Get Off The Damn Couch!

you for being here with us once again. We have a wonderful show as always. Yes we do, Yes we do, and you guys are like actually making us happy out here in these streets. A whole lot of people are now like catching on and listen to Reasonably Shady every Monday, and we just want to say thank you. I mean, thank you so much. I love it when people are like literally like, oh my gosh, I can't wait for Mondays. You know, it's it's awesome. So I we really really

really appreciate you all. Thank you, And as usual, per usual, we have our Reasonably Shady moment of the week. Don Robin, I've been really upset I'm gonna go first, what happened? Okay, So I've started like really getting into my smoothies. Okay, Grace works at a smoothies spot. She can't be the only one in the house drinking smoothies. So I have my little smoothie situation. So I like, I have like prepackaged smoothies that come to the house, and then I buy fruit to kind of add to it. So I

went to Safeway. Yeah, I'm calling out Safeway the other day, and I like bought a bag of peaches. I was so excited. I was like, oh my god, these are gonna be soon yummy. Okay, So like three of them not only were like spoiled, but they exploded. There was like nasty peach juice that was like oozing out of them. These weren't frozen peaches, No, these were what are you calling I'm frozen regularly. These were like they were in the produce section. So wait, so you didn't know that

before you put them in your shopping cart. Well, I think that they were fine. They were because I actually picked them up and analyzed them because I picked them up one by one. But in twenty four hours, they had peached nasty peach juice oozing out of them. So safe way, y'all did me dirty? Yes, y'all did me dirty? And I'm mad at y'all. So I need a refund or just like when I come in, y'all know me, just give me some free peaches. That's where there's like

fruit flies and stuff all around. No, but it was just nasty peach juice. Yeah, gross, I'm sorry about that. Yes, maybe it wasn't meant for you to have a peach smoothie. I was gonna add it to my spinach and my mangoes, my watermelon in my bootberries. I just throw everything. I throw everything, and it's really good for my inside. I were talking about my inside robbing. Um okay, So my shady moment of the week goes to my brain and

sparkling new washing machine. Yes, you know, I recently moved, so I don't know if it's the washing machine or the house. So my brand sparkling new house and my brand sparkling new washing machine. About this brand new g E profile washing machine. It's blue front loader. It's like all these buttons and yes, but all this stuff, this damn washing machine. The power trips on it. All good time, all the time. So we have to go downstairs in the basement and go to the circuit break right and

you know, turn it back on. But it's so frustrating. I'm like, it's a brand new house, it's a brand new washing machine, so it might not do the whole load, and it might like and you don't even know. I don't even know until we go to like, oh, let's put the stuff in the dryer, and then we can't open the door because the door is locked. You know what. I'm mad at the what's that person called the contract, the electrician something. Yeah, so I gotta get I gotta

get them over there. It's just it's so frustrating though, Like imagine, like you think you're accomplishing something. You're going your laundry, yes, laundry day, you know, oh, my clothes are in the washing and you go and you're like the ship didn't even wash and the boys need their underwear a word, Oh my gosh, so yes, that's super freshrat Okay, yeah, that's what you need to get that handled because we can't we can't live like that. Yes, absolutely,

I need a refund. Yes, refund, electrician, get your ass to Robin's House. Okay, there's that on that. We have a whole lot to get into today because we have a nutritionist with us and um, we're gonna be learning all about our body. Yes, that is a hot topic in itself. Nutrition, health, fitness, all that is hot topic in itself. Yeah. But there's one thing that struck me, that bothered me that I was reading on social media

the other day and I was like, I'll be damned. Okay, so this woman sent her friend who couldn't come to her wedding and invoys for her plate at the reception. I saw that. I hear about that. Who does that? Tacky people? Yes, okay, So I feel like when you're planning a wedding, you should know some of these people aren't going to show up, right, like you should just

kind of chalked it up as a loss. So, yeah, don't like sending an invoice, that's TACKI However, when I have not shown up to a wedding for whatever reason that I r s v P two, I actually will send them on top of my gift. I will send them kind of what I think my plays. That's so nice because I just don't show up. We're so reasonable

exactly exactly there we go. There's a reasonable part. Yeah, because I think, like, you know, okay, these people paid X amount of dollars expecting me or me and wanted to show up, and we didn't show up for whatever reason. Let me send them the money for that, because you know, it's just I I respect that. I know how shoot, like how how big of a financial burden weddings are? People?

They are? So you know, I will try my know, I will try to do what I can and just send money on top of my gift that I was already sending. Very reasonable the future, you know, brides, whatever if if if your people don't show up, don't be an ass and send him an invoice. But if you are that person that doesn't show up, try to like, you know, have some respects and the courteous. Don't do

what I do. Do what Robin done. Okay, But I was reading in the comments that men should men are saying that they should get their money back if the date is bad and they didn't take it. A woman out and spend all this money on her, and then then that's gavin. No more like a guy should ask for his money back. Okay, we would. So if a guy is dating a woman, yes for a month, a week, a week, yes, and it doesn't work out, he wants

the money back and send her invoid. I'm just gonna say I wish i'd do would We don't have to talk about this law because it's out real crazy. That's like, what is this is the problem with our society today? Like that men are not chival us anymore? Like no, I'm sorry, man, that's a that's a cost of dating. Yes, you know the process. Yeah, so like if it don't work out, that's on you. That's on you. Do you got choked up to the game? Sir? That's crazy. Yeah,

