Unlock the mysteries of adulthood with us—from the daunting world of taxes and pensions to the strength-building revelations in the gym. We'll guide you through the surprising, if not shocking, discoveries on our pay stubs and the pension plans that have us both puzzled and prepared. And if moving from machines to free weights in your workout sounds daunting, don't worry; we'll share how that transition can redefine your fitness routine, and why embracing cable machines and free weights might just be the key to unlocking a whole new level of strength and health.
You'll be hanging on every word as we dive into the crucial elements of personal well-being, discussing the underestimated power of hydration and the psychological battles of weight loss. Find out how consistency in the gym can reshape not just your body, but your entire lifestyle. Plus, we're dishing out delectable, wallet-friendly recipes to keep your meal prep game strong. Imagine the savory goodness of a slow-cooked beef stroganoff or the tantalizing taste of a chicken bacon ranch dip—all designed to fuel your body and excite your taste buds without breaking the bank.
Finally, we wrap things up with a smirk, as a seemingly mundane topic takes a comedic turn and reminds us of the simple joys in life. As we bid farewell, we leave you with a playful cliffhanger that will have you eagerly awaiting our next encounter. And remember, it's not just about the laughs; it's about the journey, the progress, and the shared experiences that make this rollercoaster of adulthood a ride worth taking together. So tune in, share a chuckle, and perhaps find that spark of inspiration waiting for you in our candid conversation.
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Disclaimer: We are not Medical professionals and all views and opinions are our own.
Unlock the mysteries of adulthood with us—from the daunting world of taxes and pensions to the strength-building revelations in the gym. We'll guide you through the surprising, if not shocking, discoveries on our pay stubs and the pension plans that have us both puzzled and prepared. And if moving from machines to free weights in your workout sounds daunting, don't worry; we'll share how that transition can redefine your fitness routine, and why embracing cable machines and free weights might just be the key to unlocking a whole new level of strength and health.
You'll be hanging on every word as we dive into the crucial elements of personal well-being, discussing the underestimated power of hydration and the psychological battles of weight loss. Find out how consistency in the gym can reshape not just your body, but your entire lifestyle. Plus, we're dishing out delectable, wallet-friendly recipes to keep your meal prep game strong. Imagine the savory goodness of a slow-cooked beef stroganoff or the tantalizing taste of a chicken bacon ranch dip—all designed to fuel your body and excite your taste buds without breaking the bank.
Finally, we wrap things up with a smirk, as a seemingly mundane topic takes a comedic turn and reminds us of the simple joys in life. As we bid farewell, we leave you with a playful cliffhanger that will have you eagerly awaiting our next encounter. And remember, it's not just about the laughs; it's about the journey, the progress, and the shared experiences that make this rollercoaster of adulthood a ride worth taking together. So tune in, share a chuckle, and perhaps find that spark of inspiration waiting for you in our candid conversation.
Do you have a story you would like to share? Send it to us at theweightingroompc@gmail.com
Disclaimer: We are not Medical professionals and all views and opinions are our own.
hi chris, hi lisa. I think this is the first time I've ever said hi to you first. Yeah, y'all are a moment in history I'm drinking a prime I'm also drinking a prime I like not sponsored, not sponsored, not sponsored it really does taste like that popsicle that you get from rocket pop. Rocket pops, yeah I'm having a strawberry watermelon I can't.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I did. It's doable, drinkable, not doable. It's drinkable to me, but it makes me think of the strawberry kiwi. Uh, crystal light, and that was the only flavor that was available for so long when we were younger that I just can't bring myself to do it. Yeah, yeah, fair.
Speaker 1:Um, that's why I can't get those multi-packs, because they have like five to ten of them in them you know what's funny is, you say when we were younger, but if you think about it like when you were 19, I was nine. Cool story bro isn't that weird to think about like we would not have been friends as kids, like it would be illegal for us to be friends as kids. You would have just babysat me even, even and hated it.
Speaker 2:Like, let's say, we were even in the same family because I had a lot of older cousins. I'd be like, get away from me literally, I know be like I want to hang out with my cool cousin Chris.
Speaker 1:Be like god. Like God, she's annoying. That's why it's better that we met when we were younger, older, older it was younger to when we are now.
Speaker 2:Younger, older, yeah.
Speaker 1:Anyways, moving on, how's it?
Speaker 2:going All right. I had a plan to change up my routine this weekend and guess what Didn't do it. But my goal this weekend for myself was to do my taxes and to make up a strength workout routine. I have not done the strength workout routine, but I have done my taxes. Yay, adulting, and I'm getting a refund, yay.
Speaker 2:Yay, better adulting and I'm getting a refund. Yay, yay, better adulting. It said that I'm getting a refund and it's like, yeah, we we've, um, we've said this, but uh, we're still gonna double check and this and that, so you know the refund might not be there. Like well, I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
Speaker 2:But I really, when I put my because I do mine and Rams's together, it's like I made so much less than him last year, but it's because I was off work for so long and it's just funny to see that number and then to see the number that I'm actually supposed to have gross, like it's such a drastic difference, but like ramen, ramen rams I don't know where that came from uh rams like with um pension and union and everything and taxes he.
Speaker 2:It was like 23 000 in deductions and I'm just like that is the most insane thing I've ever seen in my life. Like you hit that, we're not. Like that's a massive portion of his income. Like when you really put it out on paper. He doesn't bring home that much money. It's insane, I don't know. But you know what it's great, like I. I I'm complaining, but oh, such a big portion of it is to pension. But I'm so used to not paying into pension for all of my life. Pension or RSV, I mean I'm screwed for when I'm older, but it's just so hard to digest that yeah, I want that money now.
