Episode 36: Fast Food Confessions: Protein Coffees, Happy Meals & Travel Mishaps

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Hey Steph! Hello! Welcome back to another bi

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-weekly episode of Fairness is Winter podcast.

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Switching it up. Love it. How have you been?

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How are things going? Good. I just got back from

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a work trip last night, so that was interesting.

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Love it. First like big post. post -surgery trip

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um well yeah work trip did one with the family

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but this was one where um it was like a work

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conference it was actually I'd say it was really

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different because when I went on my first post

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-bariatric trip with my family I could control

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a lot of things whereas with this trip it was

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a work conference um Where I didn't have a lot

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of control over schedules and food options and

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all of that kind of stuff. So it was very different.

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I love it. Yeah, I remember. Boy, this was not

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like ideal, but my first work trip was April.

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I had surgery in March, but it was like. you

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have to come to Montreal. Like we've got this

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work thing. And I remember the sheer panic I

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had before going, I'm only a month post -op and

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it was Montreal. And I spoke no French, but I

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was like, I must find a grocery store. And I

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bought the weirdest, dumbest shit. Like I bought

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it. Cause like, here's where my brain was. So

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I bought a block of cheese. I bought some hard

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boiled eggs. I bought deli meat. I bought. an

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uncut loaf of bread don't know why um i got some

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what i thought were protein shakes and ended

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up being like insurers instead like oh gosh um

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i was about to say like you know the old people

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drink but i'm pretty sure that's offensive but

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you know like the when you're old and you need

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to get your meal replacement yeah didn't buy

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protein shakes but meal replacement shakes uh

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i don't remember what else but i just i remember

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getting back to the hotel and going what did

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i do cutlery would have been a great idea hannah

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maybe some six o 'clock bags. So I'm just sitting

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in this hotel room with no knives, no nothing.

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And I'm like, so how am I going to, how am I

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going to cut this lettuce? How am I supposed

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to cut this cheese? Like, what am I doing? No

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one's watching. Just pick it up and mow down.

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And I was like, so am I just going to roll up

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to the office and be that weird person who meets

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everyone for the first time with a bag of hard

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-boiled eggs and a block of cheese? And I'm going

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to be like, yeah, hey guys, this is what I'm

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doing for three full days. now on this loaf of

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bread over here don't mind me just eating just

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eating this I didn't even eat the bread because

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I can't like bread and pizza dough specifically

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don't like no and I okay so you went on a work

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trip I moved the exact length of time you were

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away I was moving yeah the night before I moved

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obviously everything had been packed so I was

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like what am I gonna do and I hadn't eaten all

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day so I was like Here comes head hunger. Like

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I was starving. I'm going to just door dash a

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bunch of dumb shit to my house. Oh, cool. Super

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thin crust pizza with mushrooms. Like, wow, that

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sounds so good. I'm going to just put that in

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the oven. It'll be great. And I'm talking thin,

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like, like paper thin pizza. So I'm like, this

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will be fine. So I get it out of the oven and

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I cut a piece of it. And I think I messaged you

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the next day being like, so still can't eat pizza.

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Still not a thing I can eat. I was horrifically

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ill. Which sucks. Yeah. I had super swelling

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in my stomach. I had a lot of pain. I had to

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just lay down. I definitely felt the dumping

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syndrome, which is different when you're further

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out. It's less of like, I'm going to poop my

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pants. And it's more like, I need to lay down.

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I've got full body sweats. Yeah. I feel like

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I'm dying. You know, people say the meat sweats.

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This is bariatric sweats where I was like, pain,

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the nausea. the sweats and i went great i guess

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i still can't eat pizza uh which was funny but

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that was my but there was my bariatric moment

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of the week guys still can't have that still

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can't have that um that's really crappy yeah

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that was so funny but i did get and i want to

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thank you for this i ordered the the burst i

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don't burst you know whatever it is got the two

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dots over the u so i'm sure it's pronounced differently

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but first so i tried the burst coffee protein

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drinks. I love them. They're so good, eh? They're

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so good. Yeah. They're so good. Which flavor

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did you get? Because there's a couple different.

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So I got the mocha because I read that the dark

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roast was disgusting. So I got mocha and it says

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lightly sweetened and I will definitely say it's

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lightly sweetened. It's not over the top and

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I love it. And I got their new seasonal pumpkin

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spice. I haven't tried it yet. Okay. I haven't

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tried it yet. I haven't either. I heard it was

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good. Now, apparently they have a salted caramel

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that's also seasonal and it's not in stock and

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I can't find it anywhere. But I would definitely

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try that. I like it. Is it a little more of a

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watered down coffee? Yeah. So don't think that

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this is going to be like, whoa, espresso level,

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deep, rich coffee. It is a little on the watered

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down side, but really smooth. No weird protein

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aftertaste. And yeah, I kind of loved it. I tried

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two and I can't remember now which ones when

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I talked to you I tried. I tried I think it was

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like the light roast which was also like lightly

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sweetened. And then I tried the mocha one too.

