Welcome to Fit to Be Real. And a little extra.
We're tan. And very sorry. I did not know that
you were going to lead with that. But yeah, we
went away on vacation. And according to the previous
podcast that we did, we said we were bringing
you all on vacation with us. And technically,
I did. You said it. I did not say that. I know.
But I brought the microphones. I brought the
camera. I had we were ready for it. No, she was
ready for it. It just never happened. I had no
intention of doing it. I every day was like,
oh, God, you never said that. I said, I'll do
whatever you want. I do. I do whatever she wants.
Had she set it up. Bullshit. I would have done
it, but it was not on my radar. I checked out
for two weeks. I checked out. Yeah, I checked
out good for you Did you I was with you? Did
you not check out? I didn't post I didn't usually
I'm see fit posting every day. I'm posting like
summer vacation pictures I didn't think I posted
one on my personal and zero for see fit Yeah,
I mean I I ghosted everybody again. Yeah Unintentionally,
I intentionally did it. Oh, yeah, but that yeah.
No, I think that's fine I don't think there's
anything wrong with that. I've never done that
before. I usually am sitting on the beach already.
Kept your business to yourself. You've never
done that before? Usually I'm like setting up
the post for the week we come back or being like,
are you ready? We're coming back in three days,
two days, one day. And I was like, no, I'm not
doing any of that. And I didn't post any beach
pictures yet. I'm going to do like a reel when
I get around to it. For all the people that care.
Yes. On my personal page. Oh, you're fans? I
didn't. Yes. Yes. But I think I posted one picture
of me and my brother and one picture of a shadow.
Also, bullshit. You weren't there that day, sorry.
Oh, I'm sorry. Was I home working? Yes. Actually,
yes. In any case, I'm sorry that we... You know
what? We didn't drop the ball. What I dropped
the ball with was just not saying, hey, we're
not... Putting anything out for the next two
weeks. Yeah that I do. Well, that's not fair
I think you you did you had the intention of
hey, we're gonna do at least one podcast down
the shore I know but it didn't happen and I don't
necessarily feel bad for that But at the same
I wanted to put it out that hey, I'm not doing
that. I honestly didn't have The battery power
for it. Yeah, I Would look at my phone and be
like I have to make a post. Yeah, I know so I
just didn't I like procreate What's it called
like free? Free will functional for no. Well,
yeah functional freeze or like when you're so
anxious or like Burn out about it in procrastination.
You just don't do it at all. Oh, yeah, that's
that's just me There's a thing yeah, it's like
functional freeze or When you when you prolong
the five -minute chore you have to do because
it's such like a problem in your mind and you
just can't do it, so you ignore it. It's like,
yeah, it's called something. It might not be
functional freeze, but that's what's coming to
my mind. Oh my God, yeah. I do it all the time.
Guess what? Our mother does it. All the time.
I don't see a problem with it. I think that I've
gotten used to it. That's the problem. I'm Victoria.
Hey guys, I'm Carly. And we've forgotten how
to do this. Yeah, I don't know. I didn't... tune
out, I don't think as much as I usually do. Really?
When we're down there. Why? Yeah, because I just
felt like there was so much to be done coming
back. But like what? Like studio stuff. I know,
but what did you do to? Nothing. I freaked out
about it. I worried about. I'm sorry. I know.
Pepper, are we in your way? Yeah. Carly, you're
in her way. Sorry. OK, she's joined the couch.
All right. I have two at home. Two redheads and
a blind walk into a couch. I don't even pet my
own dog. So you're lucky we're on TV. Well, your
dog would be crying in your face. Yeah, we're
on TV. Hold please. Yeah, I don't know. I just
worried about things that haven't been done yet
and like I need them to get done, but they're
out of my control to get done. Yeah. So like
every day I was, I don't know. I mean, I had
a great time, though. Yeah, we had fun. We had
a fun. Just one fun. We had a fun. Singular fun.
I hope truly everybody is enjoying their summer
because it's almost over. Stop. But I'm like
happy about it. Sorry. What? You know, we love
the fall. You all are aware of this. We are fall
people. Fall is our time. But I. Don't want this.
I don't want school to start. I say say this
every summer. I don't want school to start Why
I hate as much as I love a schedule on a routine
I don't this is my first year where all kids
are getting up and out at 745 to 245 every single
day and I don't want that the waking them up
and getting them ready part? No, I'm going to
have an empty hat. No. Scared me. Some people
would be jumping for joy. I do not want every
all my kids are going to be gone all day long.
Yeah. Wow. There's so much time for activities.
