The Weighting Room Podcast
The Weighting Room Podcast
Fat Girl Therapy 46: A Hunt for Halloween Mugs and Personal Growth
What lengths would you go to secure a limited edition Tim Hortons Ghost Mug? Join us as we recount our hilariously intense escapades in pursuit of these seasonal collectibles, weaving tales of tradition, nostalgia, and the shared joy of hunting for Halloween treasures. Our banter might just remind you of your own childhood obsessions, revealing the surprising connections these mugs have to our personal histories and relationships.
As the year draws to a close, we invite you to reconsider your resolutions and health goals. Instead of waiting for the clock to strike midnight on January 1st, harness the power of now to celebrate achievements beyond the scale. From personal stories of embracing bariatric surgery to the mental rejuvenation brought by therapy, our discussion touches on the transformative journey towards a healthier, more fulfilling life. Discover the art of maintaining motivation with creative strategies like personal point systems and premium rewards, and learn about the unexpected benefits of tackling long-standing health issues head-on.
Prepare to be entertained and perhaps a bit spooked as we share our quirky fears born from pop culture moments. Whether it's the infamous log truck scene from Final Destination or the unease sparked by WWE events, our tales blend humor with reflection on how fiction often colors our reality. Dive into our candid discussions about the perks and pitfalls of weight loss medications, the simplicity of meal prepping, and the surprising connections between pop culture, everyday fears, and our upcoming travel adventures. Grab your favorite mug and join us for a heartfelt, humorous, and insightful conversation that promises to leave you inspired.
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Speaker 2:I don't even know where to start. Oh my God, that's how we start. Please tell me you got an extra. Remember what I said to you. Remember what I said to you, lisa. If you don't tell me you got an extra, it's friendship over. I said, when you see Halloween mugs, it better have been the only goddamn one.
Speaker 1:I went two tim hortons this morning. The first one I went to was sold out. The last one I went to only had to, and my aunt already gave me the stuff to get her. You know what?
Speaker 2:your aunt? No, because listen here. And if you're listening for listen here. I asked lisa last year because I'm not we're out. I'm not a timmy's girl online. They're sold out. And it even says the old pumpkin ones are sold out. I'm like, are you telling me they came back this year?
Speaker 1:I'm not on top of tim horton's culture because it's just not a no, but this is way cuter than any other chain merch.
Speaker 2:Let's be honest just about to call my mom because she is a Tim Horton's person, but I was supposed to go to lunch with her today, so I'm just not gonna about a mug, but when I'm done this I think I'm just gonna go drive around a couple do it is Vancouver people?
Speaker 1:those would get, those would get bought up so fast I got you hold on, hold on, I'm gonna see, because you know what, when brandon was in the tim hortons looking for me, someone posted on facebook marketplace selling one for ten dollars, and I will see if that one is. I love what we're getting at there.
Speaker 2:Just so that everyone knows we're talking about a ghost mug from Tim Hortons. Last year they had a pumpkin one, but like it's just Tim Hortons. Maybe other people will argue this one. It might have been bigger in the suburbs or something, but Tim Hortons was never that big on the West Coast. We have way more locations now but, like, compared to when I'm driving through ontario, there is literally one on every other block.
Speaker 1:like it's just everywhere it's still showing as available. I have just messaged this person asking if it's still available. Oh my god at least did I just guilt you into that no, no, because I told I sent brandon in for four and they got the ones too. I had you and mom and my aunt and me all in mind okay, you are so sweet.
Speaker 2:I I really am just, but it is the cutest.
Speaker 1:You know my mug obsession the donut that the ghost is holding changes into a sour cream glaze from chocolate and the bats on the back become little timbits no way, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that is a really cool mug. Is it solid on the inside or is there bumps?
Speaker 1:no, bumps, yeah, and you can't put the dishwasher because of the color changing thing. But honestly, I use the pumpkin ones like three times and then I use this one because, like it's the new one. But I said to Brandon I was aggressive. I was like we need to find this mug because I grew up when my mom was obsessed with the Tim Hortons and McDonald's Christmas mugs. She always bought the Christmas mugs every year. So now Tim Hortons have started these mugs and I just saw the advertisement last night and I'm like, oh my, my god, these are so freaking cute. So we went to the first Tim Hortons. They were sold out. So on the way to the next Tim Hortons I was like Brandon, I need these every year and if we ever one, we're getting a divorce. I'd like this is how important these mugs are. And he's like I'm offended.
Speaker 2:I feel like we have to call up head office just to find, like, the exact launch date every year, just so that we can just be in the store waiting or like there's a tim shop.
Speaker 1:I found now because I googled it so hard yesterday and then they were sold out on there and I was like, oh damn. So yeah, I literally got the display model and this one at this other location. I sent brandon in for four. He came out with two. So yeah, that's what happened there and I'll if.
Speaker 2:He's probably like scared to come back out.
Speaker 1:But yeah.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay. Well, on that note, I'll just drink out of my friend's mug. So sad I have.
Speaker 1:These are 20 ounce mugs. Oh, I love that I hate, I hate basic mugs.
Speaker 2:oh, I love that. I hate, I hate basic mugs, me too. Actually the jewels for demir, that's very demir, very mindful um has come out with a bunch of merch and then I said can you please come out with mugs, but not, but not small ones, because those are for small people for people like I agree, oh man, well, I only I've only actually bought.
Speaker 2:Most of my basic mugs that I have are ones that I've just acquired somehow. I don't know, like I've lived with so many different people, that it just happens, um and just like my stuff goes missing. But I only have bought one, and it was the. It was it was a creator that I was supporting. I can't remember what it says right now, but I still don't always use it because it's just it's too small of a mug. But I'll use it to like hold things yeah.
