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72. Learn How to Make Fueling Fun and Sustainable with Team USA's Betsi Flint · Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast

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Betsy Flint's in review with Riley.
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If you don't know, Betsy is part of Team USA volleyball.
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During this episode, Betsy shares all about fueling and
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I literally. Not look orange instead of
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white, but it's OK I. Don't know, I would take the tan
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over the Casper color. What about your high and low?
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So my high, when I was marathon training, I wasn't doing a lot
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of other activity. It just didn't have time for it.
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I needed to dedicate a lot of time to running.
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Now that I'm not running as much, I'm getting back into some
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of the other types of exercise that I really love of.
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One of those things is spin. I've probably talked about it
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multiple times on the podcast before, but I love going to spin
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class. There's a spin instructor at my
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gym who's just so fun, but it's just a fun and different way to
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like move my body that I've just been really loving these past
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couple of days. Milo is related to the weather,
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truthfully, but my best friend from college is getting married.
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I am so, so excited for her. She has spent so long designing
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her wedding invitations and I could not wait to see them.
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Like I knew they were gonna be beautiful.
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Like she is putting all the thought into all the details.
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So I couldn't wait to see it, unfortunately.
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Unfortunately it's 113° here. So I pulled out the beautiful
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the invitation, so excited to look at it.
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And they had put like a wax seal for their new initials together
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on the inside of the card. And because it's 113°.
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It. Melted so the entire card
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covered in waxy shenanigans and I had to rip it to get it open
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because of the wax. But anyway, sorry Taylor, it's
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still a beautiful invitation. I didn't mean to rip it.
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I'm sure the rest of the wedding will be beautiful too.
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I just can't believe that's how hot it gets.
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Like, that's like just a big sign of like how warm it is
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outside. Yeah, it's crazy.
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We hope you enjoy this rerun of Betsy's episode where she talks
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all about feeling. There's plenty of great
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information about feeling and properly as an athlete, no
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matter what level you're at. In this episode, I have on Team
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USA and Olympic hopeful Betsy Flint.
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Betsy is part of the beach volleyball Team USA and she is a
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freaking rock star on and off the court.
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Betsy's currently a mom to a 2 year old named Cora and she
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shares in this episode how she balances being a mom and being a
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professional athlete. She's going to share a little
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bit about her nutrition journey. I am so excited that Betsy's on
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today and that she's going to be sharing her knowledge with you.
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So this is going to be such a valuable episode for those young
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athletes and for actually athletes of all ages.
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You're going to learn so much today from Betsy.
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So let's jump in and get started.
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Hey, Betsy, welcome to the podcast.
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Thanks for having me. I'm so excited that you're here.
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I know we've met like once in person, but I've been following
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along with your journey on social and I like feel like I
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know everything about you. Like I feel like we're friends.
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So I'm super excited to chat about a bunch of the stuff
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today. Agreed.
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Me too. Why don't you go ahead and share
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with all the athletes listening a little bit about yourself, a
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little bit about your athletic journey.
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Yeah, I play beach volleyball professionally for Team USA and
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on the AVP Pro Beach Tour. I went to school at LMUI, was
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recruited for indoor and beach became an emerging sport my
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sophomore year. And I played beach growing up
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and I that was kind of like a dream come true for it to become
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an NCAA sport. Well, it was an emerging sport
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at that time. So started that my sophomore
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year, which was incredible and obviously been playing
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professionally since I graduated in 2015.
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And now I have a 2 year old daughter and she's obviously a
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lot of work and it changes how I'm training and just who I am
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on and off the court and it's been incredible.
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I love her like fueling Gurney. I know we like chatted a little
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bit about this like on Instagram, but I feel like she's
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going to be a sports dietitian when she grows up.
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She's amazing. I see her eating like
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cauliflower and like doing like pre and post fueling with you.
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Oh yeah, I hope she is too. It was kind of my dream.
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I want to be a dietitian going into school, and so I kind of
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want the Health and Human science route since we didn't
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have it at LMU. And now my journey's changed and
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I don't see that happening. But I'm really interested and I
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love the topic. And yeah, I love like, making
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smoothies with Cora and just teaching her fun things that,
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you know, food is fun, and hopefully giving her big variety
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so she can have all sorts of things like foods that are maybe
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not even good for you and lots of food that are.
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So that's been fun. I love that.
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I think it was like on Halloween she like tried candy for the
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first time maybe or something. She did she, she was like, oh, a
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lollipop. Like this is what it is.