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And I remember the light roast I think it was

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was sweeter than the mocha which kind of surprised

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me. But they were good. They were like the flavor

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was good. I like that they had the hit of caffeine

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in them. I thought they were. They're a little

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bit pricier than like a Premier Protein or a

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Fairlife or anything like that. But I thought

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they were delicious, too. I thought they were

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delicious, too. And like, so here's the thing,

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like Fairlife is hard to get. I don't want to

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drive. This makes me sound lazy, but I don't

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want to drive all the way to Costco and then

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get there and realize that they don't have in

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stock. And I, in moving, realized. I was not

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drinking Fairlife as fast as I thought I was

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because I found some and I went, oh my God, they're

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expired and I didn't finish them. I just find

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that there's a lot of Fairlife. And now I've

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become a very vanilla girl. Like I want the vanilla.

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I only seem to have frigging chocolate. So I

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want something that I can order. that isn't like,

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I think Fairlife comes in what 18 or 24 bottle

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pack. Like it's a lot. It's eight. I think it's

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18. Yeah. If I remember correctly. And I'm not

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early in my bariatric journey, I was barreling

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through them. Cause like I would have a whole

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meal that was just a shake. Now that I use it

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more like supplementally, I am not barreling

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through them and I find they expire faster than

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others. Um, and I definitely had that. Have you

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seen the weird Reddit posts where people have

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like, the slimy Fairlife where they go to work

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and it looks like slime. Yeah. Honestly, it'll

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make you puke. But so that happened and I immediately

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kind of turned me off of them. So I have, yeah,

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Google it folks. Google Fairlife. Google it because

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I love Fairlife and I'm afraid if I see it now.

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Oh, it's so gross. It's like snot. Like it looks

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like snot boogers. I keep Premier because Premier

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for me is not something I'm going to drink whole.

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I use it as coffee creamer and I love it as coffee

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creamer. It's so great. Burst is my like, am

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I going out? Am I going to the market? Am I going

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shopping? I'm taking one of these because it's

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my coffee and my protein all together. I love

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it. Oh, and this is something, you know what?

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This might just be a, we missed you guys and

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here's our update podcast. Yeah. You know what

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we should talk about? What? And we were going

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to talk about. Our favorite fast food hack. So

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I actually think that this fits. So this week's

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episode is going to be fast food related. The

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protein coffees from Starbucks. Oh, yes. They

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just dropped in Canada. I think in the U .S.

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as well at the same time. Yeah, I looked at them

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when I was at the airport Starbucks. Okay. So

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now we have protein. coffees protein drinks because

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there's like matchas and things as well now we

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have them at starbucks and tim hortons because

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some a listener did message me and say tim hortons

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has had these and the macros are better so i

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now need to look oh i didn't i didn't look at

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the macros for that's what she said now so what

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starbucks has the following folks buckle up sugar

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-free vanilla protein matcha sugar -free vanilla

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protein latte They have a full sugar protein

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matcha, a full sugar vanilla protein latte. And

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then they have full sugar iced banana cream matcha

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with protein. Yeah. Chocolate cream protein cold

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brew iced and an iced vanilla cream protein latte.

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That's so much. Go to their website. It's a ton.

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Yeah. But they have a bunch. The funny thing

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was, I was told we weren't getting them in Canada,

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but I guess that. That's what I heard, too. And

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then all of a sudden, magically, they showed

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up. She's a liar. No, she probably just like

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they probably just don't tell people things that

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they should. Yeah. So these dropped. And I have

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to say, I'm disappointed. A hundred percent.

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I'm disappointed. I think the macros are ludicrously

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bad on these. Yeah. Like just just to. Just to

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throw it and like, boy, we got a lot of comments

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on that post and I really should have gone through

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and liked them. But guys, I was moving. And when

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I tell you that I went to bed at 6 p .m. for

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the last six nights, I'm not even kidding. But

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like, God, thank you all for commenting on this

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post. Like, this is incredible. And I should

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have dropped some hashtags in there. But here

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we go. So the iced banana cream protein matcha.

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And like when I say I will eat anything with

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banana, I almost drove over there to be like

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banana. And then I looked at the macro. So an

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iced banana cream protein matcha grande. That's

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473 milliliters for those who care. 430 calories.

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430 calories. Are you fucking insane? It's insane.

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No, it's ridiculous. It's over the top. It has

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20 grams of fat. 20. I was like. Oh, of that

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20 grams of fat, 13 grams are saturated fat.

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That's the kicker. That's insane. They're not

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okay. And then there's cholesterol, there's sodium,

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there's sodium in everything. There's almost

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40 grams of carbs. I mean, all right, sure, I

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guess. It's going to happen, yeah. 36 grams of

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sugar. 36. That's insane. That's... There is

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no way that is happening. No. I'm sorry. So there's

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24 grams of protein in this and you guys know

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the rule that we usually follow. Add a zero to

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the end of that and the calories should be the

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same or less. This has 430 calories. It is double

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how many calories it should have. So some people

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did ask. Yeah. Oh, well. You know, it's probably

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just the protein drink they're adding in because

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I was under the impression. Now, here is where

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I'm also wrong. I read and I think that this

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is Tim Hortons. I read they were just going to

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use Fairlife milk. That's that was my understanding.

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Yeah. And that's where the protein comes from.

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Which makes sense. Yeah. At Starbucks, that's

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not the case. Oh, yeah. So at Starbucks, they're

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using a whey protein blend. I don't have any

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more info on. Who, what, I have no info on the

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branding, but Starbucks is not using Fairlife

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milk. They're using whey protein blend. See,

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I was trying to watch when I was at the airport.