Speaker 1:Life. Yeah, I was looking at my pay stub the other day and I was looking at that and I was like how could I get more of this now but still have this put away later?
Speaker 2:Yeah, rams and I are going to start discussing because, of course, what I use to file our taxes. It said, hey, here's like for an example for next year of if you had have contributed this much to rsps, what you would have got back. So I was like rams, if you had to just put five grand into your rsps, you would have got back double. And he's like what? The? It would almost like not cover that five grand, but it would take out a big portion of that of what he would get back. So it's a lesson to both of us for next year.
Speaker 2:I don't contribute. I it's been over a decade since I've ever contributed to an RSP and I don't even have RSPs because I took that out right. So I'm gonna start putting a little bit of money to the side each pay, because even a $500 contribution each year will be something. I think it's just like my aunt and and other family members were telling me that because I pay into my pension plan, paying into an RSP isn't like that important. It is extra, but it's just. We have a good pension Right. Whatever it is, I don't really understand any of it.
Speaker 1:Me neither. I'm just along for the ride of what's life. Literally, it tells me what to pay and I just pay that, and I hope the government isn't steering me wrong. And I just pay that and I hope the government isn't steering me wrong. I do think that it's a little crazy that it's like the government knows how much money that you owe in your taxes every year and you do your own taxes and then afterwards they're just like that's not right. Yeah, it's like, if you know, then why are you making me do this?
Speaker 2:yeah, just just give me money, or don't give me money at the end of the year, like, and also when they don't take enough and you just have the same job. It's like can you just not, can you just not figure that out please? Or no wait, I want you to figure it out I said that wrong man, I'm tired. Chris is ready to rob the government.
Speaker 1:At this point she's like I'm done, I'm not filing my taxes anymore. I don't own you guys shit down with the government.
Speaker 2:Wait, no, let's not put that in the podcast.
Speaker 2:Uh, yeah, so yeah anyways, things have been pretty good. Uh, like we were saying, um, I'm trying, I'm gonna try and do a new routine or just change up my routine, sorry, uh, next weekend I have plans, we'll just see how it is. Right now I'm just taking it day by day because I'm just struggling with a few things that I'm not being open about, but I'm doing good with that current struggle that I'm having. I'm doing better than I was. I know I can be better and it's going in the right direction. So that's good. Yay, yeah, and other than that, I don't know, I food's good.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna make some salads today. I'm actually gonna make that veggie confetti, um, that we were talking about before. I'm gonna use zucchini peppers, a little bit of onions I did not buy mushrooms, so just that and then I'm going to use that handful into my salads. I'm going to use that for my omelets in the morning or if I just want to mix it up with some hummus, that's great. Yeah, and I will be picking your brain, and also Heather which shout out to Heather for accomplishing her, uh, push-ups. I was so excited when I saw that. It was amazing. Yeah, like, oh, I can't even. I can't even think about doing a push-up. I don't think I've ever done that and I just to watch her do that was just so amazing.
Speaker 1:One of the things that like really inspired me, because when I saw her transformation, that's a different prime.
Speaker 2:Ram's bought lemonade and I wanted to see if I like him. That's good.
Speaker 1:It is good. Yeah, I like that. That's my favorite, actually she. So when I reached out to her, I was like what are you doing? Because you look amazing and you're losing this weight. Like, what are you doing? And the thing that inspired me the most when I was talking to her was she said how she was losing all this weight, doing really well, and then she realized she couldn't she couldn't even do a push-up and I was like that is so true and amazing. So a little while later, her and I were talking about something else and I was like oh, have you tried doing a push-up? And she's like no, not yet. I want to try and get it on video. Blah, blah, blah. But then when we all three of us happened to be on her live together, I was like do it, do it now. And she did two of them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she did so good. I was so excited. I actually have no idea why, why did. I was like, oh, showed it to Heather talking about, oh yeah, strength training. So I'm going to be picking, picking heather's brain of like things that I want to accomplish, because it's also the free weights. The free weights is what throws me off. I see heather using them a lot, I've seen you using them and it's just I feel like I don't know what I'm doing and it's like at least with a machine, a machine can tell you what to do and I get it like I could just use the machine. But there's so many other exercises that the machines don't allow and the gym that I go to is at my work, so we're limited on the machines and also it's just been getting busy with the bros. So I mean I just, yeah, I want to go in there knowing what I'm doing and not feeling lost.
Speaker 1:I, I like both, honestly. I use machines and I use, I use machines and I use free whites and I actually have a whole full body workout dedicated to the cable once a week. Uh, so that's like cable workouts, um, anything with the police, with your leg extensions, yada, yada, yada, um. So I've been kind of dabbling in all three. Honestly, machines are great for when you're starting, in my opinion, because it just teaches you the proper form you should have where you should be feeling the primary muscle. Because once you move over to free weights, you start working in primary and secondary muscles. Because, like, if I'm doing a bicep curl on the machine, I'm only going, like I'm only grabbing onto the machine and I'm only pulling up with my, with my muscles, so I know how my muscles should feel, versus if I'm doing like a standing bicep curl. I also have to keep my balance and you're working more muscles than just the muscles that the machine are allowing you to work.
