Welcome to fit to be real and a little extra
and Carly's on my last nerve. Oh my god I'm sipping
my coffee and she looks at me. No That was not
it's she's slurping. No, I'm not and then I try
to do it so small and then she Didn't like that.
I swallowed but like I can't keep it in my mouth
really You're saying things that people don't
usually do with audio swallow Do you swallow?
loudly every time Ew! Ew! You can hear it go
all the way down your throat. I don't know how
else to swallow. Quiet! With no sound. I'm gonna
choke. I'm gonna choke. You all can hear it because
she's not putting the microphone to her trachea,
but oh my god. In any case, I'm Victoria. Hey
guys, I'm Carly. Pepper's here too. Dean's here
somewhere. Pepper got kicked out of Dean's room.
School is out for the summer, and Dean is always
with me. Well, Dean was out a lot earlier than
everybody else. Before Memorial Day. Yeah. Before
Memorial Day. Oh, please. He went to school for
two hours. I know. Oh, bye. He went for two hours
a day, five days a week. Sometimes. If he didn't
feel like going, I didn't send him. That's definitely
his fault. He's like, I wanna stay with you.
I'm like, okay, fine. I mean, next year he's
gonna have a rude awakening when it's 730 to
245, five days a week, no nap. Maybe start testing
it out the summer? No? Testing, testing. Wait.
Sorry. Maybe my throat just has. And not only
when she's trying to swallow quietly, it's painful
to watch. Your face goes like this. Well, right
now I'm trying to do it quietly, so I'm holding
it in my throat. Why? Because I'm trying to do
it quietly. Why are you yelling that? Did you
notice that I swallowed? No, that was a good
one. Thank you. I can give credit where credit's
due. Jesus. Mary and Joseph. This has nothing
to do with what we're talking about today. Just
so we're all aware. Well, getting through the
summer is a part of it, and it's gonna be a long
one. It's not even the summer yet. Why? Well,
I guess it is. Isn't it June 22nd? Oh. See, I
always think Memorial Day. And I always think
when the kids are done school, kids are not...
There's so many different ways to look at it.
Such is life. Yeah, that is life. Alright, what
are we talking about? We are talking about summer
fitness, tips and tricks, some hacks to get you
through the summer. I feel, and I think a lot
of people feel, that once you get off your...
Cool, Pepper. Pepper just hit the camera. Sorry,
guys. Once you start doing those like... Oh,
want to meet us for happy hour? We're off. Want
to meet us for brunch? Once you start that sort
of slippery slope where of having a life of having
your life back and doing fun summer things, it's
hard to stay on track and it's hard to stay motivated.
And once you lose it, then you're like, OK, I'll
just start in September again. So we're going
to try and not do that and try and give you some
ideas on how to, you know, keep it together.
I feel like don't you feel like that once you're
off for like a week? Off your game. It's so much
harder to come back. Oh my god. Yes Two days.
Yeah, and I'm like, oh no Yeah, I don't want
to but also I need to and I like I feel like
I really want to but you're yeah any schedule
changes is Crazy now we also take this into account
We don't have summers like summer with most jobs
it doesn't matter unless you're a teacher teacher
or a dance teacher or Anyone where the seasons
matter to your... Profession? Profession. Summers
to us... actually mean work harder. Yeah, because
the teachers are off and college kids come home
and more people want to come to class. So it's
actually people always say, oh, is the summer
slow? And I say, no, actually, the summer is
great for us because a lot of people come in
the mornings now because they're off and stuff
like that. So we get busier. It's so great. It's
truly great. You guys need to start coming back
out in September, though. September is horrible.
But we'll talk about that in September. Cool,
cool, cool, cool. But yeah, so I say that because,
even though we're gonna talk about like, what
happens when the summer happens and things change,
and you might be thinking, well nothing changes
for me. Like I do a nine to five, seven days
a week, six days a week, five days a week, whatever
it is. 12 months a year, yeah. But the mentality
shifts. So I like summer Fridays, even though
my Friday has been the same 12 months out of
the year, because everyone seems happier. the
mental vibe of like a Friday's a little more
relaxed. And it doesn't change anything, like
the hours are the same, the workload is the same,
whatever, but I just feel like there's a little
bit of that like Jimmy Buffett vibe to everything.
You would. Do you mean? Yeah, no. I would. I
did. I think I agree with you. I did work Friday
nights throughout the year, so I don't work Friday
nights anymore for the summer. So I like Fridays
for that reason. However, I think it's easier
to get up even though we work on Saturday mornings,
which a lot of other people work Saturday mornings,
too. It's easier to get up when the sun is up
and the weather is warm and it's nicer. And I
don't mind as much going to work at 7 45 in the
morning when the sun is out. Oh, my God. And
it's nicer and people's maybe energy is lighter
and they're just as happy. It's not energy like
you care. No, disapprove. Well, when everybody's
vibe or mood is happier, isn't that energy? Yeah,
it's like what I said about Jimmy Buffett, but
thank you. No, I agree. I left class last night
at 8 p .m. with It Bright Out, and I got to see
if it less than nine hours later at 5 .30, but
it was bright out. This morning? Really? Oh,
yeah. I mean, brighter. It's an overcast anyway.
season right now. But yeah, it's not pitch black.