Speaker 1:I get that. I had something I wanted to say, but I was looking at the flowers behind you and I thought they were really pretty, so I forgot what I was going to say was I keep them in a bin and then pull them out every you know when, like, you go through phases of like.
Speaker 1:I want to be a minimalist, so I bought which is so oxymoron. But I bought, like a stand of mugs. I bought two of them and one was yellow and one was blue. And I was like I said to Brandon, I'm gonna put these mugs at the coffee maker and then I'm going to get rid of all my other mugs, like we're gonna minimize, we're gonna get rid of a bunch of junk. And he's like, okay, and now I still have all of the bugs and those. And it's been like three years. It's been like this yeah, I have.
Speaker 2:I've changed our cupboards in the kitchen so like one of my shelves that's just mugs that we don't really use is up there. But like I don't, I won't throw away, but I want to get one of those like bins. It's just the only bins that I have right now are. Now I've I've completely put away my hemp stuff and my beads because it's just not something that I'm doing right now, but I know I'll pick it back up, so I can't get rid of it yeah and then all my dirt, because I do a lot of plants and stuff um which, by the way, I need to figure out.
Speaker 2:And if anyone out there knows, I bought a potato bag oh, timu, because it's like one that has like a door at the bottom. No, it's just to grow potatoes. So, like, hold the it's, it's literally just like tarp material. It's nothing special as a dollar, um, but you put a quarter of dirt in and put the potatoes in and then, as they grow, then you keep putting more dirt on, so then the potatoes will just all grow underneath and the door to like get them.
Speaker 2:But I'm like, if I have that set up near my window, would would I get bugs, like you know. Like well, do you think bugs will just grow on it, because I don't want to grow that in my house. I've never had vegetables grow in my house.
Speaker 1:I don't think bugs grow?
Speaker 2:No, I know that. But I mean, like, is there a possibility that, like, bugs could be super attracted to potatoes? Do you know what I mean? I said maybe and come in through the window, I don't know, maybe it would be okay.
Speaker 2:But yeah, I want to see if I can grow my own potato, just like picturing all these bugs that are just like open this window but I still have that witchcraft thing that you gave me, yeah, and I like look in it randomly because I'm just like I really want to display these and I just bought a shelf hold on, I need to show it to you. Okay, I went way out of control on timu and it just came in last night, oh my god, and I okay hold on. Hold on. One is this so I can use it like for as a serving dish. It's a pumpkin for everyone at home. Um, I'm like I can see I can use it for like a. Oh shit oh no.
Speaker 1:I like how you're showing me all this stuff, but your headphones just broke they've been broken since that flight.
Speaker 2:Coming from Toronto, and someone asked me a question, I took my headphone off. Oh snap, okay, this tiny little thing that'll hold a tiny little plant um a makeup brush holder thing, but it's oh and then like some cat thing. I don't remember what this is, but it goes on the wall somehow. I think it's a tea light holder, but this shelf to put the witchcrafty stuff on right vibes yeah, and all this stuff was on super sale.
Speaker 1:Use it in my witchy vibes. I've also came to realize. I had a conversation with my husband this morning. We went to go, we were getting ready to go apple picking and I was like dressed in fall vibes and all this stuff and I go into Harper's room because that's where they were. So I go into Harper's room and I'm like dear, um, I have a confession to make. And he's like what did you do? And I'm like I think I'm a witch. And he's like what did you do? And I'm like I think I'm a witch. And he's like what? What are you talking about?
Speaker 1:I'm like dear, I feel like this is just something that like I need to start embracing. But every time the fall comes it's like this time of year it just there's a spark. It's fantastic. Ever since I got like the round glasses, it's like I feel like this is me. I just need to like soak it all in. And he's like you do what you need to do to be happy. Total witch vibes. Question when it comes to witch vibes, if you were like true spell cast, like all that stuff, do you think you'd be a good witch or a bad witch?
Speaker 2:Um, I think I'd have the intentions of being a good witch, totally I get like, but hormonals take over. You know what I mean but I got a lot of like enemies I didn't hear what you said. You totally froze and that was funny I was like I've got a lot of enemies oh yeah, fair. I was like I've got a lot of enemies oh yeah, fair, as I'm drinking out of a friend's mug Cozy.
Speaker 1:What's in your mug?
Speaker 2:Man, I was totally blanking. I wanted to make myself a pumpkin spice like an espresso one, but it's just regular coffee with sugar.
Speaker 1:I have a confession what? I have barely been drinking any pumpkin spice this season.
Speaker 2:What kind of a fall girl are you? You're off the mailing list. I don't know what it is, but your microphone is not picking up when we accidentally talk at the same time. You're completely silent. Oh no, normally it doesn't do that, do you have?
Speaker 1:the setting on your side about my foot, because it's oh wait, you know what, give me one second speakers.
Speaker 2:There is this better oh yeah, I can hear. Is it out of your microphone now?
Speaker 1:yeah yeah, that was you that was a you thing, or me thing? You calling me out of me, you being right thing?
Speaker 2:is what I was trying to say I didn't do that.
Speaker 1:I was like a you that was supposed to be a you. You right you thing, not a. That was a you.
Speaker 2:Fuck it, that's fine anyways, doesn't matter uh, listen, have you been? I noticed on thursday that you had not updated your tracker. Are you still on that with me? But to be fair, I haven't done it in the last two days.
Speaker 1:I just you know what. To be completely honest, this week has been a bit of a shit show just in general, like it's just been so busy and I think I really do need to take some time for me at the end of the day, to update the tracker, to self-reflect, to breathe, like that type of thing. I just haven't been doing that, um. So it's not that I don't want to do it, because I really do. I really think it's going to be a great tool for helping building the healthy habits. And this isn't me, this isn't me tapping out, I want to do it.