Speaker 2:I did notice that because my friend had me doing the one where you're like above your shoulders, like this, like I was sitting on a bench like a little bit back and we were doing that and he's like yeah, and if you go back more then you're gonna do different muscles, so you're showing me, like, the different levels to do it at. But I did notice that like also because this wrist has a plate in it and it gets really weak sometimes that I noticed like I was struggling and it was using other other parts than like what I felt with the machine before. Yeah, it's felt, felt like more controlled with a machine than it does.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah. The other thing too is like I noticed that some things, some things on the weights I can use in one way and then some things free weights I can use another way, and then the cables use another way. For example, when I'm using my abductor machine, when I'm on the machine, I'm at 220 pounds, I think it, the machine, I'm at 220 pounds, I think it is. I'm using 220 pounds with the abductor machine, but when I use, uh, when I do abductors with the cable, I'm using 10 pounds. What are abductors? Again, abductor, uh, the abductor and adductor machine is the one where it's like you sit and then the one you put your legs where there's pads on either side of your legs and you pull out, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then there's the ones that push in how do you do that without a machine? Okay, so that's using the machine, using it as the cable. I have a strap that goes around my ankle and the cable attaches. You bring the cable down to the floor and the cable attaches to the strap on your ankle and then you stand with your one, your leg and your body parallel to the cable and then your other egg leg that's on the, your other leg that is attached to the cord you pull out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like your leg straight and you pull your leg out like this is your groin, these are your legs and you're doing your leg like this like like straight, right, okay, so I have done that. It's just that that looks so different than sitting at a machine and doing that. Yes, but it's working the same muscle it is.
Speaker 1:Okay, but it becomes compound, because when you're on the machine, like you're only feeling that on your abductors and your glutes right, like you're only feeling that in your legs, but when you start doing it on the cable, you're feeling it's there but your other leg is also working, because now you have to keep your balance and you're going to feel it in your hamstrings and you're probably going to feel it a little bit in your calves.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we don't have the machine with the pads beside your leg. We don't have that in my gym, so we um, I've just been using the cable thing, but I was doing that as like my physio exercise. So yeah, here's my, here's my two legs You're like using like the same hand that you're like I'm not gonna be able to do.
Speaker 2:So I know that everyone at home can't see me right now, but I'll try and describe it. So I was doing it where, like, this leg was just going side to side like straight. And then I was also doing it where, like so this just going side to side like straight. Yeah, um, and then I was also doing it where like, so this one's the one that's attached. I'm bringing it like across that one, and going that way and then like behind as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think so it was front. And then also I do those motions without any weights, um, all the time, because they were saying it was helping my knee and all my pain. So it's just a good and I've always felt it up in my hips. Anyway, I don't use a machine anymore because when I was at a pain gym it was broken and then this one doesn't even have it. The other thing is that I don't even think, when I was actually doing that, that I explained it at home. Essentially, what I was doing with my legs was going side to side or bringing your other leg in front of your other one or behind the other one with the with the cable machine. Sorry, that would sound silly to everyone at home.
Speaker 1:So then I did it this way and then that way, and then this yeah, but when I'm using the machine, like, I'm at 220 pounds, you know what I mean. But when I'm doing it on the cable, I'm 10 pounds, like yeah, but it's also because you're using two legs, then like to push out yeah, so but then the other machine at my gym at work is broken.
Speaker 2:That is the leg like roller, like going up and down. Leg curls yeah, leg curls. Thank you, see. This is why I don't even know the names of anything.
Speaker 1:I'm assuming it's the one. It's not the one where the weight is on top of your legs and pushing up. It's the one where it's behind your legs and you're pushing back.
Speaker 2:No, it's the one where you push it up. I think that's called something else.
Speaker 1:They're both a type of leg curl, but yes.
Speaker 2:It's of type, but it has two different settings, so I think it's used. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know anything, but it's been broken for like a year and the thing is is, because it's not a normal gym, it's probably never going to get fixed Right, so I don't have anyway have. Anyway. What I'm trying to do is figure out strength training without having to use machines, except, like, if I do use the cable, like that's not what I'm talking about.
Speaker 2:It is like I want to do squats with like the infinity, an infinity of band around my legs, um, and like doing like crab walks and stuff like that with those bands, just because I really need to work out my hips and glutes and stuff. I just can't figure out what I need to do, right. I really need to research it a bit more. I'm just going to look on online tomorrow and figure out a good workout. I don't know, it's just so hard, but I do want you to give me your hip and glute workout, because I know that you put time into it and I just want you to do my work for me, because I know that you put time into it and I just want you to do my work for me.
Speaker 1:To be quite honest, there is. You do have access to it on the Heavy app. Oh, okay, so like, if you go into hold on, let me turn this off, if you go into Heavy and my profile, like if you go under me, and then there should be a spot that says, actually, let me go under somebody else, I'm going under Tess, hi, tess um.
Speaker 1:Tess is the first person that came up for me so if you go, if you scroll down, you can see their routines. So, like Tess has four lower full body run, upper body workout where does it show that?
Speaker 2:under what? Did you click on her profile. So I'm on her profile, yeah, and then Yep, scroll down All the way down.
Speaker 1:Just a little bit, yep, keep going there. Right there, routines, right there, I can see it.
Speaker 2:You got it. Oh, that.