Yes, I know. And I think that makes a huge difference
when people walk in the door in whatever job
you have, an office or whatever. When it's nice
outside, you feel nicer. You feel like a nicer
person. Yeah. And that's why people move to Florida.
And that's why people move to California and
Sunshine States because It makes you feel better.
And that's why I like spooky season. Well, I
walked in today and I was like, I can't take
this rain anymore. And Victoria's like, I love
it. I love it. Like, I love rainy days every
day. And I walked in completely the opposite.
I would do well in Oregon or London. And I would
not come visit you. Ireland? No, I would do well.
Like I said. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
We're going to get actually into it and not let
her respond to what I just said. I'll respond
later when it's irrelevant. Numero uno. Pack
a go -bag, which is really interesting. I think
this is such a good idea. We talked about this
last night. Nuh -uh. Yeah, randomly. At the end
of class, end of yoga, we were walking out. Mind
you, the go -bag we were talking about was all
of like Mary Popp and stuff you leave in your
car on purpose. So somebody was talking about
nail glue and she was like, just in case I'm
on the go. If it's my real nail, if it's a fake
nail, I use glue. And then if anything else I
need it with, like nail glues can work for anything.
And I was like, oh, that's such a good idea.
I have a nail file in my car. I keep it there
all the time. I have a nail file at every office
that I have, whatever. And some of them were
saying that they keep gift bags and tissue paper
in the car. Because when they have to run for
usually, which it's turned into me too. On the
way to the party, I have to grab a gift card.
Like, I don't I don't have it preset. So she
said sometimes like with, you know, actual gifts.
She's like, I keep them in the car because I
always end up buying the gift and going, oh,
my gosh, I don't have a bag. I have to buy another
bag. And that's so annoying when you know, you
have ten thousand at home. Right. So she keeps
them in the car. What's up, Kate? Glad you're
back. So this is similar. Pack a go bag. Have
a bag. Actually, Pedro Pedro does this. he has
a gym bag in his car at all times. So it is a
gym bag full of gym attire. I don't know exactly
what's in your bag, Pedro, but what this says
is sneakers, clothes, options like pants, shorts,
t -shirt, deodorant. I have a deodorant in every
place I need to be. But keep it in your car.
Because you never know if you're like, oh, I'm
not going to make it out of work to get to the
gym today. But then you do because the meeting
got cut short. And you're like, oh, if I had
a bag, I could make it to class and change. But
now I can't because I have to go home and get
my stuff. Pack a bag. Be prepared, Mary Poppins
style. I like that. I think that's a really good.
And we're saying the trendy word hack. They're
not hacks. Nothing is really a hack. Carly's
a hack. Wait, guys, you guys have to watch the
show. It's so good. It's so good. And she is
not a hack at all. And that's how I feel like
I am. Like I'm a hack, but I'm not a hack. I
am Jean Smart. That's just my opinion. I think
you're the red -handed lesbian. Watch hacks,
everybody. Oh my god. I'm just kidding. She's
actually not that woke. Carly's not woke enough
for that. No, I'm Jean Smart. I'm the Vegas nightclub
comedian. Stripper? Yeah. Yes. Okay. But for
real, pack a bag. And they say that to do that
in the winter, too. Yeah. I mean, I think that's
an all season. No, no, no. For accidents, like
you should have a blanket in your car. And you
should have warm things in your car if you get
stranded in the snow on the side of the road
so that you do not get hyperthermia. Oh my gosh.
I always have a blanket in my car. For as scared
of everything as I am, why don't I do this? You
are not prepared for anything. I know. I am prepared
for nothing but scared of everything. I gave
you. I gave you a preparedness book, didn't I?
Yes. How to prepare yourself for any... Like
survival or something. For any event. Disaster.
Disaster. Problem. Yeah. Did you read it? No,
I have it though. And I'll be prepared when that
tsunami happens in Springfield. Oh no, you're
dead. You will run towards it. Well, you know
what? This is so off topic. But Lewis asked me
the other day, Mom, if we had a tornado, where
would we go? We don't have a basement. My basement
is street level. Like we don't have an underground.
You know how they say run to the basement? Oh,
geez. And I was like, oh my God. I said, well,
this is never going to happen here. We had a
tornado last year. Shh. Don't tell Louis. Or
the year before. Didn't it go through Chris and
Don's house in Jersey? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah. It did. But we don't have a basement to
go into. And now I can't stop thinking about
it. I need to build a fallout shelter. Above
ground? No, I have to go deeper. I have to get...
You can't. You're on top of a spring. You'll
drown. I have to go deeper. Well, I got to figure
this out for Lewis because he opened my eyes
and I realized, hurricane, tornado, we don't
have a basement. Okay. I think you need to...
build a cement shelter attached to the house
above ground. Above ground, though? I don't know.
What is the thing that Emily Gilmore had in Gilmore
Girls? A safe, a safe hut? Safe hut? A safe...
It's like you can walk into it, like she had
this big... Oh, it's literally like a bomb shelter.
Above ground. Yeah, okay, I'm gonna need to get
one of those. Can you buy them on Amazon? Probably.