Speaker 1:And I think I also have a really different mindset for this week, because this week I've kind of just been like I don't know. I don't know what it is, but I just there's something about like about to be in October, that it's like you've got October, november, december. Let's give it our all. You know what I mean. Like I literally was just having this self-talk before you called me where it was, like we said that 2024 was going to be our year 2024 has been pretty good to me.
Speaker 1:I'm not gonna lie like I've been really busy and I've been really like chaotic and there's been ups and downs, but like I also took a lot of steps in the right direction, I feel like for this year, not reaching goals that I wanted to reach, but taking the steps that I need to in order to reach those goals. But I don't want to finish 2024 like well, we did what we could, like you know what I mean, like there's still three months left, so I don't want it to be like we did what we could.
Speaker 1:Let's just enjoy the rest of 2024 and then 2025 will be my year. Like I feel, like this is my sign for the next three months to like give it my all. Don't deep dive into the fall vibes, halloween vibes, christmas vibes, like all of that junk. You know what I mean. Like all of the may or not maintenance food what's the? What's the word? I moderation food, the moderate foods that you should be having in moderation. You know what I mean. Like let's not deep dive into all of that. Let's just finish the year with a healthy mindset. And then 2025, you've already started instead of trying to just start. You know what I mean. Does that make sense?
Speaker 2:no, I totally get it. I I always do that, especially nearing the end of the year. I'm like, well, I'll just restart again in January or something. But it's just like what am I restarting? Like, just, it's that mindset that you used to have. You know that it's like a. It's a scale based success story or failure story. And like when you said that to me about this year, I'm like man, it hasn't been that great of a year because, like, I've literally just maintained and then I was, like you, just focused on the scale, and when I take the scale out of the equation, it's actually been a really great year. So totally fuck that scale.
Speaker 2:However, also, I'm still mindful of the scale because I'm in a but I'm in the obesity clinic that's in the lower mainland, and I am actually on the list to do a preparedness course for having bariatric surgery. I don't think I actually talked about it last time. I wasn't really ready because I was very confused, but I am going to do it as of right now. Like I have until like the date that I'm going to do it as of right now, like I have until like the date that I'm going to do it, to say no, but I've just decided. I've had conversations with people offline, people that are not on social media, discussing their entire story. It's what I'm planning on doing, but that's like that side of the story.
Speaker 2:But like, again, the bariatric thing, it really came not from a physical, like none of these decisions, and I think everyone that listening to us knows how we think, like it's really not. I've asked Shannon to actually bring me out on a photo shoot because I want to remember this. Like this is the body I've lived in my whole life. I'm not upset with it. People have made me upset with it because I let their views and their words get through to me. But also, I am in therapy now and it's going really well. I'm having realizations and it's like this is like the most um, not intense, because I know it could get, uh, more, but it's the most active therapy I've had, where it's just like I'm committed to it. I'm also not distracted and I'm like anyway, yeah, like it's.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's kind of what I'm going for, and there are other things that, like Lisa does know about, but I'm just not going to be open about right now. But, um, you know, I'm getting like testing done and things that I've talked about literally for 20 years of my life that I just want to get done. So, uh, things are going in the right direction. That being said, this all started because I said it's been a good year, other than the scale, and honestly, I've figured out my plantar fasciitis. I know I could be.
Speaker 2:I can go for walks now again, like walking around work, I realized the other day my feet feel great actually, and it's because I wear orthotics now and they like it's like how I should have been walking on my feet forever and, um, if, if it flares up again, I can just go in and get another shot. But seriously, like, with all that put to the side, I really don't have any barriers right now to like maybe try and go for that run and stuff and the. I shouldn't say there's no barriers. The barrier right now is my brain, um, and so I just have to kind of like get back into it. So the tracker that we're doing is is good, because the things that I haven't focused on in there that have the most points for things like the gym or going for long walks. So if I want to get more points, I know what what I have to do. I think that the tracker is really great and I think that if you don't want to go back, should we talk about it a little bit more, we should.
Speaker 2:But just to say, go back on the last few days. I think you should just be like, okay, well, I didn't earn or take away any points. Then if you're just not gonna track because we're just getting back into it, I just don't think we should restart or anything if you want to restart, totally fine I'm going to, but because it's not a you versus me thing, this is like an just our own thing.
Speaker 1:I think it's fine that you have more points than I do at the end of the week you know what I mean. Like I'm I'm not looking at your stuff and being like, oh, that bitch got three points today. I need to go to the gym.
Speaker 2:Like it's nothing like that. I just didn't know if, like you wanted it to be like, uh, we start at the same time or whatever, but we're always going to have different points because you know you might get takeout, I might get takeout or whatever. Yeah, um, I should get a point just for tracking. Yeah, serious, well, that's what I did. I like I have, um, I give myself two or three points for tracking in my fitness pal, because I need that motivation.
Speaker 1:I should do that in my fitness pal. Let's talk about this. But before we talk about this, the only other thing I was going to note about how, like the end of the year and not giving up kind of retracts what you said, because I'm going to talk about the scale for a second but I mean that's just one way that I'm measuring my progress, because I want to get, I want to get in the two hundreds. If I'm being completely honest, that's where I'm at right now Mentally. I want to get in the two hundreds. Um and for what? I one of the motivators to not go crazy on those things is the fact that we have 14 weeks, 13 and a half weeks, left of this year.
Speaker 2:That's crazy.
