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93. What’s In Our Snack Bag for 2025 · Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast

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This is the Eat More Carbs podcast.
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Hello, It's Jenna here with Riley.
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This is the Eat More Carbs podcast.
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Today we're going to be talking all about like kind of our
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favorite food trends, what's in our snack bag, the things that
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we always have on hand as dietitians.
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We're going to be sharing that with all of you, some fun stuff
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that we just make sure we have and why we have those things.
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Before we get into that though, Riley, update me on your week.
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What's your high and low? This week has been interesting.
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I always like starting off with a high because I like to start
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off with the podcast on a positive note.
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There's been some things happening lately that I just
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kind of have to share on here. So I am going to start off with
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my low for this week. Recently I posted about having
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Pop Tarts as a pre run fuel option.
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As a busy mom, as somebody who is running a business together
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we run RBSN. Things have been very hectic
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lately. A big thing that I've been doing
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right now is waking up really early to get my workout in or to
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get my run in. Recently I posted about how I
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wake up early and I need something energy dense
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containing lots of carbohydrates before my early run.
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We all know that carbohydrates are a fastest digesting fuel.
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Really focusing on those before run can help with energy levels.
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Also, it's gonna help with digestion.
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I posted that one of the options that I had been fueling with
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because you recommended it. We had a lot of dietitians
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recently on the podcast who are in the endurance space and
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popped out a huge in the endurance space.
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I posted that I was fueling with some and I got attacked and it
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just was so coincidental because we talked about this on last
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week's episode about all these people saying negative things
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about our food choices. Usually I don't let it affect
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me, but the nasty DMS that I got, these really affected me.
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I blocked like 10 people. People were so mean and so rude.
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And I understand it's a little bit of a different situation
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than like sitting at the dinner table and people commenting
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because yes, like we are providing education.
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I'm making that decision to post it publicly.
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So yeah, I can accept that I'm going to get critiqued and
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things like that. I was just shocked.
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And we talked about this last week on our episode, but we're
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in such a positive space at RVSN when it comes to food with our
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clients and on that side of Instagram where everything is,
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you know, positive nutrition, food forward.
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I think I was just taken aback with a negative comments and
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people just being so rude in my DMS about pop Tarts.
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First of all, I think it's incredibly sad that people are
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willing to be so mean over something that like is your
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personal choice. Like at the end of the day, if
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someone sees your recommendation online to try fueling with Pop
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Tarts and it's something they feel comfortable with or it's
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something that fits in their fueling plan, that's great.
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But if Pop Tarts are something that you avoid for any reason,
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whether that be like you don't like them flavor wise or you
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find their ingredients to be something that's not
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satisfactory, whatever your reason is for not having pop
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Tarts, that's your personal choice.
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And like, you don't need to come at someone online that you don't
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know and tear them down because they're fueling their body
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properly. Like we always say, like fed is
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best. We would prefer that you fuel
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with something versus nothing. Like of course, like that's a
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good thing to have in your pantry to fuel with before an
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early morning run. Like, my goodness, you probably,
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as a busy mom, as a business owner, don't want to pull out a
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toaster and make waffles before you go on a run because we need
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something fast, easy and convenient.
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And Pop Tarts do just that. So online is hard.
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Social media is hard. Yeah, it just like really rubbed
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me the wrong way. And as somebody who has a
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positive relationship with food, a positive relationship with my
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body, it still affects me. So I can't imagine if you're
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somebody right now who's like navigating the holidays,
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especially with your relationship with food, and then
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people are just saying these like, negative comments to you.
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And I even shared to that, like something I've been struggling
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with recently is like, I've been struggling with my appetite.
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Like a pop tart was something that I could easily consume that
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was energy dense and that's why I was choosing it in that
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situation. Like I'm not recommending eating
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pop Tarts at every single meal and I'm not recommending eating
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pop tarts every single day. And we run into this too a lot
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of the times when we talk about like Gatorade and other
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processed products. If you really look at what RVSN
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stands for is we're a whole food based company, right?
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Like we are talking about performance plates.
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We're talking about all six essential nutrients.
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We also talk about the why when it comes to food S, We're not
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saying only eat these certain products, but we're trying to
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come up with a holistic approach that's very individualized for
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every single athlete and that's going to look different for
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everybody. Yeah, exactly.