I'm going to have to have another one. You can
go to the Home Depot. No. Wait for real for oh,
this is not what we're talking about today. No
melody Carly left melody Wait, let's rephrase
For the last night of our vacation with me and
my and Carmela She left her down the shore because
she you know, she's 11 and we had the best time
ever. She's a preteen She keeps reminding me.
Oh You are so screwed But she was saying we were
having sushi and she was saying how she wants
a sister. I know. And I said, what did I say?
I said, why? Like you have two brothers. Like
why? What's the difference? Mom told me about
this conversation. Okay. Yeah. And that's great.
Well, nobody else was there. So I'm going to
say it. Okay. And she was like, well, my brothers
just don't get me. And so it took a little bit
of prodding and like, yeah, tell them what you
said, Victoria. Go ahead. Tell them. What did
you say about that? Yeah, Carly still doesn't
get me. Exactly. But no, she said that. And what
it came to be when I was asking her proper questions
to get her true emotions out, we're teaching
Carly how to do this, she was like, well, I guess
I changed and they didn't change with me. What?
She. Likes cats so much and Lewis doesn't like
cats so she was like they don't get me and Lewis
liked and wanted to do everything Melody did
he doesn't want to do that anymore so she in
her mind is like they don't get they don't get
me yeah so we ended up figuring it out and she
was and I was like well don't you like you want
to keep changing you always want to keep changing
and like Lewis didn't like soccer and you love
soccer and he found track and you don't like
track right she was like yeah that's true So
we had this great conversation because I'm an
amazing person and We got back around to like
the sister thing and I was like you're 11 By
the time a sister could possibly and maybe not
even be had because it might be a brother You
could be 12. You'll be 12 years older. Yeah,
you won't be a sister. You'll be a second mom.
Oh That sounds helpful You're not making this
any better for me Yeah, but she's also not gonna
be there. Yeah, that's true. I was like, you're
gonna have so many activities in high school
and then you're gonna maybe go away to college
and you're not even gonna be there for it. You
just wanna hold a baby that's a girl. She was
like, yeah, I still want a sister. I was like,
cool, you're still 11. I'm making all the best
points I've ever made in my life, but. Cool.
That's really cool because yesterday I had a
conversation with her and I was like, why are
you so miserable? She's like, I don't know. And
I was like, what do you mean you don't know?
She's like, I don't know. I was like, I don't
know is not the right answer. And we're going
back and forth. But see, when she says I don't
know to me, I was like, OK, well, to have an
educated opinion, you have to have something
other than I don't know. Oh, really? Because
when I said it, I said, I can't help you if you
keep saying I don't know. So think of something
else to say. Hold on. I wrote, hold on. why I
write things down. Okay. I really was trying.
Are you? I have a note titled Carly. Oh God.
Great. It only has one thing because I got tired.
So maybe I did tune out. Maybe I did check out.
It's from January. Nope. It's from July 19th
at 9 0 7 p .m. Oh God. That was the first night
down the shore. Sure was. So Carly is a nine
-year -old and he is a middle child and he makes
amazing voices, but sometimes like they're really
annoying and Mind you it is nine o 'clock at
night. What did I say? So he's making an annoying
voice. I can picture it he's leaning over the
side of the couch kind of in your face making
this annoying voice and instead of being Instead
of saying this any other way, Carly said, and
I quote, Louis, that voice is annoying. It's
so annoying. Me, asterisk, shock. Carly looked
at me because she saw me being shocked and went,
what do you want me to say? This isn't really
a voice I would like to listen to right now.
Oh yeah, that might be good. End quote. To be
fair, I'm the one that said the option of, well,
Louis, this isn't really a voice I'd like to
listen to right now. And she was like, oh yeah,
that's probably better. So I wrote that down.
Listen, I, we all know I'm reactive. I don't
think before I talk. Had I thought, God forbid
you change. Hey, Louis, maybe don't make that
voice in my ear, sweetie. Instead, what came
out was, that's really annoying, stop. But guess
what? He stopped. Yeah, I just hope you're putting
money away for their therapy. No, I'm sending
them to you because what Melody said when I said,
why are you miserable with me, but you're happy
with Yaya? And she's like, well, because I'm
with you every day and I'm never with Yaya and
Yaya is fun. And I said, I'm fun. I'm fun. And
she's like, I don't know. Was like it is good
when you pressure them and you scream in their
face. Yeah get the answer that you want I said
when you're ready to talk we'll talk about it
We talked but then we talked about it When you're
ready to give me the answer that I want. Yeah,
we'll talk about it Carly I'm just kidding. I
didn't I didn't she's not no But she figured
it out. She said she needed sunlight exercise
and to eat well She came up with that? Well,
because I said our dog is being a pain in the
neck. Shout out to Alyssa, who was the most amazing
dog babysitter. She walked the dogs every day.