Speaker 1:Yep, okay, and those are their different routines. So, if you go under my profile and you look at routines, I've got my full body free weight workout. I got my full body cable workout and I got what's called booty blaster, and this is the one that's like hamstrings, hips, glutes. There are quite a few that one's mostly machines, though, but I can build one. Honestly, I've wanted to build a workout anyways.
Speaker 1:There's a couple build workouts that I've wanted to build that I can share on there for people to use. Three of them I have focus that I've wanted to do. No two of them I've wanted to do, but I can add this one on there if you want. Um, the first one is I want to.
Speaker 1:There's like this trend going on around right now if you're like a bit of a nerd, you've probably seen it where people are like, oh, am I as strong as Ash Ketchum from Pokemon? Because he like lifts Pokemon and like spins them in the air, and he's like, oh, yeah, and meanwhile that Pokemon weighs like 75 pounds. So it's like, yeah. So that is the one workout that I want to build is the Ash Ketchum workout, and then the other one that I've wanted to build is the one that I talked about before, where it's like a toddler workout kind of thing, um. So yeah, that's stuff that I've wanted to work on so I can, after we're done all of this fun stuff, I can build you a non-machined booty workout. Sweet, thank you, because yeah.
Speaker 2:I have a lot of things at home like I have bands that aren't infinity. I have infinity ones. I have a lot of things at home Like I have bands that aren't infinity. I have infinity ones. I have like yoga blocks and like a yoga mat and things like that. But I really want to even get oh, I have one of those big balls too, you know, but it's really huge. I want one of those smaller ones anyway. Yeah, also kettlebells. I want to learn how to do stuff with kettlebells.
Speaker 1:They scare me, mostly because I already have like back problems, so I just don't want to learn how to do stuff with kettlebells. They scare me mostly because I already have, like, back problems, so I just don't want to hurt myself. Oh, but I have. So, first of all, I had an on-scale victory. Last week, I finished my first bottle of EAAs and, as of this week, I will have finished my first bottle of free workout as well. So that shows how much I have actually been going to the gym and being consistent, because I actually reached the bottom of that, which is awesome.
Speaker 2:Before I forget do you like pre-workout? Like does it really boost your energy. Yes, do you crash.
Speaker 1:No, but I'm burning it. You know what I mean Because, like, I take it and then I go to the gym, I'm using the energy. I think if I took it and then didn't do anything, I would probably crash but I don't crash, okay, sorry, go on.
Speaker 2:Um, you got to the end of your stuff. You had a non-skill victory, which?
Speaker 1:is, which was very exciting. And now this week I have actually decided to go see a personal trainer. I have six sessions booked. Um, I have three this week and three next week and then I'll probably stop at that, because you know I'm broken. I was. I was fortunate to come across a deal that allowed me to do this right now, but uh, yeah, I'm really excited. I really want to work with him, mostly on just like the different workouts, the best style of workouts, better posture, that kind of stuff. So really excited to do that this weekend next week.
Speaker 2:Nice. Yeah, how's things been with like, like food. Are you tracking Are?
Speaker 1:you just eating. I haven't been tracking. I've been you just eating. I haven't been tracking. I've been focused, so I haven't been tracking. But I've been focusing on protein, uh, whenever I am eating something like whatever meal I'm working on, I'm trying to include protein, uh. But I actually did decide after this weekend that I do want to start tracking. I actually have been tracking my day, uh, just because, like it didn't get out of control.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean, but you know how sometimes you just forget how much calories are like you start thinking back on your day and you're like, oh no, I'm fine, like I had this and I had that, but it's fine.
Speaker 1:Um, and while I'm not focusing on the scale, like I just notice it in other places where it's like like I want to say it's fat gain, but it's not. It's not Jurassic's amount of fat gain. It's like like I want to say it's fat gain, but it's not. It's not drastic amount of fat gain, it's just me noticing it. You know what I mean Because, like, I look at myself all the time but, yeah, honestly, the scale has basically been staying still since the start of January, but like in pictures I can see that I have been losing weight. But I just don't want to get out of control and think like, oh, because I've added protein to this, it's fine.
Speaker 1:I'm doing great with water because, like I'm not really drinking water per se, but like in the mornings I get up and I have my pre-workout and I have my EAAs, and because I'm having all of that, all of that equals to like a liter and a half of water with the amount that I'm mixing it with Um, and then through the day I'm having like two of these or one of these with one prime packet in it, just so that it's like a flavor enhancer. You know what I mean, because sometimes it's hard to just drink your water. But, um, yeah, so with that that brings me up to almost like three liters, not including what I drink with meals. So I'm I know I'm doing okay with water and I'm definitely doing okay with movement, because I'm going to the gym three to four times a week. Actually, this past week I went five times.
Speaker 1:Um, so it's really just food that I was like I feel like this is everything else is coming easy to me, which is like I kind of hate to say, because, like, this is everything else is coming easy to me, which is like I kind of hate to say because, like, sometimes people just make things look easy and I know how hard all of this is. Like I have gone from the McDonald's for breakfast and lunch and dinner and snacks and like I was eating 6,000 calories a day, commuting to work, sitting all day at my desk job and then coming home and then sitting on the sitting all day at my desk job and then coming home and then sitting on the couch all day. Like I've been in that position and I know how hard it is to get from that point to get to where I am. I am today and it's kind of crazy that I can say going to the gym that often and drinking my water is easy.
