Welcome to Fit to Be Real. And a little extra.
I'm Victoria. Hey guys, I'm Carly. That was a
lot. That was good. That was good. That was good.
I'm all hyped up about what we're going to talk
about today. No, that's steroids. I know. She's
very confused. Well, today we're going to talk
about how not to be confused because I was confused
before I started unconfusing myself. I think
now we're all confused. With research. Amazing.
So today we're going to the fitness route. Yeah.
We've been doing, well, we did food last week,
but we've been doing like, you know, health,
wellness, which we love, but we need to talk
about something that I think Is trending? Is
it trending? It's trending, but I think it was
really big in the 90s. And then it's big within
like it goes. She'll get there. Just wait. Just
wait for it. It like ebbs and flows. And right
now it's on the up where like the younger generation
just like thought they discovered it. Oh, yeah,
but that's for everything. Yeah, that's true.
I feel like clothes. They're feeling like whatever
style, like our 90s style. Like they discovered
chokers or Ren and Stimpy on a sweatshirt. We
love you guys, but like, come on. Get it together.
So yeah, I feel like it's, I guess the right
word to use would be trending. Oh, well, that's
where we landed. That's where we got. Cool, cool,
cool, cool, cool. Yeah, I think it's trending
because there's more influencers talking about,
I think it's brands. I think a lot of people
are getting sponsored ads. Yeah. So these influencers
are talking about whoever's giving them money,
but they don't really know what they're talking
about, which we say all the time. This is not
news. We do not support false advertising. Advertising
and influencers and just for the click. I mean,
I just posted about this on my personal Instagram
the other day. She's private. So don't look.
Don't look. I'm private. You can't follow me.
But I did post about 10 pictures from our horrendous
getaway that I told you all a couple of weeks
ago, we had the norovirus. Had I not told you
that we had the norovirus and it was horrible
and I'm basically not in any pictures, you would
think it was the best vacation we've ever had.
You're never in any pictures. I know. But like
I was absent from half of it. But the ones that
I am in, I'm smiling, everybody's happy. Thank
God for makeup. You would never know and I really
put a disclaimer on my post. I said this is an
exact Description or this is like exactly why
social media is fake because this was the worst
weekend of our lives But you'd never know it
From what I posted. Yeah And that's true for
anything people get sponsored by these brands
To talk about it when they might not be the best
brand but they got paid to talk about it. Yeah
Also, it's something I think for women, we don't
know much about. Unless you're getting educated
by a trainer or you're educating yourself, but
protein supplements, creatine, BCAAs, it's not
part of like your fitness. I don't know. And
that might be a personal thing that I think.
Like I didn't know anything about it until I
started training and doing all the fitness stuff
because it wasn't something we talked about.
Sounds like a personal problem. I waited for
you to finish the sentence because I've been
thinking about that. Your eyes went dead. I looked
over and I was like, she's not really here. She's
thinking about something else. I was like, take
a breath so I can say sounds like a personal
problem. How do you feel? What do I do in here?
How do you feel that you said it? You feel good?
I feel like it worked. By the way, if you're
watching, I am not wearing a gown today. Let's
talk about it really quickly. I'm wearing my
luxury travel outfit. This is what I wear when
I travel. What? Yeah, I wear this when I travel.
And it's got, it's my favorite, rip away buttons
on the side, just in case you need that. Okay,
tell me what, wait, they only go up to the knee.
Yeah, I know. So you can only rip away up to
the knee. So only injuries from the knee down
do these pants support. Anyway, this is my travel
outfit, in case you were wondering what I look
like on a plane. I can't tell if it's like, a
rhythm nation because the buttons come from,
you know, like military style from the hip down.
I can't tell if you're a real housewife. All
of the above in Villanova with the, you know,
the beige and specifically Villanova. Yeah, Villanova.
Yeah. Yeah. OK. Nowhere else. No, I like all
these options. And then we got the, you know,
really. Claire's jewelry. Oh, around the wrist.
Well, this is a bracelet that one of my students
gave me, and it says my name on it, just in case
I forget. This is a bracelet my sons gave me
for Mother's Day. Way to make fun of them. And
this is a necklace Louis gave me, and it's got
an L on it. And everybody's like, oh, what does
the L stand for? I'm like, Louis. Just Louis,
not melody, not D. Louis picked it out, gave
it to me, so I wear it all the time. But the
other two? Not so much. They also don't care.
To be clear and fair. They give no F's about
it. So yes, it's all Claire's to reiterate her
statement. I really like that this luxurious
outfit, because it does look like butter. It
feels like butter. Does it? Yeah. It looks good.
And then you forgot about your feet. I'm wearing
my cute Adidas. Are they cute? Shut up. They're
dirty. They're brand new. They are? Victoria,
they're brand new. Where is the marking on them?
They look filthy. Look, even the bottoms are
clean. I hate you. I'm sorry I didn't wear all
black today. We are completely opposite. I'm
wearing slippers. They're platform slippers.
That makes them a little less bedroom -y. Is
that what you travel in? I tried a little comfortable,
like I wear leggings. Same, I'm very comfortable.
I'm sitting in butter. Anything? No. Okay. I'm
thinking about how I would rip away my leggings
and I don't think I could. So just in case you
need that feature, it's there. Yeah. No, you
look good. Okay. We're moving on. We're moving
on to the real, the main event here. So creatine.