Every day, multiple times a day. And I appreciate
that. My dog wants to kill me now because I don't
do that. So Melody was like, maybe Pippi needs
like exercise and sunlight. And she's eating
junk off the floor. And she's like, maybe. I'm
like, Pippi. And I need sunlight and exercise
and I was like, oh my god, you are just like
a dog. Yes, that's what you need. Ruff ruff everyone.
So she came up with that herself and I will back
it. So let her walk the dog. Yeah, she did yesterday
for the first time and Pippi slept through the
night. So it was a win -win. Melody got exercise
and sunlight and Pippi slept. So thank you, Alyssa.
Thank you for teaching Carly that when you have
a dog you should walk it. What are we talking
about today? Electrolytes! Electrolytes! Electrolytes!
Electrolytes! Okay, true, because we are a fitness
lifestyle podcast, so. But we talk about wellness
and everything in between. Right, this like whole
life thing. We just talked about the everything
in between. Oh god, there's just so much to dive
into there, but we're gonna move on to electrolytes.
Point being, because it's another thing that
I know about and I know is important, but like,
I don't know why. Congratulations. Thank you.
We know you don't know shit. So, put this ass
away. You're learning too much from your pre
-teen. That is true. She's teaching me a lot.
but yeah like to me electrolytes is like put
some salt in your water or like eat more salt
yes which is true but there's a lot more to it
and i didn't know what it was and a lot of the
packets or the brands are popping up and i'm
judgy about this whole subject anyway oh my god
do you have an opinion on electrolytes yes i
have i have opinions about it i need to note
this is science there's an opinion needed i don't
like putting salt on anything i think that's
how we were raised our mom never let us put salt
on food or pepper like that was an insult if
you put salt and pepper on your food like that
the food wasn't good enough really change no
i know i know i know just change that's not what
i mean i don't like the taste of it in my water
and i don't like adding salt to my water all
right you don't need to you don't have to drink
it there are ways if you read the articles there
are ways to just put it in your diet. I know.
And I've tried, Billy tried to buy it for me
for Christmas and he gave me all the electrolyte
packages. I do have a hard time. I have a hard
time with it. Drinking it or believing in it?
No, no, I believe in it. I have a hard time with
myself. Like same thing with protein powders
and stuff. That's why I like the clear protein,
because I don't like the taste of the electrolyte
stuff. And I don't like the taste of like protein
and creatine and all that stuff. So that's just
a me thing and I'm like about it. I think you
also have a stigma in your head. If I drink salt,
my hands are going to blow up. Yes. And I'm going
to get puffy and I'm going to be bloated. Like
you're not drinking Chinese food. First of all,
MSG is not a part of it. You're not drinking
Chinese food. Because that's what happens when
you drink Chinese food. Just tell them about
electrolytes. It also happens when you walk down
the shore and your hands blow up. You don't need
to drink electrolytes to have that feeling. Right.
It doesn't have to be sodium. That's true. I
did walk in a couple of times and was like, guys.
Oh my god, our rings were like, I thought I had
to chop my fingers off. I know. But I had Billy,
our brother, and Victoria be like, you're walking
too much. Your fingers are going to blow up,
which I had no idea. I did not know that. I thought
I was eating too much salt. It doesn't happen
to me here as much. I do think it has something
to do with being near the ocean in the salt air.
I think, I mean, that might be not science -based,
but it doesn't happen here. Yeah, she's bored
of this. So I would be too. Hopefully you all
aren't. Okay. Right. So electrolytes are minerals.
Just really all that is that we need for nerve
and muscle function and connecting the nerve
and muscle functions together for so many reasons
and then that electric current these minerals
carry electric currents to do those things and
They're ions and we need them For a lot of reasons
we're gonna list But you can do it with good
diet vegetables, fruit, which is just vegetables,
protein, meat. Yeah. Good carbohydrates. I was
just going to say I was this what I was thinking.
I wasn't zoning out, although you lost me at
ions. That they didn't have electrolyte packages
and stuff in the 40s and 50s. So is this something
that we're losing as like a society, like we're
losing electrolytes because of what we're eating
and like our daily life or have people been electrolyte
deficient always? Huh. Do you know what I mean?
Yeah. Like, why do we need it now, but people
in the 30s, 40s, and 50s had no knowledge of
this whatsoever? I think without having any backup
for this, but being Victoria on the spot, spot,
spot, spot. Like when you put yourself on the
spot. You put me on the spot. Well, I was just
talking out loud. I'm just thinking, like...
