00:28:37.618 Because if I didn't see anything and it clicked for me. 846 00:28:37.938 --> 00:28:38.259 Yeah. 847 00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:39.519 You know, I'm sure you did. 848 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.100 100 percent. 849 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:46.804 What I would tell my younger self, though, and because I think most younger kids have this issue of starving themselves. 850 00:28:47.885 --> 00:28:49.946 Like they think that we're not going to eat. 851 00:28:50.286 --> 00:28:54.487 Yes, you'll lose weight, but you're also going to be losing a lot more, probably hair. 852 00:28:54.967 --> 00:28:57.067 Your skin is going to look disgusting. 853 00:28:57.328 --> 00:28:58.568 Your health is going to decline. 854 00:28:58.608 --> 00:28:59.828 It does nothing good for you. 855 00:29:00.048 --> 00:29:02.589 How did you did you tell me how were you able to come out of that? 856 00:29:04.049 --> 00:29:09.991 I mean, I think when I really got into fitness, I don't I don't recall saying like you need to. 857 00:29:10.031 --> 00:29:14.472 Did you ever look in the mirror and be like, I can't I need to start eating or you thought you look good? 858 00:29:14.983 --> 00:29:15.724 I thought I looked good. 859 00:29:16.304 --> 00:29:17.085 I thought I looked good. 860 00:29:17.245 --> 00:29:21.388 I thought because I can wear whatever I wanted, I'm like, oh, my God, I look great. 861 00:29:21.428 --> 00:29:24.510 Meanwhile, I looked like a skeleton wrapped in like cotton. 862 00:29:25.271 --> 00:29:27.392 But I mean, I just show you pictures. 863 00:29:27.712 --> 00:29:28.973 It was it was really bad. 864 00:29:29.053 --> 00:29:30.114 I can imagine 100 pounds. 865 00:29:30.154 --> 00:29:31.055 It was really bad. 866 00:29:31.235 --> 00:29:31.575 Yeah. 867 00:29:31.715 --> 00:29:32.676 On average, I'm 125 pounds now. 868 00:29:32.696 --> 00:29:34.478 Twenty five pounds, 20, 25 pounds off me. 869 00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:41.560 At one point, I gained weight, but at one point, my friend and I weighed myself, and I was under 100 pounds. 870 00:29:42.260 --> 00:29:43.161 Under 100 pounds. 871 00:29:43.681 --> 00:29:44.561 Then I knew I was sick. 872 00:29:44.901 --> 00:29:46.521 I was also dealing with a lot. 873 00:29:46.541 --> 00:29:48.702 I had lost my dad unexpectedly. 874 00:29:48.722 --> 00:29:49.782 Like, he wasn't sick. 875 00:29:49.802 --> 00:29:50.722 He died unexpectedly. 876 00:29:51.082 --> 00:29:52.203 My marriage was falling apart. 877 00:29:52.263 --> 00:29:53.123 I was not happy. 878 00:29:53.143 --> 00:29:55.143 I just— You're in a bad place. 879 00:29:55.203 --> 00:29:57.744 Yeah, we can definitely have a whole episode on that one day. 880 00:29:58.644 --> 00:30:01.545 But my younger self, to be honest with nutrition, eat. 881 00:30:01.765 --> 00:30:03.765 I would tell myself food is not the enemy. 882 00:30:04.486 --> 00:30:05.226 It's the choices. 883 00:30:05.246 --> 00:30:06.186 Right, eat whole foods. 884 00:30:06.826 --> 00:30:07.507 It's your choices. 885 00:30:07.587 --> 00:30:12.030 Like don't eat a bagel and then starve yourself for the whole day and think that you're going to freaking be able to. 886 00:30:12.490 --> 00:30:12.750 Yeah. 887 00:30:12.790 --> 00:30:15.712 They'll go and they'll get a pink drink and a bagel. 888 00:30:16.032 --> 00:30:16.573 And that's it. 889 00:30:16.873 --> 00:30:17.113 Yeah. 890 00:30:17.373 --> 00:30:18.034 No protein. 891 00:30:18.374 --> 00:30:18.954 Nothing. 892 00:30:18.994 --> 00:30:20.695 I'm like don't eat any naked carbs. 893 00:30:20.735 --> 00:30:22.136 At least just eat protein with it. 894 00:30:22.176 --> 00:30:22.377 Yeah. 895 00:30:22.977 --> 00:30:26.439 But I will say my daughter is my youngest. 