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141. Happy Thanksgiving from RBSN! · Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast

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This is the Eat More Carbs podcast.
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Hello and welcome back. This is the Eat More Carbs
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podcast. We're Riley Beatty Sports
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Nutrition, and we're a team of dietitians and we talk every
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Thursday about sports nutrition for the girlies.
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I'm Jenna and I'm the host. Of this podcast and I'm Riley.
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I'm the founder of Riley Beatty Sports Nutrition.
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We like to call it around here our BSN.
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Happy Thanksgiving, we're super excited to talk with y'all
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today. Before we get into today's
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episode, we are going to do our high and low.
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So sharing just a little bit about our week, the good, and
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the parts we wish had gone a little bit differently.
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Riley, as always, can you kick us off with high and low?
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What is your Thanksgiving high and low for the week?
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So hi is my daughter Charlie is going to be two in January.
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So this is her second Thanksgiving.
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And Charlie loves like meat, like as a neat girlie.
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She loves to also cook right now.
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So we started off by doing things like we call it cups.
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And I let her do like her own little science experiment.
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So she'll like sit next to me when I'm cooking and she'll like
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put things like Cheerios like into different cups.
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But she's started to like, really be into cooking.
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And so she always wants to be involved, which it does take
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like five times the amount of time.
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But it's so cute because like, she's like stirring things with
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her big stick, but she kind of just like hits it.
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But like she's involved in the cooking process.
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I don't know. It's just like a really cute and
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like wonderful thing to share with her.
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Does she have one of those like helper stools where she can be
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like countertop height? OK, we have debated this
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multiple times. Right now we're just like using
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a chair and like people are probably going to come for me
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because they say it's dangerous. But like she he stands on the
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chair just because the problem with things right now is like
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I'm really reluctant to buy things because we're going so
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fast with like our development and like what we're interested
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in. So I don't want to purchase
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something and then like her be done with it in two weeks.
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I mean, that makes total sense. I feel like the same way with
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clothes. You know, you don't want to go
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and buy like certain brands will put out, like baby clothes and
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baby shoes. I'm like, I can't imagine
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spending more on a pair of baby shoes than I spent on a pair of
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shoes for myself. And they're going to wear them
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for such a short amount of time. Yes, this could even be Milo,
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but we have transitioned Charlie out of her like first real kind
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of shoes. She didn't really need shoes
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when she didn't walk, right? Like I know people put shoes on
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their baby, but like your baby doesn't need shoes if it's not
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walking right? So we're kind of through our
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like second iteration of shoes because she's grown out of her
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like first real walking shoes. But the problem is is she loves
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them. So she goes into her closet and
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like gets out her little Crocs that are too small and like puts
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on opposite feet and is like walking around and I'm like,
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girly, we got you new Crocs. But she's like, these are not my
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Crocs. Like these are my Crocs.
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Wait, that's so cute. Though I'll have to send you a
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picture next time she does it. I guess that's kind of like my
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low too, is it's not really a low.
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And I guess like, nothing about Charlie is really low.
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But I just, she cracks me up right now because she's like has
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such a strong personality. She just learned like mine.
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So she'll be like going around and like, we're at the grocery
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store and she'll point at me and be like my mom.
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I'm like, yes, yeah, I am your mom.
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Like, good job. Or she'll be like my bagel.
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I'm like, we can't have that bagel.
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Like that's not our bagel. And she'll be like my bagel or
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like my slide. And I'm like, yes, I'm proud of
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you for using your words. But then, like, sometimes she
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just walks around me, like mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.
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And all I can think about is like the Finding Nemo, like
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seagulls. Yeah.
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Yeah. So that's what we're going
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through right now at the baby household.
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Lots of Charlie updates. Lots of Charlie updates, how's
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your week going? Great.
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My high is that it is Thanksgiving.
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Like this is the Thursday that is Thanksgiving.
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And I love Thanksgiving. I think one of the reasons is
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just because, like, I have so many wonderful, like, childhood
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memories of Thanksgiving, growing up with my cousins and
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my family, getting to spend time together.
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And it's so fun. And even though, like, I'm not
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at that stage of life anymore and we're here in Arizona for
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Thanksgiving, we're not with a bunch of family.
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It still reminds me of all of those like wonderful memories
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that I have growing up of Thanksgiving.
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And I look forward to like, carrying those forward someday.
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So are you staying in Arizona then for the holiday?
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Yes, we are in Arizona for Thanksgiving, which has its pros
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because we can be outside and it's a beautiful time of year in
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Arizona. It's the time of year that
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people want to be in Arizona. So that's the good part.
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It's just always kind of sad when you don't get to spend it
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with like a huge amount of family.