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I was listening to see if anybody was ordering

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it so that I could see, but nobody was ordering

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it. I just assumed also that Fairlife would be

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the easy way for them to do this. So that's interesting.

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So it's very interesting. My kind of, I don't

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know, a question is like, we do know that protein

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powder has a lot of calories. A scoop of my ghost

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protein powder, I think, is 130 calories. So

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these were never going to be crazy low calorie.

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Like, don't get me wrong. Right. But 430 seems

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super excessive to me because I'm trying to do

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the math. It doesn't. Yeah. It seems way too.

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Because, OK, so do the math with me. Let's say

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let's say you have ghost and I do find ghost

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to be a bit higher in calories than some other

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protein powder. But great. I love the I love

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the taste. So good of titties, as I like to say.

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So let's say that's one hundred and thirty calories.

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You know what? I'll round up to one fifty because

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I think most protein powder is at least one fifty

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or less. If your protein powder is over that,

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we should probably have a conversation about

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why. Yep. But ghost packs a whopping twenty five

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to thirty grams of protein. So let's say I use

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Ghost. It's 150 calories. Sure. Where are the

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other 300 calories coming from? Right? Where?

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And now it's a grande. Okay. So maybe you're

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going to add, what, half a cup to a cup of milk?

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Maybe that's where the calories are coming from?

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Even if it's a cup of milk, I still feel like

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it's too high. A cup of milk should be, what,

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110 calories? Yeah, it still doesn't add up.

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No, I'm still under 300 calories. So I think

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the problem here is this. Well, it's this cream

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that they're adding. And then I think my larger

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problem is. So if you went with an iced latte,

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it drops. It does drop the calories to 270. Great.

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Every single one of these new protein shakes

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has over 30 grams of sugar. There's not one single

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one with less than 30 grams, which is absolutely

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insane. insane now the sugar -free ones probably

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have less sugar because most of your sugar is

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coming from the syrups that they put in it but

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like good god almighty here's the other kicker

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that i told you about my voice chat you have

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to pay a premium for these uh -huh i saw that

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and i don't don't know why don't know why so

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i think i might try because they're special are

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you gonna try it No, fuck no. I thought you were

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going to say, yeah, I was going to say, really?

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I was going to be surprised. I think I might

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try the Tim Hortons one. That follower told us

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that she thought that they tasted great and they

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were way less. I'm super curious. Now, the protein

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isn't as high, but it's not bad. It's like 18

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to 20 grams. Great. That's like a protein bar.

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That's fine. And I think the reason it's low

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is that they're just using milk to get the protein

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in. Which I'm not, I don't hate. But here's the

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kicker. So why would I pay for, like, and I know

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you're in a hurry and you need convenience. But

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here's my hack, guys, and I shared it. Get yourself

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a protein shake, Premier, Fairlife, whatever

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you want. Keep it with you in the car because

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they're shelf stable. They don't need to be refrigerated

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until after they're open. And go to Tim Hortons

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or Dunkin' or Starbucks and you order yourself

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an espresso. Yep. And hell, you can put a pump

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of syrup in because one pump of syrup is less

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than 10 grams of sugar. Yeah. And there's nothing

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wrong with having a pump. You don't need four.

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They put four to five in a medium. So you can

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ask to put whatever you want. This is exactly

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what I did when I was traveling because I drink

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protein coffee every day. And I knew. going through

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security. I couldn't make my protein coffee before

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I left at the airport. So I went through security

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and then I went to Starbucks and I got myself

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a double espresso in a venti cup with ice. And

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I went to one of the little stands and I bought

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my core, they had core protein shakes. So I bought

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a few of them, threw them in my carry on and

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I made myself protein coffee and then that at

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the airport. And then I had also packed people.

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You can judge me. I use instant coffee for my.

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For my protein coffee. Oh, I love instant coffee.

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I bought the Tim Hortons iced coffee, instant

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coffee, because it mixes with tap water. So I

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put a bunch in a baggie and I took it with me

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on my trip. So then in my hotel room, I took

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out my baggie of instant coffee, put my water

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in, put my core proteins that I bought at the

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airport, and I had my protein coffee every day.

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Easy peasy. And I buy... I was going to say Nespresso

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and that's not right. But that like that espresso

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brand that you can get at our grocery stores

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here. Yes. Maybe it's Nespresso. Maybe I'm. I

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think it is. Okay. It is Nespresso. Yeah. Maybe.

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I don't know. But I basically buy their instant

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espresso powder because exact same thing you're

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saying. Like it's so much easier for iced lattes

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that way and iced coffees. But ding, ding, ding.

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Your hack is genius. And this is exactly the

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same hack I do. I put a protein shake in my car.

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I go to Starbucks and I order. I order two espresso

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shots in a venti glass with ice and extra room.

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I get one pump of syrup because I like to have

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pecan syrup. It is what it is. I get one pump

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of syrup and then they laugh at me every time

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they give me this giant cup with little espresso

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at the bottom and a straw. And then I dump my

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entire protein shake. A venti cup will fit an

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entire premier protein shake. And now I have

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a 30 gram of protein coffee. for 130 calories

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it's probably closer to 150 you add in that one

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pump of syrup but it's well below what it should

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be and it matches almost perfectly to the 30

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grams of protein i'm getting um because calories

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are absolutely well below what they should be

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for 30 grams of protein and it costs me next

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to nothing because i'm not getting a fancy artisan

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drink i'm getting lots of espresso yeah could

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do it and you could do this at any coffee shop

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i can almost guarantee you right So it begs the

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question, like, will I be doing these protein

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drinks? I don't think that they're as convenient

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as people think they are. Like, I love the idea

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of like I'm running work or I'm at an airport.