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And now she loves lollipops. So I'm like, maybe we shouldn't
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have started that. Not so early, no.
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I love that. Hey, all foods fit right?
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Yes. For sure for.
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People who are maybe not super familiar with beach, growing up
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in North Carolina, we like just saw it on the Olympics, but it's
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like a big thing in Southern California.
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Maybe share a little bit about like how is like beach and
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indoor different for people who are not familiar?
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Yeah, Beach is 2 on two and indoors 6 on 6.
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So it's, I'd say a lot more work.
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You're touching every single ball, so there's no plays off.
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And for Beach, we're playing probably two or three matches a
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day. It can vary maybe from 1:00 to
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4:00. Hopefully you're not playing
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five, but I've done it and indoor you're really just
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playing one like really long match a day.
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Typically. Those are kind of the
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differences and it's huge here in Southern California and the
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Olympics is the goal for me and that we're starting
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qualification this year. So I'm really excited to get
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that going. And obviously feelings a huge
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part of that. And I'm still still learning.
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There's always things that I can improve and I'm I've been
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thinking about it today, like even prepping for this podcast,
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I'm like, man, I can be doing things better.
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So thanks for having me because you're making me a better
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athlete. You do such an amazing job and I
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know that you're working with like Brooke right now, who was
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on the podcast earlier, who's amazing.
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I feel like I see you doing a lot of smoothies and with Brooke
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too. She does a lot of smoothies.
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Do you have like a favorite smoothie that you like to fuel
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with or? Whatever Brooke makes is
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awesome. I'm not kidding.
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It makes my day anytime there's a smoothie in the fridge.
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She's only in twice a week with us and I want her in more.
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But that's a great one for pre workout cuz usually I'm coming
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from the sand to the gym and so getting something I don't always
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have time to get a full meal in. So the the smoothie is a great
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energy source and it has you know protein, carbs and fats in
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there to keep me going for my lift.
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So that's awesome. That's my favorite one.
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Maybe she'll start shipping to the South Carolina.
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Yeah, yeah, or yeah. If she could travel with me
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everywhere and just walk around with smoothies, that'd be
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amazing. Yeah, I love that personal, like
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smoothie chef. I love it.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So you talked a little bit about, you know, you have, it
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sounds like you have beach training, so you do like sand
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work and then you go into the weight room.
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What does like a typical day usually look like for you?
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Yeah. So we usually do beach training
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in the morning. Sometimes it's 730 starts.
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That means I'm on the sand between sometime between 7:00
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and 7:15 warming up. And then after that we trained
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for two hours and then I go straight to the gym.
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So like a 3045 minute break and then I'm lifting for an hour,
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hour and a half, conditioning and then some sort of recovery
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like Norma tech or sauna. So I've definitely learned to
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like train my stomach to eat a good breakfast because that's
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really important for me, especially like for tournaments,
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because tournaments we end up playing a few matches a day and
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sometimes they're like an hour or two apart.
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So it's hard for me to get something in my stomach.
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So I've been trying to like get a better like a bigger
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breakfast. So right now I'm eating a couple
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eggs with a bagel or toast some sort of.
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I'm trying to get the eggs in to get more protein but sometimes
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I'm just not feeling it. So I've done some overnight oats
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or oatmeal but I've definitely noticed if I just do the oatmeal
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like I'm getting hungry and practice so I bring something to
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have but that's not ideal but sometimes just what you have to
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do if you have an early game or early practice.
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OK, I have to ask. So are we?
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Do you eat during practice? Like the sand?
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Like what? Like I.
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Not usually, Not usually. OK, sometimes if Brooke's out
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there, she'll bring us some cuties.
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And I know, and I can stomach those.
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But I've learned, like, I don't usually like to consume things
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unless I'm like, really like, struggling for energy.
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My stomach doesn't necessarily like it.
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Like even the electrolytes I struggle with, like during
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competition or during practice. So I've been trying to do that
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like the night before or at least an hour before practice.
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And obviously I've learned by trial and error.
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So yeah, I don't usually eat something during practice, but
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that's why I really want a Big Breakfast just to hold me
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through that. And then right after I have a
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macro bar, go macro shout out. They're my sponsor.
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yeah, go Macro bars are great. What's your favorite flavor?
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Right now it's dark chocolate, almonds, but anything peanut
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butter is great. And Cora loves them too.
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She steals them anytime I open them up and I'm like, I wanted
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it. Like I try to give her a bite of
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it and she wants the bigger half.
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She doesn't want the small half. So yeah, it's good.