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And I think the big thing to take away too is that like
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you're not having Pop Tarts as your breakfast every single
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morning to fuel your day. Like you're choosing Pop Tarts
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to have energy so that way you can go on your longer run or
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something like that. And like you might have a box of
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Pop Tarts that stays in your pantry for several weeks because
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you're not consuming them every single day.
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And I think that's the part that people miss out on.
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It has a purpose. It's at a certain time and for
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specific thing, and I'm not recommending that people come in
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and do this every single day, every single meal, Yeah.
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And it just, it was like you didn't even come in and ask why
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I was recommending it and even wrote and explained why I had
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chose that option. It was just like attack, attack,
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attack, attack, attack. When it's like, why don't you
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like ask me? Like I am a dietitian.
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It was just funny. People were like, how dare you
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call yourself a nutritionist and you're recommending pop Tarts.
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It's like, first of all, we don't call ourselves a
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nutritionist because that's not regulated.
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And second of all, we don't just call ourselves that.
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We are trained like I have degrees, like I block people.
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I'm like, I don't have this energy.
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But I just thought it was just something I wanted to share
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because if you are listening right now and you are somebody
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who is navigating negative comments from others, you're not
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alone. Like we're dietitians and we're
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we're still getting that. Yeah, I think that, you know,
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we're going on a huge tangent here about like energy dense
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foods and stuff like that. But especially with the
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populations that we sometimes work with, like getting in
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energy and sometimes choosing energy dense foods that are
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preferences because that tastes good.
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And all those things are so important is especially if
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you're working on healing your relationship with food and just
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getting in enough energy to support performance and support
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sport. It just all goes back to like
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the why behind what we're choosing.
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If you are someone who is experiencing like comments
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around food, especially during this holiday season and as we
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enter the new year, like Riley and I are here to, you know,
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support you in whatever you're choosing to fuel your body with.
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Like we're proud of you for doing that.
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So kudos to you. Kudos to you for using, you
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know, pop Tarts. Actually one of our athletes in
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RBSN actually reached out and was like, Oh my gosh, this is a
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great option for me post workout.
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I'm struggling, you know, getting in that three door and
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ratio of carbs of protein that my body needs after training.
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And this is going to help me meet that goal because she's a
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busy pro athlete and she's training and then she has to go
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to her job. So she's fueling in the car and
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it's been challenging for her to piece different things together
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to get that carbohydrate amount that she needs.
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But she's like, well, this is an option that maybe I can
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incorporate a couple times per week.
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And I was like, OK, this is This is why we do what we do.
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So the real ones know our RBS and girlies know what's up.
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Absolutely. OK, Well, now that we spent a
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really long time on your low, we didn't mean to start this off on
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such like a sad note. Like tell me about your high.
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It's a good part of your week. What's going on?
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On a more positive note, my high has to do with Charlie Girl.
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She has added two more words to her vocabulary.
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I'm ready. What have we added?
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If you haven't listened to the episode already, Charlie's first
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word is uh oh, which I love. So what have we added to the
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vocab? So we've added hi.
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She'll go around and be like, hi.
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I love that. I don't know if you like know
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what you're saying yet, but you are so cute.
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So she says hi. Charlie is also officially for
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the girlies because she has said mom, mom very excited.
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I was like, you're for the girlies, like let's go.
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You're going to have to catch her saying hi on video and send
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it. Yeah, I know.
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What about you, Jenna? How's your week going?
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I'm actually going to share a high and low that happened a
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little while ago. I feel like I have to share it
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on the podcast. It's kind of a high and low
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story, like it often is. But one of my favorite bands was
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coming to play in Arizona. They were coming to play at a
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venue that my husband and I have been to before.
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It's standing room only except for a small balcony that, like,
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they call, like, the mezzanine level that goes around the,
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like, perimeter of the venue. But like, not a lot of people
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get to go up there. And I was like, how cool would
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it be if we got tickets to, like, sit on the mezzanine level
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instead of having to stand the whole time?
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My husband, Nolan, was like, I'm gonna e-mail the venue.
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I'm going to see if they have any tickets left.
