Episode 38: Pop-Tarts, Fake Cookie Dough & Why Breakfast Is A Scam

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Hey Steph. Hello. Welcome back to another episode

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of Bariatric Banter Podcast. We're back. Still

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here and we are ready to banter. I love the new

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format because - So do I. It's just less pressure

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to talk about - It's way more chill. Oh, it's

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so much more chill. Which I like. I think it's

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what we always wanted is like, let's just talk

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about our bariatric lives. And I think it fits

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the natural progression of things too, that like

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your first year is so all consuming about everything

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we covered in the first year of this podcast.

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So many rules and things you have to do and things

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you have to follow. And yeah. And then after

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that, it really does become like, oh yeah, I

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had bariatric surgery. Yeah. This is life. You

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know, that's like not entirely. It just becomes

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the norm. Yeah. Did I replace it with running?

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Yeah, absolutely. Where I'm like, I'm a fucking

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runner now. And sorry for dropping the F -bomb

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because I know that's tacky. It's not classy.

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It's not classy. It's not ladylike. Whatever.

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No, I kind of dig it. I dig that it's just like,

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let's just talk about bariatric life. Non, here's

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all the rules and regulations and things you

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need to know and stuff you need to do and everything

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you need to go over. Oof, exhausting, but it

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is exhausting. Right. And, but it sets the stage

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for transitioning it into just the new normal

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and what your new life is and like how you then

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just make it a part of your everyday and, and,

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and second nature. Um, because like we talked

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about, there's, it's not a lot of the things

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we talk about, they're not supposed to be temporary

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or diets or, um, things that you just. do for

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short periods of time. They're supposed to be

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the new norm. They're supposed to be your new

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habits. They're supposed to become your new lifestyle.

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It's not diet changes. It's lifestyle changes.

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So how does this, how does this translate into

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my future and that this is just what life is

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for me now? Exactly. And it's, yeah, it's, it's,

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it's always there. It's just not the all consuming

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entire personality, you know, all of that. Um,

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so yeah, it's, it's, Just like this is normal

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life now. So now we get to actually banter. One

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of the things that I definitely want to talk

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about are those pop tarts. Oh, my gosh. When

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you sent those right at first, I was like, oh,

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cool. But then immediately I was like, hard no.

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I'm one of those weird people that doesn't like

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pop tarts. I don't know. I think they taste like

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cardboard. I never really liked them, though.

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I was a toaster strudel fan. I thought those

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were better because I like specifically the cream

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cheese toaster strudel. They're sweeter. Oh,

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yeah. They're sweeter. Oh, yeah. And they had

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the melty icing and like, oh, my God, could I

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eat a whole box of toaster strudel? Yeah, absolutely.

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Oh, for sure. I was always like the fat kid that

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was like, how come you only get two in a pack?

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Right. I want to eat seven. So one serving is

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three packets? Yeah. Yeah, right. Like the whole

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box. I get to eat the whole box. I know that

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my brothers would put like peanut butter and

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shit and eat them like sandwiches. Oh, Lord.

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Boys, though, didn't gain a pound. Of course.

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Of course. But I agree. I was never like a massive

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Pop -Tart fan. They were OK, but I always found

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they never toasted. Yeah. But I still liked them

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occasionally. I remember, I don't know, probably

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grade nine, maybe when like all funky flavors

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started. Yes. And the thing was like to go to

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the States because I lived in Windsor at the

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time. You got to go to the States and get all

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the flavors you can't get in Canada. Yeah, I

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think it was more like the novelty. And for people,

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I say people like us who had food issues, it

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was the whole like, this is bad for me. It was

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the novelty and like that this is junk food and

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I'm not supposed to have it. And junk food is

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like, you know, I think that was part of it too,

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taste wise. I thought they were gross. They weren't

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that great. I think for me, it was less that

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it was junk food and more like, it's a breakfast

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food, so it's totally okay to eat this. It's

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breakfast. It's fine. We just had that conversation

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with my oldest here because she thinks anything

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that's labeled as breakfast food is fine. Yep.

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Yeah. So we have to have the talk about that.

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Yeah. That's what I, the trap I fell into though.

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Like if it's for breakfast, it's fine. And breakfast

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is sweet food. Breakfast is always sweet food.

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Right. And which is like, I love eggs Benedict,

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but it's cereals and peanut butters and jams.

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Yeah. Syrup cinnamon, but like, and it's North

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American based only that it is that brutal for

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breakfast. And it's just sugar, sugar, sugar,

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sugar, like almost everywhere else in the world.

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It's a savory breakfast. Or they have way less

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options. Like the cereal aisle in Europe is like

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a third of a cereal aisle. So that's what I was

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going to mention is like we went to the States

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a lot as kids because my mom worked over there.

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We lived in Windsor. We were so close to Detroit.

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It was a wall, like a full on entire aisle, top

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to bottom with probably 30 different fucking

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flavors ranging from like peanut butter fudge,

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ice cream sundae. I don't know anything, anything

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you could think of. There was a flavor of pop

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tart and then you could turn the corner and go

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to the cereal aisle. And it was five times as

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big. And anything you could imagine was cereal.

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You want mini chocolate chips as a cereal? Sure.

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You know, you want extra marshmallow, double,

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triple fudge, Lucky Charms. Why not? And I would

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be like, whatever. It's a breakfast food who

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gives a shit. Like my mom won't judge me for

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buying cereal. She's not going to judge me for

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buying pop tarts. My mom was like. she's gotten

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better but she was very judgmental when I was

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a fat kid so that's why I said people won't judge

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you my mom wouldn't judge me and so I think that

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was the curse is like totally you wouldn't like

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you wouldn't look at someone and be like buying

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cereal fat ass like you'd be like it's breakfast

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it's breakfast right versus if you had a bunch

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of cookies in your cart people would be like

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oh my god you don't need those look at that crap

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Yeah, but that box of cereal that's just mini

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cookies, knock yourself off. That's fine. Or

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the Nutella or the peanut butter, the jam. Remember

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like the cinnamon sugar that came, like cinnamon

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butter sugar that came like in the spreadable

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container? Yes. We would buy that. Yeah, we just

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had this talk because like my oldest was like,

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well, but it's for breakfast. And I was like,

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yeah, but that doesn't mean that it's healthy

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because, oh, we're talking about oatmeal. We

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call it like hot cereal, oatmeal. And there's

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like the brown sugar one. And now they have like

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my kids like the dinosaur egg ones. It's so good.