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But like, I think you and I just proved like

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we still pack our own stuff and have just as

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much convenience. Like I bring shakes on my cruise

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and I made protein coffee in the morning. Right.

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It's not that it's not as complicated as people

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think it is to pack. to pack your stuff and to

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just do it yourself. It takes a little bit more

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thought and maybe a little bit more planning,

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but it's not hard or complicated. It was super

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easy for me to make my protein coffees. I just

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had to think ahead a little bit, pack my baggie

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of instant coffee, grab my protein shakes at

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the airport, grab a couple, throw them in my

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carry -on, and I had my protein coffee every

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morning. It wasn't hard. Done deal. And so that's,

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for me... I love, I love to see brands moving

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in this direction. Like I'm not trying to be

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like, damn, how dare they? I love that they're

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moving in this direction. I will give Starbucks

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credit that I think they brought out like a lot

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of higher protein food faster. My big issue is

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they're not working on the calorie side. They're

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jumping on the protein bandwagon with not, but

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they don't understand the protein bandwagon where

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it's like, yes, we do want protein, but we want.

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healthy protein. We don't want to have 24 grams

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of protein with 400 calories. It takes away from

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the whole point of trying to have your healthy

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beverage. If, yeah, okay, like you said, I'm

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getting great. I'm getting a huge thing of protein.

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But if you're then canceling it out by adding

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a shit ton of fat or a shit ton of sugar, what's

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the point? Yeah. And so I'd love to see Starbucks

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specifically just because it's right. I say it

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because it's right on the corner and I've just

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been going there a lot. I really want to see

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them work on their calories because I think their

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breakfast sandwiches are stupidly insane. And

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it would be great to have like I think food is

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a harder thing to get when you're on the go.

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I think the protein coffee drinks like they're

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they're easy enough for us as bariatric patients

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to pack and bring. But I don't always want to

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be drinking calories. So I really would love

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to see more fast food chains work on. high protein,

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low calorie options. I don't want to eat the

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same spinach and feta wrap from Starbucks every

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single time. It's not that high. It's not as

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good as it could be. And egg bites, like you

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just get tired of those egg bites after a while.

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And again, they're not even that fantastic macros

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either. Like when I was at Starbucks traveling

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and I needed some food before the plane, I was

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looking and I ended up getting the turkey bacon

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egg white breakfast sandwich, but same thing.

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I had to get that twice because limited options.

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And I was like, oh, get egg bites. But the calories

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on them are significantly higher than what you

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think they would be. Or like the turkey bacon

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egg white sandwich on an English muffin is better

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macros than egg bites. Yes. So the egg, like

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the bacon egg bites. The bacon egg white has

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320 calories. Yeah. The egg white one, yes, has

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170 calories, but it's only got 12 grams of protein,

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guys. Like that's not, but basically there's

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nothing in there but the egg whites because one

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large egg is six grams of protein. So you could

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have two hard boiled eggs for the same protein

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that you do in these egg bites. Like they're

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not spectacular. The potato one, which is my

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favorite, is 210 calories for 12 grams of protein.

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Like there's nothing at Starbucks that I'm blown

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away with that I think is great. And it's a shame

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because I need fast convenience. Like I need,

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I will say the spinach and feta is the closest

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to probably best macros you'll get. 290 calories,

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20 grams of protein. Probably the closest. Now

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I do like the bacon one as well. The egg white

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turkey bacon, it's 230 calories, but it's only

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17 grams of protein. So like it's could be higher.

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Nothing else works because they're all almost

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400 calories for everything else. So here's my

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hack for Starbucks. Yep. I don't get any of their

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breakfast food. I get the jalapeno chicken pocket.

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Okay. Now I haven't tried that yet. No, but it's

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200 calories. 12 grams of protein. Again, not

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fantastic, but when I'm in a hurry and I just

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need something, it's small, it's compact, it

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has protein, it's got low sugar, it's got 200

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calories I can swallow and deal with. Right.

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That's what I get instead of breakfast because

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I just don't find their breakfasts good. Fair.

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I agree. There's very, very limited options and

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I really wish they would have some. better choices

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and like I have to I haven't tried that yet I

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looked at it yesterday yesterday and I debated

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it um but yeah I mean there's obviously better

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options than other like some things are better

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than others for sure and there's some things

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that yeah you know you you can make it work but

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overall not the best not the best choice no so

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and like it's okay though like we're not shaming

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anybody no I did it twice while I was traveling

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Starbucks I have to make the best you can do

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like especially with traveling for work a lot

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.640
of these airports or conference locations or

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hotels have nothing but Starbucks so you do the

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best you can do like the oatmeal is not that

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bad sometimes I just get the oatmeal because

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you know it's got yeah protein and carbs and

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you can put your premier protein shake in your

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oatmeal and mix it up and away you go um what

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are some of your favorite like fast food kind

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:32.420
of hacks like now that We touched on this like

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:34.839
so early in the podcast that I think both of

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us just weren't using fast food as much. Correct.