Speaker 1:You what I mean, like knowing how far I've come on that and it I hate saying it to like this, I don't know group I guess, because I know there's people who aren't in that position and see it and then they're like, oh well, that's great, that it's easy for you. Like you know what I mean like oh, you make it look easy, but it's. I know how long it took me to get to this point and I know how much of a big thing it is for me to be able to say that's easy. And I'm not saying it is an easy thing, I'm saying it's easy for me right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I have a question, because you talked about the scale. Are you still using a scale?
Speaker 1:No, I stepped on it the other day when I was making my like quarter of the year recap video, just to see where I was at, to compare the start of the year to now. But I before that I couldn't even tell you. The last time I stepped on the scale, I stepped on mine last week.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because I was just like I just wanted to see, and I think it's okay to still use the scale. I don't think it wasn't like there wasn't any, I didn't have a reason for it, like I wasn't. Yeah, well, I guess. My reason, though, was I just wanted to know if it had moved, because I was frustrated before with the fact that I was like I can see the difference, I'm fitting into my vest, but the scale didn't move it was frustrating me.
Speaker 2:So I was just like you know what, let's just step on it, and if it says the same thing, well, your scale's broken, uh. So I stepped on it and actually said that it had gone down. It was like nine or ten pounds ish, but I didn't record it, I just stepped on, stepped off and I was like oh yeah so yeah, I was, I didn't have any emotion over.
Speaker 2:I went oh wow, that's neat. And then I just put it away and I didn't care. You know what I mean. Like I wasn't like any emotion over it. I went oh wow, that's neat, and then I just put it away and I didn't care.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean Like I wasn't, like Do you think he would have cared if it went up though?
Speaker 2:Like do you think he would have had an opposite reaction, like it's easy for you to say I don't care right now, but I think, honestly, I just would have been like I really would have thought that the scale is broken, like I really would have, because it just to me it makes no sense. Because comparing sorry, just one sec I don't think that my food is, um, a hundred percent what I want it to be and I don't think it ever will be. But it wasn't like the the best that I could be in my calorie range, um, but it's still better than what I was doing. So it's just like if it went up, I guess I would just assume that something's happened. But am I happy with the way that I have been going with food? I'm about 70% happy with the way that I've been going with my food. Um, yeah, I think that's. That's great Cause not that long ago I was very depressed 0% happy, uh, and for workouts, no, I'm not happy. So, because I'm content with the way that I'm eating so far. I know it can be better, but that will just come with time and with the thing that I'm not talking about on here, it will actually become better, and Lisa and I have had personal discussions about this where I've proved it's actually will be better with with the changes that I'm making. So anyway, I know that's just going to come with time, essentially.
Speaker 2:And then the workout. The workout is where I kind of need to prioritize a little bit Water. Love the way I'm doing water on the weekdays, hate the way I do water on the weekends, but there's a lot of things that have to change with my weekends that I've discussed with Lisa, and I was like I need a routine. What was it you said? You're like you already have a routine, you just need to adjust it. And I'm very aware of what my routine is, and it includes the couch, and I just want to eliminate the couch by at least 50 percent and wake up and go for a walk or something and go get some errands done before I have my couch time. So yeah, next weekend I'm hoping to at least implement that on one of the days, and then eventually it'll happen on both.
Speaker 2:I am upset, though, because I'm pretty sure the gross grind is not going to open this year. Oh no, and I am really upset about that. There is a trail behind the gross grind that is similar, but it's there's no stairs or stuff. I think that people it's where people take their dogs on. So you know what if it comes to it, I'll just do that one, because at least it's a trail, but I'm pretty sad right now. So, yeah, yeah, that's what's going on with that. But anyway, exercise. I'm still like you know what, though let's just say I can't do the gross grind this year. It doesn't open. That gives me more time to strengthen myself up, which is kind of motivating to get into the gym and do these strength exercises.
Speaker 1:I get about that. Remind me to come back to that.
Speaker 2:You go. I just I'm just worried that I'll work against it because, um, that kind of exercising in a gym really bores the crap out of me and I just have to, I think, approach it from a different angle mentally and and try and focus on what is it that I'm trying to accomplish and maybe maybe start. I've never been prone to looking at Instagram or TikTok strength, motivating things and like finding the joy in that and listening to you, finding the joy of wanting to become a stronger person and stuff like that. Like I hear that and it's like, wow, become a stronger person. And stuff like that. Like I hear that and it's like, wow, I would love to want that.
Speaker 2:And like find the joy in like lifting and being, like look how strong I am. I just don't see how I can get there, but I want to. I want it because being strong sounds amazing to me. I think what deters me is because when I've seen women with a lot of muscles, it doesn't appeal to me. I think that that's so awesome what they're doing. It's just not something that I see of how I want my body. But then I have to remember that I don't have to go to that extreme.
Speaker 2:You know like it's just it's it. To me it seems so black and white, but it's not, but it's not.
Speaker 1:Mine is like I want to have muscle, but I don't want to be like body build muscle and like I want to. I want enough muscle that I could be like yeah, I did that. Like you know what I mean. Like I just I want brag muscle. I don't want show off muscle.
Speaker 2:I don't need to be the rock yeah, it's gonna be like a pebble yeah, I want muscle in my legs so that I can, like climb the stairs without hurting, or yeah, or like without getting winded, you know, like just. But that includes cardio and strength, but anyway, I just Fucking cardio. I like cardio because I can zone into a show or a movie or something while doing it. But you can't do that while you're doing strength exercises.
