1 00:00:01,314 --> 00:00:06,004 Hello everyone and welcome back to Bikinis After Babies. 2 00:00:06,004 --> 00:00:08,334 Thank you so much for joining us today. 3 00:00:08,334 --> 00:00:13,494 I of course am one of your hosts, Mandy Rashaun, here with your other fabulous 4 00:00:13,494 --> 00:00:14,754 host. 5 00:00:15,022 --> 00:00:20,642 Hey everybody, this is Jillian Hughes joining you with the tail end of a sad 6 00:00:20,642 --> 00:00:22,202 prep girly cold. 7 00:00:22,202 --> 00:00:25,442 We actually pushed off recording this episode a couple of days, like so I could 8 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:28,462 get my voice back, but I still sound terrible. 9 00:00:28,462 --> 00:00:33,162 But we're here and we're excited to bring you another episode. 10 00:00:33,162 --> 00:00:34,782 Thank you all so much for tuning in. 11 00:00:34,782 --> 00:00:37,142 Thank you for all of your comments as well. 12 00:00:37,142 --> 00:00:41,882 We just love to hear feedback from all of our audience members. 13 00:00:41,882 --> 00:00:44,962 And that's what we're going to do today is do some. 14 00:00:44,962 --> 00:00:52,262 Q &A and kind of talk about some topics that our audience has asked us about. 15 00:00:52,502 --> 00:00:53,902 Prep brain. 16 00:00:55,482 --> 00:00:58,402 Struggling to get words out of my mouth. 17 00:00:58,402 --> 00:00:59,522 my God. 18 00:01:01,962 --> 00:01:03,622 So bad. 19 00:01:04,402 --> 00:01:06,842 I knew this was going to happen. 20 00:01:06,842 --> 00:01:11,086 I remember when we decided to do this in November. 21 00:01:11,086 --> 00:01:13,206 and we were talking about the timeline of our shows. 22 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:18,586 I'm like, there's gonna come a point where we cannot function and it's gonna be a 23 00:01:18,586 --> 00:01:19,025 mess. 24 00:01:19,025 --> 00:01:20,586 And I don't know if we're there. 25 00:01:20,586 --> 00:01:21,966 You seem good today. 26 00:01:21,966 --> 00:01:22,886 You seem good today. 27 00:01:22,886 --> 00:01:24,406 I'm not. 28 00:01:24,834 --> 00:01:30,514 I feel like, so originally, if you guys are new to this podcast, originally we 29 00:01:30,514 --> 00:01:33,274 usually record our episodes on Monday or Tuesday. 30 00:01:33,834 --> 00:01:36,534 That was not happening this week. 31 00:01:36,534 --> 00:01:38,074 That was not. 32 00:01:38,074 --> 00:01:45,274 With you being sick and me being really, really just worn out, yeah. 33 00:01:45,734 --> 00:01:47,854 Yeah, Jillian and I both. 34 00:01:47,873 --> 00:01:48,554 roughest part. 35 00:01:48,554 --> 00:01:54,114 a half weeks out from our show and we're both doing different shows and we're doing 36 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:57,574 different shows at different parts of the country so that's kind of neat but you 37 00:01:57,574 --> 00:02:01,794 know it is it's just the nitty -gritty of it you know higher cardio lower calories 38 00:02:01,794 --> 00:02:06,854 you know just really at the tail end push and it's like things happen like you get 39 00:02:06,854 --> 00:02:11,274 sick your voice was shot the other day when you sent me a message there was just 40 00:02:11,274 --> 00:02:17,570 no there was no way but I will say at least 41 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:21,730 we both had a good, a really good Mother's Day. 42 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:23,890 Like, we did. 43 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:30,490 I, so, my Mother's Day, so I'll tell you about my Mother's Day, it seriously was 44 00:02:30,490 --> 00:02:32,740 probably, I will never be able to recreate it. 45 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:34,320 It was so amazing. 46 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,250 So my son always plays in a soccer tournament on Mother's Day. 47 00:02:38,250 --> 00:02:42,330 It's called the Mother's Day Soccer Tournament for one of the leagues here. 48 00:02:42,330 --> 00:02:44,692 It is called the Mother, where is it at? 49 00:02:44,692 --> 00:02:45,836 classic. 50 00:02:46,042 --> 00:02:50,362 here, I'm actually, if you guys are watching on YouTube, I'll have to show you 51 00:02:50,362 --> 00:02:50,822 guys. 52 00:02:50,822 --> 00:02:59,462 If you guys are watching, so, okay, but this, this is the, yeah, if you guys are 53 00:02:59,462 --> 00:03:03,502 watching on YouTube, this is the trophy my son got and gave it to me, because he was 54 00:03:03,502 --> 00:03:05,922 the star player of the tournament. 55 00:03:06,018 --> 00:03:08,658 So they all got medals on. 56 00:03:08,658 --> 00:03:09,278 Yeah. 57 00:03:09,278 --> 00:03:11,318 So I went to a play. 58 00:03:11,318 --> 00:03:13,438 We had Mother's Day time together. 