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47. healthy girls are HOT... how to live a healthier lifestyle · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the Hawkgirl Energy Podcast.
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I'm your host, Kaylee, and this is your weekly reminder that it's a
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new day, a new week, a new mindset, and another day for
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you to become the Hawkgirl Energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
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Happy Tuesday. I decided to do a Q and A for this episode because
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I feel like we haven't done that yet, and I feel like there's always
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so many questions about how do I start a healthy lifestyle? What are some
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tips that you can provide all that? So I thought the best way to
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talk about the healthy lifestyle journey or anything like that is doing a Q and
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A and really understanding what you guys want to hear from me, whether it's
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you know, my personal experiences or just personal ice or anything like that.
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At the end of the day, like I'm no expert obviously when it comes
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to like, I'm not a nutritionist, I'm not a wellness coach or anything
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like that. But these are just things that work for me and what has
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worked for me in my health and wellness journey. So we did a Q
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and A on our podcast Instagram. So if you guys don't follow our Hawk
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Grow Energy podcast on Instagram. Make sure to do so, because I definitely
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think we'll do another episode like this in the future, just because you guys
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asked a lot of questions which I love, and I obviously couldn't do them
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all because this would be a two hour long episode, but I decided to
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just pick the ones that I thought were most fitting for this episode, and
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there was some that was also like duplicates. So anyways, I'm very excited
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to get into this episode. So we're talking about how to live a healthier
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lifestyle. This is for all the girls that want to be a healthy girl.
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So we're going to get down to business and answer all the questions that
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you guys have for me. Okay, so we're going to start pretty generic.
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I had a lot of questions that just said how to start? So
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how do you start? How do you get into this health and wellness journey?
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And so the one thing that I can recommend in terms of where to
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start is starting small, because I feel like if you add all the components
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of having a healthy lifestyle, it's going to become overwhelming and you're going to
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burn out and it's not going to work for you, So it's always best
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to start small. So look at your schedule throughout the day. What is
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the best time for you to get in healthy habits. Is it the morning,
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is it the night, or can you have an earlier morning routine before
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you start work, or do you find you're the most productive and most motivated
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that night. Whatever works for you. But find time throughout the evening or
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morning and figure out the habits that you want to include into your routine.
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So do your own research. I think at the end of the day,
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you need to do what works best for you, and research is so so
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important. So I would research habits that might interest you because the habits that
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I do it might not be something that you want to include, and that's
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totally fine. There's so many habits that you can do to improve your overall
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health. And that's why we have Google, That's why we have the Internet.
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There's a lot of resources out there that can help you find habits that
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work for you. But that's what I recommend, is starting small and doing
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the research on how you want to start and what you want to include.
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So obviously, for me, things that I love to include in the mornings,
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I do all my healthy habits usually in the morning is you know,
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getting greens in, doing early morning workout, whether it's a spin class,
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if vladis class, whatever. I always love to do some journaling, planning
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out my day, like those things I make a priority every single morning before
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going into my day because I know that's what works for me and I'm consistent
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at it. And one thing that's new to me is meditation, so we're
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going to get more into that later. But those are kind of habits that
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work for me when it comes to my morning routine. But one thing that
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you need to figure out in your health and wellness journey is how am I
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going to move my body? Because moving your body is so important, it's
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so so important for your mental health, your physical health, all that.
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So what kind of workouts do you enjoy? You really need to ask yourself
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that question. So you're going to write down a list of activities, maybe
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sports, maybe workouts that you want to try, and that's what you're going
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to do. That way, you know how to start your health and wellness
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journey and know that it's going to take time to adapt this change of getting
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into a health and wellness journey, like going into a new type of lifestyle
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is not easy and it takes time. So know that if you've only done
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it for two weeks and you feel like you know it's not working out,
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just know that just doing it for two weeks is not going to make a
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huge life impact. You really need to be dedicated to it. You need
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to again do the research, find things that work for you. And that's
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what's going to create consistency is doing those small changes, and over time it
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will be totally worth the change in my opinion. So that's the best advice
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I can give in a quick little recap on how to start your health and
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wellness journey. Okay, one question was what's the best healthy habit that you
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have right now? So this is more of a personal question. So personally,
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for me, I think the best healthy habit that I've recently added into
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my routine is meditation. And the reason why I want to highlight this as
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being the best healthy habit right now is because I'm pushing myself to add a
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new habit into my routine and I'm doing it for the better of myself.