Speaker 1:Which seems like a long time, but also seems like a short time. You know what I mean. Like it's like 13 weeks. Oh, that, like that's such a long time. You know what I mean. Like, oh, that that I can like if I have to do chores in 13 weeks. It's like, oh, whatever, and then those 13 weeks are going to fly by. You know what I mean? Don't't, don't, wait 13 weeks to do your chores. Keep up with your chores. You procrastinators, um, but anyways, so in 13 weeks you can healthfully lose anywhere between 7 to 26 pounds.
Speaker 2:So I'm just saying yeah, um, I, just so you know, I stood on the scale I think a couple weeks ago, and it still said the same as it did in the beginning of the year and a part of me went.
Speaker 2:A part of me was upset about it, but then also like it's not like. I was like going to the gym every day and eating all the like you know what I'm just making. The small changes and those small changes have made me literally look at my groceries or what I plan to have for that week or that day or whatever, and I'm prioritizing vegetables. So that's not something I normally did and it literally goes, prioritizing vegetables, then the protein, and then do I want, like a carb?
Speaker 2:Yeah like normally potatoes or or something like that.
Speaker 1:I get that though, like because before I went to the weight loss clinic this year, like I, my starting weight for this year was three 30. And then I got down to three 27 on my own and then got all the way up to three 38. Before I went to the weight loss clinic I was just like I don't want to see three 40. I'm going to this clinic again and getting help, basically.
Speaker 2:so yeah, um, even though, like I struggle with, um, hold on a second my brain. Oh, like I struggle with going to the gym. Um, and activity levels. I'm very active at work but, as still, my constant problem I've had for my whole life, including even while we're trying to be mindful about it, is weekends. Weekends, I don't wear my watch. So, like I even have, I think I get three points if I close all of my rings on a weekend, I can't wear my watch, I don't go out and move my body, I don't drink any water. I'm not prioritizing vegetables as much, it's just that weekends I forget how to be, and on my work days I'm so structured like.
Speaker 2:I don't drink any of my diet pepsi. On work days, I drink mostly only water yeah, I have to. I just why it's like weekend hits. I need to have structure, I'm I have to start making a. Okay, when you wake up, you go and you have a walk and, like you know, then you come home and you make something. But until I do that, I just feel like my weekends are going to go to shit.
Speaker 1:I get that. I have been like this last week. It's been I had McDonald's over the last week six times. Mcdonald's six times haven't been drinking water, Like it's just been no structure.
Speaker 2:Tell everyone what the what the thing is the tracker.
Speaker 1:Oh, yes. Ok, yeah, we can talk about that. So Chris and I built a tracker.
Speaker 2:yeah, we can talk about that. So chris and I built a tracker. We discussed it, but lisa built it. I did say I know in a video I weed us, but lisa built this so it's basically a.
Speaker 1:Why do I have to explain this?
Speaker 2:because you're the one that built it working. I know I just gave you the credit so you have to.
Speaker 1:I'm going to open it so that I can properly say what it is that I want to say on these things.
Speaker 2:It's like. It's like we got the because with giving points. It's almost like we got the idea from WW. But it's not because it's just we've tried to focus on things that we in our life want to focus on that aren't just only about our weight. I think I read for 30 minutes in there.
Speaker 1:I would say the difference between, the biggest difference between this and WW.
Speaker 1:I think WW tried to touch on this idea. If you haven't used WW, or at least how it used to be, there were point values on certain foods, and more nutritious foods were less points and more of the foods you should have in moderation were more points, and you have a budget every day of how many points that you can use, and once your points are used up, then you could eat zero point foods. Um, and then they kind of touched base on exercise a little bit too, where if you did types of exercise you would get points as well, but it was pretty much earning calories into a point value and it was like a higher points or foods that you want to try and avoid or only have every once in a while if you can afford to, versus, uh, low points where it's like you can eat them as much as you want, as long as you stay within your budget. Um, this does not put good or bad on foods. This is more a habit tracker, not necessarily a good or bad tracker we do.
Speaker 2:It's also not just about food.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so we do have things on here that are like negative points versus positive points, where it'll give you like a point value at the end of the week. But it's more so like you. It's not that you can't have these negative point value things, it's just that you're going to end the day with less points, kind of thing. It's just that you're going to end the day with less points kind of thing. And the points to Chris's point don't have to do with the food side of things. It could be your mental health, it could be physical health, it could be financial health. Yeah, it's anything like that. Why?
Speaker 2:is it that I'm only giving myself like one point for having vegetables on my plate? Actually, I think it's only half a point, but yet I'm minusing 20 points for going for fast food. One or multiple reasons One, I'm trying to deter myself from going to get the fast food. Two, I'm trying to cook more at home and not just default to going to get that. Especially within the world of takeout apps, I go into debt because everything's getting charged on my credit card and I don't care, I don't think about the after effect and I don't want to eat that food because I find it very triggering and addicting and I want to keep doing it and keep going for more.
Speaker 2:And if those points aren't a lot to take away from, like, I'm going to keep going. But then I only put minus 10 points for restaurant meals because, like yesterday, for example, I'm gonna calculate that, but I went out for Rams's birthday. You know what I mean. Like, yes, it does get minus points, but it's just because I did spend money. That's the only point with that one so this is my list.
Speaker 1:I'll go through my list. If you want to go through your list, you can. But excuse me my list I I get one point if I have fruits or veggies with breakfast or lunch, because I'm usually pretty good at eating fruits or veggies with breakfast or lunch. If I go go to the gym, it's a point. If I go for a walk, it's one point. Water, it's one point per liter that I've drank that day. Uh, if I meal prep, it's three points. If I'm in bed before nine, it's two points. So, like, the things that I really struggle with are worth more points. Um, fruits and veggies during dinner time is two points instead of one point. If I take my vitamins, it's one point. I should change that to two points. Um, and right down to like, if I read not using audible but actually reading it's one point, and if I take a shower, it's two points, because sometimes it's just those. Things are just mentally hard to do. Yeah, did you want to do? You want me to read your list, or do you? I can read it real quick.