Versus protein. Did you know anything about it
before you looked into it? I don't think they
knew what we were talking about because we never
actually said it. Creatine and protein. We never
mentioned it. We're talking about creatine and
protein and vitamin. No, I'm just kidding. That
just rhymed. We're not talking about that. Just
the C and the P. I need you to leave. I really
need... Every week... I second guess all of my
choices. I really do a self -reflection. Where
are my tissues? It's been weeks. I have not replenished.
Okay. Maybe you could use your butter shirt.
Creatine and protein. Did you know anything about
it before you looked it up? So I had judgments
about them. I had preconceived ideas of what
I thought they were. I knew a little bit more
about protein. And I knew nothing about creatine.
I just thought it's exactly what I said to Victoria
the other day or yesterday or this morning. Time
is nothing. I said, I think a lot of people think
that creatine bulks you up and makes you a bodybuilder.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's what you have in
your head is that creatine makes you like muscle
man. And it's not. Well, I think people think
that about protein, too, because if you think
about like Protein powder. I go to that giant
black jug. There is like a CrossFitter type muscle
shirt guy Scooping stuff out of it. Like it's
very stereotypical Marketing is where my even
now and I have protein powder Yeah, you drink
it every day and that yeah, we'll talk about
the other type of there's like two types of protein
now Which we just discovered the second type
and it's like our best kept secret. Yeah But
that's what I think of, and I think that's what
a lot of people think of. Creatine, I think jitters.
I think caffeine with creatine. Really? Because
creatine can, depending on what kind, there are
some that have like higher dosage. If you don't
know what you're supposed to be taking, when
you're supposed to be taking, or how much, then
it can give you like the caffeine. Yeah. Oh,
I didn't know that. some people have protein
powders or workout powders there's a bunch of
them out there that have creatine in it and they
don't know it so then they're like why do I feel
like this and that's a lot of people have said
that to me so that's what I think but it's very
specific to what you need and how much you need
when we get into like what creatine actually
is your skin is very glowy right now I've been
taking collagen it's like very We're not sponsored.
This is not an act. I don't have a script I'm
reading off of. I didn't tell her to say this
either. No, I don't look at you ever. There's
no need to. Wait, she really doesn't. We did
a class last night where we had to make up all
new dances. Super fun. Super not stressful. Carly's
idea. Shocking. We're really good crammers. And
she wouldn't follow me because she wouldn't look
at me. I gave you the one move and you were like,
yeah, we're going to do this. We're going to
do this for a while. And then I was already on
three more. Look at me. I can't. Look at me.
Is that the Carrie Underwood song? Dream Girls.
Oh, there's so many Look At Me songs. It's literally
called Look At Me. Well, I don't normally, because
it's like osmosis. What is in her head goes into
mine. I don't need to look at her. Oh, no. That's
not how it works. Oh, it's not? I don't think
that's ever. I would love for it to work like
that. But your skin is so glowy. I do have makeup
on. Glowy is not the right word. Dewey. I like
glowy. Dewey feels wet. Yeah, no, it's not. It
doesn't look wet. Yeah, I think it's supple.
I think it's the... No. Okay. No. It's how you
held the L. She went supple. I know. I didn't
like that word either. I think it's the spoiled
child. Yeah, you would be. She is. She's the
third. She gets whatever she wants. Sometimes
she goes out for coffee with my mom and they
get tattoos together and they don't call me.
Because you're type A and you don't want another
tattoo on a whim. Oh my God. The other day you
were like, Hey, I can't meet you today. I'm going
to have lunch or coffee with mom. And I was like,
uh, I didn't get the text. Oh no. Mom just asked
me. Okay, well let's tell the real story. So
glad we're not going off track today. The real
story is that I made mom coffee here because
we worked for four and a half hours on the recital,
doing paperwork and lists for the dance recital
coming up in May. I could have made it funny.
You could have wasted our time. Whatever. I was
like, where are you guys? Oh, we're together
having coffee, chatting. No, what really happened
is you sent a picture of the blueberry coffee
from Wawa, and I said, Mom brought me one this
morning. And I said, cool, dot, dot, dot, dot.
I will happily give those four and a half hours
back to you. An extra dot for emphasis, because
you only need three. I need creatine for energy
right now because you are draining me. Anyway,
her skin looks great. Thank you. Eat the collagen,
drink the collagen. She influenced me. She didn't
even. She doesn't even get paid for it, but I
bought the collagen and I started doing it yesterday.
You got it yesterday? I started, so I took my
second shot today. Shot meaning in a shot glass,
like you drink it, like I'm not... It's liquid
collagen. I have the mango, she's the pineapple.
Oh, it's so good. Yeah, mango is really good
too. I don't even put it in anything. I just
put it in the shot glass and I take it. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. You can put it in like a... They
say put it in anything of your favorite drink.
I can't imagine putting it in coffee. So I just
drink it straight and then wash it out and I
even put water in it and then re I like take
the stuff that gets stuck to the edges. Yeah,
I don't know. Just to like get the most out of
it because it's expensive. It's expensive. I
didn't do like we talked about last week. I did
not do the subscription because I wanted to see
if it's working. But after looking at Victoria's
dewy, supple, moisturized, glowy skin, I might
be signing up to do this. I don't like this.
I don't like this. We're going to zoom in after
so you guys can all see it. She doesn't touch
anything, so that won't happen because she doesn't
know how to touch the camera or the computer
or anything. Creatine and protein and vitamin.