They didn't have a lot of processed foods back
then. Everything was whole food. Yeah. Potatoes,
tomatoes, lettuce. No, rhyme some more. Tomatoes,
potatoes, green beans. I was thinking bananas
and pajamas are coming down the stairs. Remember
that show? Yes. Bananas and pajamas are coming
down the stairs. No, I thought you were going
to go to the next verse. That's all you know.
That's good. They were blue pinstripes. Yes,
pajamas. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I think their
diets already had and they used salt. They did
use salt. And pepper and things. So like, I think
now we have more processed Fake food that we
eat way more than the real food It's also part
of capitalism where it's expensive to eat real
natural food and it's cheaper to eat the processed
food So there's a piece of like needing this
but also Let's make money off it. Yeah, I think
yeah, that makes sense I know there's no research
behind what you just said But I believe it and
I don't think they worked out as much back then.
I mean women definitely didn't Women weren't
allowed to yeah, but there were no like I Think
there were muscle men if I'm thinking of like
the circus with the striped shirt. Yeah, like
they were strong Yeah back. Well, you're talking
about like a 30s. Yeah. Yeah, there were strong
men in circuses and Yeah, of course like you
think of Coney Island, yes, I'm thinking yeah
So I don't think they were like well, I work
out more. I need to replenish, you know, I don't
know I think you're right and women who sweat
That was like, you do not sweat. So you're not
losing that hydration to replenish because you
were not supposed to sweat. No, I don't really
think you're supposed to eat either. That's another
episode. All right, that was just my thought.
It's valid. It's super valid. I think honestly,
money. Money is the reason why we have to do
all these things now that nobody had to do. You
just had to get some sunshine, eat well. walk
around the block and now it's like, you need
to eat this protein and creatine and electrolyte
and blah, blah, blah. And you're like, why? Well,
I also think they didn't have a lot of knowledge
back then either. So there's there's a good to
no processed food back then. So it was a lot
more healthier. But then there's bad to not not
having the knowledge that we have now. Yeah.
I mean, there's a double edged sword to everything.
They did not have chat GPT back then. So don't
even get me started with chat. So yeah, these
charge particles that we take in. are called
ions. Carly doesn't like that. I don't know why,
but they signal the nerves to the muscles and
then they, yeah, they signal the nerves to the
muscles. All right. Here's all the things that
they do. Cause I can't read and remember at the
same time. They also maintain your body's proper
pH. Okay. And I don't know anything about that
either, but I do remember in science, do you
remember like dipping things and looking at the
pH paper or whatever? That's all I know about
it. No, and the commercials. It's something for
men, pH balance for her. Talking about deodorant.
Something. It's not like this wasn't the commercial.
They wouldn't have sold many deodorants if it
was like, it's fine for men. pH balance for her.
It was a deodorant commercial. It was deodorant
or like Lume. No, this was back when we were
young, so they didn't have that yet. But yeah,
pH balance for her at men's like men could use
the deodorant, but it was for women. And that's
what I think of when I think pH balance. You
won't get a yeast infection if you use our product.
It was deodorant. So I hope you don't get a yeast
infection from your deodorant. True. Also, it
balances the fluids in your body and we are made
up mostly of fluid. So like huge part of why
this is important to not be imbalanced. And then
they regulate Well, I already said that they
regulate the nerve and the muscle function. That's
why we'll talk about the imbalance of it. But
that's why you get muscle spasms. Like if you
don't have enough. Yeah. And we've also talked
about how Victoria was electrolyte deficient
and how scary it can be. But yeah, that's the
only reason I have any knowledge of this whatsoever.
And wish I had known about it when it was happening.
Only after the fact did we know how to like what
the signs were. Because I We won't have to go
into that whole thing, but I basically was...
When you drink any type of water, at any time,
even if you're drinking or eating salt on a regular
basis or potassium or magnesium, whatever they
are, water just dilutes our bloodstream. It thins
out our bloodstream. So it takes those minerals
away. So when I, in my mind, because this is
what you just said, you cannot eat salt. It's
gonna make you big. Basically the layman's terms
of it. I eliminated 100 % sodium from my life
and only drank water and So I was I don't even
know what my blood must have looked like like
I had nothing I had nothing I was eating like
I was eating tomatoes which have chloride and
I was I don't know if I was eating bananas at
the time, because bananas will make you big.
You know, like all those fake things in my head.
And I 100 % eliminated salt. And I remember being
like, wow, I haven't had salt in so long, or
whatever it was. Yeah. And it backfired. Big
time. Big fart. What? Big? We're not going to
let that one go. Big fired, but it came out as
big fart. Yeah, no, we heard it. We heard it.