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I'm trying to create change for myself because I've noticed a lot of stressed,
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a lot of anxiety that I'm dealing with currently, and I'm trying to figure
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out how can I improve this, How can I change this? How can
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I create a better version of myself? And adding meditation is definitely something that's
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different from me. I feel like I've always had a hard time relaxing and
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just you know, not overthinking about things. I feel like it's definitely been
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difficult these past few days doing meditation. I feel like my brain is always
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running, like I feel like I'm always thinking of crazy thoughts. I'm you
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know, thinking about, Okay, what do I have to get done for
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work? I just can't focus on the relaxation part. And I know it's
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not going to be easy. It's definitely something that I have to keep at
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it, and eventually my body will learn how to relax and how to properly
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meditate. So, as I said, it's definitely something new to me and
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I'm definitely learning. I'm actually thinking about changing my meditation to at night because
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I feel like my body's way more relax than verse the morning. I just
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feel like it's two chaotic irideas so much in my routine in my morning that
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I feel like it's best to you know, set time aside at night before
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I head to bed and really create a whole lie out of the situation,
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so like lighting a candle, having a little setup where I can just sit
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and just listen to the meditation and just completely zone out and focus on relaxing
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my body and relieving any stress and anxiety that I might feel. So the
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app that I'm using that I recently downloaded is the Aloe Moves app, and
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they have a bunch of beginner meditation sessions that are between like five to like
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fifteen to twenty minutes, and I've been doing around the ten minute mark just
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because, as you guys know, it's new to me, so I'm just
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learning. But that is definitely the best healthy habit that I've included into my
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routine currently. I just think it's something that's new to me, but I
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know it's going to be so worth it in the end because I'm bettering myself
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because I'm allowing my body to relax and just destress. So that is the
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best healthy habit right now. Okay, the next question is how to build
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confidence, And just so you know, some of these answers might be repetitive,
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but I just want to make sure I touch on a lot of the
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parts for each question. I feel like we kind of talked about this in
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the last week's episode where we talk about identifying our strengths and talents. There's
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no better feeling than knowing what you're good at. And if you want to
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boost your competence, then doing your strengths and spending time to identifying and figuring
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out what you're good at. It gives a good sense of pride and accomplishments.
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So that I think is the key thing when it comes to competence is
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doing things that you're good at is going to make you obviously feel good.
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Being confident also means taking risks, so recognizing your mistakes. It's all about
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being optimistic, being able to accept a compliment and bring true to yourself.
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The next question was advice for bloating, and I'm going to give you things
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that work for me for my bloating. It may not work for you.
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And know that this is strictly like, I'm not saying that this is scientifically
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proven to cure everybody's bloating. Again, this is just something that works for
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me. But personally, I love adding greens into my morning routine and I
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drink my greens on an empty stomach. So this is what I do every
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single morning. It's been a habit for I don't even know how many years,
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I want to say, like four years, three years. Every single
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morning. I even bring my green powder at travel packs everywhere I go as
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well when I'm traveling, because it definitely makes a huge difference for me.
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If I don't have it, I definitely notice a difference from not taking it
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consistently. So if I had the time, I usually like to make my
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greens fresh with my blender and then I'll have it prepped in the fridge.
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But if I need to resort to something that's just easy and convenient, I
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always love adding athletic greens into my morning routine and I find it makes such
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a big difference. Another thing that I do to help de blow is just
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making sure that I have had the appropriate amount of water intake for the day.
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I notice when I lack water intake the following day, I'm pretty bloated.