It reminds me of I Love Lucy. Yeah, Vita Vida,
Vita Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida
Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida
Vida Vida Vida Vida Vida V layman's terms, it
provides energy to you, to the body, and then
it has a bunch of benefits, but energy is its
purpose, which is very different than protein.
So, let's see what I wrote down. Yeah. Same thing.
Same thing. It can be found in meat and fish,
so not in any other, like protein can be found
in meat, fish, dairy, legumes, nuts, grains,
stuff like that. Creatine can only be found in
meat and fish. And I hate how it's broken down
like that. Meat and fish. Why? Isn't fish meat?
No. No, fish is not meat. You know what? No.
What is it? You're thinking it's like, well,
think about the meat of the fish. It's meat.
But you just said no. Oh, I did? What's your
argument here? I don't have one. You're fine.
Yeah, I don't like it either. I'm easily swayed.
If you create a good argument, I'll go to the
other side. But you don't know what side you're
on right now. You didn't. OK. What's the problem
with the world? Fact. Fact in your luxury suit.
OK. So because of the energy, you get more out
of your workouts. So think of having a really
tired day. Like every day? Every day? Why have
we not known about this? That's what I want to
know. I just have a hard time, like I don't like
taking ibuprofen. I don't like taking acetaminophen
when I have a headache. Like adding supplements
and vitamins are different, but adding stuff
into my diet that's like something to enhance,
I have a hard time getting on board. I agree.
And I was thinking about it because I was thinking
how We lost a lot of weight and we did it on
clean eating and like no alcohol. And I was like,
why would I need to put a powder in my body?
I did that. Like for protein? Yes, for like protein
creatine. I was like, I lost weight and I felt
really good and I built muscle without those
things. Why do I need it? Because I guarantee
we, well, everybody could use more protein in
your diet. for your body, like you don't eat
enough protein. No, and I don't even, my additives,
like my protein that I drink is still not enough.
No, because it's only 20 grams out of your daily
total. So creatine is just, it's yes, enhancing,
which is where I get stuck with that word. But
it's something our body already produces. Protein
is something our body already produces. So the
brand that you choose is really important because
you don't want added chemicals and stuff that
you can't pronounce in the nutritional list or
the ingredient list. And if you think of it that
way, then you're just giving yourself more of
what your body needs help producing for a better
performance or future. I mean, as you age, Protein
is harder to create for yourself. Yeah, keep
strong and you know muscle bone everything. So
why not? Why not take take more in as like a
help? Yeah, I think it's a mental thing. It is
a mental thing. I have I use Earth Chimp. We're
off topic again. I use Earth Chimp protein and
it's like vegan cruelty free, no GMO, no added
sugar. No, like it doesn't have anything. in
it that I can't pronounce. And I feel better
about that. So when I send you my smoothies with
pineapple, it's that. And I, that to me is not
like putting something that's not clean, processed
food. Cause that's what I don't want to do. I
don't, I'm really good about not eating processed
foods, unless it's dots, pretzels, if you know,
you know, but I'm really good at not eating that.
So I'm like, I don't want to put a manmade something
like from a package in my body when I'm doing,
like, I feel so much better when I don't. However,
I want you to try the one that I have. Yeah.
OK. Yeah. I think you'll feel better about that
part of it. Creatine I haven't, I don't, I've
never tried. I don't use that yet. After all
this, I think I might. I think I am too, because
it really does emphasize it's an energy booster
for your workouts. Yeah, and muscle, so let's
get back to what we were talking about. So yes,
energy booster. You'll feel less tired getting
through the workout and then post -workout. You
won't be completely drained. Yes, the workout
will be hard and be challenging, but the way
your body responds, hi, will be different. This
is Pepper. She needs some creatine. She has no
social awareness and will just take up your space.
And she's also a very, very thick. No, she is
not thick, but she only wants pets. So you'll
see her just use her paw and yeah, there you
go. Thank you for doing that on cue. Also Lee
Mila. Muscle recovery is something that I think
I got to stop like messing around with. What
do you mean? It creates team will help you not
suffer. She's in my face. Hello. Not me, the
dog. For those of you not watching and listening,
the repaired muscles. So when you do a lot of
squats and you're lifting heavy, you basically
rip your muscles open. That's what happens. And
so when they're ripping open, the goal, if you're
healthily doing everything right, eating the
right foods and working out properly, is that
they bind back up together, but a little bit
bigger and a little bit stronger. So you gain
the muscle. But that repair is really painful.
Yeah. That's why you're sore. Yes. That's the
delayed onset muscle soreness. So that's that
like crippling feeling two days after you did
something hard on a Monday. Now it's like Wednesday,
Thursday, and you still can't walk. So creatine
helps you not suffer as long. I think you're
still going to feel sore. Like you should. First
of all, you should. It's not a magic pill. It
doesn't like take it away. But the muscle growth
and the repair of the muscle. happens a little
nicer with creatine for basic terms. Yes. So
I think that's something that I, like we get
to, we just talked about it this morning. Oh
my God, this morning. We get it to Thursday and
we go to yoga and it's like, you can't even hold
a plank. Like our arms are dead. My body's tired.
My brain is obviously tired. Shaking. Like my
arm. We were talking about it today. Shaking.
I could not hold my body up. I just didn't. She
didn't. I looked over, she's on her stomach.