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And I was like, great. A couple days later, I was like,
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hey, we should probably buy the tickets.
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Like, have we gotten these? Have you heard from the venue?
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And he's like, I haven't heard from them.
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And I was like, that's OK, OK, like, let's just buy the regular
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tickets. So we did.
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We went downtown Phoenix to go see this band play.
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And as we're like, walking up to the venue, I see the line to get
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in. And I'm like, OK, we've been
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here before. I know I need to stand in this
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line to like, you know, do the whole thing and get in.
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And my husband starts walking up to, like, a different line.
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And I was like, OK, get in line. What are you doing?
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And I was like, OK, I'm just going to hang back because,
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like, as soon as he walks up and tries to get in through the
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shorter line, the person's going to be like, you actually have to
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wait in this line. So I was like, I'm not walking
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up with you. And he walks up and he goes
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tickets for Nolan Fisher. And they were like, oh, yeah.
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And I was, wait, what? And my husband surprised me with
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tickets to actually sit on the mezzanine.
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He told me that he hadn't heard from the venue, which was true
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at the time, but he heard from them the next day.
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So he surprised me. It was so nice.
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And I was so like, surprised by it.
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Usually, if Nolan has something that he's trying to surprise me
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with, he doesn't do the best job of keeping it a secret.
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So I usually find out about the surprise before it happens.
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So it was really nice to actually be surprised and
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actually get to see this band. It was just really, really nice
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to do it that way. And I was so glad that we got to
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do that together. My low is that it is the band's
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farewell well tour, so I was really sad about that, but at
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least I knew before the concert that it was the farewell tour,
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so I wasn't surprised when they said something about it during
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the show. So that's my high in love story.
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Aw, great. Job Nolan, I'm so impressed that
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he was able to keep a secret from you.
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I feel like he just gets so excited about certain things and
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he can't keep it a secret. Yes, that is exactly what
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happens. It's so sweet.
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Yeah, I was really surprised that he kept it a secret and it
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was so much fun. So we had a great time and I was
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happy. Yeah, I'm glad that y'all had a
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good time and you also got to sit down.
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The best, the part about this whole situation was that I had a
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place to put like drinks, like I could put my water down, which
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when you're standing in the venue, if you need a water,
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you're having a drink of any kind, you have to hold it the
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full time. Do you know what this means?
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I'm old. Yes, you are officially old.
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Welcome. To the club.
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I'm leaving. We're ending the podcast now.
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Riley just told me that I'm old, and she's right.
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Did you wear a jacket to wait in line?
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I feel like that is also the third step of being old.
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I also feel like it's the third step in becoming an Arizonan
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because yes, also, when you stand up at the mezzanine level,
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you're right at the air conditioner.
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So yes, I'm old and I wore a jacket old.
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Not just in line. I'm not crying, OK?
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That is funny. Life doesn't eat more carbs
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podcast. You didn't know you were going
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to get those today, but here we are.
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We do have some training updates for y'all.
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If you have been listening before, you know that every week
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we give an update of where we're at in our training for our half
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marathons coming up. I'm running one in just a couple
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weeks in January and Riley is running one in March.
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So Riley, where are you at in your training this week?
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What does it look like? What are you looking forward to?
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My 12 week block actually begins this week, which I am really
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excited for. In the past I've always just
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tried to almost like finish my half marathons where I'm just
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trying to get them done. I'm really going to just build
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up that mileage. But because I'm cutting off of
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my race in November, I already kind of have like a good mileage
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foundation right now. So really focused on speed,
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which I love and I hate. Definitely reminds me of like
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being in college athletics a little bit, but that's just kind
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of my personality. So I'm doing a lot more speed
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work. I'm doing 2 interval runs this
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week. I'll do a fart lick and then I
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will do my longer run on Saturday or Sunday.
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So I'm only looking at about, you know, less than 15 miles,
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but a lot more speed work this week.
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That's interesting. I'm focusing a little bit more
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on speed work this week too, because this is a holiday week,
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so I anticipated that there might be a little bit shorter
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time for me to go out and do longer runs.
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So I'm am focusing on a little bit more speed this week and
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I'll probably hover around that 20 mile mark this week in total
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for my runs since I just have a little bit less time than I
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usually do. Still enough time to get in a
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couple good speed workouts. When are you going to be like
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peaking with your mileage? That's a great question.