there were actually men saying that that should happen. Yeah, so needless to say, they won't be dating me or my right. We know that. Okay. And just for the record of God, if I guy ever gives me a gift, I'm never gating it back, okay, nothing, no, no, nothing, Like what if it's a car, I'm keeping it really or selling it or something, but you're not gonna ask

for it back. That's what you're not gonna do. What if it's like like a rod taking a picture next to j Lo's car, yeah, you were real crazy for that. Wait what hap? Oh my god, Rob, I'm gonna have you to keep up with what's going on in these streets. Okay, well we'll talk about that later anyway, because we have so much to talk about as it relates to our bodies, nutrition, what we eat, if we work out, if we don't. So actually, um, this episode is actually entitled get off

the Damn Couch. Okay, get off the damn couch, Robin. Okay, So, yes, we're about to get into her topic. I just want to stop y'all and tell you I'm so excited because Nancy Pelosi just texted me. What did she say? It's Nancy Pelosi. I had to reach out before my critical midnight deadline. Republicans just shuttered their fifth straight fundraising record last Like, why don't you do that? Really, it's not Nancy Pelosi stopping like I've had Joe Biden text me.

Never had any of these people texts because you've never donated to the Democratic Party. I have donated to the Democratic Party, but you never gave them your phone number. No, oh my gosh, really it's Nancy Pelosi. Really let me call. No, it's not should I call his number and be like, Nancy, what's our girl? No, you should not, No, you should not anyway, So it's distracted. Yes, and I'll we do we do. We do have a guest today. We do

have a guest today. This is amazing because you know, I love learning about my body what's best for me. I feel like knowledge is like power, and I want my body to be banging at all times. Absolutely, yes, absolutely, And as we get older and older, it's more important to realize, like what we put in our body is so important. Um. So, I'm so excited to introduce our next guests. Anna about Brown, who before I get into this, she actually has been my trainer before. Um we worked

together for a really long time. Not a long time, it's like a year or so maybe, Yeah, for about a year. She was awesome. I enjoyed working out with her, and then I got lazy, so um but I plan on picking back up my workouts with Anna. And if you do watch The Real Housewives of Potomac, you saw Anna in the third episode maybe where we worked out in the freezing cold. Yes, freezing cold. Um. So it was really cool to work out with Anna and get

back back in the saddle with her. But Anna Bell Brown is a leading fitness professional and kettle bell guru fifteen years of experience. So her Instagram page is kettle bell Chicks at kettle bell Chicks Love That. Yes, she specializes in kettle bells, breaking barriers as the first female kettle bell manufacturer in the industry, and offering a series of colors particularly pleasing to women, such as hot pinks. Yes,

the hot pink kettle bells are everything. And it's so funny because it's like it makes me like want to work out, you know what I mean, Like when you see these cute kettle bells, you're like, yes, I want to work out these cute kettle bells and you actually actually saw them on the episode, so they're super cute. So Anna, thank you so much for being here. Thanks for having me. Ladies, thank you so much for being here.

And especially because you know, we all kind of fell off in the pandemic and we just threw any any type of routine that we had. We just do that thing in the trans can. Yes, so let's like getting us back into the groove. What she we be doing, like,

give us, give it to us. I think, you know, it's fair to acknowledge, UM, to give ourselves a little grace during this time, because we all went through it, whether it's you know, we come from losing our jobs or you know, just losing motivation or experiencing people you know dying all around us. Because it is a hard time, UM. So extending grace first of all, you know, realizing that you know this is not normal circumstances UM. And then

you know, perhaps starting slow. I think perspective is everything when you're starting a new anything, new challenge, a new mindset UM. So you know, progress over perfection experiencing that instead of like zero to a hundred type things. So that way you don't feel bad if you don't reach a goal, or if you don't wake up early in the morning and beat yourself up and then you get

discouraged and then you spiral backwards. Right, So progress over perfection, UM. First, get up, do something you don't necessarily have to go into a gym. A lot of gyms still, you know, have the mass mandate. A lot of people still don't feel comfortable going outside. UM. You can buy equipment, you can go outside UM to sweat and do your own thing. You can call an accountability partner, someone like a thread.

I have a bunch of text threads that I have different types of people in and you know, whether it's from hey, wake up, I did something, send a screenshot of your workout that yeah, because you know, sometimes you can say that you're doing something and meanwhile you're in bed,

you're lying. Everybody's a liar, every once a liar. So you know, little accountability groups or there are different apps nowadays that you can kind of go to um and just you know, being mindful that, you know, being nice to yourself because especially you know, you can't just go from experiencing this trauma then bad habits and then boom you're into it, you know again back to grace. Right.

So I don't know, just be nice to yourself. So I've heard that, you know, I work out all the time, but you know I don't eat well well, I do, but I don't I fall off. My eating is inconsistent, my working out is consistent. But I've heard that eating is everything. Like I could really just not go to the gym and just eat right right. It is um, you know, I think things are set there for different reasons,

like for cardio, if you're doing cardio. Um, that's gonna help move the scale, that's gonna shift and lose the calories. You're gonna lose weight. The stringth train is developed to shape your physique. So if you're sculpting, bring your inner thighs in a little bit and bringing that waistline in, lifting the butt, getting rid of the cellul you have a strength train right my language, Right now, I think