Child's pose, baby. It's there for you. So it's
our rest day on Thursday. And what we said is
our mind and our body realize that it's our rest
day and it dies. Like it feels all the feelings
of the week. It feels the feels. So that we can
go on and get through the weekend, which is huge,
like a big time for us. But I want to try the
creatine to see if maybe it does. It's not such
a spike and such a drop. It's not, no, especially
over time. So we'll get into the timing of when
you should take creatine versus when you should
take protein. I wrote down stuff to you guys.
Just, I did research. I just like talk better,
you know? No, I like how you're describing it
because I just did bullet points. However, I
did it in the fit to be real. book. It's a different
book every week, folks. It's whatever I can find.
Different books, because there's no organization
that I put my books in this spot every week.
She's just like grasping at straws. I'm like,
oh my God, I have 10 minutes. I got to go look
at these articles. What's the closest book? So
it increases your strength as well. Endurance
and fitness athleticism, which I thought was
funny because like if you're not coordinated,
then athleticism is not. You can't just like
all of a sudden creatine is not going to give
you that. But I thought this was a means a lot
of different things. So, but strength, fitness,
performance, that's a creatine thing. All right.
You need three grams daily. I like that. Yeah.
You keep going. What do you got? I was just going
to say that protein and creatine do a lot of
the same things, but they do a lot of different
things too. And they're used for different things.
So don't think like, Oh, I do protein. I don't
need creatine. I do creatine. I don't need protein.
They're very different. Yeah. We're gonna get
into that as well. Oh, sorry, I'm jumping. No,
no, but three grams daily. That's what you need.
And bedtime. You need a long duration. Yeah,
I didn't know that. I would have taken it when
I woke up. No, no, no. Can I help you? No. I'm
talking to your dog. It's something that... Helps
the body and gets absorbed by the body over time,
right? So you need like a longer time for the
body to like take it in like a sponge think about
sponge so if you're just holding a sponge underwater
I'm what's the real thick one. I use it the buddy.
Oh It's like hard almost yeah face on it. Yeah.
Yeah, it's that one scrub daddy. Oh, sorry That's
for only fans that came out of whoo scrub I just
heard you. Scrub Daddy is her only fan's name.
It's called Scrub Daddy. I just thought I'd love
that. You know, Carly was here the other day
decorating my truck for a parade, and she was
like, what do you think your drag name would
be? I was like, who are you? Wait, Scrub Daddy
is your only fan. Scrub Daddy. $9 .99 a month.
Scrub. Very cheap. That's too cheap. Super cheap.
So the Scrub Daddy's really hard. It's like a
pillow pad. I'm gonna need you to turn your microphone
off. You're wasting my time. You put it under
the water and it's so tough that it... doesn't
soak up right away. So like you have to really
submerge for a while and then the entire thing
softens and then it's still gonna like scrub
and do its job, but it's soft, right? You could
squeeze it and all the soap will come out. So
that's what creatine does. So you need the eight
hour as if we could all get eight hours of sleep
every night. Wouldn't that be nice? You need
that long time for the creatine to... be taken
in and then, like the sponge, absorbed throughout
the entire body to the right places, to the muscle,
and then it works for you the next day. So that's
how creatine works. Protein is a little different.
We're going to get into that. Are you good? Have
you composed yourself? I'm in recovery. You are?
I'm in recovery. That whole speech, I was...
We know. You looked down, pretended to read your
notebook of crap. Protein! Okay, wait, we've
skipped. We didn't. We didn't skip. Why don't
you tell us about protein? No, no, no, please
go, you're doing so well. I'll just give my yes
and OnlyFans jokes. OnlyFans sponsor us. Oh my
gosh. We did, oh my gosh, no! Oh no, yeah, no,
we don't need money that badly. We, well. Scrub
Daddy. We. I'm gonna punch you in the face. We
did an episode on protein. And BCAAs. And amino
acids, which is all BCAAs. And amino acids, that's
what a BCAA stands for, a branched chain amino
goddamn acid, okay? So proteins are made up of
those amino acids. Branched chain quite literally
means a link, right? So amino acids are linked
together, creates a protein. So it's important
to know that. I read that it was, if you think
about it, like the chain link you made for Christmas.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's the only way I can picture
it in my mind now. Like, and I can actually see
the amino acids, like you get the construction
paper of red and green and you make a little
link and you tape it and then you tape the other
one and it's like a garland. That is what protein
looks like. That's actually. Yeah, I agree. That's
yeah. That's all I have for the rest of the day.
Continue. Do you have a different wish or thing
on each link for your protein? A different thing
you have to do every day to be nice? Is that
what it was? Yeah, it was an advent wreath. To
be nice. To be nice. Every link was a different
nice thing. It wasn't a different toy you were
wishing for? Oh, yes. OK. So protein is very
individualized. And people ask me this question
all the time. How much protein do I need? Well,
it's different. It's not like women need 50 grams.
Yeah You it depends on your body weight your
activity level and your age So as you as you
age things change, right? Your body naturally
makes more so it there's a lot of factors but
generally speaking Point eight which I hate I
hate decimals like that because it's hard for
me to yeah, that's Like a round number. To one
gram. Per pound. Per pound of body. Right? Get
it out. Okay. She's doing the little shaky shake.
Okay. For those of you not watching, I was talking
about Carly. Otherwise known as Pepper. So you
need about one gram per pound of protein. That's
a lot of protein. I don't think... We really
understand like how much protein that is. I've
upped my protein in the past two weeks game changer.