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I'll be thoroughly honest because this racism a little bit
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more party. I haven't done as diligent of a
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job like planning things out for high mileage and things like
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that. But like every week I've kind of
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hovered around like 20 to 25 miles.
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And I don't know that I'll run much more than that because it's
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a half marathon distance and I don't really need to train more
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than that. As far as like my endurance
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goes, SI probably would consider like my peak week being
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somewhere if I hit above 25 and it's just really a little bit
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more time dependent. We have some kind of unexpected
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things that are happening in our life in between now and when we
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run the race. So I'm just holding a little bit
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of like great for myself if I don't like reach those miles
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that I like typically would leading into a race.
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So I. Love that.
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I also love that it's party pace.
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My race in March will also be party pace, which is definitely
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a new concept for me because I'm always trying to PR and that
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seems very silly, but it's going to be fun to just kind of do a
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race to just have fun and run. It's good to have those kind of
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races. I love that you're doing this
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one party pace. I'm not so much focused on your
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time. I'm getting old, I guess too.
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I'm growing up. We'll say I'm maturing.
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Today we're going to be talking a little bit about as
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dietitians, what's in our our snack bag.
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So what are the things that we always have on hand?
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What are the things that we love to keep in our pantry?
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What are the things that we're going to the store when we run
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out of those things because we almost always have to have them
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in our pantry? What's the first thing you want
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to tell everybody about? I want to talk about cheese
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sticks. Cheese sticks are are, I think
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one of the most underrated ways to get in protein.
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And I know that we are a protein obsessed society right now, but
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a lot of the times I think people are missing out on
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protein and snacks, especially on snacks that are on the go.
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So something that I feel like is always in my pantry or I guess
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in my fridge as a dietitian is going to be cheese sticks.
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There's such a great option for, you know, getting in 15 grams of
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protein. You can have two and that's
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going to give you about 14 or 15 grams of protein, which I feel
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like is perfect for a snack. I love cheese sticks.
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Do you eat your cheese where you like bite them or do you peel
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them? Initially I'm going to say peel,
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but lately I have been sometimes biting them or sometimes I'll
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chop them and put them on crackers.
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OK, I was going to say, if you bite them, that's savage because
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I have to peel. It doesn't matter.
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I used to have to peel it, but now chasing Charlie all the
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time, I'm just like, eat the cheese stick.
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Charlie's also team cheese stick.
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She doesn't know how to pull it, obviously, so she just kind of
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like eats it so. That makes sense.
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I love a cheese stick, but I too have a snack on my list that is
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a protein snack because a lot of the times, like we're having
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busy days, I need quick snacks that are going to hold me over
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and keep me feeling full and satisfied until I have a break
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in my day or something like that.
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So I have chop sticks on my list as things that I like to have in
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my pantry, like to have in my snack bag.
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One, because they are super convenient, and two, because
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they're easy to pair with something and have quickly on
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the go and you get a good amount of protein with a chopstick.
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So that is my protein snack. That's kind of similar to cheese
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sticks in that sense that it's an easy one and a little bit of
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protein. I also don't understand why beef
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jerky tastes so much better in a stick versus a strip.
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I cannot really eat like the pull apart beef jerky.
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I don't know why I struggle with it, but give me a chomp stick.
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Give me a stick of beef jerky I'm here for.
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It do you ever struggle with the texture of like the other type
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of beef jerky? Because I've that sometimes
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like, I like the texture and other times I'm like something
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is off with the texture here. But like a chopstick feels very
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like uniform, like every single one.
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You know, it's going to be the same.
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Whereas like beef jerky, sometimes you get it and it's
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like really dry and sometimes like it's a lot chewier.
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And I don't know if maybe that's like.
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A Yeah, I think it is the texture.
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I think it's that chewy component because sometimes I'm
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into a beef jerky, but I can only do it for so long.
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I think I get. I get sick of it and it has to
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be like a good flavor to like I'm not going to go out and buy
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like a giant bag of it from Costco because like flavor
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fatigue on it for sure. Definitely on the top of of
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Costco. Anything that you're grabbing
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from Costco for your top snacks I guess of 2025?