So here are the main electrolytes that you should
look out for. Me? Mm -hmm. Yeah. Mm -hmm. I don't
know what's over there. I have something else.
Oh, okay. Sodium. Salt. We know sodium. Hopefully
you all think about it a little differently than
we did. But sodium doesn't mean pour an entire
bottle of salt. Yeah, I know. I know. In your
food or your water. I know that now. Well, accept
it. But that's to regulate your fluid in your
body, the balance of that. It's too little. It's
like a Goldilocks. Not enough isn't great. Too
much isn't great. So you got to find that happy
medium, which is why I think these packets do
that. Like if you're not a tomato eater, like
this helps get the stuff you need from that.
I think that's maybe the better way to look at
it. Potassium is nerve function and heart rhythm.
Potassium helps your heart. So in terms of electrolyte
potassium, not like eating a, or maybe eating
a banana. It helps heart rhythmia. Oh, okay,
right. Calcium, I don't have enough calcium.
I don't think any of us do unless you drink milk,
right? Or eat almonds or... I mean, I do that.
I don't drink milk, but... I don't have any dairy
in my life. No, neither do I. Well, I think my
kids do in other ways, but we used to have to
drink a cup of milk every night at dinner. Victoria
has PTSD because we would sit there for hours
because she would not drink her milk. But I don't
make them do that. And they eat cereal, though.
Because they don't have to. Yeah, but they use
almond milk. They use almond milk, yeah. It's
unnatural. Yeah. But I just never liked it. Even
as a kid, I didn't like it. Yeah. And I still
was forced. Thanks, mom. But that's bone health.
Obviously, we know that. And it's also for the
muscle contractions. So if I wasn't drinking
or eating any salt and I was deficient in calcium,
like my symptoms for the imbalance of electrolytes
is like, I was like, oh, check. Yeah, check.
Yeah. Had we known ahead of time. Magnesium.
Yeah. Now I saw that. You do that. I do. I do
it before I go to bed at night. It really helps
you sleep. Or I don't know if I'm believing that
or it actually is doing the trick. I love your
science belief system. I love it. If I can believe
it into science. No, I'm just kidding. Science
is science. You can't mess with that. Cancel
her everyone. You cannot mess with science. I
drink it before I go to bed. It's in the form
of like hot chocolate and it won. Gets my sweet
tooth so I don't have to like feel like I need
a bowl of ice cream or something and to it It's
really it really is helpful Well, it also what
what you're talking about. It's a moon brew that
you gave me. Yeah magnesium moon brew. Yeah It's
mushroom good for sleeping. Yeah, it's the mushroom
based one magnesium, but it's blood pressure
So low is your blood pressure and Lord knows
you are a pressure cooker And it controls your
blood sugar, which is helpful for weight maintenance
and loss and digestion and all of that. And really
Victoria gave it to me for sleep. Chill the f***
out. And I believe the science is working. Oh
my god. You don't have to believe it. I'm gonna
hurt you. Chloride. I've mentioned it so far.
Tomatoes is a great way or vegetables in general.
Blood pressure maintenance. So there's kind of
like a double whammy with your a whammy a double
whammy What do you say whammy? Oh Oh No, you
do sound better. Yeah, it's a double whammy not
a double whammy at the Grammys in maniunk you're
stupid what I can't Okay, phosphate and Bicarbonate,
they're the last two because I can't handle this
anymore. You're stupid. Energy production is
phosphate. So these little packets do give you
an energy boost. Also, all of them say muscle
function and nerve function. So I'm not even
going to keep saying that. Yeah. That's the main,
that's the main connection of electrolytes. And
then bicarbonate is the one that regulates the
body's pH. Yeah. So my thing was what? Brain
fog. I did not know the difference between being
dehydrated, because I think I live my life dehydrated,
and also being electrolyte deficient or having
an imbalance. So if you're like me, you might
not know that either. So going over this stuff
really helped to be like, am I dehydrated? Do
I need electrolyte help? And I have - You do.
OK. I have some easy ways to remember or like
separate them. Okay, what? Do you want to know?
Yeah, because yes. Okay. Dehydration. It just
kept going. I keep forgetting that when we record
these, we can't cut anymore. So I have to just
keep going. That was a mix of, it's here for
Jermaine yet. And I'm going to go viral. Okay.
For all the wrong reasons. No, I want to differentiate.
I was trying to get differentiate. That's a big
word, Carly. Between dehydration. That's a big
word. And electrolyte imbalance. So dehydration
is too little water. Right. Electrolyte imbalance
is too little or too much minerals. See, that's
where it's different. It's too little or too
much. That's crazy. Yeah. And I think it's so
crazy that we have to be aware of the perfect
amount. The things you put in your body. No.