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So I always just try and make sure I have like three full bottles
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of water a day. That way I know I'm getting the appropriate amount of
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water intake for the day. I also think being consistent with moving your body
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and like having a workout schedule and all that definitely makes a huge difference in
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bloating as well. I feel like if you're completely off schedule and you're out
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of whack for the week, I think you might notice some bloating because you're
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not like consistently doing what you usually do, whether you know, you work
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out five times a week or you go on a daily morning walk every single
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morning. Like, I definitely think there's a big difference when you're consistent with
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a workout routine. Okay, another question was what are your favorite high protein
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meals? And I really love talking about food because you guys know how much
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I love, you know, filming food, making recipes all that. I
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really want to dedicate an episode about food, like about how we consume,
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you know, how it affects our body all that, And I'm really wanting
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to get one of my friends who is a nutritionist to come on the episode
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with me because I would love to know her perspective of what foods due to
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your body. I find that's so interesting and something that I would really want
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to learn for myself and something to take away from the episode knowing, like
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how I can improve my overall health by eating certain foods. So let me
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know if you guys would also be interested in that, because I think it'd
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be really interesting to know, like what foods we should be avoiding, what
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foods we should be consuming in the morning all that. So anyways, I'm
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going to share my high protein meals that I always resort to on a daily
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or weekly basis. So for breakfast, I always love to do avocado on
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toast with a side of bacon and eggs. So that's a really high protein
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option. By having the bacon and eggs as an option, avocado also has
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good fats as well as some protein in it as well. I've been trying
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to have more savory breakfast is because I learned that your body digests food better
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in the morning, specifically if you have something savory verse sweet. And I've
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been eating sweet breakfasts, like I want to say, my whole life,
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Like I'm not even over exaggerating, like thinking, you know me as a
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kid eating cereal. You know, if I have a bagel, I'm usually
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having a Cinnama raisin bagel. Like everything has always just been sweet. So
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it's definitely been a huge adjustment to going to more of a savory breakfast,
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and I'm actually adding like a bit of honey just to still add that sweetness
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so it still doesn't taste, you know, fully savory. And I'm also
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adding a side of fruit. So as long as I'm eating the savory part
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first and then you know, allowing myself to enjoy but a sweetness within the
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meal, I think that's most important. But that's something that I'm working on
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currently. We'll see how it goes. I'm enjoying it so far. I'm
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only doing it like every second day versus every single day, so I'm hoping
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to hopefully eventually convert to fully savory breakfasts eventually. But the avocado on toast
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with bacon and eggs and the fruit have been my new goat to savory breakfast,
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and that's what I've been experimenting with too slowly convert to savory breakfast is
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moving forward. Another breakfast which you guys know that I love is protein powder
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oatmeal. I just find it so easy, inconvenient. You get your protein
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in, you get oats, which is very very good for a carbohydrate for
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the day. And then another thing that I like to make for breakfast is
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an omelet. So those are three high protein meals to have in the morning.
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Lunch ideas. I wish I had better lunch ideas. I suck at
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lunch recipes in general. This is something that I'm working on. But one
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that I always make that's just so easy, so good is egg tacos.
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I love egg tacos so so much. Sometimes I add some turkey bacon to
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that too, and then I just treat it like a regular taco, like
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I add salsa, I add hot sauce, I add lettuce, add all
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the toppings you would on a taco, and it's my goat to lunch.
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Another one that I'm obsessed with is adding feta cheese in my egg scramble.
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So you're getting more protein by adding the feta cheese into the scramble, and
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it's going to change your life. If you've never added feta cheese into your
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egg scramble, I'm telling you right now, you're going to be obsessed.
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It is my go too. I also love to add spinach and cherry tomatoes.
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It's so good. Anyways, I posted the recipe on my chiktok and
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in sacram so if you guys are looking for luncheons, but definitely try that
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recipe. And then the last one is my protein pasta salad. It's just
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the easiest thing to meal prep and you'll eat it all week and not be
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tired of it. So those are my three go to lunch recipes. And
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then for dinner, one thing that I've been really making recently is chicken Chapolti
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bowls, So I'm kind of greeting a healthy dupe. I have no idea
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from pronouncing chapolte right or not. I'm totally guessing right now, but I
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make a dupe for it. Basically, I do, you know, brown
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rice, lettuce, sell cheese. What else do I do? Hot sauce,
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chicken corn? Oh, anyways, it's so good and mix it all
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up. Oh you have to add avocado or like walk or something like that.
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That just makes the bowl. But I've been making that at home and
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it's actually been really really good, and that's very high protein. Another thing
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we've been eating as like an easy dinner idea that you know, Zach and
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I are lazy and we don't want to make something to gourmet or whatever,
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is chicken wings. I don't know why we've had this obsession with chicken wings.