Speaker 2:Okay, half a plate of veggies I get half a point. Only because I'm calculating each meal. If I walk over a kilometer not at work I get a point. If I walk over five kilometers not at work I get three points. Morning stretch full body I was really staying on top of that and then I stopped, but that made me feel really good. By the way, I get a point. Every two water bottle refills I get a point.
Speaker 2:If I go to the gym for 30 minutes, I get four points, and that's the big one for me because I don't go. So if I actually get myself to there, I get a lot of points. Use MyFitnessPal for all food I get two points. No sugar to coffee, which is something that I really struggle with. I would like to give myself two points if I don't put sugar in Vitamins. If I take that, I get a point. Reading for 30 minutes I get two points. And closing all my rings on my Apple watch on a Saturday, sunday or Monday, which are my days off, I get three points, which is like pretty much a point to ring Um. But my minus points are if I go to seven, 11, which is right across the street um, I get minus five points per item that I pick up, cause sometimes I walk away with like five things. A restaurant meal is minus 10 and a takeout meal is minus 20. So I only have three things to minus.
Speaker 2:And also my premium points. It's a hundred points if I want to buy a new outfit, so I have to accumulate that many if I want to do that.
Speaker 1:So my negative are minus seven for a takeout item, minus 15 for a fast food combo, minus 20 for a restaurant and minus five for one of those M&M cakes that I have a slight obsession over. But and the minus it's like these are the things that you should be doing in moderation, so that's why they're like such a big minus, where it's like, hey, look at all these good habits that I've been working on here's, here's this. So then, whatever your points are at the end of the week, they get saved over to your premium points. Um, and then, once you have enough premium points, you can get whatever one of your premium rewards in quotation is. Even with my 7-eleven item it's not like going there for milk I get minus five points.
Speaker 2:but it's just that because it's right across is even with my 7-eleven item. It's not like going there for milk. I get minus five points. But it's just that because it's right across the street and rams does go, for me too it's like it's so easy for him to pick up like we've he's gone there and got like a slurpee, a king can and a chocolate bar and maybe some chips for us right there. That's four items and it also if they charge such an upcharge compared to grocery stores. So it's just like I really need to limit that and that's why 7-Eleven went on there over so many other things, because it's the problem that I have of going mindlessly Like I'm not thinking about it. It's just like let's just go.
Speaker 2:I think it's really great that trial run I think really worked for me. It made me see where I had to go. Obviously, really great it that trial run I think really worked for me. It made me see where I had to go. Um, obviously I haven't updated my tracker in a couple days, but it was Rams's birthday. We've been like so busy. You know, I normally text you right away and then, like your message yesterday just went like on unreplied to. I never, you know yeah.
Speaker 2:I'm a serial phone user, so.
Speaker 1:I get it um so crazy. Update for me I had pizza this weekend.
Speaker 1:Oh, yes, yes that's crazy and awesome after not having it for like a year and a half. Uh, brandon, I like I had conversations before like just jumping in and having it. It wasn't an impulse thing which made me realize like I was okay to do it, um, because so we do our meal planning now. So we said that we wanted to start doing pizza nights. I suggested it because then it's something that Harper can help with, like it's just putting stuff on a crust, right, that's easy for her to do, um, so I said let's start doing pizza nights so that she can do that.
Speaker 1:And I already had like the mental conversation with myself of I still want to stick to like lots of vegetables, lots this, blah, blah, blah, uh. So I decided to go with a deluxe pizza where I chopped up mushrooms really small in my veggie chopper, and peppers and onion, uh, and that was like majority of my pizza, uh, and then put turkey pepperoni and bacon on it and then cheese and sauce. First of all, it was the best pizza I've ever had in my life. It was so freaking good.
Speaker 1:But then, as we were getting closer to having it, I realized I we only did pizza, like there was nothing else on the menu, and I was like I feel like I need something else to go with this pizza. Otherwise, pizza is the only focus, and if I want something more to eat, then I can only eat more pizza, and I didn't want that. So I quickly ran to the store and I got stuff for Caesar salad and I grabbed a box of chicken wings just from like the ready-made counter. Um, so I had one chicken wing, two slices of pizza and half a plate of Caesar salad. Nice, it was delicious. And then, honestly, I haven't even really thought about it since having it. It was kind of just a thing. I had leftover pizza for lunch today, where I ate a slice and a half and went I'm done and didn't finish it.
Speaker 2:It was yeah, so I think it's also because, like, you put the effort into having to make it rather than it just being like that default ordering and with it being so easy. It just made it like a like you know what I mean. Like, yeah, when I order food, it's like I'm not thinking about how much I'm eating at that point and like just very mindless yeah, definitely a possibility of that.
Speaker 1:Um, and I did have the conversation with Brandon too, where I'm like I'm not ready to have pizza, like takeout pizza, I guess. Not that I'm not ready for it, I'm sure I could have it and be fine. Where I'm at mentally now, considering I've had other takeout things with other foods that were ones triggering and I've been okay with it, but I just don't want it, I guess is the biggest thing. It's just like, eh, you know what I mean, like, and I'll probably have it within, probably before the end of the year.
Speaker 1:I would say, if we do like a family night and we're just ordering pizza, because that's usually what the default is anyways, but I don't know, I'm at a point where I didn't miss it and like, even though I've been eating it now, it's just like yeah, you know what I mean, which is crazy, yeah, that is. But and I definitely think that the saxenda is a big play in that because I don't I think if I wasn't taking it, I probably would have been like oh my god, yes, pizza, and probably would have caved and ordered instead of made it. Yeah, if I wasn't on sex end, I wouldn't be having pizza.