Like, how much is too much? How much is too little?
Anyway, the main cause of dehydration is fluid
loss. The main cause of electrolyte imbalance
is mineral loss. Mm -hmm. I feel like should
be, everybody should know, I did not know. I
know. Okay, how to fix it. Dehydration, you fix
it by drinking water. Electrolyte imbalance,
you fix it by replenishing electrolytes. Again,
you have to know if you're deficient in that
though, in order to be able to replenish it.
And the signs of dehydration are thirst, dry
mouth and fatigue. And the electrolyte imbalance
signs are cramps, confusion, irregular heartbeats,
numbing, tink. tingling, as well as thirst, dry
mouth and fatigue. So it's all those plus then
you had the numbing and the tingling, right?
Oh, I had every she like stroked out. Yeah. Yeah.
Those are just small, easy ways to differentiate
between dehydration. Although it's hard to tell
with the signs because they're similar. They're
similar. So but remember, I would say to you,
I'm drinking so much water. Yeah. I don't understand
why my fingers are blown up. My fingers are blown
up. I'm thirsty. Like, I didn't make sense. You
were waking up with the marks on your face from
your pillow and your sheets, because when you're
dehydrated, the sheets or your clothes will hold
the... Your skin will get, like it'll dig into
your skin and it won't be buoyant. Right. It
will just have that indent, right? That's kind
of how you know. Your skin's a good indicator.
If you have dry skin, like chronically dry skin
or... That type of indentation when you wake
up like yeah, you slept hard, which is awesome
But your skin shouldn't really do that and you
had them every day and she was drinking a gallon
plus a day Yeah, and she would wake up with indentations
like she hadn't had any water the day before
so now I know I wasn't dehydrated even though
it felt like it I I was with no salt no electrolyte
and no minerals so dehydration can also lead
to electrolyte imbalance, which that didn't happen
in your case because you were not dehydrated.
So that's a whole nother layer to it that dehydration
can lead to electrolyte imbalance. Overhydration
leads to electrolyte imbalance. So freaking find
the middle ground. Honestly, I don't think we
eat enough proper dietary minerals or nutrients.
in our, like nobody eats perfectly. I think the
average person is under, under par for protein
intake, mineral intake, obviously that means
electrolytes, most likely servings of vegetables
and fruits, like no one's doing it perfectly.
People are trying and they're doing a great job,
like, you know, when you're focusing on it. So
I think that's why the electrolyte packet is
great because you just drink one a day and you're
good. Yeah, that doesn't matter. Not that it
doesn't matter, but it's helping you along if
you're not getting those other ways that you
can get them in your daily dietary food, whatever
you eat. If you're not getting it, you know you're
not getting it. It's a good supplement. And if
you're a fitness... Person and it's in your life
and you're working out a lot and you're sweating
a lot You're draining a lot of it, too. So if
you're only getting the nutrients from food,
which is doable You know, we already said it
meat vegetables fruits You're sweating out a
lot of it without trying You're just going to
the gym, right? So that packet I think is like
what keeps you from feeling Drained at the end
of the week or month or whatever like you can
feel this difference I think in one week from
all the Articles I read I Always waiting for
some like mind -blowing something. I was thinking
science her project But that's not what I'm that's
not the phrase I want and now it's gonna bother
me and I'm gonna think of it later But yeah,
so fatigue Muscle cramps fatigue dizziness headache
irregular heartbeat everything she just said
dry mouth irritability tingling numbness. Those
are just the first level. Like if you continue
with the deficiency or the imbalance, because
it could be too much or too little, that's when
you get to seizures and coma and dead. I'm sorry.
That's real right there. That's science -based.
Super real. No, it is. Listen, I watched it happen.
It was the scariest thing I've ever seen happen.
And I don't want anybody to be electrolyte imbalanced
on my watch. Oh, my God. Please. I think about
it all the time. Yeah. Truly all the time. I
eat a lot of salt now. Yeah. Or I just I just
use it. Especially not knowing. Do you know who
this also happened? I know we've talked about
this. If you're an avid Fit to Be Real listener,
Brooke Shields. This happened to her at a restaurant.
I forgot, actually. But if you don't know it's
happening to you, you really don't know what's
going on. Like, I didn't walk into Victoria's
apartment and was like, you're electrolyte deficient.
Hold on. No, she was feeding me water. Yeah.
I was like trying, and she was choking on the
straw of water because she had no control over
her mouth, her body. We had to call my mom over
because she wanted to say goodbye to my mom because
she thought she was dying. I really did. As dramatic
as that sounds of like, oh, Victoria, no, there
are only two times in my life I thought I was
dying. It was that was the first one. And the
second one is when I collapsed my lung. Oh, yeah.