896 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.160 My 16-year-old. 897 00:30:27.260 --> 00:30:28.741 I was going to call her 14. 898 00:30:28.881 --> 00:30:30.222 My 16-year-old, I will say. 899 00:30:31.585 --> 00:30:40.771 the choices she makes, and it's probably because she had me raising her when I was in a healthier state of mind and in a healthier place. 900 00:30:41.051 --> 00:30:43.493 But she eats all whole foods. 901 00:30:43.993 --> 00:30:46.515 She goes to the gym almost every single day. 902 00:30:47.095 --> 00:30:48.796 So it's the habits you keep at home. 903 00:30:48.916 --> 00:30:50.017 It's the choices you're making. 904 00:30:50.057 --> 00:30:52.139 It's the food you're putting on your table for them to eat. 905 00:30:52.239 --> 00:30:53.539 Yeah, absolutely. 906 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.640 It makes a difference. 907 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.481 Absolutely. 908 00:30:55.561 --> 00:30:56.982 And another thing that, you know, 909 00:30:58.002 --> 00:31:22.182 advice I'd give someone that's just starting out like that wants to do something like this meal prep so important because when you're starving you're gonna grab whatever you could grab why not grab something that's pre-made that's healthy and like even if I'm out like if I'll be out all day I'll throw a bar in my bag you know it's processed but it's better than me going to McDonald's to drive through at least have a little something till I get home 910 00:31:22.822 --> 00:31:25.404 And I always have meal food prepped at home. 911 00:31:25.424 --> 00:31:26.244 Yeah. 912 00:31:26.264 --> 00:31:26.965 It makes it easy. 913 00:31:27.625 --> 00:31:28.446 Everybody always asks me how. 914 00:31:28.466 --> 00:31:30.627 Because when you're starving, you just want the first thing. 915 00:31:30.747 --> 00:31:31.307 That's the first. 916 00:31:31.648 --> 00:31:35.130 Most people will ask me, how do you stay so consistent with your eating? 917 00:31:35.570 --> 00:31:37.091 How are you so on top of your eating? 918 00:31:37.631 --> 00:31:38.912 It's because I meal prep. 919 00:31:38.952 --> 00:31:40.033 That's my number one answer. 920 00:31:40.553 --> 00:31:42.534 I have my meals prepped for me. 921 00:31:43.095 --> 00:31:43.895 They're ready to go. 922 00:31:44.355 --> 00:31:46.657 I'm not grabbing because life gets hectic. 923 00:31:46.737 --> 00:31:47.237 We're busy. 924 00:31:47.337 --> 00:31:47.938 We're on the go. 925 00:31:47.958 --> 00:31:48.158 Yeah. 926 00:31:48.178 --> 00:31:48.378 Yeah. 927 00:31:48.818 --> 00:31:53.823 I'm not going to have time to go sit there and start making grilled chicken or ground chicken or. 928 00:31:53.864 --> 00:31:54.104 Yeah. 929 00:31:54.264 --> 00:31:58.889 At 6 p.m. No, not even even say lunch, even like who's in the middle of the day. 930 00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:00.430 You know what happens then? 931 00:32:00.471 --> 00:32:01.632 You end up going to the store. 932 00:32:01.652 --> 00:32:02.312 You get a sandwich. 933 00:32:02.333 --> 00:32:02.933 You get a salad. 934 00:32:02.953 --> 00:32:03.874 You get the dressing. 935 00:32:03.894 --> 00:32:04.495 Yeah. 936 00:32:04.835 --> 00:32:10.359 Eating home with your prepped meals, even if you take them with you, you know exactly what's in there. 937 00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:13.001 There's no hidden oils or butters. 938 00:32:13.121 --> 00:32:14.562 You just said it, eating home. 939 00:32:14.723 --> 00:32:17.224 So you need to eat home 80% of the time. 940 00:32:17.465 --> 00:32:17.645 Yeah. 941 00:32:17.945 --> 00:32:18.826 And we like to eat out. 942 00:32:19.046 --> 00:32:20.107 Like, that's our pastime. 943 00:32:20.327 --> 00:32:20.867 We're not drinking. 