59 00:03:13,438 --> 00:03:15,038 It was super great. 60 00:03:15,038 --> 00:03:19,578 Like the boys got me cute gifts, but we had to fit in all the soccer games. 61 00:03:19,578 --> 00:03:23,298 So we were still running around like crazy all weekend and we, you know, won all our 62 00:03:23,298 --> 00:03:23,528 games. 63 00:03:23,528 --> 00:03:28,078 So we were in the championship game and Carson just played so well. 64 00:03:28,078 --> 00:03:31,398 Like it was, it was amazing how well he played. 65 00:03:31,398 --> 00:03:35,118 Like the parents, the kids are like, he deserves this, take this. 66 00:03:35,118 --> 00:03:36,284 So like, and then, 67 00:03:36,284 --> 00:03:40,524 it to me and I was like happy Mother's Day. 68 00:03:41,084 --> 00:03:44,687 So how was your Mother's Day? 69 00:03:44,687 --> 00:03:52,147 Well, Saturday night, we went to a banquet for the end of season for cheerleading. 70 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:58,527 So I drank water and pretended to have fun. 71 00:03:58,667 --> 00:03:59,967 I mean, it's fine. 72 00:03:59,967 --> 00:04:04,807 I will tell you, like, my, the moms that I hang out with in cheer, they're so 73 00:04:04,807 --> 00:04:05,237 awesome. 74 00:04:05,237 --> 00:04:09,257 Like, they, they were just genuinely curious about the show and the process. 75 00:04:09,257 --> 00:04:11,127 And like, nobody was like, why aren't you eating? 76 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:11,790 Like, 77 00:04:11,790 --> 00:04:12,760 try this, this is healthy. 78 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,270 Like nobody was giving me any crap at all, but I still had to like pay for a ticket 79 00:04:16,270 --> 00:04:17,910 and like, you know, be in there, whatever. 80 00:04:17,910 --> 00:04:21,810 And it ran late and I was really tired, but it was still, you know, that was 81 00:04:21,810 --> 00:04:23,850 Saturday and then Sunday. 82 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:26,310 we actually didn't have any kids on Sunday. 83 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:31,160 So, my kids were with their dad and Brian's kids were with their mom. 84 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,110 So we went and got massages together. 85 00:04:33,110 --> 00:04:37,130 That was great, except I'm skinny. 86 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:40,142 And his lady was like, 87 00:04:40,142 --> 00:04:41,642 just digging in my lower back. 88 00:04:41,642 --> 00:04:42,562 She's like, it's so tight. 89 00:04:42,562 --> 00:04:44,642 I'm like, no, that's bones. 90 00:04:44,642 --> 00:04:46,282 It's not tight. 91 00:04:46,282 --> 00:04:46,762 Ouch. 92 00:04:46,762 --> 00:04:48,982 Like I think she was like massaging my kidney. 93 00:04:48,982 --> 00:04:53,802 And I had a couple of bruises from it, but like, you know, I won't get another one 94 00:04:53,802 --> 00:04:55,902 until after my season is done. 95 00:04:55,902 --> 00:05:00,462 Like that's kind of the cutoff for body work is like about like the three week out 96 00:05:00,462 --> 00:05:04,742 mark, because if you do end up with any bruises, like the tan is not really going 97 00:05:04,742 --> 00:05:05,262 to cover it. 98 00:05:05,262 --> 00:05:06,182 So it felt really good. 99 00:05:06,182 --> 00:05:07,242 That was like really nice. 100 00:05:07,242 --> 00:05:08,502 And then I didn't have to cook. 101 00:05:08,502 --> 00:05:09,186 So. 102 00:05:10,682 --> 00:05:11,255 Mm -hmm. 103 00:05:11,255 --> 00:05:12,355 felt really good. 104 00:05:12,355 --> 00:05:13,415 Well, which is surprising. 105 00:05:13,415 --> 00:05:16,505 When I was laying there, I'm like, my throat kind of hurts. 106 00:05:16,505 --> 00:05:17,644 Like, that's really weird. 107 00:05:17,644 --> 00:05:20,975 And then I wake up the next day, super, super sick. 108 00:05:20,975 --> 00:05:23,465 So I must have, it must have been like kind of coming on. 109 00:05:23,465 --> 00:05:27,655 And I think like Saturday when I was doing cardio and my throat was hurting, I'm 110 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:29,235 like, it must just be allergies. 111 00:05:29,235 --> 00:05:34,015 And then lo and behold, here we are with this like barking cough and I, I'm so 112 00:05:34,015 --> 00:05:35,705 nasally and my voice is all raspy. 113 00:05:35,705 --> 00:05:37,085 I'm like, it's just great. 114 00:05:37,085 --> 00:05:37,635 Perfect timing. 