Okay. Probably. Okay, number two. Good. We actually
had an entire episode about this. Mini workouts
equals big workouts. So 10, 15 minutes, that's
all you have time for. 10, 15 minutes, fantastic.
Make them impactful, not, what was the one, not
intensity. Just make it impactful. Just make
it count, right? But 10 and 15 minutes, 20 minutes.
change your mind to understand that that's okay.
And then whatever you do is a step forward. So
10 minutes is 10 steps forward. Fantastic. Better
than zero. I also think just like, you know,
a ring, like a stackable ring or a stackable
necklace. This is how I think of it. You can
stack your workouts. If you know that you have
20 minutes in the morning, Do it. If you know
at lunch you're going to get a 15 -minute walk
-in, do it. If you know when you come home from
work and you want to do 10 -minute ab workout,
do it. You can stack them. It's not like I only
have 20 minutes for the day. Just figure out
different times of the day that you can stack
your workouts. And then at the end, you have
a nice, beautiful ring. You would think yourself
more of a Pandora bracelet. Not in style anymore.
It still works. It does the job. Collect those
charms. Keep putting them on the bracelet till
the end of the day. I do like the stacking idea.
I think that's a really good analogy. I don't
think I would have thought of it like that. But
that's true. Why not? I looked at my rings and
I was like, oh, what a good. I only have two
stacked today, but I broke this one and I never
got a third stackable for Dean. So whatever.
Thanks, Andrew. Man, can't catch a break. So
as we get hotter. Yeah. Spring break. Definitely
not the lesbian from Hacks. As it gets hotter
in June, July and August in the East Coast, which
really just means humidity. It's so humid. Now,
you know, we're not going to talk about weather
and temperature all over the place, but around
here. If it's 70 degrees, but it's 80 degrees
humidity, it's about like a million degrees in
your body. So get up and out early. Like do your
morning stuff before the sun really starts to
beat. So if you're a walker or if you like to
get your like daily walk in, do it early. Schedule
it in early. Make sure you get it done so that
it's off the list and you don't have to be like,
well, it's noon. I do have lunch, but it's 95
degrees outside. And also it's like, oh, you
know, it's on your mind all day. Like, oh, when
can I get it in? When can I get it in? That's
the same thing with scheduling. Make sure it's
scheduled so that you know you have to show up
for it. Schedule it. We've talked about this
a billion times. Schedule it like a meeting.
And don't bail on the meeting because somebody
texted you and said, hey, you wanted me for happy
hour? Sure. After my meeting, AKA my class or
my workout or make it just as important. either
early or later around, you know, when the sun
is starting to go down, which is later and later
now. But I see that online all the time. Like
you wouldn't cancel your doctor's appointment
for a happy hour. Like if you got a doctor's
appointment, you got to keep it, especially these
days, because you have to get it like six months
in advance. But you're not going to be like,
oh, well, I've had this appointment in the books
for a while. Your last minute asked me to go
get appetizers. OK. Like, you're going to go,
oh, no, I can't. I'm sorry, I can't. I have a
doctor's appointment. Like, why don't we do that
with fitness workouts? Well, there, you know,
it's been a couple episodes since I've talked
about a meme that I've seen. And it's been none.
It's been absolutely none. Zero. And there's
a meme of like, you know, you can only see this
woman's feet as she's walking in the dark. And
it's like, oh, my God, why do you get up at five
a .m. and work out? And they're like, no, Karen.
I'm not, I don't want to do this, but I, it's
the only time I have during the day. And this
is so important to me and my mental health that
that's, this is the only time that I have. And
if that's the only time you have, then that's
the only time you have. And if 5 a .m. is your
workout, if 9 p .m. is your workout, neither
time is a bad time. No, just like neither time
burns more calories. Yes, it doesn't matter.
Some people, that used to be like a thing where
you have to eat before this time of the day and
you have to work out after you eat, but before
this time, no, none of it is real. It's all fake.
Okay. Including Carly's hair. My hair is not
fake. This is all real. Wait, what? I feel like
there are no rules to my hair or my hair is fake.
I can't forget which joke you were trying to
land. This is a multi -run. Karma's a B, you
made fun of me and your house is falling apart.
I made fun of you and your foot hit the table.
Whoa, I should back off. Okay, we're moving on.
Wait, sorry, I keep looking out the window because
it's about to go down outside right now. Are
there people? No, like it's about to thunderstorm,
so if we lose power. It's about to go down. I'm
going to get my bomb shelter. Do you have a basement?
I have a cellar. We're getting in the cellar
with Anne Eller. And the dead bird. That's from
Oklahoma. If you guys don't know who Anne Eller
is. And the dead bird's real. It's been there
for two years. Anne Eller is real. Okay, we're
really going to move on. Fitness, fun, consistency.
Cool. And it's going down. It's raining. Yeah.