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Right? Yeah, it is good. And there's all these

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flavors. And so, but she's also the kid where

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it's like she thinks the serving is two packages

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because one package is so. And so we just had

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this, it kind of spiraled into this whole conversation

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about like. not labeling foods as good and bad

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but starting your day off with something that's

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going to fuel your body with good energy and

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about like blood sugar and not starting with

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crazy sugary things and it was but mom it's for

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break it's breakfast food and I was like I know

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that's how they sell it to you but I said really

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and so like we just we had this conversation

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about just because something says breakfast or

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just because you see people eating it at breakfast

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doesn't mean it's a good choice to have oatmeal

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is uh oatmeal is such a tricky trick like the

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amount of sugar in oatmeal is oh gosh crazy we're

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younger i don't know if we used to add extra

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brown sugar to the maple brown sugar so did we

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yes so did we and you'd get like a oh yeah like

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the amount of sugar i probably put on oatmeal

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oh we would scoop that shit on there Because

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it's gross. We'd be like, oatmeal's gross. Here,

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have more brown sugar. Put a fuck ton of sugar

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on it. Like, I would. Or like, you'd have toast

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with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on it, right? Oh,

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that was the best. Nutella. It's just, I get

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it. It's labeling something as breakfast doesn't

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make it healthy. And I think this segues perfectly

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into labeling something high protein does not

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make it good or make it high protein. So I recently

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shared a post with Steph, guys, and I'll share

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it with all of you, too. Pop -Tart is coming

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out with protein Pop -Tarts. And, well, I did

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get a little excited because I was like, nostalgia.

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I could have some Pop -Tarts. It hits a nostalgic

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nerve because it makes you, yeah, back to being

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a kid. Because, like, no offense, the legendary

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Pop -Tarts, it's not the same. No, they're not.

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And they don't get crunchy on the edges like

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a Pop -Tart does. Here comes this big post and

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they're going to launch three vintage, like not

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vintage, but like nostalgic flavors. Old school

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flavors. Blueberry, strawberry. And I don't remember

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the third, but basically the three that they

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had at the very beginning and there'll be protein.

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And for a minute, Yumi and Cass were all kind

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of like, oh my God, this is awesome. And then

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it's like, we all hit the same like metric at

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the same time. And we all went, oh, not a chance

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in hell. Will I eat these? No. So for those who

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need to know, because I'm sure you're all like,

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what are the macros? Because if you're a bariatric

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person in the back of your mind, you're like,

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but what are the macros? 10 grams of protein.

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And people need to get so royally out of my feed

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by saying 10 grams of protein is high protein.

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Anything over 20, I would consider high protein.

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So this has 10 grams of protein. 380 calories.

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Which is insane. For the worst part, 31 grams

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of sugar. No. No. That's beyond insane. It doesn't

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meet the good number of calories for a snack.

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It doesn't meet the protein to calorie ratio.

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It doesn't meet... the maximum sugar. Like it

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just, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, absolutely

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not. I wouldn't even have that as a treat. Oh

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my God. I wouldn't have that as a treat in a

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million years. Like 80 calories alone is why

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I wouldn't have that as a treat. Like that's

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going to take up. Hey, yeah. That's like my breakfast

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and lunch combined. It's just, it's not, it's

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not worth it. Like why even put this out? Like

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at this point, that's a joke of a protein snack.

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That's a joke. And this. This goes hand in hand

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with what you just said. Just because something's

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called breakfast, just because something's called

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high protein, just because something's called,

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I don't know, low calorie. It doesn't mean it's

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or something's labeled keto. It does not mean

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it's healthy. The amount of people I see buying

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keto snacks or asking on Reddit or sometimes

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we even get questions. Hey, do you guys buy like

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this keto treat? Have you seen this keto thing?

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And it's like. No, keto is not bariatric. Bariatric

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is not keto. Like eating a keto diet after bariatric,

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not great. And like 90 % of the products labeled

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keto are terrible. Oh, if you look at the whole

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entire breakdown, then no, like no. Just have

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a snack. Like at that point, I could literally

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probably get a Danish or a cake pop from Starbucks

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for less calories. Oh gosh, yeah. On the pop

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chart. Right. A hundred percent. It's not, there's

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no way I would go near it. There's no, I'm sorry.

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Between the fact that I don't really like pop

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tarts, pop tarts. I think the macros are just

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insane. The calorie count alone, the sugar would

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make me shit my pants. Uh, like no pass. I think

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it's ridiculous. And the marketing behind it,

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I think is just super slimy. Yeah. And that's,

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that's like. I know that everybody's now jumping

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on the protein bandwagon and I'm not I'm not

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against it. I like that we're maybe going to

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finally have more options for protein based things.

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And, you know, I like that it's clearly become

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a big food trend and a lot of people are, you

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know, jumping on it. But 10 grams of protein

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is a joke like that's not high protein. I'll

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fight people. It's like a baby bell. A baby bell

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is almost just under 10 grams. I think it's like

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six. Yeah. So, yeah, I can have like two ounces

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of cheese for that. Right. Why would I have 300,

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almost 400 calories when I can have a baby bell

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for 60? I can have two baby bells for 120 and

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have more protein than a Pop -Tart. Yeah. There's

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way better snacks out there. Like I'm pretty

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sure popcorn has better macros. Yeah. Yeah. This

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is just like it goes hand in hand just because

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it's labeled something doesn't mean I think.

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Don't fall for it. Good. I think like protein

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bars are equally as guilty as this. There's so

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many protein bars. Go down any aisle at Costco

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and there's now like 30 protein bars and majority

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of them are not good. No, I agree. Like the macros

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are just weird. Like I know a lot of people like

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that Robert Irving or Irvine one, but I was like

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the calories in this are insane for what you're

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getting. It's not. No, those ones are horrible.