115 00:05:37,635 --> 00:05:38,159 But. 116 00:05:38,159 --> 00:05:42,389 Like the silver lining is that it isn't, you know, the week before the show, 117 00:05:42,389 --> 00:05:45,539 because I actually talked to a girl who's from our area that's competing this 118 00:05:45,539 --> 00:05:49,279 weekend and she has it right now and it's her peak week. 119 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,779 I know she I think she listens to the show, too. 120 00:05:51,779 --> 00:05:52,729 I know. 121 00:05:52,729 --> 00:05:53,659 And I'm like, girl. 122 00:05:53,659 --> 00:05:57,539 But she said her coach has her doing kind of like just recovery days this week 123 00:05:57,539 --> 00:05:57,959 anyways. 124 00:05:57,959 --> 00:05:59,669 So she's just trying to like get better. 125 00:05:59,669 --> 00:06:04,499 And it just sucks because you just feel like, you know, like even my tummy and my 126 00:06:04,499 --> 00:06:06,059 digestion doesn't feel great. 127 00:06:06,059 --> 00:06:08,044 Like when I'm sick. 128 00:06:08,322 --> 00:06:11,942 Yeah, I can't imagine being sick during peak week. 129 00:06:11,942 --> 00:06:15,532 I've been sick obviously during preps, but like never that close. 130 00:06:15,532 --> 00:06:18,082 Never even three, four weeks close. 131 00:06:18,402 --> 00:06:19,722 So, but you're getting better. 132 00:06:19,722 --> 00:06:21,102 You're already feeling better. 133 00:06:21,102 --> 00:06:22,202 yeah, I do. 134 00:06:22,202 --> 00:06:23,902 I'm starting to feel better today. 135 00:06:23,902 --> 00:06:27,142 I just, it's hard to sleep, you know, it's hard to sleep anyways. 136 00:06:27,142 --> 00:06:32,992 Like sleep quality for a lot of people is not great in prep towards the end. 137 00:06:33,082 --> 00:06:34,422 You know, it's just, it's part of it. 138 00:06:34,422 --> 00:06:40,112 Like everything changes as your body gets stage lean, sleep quality and digestion, 139 00:06:40,112 --> 00:06:41,602 all those things change. 140 00:06:41,602 --> 00:06:42,414 And so. 141 00:06:42,414 --> 00:06:46,234 You know, I normally get a good solid like six hours, but I think I was up like every 142 00:06:46,234 --> 00:06:47,034 two hours last night. 143 00:06:47,034 --> 00:06:51,694 So I still like I'm probably a day or so away from feeling like my best, but I 144 00:06:51,694 --> 00:06:52,574 checked in this morning. 145 00:06:52,574 --> 00:06:54,234 Like it hasn't slowed me down. 146 00:06:54,234 --> 00:06:55,614 I think probably what wore me down. 147 00:06:55,614 --> 00:06:57,954 Have we done a podcast since I came back from Florida? 148 00:06:57,954 --> 00:07:00,894 I don't know, but I was in Florida for cheerleading. 149 00:07:00,914 --> 00:07:04,324 And then the weekend before that was our big team show in St. 150 00:07:04,324 --> 00:07:04,474 Louis. 151 00:07:04,474 --> 00:07:07,434 And that was like a 20 hour day for both of us. 152 00:07:07,434 --> 00:07:09,977 We were pretty beat down after that one. 153 00:07:10,026 --> 00:07:10,610 Yeah. 154 00:07:10,610 --> 00:07:14,510 just, you know, our bodies, like life doesn't slow down. 155 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,690 like we're juggling businesses and kids and, you know, and Celeste actually made 156 00:07:19,690 --> 00:07:24,190 an awesome post today about that, like how it's important to like keep life going 157 00:07:24,190 --> 00:07:28,590 when you're in prep, because, you know, nothing stops because of prep, but it 158 00:07:28,590 --> 00:07:34,070 just, it's like, May is crazy with end of the school year and all of the sports and 159 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:36,390 end of one season into the new season. 160 00:07:36,390 --> 00:07:37,902 And I have two kids. 161 00:07:37,902 --> 00:07:41,782 graduating like one's graduating middle school and other ones graduating 162 00:07:41,782 --> 00:07:46,762 elementary school and then summer and it's then Mother's Day and Memorial Day and 163 00:07:46,762 --> 00:07:50,546 it's like it's just so much right now but it's okay. 164 00:07:50,546 --> 00:07:51,458 much. 165 00:07:51,458 --> 00:07:58,018 I like, I know it's always busy this time of year, but like that is, you can't stop, 166 00:07:58,018 --> 00:07:58,438 you know? 167 00:07:58,438 --> 00:08:02,138 Like the world doesn't stop going just because you're in a prep. 168 00:08:02,198 --> 00:08:06,078 It like, I will say like yesterday, I had to super mom mode it. 169 00:08:06,078 --> 00:08:07,138 It was crazy. 170 00:08:07,138 --> 00:08:14,978 Like I had, I, from like 5 a on, like it was, it was my, all my stuff, like cardio, 171 00:08:14,978 --> 00:08:17,518 workout, business, clients. 172 00:08:17,518 --> 00:08:19,328 I had to go meet a posing client. 