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Not that it's a massive staple in our life, but

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I think over the last couple of months with our

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trips, our road trips, our travels, our work

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trips, we've started to embrace fast food more.

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I think we now actually have some good, good

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hacks and things. And we've had our listeners

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give us good hacks that we've tried and tested

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and think are great. Let's round robin it. I'll

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start with you. Do you have a good one you want

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to share? I think the big one is whenever I go

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somewhere like with the family, so like Subway,

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let's say Subway or Pita Pit, I always go to

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the salad. The odd time at... Subway, I'll do

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one of their flatbreads, but I'll get the six

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inch. But typically the bread fills me up really

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fast. So I typically do the salad and then I'll

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do extra protein. And that salad will last me

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a couple meals. Like that's not one meal. So

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that's nice because I can divide it up. I pop

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it in the fridge. I don't get any dressing on

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it. I don't get any sauce on it. I use my roasted

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red pepper dip pack for my dressings a lot. But

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I'll always do that. I'll go to the salad option

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and I'll always double up on protein. I think

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that's the big one. We're kind of lucky in that

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sense because we live in such a small town. We

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don't have a lot of fast food options. Yeah,

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I love that. Yeah, so we don't get it much. If

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my family's doing pizza, which we... don't do

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:05.880
as often um i make a pizza bowl like i do a cottage

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:08.039
cheese pizza bowl instead so i still feel like

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:10.019
i'm getting yeah i still feel like i'm getting

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:13.680
the the pizza vibe and i'm not missing out right

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i'm not having like fomo because i'm sitting

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there with my carrots while they're having people

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:21.079
having pizza um so i think it's just finding

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:23.519
finding little swap outs so that you can still

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:26.140
do it chicken nuggets are the go -to at mcdonald's

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um just finding the higher protein options and

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then for me it's the options with less carb less

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bread not because it's bad it just because it

00:25:35.529 --> 00:25:37.809
fills me up so fast that then I typically don't

00:25:37.809 --> 00:25:40.490
hit my protein because I'm so full from the bread

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piece yeah and I like man I miss pizza but I

00:25:45.170 --> 00:25:47.549
find ways to have it like I have the flavors

00:25:47.549 --> 00:25:49.670
and things I do the cottage cheese bowl like

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you mentioned I um I want to do the subway hack

00:25:52.730 --> 00:25:55.059
of getting the The meatballs, you can actually

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:57.240
go and just get the meatballs from the meatball

00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:00.000
sub. Yes, haven't done that yet either. I think

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.039
that would crave, like curb my craving, getting

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.460
a little marinara sauce on there. Oh, chef's

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:07.279
kiss. Everybody knows I make nachos. Like that

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:09.279
is my comfort meal. That helps with the pizza

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:11.940
craving. But I make, you know, high protein nachos

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:15.240
and I put a ton of shredded chicken and I mix

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:17.920
Greek yogurt. And that's not a fast food hack.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.920
So I'm going to get off that topic. But I love

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:22.640
your hacks for Starbucks. I think I agree. The

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.720
reason the bread sits. weird with people from

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:27.619
there is you should look this up but um people

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:30.359
listeners not you Steph but they were sued in

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:32.779
Ireland for how much sugar is in their bread

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:35.119
and it's called bread in Ireland it needs to

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:38.019
be called cake so a lot of people here have talked

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.440
to me and said the same thing like there's something

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:41.500
about Starbucks or Subway it just doesn't sit

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:44.680
well yeah there's a metric ton of sugar in their

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:47.720
breads guys so yeah if you can't eat Subway it's

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.539
not you it's like Their bread is not great. So

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:52.799
I love the salad hack. I definitely want to do

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:57.359
the meatball hack. I think my first hack for

00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.420
people is going to be Moxie's. Weird. I know.

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:05.019
Hang in there with me. Moxie's has great appetizers

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:08.829
and they have this one appetizer that is. Tiny

00:27:08.829 --> 00:27:11.309
Tuna Tacos. I just, first of all, love saying

00:27:11.309 --> 00:27:14.410
that. Nice. Tiny Tuna Tacos. I'm obsessed with

00:27:14.410 --> 00:27:16.769
ahi tuna. I can't help it. I can't get enough

00:27:16.769 --> 00:27:18.750
of it. I eat it all the time. It's just like

00:27:18.750 --> 00:27:22.470
a crippling weakness. And sometimes you're tired

00:27:22.470 --> 00:27:24.869
and you just need to order something for delivery.

00:27:25.089 --> 00:27:27.450
So they have this appetizer called Tiny Tuna

00:27:27.450 --> 00:27:30.430
Tacos and you get three. And the whole appetizer

00:27:30.430 --> 00:27:33.190
is 130 calories. And I was like, get the fuck

00:27:33.190 --> 00:27:36.789
out. It's three wontons that they fry into a

00:27:36.789 --> 00:27:40.529
taco shell that they put crushed avocado in,

00:27:40.589 --> 00:27:43.829
just avocado crushed with ahi tuna on top. And

00:27:43.829 --> 00:27:46.750
they give you this spicy sesame soy dipping sauce.