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We literally just add salt and pepper to them and it's, I don't
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know, it's so good. So that's something that we've been eating as a
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high protein dinner option. And then lastly, like my again, this is
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something I have on a weekly basis, is just pea pizza and usually I'll
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put like either chicken or sausage or something on top, just so there's some
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protein in it. But yeah, those are like my go to high protein
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meals when it comes to my breakfast, my lunch, my dinner, all
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that, and those are just the ones I always resort to if I don't
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know what I'm to make for a meal for the day. Okay, this
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question was probably asked the most out of all the questions that were written in
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the question box was how to stay motivated, how to stay productive, how
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to stay consistent. So I'm going to break this question up about productivity,
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motivation, and consistency just because I have like different things I want to say
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about each when it comes to productivity personally, for me, I'm just going
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to give you guys the things that I do that helped me through motivation,
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consistency, productivity. All that is writing to do list. I honestly believe
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that I am productive during my days if I physically write a list of everything
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I have to get done for the day. If I don't write down a
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list, like I will have like I will do nothing realistically. I'll scroll
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on my phone, I'll go on TikTok, I'll waste my time, and
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I'll look at the clock. I'll be two pm and I've done nothing with
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my day. If I actually physically write down in my planner everything that I
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have to get done for the day, I almost hold myself accountable that I
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need to get that stuff done. So right now, if you feel like
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you're in a slump and you feel like you haven't been protective or anything like
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that, get a piece of paper out or get a notebook, write down
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everything that you need to get done. And I'm telling you right now,
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it will help so so much and we'll actually get your butt out of bed,
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and it will make you want to accomplish those things. How to stay
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motivated. So, there might be reasons why you're obviously not motivated. It
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could be because you're stress, it could be because you're burnt out, you're
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feeling overwhelmed all that. So how do we keep ourselves motivated? I think
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for me, when it comes to motivation, it's about setting daily goals for
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myself, avoiding distraction, and just focusing on the end goal. So for
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an example, obviously being on your phone is a huge distraction. I'm a
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victim to it. Obviously everyone's probably a victim to it. And I feel
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like that definitely plays an impact if I'm constantly scrolling and I'm not focusing on
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what my goals are for the day or anything like that, and by being
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on my phone and all that, I'm not solving my issue obviously, which
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is you know, feeling motivated to get stuff done and all that. So
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you really need to create a plan into how you're going to have a better
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mindset. So what are some goals that you're going to do for yourself to
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get that motivation back? Is it? Are you going to book a workout
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class? Are you going to you know, have a meetup with your friend
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at a coffee shop? Like sometimes it's good to, you know, change
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up your routine or change up the scenery, Like if you really want to
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rebuild that motivation, it's good to change things up sometimes sometimes when things are
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too much the same and you're just consistently doing the same thing every single day.
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Like obviously you can lose motivation by doing like you're just doing the same
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thing as yesterday. It's good to change it up and try new things and
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it kind of reallows you to remotivate yourself and discover new goals for yourself and
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all that. So I'm going to also highlight that not everybody's motivated every single
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day. You may think on social media that even for myself that, oh
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my god, Killy's motivated every single day, you can just tell and it's
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like, guys, I definitely have my days. Let's be honest, It's
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the reality. Everybody goes through waves of motivation. There's days where you're going
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to feel supermotivated and there's days where you're not. And that's just the reality.
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So please do not be too hard on yourself and think someone is being
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motivated or productive every single day, because the reality is everybody has days where
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they're good and where they're not so good. So just that reminder for you
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guys. When it comes to consistency, I honestly think the most important thing
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is, you know, having habits that you can actually stay consistent with Like,
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don't you be unrealistic with the habits that you do every single day.
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Obviously, that's going to be hard to stay consistent if you're doing something that
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you don't enjoy. So definitely develop consistent habits that you enjoy and reward yourself,
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Like that's what's going to keep you going, is creating a positive environment
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for yourself, you know, doing positive self talk. All that. Just
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kind of going back at the schedule. Thing that I told you guys about
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is that I feel like I'm consistent because I'm relying on my to do list.