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And like, that's one of like the biggest things that my family
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did growing up is that we play like a big game of family
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football. And I would call it tag
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football, but it always progressed into more than just
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tag football, if you know what I mean.
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And it got a little bit competitive, but it was always
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so much fun. So I missed those memories, but
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I'm also like excited to make new memories.
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Are y'all doing a Turkey Trot? OK, I'm so glad you ask this
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because I have seen a lot of like, the run clubs in Arizona
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have teamed up together to do like a massive Turkey trot on
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Thanksgiving. Obviously, we're recording this
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a few days before actual Thanksgiving.
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And I don't know if I want to do that because it just seems like
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a lot. I don't know if I want to do
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that. I was walking through my
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neighborhood. I was walking my dog, George.
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There is a neighbor of ours that's like hosting a Turkey
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trot for the neighborhood. And I thought that was so cute
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to just like a good way to get to know neighbors and just like
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do something really, really casual Thanksgiving that's not
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so much of like an organized event with T-shirts and bibs and
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all of that, but just like a nice thing to do.
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So I think we might do that. I can't wait until you smoke
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everybody. Obviously I'm going to show up
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and be like, OK, well, the competitive part of me has
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turned on. Meanwhile, my husband will be
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making friends with everybody and I'll be like, I won.
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And they'll be like, this isn't even like an actual 5K course.
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It's literally around the block. But that's OK.
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Actually really like a lot of the local races, like that's
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what I was doing a lot of like in preparation for New York and
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I just like like a local race. I think.
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I think they're. Fun.
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I think so too. And like, it's like less
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pressure and like, everybody's in a good mood and like,
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everybody is like local and volunteering and like there's
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never a bathroom line and it's just great.
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Yeah. And they're usually going to
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start at like a nice time because you don't have to worry
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about like a ton of people and like logistics and all of that.
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Sort of stuff. Yep.
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You don't have to take a ferry to Staten Island and then wait
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for three hours basically camping.
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Yeah, I'm into it, Yeah. Slightly different from the
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marathon. You just right.
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Yep. What's your low?
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My low is probably that it's not the same that it used to be for
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Thanksgiving for me right now. And that's just hard sometimes
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when it's just different and holidays, obviously, as we like
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growing my age, man, that's like what I've been talking about so
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many times on my high and low recently.
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But as we age, like traditions just change.
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And you know, like all of my cousins that I used to play
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family football with are all like parents and adults now and
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probably doing all of the cooking anyway.
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So even if we were together with like a huge chunk of my family,
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it probably still would different.
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But sometimes it is like nostalgic and a little sad to
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like look back on like the the things that used to be so.
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Are you going to cook this year? OK, as of this moment, I haven't
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decided a lot of times recently what I've done is I've done like
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the like kind of prepared pickup from Whole Foods, but I also
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really don't love Turkey. So today on today's episode,
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we're kind of building our own performance plates and wishing
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you all a happy Thanksgiving. But I'm going to share my
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tentative plan for how I'm going to do Thanksgiving my.
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OK, you got to go first because I'm so curious.
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Now tell us. OK, I don't love Turkey.
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OK. Do you not love like Turkey?
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Like is it Turkey in general like a Turkey breast sandwich or
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just like a Turkey dinner? I just don't.
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Think I like Turkey. Like I was even thinking about
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how I make a lot of dishes with ground Turkey and I was like, I
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think I would like this better if I made it with like ground
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chicken or ground beef. Like I just don't like Turkey.
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And I think that like I developed using Turkey a lot
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through a period in my life when I wanted to be be like, quote,
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UN quote, like ultra healthy and lean ground Turkey is something
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that's used a lot kind of in that realm or in that
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conversation of being really thoughtful with what you're
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eating. And I started to think about it
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and I was like, I don't know that I actually like this.
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I think it's just something that I've always done because of
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that. And I was like, there is nothing
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that says like when I'm cooking for myself and my husband on
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Thanksgiving that I need to cook a Turkey.
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I don't need to do that, especially if neither of us are
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like huge Turkey fans. So I think what I'm going to do
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is I'm going to get a rotisserie chicken.
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I love this. Because I'm like we both like
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chicken and I don't have to cook it and I can focus my time on
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making the sides, which I love the side dishes and I love
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homemade side dishes for Thanksgiving.
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And then I don't have to worry about making something that
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neither of us really love or even like, you know, getting the
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pre marinated 1 and putting it in my oven.
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Even from Whole Foods. I can just get something that
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like we both are fine with. I can make chicken leftovers
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with it and I can focus all of my energy and attention on
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making the sides that like we do enjoy and we do want to like
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have as part of our Thanksgiving.