Speaker 2:Basically, is whatever what this means oh man, um yeah, how are things going with the sex end? Have you talked about that on here?
Speaker 1:uh, I've talked about it a little bit, but you and I haven't, really we haven't recorded in like two months.
Speaker 2:So, by the way sorry about that guys. Honestly I don't even know like it, just kind of came to the point that lisa and I were just like do you want to record? It was just no like no yeah and honestly, most of the time I was so happy when lisa didn't want to record like I was like yeah, I want to, and then she's saying no. I'm like, oh, no, and it's not that, it's like.
Speaker 1:It's not that this is like a chore or whatever, it's just one of those things where it's like when you're mentally drained. I was like man, I was dealing with some depression this week. Like I called Chris, I think twice, like just venting about stuff, and then got off the phone and bawled after, like it's just like I was really struggling mentally this, uh, this month or this month well, but this week it was was really really hard. Um, don't know what it is. A whole bunch of stuff could have triggered it. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:It could have just been, it could have just been the way I was feeling that week. It could have been being on birth control, it could have been time in the month, like you know what I? It could have been so many different things, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the reason was. It is just how I felt and it was a bit of a struggle this week but overall, for the last like two months it's just been. Everything's so busy, whether it's with work, whether it's with family, whether it's just life in general, and it gets. You get to end of day, sunday, and you're like you want to record and it's just like, oh yeah I have nothing to say.
Speaker 1:I'm burnt out talking to people like we just be sitting here with microphones on, because, like there's times where chris and I have logged on to sims over the last little bit and we're not even talking, we're just playing sims, like we're just so burnt out. So yeah, that's the truth, that's life.
Speaker 2:We don't have producers and we have full-time jobs and could you imagine if we got to do this full-time, like I feel, I feel that would be pretty awesome. But if we got to do this full-time, I'd be like, all right, I'll move to ontario, like we'll, we'll get, we'll make a she shed and like, have a little studio I think.
Speaker 1:The other thing, too, though, is if I think, if we did this full-time, like we would absolutely have to be in therapy, because, like not just girl therapy, like real girl therapy, because, like we talk about some deep personal shit on here that a lot of people don't talk about dude, like like I can't, really cannot go into it, but it's amazing.
Speaker 2:Okay, I'm one of those people. Like you know, a lot of us grew up with the like oh, just suck it up. Like everyone has a rough childhood or whatever. And, like you know, you're 40. Why are you thinking about your childhood? It's amazing to be in therapy and to be discussing things. And I said to her I'm like I feel like such an idiot being like, oh well, this hurt me of something that happened when I was a kid, and I'm like I'm 40. I should not be thinking of that. And she's like that's, that's trauma, that's, that's just that's what that is.
Speaker 2:And I was mentioning in the like. You know, all couples fight, so I have no problem discussing this. But, like you know, rams and I have had fights. And I said, you know, something like this, like it really reminds me of like when this, this and this would happen with my parents, and it was just like this realization that it's like I'm carrying that on without even like realizing it until like it came out, and I don't. I honestly can't exactly remember specifically what it was, but I just started bawling because I was just like I really didn't put those two together before and's just like being in therapy. Now I'm like wow, I can. It's only the beginning, but like I can already see that there's like hope you know what I?
Speaker 2:mean, and it's weird to feel that, because I'm not gonna start crying right now um, it's just weird to have that feeling of wow. Maybe I will be able to let so much of this stuff from my past go and like of wow, maybe I will be able to let so much of this stuff from my past go and like heal, and maybe I'm then also like having these realizations of who I actually like, what my vibes are and stuff like what we're talking about. It's like maybe I'm gonna like put myself first for once and realize like things that I'm interested in I can answer questions of like who are you? It's like, well, I feel like I'm a good partner, like I'm like I'm good at this, and like it all revolves around other people. It's like what? What revolves around me?
Speaker 2:anyway, it's really interesting having those conversations, yeah, and also having fat girl therapy, where people like you just you know, you get it. And it's like you know, sometimes, when I'm saying these things to people that are straight-sized, I'm like, do you, do you get what? I'm saying these things to people that are straight sized, I'm like, do you, do you get what I'm saying? But, like, everyone's lived different, different lives, you know, so I can't judge on that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I get that. Um, to go back to the question that you asked originally, how Saxenda is going Um, I forget what I say on it. Honestly, it's been going really well. Um, it wasn't what I thought was going to be. You know what I mean. Like I think because of what you see online about Ozempic and GLP-1 medications and the side effects of everything.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, for sure. But my thought was like, when you see the different side effects I can't remember where this video was. I think I've seen a couple of videos of it but when all of this started becoming big was when I had been talking to the body positive side. You know what I mean. And on the body positive side it was like you hear a lot of the reason it works is because it makes you nauseous so you don't want to eat, or it just makes you feel sick, or you are sick, or blah, blah, blah, like it's the side effects that are making it so it doesn't work.
Speaker 2:But the fact, the fact that you say that and knowing because, like the amount of comment sections I'd be in and I'm like that's not how that works like and knowing that me and you talk all the time and you felt that way, it's like that's not irritating I can't think of the word because I'm not irritated by you but it's like so annoying that those fucking comments get people like that, because it's like yeah, you do feel nauseous and stuff, but that's not why you're losing weight. And if you're feeling that nauseous to where you're not eating all day, you should not be taking this medication like, and I get get nauseous, but that's my indication of you didn't drink any water or you haven't put food, yes, and I think that's like where my paranoia came from was because you were seeing so much of that side, right, but it's like you're also hearing this from the people who aren't taking it Right.