So make your fitness fun, which means make it
social Ie going to see fit fitness Sponsored
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because the whole class is now your are your
friends whether you know them or not So if you're
a see fitter, you know that that's true where
the entire class we're all laughing together
we're all having fun if you can't make that class
but Your neighbor can go for a walk go for a
walk with your neighbor make it social make it
fun and then keep it consistent So keep it in
your schedule. Keep it weekly doesn't have to
be You know exactly the same like our nurses
you got a different schedule probably every week
depending on you know what job you do but you
can schedule in when you're gonna do said social
fun consistent workout yeah that also goes for
if you're going to the beach if you want to do
paddle boarding paddle boarding is super hard
and athletic and try that's a workout walking
on the beach running on the beach um it really
goes for anything we don't specifically mean
you know I mean, we want you to come see fit
because it's really fun. But if that's not if
you're away on vacation, you can still get it
in because what we said from the beginning, if
you're out for two, three days, it's so much
harder to bring yourself back. So if you can
move every single day, no matter what it is,
you might not even consider it an actual workout.
But it is. I just had a conversation. Early this
morning about scheduling in a rest day. and the
importance of scheduling in a rest day. She wasn't
talking to me. Which could be... No, because
you've actually been kind of doing it. Not kind
of. I've been doing it. What's your rest day?
I've been doing it so hard. What's your... What's
your rest day? It changes all the time. But like,
what is it? Well, before, I never would take
a day off. Just answer the question. Stop projecting,
stop deflecting, answer the question. It depends.
It depends on... I don't have an answer for you.
I just know that I rest. Okay, so she doesn't
have a rest day. But the importance of a rest
day to be scheduled in. That's a yoga class.
That's a walk. Yeah. When's the last time you
went to yoga, Carly? I tried. April. I tried.
They took away the class that I love. Tried that's
not why you didn't go in May. Well, that was
it was really hard for me because we were busy
Okay, so the importance of a rest day is a walk
with which could be with friends is a yoga class
Is a jog if you're a runner, right? It's just
you less than what you got to do But I forget
why I brought this up because it's a little different
than we were talking about But the importance
of scheduling that in, so the importance of getting
the rest day in, getting the workout in on vacation,
I think that's where it was coming from. It doesn't
matter if your schedule changes or the lifestyle
changes for the moment. Or your location being
on vacation. Gotta keep it consistent or else
you are screwed. And then you're gonna burn out.
So we've done that many times and I think we're
getting better at it. I'm great. No, congrats.
I rest all the time. No, but when you do go on
vacation, it's okay to vacate. And I have a hard
time with this. It's really hard because we go
to the shore for two weeks, Victoria goes for
like a week and a half. And it's hard to just
not work out because you don't really want to
not, if you're going on a longer vacation, You
don't want to just stop moving altogether because
when you get back, oh my gosh, it is horrible
to jump back into what you were doing two weeks
prior. So yes, we work out on our vacations.
I need to do a little less working out on vacations
and vacate. You did this year. I did. It was
amazing. I will vouch for that. This past summer,
you 100 percent. Sometimes you only did like
a 30 minute thing and then you were done for
the day. You went to the beach and it was done.
I think it's important to move every day. because
a body in motion stays in motion and that goes
into your 90s and 100s. But you don't need to
overdo it if you're on vacation. You just need
to do something. That's a walk on the beach.
Puerto Rico is the first time I did not work
out once. Not once? I didn't even pack workout
clothes. Yeah, but you walked a lot. We walked
a lot. We walked a lot, which totally counts.
It was active, it was whatever, yeah. But that's
not the same. Now you can say that to me. because
it was my vacation and not yours, you little
B. But it was kind of freeing. It was freeing
to a degree to not be like, okay, what part of
the day can I get this in? I won't sleep in a
day on my vacation to get my workout in. There's
a piece to that where I was like, but I really
need to sleep. So like you have to listen to
your body, but at the same time, If I wasn't
going, if I knew we weren't going to walk at
all, I would have worked out in the Airbnb. You
would have done something. Yeah. I would have
like made a workout for myself in the room and
then gone and did whatever the non activity would
have been. But that wasn't it. We'd walked every
day. Yeah. I don't feel like you came back from
your vacation and was like, I'm back to square
one. No, but I was ready to get to a routine
and like get to, you know, working out again.
Right. It's it is nice to we are routine people.
And by the end of the vacation, the shore vacation,
we're like, we're ready to eat again, like eat
our food and we're ready to go back to our scheduled
workouts, because when you're off your game,
you're off your game. Wait, there's a there's
a video, a meme, a reel, whatever that I'm going
to talk about that reminds me of this. I think
I sent it to Pedro. But it goes for this, too.
where it's a it was a girl that was like when
you're dating a go with the flow person and then
you know how it goes like them and then you she
was like oh yeah me too but like could you tell
me when going starts and where the flow is oh
my god that's me i was like uh -huh tis me yeah
that's me Because he's very flexible, and I'm
like, yeah, yeah, me too. And I am. But also,
I have things I have to schedule. Yeah, you're
way more go with the flow than I am. I am. It's
because I do a rest day, so I can. Oh, OK. Are
you done? No. Hydration, and we're going to keep
this quick. Damn it. You took one of mine. Drink
things. Drink water. But also, freeze grapes.
And also, put frozen fruit in your drink. Right.
Just keep hydrated or eat frozen fruit. Do you
know what I read was one of the best? Now, I
might try this. I don't know if I'll like it,
but I read all about what fruits and vegetables
have the most amount of water in them. So you
can I have a hard time drinking water. So watermelon.
Yeah. So well, that was one of them. But they
said put watermelon. Watermelon. Sorry. Oh, no.