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But I love them because they have they have protein, they
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have carbs and they have fats. And so it's good like right
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after. And I think you've said too,
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like they're really good snack for later in the afternoons for
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athletes. So I use them all the time.
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I like them too, because like, especially with traveling and
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we'll talk a little bit more about like AVP and qualifying,
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but sometimes bars are really great energy sources because
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they're not like a lot of volume.
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And especially if you're somebody who I don't know, maybe
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like yourself, who like struggles with eating around
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like competition or training or just getting in enough fuel.
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I I like I really like bars for that type of purpose.
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Yeah, I love them. Paris 2024 is the goal, right?
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You have AVP in a couple of months.
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For somebody who's not super familiar, what's maybe the
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difference? What does qualifying look like?
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What is like an AVP season look like?
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Yeah, so they're intertwined. The AVP and FIVB is the
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international one. And to qualify for the Olympics,
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it's your best 12 finishes in the International like FIVPS.
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OK. So and it starts from January
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1st until like June of 2024. So it's a year and a half to get
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12 plus finishes in and then you have to qualify based on your
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ranking and only two US teams get to go.
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So we will typically have like 3, maybe four in the top 15 in
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the world, but only two teams get to go.
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So it's really a battle obviously against international
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teams, but against each other too.
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And then there's AV PS within there, which is awesome to play
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in front of like, you know, the US and in front of friends and
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family around the US. And it's a great for us to make
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money and, you know, highlight sponsors.
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So we do a mix of those. That's so exciting.
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Like it's all coming like very soon.
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Oh yeah, we start. Our first tournament is around
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Saint Patrick's Day weekend, We're playing AVP Miami, and
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then we go straight to Mexico for an international event and
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then it just starts. I feel like every couple weeks
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we're either on the road or doing something.
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Unfortunately, our two home tournaments in Hermosa in
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Manhattan are conflicting with international tournaments, so
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it's kind of a bummer. I think we might be missing
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those, so we'll be travelling a ton this year.
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Wow. Do you find that travelling?
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Like, do you feel like that complicates feeling?
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Do you feel like you've kind of practice?
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You talked about practicing breakfast.
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I don't know if you've practiced a lot of, you know, travel
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fuelling, but how, how do you navigate that?
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Yeah, it's different everywhere you go, but I like to bring a
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lot of snacks and that's been something to rely on.
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Lots of bars, lots of oatmeal, protein powder because you don't
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know they give you meals, but there's certain times for them
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so they don't always fit in the schedule you want.
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And then learning like where you are, like Italy is awesome, but
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there's so many carbs, which is great, but not a lot of protein.
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And so then that we found we had a 10 day tournament there and
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we're there a few days early and we just felt lethargic because
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we weren't eating enough proteins.
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So then we were able to change and, you know, get our protein
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shakes in right after practice and, you know, trying to find
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some sort of extra protein in there somewhere.
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So there's always challenges, but we usually pack a lot of
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things and it feels a little high maintenance, but it's
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great. It's good to have everything,
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especially you never know if you get sick or something like that.
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You want the oatmeal. You want things you know to
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settle your stomach. Yeah, especially when you're,
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like, traveling so much too, and you're on, I don't know, in like
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so many different cities, like eating out constantly.
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I found, like, you can just get sluggish from it.
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You can get lethargic and sometimes too, like you're just
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like, I just want the oatmeal. Like, I want it Like, I want
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what works. Like I know what works because I
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want to practice that on the road.
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And we always bring some sort of dessert, some sort of chocolate.
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I love that. Yes, I don't eat dairy so it's
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sometimes hard to find good desserts that are dairy free so
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I always bring my own, make sure I have something every day
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because it makes me happy. I love that.
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So that's I was going to ask like, what are you putting in
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your bag? You said protein powder.
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It sounds like chocolate. You have oatmeal.
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Anything else that's like a must in your travel bag?
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Macro bars of course. Trail mix, nut butter to put in
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the oatmeal. Good for PB and JS.
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Yeah. And sometimes this is a little
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hint. You can make a little breakfast,
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some sort of sandwich at breakfast.
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Especially in Europe, they have all the deli meats and all the
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good breads. So we would, in the past we've
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made sandwiches and we put them in our fridge and we eat them
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later on. And then you get to save money
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and it's easy and great feel. I'm a big sandwich.
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I'm like a big sandwich like proponent.
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Like I'm a sandwich fan. I think they're super underrated
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when they come to like as a source of fueling.
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Like I think a lot of people are like it's not proper fueling or
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they don't think about it, but a sandwich is great.