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I remember trying to think. I think it was like

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when they first came out maybe two years ago.

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Before the bariatric stuff, Devin and I bought

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them when we were looking at like healthier snacks,

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healthy options. And you think like at that time,

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we didn't know everything about how to look at

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macros and how to do all that kind of stuff.

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And you hear protein bars and you think, well,

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that's got to be healthy. It's a protein bar.

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And then I remember looking at them and know

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them like the macros on them are not. they're

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not good there's so many better options out there

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uh when you look at the calories on them compared

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to the protein the i remember the taste wasn't

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bad uh but yeah like you've got those ones you've

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got grenade you've got built bar you've got buyer

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bell you've got quest you've got like there's

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so many and they are not the same you can't just

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go to the aisle and be like oh just grab i'll

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drop a protein bar they're not the same you have

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to look at them yeah and that's what happens

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like people keep labeling like it's a protein

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bar so it's got to be really good for you it's

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protein oatmeal it's protein pancake mix like

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they're not all created equal they're not you

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know you get protein and then there's nothing

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done with the sugar in there so it's just like

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I get that it's a marketing gimmick at this point

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I get they're trying to jump on a bandwagon but

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they're really missing the point that typically

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people who are eating high protein are also really

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watching their sugar and other things and none

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of these people are nailing it because like How

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can Pop -Tart genuinely not be like, you know,

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we could cut the sugar down a lot on this, like,

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and we could give them more sugar. Like, I could

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maybe get over the calories if the sugar was

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lower and the protein was a little higher. Because

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I find it hard to believe that you can't keep

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the taste of a Pop -Tart, which is just artificial

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fucking jam and some pastry. You can't maintain

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that taste by dropping the sugar even a little

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bit and increasing the protein a bit. Right.

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And people aren't expecting, like. That's the

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other thing. I think if you buy something and

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it tastes identical to what it did without protein

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added, it's probably not enough protein. But

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like protein stuff doesn't taste, it doesn't

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taste like candy bars. It doesn't taste like

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chocolate. It doesn't taste like chips. Like

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it just doesn't taste like normal things. And

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if it does, it's probably not high enough protein.

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I agree. Yeah. You got to pay attention to pay

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attention to the whole picture. Don't fall for

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the gimmicky advertising and marketing. And if

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you like, if you don't know, ask questions, research

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it, but don't fall for just because it says low

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sugar or high protein, that it's going to be

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a good option. And I think it goes back to what

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we talked about last week to breakfast doesn't

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have to be breakfast in the sense that we think

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that we were raised on. I'm seeing so many more

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people now and maybe it's because my phone was

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listening. But so many more people showing breakfasts

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like what you said, ground turkey, you know,

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having like stuff that I'd maybe consider lunch

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for breakfast. And I was like, oh, maybe that's

00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:15.139
also my problem because I was never a breakfast

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person. Me neither. Mom would be so mad about

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it. And I would get like crazy hunger pangs around

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:22.980
10 a .m. being like, you gotta eat. But I was

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always like, well, when I roll out of bed, like

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the last thing I want to do is eat. I'm not hungry.

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I don't even want to eat before a run. That's

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a thing that I'm working on. And I think it's

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the sugar. Like I think it's because most of

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my breakfasts were yogurt, sugar, oatmeal, berries,

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some sort of baked good. Like it was never -

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So you're burning it fast. It's like spiking

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and then you're burning it. It's nothing, it

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wasn't anything satiating. There was no carb,

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like refined carbs. Now, do I eat a lot of eggs?

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Sure, don't get me wrong. But we've talked about

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that on the podcast. The eggs are so low in protein.

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They're not, like there's - I found somebody

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on Instagram the other day who was reviewing

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like influencers meals that are claiming to be

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like weight loss coaches and all that jazz. One

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of the girls eats 1200 calories, which is like

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unless you are a bariatric patient, that's you're

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not. No, that's not. No, that's not OK. She was

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talking about how she works out, blah, blah,

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blah. And she's like, and then I brought a hard

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boiled egg for after my workout. And this dietician

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was like, this is a hard boiled egg is not enough.

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It's not. No. It will not fuel a workout. It

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will not recover a workout. Like where are your

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carbs? Where's the rest? Where's the rest? Because

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carbs are the enemy. So I do eat eggs, but it

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has been kind of proven that like there's just

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not enough substantial stuff in an egg. They're

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great for you. They're full of amazing vitamins

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and nutrients. But no, one or two eggs is not

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enough to sustain. No. What you need. No. Which

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:56.599
sucks because they're good. Exactly. But it's

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not. Because I remember too, like I was like,

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oh, I'll have hard boiled eggs for breakfast.

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Like I love a hard boiled egg. And trying to

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think of things that not being a breakfast person

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that would be easy to go to, things I can make

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ahead. But then, yeah, when you actually start

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looking at the macros behind it, you're like,

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well, shit, this doesn't really make a dent.

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No. Where it needs to. Yeah. Yeah. So while I

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do eat eggs, majority of my breakfast just kind

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of tends to be. on the sweeter side of things

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you know usually if you're running out to go

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somewhere it's a coffee and a muffin or yeah

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and I think I just grab and go yeah I got in

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this habit of wanting muffins or something sweet

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and bup bup bup or just like really not wanting

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anything at all and now I'm thinking like I wonder

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if I switch to having something more like ground

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turkey and eggs or I don't know something else

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like that's more savory maybe I would actually

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eat my breakfast more Maybe. That's where I find

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like omelets are good, depending on where you

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are, right? Like if you're at the phase where

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you can have a bit bigger portions. So like omelets

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with meat in them are good. But that's where

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like I was at the point where I could have like

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an egg. So if I would mix anything with it, it

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wasn't enough. But as you get more into bigger

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portion sizes, once you can fit more, I think.