Speaker 1:I had the realization today. I had the stupid fucking realization today this has to do. This was the thing I wanted to come back to earlier that I'm gonna have to fucking start doing cardio during the week and I'm really upset. I'm so upset. You can tell how upset I am about this and it's because we went to the park with harper today and her friend and I mean their their adult is my friend, but anyways, the point is the two kids.
Speaker 1:We went to the park and when we got to the park there was this kid there that I want to say was like seven or eight years old and he was doing laps around the park because there's like a round track that goes around the park like a little pathway, so he was doing laps around the park because there's like a round track that goes around the park like a little pathway, so he was doing laps around the park and as we're coming down the hill, we're seeing him running and he's going over to the adults that he's with and at first he goes over to the older woman who I'm assuming is his grandma and was like let's go, and then they race around and then she goes over nonchalant as if nothing just happened and I turned to mom and I was like I would be so out of breath after that.
Speaker 1:One track and she's like right, me too. And then she's like and then the kid goes over to who I'm assuming is his dad, and then again they run it, and again these adults, no problem, they're like this track is nothing. And I'm sitting here like oh my god, harper's gonna have this much energy.
Speaker 1:Harper's gonna need me to have this much energy. And I started thinking about it. I'm like I'm gonna have to start actually doing cardio because I need to set up for that. So we're going down and before the kid starts running with his dad, he's running with his grandma and mom and I are like, oh, like, we're gonna have to step up our cardio game. My mom already loves cardio. She does 20 minutes of cardio in the morning. So she was like she's. She's like, yeah, I'm going to have to start running. I'm like, yeah, I'm going to have to step up my cardio game. And Brandon's like I'll be fine. Then the kid runs with the dad and Brandon's like, oh, shoot, I'm going to have to step up cardio game.
Speaker 1:And then the one woman didn't run because she was holding a baby. And I'm like, see, that's the key. There'm like I'm not having another baby Anyway. So that's the whole roundabout way of how I realized because even then, how, when we were hanging out with our friend and their kid, like he was just booking her, like he was running it everywhere, everywhere, he was just running all over the place and I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to, I'm, I am in, I am in lifting shape like throw 200 and something pounds on the leg press and I can do that all day long, no problem. But like running after my child scares me, yeah. So I saw that and I'm like damn it, I'm going to actually have to start doing cardio.
Speaker 2:Um, have you thought about, even just like with the cardio, bringing her to the park and strolling her around that truck and doing a couple laps Like like? I don't know if you already do that it's?
Speaker 1:close? No, it's close to the park, so I probably wouldn't do that, just because it's not like an actual track. It's like a like a pathway that goes around the playground kind of thing, and it's a pretty busy area. So, um, I have thought about it around the playground and whatnot, but honestly, I'm probably just going to have to up my treadmill time, which kind of I don't know. I don't know how I'm going to incorporate, because this literally just happened this morning. Right, but I know I need to incorporate it somewhere and I don't know if it's a matter of my rest days are just going to become cardio days or what I want to do. Um, because I already feel short for time for when I go to the gym, as it is, I do three to five minutes on the treadmill or elliptical or bike as my cardio warm up.
Speaker 1:Uh, then I do my stretching and then, um, when I hit the weights, I check for one of two things while I'm doing my weights on if I should up my weights. The first is if I can hit the weights. I check for one of two things while I'm doing my weights on if I should up my weights. The first is if I can hit 12 reps, I should go up on my weights. And the second is if my heart rate is under one 30, uh, I up my weights because there's some machines that it's hard on my knees and I don't want to hit that 12 reps because I just don't want to put that much on my knees. Uh, in that case then I just up my weights if my heart rate is lower. But if I hit 12, right, 12 reps and I'm not feeling it and my heart rate is still lower than I'm going to up it. So I am getting cardio through my weights, but it's not the same as running or jogging or whatever.
Speaker 2:Yeah, do you think that you could put even 15 to 20 minutes to the side? That right, when you get home from work you can like just go for a quick walk like around your block? Yeah, I'm very aware you have like time. I can't try not to laugh as you ask that question, I'm like but like putting, putting a stroller right away and just going, you know what?
Speaker 1:actually I have started prior to not prioritizing, but this week is a write-off on this plan because, uh, harper's off this week but, um, and I have the excuse personal training this week and next week. But I have wanted to. I do want to go on those walks with Harper because I want to see her seeing this physical activity and like encouraging it Because, like right now, I go to the gym at three in the morning while she's still sleeping, right, so it's like she's not seeing that representation. So I have wanted to incorporate that as it is. But it's a matter of figuring out where that time is coming from and it's kind of hard to take away.
Speaker 1:It would be easy to take away from my time you know what I mean Like if I decided to go to bed at eight o'clock instead of seven 30 and go for that walk. However, her bedtime is seven o'clock, so I have to take it out of her time as well, not just my time. So, and I think the best way to do that is I am going to be doing crockpot meals on Tuesday, wednesday, thursday. These are the three days of the week that I go into the office and those are the hardest days, because I don't get home until 5.30.
Speaker 2:By the time we cook dinner, it's time to put her to bed at 6.30 half the time which is why turning to take out is so easy because I had a feeling you were gonna like say that it's taking out from dinner time because, like in my head it's like, well, what are you doing after work? Okay, you're preparing for dinner. It's like, honestly, all I keep thinking about is that one like you should really look at her videos is that woman that preps 30 freezer meals once a month or whatever, and they're instapot meals and you just take it out, put it in instapot. It's done in like five minutes and you're spending hours on one day to do it all, but you never have to do it again for the next 30 days.