They say put watermelon. Why are you saying?
I'm saying watermelon, and I know people are
gonna be like I say watermelon and even say it
correctly Ingest put watermelon watermelon. Are
you from? New Orleans, I'm confused What you
got like a Cajun accent or something British?
Oh Put that fruit in your water You get double
the amount of hydration because What melon you're
ruining the word it has no meaning I need a tissue
is has the most Water yep in it, so I'm gonna
try it. I'm gonna freeze some Watermelon and
then put it in my water water But I also read
that you should freeze get Greek yogurt freeze
like pour it on strawberries and freeze them.
And it's the perfect snack. You're getting hydrated
with the strawberries. You're getting the protein
from the Greek yogurt. And it's a really good
snack. I'm actually going to do that today. It's
like you just pop them in your mouth. I like
it. I have one for you and also kind of goes
with this. Freeze grapes. Yeah. But roll them
in like tagine. Wait, Christina just sent me
this. Oh, is this a thing? Christina, our Pilates
teacher. It's an option. And I was like, where
did you find this witchcraft? I saw it on social
media. But, but grapes in the spicy sauce and
you put them in the freezer? So it's like a spice
blend. Yeah. Doesn't have to be like a sauce.
It's like chili lime sauce or whatever from Trader
Joe's, but it's a little spicier. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, spicier. I'm calling it sauce. Sauce is
something different. You know what I mean. Is
it gravy or is it sauce? No, it's a spice blend.
Yeah, you shake it. Yeah. It's like when we used
to put them in jello packets. Yes. You roll your
frozen grape in, which is actually a great sugary
like moment without the sugar because the zero
sugar jello packet is just that. Sugar free,
yeah. And you just have a little bit of more
flavor to the grape. It's like good for kids
too if you want them to get more fruit in. Yeah,
I'm going to try that. It's like getting it in
Fun Dip without it being Fun Dip. So if you need
some of those hacks to drink more water, do it
because I find myself at the end of the night
being like, oh my gosh, I didn't drink enough
and now I'm chugging water and now I'm going
to the bathroom all night long. And it is a vicious
cycle that I live and I need to change it. Plan
for the weekend. You're still not done? Oh my
God. Just plan for your weekend. Plan for it.
You know when the graduation party is. You know
when the two year old's birthday is. You know
when you have things scheduled. Plan for it.
Keep it to a schedule. Your weekends are not
the time you get to live your life and the Monday
to Thursday is structured. Every day you get
to live your life. Like do not glorify your weekend.
I just had this conversation this morning too.
Don't make me say it. Live your life. Hey, hey.
Just live your life. There was a better way.
There's gotta be a better way. I thought you
were gonna go, Gloria. Gloria. You gotta stick
with it. Commit. It's two and done. Commit. It's
two and done. Plan for your weekend. Alright?
And then the last one, keep your why visible.
And I wanted to make sure we got to this one
because it's the one that no one's gonna do because
they think it's silly and it doesn't really work.
I'm raising the roof. Carly's quite literally
raising the roof with her tissue. That's how
much she thinks it's trash. However, she is the
one that should do this for her rest days. Put
it on a post -it. Write your why. Why are you
doing this? Why are you getting up the gym at
5 a .m.? Why are you making sure you get your
walk -in? Why are you keeping your food schedule
limited to not eating after like 9 p .m., 8 p
.m., whatever it is for yourself? Why? Why are
you doing it? Write it on a post -it. put it
on the mirror, you're going to brush your teeth
in, because you're always going to watch yourself
brush your teeth, which is what we do. I know.
Isn't that weird? Kind of. But it's a constant.
So you're going to watch yourself brush your
teeth. You're going to brush your teeth. And
you read it. You read the post -it. Yeah. Every
day you read your why. And if you're a teeth
brush at night, which I hope you are, do it again.
Yeah. Read your why before you go to bed. It's
always there. Or a bunch of whys. I mean, there
are a bunch of whys that I can think of. So.
OK, get your post -its out. I will. And I'll
take a picture and then we'll post them. You'll
post my post -its? Got to do it. OK. You have
one week. Literally. I'll just be in my fallout
shelter. All right. Those are your hacks. Those
are your hacks to. Keep yourself committed to
yourself this summer. No, I have a couple more
I know but those are for me Actually, they are
the better ones she took some of mine but You
know how we talked about non -negotiables. We've
talked about that in episodes You have to have
like lists some at least three non -negotiables
To get you to where you want to be at the end
of the summer and that doesn't mean I want to
lose 20 pounds by the end of the summer That
just might not happen. I mean, vacations happen,
life happens, but a non -negotiable, like Victoria
said, is hydration. And that was my number one.
If you don't drink enough water, I don't understand,
then you don't have enough energy. If you don't
have enough energy, you don't want to go to work
out. If you don't, you know what I mean? It's
a, what's that called? Vicious cycle. Which I
already said. And that was my number one was
hydration. And it has to do with energy. Which
Victoria doesn't like me saying, but I do know
the word. You didn't call it Hydration Station.
I'm alarmed. I did that in our water episode.
I already said Hydration Station. Alarmed. Okay.
Next one. Lighten up your meals. Lighten up your
meals. I thought this was a good one because
if you're anything like me, I love the hot season.