So Do you feel like you have more energy? Like
what why is it a game changer? It holds me longer
throughout the day I'm I have to be like, oh,
it's time. It's lunchtime This is the time that
I have to eat and I have to eat it even if I'm
not hungry Right because breakfast was so good
So I jam -packed my breakfast up to 40 up to
so it depends on what breakfast I'm choosing
and we're not gonna go through all of that But
up to 40 grams is just breakfast. And that holds
me because my body is like, number one, working
really hard to digest it. So it's busy. My body's
busy. It's not thinking about what next meal
that I need because I'm still hungry. And you
feel full, fuller longer. Yeah, super full. And
then by the time I get like, for instance, my
Wednesdays are horrible. By the time I get to
my last five hour stint, which passes dinner,
passes like it's bedtime by the time I get home,
I'm good. Yeah, because I ate 20 grams more,
40 grams more at lunch and then a protein shake
before I get back to work and then can't eat
for the rest of the night. Right. So protein,
yes, it holds me over, which I think is the biggest
game changer. Yeah, that's huge. But your metabolism
needs it. So like I, we don't have great, well,
I don't know about you, but genetically everybody's
metabolic rate is different and it's usually
like familial. So Andrew's family burns calories
different than our family does. Right. So we
hold a little bit more in the guitarist gene.
I was going to say in the bootay. You were gonna
say in the jeans I was gonna say exactly where
in the jeans But that metabolic rate also depends
on how much protein you're giving your body for
it to work for you like you can change your Metabolic
say that you're in charge. I we both did you
can change your metabolism? by what you eat,
when you eat, how you eat. So when people say,
oh, it's your genetics. Sure. That has a part
of it. First of all, a bull sheet. Yeah. It's
not in our genetics. Look at us. Yeah. Our genetics
are the same. We couldn't be more different,
but we also can look the same. Do you know what
I mean? Like we. Do you know what I mean? No,
I need you. No, please tell us more. We both
changed our metabolisms, but yes, We look different,
but we did change our whole composition of our
body. Yes, yes, yes. I'm not sure. Yes. OK, OK,
we digress. We just hope I just hope you get
the importance of protein and how much you're
getting. Well, wait, wait, before you move on,
I am going to say this not eating enough protein,
which I struggle with every day. And it's not
because I'm like, oh, my God, I'm so full. I
can't possibly eat anymore. I just don't eat
enough of it. It can actually really, really
hurt you and your weight loss goals or your muscle
growth goals if you don't eat enough protein,
because if you don't eat enough of it, then it
starts breaking down your muscle. Okay, so that
is a big thing that I need to wrap my head around
sometimes when I'm like, I am eating like a bird.
and I'm still the same weight and I don't feel
great, it's because I'm not eating enough. And
it's hard to wrap your head around that. Don't
look at her. Every day. Every day we talk about
this. I know. The more protein you eat, it aids
in weight loss and muscle growth. It's not bulk.
Yes, I know that. I know it's not bulk, but...
It's very important to know that it will break
down your muscles that you've worked so hard
on creating. It'll take away from them if you
don't eat enough protein, when it's supposed
to be adding to it. It builds muscle. First check
mark, builds muscle. So it keeps them from breaking
down the muscle tissue. We must have read the
same articles, literally what you just said.
Yeah. Yay, you provided to the conversation.
I passed the test. I'm just kidding. But that
doesn't mean make big muscles. I just want to
reiterate that because... No, no, no. It's not
bulk. Lean muscle. It's all lean muscle unless
you're actively working in a specific way to
be bulky, which none of the people that we work
with are. So just putting that out there. She
means business. I get really frustrated when
people say, I don't want to look bulky. And that's
why I don't take this class. It frustrates me
because it just means you don't know enough about
it to know that nothing we do at Seafit could
ever make you bulky unless we were training you
specifically for a weightlifting competition,
which we never have. So that's my PSA about that.
Sorry, that Ted talk. It's my Carly talk. Shut
up. Okay. Okay. It repairs tissues and cells.
So similar to creatine, it helps with repair.
We don't need to get into that too much. Strengthens
bones and helps them from deteriorating. Same
thing as the muscle. And as you age, that's a
big one. That's a super big one. Stop looking
at me. Stop looking at me, swan. What's it from?
God, you're so aggressive. What's it from? Adam
Sandler. Yeah, Billy Madison. There you go. Be
smarter. Boost Your Immune System, which I actually
didn't know. This is one that I didn't think
it was a part of it. Actually, I didn't either.
So BCAAs, like we said, from the proteins, they're
used to build the white blood cells. And we've
talked about this when we talked about the gut
health episode. The white blood cells are our
fighters, our protectors of infection. She went
through this whole thing and we understood it
then. Yeah, and there are like... wall of our
army guys and so proteins are a big proponent
of that and I actually didn't know that so it'll
help you from keeping getting sick all the time
from keeping getting sick shush yes burns fat
protein burns fat let me say it again protein
a burns fat how you ask it boosts your metabolism
like I said so your metabolic rate how your body
breaks stuff down and burns calories is directly
affected by the intake of protein. And that burns
fat. It also, what it does to the muscle and
builds muscle, the scale is a different beast.
So you could say that again. I don't like how
you did that. The scale is a different beast.
You can say that again. No. Okay. Because the
scale doesn't know what's fat and what's muscle.