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I'm relying on my schedule. I really treat it as like reminders of
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my day of everything that I have to get done. So I truly believe
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that I am consistent with my routine because I you know, I have a
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routine. I have a routine that I do every single day. I take,
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you know, two hours of my morning to do these things for myself.
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I'm setting the time out of my day to do those things for myself.
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And that's truly why I believe I am consistent is because I'm creating these
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lists for myself. I'm holding myself accountable. I have to, you know,
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achieve all these things before I move on with my day. Like,
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that's just something I truly believe in as to why I'm motivated and why I'm
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consistent is because I purposely write these things down to remind myself everything that I
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have to get done, and I honestly believe that's why I'm consistent with things
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that I do. So there's a tip. Okay, we're going to move
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on to the next question, how to become a morning person and wake up
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early. I'm just going to give some little tips. One is, start
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going to bed earlier. So if you're the kind of person that goes to
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bet at like midnight, eleven o'clock, like, you're not going to be
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waking up at six am or seven am. I'm telling you that right now.
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If you can, good on you. But that doesn't work for me
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specifically. I personally like to go to bed at ten and I aim to
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wake up for like six forty five seven. That's what works for me.
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I know some people that go to bed at nine, nine thirty eleven.
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Again, it's whatever works for you. But if you're someone that's up really
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really late, or if you're you know, going to bed at ten pm
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and you're still not waking up early, then maybe you need to try and
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go to bed earlier. Your body will naturally wake up in the morning as
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long as it's getting a good amount of rest and good amount of sleep throughout
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the night. So definitely try going to bed a bit earlier if you're looking
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to wake up earlier, if you're that kind of person where you feel like
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you have a hard time getting out of the bed. One thing that I
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read was if you fill up a glass of water before you go to bed
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and you leave it on your nightstand when you wake up, make it a
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habit to drink that water immediately as soon as you wake up. And apparently
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drinking that water is supposed to help you wake up because you're physically like doing
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something and it forces you to get out of bed. So try it out.
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I think I do it naturally, not even realizing it, because I
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always have my water bottle beside me, like it's on my nights stand,
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and I just gravitated towards my alarm clock, like I turn my hatch off,
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I grab my water. I drank it because my mouth is dry.
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Obviously, when I wake up and I find that helps me actually get out
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of bed. Another thing that I find helps is, well, this is
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more in the summertime, not the wintertime, but the sun rises at like
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I don't even know, I want to say, like five thirty six am
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here in Ottawa, So I always try and leave my blinds open. That
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way, the morning light is like in my eyes and it's forcing me to
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wake up. I find that always helps me get out of bed. And
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another thing could be creating a routine for yourself that like you actually enjoy.
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If you like dread waking up in the morning to do something that you don't
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want to do, then that's to make it hard for you to wake up
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obviously, So maybe create a routine that you actually enjoy that might push you
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to get out of bed easier. Another thing I like to do is sometimes
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I like to schedule my morning out specifically the night before, so I know
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everything that I have to get done for the day, you know, if
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I have appointments or if I have a workout class that I need to be
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at for a certain time. I always love to write a little schedule of
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the you know, minor tasks that I have to do early in the morning
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and sometimes that helps me get out of bad knowing that I'm on a time
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frame, if that makes sense. So yeah, those are my tips for
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becoming a morning person. Next question is how to keep your energy levels up.
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I'm going to say the three things that I feel like are pretty obvious
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when it comes to energy is sleep, meals, and moving your body.
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You need to get enough sleep. You need to be eating enough food throughout
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the day. That is a victim to me. When I was younger,
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I was not eating three well balanced meals a day. I would basically skip
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lunch all the time. And in college, I don't know why, that
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was just something I did, and I remember I used to be tired all
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the time and have no energy all that. If you're not eating three well
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balanced meals a day, that could be affecting why your energy is solo.