Victoria does not. I love, love, love being hot
and sweaty. get some fat, fat, fat, and then
you won't. At all times. But sometimes when you
are, and when it's hot and it's 95 degrees out,
you don't want a huge steak and mashed potatoes.
So a good way. What? I mean, it's just, for me,
it makes me more hot. Don't you think that? I
would think you would eat a hot soup in the middle
of summer weather person. I just think you would.
I hate soup. If anybody serves me soup. Okay,
take the analogy to something else you would
eat. I would think that you getting into a hot
car with leather seats and feeling comfort would
mean you would also eat really hot things while
sweating into it. Well, in my air -conditioned
house, yes. But like think about dining under
the stars, right? You would never survive. So
dining under the stars around here is eating
outside in the summer months. Nope. And it is
hot. And the last thing you want to do is have
an enormous bowl of pasta in the heat when the
sun is beating down on you. And that's just never
fun. Just lighten up your meals. Make it more
salad friendly. Yes, put your protein on the
salad, but just fill your plate with more produce.
And that is I'm air quoting a hack of how to
stay on track this summer with your fitness goals.
It's an easy way. Just quite literally. lighten
up the plate, make it more colorful, lighten
it up, and not have a Thanksgiving dinner every
night. And then put chicken salad on it. Yeah.
Or tuna salad. Or pasta salad. Make it fun. Yeah.
Yeah, I agree. I also, a non -negotiable for
me is never eating outdoors. Really? Pedro knows
that. I will not. I hate dining outside. What
is that called? Dining al fresco. Is that what
that means? I have no idea. Okay. But I don't
like it. This is one Victoria did not mention.
That's good. I don't want to repeat any of hers.
Protect your skin. Now this is something I am
like SPF. Yes. I am very becoming very much more
aware of as I am about to turn 40 and every mole
on my body. I know every mole on my body. I think
I have melanoma. I like, or maybe go to the doctor
and get it checked out so you can stop thinking
about it. I mean, this is what keeps me up at
night, like thinking, oh my gosh, that mole.
I and it has now more and more and more and more.
But I have not protected my skin for the majority
of my life. It's like we go down the shore, you
get the big burn of the first day and then it
turns to tan. That's what I have done religiously
for more than half of my life. Also. That was
what we did. Like, we weren't really told. No,
no, no. I know. Anymore. This generation's very
different. They know better. We had tanning beds.
That we can't put blame on ourselves. But from
now on, it's on. I mean, if you didn't have a
Playboy bunny from a tanning salon on your hip
bone in high school, you did not go to school
in the 2000s. I did the palm tree. What? Who
picks a palm tree? I always did playboy bunny
or cherries. You slut? We know what you were
like in high school. I was a theater kid. The
only person that was seeing that was me. There
you go. Theater kids are the worst. My gay boyfriend.
So get out of that one. Keep going. Keep going.
Keep going. Come on. Come on. Come on. Get out
of it. Pat's overseas. He's not going to see
this. He didn't see that on your hip either.
She tried she was like come on you wanna see
come on. He was like I really don't I really
don't I should have known I should have known
I was like Carmela Could you help me keep your
daughter's pants on thank you? Okay, protect
your skin she started peeping the ears out of
the pants yeah, you know I hate you so much Anyway,
we did not take care of our skin. If you are
doing, I can't look at you right now. Okay. If
you are doing those outdoor workouts to switch
things up or you're on vacation, you have to
use sunscreen. You just have to. And now not
only do you have to use sunscreen, you have to
look at what's in it. So it's not just good enough.
to which we did an episode on this. So go back
and look about the look for the episode that
has the sunscreens that you should be wearing,
because we did do an episode on the summer. Anything
like zinc on it. But like not only do you have
to think about putting it on, you have to think
about what one specifically, because a lot of
them have like cancer causing agents in them.
And everything is just feel like so many more
steps. Like we just got in a tanning bed. That's
we just did it. I hit it from Carmella. Carmela
would never have allowed us to go to the tanning
bed. I had to hide it. She let me shut up. She
bought it for me. What? Yeah. Oh my God. I had
to hide it. But anyway, don't forget to protect
your skin, especially if you're getting to be
my age. I like to buy those. It's probably not
cool, but the UV, like long sleeve t -shirts,
it's not cool. Cool. They're like wick material.
You can wear them to the beach. Like, um... You
get them for the kids. What are they called?
Yeah. The rash guard shirts. Rash guard shirts.
They usually are UV protected. If you're gonna
work out. I'm not talking about going to the
beach. If you want to do a workout outside in
the heat of the sun, I mean, be smart. But I
mean they say to put on sunscreen every day in
the winter because the Sun is just getting so
unbearable for skin and stuff like that Stay
inside because it's cozy All right. My last one
is create a summer workout playlist or have your
podcast lined up it is So annoying to me at personally
when I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go take my weighted
vest and go outside, but I have nothing to listen
to, or I don't know what I'm going to listen
to, or I have to make a playlist and then it's
15 minutes has just gone by that I've wasted
thinking about what I want to actually listen
to. Have it ready the night before, the day before,
like make it like you would your meals, like
have plan ahead. Plan ahead. That's I couldn't
think of the word plan ahead. She's all right.