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Yeah, I did post about it and one of the international girls
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told me it's not really allowed to take things from the
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breakfast bar. So now I don't post about it,
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but I still do it. I won't tell anybody.
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No, it's fine. It's fine.
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Obviously feeling when you're traveling can be, can be
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challenging. Do you find that you struggle
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maybe eating enough when you're playing, you know, 3-4, cross
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your fingers, hopefully not five games in a day.
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I just feel like that has to be challenging.
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It is especially in like really warm weather places, it's harder
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for me to stomach things. But the PB and J has been a go
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to because AVP provides like some sort of spread.
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They have real food, but they also go to Costco and get some
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things and so that's been great. Just right after the match
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getting APB and J some sort of protein in if I can, depending
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on if we're playing soon after. I've learned that even if I play
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a match and then I know I'm going to eat dinner, but I like
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it worked on, then I kind of get like light headed and just don't
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feel good because I used to not want to spoil my dinner but now
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it's like I've got to get something in my stomach just as
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you know, get fuel in and then usually eat a really big dinner.
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But then again, the breakfast is a priority.
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And then finding ways to snack and have bars and PB and JS in
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between matches. It's been huge.
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Yeah, I love that. I was definitely, I mean, I was
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never at the level that you were at, but when I was playing in
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college, I really struggled like fueling, like any time it was
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hot, like any time it was hot or humid, I was like, like eating a
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thing of chicken, broccoli and rice, like sounds like awful.
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So I love that like having a good breakfast, like having that
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good feeling foundation and then kind of just like topping off
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your fuel store, like in between, in between matches.
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Yes, for sure. How are you like hydrating?
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Like, how can you drink enough water?
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I Yeah, More I. I drink a lot of water, always
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cool. It's not been a huge problem.
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But electrolytes, especially when it's really warm and around
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matches, I'll do them the night before and or an hour before
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just so it settles in and I'm not consuming it during the
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match. And I've knock on wood, never
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really had a problem with cramping or anything.
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I just want to make sure, you know, I'm optimizing my
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performance, so getting those in is important.
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And I think I told you I was like really sick and Fort
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Lauderdale playing and I had these sores in my mouth and I
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couldn't consume salt. Like it just burned so bad.
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And I surprisingly didn't cramp. I don't know if you can have
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backup salt in your body or something, but I don't know how
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I made it through that tournament.
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Yeah, I remember us talking about you were like, I didn't
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have any electrolytes. I haven't had any salt.
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Yep, but something I was eating was helping and.
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It sounds like you've like you have a really good feeling
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foundation and you've been able to like simplify it and like
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also make it fun, which I love. So I have to ask if you wouldn't
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mind sharing a lot of, I think there's been a lot of press,
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especially over the last couple of years about, you know, beach
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players and like body image and like being confident, you know,
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having to play in a swimsuit. I would love to hear.
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I don't know if this has ever affected you or if you have like
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words you know of wisdom for younger players you might be
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struggling with this right now. Yeah, it's definitely a
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challenging sport with us being in swimsuits all the time.
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There are times where maybe I'm not feeling, you know, highly
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confident in myself. And for one, we don't have to
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wear swimsuits. It's mostly what people wear.
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But you can wear, you know, shorts, tank tops, whatever
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you're comfortable in. And that kind of recently
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changed in the international world.
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Before, you had to have like a doctor's note.
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Or. You had to be exactly matching
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with your partner. And now as long as you're like
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kind of matching, you can wear, you know, shorts or pants, tank
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tops. So that's awesome.
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So now we have more of a choice. Yeah.
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But yeah, it's it's hard. I've gone through ups and downs
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with it. And I've definitely come to.
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I'm in a better spot where like I'm thinking more about my
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performance and I would rather perform well at my best.
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And obviously when then I would look good, you know, like, and
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it's just hard when there's photographers and there's you're
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going to be in positions where even like the skinniest people
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aren't going to look flattering in these photos.
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And we just have to accept that. But it's really hard.
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And I'm definitely more confident in it now and
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especially having a baby. I'm like two years ago, I was
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growing a human and now I'm qualifying for the Olympics.
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And that's pretty badass. So.
21:19
And I think a lot of women have to appreciate that, that our
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bodies go through different changes every month.
21:24
And sometimes we're feeling bloated and not feeling so good
21:27
maybe because of our period. But that's just part of being a
21:30
woman. And I think that's why we're so
21:32
strong mentally, too. So I think it's it's a journey
21:35
for everyone. It's not just black and white
21:37
and easy, but it's something that, you know, we'll all work
21:41
through. Yeah.