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Yes, I love a convenient pre run snack, like a fruit snack or
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something like that. So I usually have those in the
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house. I want a little bit specific on
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this and I put yogi's on my list and they're essentially like a
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fruit snack that has a yogurt covering on them.
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And I buy the big bag from Costco.
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I think it's like strawberry or Raspberry or something like
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that. I think you were the one who
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actually told me about them. They're so good.
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They're so convenient and I love to have those on hand to just
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grabbed before a workout or a run or something like that.
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It works really well for me and I love the way they taste.
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We are also team Yogi's here. It's a great way to get in some
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color and a little bit of fiber too.
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And a snack. Rob's will bring a couple packs
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with him to work. But yes, they're so good too.
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And they're just like a little different.
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I feel like, you know, with fruit snacks, they all kind of
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taste the same, but yogi's are definitely like a little bit of
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a different experience. Yes, that's why I picked them,
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because they're a little different and I need something
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different. Yeah, I like that.
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I have fruit snacks on my list. That's like my go to re run fuel
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if I'm running or training for like 1/2, I feel like I utilize
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fruit snacks there. One of my goals for 2025 is to
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run a marathon. I'm not sure that I can do a
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fruit snack during a marathon or we're gonna have to see how that
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goes, but it definitely love a fruit snack for at least fueling
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for some of those shorter distances.
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Do you have a preferred type or flavor a fruit snack that you
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want to have with you when you run?
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I usually go with Welches or I'll do like a totally blinking
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on it right now. The name, they're organic gummy
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bears. Oh, is it?
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The Black Forest ones, I think that's what they're.
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Called, yes, those are a little bit better option compared to a
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Mots because the Mots are for me are a little bit harder to chew
17:35
because they're a little bit more dense and that can be
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really hard when you're running to chew.
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But I feel like a watch's fruit snack or like a gummy bear is a
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great option for me because they're a little bit easier to
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consume. And you always have to be
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thinking about like, how is it going to go down when you're
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running and trying to fuel? And I also like like a fruit
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snack because what I'll do is I'll empty a couple bags into
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like a Ziploc bag and then I can fuel with a little bit at a
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time. My GI is just so sensitive.
18:00
And I know I can train my gut. I'm doing that.
18:03
I know I got you. But everybody is a little bit
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individualized with their nutrition.
18:07
And gels can be kind of hard for me if I have to consume them all
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at one time. So with a fruit snack, it's nice
18:12
because I can consume them at a little bit throughout their race
18:14
versus like having to do 25 to 45 grams of carbohydrates all at
18:18
one time. Yeah, I hear that.
18:20
We just have to find the right things that work for you when it
18:22
comes to race day and running nutrition because everybody is
18:25
going to be really individualized as far as what
18:27
works for them, not only from the standpoint of like what's
18:29
easy to take, but also like what works well for your system.
18:32
So that makes sense when it comes to like pre run stuff.
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I know we just talked about like your snacks for pre run stuff,
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but is there anything else that you would want to have in your
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pantry for like pre run? One of my favorite new products
18:42
of 2024 has been 2 before I have always struggled a little bit
18:47
with like GI issues. I've shared on this podcast on
18:50
on Instagram about fueling around training can be hard for
18:53
me sometimes. And a lot of the other pre
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workout powders and a lot of other pre workout products seem
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to be a little harsh on my GI. But I really love the taste of
19:02
two before, the effect of two before and then it also doesn't
19:05
upset my stomach. So I've really enjoyed 2 before.
19:07
I know that you've utilized that as well.
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OK, two before was on my list too because I really do love it.
19:12
Also add to it because I was kind of on like the powdered
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drink type of thing. Liquid 4 because I want to have
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something before and after that helps me consume liquid.
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And sometimes it's just a little bit harder for me to just get
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down plain water before and after a run.
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So it's a great way to help with like that just hydration
19:27
standpoint for me, just so that way I like, I'm making sure that
19:30
I am drinking something. So I love to before I love
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something to help me like hydrate and refuel after a run.
19:35
So you know, 2 before, before and then something afterwards.
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And I would go with Liquid Ivy right now.
19:39
I'm just liking the flavors that they have at my Costco.