Speaker 1:I. So my meal plans this week have been set up. Uh, not so much this week because I'm home for part of the weekend. We've got other stuff going on, but next week, uh, my meals have been set up to be same idea. They're dump meals. I've uh, I didn't set them up as dump meals, Like I didn't put them all in one Ziploc bag, but I have all the ingredients for it. I didn't put it all in one Ziploc bag because I already had the meat in my freezer was already ready for that. So my plan is to take it out the morning before and or the night before and then throw it in the crock pot, go to work, come home, that's ready, and then I have that time. Because that is something that I have already been thinking of. Is I want to get in that evening walk or her going to the park to have that physical activity for her and me as well? Just one second, no it's okay, uh, yeah.
Speaker 2:So, um, I don't have a kid and I have started doing like my easy cooking. So I started picking up those chicken breasts from costco that are stuffed with like brie and cranberry and whatnot oh, those are so good, so good.
Speaker 1:We haven't had them at our Costco in so long and they're so good they come out to like two dollars, or two dollars and 25 cents for chicken breast.
Speaker 2:But and if you put it on top of your veggies and then when you pierce into it, all that insides goes, goes on to your veggies. It's so good, but so I just pop two of those in the oven for us and then I just pan fry some veggies and that's our dinner, and or, like we do, the chicken parmesan ones from Costco those ones are so good.
Speaker 2:I pre-make like you've seen, my salads that I've been doing. I've been pre-making those um for my weeks for like lunch and stuff. It's like, honestly, I really think that you should get back into your Sunday meal prep thing and I think that'll help you out a lot more than well, instead of the meal prep thing, um, I have started.
Speaker 1:I actually wrote out all of my. You can't see it because it's all whatever, but I did write out my meals for this week, so I do have everything planned for this week and everything that is going to be a crockpot thing yeah, majority of it. I have crockpot for Tuesday and crockpot, yeah, for both. It's a Tuesday for the crockpot because they're pretty big meals of what I've made, so that gives us lunch for the next couple of days as well. Both Wednesdays are spaghetti, because I need spaghetti once a week just to survive. And then one is hamburger helper and the other one is chicken stir fry, like just. And the stir fry can throw into the to the crock pot too, like it's just.
Speaker 2:You should make that easy beef stroganoff.
Speaker 2:I don't know I've told you about it before, right, but for everyone out there I'm just going to say it again. It is so good and so cheap and I get at least four to six dinners in total. So I we have we can eat that for the next day. It's like we'll either eat it for our lunch or have it for our dinner. Uh, you get a bunch of stewing beef. I like to get the family pack ones. I love it when they're on sale. That's even better.
Speaker 2:You put dump that into your slow cooker. You put one can of the condensed cream of mushroom, one can of the condensed cream of celery and a pack of French onion soup mix. You do not add any water. My physical therapist, I told him this recipe. He's like I added water and I said don't add water. He did anyway. Don't add any water. It becomes really thick over time. You put it on high heat for six hours and then, once it's done cooking, you add in about one of those small containers of sour cream into it and then cook some egg noodles on the stove and then add that into the slow cooker. Or you can just top it. Sometimes I've just done egg noodles and topped it like a pasta sauce. This last time I dumped.
Speaker 2:I undercooked the egg noodles by like a minute or two and then I dumped it into the slow cooker and mixed it all around, like once it was already off, like I just was mixing it so good, it was just so good. I'm actually that's what I want to eat right now. Uh and it. Yeah, you get like so many meals out of it and it was super cheap. Like I use no name, um yeah condensed soup too. So that's like a dollar a dollar. Twelve dollars for the meat, it's um, it's six meals under 20 bucks that's great.
Speaker 1:I should try that. Honestly, the only reason I haven't tried it is because brandon's not a fan of mushrooms and he oh yeah, because of the cream of mushroom soup.
Speaker 2:But you don't really taste that because after everything, but I would add mushrooms because stroganoff mushrooms. I have added mushrooms and it's awesome, but because of how long you're doing it for, like, they kind of disintegrate, so it's just like right in the slow cooker. Honestly, like, do it without putting mushrooms in and you might not even notice that you use cream of mushroom soup text that to me again.
Speaker 1:I can't do it this pay, but I'll incorporate it my meals on next pay.
Speaker 2:I wish I could remember that damn slow cooker recipe I kept telling, talking to you guys about that I was in love. I'm pretty sure it's the one with the pierogies yeah, I think it's chicken breast, tater tots, pierogies and then a cup of milk, and then you do it, but I can't remember for how long, but someone told me about this a while ago. I'm gonna have to listen to a bunch of our old episodes, or hopefully. Maybe we can ask Sammy you're going through all the old episodes.
Speaker 2:When I talk about that recipe, you tell me what episode it's in. Oh, anyway, I'm I. We just got all of our groceries. I'm gonna be making my salads, probably tomorrow. Another thing that's awesome like is making our chicken fajitas, because I prep that all together. Just take a couple chicken breasts and cut it all up into chunks and it's going in the crock pot on Tuesday. Yeah, the taco seasoning. And then I like I buy those. You know those big packs of peppers that you get from Costco. I slice them all immediately and freeze half of them for the.