I'm getting excited. Yeah. And then the nutrition is there to feel your workouts to give you the energy to go forward. And then the water is there, you know, depending on how many times you're working out today. If you're working out once and if you're doing an hour of cardio, then you need to supplement your body with the water being lost in the electro lights. So everything really goes hand in hand. You can't just cardio bunny your way through life, or just stringth train or just

eat clean. You really have to try to uh use a little bit of those three or four components. Okay, but if I eat clean, I don't have to go to the gym. I think it's important to go to the gym, uh for first. You know, cardiovascular activity, it's good for your body. It's good for functional organs and all that good stuff. So it's definitely important just to do a little bit, maybe thirty minutes um a day, four times a week, starting with that, you know. And

it doesn't have to be intense. It could be yoga, it can be stretching. You can go from massage doing sauna like anything really works as long as you're getting out there and doing something progressive for your body. So for me, my I guess choice of weight management is intermittent fasting. So and you know that because even when I started working out with you and you wanted to put me on a nutrition plan and you were like, Okay, well you gotta eat this at this time and I'm like,

well wait, but I can't eat until twelve o'clock. And you're like, I know that. Kind isn't that terrible? It works for some people that yeah, didn't work for you. So it worked, yes, so it worked for me. Um, But now it's to the point where I know that our body kind of gets used to stuff. So then you plateau. Right, So now I'm wondering, like, okay, am I at a plateau? And if I was to stop inter minute fasting, will I then gain weight, do you

know what I mean? So because I'm not very disciplined, Like my issue is, I'm not disciplined with my eating, um, my schedule. So I'm kind of like so for me just saying, Okay, I know that i'm going to eat, I'm gonna start eating at twelve pm, I'm gonna stop eating at eight pm, and I can kind of eat

whatever in between those hours. Like that's easy for me versus really trying to like manage what I eat, you know what I mean, like and be on like, Okay, so you eat eat whatever between noon and eight pm, eat whatever, I whatever I mean, But I still try to like stay you know, I don't like overdoing. It's not like I'm eating McDonald's all day. But I'm just not very strict with my diet. Um even though I naturally just like to eat healthy um, but I'm not

strict with my diet. But I just feel like at some point that's going to just plateau and then I have to switch it up. And then what am I switching up to? So how many years have you been doing this? I've been doing this investing probably three two to three years. Okay, so at this point you think

just plate toad. Well, well know because what happened. Okay, so during the pandemic, I fell out, Like when the pandemic first started, I fell off because I was literally eating like all day, all night, like I tell a story problems like Gelle. I had like, um, a couple of ice cream bars. It was like midnight, and I was like what I was doing that a lot of evil? Yes, it was crazy. I was like up all night until four in the morning. I because we were just like

what is going on? And was just you're just staying up all night. And and so when I said, okay, enough of this, I'm gonna let me get back to my internet and fasting. Let me be strict about it. I I literally lost like fourteen pounds and how long. Um, I mean maybe like a couple of months or so. Yeah,

that's right. Well yeah, but that's the thing with um intermittent fasting or diets, Like I really try to stay away from that word, the term, because it has a negative stigma to it and be I like intuitive eating. So listen to your body. When you're hungry, eat, don't deprive yourself. Um. There's tons of misconceptions in the fitness industry, And when it comes to diet, you know, they're like, I'm gonna starve myself. I'm not gonna eat and then I want to be skinny. Yeah, but then your organs

are gonna shut down. You don't have the energy. It's not healthy. And then as soon as you do eat something, your body's gonna hold in store that and use it as fat instead of burning throughout the day. So you definitely want to just intuitively eat. It's it's again nice concept treating yourself nicely, giving yourself grace, eat what you want. Um, not everything obviously, but within reason um. And and really

try to stay away from the junk food. Ordering out, you can make or duplicate the same foods that you were eating at Cava or Chipotle, but make it healthier. Right. We can control the sodium that goes into our food. Um. If you go out and cola is relatively healthy right, quote unquote that's what everyone thinks. But I get the double spicy meatballs and rice and it's so salty, But then that's where the water retention comes in. So it's a healthier alternative, but it's super high in sodium. Okay,

So talk to me about whole food versus clean food. Yeah, so it's really the same thing. Yeah, Whole foods are just foods that aren't processed um and that you can like your vegetables, your meats, all that good stuff. That's what it is. I mean, so clean is the same thing. Clean eating is like no processed foods, no junk food, no sugar, no alcohol. Oh no, I'm not doing it, I know, but it works though. It does. But you thing you made at the whirl like you just walk

around angry. So what Okay? So for people who not that they wanna, like, you know, drop a whole lot of weight, not that they're on like a strict weight loss program, but for people who just want to live a healthy life nutritionally, like, what do you recommend like their day look like as far as eating, Yeah, I definitely recommend any type of whitefish, even salmon that's a

little bit fatterier, but that's fine too. It's healthier, um, lean proteins, chicken, turkey, tuna, flank, steak, any of that good stuff. And then carbs. A lot of people are for some reason shy from using carbs. Cars it's what's helping us build the booty, giving us mass. So I can bust out with some pasta. You can bust up with some whole grain pasta and call it a day. Whole grain pasta, I mean you can use What about the sauce? What am I putting on top of it?