Speaker 1:And but I had gotten to a point this year that I was like I need help. I, I'm going to give it a try because, worst case scenario, I don't like it and I come off it Right Like that's worst case scenario, um, but now it's like it, literally it. It has shown me that there's a difference between appetite and hunger, and it's like it just turned off the appetite side. It's like before I'm bored, I need to eat, I'm feeling miserable, I should go eat something. I'm feeling this way, which means I should eat, was basic and it was like any feeling I had, whether it was good or bad, was attached to eating, basically. And then appetite has just been turned off and now it's just like I'm hungry, I should eat, and now it's just a matter of I need to do the work of picking the right choices to eat, and the food noise has just turned off and it's just like I never, ever, thought that I would have this kind of freedom in my head. So for me. It's been really helpful. It's awesome.
Speaker 2:Yeah, can I just tell you like I'm, cause I've been on on Zempik now for however many fricking years. I finally figured out something that's helped me with my nausea in the mornings and it was pre-making breakfast burritos.
Speaker 2:I use those keto wraps because they're really small. And then I I use six keto wraps, three large eggs and one and a half cups of egg whites, and then I put salt, pepper, garlic powder, turmeric into the eggs, I whatever. And then I just put down, like I actually got craft cheese slices and I cut them in half and used half in one and wrapped them all up. So Rems and I just microwave it. I don't freeze them because, like you said, I actually don't like freezer eggs. Um, I kept trying to force myself to like them because I'm like I need a meal prep, but no, now I'm just gonna meal prep for the four days, like my four-day work week. Um, we just take one out and pop it in the microwave for like 30 to 40 seconds and then it's. There's no sauce or anything in it, but the cheese gets so melty it just you don't need it and those wraps are so soft um this week we didn't actually have keto wraps and I just got great value ones.
Speaker 2:Even those are just still perfect.
Speaker 2:But like the keto ones I like more because of all the fiber and everything in them yeah uh, but that helps so much because when I wake up I am not hungry but I, if I eat that small thing, that nausea doesn't really come, and if it does come, it's an indication I haven't drank any water right. So that has been, that is going to be my permanent breakfast. Um, I'm going to do that on Mondays, just to do it, because Rams has even liked it. Like I pack him that and he'll have it. He hasn't had breakfast his whole life. Like he just does not do it and I'm like, well, this is, you know, like we need to focus on getting our proper meals in for the day, and sometimes he doesn't eat until 2 pm and he's up at 6 30 am. So now he takes that to work with him and he's like, oh, it's been so great and he actually has an appetite anyway, that's.
Speaker 2:That's a really good thing. Just pre-making those small things, even those oh my god, have you seen the videos of people making the sandwich boxes? So I'm gonna buy it from online. It looks like a a tackle box, you know, yeah, and there's eight compartments in it and then you just like fold up, like the meats. In one compartment you do tomatoes or onions. The onions will make it stink, so it's good to put some plastic wrap over that container, like pickles or any other pickled items, and like even some cut up cheese, and it's just everything's prepared for you to make sandwiches. You just get your bread out and then you're just, and you don't have to stand there cutting stuff up, and it makes it so much easier. And then you had all your veggies that you want in that sandwich. So I'm gonna buy a couple of those boxes and then for weeks especially that rams works from home and be like this is your sandwich box. That's great. Anyway, that's trying to make all those little improvements so life can be easier oh, my child's awake.
Speaker 1:Oh no, that wasn't that my child's awake. Just so everybody knows that was just. Oh, this was a lot of information at once and I'm just informing chris that my child was awake um, yeah, we were doing this recording while she was napping, uh.
Speaker 1:But yeah, so, lisa, I mean, like we don't need to, I don't actually know what to say, but lisa and I are going through it and we're figuring stuff out and, honestly, I think that we've been pretty productive being offline, because we've just been sorting stuff out as well of what's going to work for us without, I don't know, having the interruptions of each other's opinions during fat girl therapy we have been like the other thing too, and I don't mean any offense when I say this, but it's like we have been talking online about ourselves for four years, whether it's been on the podcast or on tiktok or instagram or whatever platform we're on. This one alone has been three years ish, and it's one of those things where it's like we have literally been putting ourself out there all this time and it just got to the point where we had so much going on that it just had to be at the side because there was a million other things going on, and I think other people, I think everybody who listens understands that.
Speaker 2:So, um, so funny talking about nausea, and that's what hit, just hit me. That's why I took off my sweater, cause I was like I, all of a sudden I got super hot and had to drink water. But it's. It's my problem as well. For anyone that's on Ozempic and doesn't realize whether you're getting nauseous if you're drinking your coffee on an empty stomach, that's not helping you and it's something I've come to realize over this time. Do you think I stopped doing it? No, case in point. Yeah, uh, honestly, there is so much that I really do want to talk about, but it all can't be fit into just one episode, uh, but you know, I think that we're doing great and like, yeah did in 2024, did we lose 100 pounds? No, but I think that we're getting some of the habits that we really want to smack down. Smack down man. We bought wwe tickets and now like a lot of the stuff that I say is stupid you're like I'm learning the lingo you know what rams made me do?
Speaker 2:okay, not made me do, but we're literally watching the vince mcmahon uh documentary and I was like this is not the way to get me into wrestling, this is the way to make me not want to step foot in there. Um, but yeah, we bought our tickets. I don't know if anyone that listens to us watches wrestling. Um, I'd be shocked. But we are going in april. I am so nervous and dude, listen, okay.