Speaker 1:Anyway, they were out of the keto wrap, so I'm like, okay, that's been scrapped because those are just delicious, they're so good, you know, oh, for everyone out there.
Speaker 2:We're talking about the oro wheat keto wraps.
Speaker 1:They are better than just regular flour wraps in when I was I don't even remember, but in 2018 when my doctor was like you need to go on keto. Keto food tasted like crap cardboard, like it was so gross you had to make your own shit to make it taste good. Right, these, these wraps so good. You would never in a million years guess that these are ketos.
Speaker 2:They're better than flour wraps. I actually yes, because they're so good, I actually started eating them on their own, and just because I wonder and they're better.
Speaker 1:I do like dempsters more. I will say that brandon doesn't like dempsters but I like the dempsters more. But they are better. Better than PC, great Value, the what's the other one Wonder. Like all of these other brands, these are better.
Speaker 2:They're so good. They're like almost a little fluffy, but not. You know what I mean Like yeah.
Speaker 1:I know, I know they're delicious, but I have been making a dip. This is what you brought them up and it made me think of this because, honestly, the amount of times that I slap peanut butter and Nutella on a tortilla and just fold it in half and eat it is way too damn high. I do that all the freaking time, but I have made a chicken bacon ranch protein dip. It is a tub of 500 milliliter cottage cheese that I blend up, one can of chicken and like a handful of chicken yeah, like canned chicken. Have you never had canned chicken?
Speaker 1:never, oh, you can get at costco in a. It's either an eight or ten pack, I think.
Speaker 2:Um, oh, like it looks like a tuna tin yeah, but it's okay sorry, because now I just remembered I. How could I?
Speaker 1:you could use the chicken of the sea because you could use shredded chicken like it just needs to be some form of shredded chicken. I like canned chicken for my dips, so that's what I'm using, but this is a Costco can, which is important to note, because a Costco can is twice as much as a regular can of chicken.
Speaker 1:So, um, yeah, I blended my tub of cottage cheese. Uh, I add my can of chicken that I fluffed up with a fork. I added a quarter cup of bacon bits and a quarter cup of shredded cheese, and then I just shake the shit out of my ranch powder on top of it and mix it all up. It's a chicken, bacon, ranch dip Holy balls, it's so good, it's so good, and I've been slapping that on a tortilla and rolling up and eating it and it's just like oh, but you know what's the best, though I'm so mad I'm not coming to see you this year.
Speaker 1:I want that. I went to the gym yesterday with Brandon and I went hard at the gym and then afterwards we got McDonald's the double cheeseburger after a workout from McDonald's oh my God, it's fucking delicious.
Speaker 2:Did you see their new menu? Yes, what is that? I don't know, but that's surf and turf one. I almost like I almost got it, just to know. And I'm like I hate fish fillets, like I have PTSD from fish fillet.
Speaker 1:I want to try about that.
Speaker 2:I want to try the chicken double burger. Yeah, we almost got that, but the thing is, is the price of it compared to just getting a double cheeseburger and a junior chicken and putting it together? For the amount of stuff it's it's? It works out similar, but you get more so what?
Speaker 1:I would do then is I, brandon and I would both get one, and we just swap a chicken and swap, and then we both have it. Um, I am surprised, though. I have had this idea for forever. They should have an egg mcmuffin dressed like a big Mac.
Speaker 2:That would be good.
Speaker 1:Right. So when this remix thing came out, I was like you do a sausage patty, the cheese and pickles, and then the sausage patty, lettuce, big Mac sauce and you could have an egg if you want on there to keep it as like a breakfast burger, but like Big Mac breakfast burger, but like you don't know. Why isn't that a thing? Why haven't I seen this?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and also I was so ready for this conversation, but the fact that we have to stop because we're done, so hungry, cutting it off right now.
Speaker 1:In fact, let's cut off the episode because we still have to record a second.
Speaker 2:But instead of you doing your listen bitch thing I actually wanted to she slowly puts it away. I came across this video yesterday and this guy was just like crying because someone had made a comment to him that said I don't know what the original video was because it video was not available. But they said I think when god made you, he gave you the same color eyes as venus, the planet of love, so that whoever looks into them can know what it means to love and be loved. And I was like does this person know you like? And because that was the nicest thing, and he's just like you know, like being tearful in in the video and I was like wow. And then that person had commented back saying wow, I'm so used to not being heard and like it was just like nice for him to pick up that thing.
Speaker 2:So that video continued with just comments full of really nice things and I loved this comment so much and I just wanted to put it out there. Okay, we love art because we get to see and experience it, but art doesn't see or experience itself. Being a work of art isn't easy, because you'll never understand how beautiful and lively you are oh, and I was like I love that because you know what we're all pieces of work or art work.
Speaker 2:We are pieces of work we're all pieces of art and like people around us, like that's why they're attracted to us, and like they, like. They see that, but we don't see that a lot of the time within ourselves.
Speaker 1:So anyway, I just thought, that's good um, I did harper's affirmations with her today the regular ones that we do and then she decided to say her own affirmation afterwards and I'll share that one with you guys as well. It was um two, three, five, poop, poop, poop, and she repeated that all the way till bedtime. Whichever one you guys would like to take for today, whichever- you feel I love her.
Speaker 2:I need to see her soon. Okay, this was fun, this was good till next time, which is in two seconds.
Speaker 1:For us it's a week for you guys suckers. Yeah, we'll tell you later. It's fine cliffhanger. Bye, bye, okay okay, bye.