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So reevaluate that in your routine. See if that's something that you've been lacking
24:18
lately, or maybe you're not realizing that you're not getting enough food in your
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system. So that's definitely one thing that I recommend when it comes to energy
24:26
levels. Moving your body, making sure that you're actually scheduling time throughout your
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week to move your body. Like I said, you don't have to work
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out every single day, but make sure the days that you're not working out,
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maybe try and schedule at least a fifteen minute walk or something, get
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out of the house. These are things that are going to help you get
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your energy levels up and just make you feel better. So those are the
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three things that I recommend when it comes to your energy levels. Okay,
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someone asks advice on maintaining positivity. I think the key thing when it comes
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positivity is truly surrounding yourself with positive people. If there's a lot of negativity
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around your friends or your partner or anything like that, like that might be
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something that you need to reevaluate because if it's not you, it could be
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the people that you're surrounded around that's causing this negativity towards you. So definitely
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make sure you're surrounding yourself with the right kind of people. Another thing is
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practicing positive self talk. I've mentioned this in multiple episodes before, but I
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one hundred percent talk to myself all the time. I'm not ashamed of that.
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Like I will literally talk to myself in front of the mirror and say,
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Kaylee, you're going to get your shit together and you're going to clean
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this entire house. Like this is actually a true story. But this Sunday,
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I woke up and I have never been so tired. I have no
25:48
idea why. I woke up just on the wrong side of the bed,
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and I had so much to get done on Sunday that I had to get
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done, and I had to really talk myself through it. I was like,
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you need to get your shit together and need to wake up, and
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you need to clean this entire house because you need to do your Sunday resets.
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So that is a true story where I literally had no motivation and just
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you know, I was so negative about myself, being like why am I
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so tired? Like I'm not gonna be able to get anything done that I
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wanted to get done today, blah blah blah. No I talked myself into
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it. I got the whole entire house cleaned, and you know, I
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was obviously happy in the end, And again, talking to myself in a
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positive way really helped out the situation. So practice self talk. I think
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it's so important. And then I guess it's kind of similar to surrounding yourself
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with positive people and then just identifying areas of change. So, like I
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said, that there's people that are surrounding you that are negative, then maybe
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you need to find new friends in your life, or maybe you need to
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find a new partner that's creating this negativity around you, or you know,
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maybe there's things that you're doing in your life that is just not creating a
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positive mindset for you. So you need to change that. So definitely evaluate
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things in your life that's going on that could be creating this negativity and being
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able to set time aside to figure out ways to change that and create that
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positive environment for yourself. Okay, next question in your health and wellness journey,
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did you ever follow up your routine and if so, how do you
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get back into routine? One? Like, I know everybody in this world
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cannot say that they have a perfect routine and that everything is so easy,
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blah blah blah. No, that is a bullshit. One hundred percent.
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Every single time I've traveled, I have struggled to get back into routine.
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It's definitely something that I always struggle with and it's just the reality. But
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things that I do to help myself get back into routine is starting small.
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I kind of think about Okay, I think about when I first started my
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health and wellness journey and how I started with small changes. So first things
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first, I always love to work out in the morning. Sometimes I have
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no motivation when I wake up from being on vacation for a week where I
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did no workouts at all. I always like to work out for just like
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fifteen to twenty minutes, like half my typical workout time. Usually I work
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out for forty minutes, So I always like to start with that and just
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very simple workouts, nothing too crazy. That for me works because then the
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next day I'll up the workout, maybe it's just twenty five minutes, and
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then the following day I'll up it to thirty minutes, and then I rebuild
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that schedule for myself. When it comes to healthy eating, I don't feel
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like I struggle with that too much. I mean, obviously, when you're
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on vacation, you're eating whatever foods you want. All that. I find
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when I get home from vacation, my body craves healthy food just because I'm
28:37
so used to eating a healthy diet. So for me, I find I've
28:41
never really struggled to get back into a healthy way of eating. I always
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have my go to meals, my staple meals, so I kind of just
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resort back to that with those meals that I always eat, like you know,
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my protein oatmeal, my protein pass to salad or anything like that.
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Like the meals that I touched on in the beginning of this episode about high
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protein meals. I always try and resort to those when I get back from
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vacation because they're staples. I know they're healthy, and as I said,
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I feel like my body just craves health, especially after eating like crap for
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an entire week and then getting back into an early morning is definitely hard.
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So one thing for me that works is I always go to bed at ten
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PM, Like that's just my nighttime, Like that's when I turn my phone
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off, that's when I turn off the lights all that. So when I
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get back from vacation, even if I go to bed at ten PM,
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I will still wake up late the next day. It's just the reality.