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:17.640
doing things like that, because you're still

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.880
getting all the nutrients from the egg, then

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.480
you can add in your dairy, you can add in your

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cheese, you can add in ground meat that you might

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:25.920
have leftover or like ham or turkey or whatever,

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get extra protein in there and then get that

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savory, more long lasting, satiating stuff in

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:36.900
your stomach. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And so

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I think it's just reframing for me what Yeah.

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That could look like I'm looking for some examples.

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There's a an influencer I follow. I think a lot

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of people probably follow. He's the one that

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has like the four boys and always just kind of

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posts like working out and like basically how

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:58.140
crazy life is with four. Yeah. Four boys that

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are young and he is Canadian, but he basically

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switched his kids off of traditional breakfasts

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recently and moved them to like. ground turkey

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eggs and vegetables and he was like the difference

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in them is i don't doubt it hey like a lot less

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:16.339
meltdowns and blow ups and just like because

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you're starting off with whole food like whole

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nutritious food i've been trying to do so i either

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:24.059
do because my portions are just now getting a

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little bit bigger um but i usually do high protein

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yogurt and berries is my my go -to for breakfast

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but if i don't have that i'll have leftovers

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from the night before. Also because it's easy

00:20:37.589 --> 00:20:39.950
to just pop that leftover, heat that up quick

00:20:39.950 --> 00:20:42.710
and call it a day. So yeah, I'll usually do leftovers

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from the night before because I don't have to

00:20:44.329 --> 00:20:46.509
think about it. And when I have a crazy busy

00:20:46.509 --> 00:20:48.009
morning, getting the kids out the door and ready

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for school, I don't have to think about my breakfast

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on top of theirs. I can just grab the leftovers

00:20:52.869 --> 00:20:56.109
or like, yeah, right now it's high protein yogurt

00:20:56.109 --> 00:20:59.130
and berries has been my go -to, but leftovers

00:20:59.130 --> 00:21:02.049
from the night before are super easy go -to for

00:21:02.049 --> 00:21:05.019
sure. Yeah. And like, I like that idea. Now,

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:07.460
of course, there are days that I do want yogurt

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:10.119
and berries. Like, I love that. It's great. But

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:12.500
I think I want to like pivot that to be more

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of a snack, like have that as my mid morning

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.880
snack. And then, yeah, you know, kind of figure

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:21.559
it out from there. But I agree. It's been interesting

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:24.220
shopping and looking at all the stuff that is

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:27.880
coming out and more of the stuff being available

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:30.099
in Canada is nice and I'm not knocking it. But

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I do think. majority of what i'm seeing is just

00:21:32.869 --> 00:21:35.730
for sorry lack of a better word bullshit marketing

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that's how i feel about starbucks protein drinks

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and i'll fight people on how they're terrible

00:21:40.809 --> 00:21:43.170
and i would not recommend them but i mean i'm

00:21:43.170 --> 00:21:44.970
not knocking you if you want to drink them drink

00:21:44.970 --> 00:21:47.609
them i'm just saying personally i don't think

00:21:47.609 --> 00:21:50.049
that they did enough i don't think that that's

00:21:50.049 --> 00:21:51.750
the purpose of a protein drink is that it has

00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:54.210
just as much sugar as a regular drink and like

00:21:54.210 --> 00:21:57.970
500 calories like that's not i don't just want

00:21:57.970 --> 00:22:01.849
protein because this is what like way back in

00:22:01.849 --> 00:22:04.390
the day, you know, cause I'm old as hell. Yeah.

00:22:04.529 --> 00:22:06.890
When I was in high school, the big thing was

00:22:06.890 --> 00:22:09.170
to go to good, like, uh, the gyms, the gyms just

00:22:09.170 --> 00:22:11.769
like being kind of like big one. And it was like,

00:22:11.809 --> 00:22:14.769
we have classes and classes are cool. And so

00:22:14.769 --> 00:22:16.710
I would go with a friend from high school with

00:22:16.710 --> 00:22:18.789
her mom and her sister. And the big thing was.

00:22:19.289 --> 00:22:23.609
smoothie bar so oh my gosh booster juice then

00:22:23.609 --> 00:22:26.869
you'd stop and get this like giant white styrofoam

00:22:26.869 --> 00:22:30.269
size of a small smoothie yeah and it was like

00:22:30.269 --> 00:22:33.130
15 dollars and they but it's healthy because

00:22:33.130 --> 00:22:35.789
it's a smoothie legitimately it's a smoothie

00:22:35.789 --> 00:22:38.990
it's so healthy for you and they pack it it was

00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:40.869
the biggest load of horseshit like that was the

00:22:40.869 --> 00:22:44.490
amount of like There was full fat and full sugar

00:22:44.490 --> 00:22:49.210
frozen yogurt bars. Like a bar. It's like when

00:22:49.210 --> 00:22:51.769
booster juice became like the huge go -to. Everybody

00:22:51.769 --> 00:22:53.329
was like, but it's healthy, but it's healthy.

00:22:53.529 --> 00:22:56.490
Well, yeah, there's fruit in it. But are you

00:22:56.490 --> 00:22:58.910
looking at everything else that's in it and the

00:22:58.910 --> 00:23:01.769
calories? But same thing. You'd get a huge one

00:23:01.769 --> 00:23:04.369
because it's healthy, because it's fruit. And

00:23:04.369 --> 00:23:07.490
you're like, it's totally fine. It's a smoothie.

00:23:07.769 --> 00:23:10.150
These only came in one size, which was like gigantic.

00:23:11.630 --> 00:23:14.109
It had whey protein. So like if you looked at

00:23:14.109 --> 00:23:16.869
a generic one with bananas and whey and pineapple,

00:23:17.150 --> 00:23:19.930
and they always put frozen yogurt in it. I think

00:23:19.930 --> 00:23:22.309
that's what people do. Booster juice is frozen

00:23:22.309 --> 00:23:24.930
yogurt. The gym was frozen yogurt. Because I

00:23:24.930 --> 00:23:27.849
remember the blocks. The big block, yeah. Booster

00:23:27.849 --> 00:23:29.529
juice pulls them out of the freezer, unwraps

00:23:29.529 --> 00:23:31.569
them, and throws them in. And then there's milk.