She's OK. The tanning salon's really going to
my head. But yeah, plan ahead what you're going
to listen to because that's just as important.
Maybe you don't listen to anything and then you
would be a serial killer. But hey, how do you
walk or run without listening to anything? As
God made it. No way. It's easy. It's not. You're
with your own thoughts. There's like things to
do, you know. No, I don't like excess noise.
I know. So, okay, put your judgment away. So
it's nice to be able to have like 30 to 45 moments
to myself in just silence. Yeah. I wouldn't be
able to get through it. It says more about you
than me. I need to listen to something gruesome
and murderous or else I cannot run. I mean, I
do that too. How else do you run fast? unless
you have a fear that somebody is chasing you.
And if that's how you get through your workouts,
I'm with you. Yeah, but Chief Madonna is not
with you because we've already talked about this
and you're a fool. Or I go the completely other
way. You all know my favorite podcast besides
Fit to Be Real, because I do listen to myself
talk. She sure does. I'm like, can you email
me the episode before it airs so I can listen
to it on my workout? I love SmartList, but I
also love a good NSYNC playlist. I will listen
to old NSYNC albums when I walk or run. I mean,
whatever works for you. I'm not judging you.
I feel like by saying that, you are, though.
No, I think that's a great choice. I think whatever
gets you through the workout, the run. It's raining,
so she's in a happy place. Listen, I like those
ions coming off. Water is super soothing. That's
all I have the the balance, you know, that is
all you have Plan your playlist like you would
plan your meals and it'll get you out the door
faster And then you know, if you only have 15
minutes, you don't want to spend 15 minutes thinking
about what you're gonna listen to You know that
I've done that for podcasts of like Just clicking
through and realizing. Oh my god I've been here
for 10 minutes wasting time or listening to something
for five minutes being like I am NOT interested
in this at all Yeah, I've done that too. Like
it's so annoying. So you really do have to, everything
is scheduled, everything is planned. Victoria's
all for the go, for the flow, but some things...
No, I like to know where the go is and what time
the flow is. I agree. I'm with you. Sometimes
you just, and I am, I need to know at all times
what everything is flowing and going. I think
the go with the flow flexibility is with the
majority of just like how life should be. Like
you just have to go with the flow. You don't
always have to like. You don't have to like it.
But like the other day, we had things we wanted
to do on the Sunday and everything just kept
getting. Falling apart. Slapped out of our hands.
Like you want to do that? That's funny. Yeah.
It's not going to work out for you. And then
you pivot and then you find something new and
blah blah. Yeah, you go with the flow. When it
comes to my workout and my food regimen, I cannot
go with the flow. You said pivot. Pivot. Sorry,
I can't go with the flow or else I have no structure
and I'm Spiraling and I'm flailing. I agree with
you. I think that is a non -negotiable. Yeah,
like It's very hard when I see people's like
what I eat in a day or whatever and it's all
this amazing stuff I eat very boring and I eat
plain I can spice it up a little bit, but I like
the consistency of what I eat, and I eat the
same things every day. And I like that. I go
off of it when I'm out, and it's fun to go off,
but I really like the consistency of the boringness
that I eat. And that's not for everybody. Not
everybody can do that. So that's why I said I
was going to post like a what we eat in a day.
That was sort of a joke because what works for
me doesn't work for her. What works for her doesn't
work for somebody else. Anything that we would
post that said what we eat in a day, you shouldn't
do that, you know? No, I agree. I also think
you need to explain boring. I don't think your
salad that you've shown me is not boring. It's
beautiful. And it's most likely from by the look
of it, it tastes really good. Yeah. It's not
boring food of bland and cardboard to chew and
get through. It's just the same every day. Every
day is the same. I kind of do that. If I'm having
eggs in the morning, I think I change it up,
like depending on the vegetable that I have in
my refrigerator and being able to put in the
eggs or maybe I use a different spice shaker.
Like it's not the same, it's an egg and toast,
but I don't eat it the same way. Right, and we
switch, like I'll have eggs and then the next
day I'll have oatmeal and the next day I'll have
eggs. Like it's not that to, like I can't go
off what I, like I'm not manic about it. I have
my certain things. that I like that are my go
to. So that, you know, but that's very that's
the consistency that I need. Yeah. So when you're
on vacation and when you're not eating like that,
because you're in a communal house and you sort
of are ready to to go at the end to be like,
I need my consistency back. But I can't wait
for vacation. Having said that. That's a different
episode. Yeah. All right. I think I think I do
a lot of these things. I think there's some of
these I'm gonna take away and be like, ooh, that's
a good idea. I think I'm gonna freeze some fruit,
actually. Yeah, I'm gonna make those Greek yogurt,
strawberry, frozen strawberries, and the... What?
Why are you making the face? Because it sounds
gross to me. No, it's like a little papa... Like
instead of like - Little pop of probiotics. I
love a little pop of biotic, you know? Listen,
don't hang out with me if you don't want to eat
some probiotics, okay? If you come over my house
for game night, I'm handing you some probiotics
at the tour. It is a uh, toot and shoot night.
Oh my god! It's probiotics. Anyway. Yeah, I forgot.