173 00:08:19,328 --> 00:08:21,412 I had a supplement company I was talking with. 174 00:08:21,412 --> 00:08:26,072 if I had all of this stuff get back home and then I had to like, okay, we have 175 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:30,392 soccer tryouts, I have high school soccer that's starting, I have to schedule this 176 00:08:30,392 --> 00:08:35,842 and this and this and going through all our business stuff, it doesn't ever stop. 177 00:08:35,842 --> 00:08:40,952 But the whole time I'm doing all that, my little lunchbox is with me with all my 178 00:08:40,952 --> 00:08:43,032 food in it, right? 179 00:08:44,412 --> 00:08:45,114 Yeah. 180 00:08:45,114 --> 00:08:48,934 say, that's like my favorite thing is like, I'm just so automatic about like my 181 00:08:48,934 --> 00:08:49,614 training time. 182 00:08:49,614 --> 00:08:53,054 And when I stretch, when I do vacuums and then my meals, I don't have to think, I 183 00:08:53,054 --> 00:08:55,994 don't give any energy to my food, which is like really nice. 184 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:58,374 Cause then I can use my brain for other stuff. 185 00:08:58,374 --> 00:09:04,034 And you know, I just take it with and things are prepped and it really does make 186 00:09:04,034 --> 00:09:05,334 things a lot easier. 187 00:09:05,334 --> 00:09:09,494 So, but, but yeah, we're coasting along. 188 00:09:09,494 --> 00:09:10,452 I think. 189 00:09:10,734 --> 00:09:12,294 We're gonna make it. 190 00:09:12,294 --> 00:09:13,764 My suit came in this week. 191 00:09:13,764 --> 00:09:14,504 It's really pretty. 192 00:09:14,504 --> 00:09:16,534 It actually came on Mother's Day. 193 00:09:16,594 --> 00:09:17,954 It's so pretty. 194 00:09:17,954 --> 00:09:23,914 It came on Mother's Day with my new hair extensions and then my team Atlas robe, 195 00:09:23,914 --> 00:09:24,994 which is really pretty. 196 00:09:24,994 --> 00:09:28,154 And there was one other thing, my makeup palette, because I'm gonna do my own 197 00:09:28,154 --> 00:09:30,074 makeup for this first show. 198 00:09:30,434 --> 00:09:33,934 And which we can talk about why I'm doing that if we want to. 199 00:09:33,934 --> 00:09:36,046 I don't know if we want to talk about that, but. 200 00:09:36,046 --> 00:09:37,526 should you have someone do your makeup for you? 201 00:09:37,526 --> 00:09:40,706 I always say yes to have someone do your makeup, but I do makeup for people for 202 00:09:40,706 --> 00:09:41,706 shows. 203 00:09:41,846 --> 00:09:49,066 And I found out the format of this show is all of the male NPC and IFBB competitors 204 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:54,986 go at 9 a and then all of the women go at 3 p and it starts with the pro bikini at 205 00:09:54,986 --> 00:09:55,846 three. 206 00:09:55,846 --> 00:09:59,986 So this happened to me once before I was competing in Sacramento and I booked with 207 00:09:59,986 --> 00:10:04,706 a makeup artist and she was at a hotel that was like on the other side of the 208 00:10:04,706 --> 00:10:05,442 city. 209 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:10,630 And my makeup time was like 2 p And I'm like, I don't think so. 210 00:10:10,630 --> 00:10:15,450 Like, that's way too close to that time of being backstage. 211 00:10:15,450 --> 00:10:17,710 And I don't want to be like stuck in an Uber. 212 00:10:17,710 --> 00:10:20,990 And I don't like I don't I honestly don't want to get in an Uber to go get my makeup 213 00:10:20,990 --> 00:10:21,650 done. 214 00:10:21,650 --> 00:10:22,750 It's just too far. 215 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:27,510 So I do know for sure that the makeup artist I always use, who's V, will be at 216 00:10:27,510 --> 00:10:28,640 the Host Hotel for Universe. 217 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,830 So I will absolutely book with her. 218 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:32,678 But I've done show makeup. 219 00:10:32,678 --> 00:10:33,166 job. 220 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:36,026 Yes, and I love, I love, love having my makeup done. 221 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:37,446 It's just, it's wonderful. 222 00:10:37,446 --> 00:10:42,526 But I think just for this first one and you know, and I do makeup for people for 223 00:10:42,526 --> 00:10:43,366 shows. 224 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:48,346 So I just, yes, I bought an unnecessary palette that I probably don't need, but 225 00:10:48,346 --> 00:10:49,258 it's, you know. 226 00:10:49,258 --> 00:10:50,888 also think that's something to touch on too. 227 00:10:50,888 --> 00:10:55,518 It's not just like, okay, if you choose to do your own makeup compared to if I choose 228 00:10:55,518 --> 00:10:56,168 to do my own makeup. 