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So I'm going to get a rotisserie chicken.
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I'm obsessed with this. I'm obsessed with this.
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OK, what sides are we doing then?
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OK, I love like some type of like green bean or broccoli
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casserole, but this year I'm leaning towards broccoli
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casserole just because I've been into broccoli recently.
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So I'm going to do a broccoli casserole.
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It's actually one that my brother-in-law makes and I think
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it's like delicious. So I'm going to use his recipe
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and make that. I also I'm going to make a
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cranberry salad. It's my mom's recipe and it's
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actually one that we stole from one of my sister's high school
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boyfriend's families, but we kind of like adopted it and have
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made it our own. And it's like a, it's a sweeter
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cranberry salad type of side. And then I'll probably make some
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type of like colorful side with like baked carrots or something
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like that to just have some more color since my casserole with
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broccoli won't be a ton of actual color in that dish.
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I love mashed potatoes, so I'm going to do mashed potatoes as
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my final side. And then my husband really loves
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sweet potatoes and I am not the biggest fan of sweet potato, but
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his goal this year is to make sweet potato pie.
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So I'm going to let him handle that because I don't really care
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how that turns out. I'm probably not going to eat it
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anyway, but I'm going to make a dessert that like I want to eat.
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So I'm going to make chocolate chip cookies because I love
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chocolate chip cookies. So that's what I'm doing.
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I'm doing everything that like I want to eat.
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That's how it's supposed to be. Isn't that crazy?
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I think I remembered like when I, I don't know, I was 25 and I
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was like, I can literally eat Thanksgiving whenever I want.
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If I don't like something for Thanksgiving, like I don't have
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to make it. Exactly.
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You can do chicken if you want to.
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You can do a totally different type of protein if you want to.
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So if we're looking at my performance plate that I will
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have on Thanksgiving, I will do chicken, I will do broccoli
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casserole, I will do some type of a roasted carrot, and then I
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will do mashed potatoes for my carbohydrate.
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And then for my fun foods on the side, because we love a fun food
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and that is always going to be incorporated for me is chocolate
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chip cookies. I'm laughing because this is
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going to be the most anti Thanksgiving podcast ever
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because I don't think I'm having either.
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Wait, I love it. What are you doing?
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You're not doing pie or anything or just you're just doing
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cookies. Well, Nolan will do his sweet
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potato pie, so forget that. And I'm probably not going to
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have any of the sweet potato pie just because I'm not that big of
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a fan. And like we've talked about so
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many times on this podcast, life is too freaking short to eat
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food that you don't love. And I love chocolate chip
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cookies. I also can make like a big batch
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of them and share them with neighbors, have my husband bring
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them to work for like the week of Thanksgiving because both he
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and I will still be working. So I don't know, I feel like
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that's a nice thing to do. And then I can also freeze any,
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any of them that I don't eat fast enough.
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So I can like have them for a little bit longer if I make a
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big enough batch, which I will make sure I make a big enough
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batch. But now I've gone back to
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talking about myself so much. So what protein are you doing
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for Thanksgiving this year? We're doing brisket.
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Wait, I love that. Yeah, it's something that we
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started doing like a couple years ago.
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There's a really great BBQ restaurant in Charleston and it
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is one of the things I am sad that we live in Charleston about
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anymore, but this is a much better place for us.
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This guy named, it's a Lewis Barbecue and it's really well
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known for its brisket. So what we started doing a
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couple of years ago as we do brisket and Turkey, but it's so
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funny because the Turkey never gets ate because the brisket is
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so good. So this year we're just mixing
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the Turkey and we're going to do a brisket and we actually are
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going to Charlotte for Thanksgiving.
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So we're going to be with Robbie's family.
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And I actually really like Turkey.
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Like I'm a traditional, give me the stuffing, the gravy, the
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cranberry sauce, like Turkey person.
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But like I shared earlier, like obviously that whenever I want
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to eat it, like for dinner. And so we're doing the brisket
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for Thanksgiving. So that's going to be my protein
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on my performance plate for Thanksgiving.
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What sides? Are you guys bringing?
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What are you responsible? For bringing my daughter.
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Nice. Yeah, there we go.
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It is. She is the star of the show, so
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we anticipated that. But what sides, I guess, are
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available to you? What else are you putting on
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your performance plate for color and carbs and maybe even fun
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foods? So I don't know exactly the menu
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yet, and because we are recording this a couple days in
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advance, I don't know what I'm responsible for bringing right
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now. We will usually probably like
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bring drinks or dessert, but Robbie's mom does a really great
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job for Thanksgiving. So kind of just like being her
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sous chef while we're there and let her kind of dictate the
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menu. We usually do, you know,
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traditional kind of Thanksgiving foods.