00:23:31.569 --> 00:23:33.990
That's why it's so creamy. So a regular size,

00:23:34.269 --> 00:23:36.769
which isn't even like the gym ones were bigger

00:23:36.769 --> 00:23:39.869
than regular. They were huge. It was 470 calories.

00:23:39.970 --> 00:23:45.710
Yeah. 69 grams of sugar. Right. But you don't

00:23:45.710 --> 00:23:47.849
even think to look at that because you just hear

00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:51.609
smoothie, gym, protein, fruit. And you're like,

00:23:51.690 --> 00:23:54.009
oh, cool. In that entire thing, you only get

00:23:54.009 --> 00:23:56.869
two grams of fiber. So this is like, this is

00:23:56.869 --> 00:23:58.750
why you see all those articles being like women,

00:23:58.910 --> 00:24:01.970
specifically women take your fiber supplement.

00:24:02.009 --> 00:24:04.609
It's so important. You seem to think like, oh

00:24:04.609 --> 00:24:07.109
my God, I totally get it in my diet. Nope. No,

00:24:07.170 --> 00:24:09.910
you don't. And you need like 25. It's so hard.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.720
It's so, I struggle. So do I. It's always my

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:15.640
lowest. Whenever I look at my nutrition throughout

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:19.220
the day, my fiber is always so low. And I had

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:21.700
like, I was telling Hannah, I had my one year

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:26.880
post -op appointments today. And we were talking

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.380
to the dietician and we're going through food

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:30.920
and whatever. And she was calling like every

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.519
time I ate, she's like, okay, where's the fiber?

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:34.279
And so I was telling her like this meal, where's

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.539
the fiber? Where's the fiber? Where's the fiber?

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:39.019
And she was like, yeah, you have some, some good

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.880
fiber here, here and here. She goes, but where's

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:44.720
the rest? And I was just like, uh, uh, yeah.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:47.319
She's like, you gotta up. And she said too, she's

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:50.460
like, it's so hard. And she goes, every single

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:54.160
person struggles with the fiber, everyone. Um,

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:56.140
and part of it is because you're afraid of carbs.

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:59.019
That's number one. Um, there's, yeah, there's

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:01.460
typically not enough carbs. And then it's just

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:05.150
a hard, it's a hard. one to get without additional

00:25:05.150 --> 00:25:07.630
supplementation, especially even when you track

00:25:07.630 --> 00:25:09.789
it. It's just, it's bottom of the line, unless

00:25:09.789 --> 00:25:12.170
you're eating a shit ton, like a shit ton of

00:25:12.170 --> 00:25:14.450
fruits and veggies every day. That's going to

00:25:14.450 --> 00:25:16.430
keep your diarrhea as a barrier. Again, you're

00:25:16.430 --> 00:25:17.890
going to shit your pants. You're going to have

00:25:17.890 --> 00:25:19.730
such bad diarrhea. And you're not going to have

00:25:19.730 --> 00:25:21.309
room for the protein because you're going to

00:25:21.309 --> 00:25:24.950
be so full on your fruits and veggies. So yeah,

00:25:24.970 --> 00:25:27.690
it is a hard one. Loaded. And now Steph and I

00:25:27.690 --> 00:25:30.670
both described to you, fruit sugar does not count

00:25:30.670 --> 00:25:34.150
towards our added sugar. No. I don't count that.

00:25:34.250 --> 00:25:36.490
10 grams of sugar or less per serving. Fruit

00:25:36.490 --> 00:25:38.390
does not count. But fruit is fruit. No, I don't

00:25:38.390 --> 00:25:40.890
track food sugar. I shouldn't be eating six fucking

00:25:40.890 --> 00:25:43.910
bananas and seven apples a day. Right. Like that

00:25:43.910 --> 00:25:46.250
is going to add up in my body in a very unpleasant

00:25:46.250 --> 00:25:49.210
way. Diarrhea. Just putting it out there, guys.

00:25:49.289 --> 00:25:52.029
Get ready to talk about poop. You'll shit yourself.

00:25:52.430 --> 00:25:55.490
But you can't. And like I tried. I fought against

00:25:55.490 --> 00:25:57.789
taking fiber supplements because I'm like, let's

00:25:57.789 --> 00:26:00.309
be honest, they suck. They are the worst supplements

00:26:00.309 --> 00:26:03.750
to take. The powder is terrible because I always

00:26:03.750 --> 00:26:06.069
mix it into my water. Then I sit down to do something.

00:26:06.170 --> 00:26:08.630
It turns into like jello. And I'm like, great.

00:26:08.670 --> 00:26:12.130
I guess I have to eat this slime. It's so gross

00:26:12.130 --> 00:26:15.450
because we can't chug. No. And then I buy the

00:26:15.450 --> 00:26:17.650
gummies and I'm like, these are. Those are gross

00:26:17.650 --> 00:26:21.670
too. Chewing on like dehydrated elephant ear.

00:26:21.809 --> 00:26:24.190
Like it's just. It's gross. You can't do anything

00:26:24.190 --> 00:26:26.150
with it. And it's like, I guess I'm swallowing

00:26:26.150 --> 00:26:28.769
these partially whole. And then I work like.

00:26:29.369 --> 00:26:32.289
is this going to digest properly right go to

00:26:32.289 --> 00:26:34.410
the capsules and if you've ever tried to take

00:26:34.410 --> 00:26:38.029
one of those oh man go dry and it just does i

00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:41.450
don't know pills are stuck yes they don't go

00:26:41.450 --> 00:26:45.349
anywhere no i was like so then i looked into

00:26:45.349 --> 00:26:48.430
the cookies i said whatever i'll get the goddamn

00:26:48.430 --> 00:26:51.410
fiber metamucil cookies you need to eat like

00:26:51.410 --> 00:26:54.599
15 of those to get it up So I was like, okay,

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:56.380
guess I won't be having the cookies. So I'll

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:59.099
get the Fiber One bars. Again, you need so many.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:04.940
So here's my pack. The Smart Sweets, the candy,

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:08.319
have like 52 % your daily fiber. I was going

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.940
to say, they do have a lot of fiber in them.