229 00:10:56,168 --> 00:10:57,648 I do not do makeup for a living. 230 00:10:57,648 --> 00:10:59,818 I have never done that thick of makeup. 231 00:10:59,818 --> 00:11:01,978 I have no makeup experience. 232 00:11:01,978 --> 00:11:03,788 I've never done makeup on another person. 233 00:11:03,788 --> 00:11:08,538 I'm not about to decide, well, I'm gonna do my own makeup for a show to save a 234 00:11:08,538 --> 00:11:09,038 couple bucks. 235 00:11:09,038 --> 00:11:11,718 For one, you're not even gonna save any money because you have to buy all the 236 00:11:11,718 --> 00:11:12,578 makeup. 237 00:11:12,578 --> 00:11:18,852 You have to take all of that energy that you barely have anyways and 238 00:11:18,852 --> 00:11:24,252 put it into doing your makeup, you are already pretty nervous and pretty like 239 00:11:24,252 --> 00:11:26,732 nervous, excited, all that stuff, right? 240 00:11:26,732 --> 00:11:28,572 You already have all of that stuff going on. 241 00:11:28,572 --> 00:11:32,632 Why are you gonna put that added, like if I did it, like why would I put that added 242 00:11:32,632 --> 00:11:33,572 stress on me, right? 243 00:11:33,572 --> 00:11:37,292 I tried to do my own hair one time, like a long, long time ago, and all I did was 244 00:11:37,292 --> 00:11:42,312 like straighten it, and I still didn't like it, like because I was just like my 245 00:11:42,312 --> 00:11:42,642 nerves. 246 00:11:42,642 --> 00:11:47,392 But like that's why I will have, I actually just decided today I'm gonna have 247 00:11:47,392 --> 00:11:48,772 the promoters. 248 00:11:48,772 --> 00:11:51,672 makeup person do my makeup that's going to be at the show. 249 00:11:51,672 --> 00:11:54,392 They're going to be backstage doing the makeup. 250 00:11:54,532 --> 00:11:56,190 So I want to have a look. 251 00:11:56,190 --> 00:11:58,050 recommend getting your makeup done. 252 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:03,580 I mean, unless you have a lot of product and you're really good at doing makeup, 253 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:05,010 but it's such a different look. 254 00:12:05,010 --> 00:12:06,610 It's a lot darker. 255 00:12:06,610 --> 00:12:11,390 And I have seen at some shows where it's just, it doesn't under the lights, it 256 00:12:11,390 --> 00:12:16,150 doesn't pop enough or, you know, the lashes are too heavy and they're casting 257 00:12:16,150 --> 00:12:21,105 like a little bit of a shadow on the face or there's too much contour or the faces. 258 00:12:21,105 --> 00:12:22,345 lighter than the body. 259 00:12:22,345 --> 00:12:25,505 So, I mean, it does take like having some knowledge about makeup. 260 00:12:25,505 --> 00:12:29,725 And I've I had always done my own until I think it was like 2021 was the first time 261 00:12:29,725 --> 00:12:31,705 I ever had anyone do my makeup for a show. 262 00:12:31,705 --> 00:12:35,395 And I was like, like, this is the tits. 263 00:12:35,395 --> 00:12:37,285 Like, this is really nice. 264 00:12:37,285 --> 00:12:46,185 But then I did have the unfortunate experience of being almost late to pump up 265 00:12:46,185 --> 00:12:49,552 just because the makeup artist was running late and it just gave me. 266 00:12:49,552 --> 00:12:51,052 way more anxiety than that. 267 00:12:51,052 --> 00:12:53,352 And that won't happen with V because she's the bomb. 268 00:12:53,352 --> 00:12:55,372 Like she is so fast. 269 00:12:55,372 --> 00:12:58,072 Like it's and she's amazing. 270 00:12:58,072 --> 00:13:01,242 Like like her pictures, like they're her whole team. 271 00:13:01,242 --> 00:13:02,762 And I just I love, love, love her. 272 00:13:02,762 --> 00:13:05,552 So wherever she's going to be at a show, like I absolutely will use her. 273 00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:10,252 But but yeah, I would recommend by the time you buy everything like I've seen on 274 00:13:10,252 --> 00:13:12,792 YouTube, like amazing tutorials. 275 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:16,872 But by the time you buy the foundation and the. 276 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:21,400 concealer and the lipstick and everything you're probably gonna spend like over $150 277 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,872 anyways, so just get it done, you know? 278 00:13:25,082 --> 00:13:27,642 just choked on water, sorry guys. 279 00:13:27,984 --> 00:13:32,564 The struggle, that's gonna be the title of this episode. 280 00:13:32,644 --> 00:13:34,644 The shit show struggle. 