19:42
What flavors are you utilizing right now?
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They. Have the Mingo one and that one
19:45
I think is so yummy. Have you mixed your two before
19:48
with your liquid Ivy? I haven't.
19:50
I'm going to try that now. Have you done?
19:52
It I have, you have to get the right flavor pretty good and if
19:55
you're struggling like getting sick different liquids down
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before I run, you can kind of combine them.
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I love that idea. OK, what else is on your list?
20:03
Cherry juice is something that I'm always going to make sure
20:05
that I have in my pantry. It is one of like my favorite
20:08
products, and I also feel like it's one of the products that
20:11
athletes absolutely love. I remember when I worked at
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UCLA, like if I arrived to a game or I was on a trip and
20:17
there was number cherry juice, like I was in trouble.
20:19
Like I was going to the nearest grocery store with three duffel
20:22
bags because we were getting the cherry.
20:24
Juice, you got to have what the people want.
20:25
Exactly what about you other like liquids or anything like
20:28
that on your list? I actually do have one more on
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my list. I'm a really picky when it comes
20:33
to sparkling water. I don't like the bubbles to be
20:35
like too big. I don't like it to have like too
20:37
much flavor or feel like overpowering.
20:39
So I've become very like picky, almost like a bubbly water snob.
20:42
But I love the mountain spring sparkling water.
20:46
I think it is the best one. I think it is far superior to
20:49
anything that comes in a can. I know it's a little bit
20:51
pricier, but to me it's so worth it.
20:53
It's not something that I'm having every single day because
20:55
I think my husband would be like, why are you going through
20:57
a bottle of this a day? That's a little absurd, but I
20:59
just love the way it tastes. They have like AI think it's
21:01
Peach flavor and that one has so far been my favorite as far as
21:05
the different flavors that they have.
21:06
But that is one that like I just like to have for a different
21:09
liquid that I can consume during the day.
21:11
Like I just talked about, like sometimes water, like plain
21:13
water is just hard for me. So I like to mix it up with a
21:15
sparkling water. It's a great way again to like
21:17
mix up hydration to stay hydrated.
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And that's going to be what I'm reaching for instead of kind of
21:23
the other options out there on the market.
21:24
I also love sparkling water and I I just thought of something
21:28
that could be really fun. OK, hit me with it have.
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You seen the Diet Coke challenge on the Internet?
21:33
Yes, I have. If you're listening and you
21:35
haven't seen this kind of trend going on right now on social,
21:39
what people are doing is they're lining up different versions of
21:42
Diet Coke. So Diet Coke from the fountain,
21:44
Diet Coke from the can, from the bottle.
21:46
And what they're doing is they're putting it behind like a
21:48
box, cutting holes in the box and putting straws and each of
21:51
the Diet Cokes, and people are going through and trying to
21:54
guess which medium the Diet Coke is coming out of.
21:58
And I think we should do that with sparkling water.
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I would love to do that. I would love to see if it's all
22:02
in my head that that one is actually better.
22:05
That one is so good though. But I'm I'm the same way and I'm
22:07
wondering like, am I just being a snob or like is there actually
22:11
differences in like the bubble size, the amount of bubbles, the
22:15
flavors? That could be something that's
22:17
super fun that we do. Oh, we should definitely do
22:19
that. Let us know in the comments what
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other types or flavors or brands of sparkling water we should
22:25
line up against Mountain Springs.
22:26
Anything else on your list for what's in your snack bag for
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2025? So I have a fun food that I want
22:32
to include for 2025 and this is actually a product that I
22:37
recently found. It is called Fruit Riot, which I
22:39
believe it is all over TikTok. And again, if you are old like
22:43
me, seems to be the theme of the episode today.
22:45
You might have not known about Fruit Riot until recently.
22:49
Jenna is younger than me obviously, and she knew about
22:52
Fruit Riot like a year and a half ago, but I had not seen it
22:55
at the grocery store. I had not been familiar with the
22:57
product yet. My recent grocery store just got
23:00
Fruit Riot and I have to grab a bag because Jenna's
23:02
recommendations are always amazing.