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.299
Yes. So much. So I'm like, you know what? That's

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:16.019
what I'm going to do. I do take my fiber gummies.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.960
Like I don't just eat candy every day, but I

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:20.599
keep a huge stock of the Smart Sweets in the

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:24.349
house because it's... not crazy high calorie.

00:27:24.589 --> 00:27:30.190
And the fiber is off the charts in those before.

00:27:30.329 --> 00:27:35.430
That's a good idea. I bought a pack before bariatric

00:27:35.430 --> 00:27:39.549
surgery. Oh, no. These are so good. And I ate

00:27:39.549 --> 00:27:41.710
another bag because I bought a box in the US.

00:27:41.730 --> 00:27:45.450
Oh, no. And I was like, pump. mom we need to

00:27:45.450 --> 00:27:47.490
pull over we got a problem i was like i need

00:27:47.490 --> 00:27:49.869
please go to the target i need to go to the bathroom

00:27:49.869 --> 00:27:51.569
and she was like well i thought we'd go to my

00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:53.990
i was like go to the target like you have to

00:27:53.990 --> 00:27:56.769
get there now it was so bad i was like oh my

00:27:56.769 --> 00:27:58.710
god and like i was talking to myself while i

00:27:58.710 --> 00:27:59.890
was running to the door i was like oh my god

00:27:59.890 --> 00:28:02.069
oh my god oh my god oh my god you're fine just

00:28:02.069 --> 00:28:05.890
make it like it guys it ruined my body and i

00:28:05.890 --> 00:28:10.029
was like oh my god oh my god just just throwing

00:28:10.029 --> 00:28:12.630
it out there please god please don't eat more

00:28:12.630 --> 00:28:15.769
than one a day because You will shit yourself.

00:28:16.130 --> 00:28:18.869
Oh, I almost pooped myself in the U .S. Can you

00:28:18.869 --> 00:28:22.049
imagine? Oh, could you imagine if I had to cross?

00:28:22.089 --> 00:28:26.450
No. I would have cried. Yes, yes, I did shit

00:28:26.450 --> 00:28:29.569
myself. I shit myself, okay? I shit my pants.

00:28:29.829 --> 00:28:31.970
All right? Just let me sit here, okay? I would

00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:34.049
cry. I would have cried. Oh, it was so bad. I

00:28:34.049 --> 00:28:35.789
don't eat two of these back to back. But with

00:28:35.789 --> 00:28:38.250
that being said, the Swedish... Fiber's important.

00:28:38.869 --> 00:28:41.609
Yeah, you know, fiber's good. Four grams of sugar

00:28:41.609 --> 00:28:45.150
for the one bag, which is awesome. And it has

00:28:45.150 --> 00:28:50.549
19 grams of fiber. Which is amazing. I don't

00:28:50.549 --> 00:28:53.089
even hit that on a regular basis for my whole

00:28:53.089 --> 00:28:57.529
day. 19 and it's 130 calories. So I struggle

00:28:57.529 --> 00:29:00.490
with needing to take four gummies for the fiber

00:29:00.490 --> 00:29:02.809
supplement. And those four gummies only give

00:29:02.809 --> 00:29:06.430
me, drum roll please, 10 grams of fiber. Which

00:29:06.430 --> 00:29:08.630
is ridiculous. It's so painful. Like they're

00:29:08.630 --> 00:29:10.849
so hard on my stomach. You have to chew them

00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:14.500
for an hour. So I hate to say it. I legitimately

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:18.619
think candy is a way better fiber supplement

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:22.900
than fiber supplements. Any excuse to eat candy,

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.740
like take it. If somebody's smarter than me,

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:28.559
I won't say smarter than us because I'm not,

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:30.940
you know, Steph smart. If someone's smarter than

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:33.960
me, maybe just let me know. Is it a different

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.339
type of fiber in these candies? You know, sometimes

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:39.019
it's like, oh, well, that's not the right fiber.

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:42.769
You need like this kind. Maybe I'm wrong and

00:29:42.769 --> 00:29:45.289
maybe this isn't the right type of fiber for

00:29:45.289 --> 00:29:48.549
us, or maybe it's, I don't know, but I'm just

00:29:48.549 --> 00:29:52.730
saying it's so much more tasty. Yeah. Much easier.

00:29:52.869 --> 00:29:55.750
I have tried everything from the powder mix -ins

00:29:55.750 --> 00:29:58.130
to the cookies, to the fiber one bars, to the

00:29:58.130 --> 00:30:01.869
chewable gummies, to the Metamucil. And I'm telling

00:30:01.869 --> 00:30:04.730
you for the, and like none of them come high

00:30:04.730 --> 00:30:07.599
fiber. I should add that too. That's true. A

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:10.460
cup of the powder is 10 grams and I need 25.

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:14.099
So like, I'm not drinking that twice a day. No,

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:17.619
gosh, no, there's no way. I can't. That's torture.

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:21.200
No. So that's pure torture. I think I'll invest

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:24.180
in smart sweets. I also, if anybody's an American

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:27.200
listener again and would like to send me a lovely

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:30.759
Canadian Christmas gift box, they have such cooler

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.900
stuff in the States for smart sweets. It's so

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:35.529
true. They have they have like a Christmas thing

00:30:35.529 --> 00:30:38.009
coming out right now. They have basically they

00:30:38.009 --> 00:30:40.490
have Sour Patch Kids. They have Gummy Bear. I

00:30:40.490 --> 00:30:43.089
was like, we only get better everything for everything.

00:30:43.390 --> 00:30:47.349
I know. I know. We basically let's be real. We

00:30:47.349 --> 00:30:49.089
get the caramels, which I'm not going to lie.

00:30:49.630 --> 00:30:52.569
Those are my fave. They're good. This one's controversial.

00:30:52.789 --> 00:30:55.650
I think the cinnamon bears are the best thing

00:30:55.650 --> 00:30:57.869
they've ever had. I haven't had them. I'm obsessed.