281 00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:35,592 my God. 282 00:13:35,862 --> 00:13:39,442 the struggles of being three and a half weeks out from a show. 283 00:13:39,482 --> 00:13:43,362 But what I was gonna say is... 284 00:13:43,362 --> 00:13:48,602 This is a good segue into what we are gonna talk about today, and that is some 285 00:13:48,602 --> 00:13:54,242 common questions that we've seen come across are our feeds the past month, like 286 00:13:54,242 --> 00:13:55,422 month, two months. 287 00:13:55,422 --> 00:13:59,382 And we're just gonna kind of talk about a few of these today. 288 00:13:59,382 --> 00:14:04,482 And one of them that we can definitely touch on is as you're getting closer to 289 00:14:04,482 --> 00:14:09,882 your show, dealing with the hunger cravings and having to really suffer 290 00:14:09,882 --> 00:14:13,316 through those feelings and how to kind of go about it. 291 00:14:13,316 --> 00:14:16,776 Jillian, do you have any tips on this one? 292 00:14:17,329 --> 00:14:21,454 Well, I mean, you might not like what I have to say. 293 00:14:21,454 --> 00:14:22,202 ha ha! 294 00:14:23,603 --> 00:14:29,983 I think that if it's your first experience, you might be surprised that 295 00:14:29,983 --> 00:14:30,963 you're hungry. 296 00:14:30,963 --> 00:14:34,923 And you know what's crazy is that you can be hungry on more food than you were 297 00:14:34,923 --> 00:14:36,763 eating in your off season. 298 00:14:36,763 --> 00:14:38,623 But your metabolism gets going. 299 00:14:38,623 --> 00:14:39,443 You have more muscle. 300 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:40,963 Your body composition's changed. 301 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:42,733 You're burning through food because you're more active. 302 00:14:42,733 --> 00:14:44,053 And you're like, you know. 303 00:14:44,053 --> 00:14:45,803 But there's changes going on in your body. 304 00:14:45,803 --> 00:14:49,583 Like your leptin and ghrelin levels are changing as you're dieting and as you're 305 00:14:49,583 --> 00:14:50,610 getting leaner. 306 00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:53,690 So, you know, you can be like, I'm starving. 307 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:56,590 But then when you like look at it, it's like, no, you're not like you're getting 308 00:14:56,590 --> 00:15:02,030 160 grams of protein, you're eating, you know, 40, 50 grams of fat, 120, 140 grams 309 00:15:02,030 --> 00:15:04,290 of carbs, like you're not starving, right? 310 00:15:04,290 --> 00:15:09,010 But I think mentally for some people that can be really challenging because there's 311 00:15:09,010 --> 00:15:13,390 just a lack of variety and you know, that that's really challenging. 312 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:13,810 So. 313 00:15:13,810 --> 00:15:18,830 My first tip is just sort of like to expect it because I remember like when 314 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:23,810 flexible dieting came around and it was like, it was on the tail end of like this 315 00:15:23,810 --> 00:15:28,770 phase that we went through in the industry where people were starting to learn about 316 00:15:28,770 --> 00:15:31,290 metabolic fatigue. 317 00:15:31,290 --> 00:15:37,810 And that was a really popular, widely improperly used term, intuitive eating and 318 00:15:37,810 --> 00:15:42,290 like basically like knocking all of, all of. 319 00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:46,890 bodybuilding and bodybuilding science and kind of saying, you know, don't do it this 320 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:47,300 way. 321 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:50,990 Otherwise you'll end up with a bad metabolism and you know, you'll have. 322 00:15:52,290 --> 00:15:53,370 Right, right. 323 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:58,290 And so then it was almost like there was this like, like nuance that you could prep 324 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,930 for a show and not suffer. 325 00:15:59,930 --> 00:16:04,990 And then if you were suffering, you were like, I must be the fattest client on 326 00:16:04,990 --> 00:16:05,280 earth. 327 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,970 If my coach is, you know, I'm doing all this cardio and I have to suffer. 328 00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:12,146 Like I'm clearly I suck at this, like this person over here. 329 00:16:12,146 --> 00:16:15,206 is not doing any cardio and gets to eat all this food, whatever. 330 00:16:15,206 --> 00:16:20,486 End of the day, everybody's different, but just to expect that it's gonna be hard. 331 00:16:20,486 --> 00:16:22,706 And it's not that you can't do it, it's temporary, right? 