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I will not wake up at seven. I'll probably wake up at like almost
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eight. So purposely what I do is that I actually go to bed thirty
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minutes earlier than I usually do for that entire week. So I'll go to
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bed at nine thirties to to ten. That way, my body gets used
29:45
to waking up early. Just getting that extra thirty minutes asleep, I personally
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find makes a difference for me. So that's what I do. And then
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once I've gotten back onto that early morning schedule, I'll then go back to
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my ten pm bedtime and I'm back at my usual early morning routine. So
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those are some things that work for me when it comes to getting back into
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routine. Again, this might not work for you, but these are just
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tips that I usually resort to when I'm getting back from vacation. I need
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to get back into routine. So the next question is daily supplements I take.
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I will share them, but please do not feel like you need to
30:22
buy any of this for yourself. This is like a very touchy subject I
30:27
find, because yeah, I don't want to have everybody go by the same
30:32
supplements as me. This is just like what works for me. And do
30:34
your own research before you buy anything, because obviously supplements are not cheap and
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I want to make sure you guys do the research for yourself to make sure
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it will benefit you. So one thing I take every single morning is a
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probiotic. We need to have a healthy gut, and yeah, I find
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probiotics just make a huge difference for how I feel. Another one that I've
30:57
been taking for two months now consistently and I find it's been working really well
31:03
is mood and emotional balance. This is something that I included into my routine
31:08
around May and it's definitely made a difference in my mood because I feel like
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I definitely have you up and down mood swings when it comes to like seasonal
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depression and all that, and I feel like this has definitely helped a more
31:26
consistent like mood, if that makes sense. So that's something that I take.
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Collagen. I take Colligen every single day. If you want strong,
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healthy hair, if you want strong healthy nails, if you want healthy skin,
31:38
you need to include colligen into routine. The brand I use is Organica.
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It is by far the best collagen that I've ever used. Clean ingredients
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all that. It's a Canadian company, I believe, but I think it
31:52
should be linked in my LTK. If it's not semi message, I will
31:55
send you a link. But Colligen is by very important to have into your
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routine. Another thing is electro lights. If you're someone that is struggling with
32:04
energy levels. This is a really good product to include to your routine.
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The brand I use is Element. You can get them off Amazon. It
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is a great way to maintain hydration. I have one a day. I
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drink a full bottle of water in the morning and then I'll have a Element
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in the afternoon which is the electro light, and then I will have another
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bottle around dinner slash evening routine time. So that is something I also take.
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And then green powder, which you guys know taking greens in the morning
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before I eat anything is yeah what I take, So I think that's it.
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I might be missing one, Like I don't really take vitamin C or
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vitamin D or anything like that. I just take a probiotic and a mood
32:50
and emotional balance pill in the morning. And yeah, that is a supplements
32:55
I take. Okay, the last question I'm going to answer is about anxiety,
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because hot girls have anxiety. It's just the reality. So I do
33:07
not want to say that I am fully cured from my anxiety. I definitely
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struggle with it. So just being real here, but I'm going to tell
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you guys some things that I do to manage it. So first things.
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First, I love coffee, but it definitely plays an impact in my anxiety
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for sure, like huge impact, and I personally do not want to remove
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coffee from my routine. I know a lot of Matcha lovers are going to
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come at me and be like, Kayley, you need to switch. It's
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going to be life changing, blah blah blah. I have tried matcha guys.
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I can't do it. I just can't. As much as I want
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to become a match A girl, I can't. You guys know Trend from
33:46
the Wellness Cafe. She's become a Matcha girl and she's trying to get me
33:50
on it, and every time she orders one, I try it and I'm
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like, Trend, I can't do it. I can't do it. I
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don't know if I just can't handle the taste or if I'm just so pick
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I have no idea, but you know, maybe one day I will try
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a good matcha and I will become a Matcha girl, but for something that
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I make at home. I am an iced coffee girl forever and always just
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the reality. But one thing I do to manage my anxiety when it comes
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to coffee is I try and only have one coffee a day, and I
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always try and have coffee before noon. I find it makes a huge impact.