So all? Is it dry? No, it's not dry, m olive oil, a little bit of palm cheese or again within moderation, right, I'm not saying restrict yourself, because no one wants to live, especially right now. I know I don't know about you, girls, but I'm used to like where I find comfort is in food, and I'm with foodie and so I don't want to roster greedy girls. We're the worst. If you've ever seen this on television, we're eating yeah, yeah, it's My mother is like, can

you stop eating on tv? It's just sweet, hurt yeah, hungry, right, hungry and crazy? Right, So yeah, pasta, brown rice, keen wall, sweet potatoes. Fruit again another misconception. It's better than you know, processed sugar, but it's still sugar, right, So again within moderation. Yeah, I've always shied away from fruit a little bit because I've heard that it's it's very high in sugar. And eat. You know, sugar is not good for you. So are there certain fruits to avoid more than others or ones

to eat more than others? Yeah? I like berries, any type of berry, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, any of those watermelons super low and chigar rather than like the other pineapple, papaya, all that everything serves its terms, Like papaya is good for inflammation, so with pineapple, all that good stuff. So really it just depends. Salad another misconception. Everyone's like, oh, I'll eat salad all day. Yeah, but then it's the

stuff that onto right. Salad kind of makes me bloated recently. So maybe because you're using too much. A lot of that is fibrous food, like the green leafy greens that might be too much for you, Like broccoli is very fibrous. And so I don't really refer that to any of my clients. It's funny, yesterday my client chests to me. She's like, I'm so bloated. She just got off the meal plan and now she's trying to maintain. She ordered a meal prep company and they gave her she's so blowed.

I'm like, that's why I didn't broccoli kale. Kale is good any dark leafy greens. But again, I've once made a smoothie I put a ton of kale, trying to overcompensate from like what I did yesterday, right, super bloated, the next day, super bloated. So it'll definitely help you retain water. Loading how she retaining water? No eating that too much and obtaining water. You know, your your body is always talking to you, so always listen to it.

Like if I skip a meal, if I go more than two hours without eating, my stomach will start to bloat out. So immediately I drink water to help flush that out, and then I eat a meal. You don't get that, You guys don't get that. I think I'm just bloated just because we're bloated. Because your body is asking for food. You need a free next time, next time you're bloated. That's like so opposite of what I think I would think. Let me not eat now, I'm

going to get bloated. And that's the thing. Quartos levels go up, hormones are raving, your body is reacting. Your body is telling you, hey, feed me, I'm hungry. Yeah, listen to your body until when you say you eat every two hours? Like, what are you eating every two hours? I would be huge at that point. I'm eating egg whites, chicken, turkey. But right now I'm Robin knows my little journey. I've been trying to lose weight for the last I don't know,

six months now. So you look great, by the way, thank you people out there who can't see us, she looks fantastic. But in all, honestly, when when I saw Anna, what was that in February March March we filmed a workout scene outside I noticed that she had gained a lot of weight, right pounds? Wow? Yeah, are you supposed to say that as a friend? Just I'm just asking

for It's fine, Yes, We're comfortable, okay. And honestly, when I saw her, I was like, I need to call her after this and check on her to make sure she's okay. Because as a first of all, as a woman, I know, you know a lot of our self worth or happiness is tied into our weight. Um. But as a trainer, you know, I know that that's tied into your career and your job and just like you're being and so I was like, let me just call her and check on her and make sure that she's okay.

Do you feel extra pressure all the time because you're a trainer all the time, Like, this is the first time in my entire career fifteen years that I've overweight. You're not. You're not overcome on now, You're not overweight. No, no, I promise you. I don't I promise you. I don't remember what you look like. When I saw her, I

knew it was abnormal, you know what I mean. It was to the point where I was like, something's not right, right, Yeah, And I knew, you know, it was you know, right, pandemic. And I'm sure there was a lot of stress and other stuff going on, and so you know, I definitely wasn't judging. I just wanted to make sure that you were okay. Yeah, it was nice. She She actually did call right after we filmed, and I was so embarrassed. I didn't take the call. I told you I was working,

but I was just I couldn't. Yeah, I was in a really low place in my life. Um. I think last October I got put on Sitala fram which is an anti anxiety slash depression on medication that make you gain Wait right, it made me gain thirty five pounds in five months. And so it wasn't even just the weight gain. It was like uncontrollably. I was never satiated. I was hungry all the time. The things I was eating is really really bad. I mean, and I was drinking at tending m no worst. No. I was eating

pizza mozzarella listed top ramen. Who does that, nobody. But it wasn't even just the water, you know, the waking. It was the water retention that came with it. So literally we aired or we filmed in March. The next day after filming, I got off the meds good along with other meds like for control and stuff. And for three months. It wasn't until June. I was driving in my sister's house and I literally felt something inside of me like kind of deflate quote unquote deflate, and I said,

oh my gosh, my bloating is gone. And since June, I've lost twenty pounds. Oh, and I wasn't able to. I mean, I was killing myself. I was working out, eating king, working out twice a day. Rather you know, how I get down and nothing. It was the medication. The cortisol levels were up, my homebones were off balance. It takes a while, so we will need to know that.

You need to know that everything plays a part in what's going on with your body, so medications, how you're feeling, anxiety, depression, all that, like that all plays a part in holding on to wait and check on your friends. Robin noticed immediately that something wasn't right, and she checked on me. I have friends that still haven't checked on me. Okay, they just they just like some friends. I guess they just don't want to like push the needle and like

offend you. But I just knew, like I'm like, I know that you're not happy, right, you know what I mean? I was, and and to be honest, I was not going to air or at all. Like the first thing I told you, I think was I gained a lot of weight and you're like, oh, you're fine, I think thinking like it was fine. And then the only reason I did it was because of my kettle bows. That was it. And then when it aired, I literally almost

slit my wrist. I was just so awful. But look at the courage of you, like sharing that story, like that's amazing you, Like women were so hard on ourselves, right, and we have to stop doing that to ourselves because

we're adding even more and more stress unnecessarily. Right. I'm so proud of you for showing up because you know, if you were in a not in a happy place, it still took a lot of bravery to do that, and honestly to show people like, you know, no matter what you're going through in life, you still gotta you know, show up for yourself. Yeah, show up for yourself, because that's that's how you're going to get out of it.