So when you get on the scale and you've been
like eating well, you've been working hard, your
activity levels are high, you're taking the proper
rest days and you're drinking the right, all
the things. And you're now lean muscle burned
fat, but the scale doesn't really know that once
you get to a certain point of this journey. So
know that the muscle is very different when it
comes to the scale, which I know I just said
it in a different way. Maybe I should have kept
that BMI Apple digital scale that Andrew gave
me for my birthday about 15 years ago. You should
have, but maybe not, because you're off the sauce.
OK, I'm off the sauce. It builds muscle mass,
which provides more energy to maintain than fat
does. Does that make sense? Say it one more time,
slower. For OnlyFans, for our OnlyFans. It builds
muscle. I mean you were supposed to say it like
cuter but like sexier. For the scrub daddies.
It builds muscle mass. It builds muscle mass.
Which... I can't read that one word. I know.
Which requires more energy to maintain than fat.
The muscle mass requires more energy to maintain
than fat. So that's how the fat gets burned,
right? The body wants to work harder for the
muscle than it does the fat. So it eliminates
the fat part of the process, if you say it like
that. Even at rest, even if you're not actively
moving and exercise and doing something to burn
calories, like take a class at body at rest,
what we're doing right now, if we have our...
protein jam packed right now, the body is like
burning for you. It's working. If you take it.
Right. If you eat enough. And if you do what
the whole point of protein is. Hold on. When
we say hold your horses. When we say that our
or any doesn't have to be ours. Weightlifting,
lifting weights, doing it has to be ours. Resistance
training. Those types of workouts burn. All day
long, all day long, if you have the right amount
of protein in your body. If you are not eating
enough protein and you're weightlifting and you're
resistance training, it will not work for you.
So you have to do all the things, Carly, not
just some of them. Carly, you have to do all
of them. Listen, this isn't just a you thing.
I'm gonna tell you at the end of the conversation
I just had and it blew my mind. With me? No,
we don't talk. Okay. With people at the gym about
truly not understanding the concept of like what
you do at home matters more. Oh my god. Right?
So before we get to that, here's the whole purpose,
right? Creatine versus protein. We made it. Who
knows what's on her list? We're not sure what
she's looking at. We're not too sure what was
there. I still have two more pages. Oh, wow.
I'm impressed. All right. So creatine has a piece
of glutamine, not vitamin, glutamine. Oh, that's
what we should have said. Creatine, protein,
glutamine, vitamin. Oh my gosh. Okay. It preserves
the muscle. So creatine preserves the muscle.
Protein has leucine, which is muscle growth.
You're just saying words that rhyme. They're
enzymes. So an enzyme for preservation of the
muscle, protein. is growth of the muscle. So
there's, it's like if you have like the chart
where it's, they're like, this product, check,
check, check, check, check, this one, check,
check, check, not that one, right? Like, so we're
going down like that. So in terms of BCAAs and
branched chain amino acids, this one does it
for preservation, this one has it only for muscle
growth, right? They don't have the same, they
do different things. Then you go to what we talked
about earlier for absorption rate, the sponge.
So we've already talked about creatine. The sponge
needs to be underwater longer to fully like squeeze
and like work. I will not say what the sponge
is called. Scrub Daddy. The protein is a dollar
store sponge that soaks up immediately. Damn.
It is a quick quickly absorbed and a quick response.
So that dollar store, you know the yellow one
with the green Brillo? Yes. The Scotch. Oh, yeah.
I don't know. Is it a brand? Yeah. So Scotch.
Maybe it's not the dollar store. I get them at
the dollar store or whatever. Yeah. They soak
up so quickly because they're not as dense. And
the moment you put it underwater, you can use
it immediately. That's protein. Oh, I like that
analogy. Yeah, that definitely makes sense. Then
you go down to the daily timing of intake. So
when should you take it? Creatine. Yeah. Flip
the pages. Creatine consumed during long fasting
periods. I eat bedtime, right? Cause it needs
time to absorb. Yeah. You're not going to eat
overnight. That was good. Thank you. I wrote
it down. Protein. You want to, you want to know
when? Uh huh. Before or after workouts. Protein?
Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yes. Check. I don't know
what you have, so that's why I'm just talking
fast. But she does know what she's talking about.
Yeah, before or after a workout. So I didn't
know that. Due to the absorption. I was not aware
of that, and I was just drinking my protein drink
that I always drink willy -nilly. But the one
you're talking about is also okay, too, though.
Yeah. I did not know that creatine needed time
to absorb. So that's new information for me,
which is... I think really important. Because
if you're taking it, like Victoria said, and
you're uneducated about it, it could hurt you
instead of help you. Or just not work for you.
Or not work, yeah. All right, now we go down
to the weight loss aspect of these two supplements.
Do it. There is nothing for the creatine. There
is nothing that says this part of it will make
you lose weight. Right. No. That doesn't mean
it's bad. That doesn't mean it's not worth it.
And that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. It's
just, it's not like, I want to lose weight. I'm
going to take some creatine, right? I think it's
more of a bonus. Like the protein you need to
lose weight, the creatine is a bonus in muscle
gain, in muscle mass, and feeling good. I think
it's an extra. Yeah. Well, it provides the energy
to be able to... Do everything right so that
you can go to the workout go to work. Take care
of the kids I mean, it's not you shouldn't just
take it if you're not working out you have to
be active You have to be utilizing the muscle
in a right way for creatine. It's not something
you should it's not like an energy drink, right?