944 00:32:20.887 --> 00:32:21.628 We're not going to bars. 945 00:32:21.668 --> 00:32:22.328 We go out. 946 00:32:22.488 --> 00:32:22.929 We go out. 947 00:32:22.989 --> 00:32:29.934 But even when we – I mean, the way we order when we're out to eat, we're like, hold the oil, no sauces, just grill it, salt and pepper. 948 00:32:30.374 --> 00:32:31.435 But I will. 949 00:32:31.595 --> 00:32:33.297 Like, if I feel like it, I will – 950 00:32:34.137 --> 00:32:34.578 Indulge. 951 00:32:34.658 --> 00:32:34.958 Indulge. 952 00:32:34.978 --> 00:32:35.539 Treat yourself. 953 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.739 Yes. 954 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.600 I'll have my burger. 955 00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.200 The 80s 20 rule. 956 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.081 I'll have my fries. 957 00:32:38.522 --> 00:32:39.943 I'll have my Diet Coke. 958 00:32:40.003 --> 00:32:40.904 But it's not every time. 959 00:32:41.125 --> 00:32:41.265 No. 960 00:32:41.385 --> 00:32:43.407 It's when you know, hey, I can't. 961 00:32:43.527 --> 00:32:44.148 I can't. 962 00:32:44.428 --> 00:32:44.648 Yeah. 963 00:32:44.808 --> 00:32:46.250 I deserve this burger today. 964 00:32:46.270 --> 00:32:47.952 I worked my ass off all week. 965 00:32:48.472 --> 00:32:49.513 I followed my plan. 966 00:32:49.674 --> 00:32:50.354 I worked out. 967 00:32:50.775 --> 00:32:51.596 And I want the burger. 968 00:32:52.256 --> 00:32:55.700 So I would say for everyone, if you could lift weights. 969 00:32:57.375 --> 00:33:00.677 I mean, I just think at this age it's crucial because of bone density. 970 00:33:00.697 --> 00:33:01.477 We touched on that. 971 00:33:01.537 --> 00:33:01.737 Yeah. 972 00:33:02.197 --> 00:33:02.758 Lift weights. 973 00:33:02.958 --> 00:33:04.278 You don't have to go six days a week. 974 00:33:04.298 --> 00:33:05.619 You could two, three days. 975 00:33:05.979 --> 00:33:06.999 Ideally three, I think. 976 00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:09.221 And working out in natural endorphins. 977 00:33:09.481 --> 00:33:09.941 Yeah. 978 00:33:10.101 --> 00:33:10.901 Like increases. 979 00:33:10.921 --> 00:33:13.583 Do you think two days of weightlifting is good for a starter? 980 00:33:13.603 --> 00:33:14.103 You think three? 981 00:33:14.323 --> 00:33:14.843 I think three. 982 00:33:15.143 --> 00:33:15.724 Three days. 983 00:33:15.784 --> 00:33:16.464 At least three days. 984 00:33:16.584 --> 00:33:16.904 Walk. 985 00:33:17.564 --> 00:33:17.905 Walk. 986 00:33:18.205 --> 00:33:19.125 Eat at home. 987 00:33:19.145 --> 00:33:19.665 Just move. 988 00:33:19.885 --> 00:33:23.007 And track your macros for one month if you don't want to do it. 989 00:33:23.167 --> 00:33:23.547 Yeah. 990 00:33:23.927 --> 00:33:25.188 Just so you could see what you're eating. 991 00:33:25.488 --> 00:33:26.549 Yeah, I agree. 992 00:33:26.809 --> 00:33:29.631 Track your macros, move your body, just start. 993 00:33:29.931 --> 00:33:30.452 Just start. 994 00:33:30.532 --> 00:33:32.493 Just get out there and start. 995 00:33:32.593 --> 00:33:32.813 Yes. 996 00:33:32.893 --> 00:33:33.394 And start. 997 00:33:33.854 --> 00:33:37.436 Well, I think this was very helpful and I hope everybody found it as helpful. 998 00:33:37.556 --> 00:33:38.817 I think so, too. 999 00:33:39.097 --> 00:33:39.338 Yeah. 1000 00:33:39.878 --> 00:33:43.601 So if you guys found this helpful, give us a five-star review. 1001 00:33:43.781 --> 00:33:47.383 And if you haven't subscribed, subscribe so you don't miss the next episode. 1002 00:33:47.864 --> 00:33:49.205 And we'll see you on the next one. 1003 00:33:50.065 --> 00:33:51.346 Thanks for hanging with us today. 1004 00:33:51.846 --> 00:33:54.128 Follow us on Instagram at your wellness besties. 1005 00:33:54.328 --> 00:33:55.248 Send us your questions. 1006 00:33:55.589 --> 00:33:57.370 And don't forget to share this with your bestie. 1007 00:33:57.790 --> 00:33:58.871 See you on the next episode.