23:04
And now I'm addicted to Fruit Riot, and that is something
23:07
that's definitely going to be a staple in my household going
23:10
into 2025. I feel like half the time I go
23:12
to the grocery store it's sold out because it's so popular
23:15
right now and I love it and it's so tasty.
23:18
I like the grapes the best. What have you found that you
23:21
prefer? I think they have grape, mango
23:22
and pineapple right? They do, but they have two
23:24
flavors of grape. That's right, because we were
23:26
talking about this. Yes.
23:27
OK. What has been your like top
23:29
favorite so far? The grapes are so easy to like
23:32
pop into your mouth like I was joking with you, but I feel like
23:35
they're cracked because they're just so easy.
23:37
The first one I ever tried was mango, so I feel like I'm a
23:39
little partial because it's the first time I had something.
23:42
The grapes that are flavored though are so good.
23:45
They're like lemon mixed Berry. And there's another one I'm
23:48
forgetting. Those are different than like
23:49
the regular grapes. I feel like I'm tied between
23:52
mango and like the different flavors of grapes.
23:54
OK, I have yet to find the flavored grapes, so I'm curious
23:58
if I would like those better than the like original grape
24:00
flavor because that one is definitely my favorite right
24:03
now. But I also like love frozen
24:04
grapes. Like that's been a thing that
24:05
like I've always liked. So it kind of makes sense for me
24:08
that that's my favorite one. But they're all good.
24:09
Like they're not like there's not an option as bad.
24:11
Like if they have a bag of it at the store, even if it's
24:13
pineapple and mango, I'm still grabbing that.
24:15
Like I'm still OK with that. It's not to the point where I'm
24:17
like, Oh no, I'm not going to buy that because I'd prefer to
24:19
have the grape. And sometimes they, you know,
24:21
only have one bag left and guess what?
24:22
It's coming home with me. I've been thinking about trying
24:25
to make my own. What am I applying?
24:27
Said that a lot of people are trying to do that on TikTok and
24:30
it seems to be like a massive fail, but I'm trying to think
24:33
about if I could somehow replicate it at home.
24:35
OK, well if you do you have to let me know because I always get
24:38
sad when they're sold out at my store.
24:39
So now we have things to do from this episode where we have to
24:41
replicate Fruit Riot and we also have to do our sparkling water
24:44
challenge. Just a few things.
24:46
Any other foods that you are putting in your snack bag for
24:49
2025? Yes, I'm going to include
24:52
granola and yogurt. I think I'm just, I'm going
24:54
through like a kick of like granola and yogurt.
24:56
I have a granola recipe that my mom makes it, my sister makes
25:00
it. So I always keep it frozen on
25:02
hand. Like after I make the granola, I
25:03
stick it in my freezer so that way I just have it and if I run
25:07
out of it, I just make more of it.
25:08
So it's something that I always have.
25:09
And then recently I've really been loving pairing it with the
25:12
lactose free Faye Greek yogurt. I just think it tastes better.
25:16
I don't know why, but I think it tastes better.
25:18
It's probably completely in my head.
25:20
When I go back to my parents house, they always have lactose
25:23
free or dairy free options. Like, that's when I first, like,
25:25
tried it was being back at home. I just liked it so much that I
25:28
was like, I'm gonna buy this one.
25:30
It's essentially the same as regular fire yogurt.
25:32
It just has the lactase enzyme already added to it.
25:35
But to me, it just tastes a little bit better.
25:37
And I've been loving that. So that in granola.
25:40
And if you're curious about a good granola recipe, I have it
25:42
on my Instagram. That's the one that I always
25:43
have in my freezer that I make myself.
25:46
Yeah. I saw the lactose free on your
25:48
story and I was wondering about it.
25:50
It's not sold everywhere. Sometimes it's harder to find.
25:52
My mom can find it at Walmart. I've only been able to find it
25:55
at like Whole Foods, Sprouts and Target.
25:56
So I think think it's just very state to state dependent on what
25:59
stores are carrying it and what stores aren't.
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I've only been able to find it in the bigger container versus
26:03
the smaller ones. As we go into 2025, we're really
26:05
excited for all the things that are happening at RBSN.
26:08
Thank you so much for spending the past year with us on this
26:10
podcast. Happy holidays from Riley and I.
26:12
We look forward to chatting with you more into the new year.
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