00:30:58.230 --> 00:31:01.150
I haven't had them. And a lot of people I know

00:31:01.150 --> 00:31:03.930
hate them. And I was like, OK, well, I'm weird

00:31:03.930 --> 00:31:05.890
as hell because I think they are. I didn't even

00:31:05.890 --> 00:31:08.369
know they had them. I've never tried them. Good.

00:31:08.769 --> 00:31:12.410
They're so good. Good to know. OK, give them

00:31:12.410 --> 00:31:15.049
a try. I think we're going to start a new section

00:31:15.049 --> 00:31:17.650
at the end of the podcast called like our recommendations

00:31:17.650 --> 00:31:20.769
for the week. Love it. Fried anything new? We

00:31:20.769 --> 00:31:23.450
bought anything. We're also just everybody knows

00:31:23.450 --> 00:31:25.430
we are going to start testing recipes. We've

00:31:25.430 --> 00:31:27.730
picked our first one. I think we'll try to do

00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:29.509
it this weekend, but we're going to do the viral

00:31:29.509 --> 00:31:33.559
cottage cheese pizza. Mmm, pizza. Stay tuned.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:35.859
We're going to film that and tell you our things.

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:38.799
I also launched a taste test on some new Bilt

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:41.880
Bar flavors. That's live on social. But ending

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:44.859
each episode with like a, you know, have we tried

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:46.599
a new product? Have we seen something cool? Do

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:48.859
we have any good recommendations for people?

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.599
Yeah. Love it. I love it. And my recommendation

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:57.309
is going to be kind of twofold. For Canadians.

00:31:57.410 --> 00:32:00.829
Sorry, Americans. Well .ca has become my new

00:32:00.829 --> 00:32:03.890
favorite place in the whole world. I get so many

00:32:03.890 --> 00:32:06.630
amazing things now from them. I'll shout out.

00:32:06.650 --> 00:32:09.390
They have smart sweets and they actually do carry

00:32:09.390 --> 00:32:11.450
the two new Christmas things that they drop.

00:32:11.569 --> 00:32:15.970
Oh, nice. Sour snowflakes. And they have the

00:32:15.970 --> 00:32:19.470
whatever the other one is, the merry mix, which

00:32:19.470 --> 00:32:22.190
is like Christmas and different things. That

00:32:22.190 --> 00:32:25.029
sounds lovely. It's already up there. But I.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:28.539
tried something called true dates and this is

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:31.480
my recommendation oh right yes oh I'm obsessed

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:34.000
it um I had my parents try it and they ate a

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:36.180
whole bag and again I was like be very cautious

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:38.839
you will poop yourself um so it's called true

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.940
dates yes you can buy it in the U .S. I'm just

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:44.640
not sure where they are from Europe I want to

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:47.440
say maybe Switzerland but basically they've taken

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.980
dates they've pitted them and they've given them

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:53.710
flavors naturally So no added sugar, no added

00:32:53.710 --> 00:32:57.529
anything. And the flavors are sour cola, which

00:32:57.529 --> 00:33:01.710
tastes just like the Coca -Cola gummies, peanut

00:33:01.710 --> 00:33:08.410
butter, sour apple, sour watermelon. They are.

00:33:08.450 --> 00:33:10.990
That sounds delicious. Oh, dude, I keep them

00:33:10.990 --> 00:33:13.269
in the freezer. I have currently five bags of

00:33:13.269 --> 00:33:15.849
them. My parents ate all of my cola flavored

00:33:15.849 --> 00:33:18.369
ones. Oh, come on. I'm so mad because it's like

00:33:18.369 --> 00:33:21.220
it is our favorite. cookie dough very close second

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:24.200
oh nice they i don't know how they do it it's

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:26.559
witchcraft it's european witchcraft because they

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:29.799
taste like cookie dough tastes identical to chomping

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:32.079
down on cookie dough the peanut butter one is

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.559
good the cola one like you'd think you're eating

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.880
a coca -cola gummy and i'm like it's a date it's

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:41.019
just a date yeah yes dates are high in sugar

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:44.599
but they are high in fiber and it's a fruit like

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:47.390
it's it's right having cookies or you're having

00:33:47.390 --> 00:33:48.950
something bad for you. You're not chomping down

00:33:48.950 --> 00:33:52.269
on candy. No, you're actually just having amazing.

00:33:52.490 --> 00:33:54.109
And it, but it makes you feel like you've had

00:33:54.109 --> 00:33:55.630
chocolate or you've had a snack or you've had

00:33:55.630 --> 00:33:59.089
something. Yeah. It really curbs the itch. Um,

00:33:59.309 --> 00:34:01.650
so that's my recommendation of the week. If you've

00:34:01.650 --> 00:34:06.549
heard of true date, um, the serving size is eight

00:34:06.549 --> 00:34:09.090
dates, which I think is like, I never eat eight

00:34:09.090 --> 00:34:11.889
dates. Like they are huge. That's a lot. Eight

00:34:11.889 --> 00:34:14.980
dates. It's 110 calories. And then here's the

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:18.800
best part. No fat, no cholesterol, no sodium,

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:24.219
four grams of fiber, one gram of protein. The

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:26.960
sugar is high. It is 24 grams, but that's naturally

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:30.960
occurring sugar. So not too bad. There's no added

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:33.139
sugar in this, none at all. So that's naturally

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.980
occurring sugar. That's amazing. You probably

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:37.639
won't eat eight dates. You'll probably have two,

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.500
maybe three. So you'll never come close to grams

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:44.409
of sugar. Yeah, I love it. I got to check them

00:34:44.409 --> 00:34:46.349
out. Check them out. That's my recommendation

00:34:46.349 --> 00:34:49.170
to everybody this week. True date. Love it. True

00:34:49.170 --> 00:34:51.269
dates. I think they're a super great bariatric

00:34:51.269 --> 00:34:53.630
snack. Yes, they're not a protein snack. And

00:34:53.630 --> 00:34:55.989
we kind of say everything in moderation, right?