They felt very similar of like, I'm not going
to make it through this. I didn't feel that for
you. I was like, this is Christmas Eve. What
are you doing? I mean, the other one, yes, I
watched it. This one. You also watched it. I
know, but I did not feel it was that bad. Anyway,
we're going to play a little game because this
is all fun and games. Also, before we play the
game, please check out the show notes. I'm going
to add all of this in there, obviously same articles,
but there is a very good detailed list of the
top electrolyte packets if you want to start
test them out for yourself. I've already purchased
mine. What'd you get? The Live It Up brand. It's
89 cents a packet. It's the cheapest one and
it is no GMO, vegan, animal friendly, gluten
free. Oh my god, the list goes on. Ocean friendly.
Super important. And it looks great. So hopefully
I like it. And if not, I'll try another one.
But I think this is my new thing. I think that's
why we don't have any sponsors. I think because
if we did ads, we'd go, I hope I like it. If
not, I'll just go to another brand. I haven't
tried it yet. I'm not going to lie to you. Not
going to lie to you. And that leads us. Oh, God.
That might be another reason. Shoot, I lost my
thing. We're going to play a little game because
we haven't in a while. And the game is called
Dehydration Station. I knew it. I freaking knew
it. You should have said it then. Because no
one believes you. Because I was hoping I was
wrong. No. Dehydration station. Because no one
believes you. No one believes you. This game,
we're going to test Victoria. OK? It's not for
me. It's for her. You know we love to put her
on the spot. We haven't played a game in a while.
This is the difference between dehydration and
electrolyte imbalance. Everything we know about
it, we're going to quiz her on. and we'll see
how she does. Okay, what do I have to say? I'm
gonna give you multiple choice. Ah! Okay. You
want that or no? Yeah, yeah. You just wanna guess.
No. Yeah, you won't get them. Okay. What is the
primary cause of... You're the rudest MC ever.
What is the primary cause of dehydration? Lack
of sleep, not eating enough food, losing more
fluids than you take in, too much sugar. C. Losing
more fluids than you take in. That is correct.
See, I knew it. Which of the following is not
a typical symptom of dehydration? Dry mouth,
fatigue, frequent urination, dizziness. Not a
typical symptom of dehydration. Frequent urination.
Yeah. Why are you confused? Because it's a negative.
It's a not question. So you have to think a little
harder. Okay electrolytes include all of the
following except Okay, sodium calcium potassium
glucose glucose. How did you know that that's
sugar? Oh these packets that you're looking for
it should be sugar free Good you're doing well,
what can cause an electrolyte imbalance heavy
sweating Vomiting or diarrhea, certain medications,
all of the above. Honestly wasn't listening,
do it again. Stupid. What can cause an electrolyte
imbalance? Heavy sweating, vomiting or diarrhea,
certain medications, all of the above. Probably
all of the above. I feel like you can... Go through
a quiz and if something says all of the above
it's usually all of the above Even if you don't
know the information in the question or the answer.
That's how Carly got through school If you want
to know her SAT scores DM me a little trick of
the trade trick of life If it says all of the
above and it usually doesn't just go for all
of the above usually is right Okay True or false?
Drinking plain water always fixes electrolyte
and balance. Oh false. Yeah Why are you surprised?
I don't know. We just talked about this. All
of the above. Which is a sign of severe dehydration?
Mild headache, dark yellow urine, rapid heartbeat
and confusion, slight thirst. A sign of severe
dehydration, not electrolyte imbalance. Oh, maybe
the urine color? No. Oh, what is it? Rapid heartbeat
and confusion. Severe dehydration. But that's
a severe... I know. Electrolytic deficiency.
That's why it's confusing. Deficiency. Yeah.
Deficiency. Wait. Yeah. Okay. One wrong. Cool.
A person exercising intensely in hot weather
is most at risk for? Carliness. Okay. Electrolytic
balance. Every day she did this. Dehydration,
both or neither? Both. Okay. That was easy, I
feel like, even I knew that one. What is the
best drink to restore electrolytes after intense
activity? Coffee, soda, sports drink, or plain
water? Sports drink. That's what they tell you,
yeah. There's electrolytes in there, i .e. Gatorade,
vitamin water, but there is also sugar. So that's
why I think the packets are the better way to
go. To like put that in water after to rehydrate?
So yes, we'll talk about when to drink it, but
yeah. What? I have two more. What role do electrolytes
play in the body? Help with digestion, maintain
fluid balance and nerve function, build muscles,
burn fat faster. Maintain fluid balance and functions.