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And it also just allows me to have a good sleep at night as
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well, because if I have a coffee at like two o'clock, I will
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not be asleep by ten. I'bvious sleep by midnight, So that is something
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I do. I definitely try my best to also have decalf. I mean,
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decalf doesn't taste as good as caffe neated. That's just the reality.
34:38
But I try and have a decalf coffee sometimes too. If I'm feeling like
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overly anxious when I wake up, I will resort to a decalf. But
34:47
if I'm feeling okay, like I'll just have a caffe neated and I'll just
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make sure you know, I have food in my system before I've had a
34:53
coffee all that. That's another thing that I'm gonna stress the importance about is
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having food before you have coffee. Your anxiety will spike so much if you
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have coffee like as soon as you wake up. Please do not do that.
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I'm telling you right now, you need to have breakfast. I usually
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wait an hour after and then I have my coffee. Some girls just like
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can't have a coffee like past nine am, which is fine, but trust
35:19
me, if you really want to work on your anxiety, I definitely think
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it makes a huge difference when you've had food before a coffee. Another thing
35:25
is meditation, which you guys know I mentioned I'm working on. So that's
35:29
something that I feel like is definitely helping my anxiety. It's still the beginning
35:32
stages, so I don't want to say a full review on how I'm feeling
35:35
lately, but it's definitely something that is good to relax your body and just
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help the stress and all that. Journaling is another great one to manage your
35:45
anxiety, writing down your daily affirmations all that limiting your alcohol consumption. I
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personally don't drink like every single day. I rarely drink like every single week.
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I am a social drinker. I will only drink if I'm with a
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group of friends or like that, or sometimes you know, if Zac and
36:02
I are having a date night at home, will make a cocktail for us,
36:06
but I won't have seven, I'll have one. So if you're someone
36:09
that really struggles with anxiety, alcohol definitely plays a huge factor. If you're
36:14
having a glass of wine every single night and you're dealing with pretty bad anxiety,
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it might be best to reevaluate that and maybe start, you know,
36:21
making some changes in your lifestyle by not having a glass of wine every single
36:25
night and maybe you know, getting a non alcoholic wine from the grocery store
36:30
that tastes like wine. That way, it makes you feel like you're drinking
36:34
wine, but it doesn't spike your anxiety from drinking alcohol. So that's definitely
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something that I do for my anxiety is limit my consumption of alcohol. And
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then also just following a healthy meal plan. I definitely know when I'm you
36:50
know, traveling and I'm eating whatever I want, which I mean obviously I
36:53
should, I'm on vacation, I definitely noticed my anxiety is not that great
36:59
because I'm not focusing on you know, eating healthy foods and all that.
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So I definitely think following a healthy meal plan definitely plays an impact in anxiety
37:07
as well. And staying active, going on walks all that, Like,
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those are things that I find are my therapy when it comes to my anxiety.
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I feel like just going on a long walk it just allows me to
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you know, just kind of escape, and yeah, walking to me is
37:23
so therapeutic. I love walking so much with Freddie. It's my favorite thing
37:28
to do, as you guys know. But I definitely find like dedicating movement
37:32
throughout my day helps me manage my anxiety. So those are the top things
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that I do personally that help manage my anxiety. It might not work for
37:42
you, but if you feel like you're in a very severe situation where your
37:45
anxiety, you know, is so so bad to the point where you might
37:49
need, you know, medical attension for someone who might be a professional at
37:52
how to help you manage and find ways to help you deal with your anxiety.
37:55
It's it's definitely best to reach out to someone or potentially go to therapy
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and have a therapist or anything like that. So know that you are not
38:05
alone and that there are a lot of people out there that do deal with
38:07
anxiety, including myself, and it's a working progress and know that you will
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get through it. So those are the tips that I have for manager anxiety
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when it comes to yeah, just working on it. So those are some
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of the questions that you guys ask me. I think that was fun?
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What did you guys think? I liked that episode. I really love answering
38:29
questions that you guys have for me, and I try and give you guys
38:31
the best advice that I can give, as well as just give you guys
38:35
my personal advice when it comes to things that I've personally tried myself. But
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I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. If you did, definitely let me
38:40
know. I'd love to hear your feedback. But I love you guys all
38:44
so much. Thank you for listening to another episode. If you guys are
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guys so much for listening to another episode, and I love you all so much.