Speaker 2:And also, if americans are listening, I am so sorry because I know that it's not like it's a every hour occurrence. I almost said every day, but I feel like it almost happens every day. But like I'm so aware, going to America, the guns are legal and like we're going to an event that has a lot of people there and like it's just I I've cried twice. We've only bought the tickets two or three days ago and I've cried twice, thinking about it like would I jump on top of rams? Like, and I'm like why am I thinking about this? Like it's not why, why do I do that? But it really is just that part of my brain that goes america, like you're going there.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, but yeah, I it's. I I know, I know it's such a silly fear, but um hopefully we don't have to stitch this episode and go. Was it a silly fear? Oh my god, all of a sudden it's using in a documentary. Okay, I'm going too far see, this is what my brain does. This is why I'm getting mental health help where's stop recording do?
Speaker 1:you want an affirmation?
Speaker 2:yeah, I would love an affirmation. Should I bring all my makeup to Ontario when I come? Do you want to bring all your makeup to Ontario? Just so that everyone knows? I'm going to go see Lisa in like a month. Oh my God, it is like a month.
Speaker 1:I'm so excited. I actually booked off time too. I'm so excited I haven't taken a vacation this year and Chris is like I'm coming to Canada, I'm like booked Coming to Canada, I'm like fucked Coming to Canada. Oh yeah, Fuck, Because we were just talking about America.
Speaker 2:Oh my God.
Speaker 1:All right, tell me. When Now Listen, bitch, my eyes went blurry. Okay, if it's a showerless? If it's a showerless, stay in bed all day.
Speaker 2:Type of day, that's okay oh sweet, I didn't take one yet because I'm so wow I needed that one I'll shower to powerless, stay in bed all day type of day. That's okay, you know what that's saving me, because I'm the type of person that slips in the shower all the time.
Speaker 1:So you know what it's saving me from final destinationing myself. Oh girl, I've been talking about that movie so much recently because did you know? Okay, have you watched the final destination, the one at the racetrack? I'm assuming you have. If you're talking about final destination, it's like probably the third one. I think yeah, something like that. I think the third one's the roller coaster.
Speaker 2:I think this one's the fourth one oh okay, I don't know if I've seen it, but I think so because the first one was the plane, the second one was the highway, yeah, with the with the logs, right?
Speaker 1:yeah, the third one was the roller coaster, because it was 3d, final destination. 3d because they all did that. When 3d came out, everybody came out with the spy kids 3d, anyways, we're not fucking going down there. Uh, four was the racetrack and then five was the bridge and there's supposed to be a sixth one coming out next year, but anyways. So, uh, I think I stopped at the third one oh, so you didn't watch the racetrack.
Speaker 2:I have a feeling I didn't, but like I'd have to see the actors that are in it to know.
Speaker 1:So there was one with the racetrack where a tire popped off of a car, flew over and hit somebody in the head, and that's how that person died right Obviously if somebody's going at 240 and it flew so Wild. I was watching One Tree Hill. Sorry there's so many connections here, but I was watching One Tree Hill. Sorry, there's so many connections here, but I was watching One Tree Hill and if you haven't seen, have you watched One Tree Hill?
Speaker 2:I haven't. Actually, I was a Dawson's Creek girl. I feel like you had to be one or the other.
Speaker 1:All right, that's fine.
Speaker 2:But I do know the premise because I was a Chad Michael Murray girl back then.
Speaker 1:Weren't we all so, then anyways. But weren't we all so, then anyways. Cinderella story see, I, I love that movie because, okay, so nathan, who was one of the main guys, gets in a car accident, right, and it was like with a nascar type thing, his uncle's a nascar driver. So I was like I went into a deep dive because I was like, oh, you know who I haven't thought of in a while.
Speaker 2:Dale.
Speaker 1:Earnhardt. So it was the NASCAR. And then I was like, how many people have died on NASCAR races, right? So then I went down that rabbit hole and then the next thing I saw was two people have actually died from a tire popping off of a car and hitting them in the head. I think it was hold on. I texted my friend about it immediately because him and I were both really into the Final Destination movies, so I was just like yo did you know that? Somebody actually did die In 1955, somebody actually did die at a NASCAR race where a tire went over the fence and hit them in the head, and again in 1957.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 1:His reply back. I have actually wondered about that.
Speaker 2:Isn't that weird to be like the 50s weren't even in this century, but also that the 50s were like 70 years ago, like, not just 40 years ago anymore. That's wild. Yeah, that's crazy. Like and I can say that I was born in the 1900s, like yeah, yeah, you want to hear something even crazier.
Speaker 1:Textbooks now will have covid in it history, oh my god, oh my god.
Speaker 2:When?
Speaker 1:harper is in school, they will have a moment where they talk about COVID in history and she will come home and ask me about it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we are three months away from it being five years or no actually five years, so it's actually a month in five years, but when? And it launched for everyone three months.
Speaker 1:I like how you're saying launched as a drop.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, depending on what conspiracy hole you're down, um, but on that part of final destination with the logs, I came across a tiktok where this guy was like I understand my mom's fear from final destination now and the log rolled off the side of the truck. But it's funny because you'd think if it rolled off the side of the truck it would just like do like, just lie down. But no it. The end hit and it started flipping like real fast and I was like that could have come towards him. It didn't, but it's just like that. It was 50. That confirms my fear that like I will. Oh god, no, when I see a logging truck, I slow down or I change lanes.
Speaker 1:I'm just like no, no, no change lanes, get past yeah, those two, and quite honestly it never happened in any of the movies, but the same of those like transport trucks that are carrying bunch of cars oh my god bunch of cars and logs I'm passing.
Speaker 2:I'm sure that that actually was in a movie where, like, the cars actually disconnected and I don't know if it was final destination, but they did and it freaked me out well, anyways, this was good we're fearful of these things. Now you are on that note.
Speaker 1:Yay, have fun, have a good week or until we talk again bye.