That's true. Okay, let's go back to like the like some some simple tips like Okay, if it's like you know, like lunch dinner type things, yea, yeah, snack. Yeah. So everyone loves eggs, right, so you can do you guys don't like eggs, no, I mean I'm speaking for everyone. Everyone doesn't like eggs that I don't. I've got a

egg girl. So here's a cute thing. If you like pancakes, right, everyone likes pancakes, right, okay, Sarah, butter So if you do a little bit of oats like oatmeal, and then mix it in with some egg white or chose regular eggs, and then that's boom. That's your batter for pancakes. So you have oatmeal pancakes. Yeah, uh yes, okay, so I

eat oatmeal every day, yes, for breakfast. Okay, So you're telling me I can take liquid egg whites, pour it in there to kind of make it the consistency of like a pancake, and then make it as a pancake and then put some butter in the pan. Yeah or throw yeah, live your life, just okay, and then cook it up. And that's my pancakes, and that's your pancake. You're telling me that's gonna taste good. That's gonna taste good,

and it's healthy. You have egg white and you have oats, so the oak okay, they have to be like the quick dissolved oats. They can be yeah, not steel cut still puts too hard, Okay, Okay, I'm gonna try and then put some peanut butter on top of it, and dre's a little bit of honey. But you don't like that, you can use that. But that's a healthier alternative. It doesn't have to be from zero to a hundred. You can make small changes and then boom, you have more

protein than your morning meal. Right. So protein is is key to building lean muscle and losing fat. Okay, okay, now let's stop there with breakfast, because I have been always taught like breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You have to eat breakfast. You have to eat breakfast. Is that true? It is true. It helps feed up your metabolism throughout the day. Again, it helps

give you energy. Um. Some of my clients, when I asked them, like, what is your typical day, look like most of the time they're not losing weight because they're under eating. And one of the things that they don't do is they don't eat breakfast. They have to eat breakfast. As soon as you add a meal or two in boom, that's where the magic happen. It's okay, So I don't eat breakfast clearly because I intermittent fast, but even before then,

I didn't really eat breakfast. And I will always find that when I did eat breakfast, I was starving the rest of the day, metabolism spiking up already just like that. And to me, you know, my ignorance, like that's a bad thing. I'm like, I don't want to be like, you know, eating like all the times. But that's not bad. That's like you're supposed to eat frequently. Yeah, if you're frequently hungry every few hours, you're metabolisms up. That means

you're working out, you're eating consistently. That's what you want. That's where the magic happens. That's when you start to lose weight and fast magic. I thought it was apparently breakfast. The hard heart for me is there's so many conflicting misconceptions. Yeah, just just so so you're I mean, and I'm sure you're gonna be like, you know what, just stick to like the eating every how many okay, so how many men? Okay, So let's get to lunch, because we did past that

was breakfast. So for lunch, breakfast and I'm gonna say, yeah, where's the snack. You can have a smoothie. You can have Greek yogurt with some fruit, peaches, pine nuts, or whatever, any type of right. M A grapefruit is a natural diuretic. So when when I see natural diuretic, it just helps excrete fluid. Right, So okay, I really like lace potato chips.

And then I love the day round leavinish. So you're like a little bag, not the big bag, just like you know that little bag that you're put in your kids lunch. Yeah, that just like gets the edge off. Yeah, so that's cure. You like the crunchy becausist and see a little salt you can do kill chips. That's perfect. She's killing me. If you want change, no one's asking you to change. What. Okay? Okay? What do you think

about parmesan crisp? I love that? Okay? So you go to Whole Food and it's like they're you know where the olive bar is there, they sit on top and it's like they promise parmesan. They're I think they're like bait. They're like it's like she's yeah, so who would that be more acceptable than the laces potatoes? She's perfect. I didn't know about that. Yeah, I love that would be better. Okay, I'm gonna get those tomorrow, right, okay, all right, So then you can do a big salad darkly for greens

instead of a little lettuce. That's more nutritious, so as in kale, kale, spinach, color, greens, any of that good stuff. Right, Rugla is great. Okay. It's a little bit more peppery too, so it gives it a little consistency. Um loaded up with as many vegetes as you want, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, asparagus, whatever you want. And then a lean protein, so salmon, a whitefish, chicken, breast, tuna, any of that. I know, tuna. A lot of people are like, well, what's tuna without male? Right? Well,

I have a surprise. You can use tuna and avocado. It's the same consistency and it's still gonna make it. Yes, avocados of mayo. That makes sense. It is not a lie together. Yes, okay, but then then it's going to look cream it's weird. I'm gonna try it. I'm trying. I'm trying, Okay, alright, avocado, set of mayonnaise. Yes, in your tuna. Okay, and then you live in your life. You're drinking your water and then another snack or not. Okay, So when when do I get to have something sweet?