332 00:16:22,706 --> 00:16:27,046 But there are helpful things that you can do. 333 00:16:27,046 --> 00:16:31,686 I think for me, one thing that I did differently this year that I did in prior 334 00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:36,526 preps is instead of doing these like little mini meals, like six small meals, I 335 00:16:36,526 --> 00:16:37,986 don't do it that way anymore. 336 00:16:37,986 --> 00:16:39,442 I do like... 337 00:16:39,442 --> 00:16:43,242 four, just four eating times, which I found has like actually really been great 338 00:16:43,242 --> 00:16:48,782 for my digestion because I do really digest all my food and get my tummy like 339 00:16:48,782 --> 00:16:50,482 really hungry before it's time to eat again. 340 00:16:50,482 --> 00:16:55,162 But then I get to eat more at one sitting instead of having like, you know, little 341 00:16:55,162 --> 00:16:56,682 bits of chicken throughout the day. 342 00:16:56,682 --> 00:16:59,342 It's like I get to have bigger meals and it's more satisfying. 343 00:16:59,342 --> 00:17:04,662 So that is a hack, like because it's the same food, it's just done differently. 344 00:17:04,662 --> 00:17:08,787 So I think that that's a tip that, you know, you can work with your coach on. 345 00:17:08,787 --> 00:17:10,727 to see if that's something you could do. 346 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:15,587 And then I love my La Croix, like that's my other thing, because I try not to do 347 00:17:15,587 --> 00:17:19,827 like too many diet sodas or like sugar -free drinks, but like La Croix is like, 348 00:17:19,827 --> 00:17:23,407 doesn't have any sweetener or really any taste to it at all. 349 00:17:23,407 --> 00:17:24,722 Like, but it just. 350 00:17:24,722 --> 00:17:25,472 those things. 351 00:17:25,472 --> 00:17:27,862 I was like, La Crocs, La Croc. 352 00:17:27,862 --> 00:17:28,802 I don't know. 353 00:17:28,802 --> 00:17:29,922 I see them at the store. 354 00:17:29,922 --> 00:17:33,302 I'm not a, I don't like the sparkling water, but I see them at the store and a 355 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:34,312 lot of people drink them. 356 00:17:34,312 --> 00:17:36,322 And I'm like, La Croc? 357 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:37,162 What? 358 00:17:37,162 --> 00:17:41,102 But I have no idea. 359 00:17:41,402 --> 00:17:43,362 I don't know. 360 00:17:43,610 --> 00:17:46,030 that and I don't know that I have any other ones. 361 00:17:46,030 --> 00:17:47,914 I'm just I don't know. 362 00:17:49,022 --> 00:17:54,982 you know, I think for me, for me personally, with my lifestyle and how I am 363 00:17:54,982 --> 00:17:56,182 there, I have a few. 364 00:17:56,182 --> 00:18:00,290 So I like to eat at the same times. 365 00:18:00,290 --> 00:18:01,220 almost every day. 366 00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:03,170 Now I know not everybody has that luxury. 367 00:18:03,170 --> 00:18:07,110 Everybody like if you work a nine to five like Monday through Friday, you might, you 368 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:09,850 might be able to be like, I'm going to eat at these times. 369 00:18:09,850 --> 00:18:14,010 And then I stick to those pretty close and it regulates my body really well because 370 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:16,620 if my body knows what's going to eat, it knows what's going to sleep. 371 00:18:16,620 --> 00:18:18,110 It knows what's going to wake. 372 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:20,330 Like I get on a very good schedule. 373 00:18:20,330 --> 00:18:26,770 And even with how busy I am, I've done that for so long that like I can almost 374 00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:28,550 tell time by like my hunger. 375 00:18:28,550 --> 00:18:30,717 So it's, 376 00:18:30,956 --> 00:18:32,396 helps me quite a bit. 377 00:18:32,396 --> 00:18:33,836 So I still like like for me. 378 00:18:33,836 --> 00:18:34,936 I like the six meals. 379 00:18:34,936 --> 00:18:40,096 I've just always done it It's always worked for me, but I will say if as my 380 00:18:40,096 --> 00:18:45,996 calories dip down I will actually even split those meals I'll even like if I have 381 00:18:45,996 --> 00:18:49,996 a meal that's like bigger than the other meals I'll be like, I might do seven meals 382 00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:57,696 just to make like a small snack, but that's that's just me No because one of 383 00:18:57,696 --> 00:18:58,170 them 384 00:18:58,170 --> 00:18:59,350 I would be, that's a tease. 