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So like stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, hoping
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for a green bean casserole because I love a green bean
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casserole. And I feel like with like
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casseroles, like that's not something I make like on a
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regular basis. I feel like it just makes a
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large amount. And so kind of like what you
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shared about with like some of the desserts, like we're just
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not going to eat that casserole. Like we just can't get through
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that as a family in the amount of time that we need.
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So a green bean casserole or I'm sure there's going to be some
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broccoli or Brussels sprouts or things like that.
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And then Charlie loves Mac and cheese.
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So I'm sure there's going to be some Mac and cheese.
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My gosh, I love the idea of Mac and cheese on Thanksgiving.
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Yes. So I'm a huge stuffing girl.
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I like, love stuffing. So I'm going to have stuffing as
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my carb. I'll probably do Mac and cheese
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as my carb too. I'm not a potato person.
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Like it's just I, I will eat them and like we have them, you
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know, once or twice a week. But when there's a lot of
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different carbohydrate options, like I'm not usually going
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towards a potato and my husband is a potato guy so I know he's
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always upset about that, but I'm just like, not really a potato
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person. Do you have a specific type of
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potato that like you like more, like if you were to be like a
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baked sweet potato? Or is it just kind of like all
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potatoes that you're kind of like meh on all?
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Potatoes like me like, I don't know, like I don't know what
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like I just would much rather eat like pasta or red or zotto
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or a tortilla or something like that.
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I'm just like not really a potato person.
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Like even fries. Like not my thing.
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So funny because I feel like so many of our athletes that we
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work with say that sweet potatoes are their favorite
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carbohydrate, and every single time I read that I'm like, I
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would much rather have a bowl of pasta.
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So many people right now in our period recovery program are so
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grumpy at us because like you just said, they love potatoes
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and sweet potatoes. I just, I don't know.
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I don't know, maybe I used to eat sweet potatoes a lot and I
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don't know if I just overdid it. I'd hate kind of going back to
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the conversation about ground Turkey.
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I just maybe overdid it. They also used to be like, I
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mean, potatoes are relatively cost efficient when I was in the
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Dietetic internship, but I had $30 a week for groceries.
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Like, you know, I was definitely eating sweet potatoes.
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And so I don't know if I'm just like sick of them, but I'm sure
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it'll be like a sweet potato casserole maybe or something
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like that too. It's just just not my thing.
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If you were to have the option for a sweet potato casserole,
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would you want it to be savor your sweet?
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I feel like I don't love sweet things unless it's like dessert.
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And maybe I'm just so traumatized by like all the gels
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I consumed in the marathon and like my carb load.
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But like, I'm like taking a break right now of sweet things.
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Like I still eat dessert, but like, I, I feel like I need like
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a savory meal and then like a sweet dessert.
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Like I eat dessert every night, but I just feel like I need them
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to be separate and I'm just weird like that.
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I don't know. It's my brother's preference.
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I mean, like I've shared before, I'm like not the biggest fan of
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sweet potatoes. Given the option of like a sweet
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sweet potato casserole or like savory sweet potato casserole,
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like I would pick savory every time.
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What goes into a savory sweet potato casserole?
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Because I feel like I only see sweet ones.
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My sister has a great one she makes with like cheddar cheese,
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bacon and like onion and it's really good.
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Obviously, like you still get some sweet undertones because
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the sweet potato is, well, sweet, but it's not like the
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brown sugar marshmallow pecan situation that I'm like, I don't
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understand how people like for me, that just doesn't I I'm
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leaving that I'm skipping right over that.
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I think this goes back to though, like everybody has
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different preferences, right? Like everybody has a different
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feeling like plan that they enjoy.
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And like, that's why, like, you know, one of the things that
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we're always asking our athletes is like, what's your favorite
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food? And like, how can we incorporate
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that into it? Because every single person is
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different. And that doesn't mean like like
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a sweet potato casserole, like it doesn't taste good, but like,
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it just maybe just not my thing. And we're back to Life's too
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short to eat food we don't like. Yes, but don't be like, don't be
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like, I'm not eating that like, right.
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Like don't be mean about it. You just, you know, you have to
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like again, life's too short. Exactly.
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From all of us here at RBSN, Happy Thanksgiving.
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We hope that you are enjoying your favorite dishes on
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Thanksgiving today, even if that doesn't look like traditional
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Thanksgiving foods. If you do have questions for
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Riley and I about fueling Thanksgiving, fueling running
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period recovery, or just nutrition in general, please
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leave them in the comments below or reach out to us online.
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You can find Riley on Instagram at easy dot sports dot nutrition
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and you can find me at Jenna dot Fischer dot nutrition.
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