Which don't drink those no, but we should do
an episode on that done but Yeah, it enhance.
It's enhancing an enhancer. Yeah, it's not a
necessity protein is a consistent metabolic affect.
So it consistently will change and work with,
work for your metabolism. That's how it works
with weight loss. There's no difference to take
a protein with a creatine powder for weight loss
or to take a protein without a creatine powder
for weight loss. It doesn't matter. Like you
don't need to pair them. One's not better without
the other. They can be together. They can be
separate. They can be what it doesn't matter
is basically what everyone has now figured out
about them, which I didn't know either. Yeah.
The decision to take any of these. I wrote this
down, even though I know this, because I want
to stress it. The decision to take creatine or
protein is based on the individual needs and
goals of your health journey. You don't take
it. because somebody else is taking it. You don't
take it because we're talking to you about it
right now. Right. You don't take it because you
work out seven days a week. One day we you have
to decide with someone who's a little more educated
about it. Find a trainer. Find someone you're
working with. Anybody in your circle that maybe
uses it already. The gym that you go to. Carly.
Well, I asked our brother. I asked Billy about
it because I was like, all right. So once you
start thinking about things, your phone hears
your thoughts and your algorithm starts. So creatine
started popping up, even though we hadn't even
talked about this yet. I might have said it out
loud to Andrew a couple of times. I know. And
the phone started doing it. So the more I kept
seeing it, because this is how social media works,
I was like, all right, Billy, tell me if I were
to because he's very on top of me and my protein.
Have you ever had - Someone's got to. A brother
that's very involved in your protein intake.
I have one. And so I was asking about creatine
and he told - That's so nice. I've given up on
her. That's why you have three kids. I don't
listen to him either, but he's not at the giving
up part because I haven't not listened to him
enough times as I have to her. So he doesn't
live here. We have a brother. He's from out of
town. He's from out of town. Tell us what you're
telling us. Okay. It's called First form. So
if you're a beginner, creatine taker. It's first
form, P -H -O -R -M, and I'm telling you this
so you can go look it up yourself. Don't just
go and purchase it, but that's what I'm going
to start with because I'm a beginner, creatine
taker, but first form. So go to somebody that's
educated about it before you, and not us, because
I'm busy. I'm so busy. But I mean, or, you know,
just research it. Just we told you the basics.
Now you go take it a step farther and see if
it's something that you want to do for you. I
think it's definitely something that I want to
do. Yeah. So especially after this morning being
like, if it helps in muscle recovery, I want
to try it. Yeah. Doesn't mean go harder. Just
what we're already doing. Just why if there's
something that can work for you and with you.
Why would we not? When we're busting our bodies
to the point where like maybe at some point they
won't allow us to do it anymore. I don't want
to get to that point. Yeah. So. Well, I think
it's taking care of your body, too, which, yeah,
if you're comfy, Pepper, just lay it all out
there. I think we're doing all the right things,
but we're not helping ourselves as much as we
could. Working harder, not smarter. Right. That's
I am I do the broke so talk about real quick
the protein that we take So whey protein is what
you put in a smoothie with spinach and frozen
berries or just milk, right? That's the thicker
protein powder. It's exactly what you're thinking.
That's whey protein It's like a meal replacement
or a meal Depending depending on what you get.
Yeah, kachava is a meal replacement. I know that's
on everyone's algorithm It's just always popping
up. That's a meal replacement has nutrients.
It has superfoods. It has like vegetables in
there to make it a meal. The protein powder I
have is vegan and wonderful, but it's just protein.
So that is a little bit different, but it's thicker.
And the protein that we just got really into
is Oath. That's the brand. It's from a really
fancy place called Target. And on Amazon. You
can get it on Amazon. It's cheaper at Target,
though, because you pay Amazon, you pay like
eight more dollars. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, wow.
um but it's a protein isolate which just means
how they extract and change the protein makes
it like a crystal light packet so it can be put
into water and you drink it out of your water
jug not in a smoothie that you have to prep and
make but it's 20 grams of protein for one scoop
and that is such a great supplement like i'll
put it in my like shaker and just leave it in
my bag until I need it later in the day when
I'm not able to eat anything, but I want to make
sure I'm getting it all in. Or you take it in
the morning and you sip it all day long because
you're not a great water drinker. Like it's a
really good supplement. We love it. The flavors
are great. I don't like when you can taste the
thickness of a protein powder of like whey. I'm
not I don't take that yet. Actually, I have some.
I just haven't taken it yet. But it's the flavors
are great if you think that you are not a big
water drinker really helps. I trick myself with
whey protein by making it in ice cream. It looked
good the other day, whatever you made. Yeah,
it was almond milk, pineapple, almond milk, almond
milk, almond milk, pineapple and chocolate protein
powder. Yes. And I just put more frozen pineapple
than like milk whatever the proportion was and
it just makes it like thicker and I spooned it
out. Really? Yeah so I was like I'm having a
midday ice cream. Whatever she does I do so I'm
gonna do it too. I use earth chimp that is my
protein powder company and I love it. I love
it and everything's expensive. Everything's expensive.
If you want to take care of yourself it's expensive.
Yeah. Right? If you want to take care of yourself
time is expensive. I had this conversation I'm
gonna keep this short because We crushed today.
It's great. We're doing great. But it bothered
me because I used to think like this, too, in
terms of supplements, in terms of vitamins or
pills or diets. It's always somebody else's responsibility.