Carly doesn't toot. It's not a real thing. And
you're not allowed to either. Would anybody like
to go on vacation with her? Because this is 24
-7, all day, every day. Uh -uh, I'm quiet around
vacation. She is, because the kids are loud enough
for everybody, so she's very quiet. Kids and
Billy. The kids and Big Billy, yeah. And so the
kids go to the beach, and then she stays home
for like another hour to get her quiet time before
she meets us at the beach. I'm just slow. I'm
also just slow. I don't want to rush. You are
slow in the morning. You guys rush to the beach.
OK, we're not going to talk about that. Yeah,
use these quote unquote hacks. Help yourself
out. Watch hacks. You are not. Help yourself
out. Help yourself out. You are not. You're not
like floundering. And if you are, you're literally
choosing to not help yourself out. I'm gonna
add one more thing. Somebody on our goal wall,
I'm sorry, I know you love to like box it up
in a little ribbon and I like to open it before
we box it back up again. I like to save the paper
to the wrapping and Carly's a crumple. Oh my
God, that's annoying. Yeah, crumple and throw.
Somebody on our goal wall this year wrote, I
want to stay consistent through the summer or
I want to make sure my summer stays the same
which is the same as all good options really
i can't remember the exact words but somebody
said they don't want to fall off you know they
don't want to fall off their game during the
summer and that's a good goal to have what does
it say um i don't know but Pedro just said your
mouth fart noise has improved it's okay he's
our one viewer it's fine thank you to this one
viewer Thank you so much. Continue. No, but I
agree. It says a version of that, and it's such
a good one because it's universal, I think. And
nobody wants to admit that once May comes and
those happy hours, hey, want to meet for margaritas
after work? Yeah, I'll do that. I don't need
to work out. I'll work out tomorrow. And then
tomorrow comes and you've got and something else
comes up. And then it goes down the line to have
that goal to just keep. at it throughout the
summer is a really good goal. I think that was
Sarah's, actually. Sob, Sarah. You do do that,
all right? She's definitely not anonymous. Yeah,
I like that. And you know what is a good tip
now that you've unwrapped the gift that I tried
to wrap? It depends on how. So if the keeping
consistent and I want to do this for me and the
self -love is like not a really good trigger
for you to flip the switch. Like it's not enough
for you. It's not enough. It's like, yeah, I
want that. I want that. But that doesn't help
me do it, right? Monetize. What does that mean?
I mean, I know what it means. Monetize your fitness
and your health. So put a price to, if someone's
asking you last minute to go get appetizers and
margaritas, which by the way, I'm all for. Yeah.
She loves a good, um, give me margarita and nachos.
Mexican night out or tacos. Yeah. I gotta eat
lunch. Um, it should be done. We're at, we, we
say, we keep saying this about like, don't do
the Margaret do it, but do your workout first.
Like do not restrict yourself. Okay. But monetize
the night. So one margarita is about 15 bucks
right now. And that's on a cheaper scale restaurant
option. Let's say it's tacos, right? Let's say
they're $16 for two tacos. I really like this
restaurant, that's pretty cheap. So that's $31.
Oh, you did that math really fast. Damn, that's
why I picked those numbers. That was really fast.
So say you add another margarita, because you're
never really having one if you're with your friends,
right? Right, you're having two. Then you add
another one. So now we're over 50 bucks for one.
Happy hour. Mm -hmm. Okay. I don't know happy
hour drinks probably cheaper. So let's just pretend
this makes sense So that's $50 the class you
just canceled it's $10 to cancel and it was about
20 bucks to do So you've now spent more money
Obviously on margaritas and stuff and derailed
your $30 workout Then it goes into the next day
and you've done the same thing because you're
not going to work out. Now you've wasted food
in the refrigerator because you got to throw
it out. It's gone bad. You're monetizing your
workout in your head. If you're a numbers person,
this might work for you. That you are essentially
losing money that you've already spent on your
health. Then you get so far. Say this gets so
dramatic and you go so far down the line. The
drama. You're now two, three weeks into completely
do railing yourself. You've got to spend more
money on putting all those healthy foods back
into your refrigerator. So the grocery bill is
now higher. You probably might possibly have
to go to the doctor. There's a bill right there.
There's a copay. So it just, it adds up and it
keeps going, right? I'm being really exaggerated.
Like I'm really exaggerating about it, but that
$15 margarita isn't a $15 margarita. No. is basically
what I mean. No, and I agree with that because
when money comes into it, it changes everything.
You don't think that one 50 plus dollar meet
up with your friends, canceling your class can
spiral, but it definitely can. But we're also
not saying not to meet up with your friends.
We're literally saying do more things with your
friends and activities. Just do the workout first.
Yeah, but make sure that you don't cancel that.
doctor appointment, I'm doing quotes if you're
not watching, which is your workout. That is
a doctor's appointment. That is your workout
is saving yourself from going to the doctors.
Yeah, it's your prescription. Yeah. Can I write
that? You're not going to not take your medication.
I'm going to start writing prescriptions because
I'm a doctor. We hope this has helped you and
that you remember that you are always fit. to
be real and always allowed to be a little extra.
You're welcome for cutting that off. Well, to
be fair, I'm a doctor of fun. Okay, bye. 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.