Because you know, at this point in time, I didn't eat my chips in for the other snack. Can I have like some chocolate? Now, you can have some chocolate cookies something. You can have chocolate, dark chocolate, coco cocoa, coco chocolate. You can have a smoothie, you can have I'd be smoothied out. Oh, you do more smoothies in the morning, you see, I mean that'd be two smoothies when you have your first one. But she offered it

earlier for my snack. But if you don't have a smoothie, you can have yeah, or the other snacks that I said, the Greek yogurt, the grape fruit, all that, okay, okay, all right? So for me, I know Robin does intermitte intermittent. I can't. Why can't I say that word intermittent? Okay? So I eat breakfast, lunch, and then I feel like I want to be done really after lunch. After lunch, is I mean if I if I eat dinner, I

really don't want to eat past like four o'clock. I know, I'm an old lady in the may Jeese, you know almost intermitted fastings. Know we have a different window window because but my reasoning is because A if I eat late, I can't sleep. You can't know what's late late? It is like eighty my spirit animals. So is that like am I depriving myself of nutrients and things that I need because I basically kind of cut dinner out. Okay, And but how do you feel during that time, do

you feel our energy? Uh, well, you're on a different schedule, right, Everyone's on a different schedule, nurses, trainers. You have your own thing. But if you're up for the next seven hours, you definitely want to eat. So you're sleeping, that's something different, and that's that's fine. So then how many times would you say you eat between a meal and a snack a day? Um, one to four? Okay, that's not bad. That's not bad. So like breakfast, a snack, um, lunch, lunch,

and then a snack and I'm done. That's not bad. And I drink a lot of water. But but sometimes I get worried because sometimes I do, Like if I wake up in the middle of night and go to the bathroom, I am a little hungry, right because I haven't really eaten a big breakfast, but I mean a dinner. But if I eat that dinner, trust and believe, I can't really sleep. But if you're eating dinner at six, you have enough time to kind of, you know, get

rid of that. Did you not here? I go to bed at eight thirty, but six you have two hours to digest Okay, okay, try it? Okay, But do I need it. I feel like I don't need these extra if you don't feel like you need it. But if if your goal is weight loss, I don't even know what your goals are. My goal is to just be you know, a bit. I think for anyone who's trying to lose weight needs to eat frequent, smaller meals during the day, intuitive eating, not restrict, stay consistent, and drink

their water and work out. Okay, So then okay, so let's get to everybody else, normal people. What do you recommend for dinner? So for dinner again, something more lean, not as well. You can have your carbs at lunch or your snacks um dinner, a little bit less carbi, whitefish salad, maybe some asparagus that's again a natural diuretic. Any type of fish, any type of chickens good again, tuna lean lean lean. Okay, and is this realistic? Like?

How long can you can? You? Really? Like? I feel like if your goals are important to you, and if you're prioritizing you, and if you really want to do something, then you'll do it. But again, the progress of a perfection method, right, You're probably not going to do that seven days a week, but maybe you'll do it and maybe the next week maybe you'll do some carry out

options that are mimicking what you're trying to do. I like that, right, But again, keep it in mind that anything that you do order outside, it's going to be drained in the salt and the dressing. So so, because so I like to go out to eat, or that's really bad. No, that's not bad. I go out all the time. I mean, but I stick to well, I don't always stick to but if I'm being good or good, um, I do white fish salads and and then I do

do dessert. So I don't either. So actually I have a rule if I don't if I go out, I'm not gonna drink and have dessert. I'll either do one or the other. I like that, you know, you're just that's reasonable. That like that tell us what processed foods and what a bad diet like does to us, you know what I mean, Like some people don't really realize

what we're doing to ourselves. Inflammation number one, it will have you inflamed, bloated, like chronic bloating, joints, hurting, uh, smelling differently, bo I mean it comes right out with alcohol, right, you go out the night before the next day, you're like, well, the same thing with processed foods. You age more, your skin elessicity isn't s tight um Yeah, and then you know you're not hydrated, you have a harder time moving,

your sluggish and really that affects your whole mood. So depression maybe a side effect insomnia, not sleeping or sleeping too much. So it's really you know what you're eating. It's so food is medicine? Really, could you tell us like a few things, I don't know, three or five items for people to try to avoid at all costs, and then maybe like three to five that you should definitely try to incorporate on a daily basis. So pizza, which one? Which one? Like, so this is avoid avoid pizza, yeah,

like like every other day. You can't eat pizza every other day. It's protein. Cheese is protein, right, Yeah. But a lot of people, even as adults, are walking around their lactose intolerant, they have no idea why oh I am and I know it and I don't even care, and I'm like, okay, so, but I have a question, like what about like California crust pizza. Okay, I haven't had that, But what is that healthier? I mean, that's

a California cauliflower. Again, that's a healthier alternative. You can try to mimic the bad foods to something that's different that you're going to cook at home, that you have control over with the condiments. Okay, A lot of time is more of the condiments more than anything and stuff that makes it taste good. But I pizza, but cheese on pizza is like he like, it's so heavy they drink it, which is why it's so good, right, yeah, ice cream and alcohol. Stay away from ice cream and alcohol.

I watered to leave. I know, I want to leave so well, ice cream is dairy, right yeah, so so we're just a dairy. If you can not all, you don't have to cut it out, but you know, be mindful, right okay. And so why why I know alcohol is like really bad. It's just calories. You don't need caloriestion on Okay, it's just you know, just save that. I mean, but if you're drinking it straight and taken to the

head right with a little bit of lime, that's different. Okay. Okay, So it's healthier alternative when the cocktails to just exactly I can do that exactly. That's how we live our lives, right right, Okay, so that's four because it's more. Um, let's see what to avoid eating out like the McDonald's, the the fast food, the chicken nuggets, all that is trash. Like I remember, I haven't had McDonald's in such a long time, and two years ago ahead McDonald's and I

immediately I was in a food coma. I went straight to sleep. I was like, that's not normal. They are naturally putting things in your foods to make you feel that way, but they're addictive if they're fries are like out of control though they're really I don't even like their friends like their fries them. Okay, al right, so and so what should we incorporate? What you know, more water number one, more greens, dark water. How do you feel like or how important is to put like limb.