Yeah. Also, if there's a longer answer and shorter
answers, it's usually the longer option. It's
just a trick of the trade. I'm just here to give
you tips and hacks. What trade are you? Just
survival. Valid. Survival. So the longer the
thing, the better the answer. Okay. Last one.
Which mineral is often lost through sweat and
crucial for muscle function? Sodium. Okay. Yep.
Guess what? You won. With my winnings, I'm going
to buy you some nail polish. I just looked at
your thumb because this is how cool she was.
This is how she asked the questions. If you're
not watching, tune in right now. And so all I
could see was her thumb. And my god. Please give
me do a close up. Lava flavor. Wait, let me get
my necklace out. Hold on. That very. Yep. Now
your flavor flavor. Carly's like flavor. I did
not think you were going to get me on my microphone
hole. Let me teach you how to do multiple choice.
All of the above, longer answers. That's all
you need. If you took nothing away from that
quiz, all of the above, long answer. Okay? Microphone.
What's your true or false help? Huh? What's your...
Channeling? Sometimes I forget. Channeling flavor?
I forget what we're doing here and that there
might be somebody listening. Not anymore. What
is your tip to get through a true or false question?
Oh, skip it. Skip. You do get 200 points just
for getting your name right. Yeah. So, okay,
real quick before we're done because we are done.
We did it. We did it. It doesn't really matter
when you drink it. So I'm gonna do it. When you
drink it. When you drink it. It doesn't have
to be like. It doesn't really matter. No. Also
stop yelling at us. Sorry. There we go. She's
lost all function. She's deficient. I'm electrolyte
in balance. She needs them. It's getting bad.
It's getting dangerous. I might call mom because
you're about to go. Please. You can wake up with
it in the morning. So then you're good for the
day Like that's your first glass of water to
get your organs pumping. I that's how I think
I'm gonna do it number one I'll remember to do
it every day that way You can do it before you
go to bed because that's the biggest form of
digestion and when we digest food so to drink
a glass of water with an electrolyte packet unless
You have to go to the bathroom all night long
like me I personally would not do it right before
that. You do it like that anyway. I know. I'm
going to do it anyway. Yeah, someday she'll change.
Doesn't matter. Some people do it right before
or right after the workout. So it truly, as long
as you're getting it in daily once a day, you're
good. Once I get it in. I didn't have a shoe
to throw at you. Yes, I do. Sorry, I moved my
mic to this side. My god, she's like Salina No,
we have to go We hope you enjoyed today's Alina
Like yeah, do it again. That is that is what
you should have done in that moment Okay, you
changed something I know Oh, I am very imbalanced
on many fronts. Late at night when all the world...
We're on two different keys. ...is leaving. I'll
stay up and day of you. And I'll be... Okay.
So. Real tip. Oh God, no. Don't do this. Go ahead.
Thank you. Buy some electrolytes. Just do it.
The hard part of that is the trial. That's the
word I wanted earlier, not article that I read,
the trials that I was reading, because you have
to test it out. The things to look for. We're
done. Are clean and sugar free and then taste
and mixability, because I'm not going to drink
something that's clumpy. Do you know what I mean?
And I tried one that I didn't like, and it turned
me off to it. So maybe I just need to try another
one. It was so salty. I could not get it down.
I tried one like that too. Element. You're talking
about Element? Yes. Oh my god, it was so salty.
You may not have had enough water with it. Possibly.
Like your big 30 to 50 ounce one. Maybe I put
it in that. Instead of like a 12 ounce glass.
Because I was like, how? How do people do this?
I don't think they're putting it in small bottles.
That might be a thing. But that I don't know.
But use the immersion blender thing, that little
coffee mixer you have, because that will declump
it. But look for that. So it might be a trial
and error thing. So that's why I'm starting with
Live It Up, because it is $28 for 30 days. $28
for 30 days. It's $0 .89 a packet. Everything
else is like, $2 .30 or $1 .75, which doesn't
seem like a lot, but every day for 30 days, it
adds up. So you might have to trial and error
it a little bit. But real tip, go get one and
try it. And now for your real extra tip of the
week. It's called come on the floor. I popped
it up. I'm going to need you to do that again.
Come on the floor. I'm a professional. That's
it. Watch Selena while you drink your electrolyte
water. That is super extra. If you've never watched
the movie Selena with JLo, go watch it. You will
be hooked. Drink your electrolyte water while
you watch it, and you will feel like you can
sing just like her too. You do feel like you
can sing like her. In a bustier. It's a feeling.
Pure feeling. So with that said, we hope that
you are fit. To be real. And always allowed to
be a little extra. I can't. I don't know the
rest of the words. Just seeing how far she'd
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