00:27:47.029 --> 00:27:50.390
It has carbs. It has protein. It has healthy

00:27:50.390 --> 00:27:53.269
fats. It keeps me super full. Now they're tiny

00:27:53.269 --> 00:27:55.210
because they're appetizers, but three is the

00:27:55.210 --> 00:27:58.619
perfect serving size for me. I'm obsessed with

00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:01.839
this. This is like when I'm tired, when I'm not

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:04.039
feeling good, like when I just leave the house,

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:09.460
I get the tiny tuna tacos from Moxie's. And secondary

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:13.279
little Moxie's also sells a chimichurri steak

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:17.960
salad that's only 430 calories. And it is so

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:20.880
big that I eat it for two servings. Okay. But

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.180
it comes with a spicy tomato vinaigrette, goat

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:26.339
cheese salad, and steak. It gives you two meals.

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.500
And for 430 calories, when you split that into

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:34.619
two meals, it's a great healthy option. And the

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.680
very last one from Moxie's, guys, because I'm

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:40.319
on a kick, is their avocado with crackers. They

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:43.940
do a smashed avocado dip. It's just fresh avocado,

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:47.740
pico de gallo, which Steph has the mix on. I

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.079
love it. And then they serve it with tortilla

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:55.670
chips. little appetizer is I think 230 calories

00:28:55.670 --> 00:28:57.890
a serving and it's two servings of the whole

00:28:57.890 --> 00:29:01.990
thing so if you split this with someone that's

00:29:01.990 --> 00:29:04.609
that's awesome or if you got rid of the chips

00:29:04.609 --> 00:29:06.470
and stuff it comes with and you subbed it for

00:29:06.470 --> 00:29:08.529
carrots or something healthier you could cut

00:29:08.529 --> 00:29:11.569
those calories down but there's my there's my

00:29:11.569 --> 00:29:13.730
fast food hacks if you have a moxie's I think

00:29:13.730 --> 00:29:15.470
that might be a Canadian thing so I apologize

00:29:15.470 --> 00:29:18.230
but even if you don't um Applebee's for my US

00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:21.859
listeners yeah Applebee's has Chicken wonton

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:24.240
tacos. They're basically like the tuna tacos

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:27.259
I get here, but it's wontons with chicken and

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:30.380
this spicy sauce. The calories are low. The protein

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:33.099
is high. You think you get four in that one?

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.519
Such a great appetizer. Highly. There's my hack.

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:39.599
There's my hack. I love it. That sounds delicious.

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:42.619
I know. I'm glad that we're recording this like

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:44.579
right before lunchtime. I know. I'm so hungry

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:49.839
right now. Okay. Another good hack for people

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.880
is gelato is healthier than ice cream. Oh, I

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:56.559
haven't gelato. I haven't had gelato in so like

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:58.539
years. Okay. When you come visit again, I'll

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.579
take you to Nani's and we'll get the kid's cup

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:03.119
of gelato. But for those who don't know, gelato

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:05.460
has way less sugar and way less fat than ice

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:07.720
cream. Now, is it healthy? No, I'm not saying

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:10.240
that this is a healthy alternative, but in the

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:12.400
summer or anytime when you're craving ice cream,

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:15.240
cause you will crave things again. Gelato is.

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:19.440
Far healthier. I think it's 20 % less sugar and

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:23.640
15 % less fat, but much less fat, much less sugar.

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.759
So if you're looking for a sweet tooth, I recommend

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:31.579
gelato. What other fast food hacks? We'll just

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:35.799
wrap them quickly. Oh, chicken nuggets. Yep,

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.700
nuggies are the go -to for McDonald's. I was

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:40.299
driving home really late from the airport last

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.380
night and was starving, so I did my nuggets.

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:46.359
Nuggets? They're not bad. They're not the best

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:48.259
macros, but like guys, we're talking like in

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.400
a pinch, right? We're not talking about stuff

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:52.099
you're going to do all the time. Stuff that when

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.859
you're on the road, when you're in a pinch, when

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:57.660
you have no other choice, not eating this is

00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:00.559
better than not eating at all. Exactly. Yeah.

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:02.779
Happy meals. I'll throw that in then. You did

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:05.200
chicken nugs. Happy meals. Yeah. Happy meals.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:07.200
You can get apples and yogurt instead of French

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:10.440
fries. And I think like the, the, the cheeseburger,

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.660
I was going to say chicken burger. That'd be

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:14.339
great. Yeah. Like the value, the value menu.

00:31:15.049 --> 00:31:17.890
The value menu items or whatever. A &W has like

00:31:17.890 --> 00:31:20.890
the buddy burger. I did that. I did that once

00:31:20.890 --> 00:31:23.950
when I was on the road. I thought I had a protein

00:31:23.950 --> 00:31:25.970
bar on me. I didn't. I was starving. I had like

00:31:25.970 --> 00:31:28.009
an hour and a bit left in my drive. So the buddy

00:31:28.009 --> 00:31:30.109
burger. And I just took I took half the bun off.

00:31:30.250 --> 00:31:32.450
I took the top of the bun off. Yeah. And I just

00:31:32.450 --> 00:31:34.730
ate it like an open face with the bottom. Great

00:31:34.730 --> 00:31:37.930
hack. And it has fried onions on it. So hello.