I always see like whatever you want to do, you can even put raspberries, blueberries, anything to make it cute for you to you know, keep a little flavor, not even to give it flavor, but like is it important? Like is lemon? Is lemon something that's it's different detoxification? Yeah inclamation, yeah, so people do that for that, but I just drink it straight if you can tolerate. Some people naturally don't like that. It's too plain and so

me too. It's so good, you know. I remember when I was in college for what, I don't know why, Like I and I used to I used to drink juice and soda like Cherry Coke, all this stuff all the time in college. And for whatever reason, one day I was just like, I'm going to stop drinking soda and juice and I'm just going to drink water. And I did that and I literally lost like fifteen pounds immediately.

That's crazy, right, that's crazy, Yeah, shouldn't. And I never looked back like so now it's like, you know, I drink water for the most part. I drink a juice or something. It's like I don't know, like I'm just for whatever, you know. Sometimes you ever just like I just want to some juice. Yes, you know, I don't know what I'm like lacking at that time. That maybe

I'm just like all my period or something. Maybe again again, being mindful of how your body is reacting, right, and when sometimes I like to drop things down, like why am I feeling like this, I'm bloated, I haven't eaten blah blah. And then sometimes I'm like, oh, I'm hungry. But that's a good tip, like like taking note of how your body is feeling. When you're feeling a little off exactly like that. And maybe you were having cravings because of your one week out or that time. Can

you go back to the stuff to avoid? Um? What do you think about corn? Corn? Because I hear bad things about corn. It's hard to digest. Corn is hard to digest. It does a little kernel breaks in your system. Yeah, I mean a thing moderation. I don't like to restrict or you know, it's not cold turkey. The whole progress

over perfection. So eat it sometimes but not too much. Okay, just keep that in mind, all right, water, waterpate, dark leafy greens, any kale, color greens, spinach, any of cook cook the kale can definitely it takes out a little bit of the nutritional value aspect of it. Raw. I think it's probably better, but if you can't, like, I don't like salads, so I really just add a little bit of bone broth or chicken broth and then that's it. Garlic and then call it. You don't like that. What

are you talking about? Cooking my greens? Saute bone broth? Yes? How is that? It's like bone like chicken broth? VEG. You heard a bone broth? Yeah, I cook my when I cook my kale, I cook it in chicken broth, So I means similar. Okay, Yeah, broth is a bone from it is like the broth from chicken. Yes, okay, okay. Sometimes I do put olive oil on it and put it in the oven. Yeah that's good. That's good. Okay, you can do that for your kale chips. Yes, asparagus

which is like my number one go to natural diuretic. Really, I have like a treat meal the night before next day, I'm eating asparagus and many spears, like how much I would say, like I would say six or seven spears are three ounces? That's good for one, you know, sitting I do like double or triple sometimes. Really. Yeah, it's a natural diretic. It's just my shoes. Like flush your system exactly. Actually like that like your slow that's that's good.

So you have a cheat meal if you ate bad the day before, try to get some, but don't give it to your man. Correct yes, because it makes their stuff. Yeah it doesn't. Yeah, do you not eat asparagus? That's life changing, life change? Yes, Okay, I'll get something. You should try it now, okay. And I like to cook mine and you tell me this, Okay, I'll put the

oven on like four. It's like to roast them, drizzlelement olive oil, little Himalayan or coacher salt, crack, black black pepper, a little bit of garlic something, and um, put them in the oven. What about like I don't know, twelve minutes or something. I like my little crunch and then they're really good. Is that good? That's perfect? Get that perfection. I like mine steams. I like I'm super bland though. I find that the more seasons I use, the more

cravings I have. So to eliminate that when I'm trying to lose weight, I don't use any season. So my chicken, my fish, my salmon, I just put it straight into the oven. Well nothing, Yeah, it's weird. And I know when I was working out with Anna, Anna would actually cook food from Oh my god, I forgot about that and would bring them to the gym and we put in her back and it was like this hell. It was all that healthy, bland stuff, and I was like, but how did you feel? I know she hated it?

Didn't you? Did you eat it? I hated it? I mean I ate it, but I hated it. But how did you feel during did you feel good or the same? I'm sure I felt good. I can't even remember. I can't. Trauma, okay, trauma? So did you give us five? One? So water darkly for greens, asparagus, um, fruit right, fruits good, grapefruit again, natural diuretic. Any type of fruit is better than anything sweet? Right again? Progress over perfection. And then last one. I

would just say moving, work, working out, its sweat. I don't care what you get. Get up off the couch, go outside and walk while it's hot. Maybe you're sweating from this. Get those toxins out through your boards. Okay. So, as Robin told you earlier, sleep alive. Isn't this good? Isn't this a healthy thing? Sleeping is good? But why are you sleeping? Because I'm tired? Okay, I don't sleep a lot, but I go to bed. She goes about it early and she wakes up at what time? Like

five schedule? Okay, yeah, you're getting six to eight hours. Yeah, yeah, that's that's that's normal. Okay, that's not enough. That's not enough. No, she's getting enough sleep. You're not. You're I'm getting more sleep than you. I need like nine oh I need like nine hours. Okay, wake up, Okay, give me your sleep.