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I'm like, so inspired right now. I was growing a human two years
21:46
ago and now I'm qualified for the Olympics.
21:48
Like, that's a pretty badass statement, you're right.
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Yeah. I think it's easy to forget like
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amazing things that our body can do for us.
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Yeah, especially when we're young and we're not thinking
21:58
about kids and all of that so. We're definitely getting away
22:03
from it, but at least I think a couple years ago I was having a
22:06
ton of conversations on like there was always this look that
22:10
people are trying to get. It doesn't matter if it was
22:11
beach, it doesn't matter if it's football, basketball.
22:13
Like everybody was going for a a look where it wasn't necessarily
22:18
like your performance or anything, but it was like, why
22:20
don't you have this look? But it sounds like we're moving
22:24
away from that right now. I hope so, yeah.
22:27
Fingers. Crossed yes.
22:29
We gave a little bit of wisdom on the the body image, but what
22:32
about other, you know, areas or just other suggestions for a
22:36
young athletes listening? Maybe if it's about fueling, you
22:38
talked about you kind of have like a breakfast down now you
22:41
kind of have your practice day routine down.
22:44
Was it always like that or? No, it takes time to like, just
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think about me mindful about and practice it like while you're
22:52
practicing, not just the day of the tournament.
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Like, oh, what do I need to eat today?
22:56
Because I have a tournament, but trying to do that over and over
22:59
again. And I've been in like the macro
23:02
counting world to where I think it's there's some awareness
23:06
piece there when you macro count.
23:08
But I'm the type of person that gets really obsessed over it.
23:12
Like I would measure out my popcorn and be like Chase, like
23:16
chase my husband. Like, do you want any popcorn?
23:18
Be like, no, I'm good. And I'd sit down and he'd eat a
23:21
bite of my popcorn. I'm like, are you kidding me?
23:24
Like I just measured that out and now like, I don't know what
23:26
I'm eating and I want to eat more.
23:28
And like I would just get so psycho over it.
23:30
And I was not my best self and I don't think I was even
23:33
performing at my best doing that.
23:35
But I learned, you know, like, I definitely need to prioritize
23:38
protein, things like that. But I think they're like what
23:42
you're doing with the performance plate is really
23:44
helpful. So we're eating when we're
23:47
hungry, like listening to our bodies and then just
23:50
incorporating, like, the color, the carbs, the protein, and
23:53
obviously the more color the better.
23:55
So it's always good to, like, just look at our plate that way.
23:58
And it's just, I don't know, way more freeing to do that than it
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is to just count every single thing.
24:04
So stressful. Yeah.
24:06
And I've had in the past, just like, strength trainer, like,
24:09
obsessed over, like, body composition and macro counting.
24:14
And it just really wasn't good for me.
24:17
And I had a new strength trainer that came in was like, why are
24:20
you weighing yourself everyday? I'm like, I don't know, it's
24:22
just what we did. He's like, stop weighing
24:25
yourself. Like I don't care what that is.
24:26
And it was the strongest I've ever been is not thinking about
24:30
it, just eating what I wanted to eat.
24:32
And I mean, working hard in the weight room and working hard on
24:36
the sand. But that's just the best I've
24:38
ever performed is not stressing over it.
24:41
Sometimes when we like try to control it too much, it might do
24:44
more harm than good. Definitely.
24:46
I mean again, like there's awareness piece, but I did it
24:48
way too long. I didn't need to do it that
24:50
long. Yeah.
24:53
You know, we're, we're a high like a highly successful
24:56
athlete. We look for like numbers, right.
24:59
And we want to use data and we want to do whatever we can to
25:02
get better. And I think sometimes those that
25:05
that falls into nutrition when there's so many other things
25:09
that go into nutrition and feeling our body properly, like
25:13
not just like macros or calories or these numbers like what you
25:18
talked about where you're like, I bring chocolate like
25:21
everywhere I'm traveling because like that's part of like proper
25:24
fueling and that's like sustainable and fun.
25:26
And it might not be like the perfect calorie or macro number,
25:30
but it does provide value in our fueling plan.
25:33
Yes, for sure. So I love what you're doing.
25:35
And back to, you know, telling a young athlete, I would tell him
25:38
to look at your Instagram page and just pick, like, a tip or
25:41
two because everything you say is valuable.
25:44
And they just have to incorporate, like, one thing
25:47
maybe a week and see if it improves and if they like it.