00:31:38.650 --> 00:31:42.069
And happy meals are like 310 to 350 calories,

00:31:42.210 --> 00:31:46.410
guys. So like. Go nuts. Buddy burger. A &W has

00:31:46.410 --> 00:31:48.390
one of the lowest calorie chicken burgers. So

00:31:48.390 --> 00:31:50.950
if you get just their actual chicken burger,

00:31:51.109 --> 00:31:53.130
it's four hundred and ten calories for the whole

00:31:53.130 --> 00:31:55.730
burger. Now, again, we're not saying that that's

00:31:55.730 --> 00:31:58.450
super healthy, but compared, I'm pretty sure

00:31:58.450 --> 00:32:00.349
the chicken burger from Burger King is nine hundred.

00:32:00.470 --> 00:32:03.029
And I think. Oh, wow. Donald's is eight something

00:32:03.029 --> 00:32:05.609
because their mayo and stuff is way worse. Like

00:32:05.609 --> 00:32:08.390
in Canada, like A &W is a Canadian brand. They

00:32:08.390 --> 00:32:10.430
use different stuff. So if you actually take

00:32:10.430 --> 00:32:12.809
the mayo off the chubby chicken burger, I think.

00:32:13.390 --> 00:32:17.289
300 calories too that's insane it is one of the

00:32:17.289 --> 00:32:19.670
lowest calorie chicken burgers if you're in a

00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:23.009
pinch um happy meals i think happy meals are

00:32:23.009 --> 00:32:25.589
like an exceptional in a pinch need something

00:32:25.589 --> 00:32:29.130
i agree and you get a little bit of everything

00:32:29.130 --> 00:32:31.509
you can have yeah and you've got yogurt in there

00:32:31.509 --> 00:32:36.049
you can have apple slices yeah So many different

00:32:36.049 --> 00:32:37.990
options that you can swap out. And that's the

00:32:37.990 --> 00:32:40.589
thing, right? I think, I think it's just really

00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:44.509
paying attention to where can I do easy little

00:32:44.509 --> 00:32:48.150
swap outs that it adds up, right? The more you

00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:50.170
do them, the more you do these little swaps,

00:32:50.210 --> 00:32:52.450
it adds up more than you think. So I think that's,

00:32:52.450 --> 00:32:54.349
it helps. That's the big thing too. We're not

00:32:54.349 --> 00:32:56.690
saying don't have it. Oh my gosh. Yes. Yeah.

00:32:56.890 --> 00:33:01.809
Find little tweaks. No. Yeah. Listen. Okay. So

00:33:01.809 --> 00:33:06.000
I'm not, you're craving a donut. Oh, the donuts.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:09.180
You want something super sweet, right? That's

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:11.319
a hard thing to find because sweets are over

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:14.900
the top. Here's Starbucks, okay? Starbucks, get

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:18.940
a cake pop. Cake pops are 130 to 150 calories.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:21.059
Now, this is not something you're doing every

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:23.559
day. This is a, I'm on my period or I'm just

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.559
having a day or everybody's having cake. It's

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.440
Thanksgiving. Everybody's going to have pie.

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:32.400
I want something. A cake pop is, let's say, 130

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:36.289
calories for... The raccoon cake pop. It's got

00:33:36.289 --> 00:33:39.549
15 grams of sugar, slightly over the 10. Yeah,

00:33:39.710 --> 00:33:44.109
but not bad, but not worse. Sugar, one gram of

00:33:44.109 --> 00:33:48.750
protein. Yeah. And four grams of fat. So if you're

00:33:48.750 --> 00:33:51.029
craving because everybody's over and they're

00:33:51.029 --> 00:33:54.109
bringing desserts or, you know, it's your mom's

00:33:54.109 --> 00:33:56.029
making apple crumble and you're like, good God,

00:33:56.150 --> 00:33:58.829
I need a treat. And you're on the road like you're

00:33:58.829 --> 00:34:01.690
in a hurry. The cake pop. Don't get a slice of

00:34:01.690 --> 00:34:04.099
bread. Don't get it like donuts or. three to

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:07.700
400 calories. The bread, all those breads at

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.480
Starbucks, like the banana bread, the lemon loaf,

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:12.340
they're 400 plus calories. Yeah. Walk away. And

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:15.039
I know about it because I was at, I was out traveling

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.980
with friends. We were staying at our hotel. It

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:19.239
had a Starbucks. They were all getting like the

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.460
oat cakes and this and that and the cookies.

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.719
And I was like, yeah. And so I started looking

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.380
it up and I went, Oh, that's strawberry cake

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:27.780
pop. Look how pretty. And it's nice and big.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:31.360
And I was like, Oh, 140 calories, 14 grams of

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:33.869
sugar. I'm doing it. I'm doing it. And it was

00:34:33.869 --> 00:34:36.530
great. It was such a nice treat. I don't feel

00:34:36.530 --> 00:34:39.130
bad about it. It fit in my day's calorie count.

00:34:39.250 --> 00:34:42.469
So download the apps. That's going to be my advice

00:34:42.469 --> 00:34:44.610
as we wrap up this episode. Download the apps.