00:34:56.010 --> 00:34:58.489
Not every single thing. Totally. Protein. And

00:34:58.489 --> 00:35:01.670
if we thought that before, we've changed our

00:35:01.670 --> 00:35:03.809
tune. So sorry if we did say that in an episode,

00:35:03.909 --> 00:35:07.449
but no, I think it's important, but we're not.

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.940
It's not something like we can't eat something

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.820
because it's not high in protein. Yes, it's a

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:14.920
focus and it's important, but come on. Yeah.

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.699
And so this is what it was. Are you craving chocolate?

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.260
Are you craving candy? Do you need a sweet treat?

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.019
I like them for road trips. Like we were shopping.

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:25.519
I didn't really have a big breakfast. And so

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:27.679
we ate them while we were out shopping and it

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:30.239
was just like the perfect little pick me up.

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:33.000
So that's Hannah's recommendation of the week.

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:36.769
True dates. I love it. Asterix. Also, well .ca.

00:35:36.949 --> 00:35:38.769
Really like them. If they would like to sponsor

00:35:38.769 --> 00:35:41.650
us, I spent a small fortune on that website.

00:35:41.829 --> 00:35:44.150
We would not complain. No complaints. Steph,

00:35:44.750 --> 00:35:47.530
is there anything that you saw, tried, tested,

00:35:47.670 --> 00:35:53.610
ate, or would like to recommend? This week, you

00:35:53.610 --> 00:35:56.110
know what? I've been pretty, like, I'm a creature

00:35:56.110 --> 00:35:59.670
of habit. So this week, I don't think I've really

00:35:59.670 --> 00:36:04.010
tried anything new. I tried, well. I would say

00:36:04.010 --> 00:36:05.630
I've tried something new. I've been on like a

00:36:05.630 --> 00:36:09.590
tea kick lately. When I cut back on caffeine

00:36:09.590 --> 00:36:11.329
during this whole process, I went like heavy

00:36:11.329 --> 00:36:16.309
into the tea. And I found, now it was on sale

00:36:16.309 --> 00:36:18.110
because normally I think it's like $8 a box,

00:36:18.230 --> 00:36:22.730
which I'm sorry, I refuse to pay. The Tazo tea,

00:36:22.869 --> 00:36:26.650
which I think is what Starbucks uses too. But

00:36:26.650 --> 00:36:32.300
there is like a sweet orange Tazo. tea that I

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:35.300
found and bought last week and like the box is

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:38.579
empty now mind you my oldest daughter has also

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:43.599
uh tried it and loved it and stole a bunch of

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.920
them um but I'm not usually like an orange person

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:51.099
but oh my gosh it's a sweet orange tea phenomenal

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:56.539
so so delicious oh I will definitely yeah is

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:59.500
really really good I'm not usually I usually

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:04.380
find orangey teas to be off -putting but so good

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:07.880
highly recommend huge orange fan so it's very

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:11.599
oh you'll love it then I bought an orange chamomile

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:14.460
tea this weekend because I was also cutting back

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:17.679
on my caffeine I am going I went a little too

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:20.880
hard there so I'm going back to tea and half

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:24.280
calf I might even go back to decaf but I went

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.150
out and said I need to buy tea and I was going

00:37:27.150 --> 00:37:29.409
to get a vanilla chamomile that my parents have,

00:37:29.510 --> 00:37:31.429
but I couldn't find it. So I went with this orange

00:37:31.429 --> 00:37:34.969
chamomile. But this sounds like I love orange.

00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:38.730
This sounds. It's really good. It's really good.

00:37:38.809 --> 00:37:41.269
So, yeah, if you see the Tazo, I think it's called

00:37:41.269 --> 00:37:43.849
like sweet orange. Highly recommend it. I'm buying

00:37:43.849 --> 00:37:47.469
it. OK, well, we'll turn it over to our listeners

00:37:47.469 --> 00:37:50.469
for the end of this podcast. What do you recommend?

00:37:50.690 --> 00:37:52.449
What are you trying this week? What are some

00:37:52.449 --> 00:37:54.690
new things you've discovered? Thank you to everybody

00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:57.309
who's reached out and chatted with us, especially

00:37:57.309 --> 00:38:00.090
the person, the listener from Saskatoon, who's

00:38:00.090 --> 00:38:02.170
offered to send me some Bilt Bars because her

00:38:02.170 --> 00:38:05.510
collection rivals mine. She has the most insane

00:38:05.510 --> 00:38:08.769
Bilt Bar collection in the best way. And so I

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think we're going to do a little swap where I'll

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send her some stuff. I'm going to throw in some

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of my favorite protein hot chocolate. That'll

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be my recommendation next week. Don't worry.

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But yeah, let us know. What are you trying? What

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are you buying? Especially with the holidays

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coming up, I think it would be really cool if

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we all started sharing some of our favorite finds

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and buys and things as we look to maybe build

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some baskets and gifts for each other. You know,

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what are your bariatric must -haves? Let us know.

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Stuff we want to hear. Love it. Love it. All

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right. Well, this was the best little rant and

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ramble. Thank you for loving our bi -weekly format.

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and for being the best fans ever and listening

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along. Agreed. See you guys in two weeks. And

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don't worry, we are getting that social content

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ready and rolling. We're going to test that viral

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recipe. We're going to both try this week to

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get that out and show you what we thought about

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it. And then we're going to keep doing that.

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We're going to test products, recipes, and foods

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that you would like to see us try. So send them

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along. I'm going to plug one last thing, which

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is the Bloom Room that Cass has created, the

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beautiful bariatric community over on Discord.

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I think it's a great way for you guys to stay

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connected with us as well because we're both

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a part of it. So if you ever want to reach out

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on Discord and join a bariatric community, Bypass

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Cass has one called the Bloom Room, and it's

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a wonderful resource for bariatric patients.

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And it could be a really cool place for this

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podcast to share recipes and chat with each other.

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Definitely. Definitely. I highly recommend you

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check it out. It's awesome. Well, like always,

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Steph, thank you so much for joining. And thanks

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everybody for listening. Bye guys. See you in

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two weeks. Bye. Bye.