25:52
But yeah, you have a lot of good education.
25:54
And I think that's a good place for people to start if they
25:56
don't have like a dietitian to speak to right away.
26:00
Honor. Thank you.
26:01
Yeah. Of course.
26:03
We have to follow, people have to follow you too, like follow
26:05
your journey and all of the fun stuff that you're doing.
26:08
So where can people find Neil? I'm on Instagram mainly at Betsy
26:12
Flint, and I have a website as well that I'll update my
26:16
schedule on. It's just Betsy flint.com
26:18
BETSIFLINT. Easy as that.
26:22
I love that. And then if people wanted to
26:24
watch you qualify for the Olympics or watch you on AVP,
26:27
where where can they stream that?
26:30
Yes, I will always like update you on Instagram.
26:33
My stories usually AVP is on YouTube and FIVB is on
26:39
Volleyball World. It's an app and that's usually
26:42
where you can find me. Awesome.
26:44
Oh my gosh, I can't wait to follow along.
26:48
I'm so excited. I always like I always see your
26:51
stories and I'm like, oh, gotta go to YouTube or like gotta go.
26:54
I know her so fun. And then I have a couple other
26:58
questions. I just do like these little
27:00
outro questions at the end. It's your favorite carb.
27:04
So what's your favorite carb because it's eat More Carbs
27:06
podcast? Yes, I love pizza and I eat it
27:11
every week. You know, you can find.
27:13
Yeah, you can find joy in those foods and that's, I love pizza.
27:18
So good. What type of pizza are you?
27:20
Like what do we put on the pizza?
27:22
I love the Trader Joe's sauce and we get the dough from there
27:26
and we do lots of sauce. We do Peppers, some chicken
27:31
sausage and nutritional yeast because I don't do dairy and I'm
27:35
not a big fan of the fake cheeses.
27:37
I just love. So I would love just sauce.
27:40
Sauce. No cheese.
27:42
Nutritional yeast gives it a good little flavor, but yeah,
27:46
I'm happy with no cheese. OK, cool.
27:48
So you it sounds like. So you make your own.
27:50
Yeah, Yep. I have to ask, have you ever
27:52
made air fryer pizza? No, really.
27:56
Yeah, it's actually super fun. Why is it better?
27:59
It's just easier. I just as the cleanup is easier,
28:03
I'm lazy. Does it make it crispier?
28:07
Yeah, like you like bake it and then you like it makes it crispy
28:09
on top. But I've always wanted one of
28:11
those like fancy pizza ovens. I don't know if you have one of
28:13
those, but those like fun too. OK, what about your pre workout
28:17
snacks? I love the Cliff kids bar, those
28:19
are really solid. The Z bars, right?
28:22
Yeah, that's where they are. Yep, Z bars.
28:24
I'm really into them too, so I'm gonna ask you.
28:25
What your favorite favorite? Just the chocolate chip.
28:28
OK. Yeah, what's yours?
28:30
I like the iced oatmeal ones randomly.
28:32
I don't know why Chase. Chase likes those perfect.
28:36
Variety pack or whatever. Yeah.
28:40
And then what's your favorite post workout snack?
28:42
Usually like a protein shake at the gym and then I'll come home
28:46
and eat lunch. So protein shake smoothies with
28:49
Brooke. Shout out Brooke again.
28:53
Have to start sending things to South Carolina for me.
28:58
I'm a big shoe girl. So what's your favorite pair of
29:00
cakes? I recently got some All Birds
29:02
and I really like them. They're very simple and they're
29:06
sustainable brand and they're comfy, yeah.
29:09
And you can wear them on the sand, right?
29:12
You can probably. They're washable.
29:14
They're easily washable. I have not worn them on the sand
29:19
I. Was thinking it was something
29:20
different. OK, never mind.
29:21
I was thinking that it was like easy, like draining like, oh,
29:25
yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm yeah. OK, no, but don't worry.
29:28
I'm on the sand, people. Cool.
29:32
Any last like words of wisdom? Any last tips?
29:34
Any anything like that? No, I'm just thankful that you
29:38
thought of me to be on here and I hope that someone can take
29:42
something from it and if not they they'll just follow you
29:45
because you're the best. I'm so happy we became, I don't
29:53
know how we got connected on Instagram but I'm so happy that
29:55
we did. I just feel like I like know
29:57
you. I've been following me too long.
29:59
I know we're besties who barely met.
30:03
Yep, thanks again for listening today's episode.
30:05
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30:10
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30:14
and I think she gave a lot of really great practical
30:17
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