Like my weight loss is somebody else's responsibility.
Oh, wait, let's get into it. My health journey
is somebody else's responsibility. If I had a
trainer, I had a trainer. She was frightening.
I loved her. She was so scary. But like, that
one workout I did with the trainer, why I wasted
all my money? Because I didn't do any, I wasn't
doing anything on the outside on the off days.
I wasn't eating the right foods. I was just dying
in this workout that she was giving me. And my
head was like, well, this is your job. Like,
I'm not losing weight, then you're not doing
a good job. Right. What? So somebody said this
to me recently, and it's not anybody else's responsibility.
If you go to the gym five days a week, Monday
to Friday, you take time out for yourself, you're
paying for it, you're not gonna have one result.
if you're not eating differently in the kitchen,
if you're not sleeping differently at night,
if you're not prioritizing how to de -stress
yourself from whatever your daily stressors are,
because that's a factor in weight loss. We talk
about it all the time. All the time. So, you
come to CFIT, you do seven days a week, because
a lot of people do, which is awesome. You should.
Love it. Keep doing it. But that's not on us.
Your results are not on us. are not on the instructor
that's teaching the class. Your results are on
you for what you do on the outside hours of that
one 45 minute class you gave yourself that day.
So what are you eating in the kitchen? What bedtime
are you giving yourself? What screen time are
you giving yourself for your stress and your
cortisol levels? All the hormones that hold on
to weight? It's not anybody else's responsibility
that you're not losing weight. Sorry. Boom. Just
isn't. Certainly isn't mine very frustrating
because people I used to think the same way too
I had a trainer in New York and I'd see him once
a week One time a week and I was like, I don't
understand why I'm not losing weight Okay, we
were having burgers and ice cream every night
Yeah, or even if you're not having burgers and
ice cream every night There are just like she
said there's so many other factors and working
out with a trainer once a week twice a week Even
three times a week is not enough. You need to
be working on yourself Unfortunately, all day
long, every day for the rest of your life. Yeah.
And somebody I was at Kalahari. Yeah. The water
park. I was having a body dysmorphia day. Shocking.
I didn't want to wear a bathing suit. I was in
a kid's water park. I didn't want to be in a
bathing suit. And somebody came up to me and
complimented me on, you know, what a bitch. What
a B. But it totally, number one, changed my day.
And number two, my immediate response is, thank
you. It's a struggle. It's a daily struggle.
Because it is. It is a constant, every day, something
that I have to work on, sometimes a little too
much. But it doesn't stop just because it's Friday
to Sunday. It doesn't stop because I left C -Fit.
Now I can do whatever I want. It is, I said,
thank you. It's a struggle, but thank you, I
appreciate it. So I'm glad somebody noticed,
because it's a hard, hard thing to do. We get
how hard it is, but the more consistent, the
easier it becomes, because then it becomes a
routine. It's on you. What a B. It's on you.
And it's on me too. It's no one else's responsibility
how I'm presenting myself and how I'm taking
care of myself So just that's just my little
tiny TED talk because it's it's been bothering
me and that bothers me for you Well, and nothing's
ever said Nothing's ever said maliciously or
with you know, any other intent other than Nonsensical.
Yeah, right not thinking not being aware But
it's no one like there is no comparison person
to person and there is no No one else is in charge
of like your story so Figure it up. Yeah beaches
The last thing because I know she tried to wrap
it up and I love to say one more thing If you
are on Instagram or tik -tok and you are watching
what I eat in a day and somebody says I eat this
many grams of protein and I take this powder
and I do this, don't buy into it. Go for it.
Like Victoria said earlier, it's an individual
process. So if you eat exactly like that influencer,
it doesn't mean you're going to get that result.
If you buy that influencer's nutrition packet
or whatever and said, I'm going to look like
her if I eat this many grams of protein and exactly
what she eats in a day, she's lying. She doesn't
eat that in a day. I'm telling you firsthand,
I've done them all. It's an individualized thing
that you have to figure out on your weight and
your, what did you say earlier? Time? No. This
is a pop quiz? Yeah, it's a pop quiz. On your
weight? Oh, age and activity level. I honestly
was listening to you. Thank you, scrub daddy.
Anyway. If you're looking to watch the what I
eat in a day videos, know that it's not what
you eat in a day. That is what she eats in a
day. And I bet you she's lying. So I'm going
to tell you what I eat in a day in my next Instagram
video. And let me tell you, it's not going to
look appetizing. It's not going to be pretty
on a plate. Some of them I'm like, wow, that
food is it's beautiful. Like that plate is. Yeah,
it has all the colors. You must live in Hawaii.
You know, all the things Carly's is is going
to look normal. It's going to be some brown avocado
that's already half bad. But we bought it. And
I'm going to eat it because it's expensive. You're
not wasting that money. On some chicken. No,
I like what I eat, but it doesn't look good.
You should do that, actually. We'll promote when
she's going to do that. Yeah. I'm going to show
you what I eat every day. You know what's going
to happen? She's going to actually eat all her
protein. It's going to be fantastic. And I'm
going to show you how social media lies. With
that said, remember you are always fit to be
real and always allowed to be a little extra.
please refer to the medical professional in your
life, your primary care physician, your therapist,
a certified coach, whoever it may be. And then
let us know what they say because I guarantee
we need to know it too, okay? Okay, bye.