00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:47.989
Look at the nutrition. Don't not eat. We want

00:34:47.989 --> 00:34:50.510
you to eat. No. Just try to find like what makes

00:34:50.510 --> 00:34:53.630
the most sense. A happy meal. A cake pop. You

00:34:53.630 --> 00:34:55.989
know, maybe the breakfast suck. The breakfast

00:34:55.989 --> 00:34:59.329
suck at Starbucks. Go anywhere else. Just avoid

00:34:59.329 --> 00:35:01.960
that one. The McDonald's has way better breakfast.

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:03.860
The breakfast burritos at McDonald's are way

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.960
lower calorie and have better breakfast. They're

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:10.820
so good. So download the apps and just start

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:13.380
looking through and find what makes the most

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:16.059
sense for you. But almost every single fast food

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.780
chain has something that you can hack and put

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.940
together. And it is going to become part of your

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:23.099
life. It is a staple. And like Steph said, my

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.440
advice is I'd rather you eat than not eat. And

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:27.500
you can absolutely at these restaurants find

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:30.599
things that work. Yep. You just have to, you

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:32.280
just have to take, like I said, even with the

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:34.559
things like making your own protein coffee and

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.199
all of that thing, it just takes a little bit

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:38.480
more time and planning up front, but you figure

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:40.500
it out. Like once you do it a couple of times,

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:44.599
you know, you learn. So just give yourself a

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.360
little bit of extra time. Don't panic. It just

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.599
takes a little bit of research and a little bit

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:51.860
of practice and then it becomes no big deal.

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:54.579
And just don't like, don't beat yourself up over

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:57.420
stuff. It's not a big deal. It's like when you

00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:00.760
go on vacation. And you just don't worry about,

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:02.679
yeah, you still think about it, but don't beat

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:04.920
yourself up when you're on vacation because you

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:07.760
had a couple, I don't know, if you're a drinker,

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.199
you had a couple drinks or you had some dessert

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:11.760
or you had a couple extra tacos. It is what it

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:14.800
is. You do what you got to do and you move on.

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:18.039
You're not off the wagon. No. Yeah, you're not

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:20.519
off the wagon and we all do it. And if people...

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.599
want to preach that they've never touched it

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.019
again and like I get it there will be people

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:26.179
saying why would you ever ever have surgery and

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:29.239
go eat fast food again oh well I'm a normal person

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:33.199
yeah and it's it just happens that I I'm on a

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.900
road trip or I got stuck somewhere or I'm in

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.460
the middle of nowhere Nova Scotia and there's

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:38.219
no grocery store and I have no choice but to

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:41.380
go eat from this truck right like it's going

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:43.360
to happen we're not saying it's an everyday thing

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:46.309
for us but sure some people never ever touch

00:36:46.309 --> 00:36:48.469
fast food again and like hats off to them and

00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:51.769
i i work to have it far less than i ever would

00:36:51.769 --> 00:36:55.210
in my day -to -day life and i now can count on

00:36:55.210 --> 00:36:57.389
one hand how often i have it versus having it

00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:00.570
daily but you're not a failure if you're going

00:37:00.570 --> 00:37:03.289
to have fast food because life is about convenience

00:37:03.289 --> 00:37:05.949
and if you travel for work or you're going like

00:37:05.949 --> 00:37:08.570
sometimes you have no choice yeah it's all about

00:37:08.570 --> 00:37:11.869
balance and finding hacks so we want to hear

00:37:11.869 --> 00:37:14.219
from you guys this was You know, are you trying

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.820
the new Starbucks drinks? What do you think?

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:18.920
If you try Tim Hortons, tell us. Is it better?

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.780
Does it genuinely taste better? We'd love to

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:23.300
know. What are your hacks when you're on a road

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:25.800
trip or on a work trip? What are we like? Because

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:28.019
the meatball one came from a listener. So what

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:29.780
are we missing? Are there really cool things

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:34.440
that we should go test and try? Sorry, go Steph.

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.300
I was going to say, fill us in. If you found

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:38.300
something, even if you've heard it and you're

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:41.230
curious, ask us. Maybe we can go try it. And

00:37:41.230 --> 00:37:42.849
I was going to say, would you guys like us to

00:37:42.849 --> 00:37:45.369
try these? Would you like us to try hacks? Would

00:37:45.369 --> 00:37:47.730
you like us to taste test these things and tell

00:37:47.730 --> 00:37:49.889
you like, wow, they taste really great, even

00:37:49.889 --> 00:37:52.369
if the calories are off? Like Steph and I would

00:37:52.369 --> 00:37:54.789
be more than happy to taste these things, too.

00:37:54.889 --> 00:37:57.150
So send us your favorite hacks, your favorite

00:37:57.150 --> 00:38:00.489
fast food finds. Let us know if you've tried

00:38:00.489 --> 00:38:02.489
the Starbucks or Tim Hortons drinks and then

00:38:02.489 --> 00:38:05.329
let us know if we should start. a series where

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we taste test um online recipes viral hacks fast

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food stuff and tell you what they're like yeah

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i love it i'd love to do that right i'm down

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let's go i'm starving so i need to go have lunch

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but like always steph i just love getting to

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chat with you and i'm glad we're doing bi -weekly

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and we're going to fill that other week with

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lots of other stuff so respond to this episode

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and let us know what series we should start because

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that's what's going to take over the the gap

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week where there's no episode, we'll put some

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stuff on social, but love it. Like always. I

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love chatting with you, Steph. And thanks. Thanks

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guys. Thanks everybody. Bye. Bye.