What time you go to bed? And normally I'm not on a schedule, but okay, if I go to bed at midnight, Um, yeah, midnight, I'm waking up eleven sometimes and I'm in bed right robes not calling me or text me, are you know? Yes? But the other day I texted you a picture and you replied like early in the morning. Um, so yeah, yeah, I'm midnight, going to bed at midnight and waking up at like nine. Well, when you know when the kids are in school, right, Okay,

you're getting eight and nine out. So as long as you're getting eight or nine, you're good. Eight six or eight, you're good. Okay, Okay, we're doing that. Okay, So we're doing something good. Okay. So I have a question. It's kind of the opposite of nutrition for weight loss, like what about for kids. So I have two boys, they play sports, they're growing. You know, Gsel's got girls that

are growing. But you know, especially for the boys, we want them to grow and be strong and taller and you know all that, Like, is there anything like what do I need to be doing for my kids so that they can avoiding? You know, we as you as parents, not a parent, The quick things we want to do is just take our kids out and go through the drive through or Uber eats or whatever. Cook your food for your children. Yeah, I know what about these working moms,

I got like eighteen jobs. There's all these meal prep delivery services. Now I think that's better. They want my kids like they want me. But pastas. Yeah, but I guess the same. Okay, So I asked that because you're like, oh, eat eat eggs and you know that's for weight loss, lean this and lean that. But I'm like, what if I want them to Yeah, kids are trying to lose weight.

I don't think that a lot of them, right, So like for athletes, boys, yeah, whatever they want, they're going to burn it off, especially your kids, right, they're going to burn it off. Pastas are good for protein and car especially the night before for games. Um, everyone always eat spaghetti like before games period. Um, they're probably not eating any spinache or any salads like that, but grilled chicken. I think kids will eat fun vegetables, carrots, cauliflower, rice.

I don't have kids eat stuff like that. You know, well they probably won't even know either. You can trick them. You can trick you know, put some peas in some things, or make a fun uh one of my my nieces and nephews like the chocolate protein we put chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, put a little bit of banana, some fun snacks in there, and then they'll eat it right up because it's chocolate. So you know, doing stuff like that, and then you can also add greens and it won't show.

That's also a way of getting the kids eat some green. Love it. Okay, you have given us a lot to think about. Okay, good And I don't understand why I'm looking at you now. I don't have a pink kettlebell in my house. I would get a great one, but I don't know if that was this what we were doing. I mean, I would just be happy to swing it around. We need to get you one. No, but this has been great information. I feel like, um, definitely, I'm taking

away the little pancake thing. I'm gonna make in the morning trail and the egg whites. I'll send you a recipe, okay, and then I'm going to definitely buy some asparagus perfect so I can ask some stinky p exactly. That's the way to go, Rother. What are you going to do? What am I going to do? You know? I think

I'm going to think long and hard. But if I'm going to break my inter minute fasting and get and get on like more of a normal like breakfast, snack, lunch, you know what I mean, and just see what that does for me, and then just commit to cooking, you know, more of like the lean proteins, like you said, honestly with this pandemic, Like it's so crazy. When the pandemic first started, I was like cooking all day, right because we were in the house and I was cooking breakfast, lunch,

and dinner. And then it just I hit a wall where it got to the point where all I would do is door dash and uber eats and now, oh my god, it is so hard to get out of it. And so I'm kind of like I'm getting out of it finally, but I need to like really make it like more of you know, cooking at home is the norm, and then eating out it's not like it was. It just got so bad. So's that's a hard rut to get in and get out of. Yes, I'm not out of it. I'm still in it. Yeah, I'm still there too,

but I'm like slowly getting there, slowly getting there. So um, but I definitely want to like and it's so weird I used to eat I do think about how, you see, I used to cook asparagus all the time. I haven't made asparagus and forever, you know what I mean. So, I think for people like you, a lot of people are like that. One thing, you know, the meal prep services. They're better than the fast food stuff. You're going to give you your sweet potatoes, whatever, brown brice or whatever.

You can customize it with whatever you like and then have that instead of you know, Uber Eats or delivery. Right, that's a healthier alternative. I like that, Like the meal prep Yeah, okay, I do get a blue Apron box you know, for them for you know, almost every week, so and I think those are much healthier than right, It's already there is convenient people are paying for the convenience aspect of it. Right, we don't. I mean, I'm soaked over cooking right now. I've been cooking for four

months straight and I'm like, I'm over it. But i still have my goals and to lose another fifteen pounds and that's what I have to do, one day at a time. Okay. So then the last when you do go out to eat, are there you know some people I say, okay, they tell the people, okay, cook my food, but don't use any salt or don't any butter or should you do that when you go out? Yeah, restaurants are very friendly to people who have different allergies or

anything like that too. Preferences, right, So if you ask for a salad, maybe bring the dressing onto the side or no salt because a lot of people are salt sensitive, like myself, and I asked for that all the time. I almost start doing that. You can ask them to bring a side of salt. And then you can exactly little things like that, drinking the water of course, salads and before you eat, to try to suppress the appetite a little bit, you know, a little sttle things. So yeah,

and doritos and oreoles are great, right, they're great. Yeah, And my less potato exactly all right, well, thank you so much, thank you for visiting us at Shady. That is our show and um, don't forget to either live your life reasonable or shady, yes or both. Thank you and you can check on out once again Instagram, UM and www dot dot com or annibal spitness dot com. Love it a lot of thanks for you, all right, thank you everyone. Fine. Reasonably Shady is a production of

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