385 00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:00,546 I don't like it. 386 00:19:00,546 --> 00:19:03,126 So one of my meals is kind of big. 387 00:19:03,126 --> 00:19:07,266 It's like a whole, it's a whole cup, like almost a whole cup of egg whites, veggies, 388 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:09,746 fruit and egg and an egg. 389 00:19:09,746 --> 00:19:13,946 So like I hard boil egg and I have fruit and then I'll have that. 390 00:19:13,946 --> 00:19:16,246 And then later on I'll have like the other part of it. 391 00:19:16,246 --> 00:19:19,546 And then the rest of my meals are like the normal like chicken, like protein, veggies 392 00:19:19,546 --> 00:19:20,086 stuff. 393 00:19:20,086 --> 00:19:23,646 But I keep it like pretty simple. 394 00:19:23,646 --> 00:19:27,666 Like I have my protein and veggies and I usually always have chicken and carrots or 395 00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:28,986 chicken and asparagus. 396 00:19:28,986 --> 00:19:31,000 I like to keep it really simple. 397 00:19:31,052 --> 00:19:36,552 but another thing is kind of like you with like I don't I won't do the diet sugar 398 00:19:36,552 --> 00:19:42,512 -free stuff it will just hurt my gut but I love decaf iced tea because like for one 399 00:19:42,512 --> 00:19:48,792 it counts as water like because it's decaf so I'll put my stevia drops in there and 400 00:19:48,792 --> 00:19:53,752 this little this little this big cup if you're watching on YouTube it's a giant or 401 00:19:53,752 --> 00:19:58,352 if you're not watching on YouTube it's a giant Stanley Cup I will drink so much 402 00:19:58,352 --> 00:20:00,856 iced tea with stevia and their decaf 403 00:20:01,108 --> 00:20:02,628 iced tea with stevia. 404 00:20:02,948 --> 00:20:08,048 But that and then sugar -free gum, not in excess, but like if I'm hungry and I'm 405 00:20:08,048 --> 00:20:11,308 waiting for my next meal, like I'll have sugar -free gum. 406 00:20:11,908 --> 00:20:16,388 Another thing I find with new athletes, this is very helpful. 407 00:20:16,388 --> 00:20:19,042 It kind of goes back to what you were saying about. 408 00:20:19,042 --> 00:20:23,061 expecting to be hungry, but like I feel like as women sometimes we start 409 00:20:23,061 --> 00:20:24,252 overthinking the process. 410 00:20:24,252 --> 00:20:28,302 We start thinking like, I'm really hungry, but am I really hungry? 411 00:20:28,302 --> 00:20:29,342 Did I eat enough food? 412 00:20:29,342 --> 00:20:30,232 Should I eat more food? 413 00:20:30,232 --> 00:20:31,002 Is my coach right? 414 00:20:31,002 --> 00:20:31,762 Is my coach wrong? 415 00:20:31,762 --> 00:20:35,302 They you start going down this like downward spiral because we get too much 416 00:20:35,302 --> 00:20:36,422 information. 417 00:20:36,422 --> 00:20:43,662 Set alarms, like set alarms, set little reminders like hey you ate like like you 418 00:20:43,662 --> 00:20:48,102 said enough protein at this meal. 419 00:20:48,102 --> 00:20:49,208 Set an alarm. 420 00:20:49,208 --> 00:20:53,868 like three hours or four hours, you know, that alarm will go off and be like, hey, 421 00:20:53,868 --> 00:20:55,588 it's time to eat again. 422 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:59,568 Like even though you may not be hungry, you may not be used to it, but like, let's 423 00:20:59,568 --> 00:21:04,408 say you're starving, but you can look back at your alarms and have it say like, this 424 00:21:04,408 --> 00:21:05,488 is what you ate. 425 00:21:05,488 --> 00:21:06,878 You're eating enough. 426 00:21:06,878 --> 00:21:07,638 You're fine. 427 00:21:07,638 --> 00:21:09,018 Everything's going to be fine. 428 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:10,548 It's just a part of the process. 429 00:21:10,548 --> 00:21:15,188 And you can start training your brain to like kind of turn off and just, hey, I 430 00:21:15,188 --> 00:21:17,388 don't need to worry about this until this thing dings again. 431 00:21:17,388 --> 00:21:19,352 Like it can help. 432 00:21:19,464 --> 00:21:22,804 you not get so mentally worked up. 433 00:21:22,804 --> 00:21:23,244 Yeah. 434 00:21:23,244 --> 00:21:28,104 But this also segues into, I like our segues. 435 00:21:28,104 --> 00:21:31,744 It's like, it's like a road map. 436 00:21:34,506 --> 00:21:39,706 Because I actually had this conversation yesterday with somebody. 437 00:21:39,906 --> 00:21:43,156 And that is about your waistline, how to have a smaller waistline, right? 438 00:21:43,156 --> 00:21:50,786 This is a, it like, we, how do bikini competitors, as you dial in for a show, 439 00:21:50,786 --> 00:21:52,296 get smaller and smaller waistline, right? 440 00:21:52,296 --> 00:21:53,226 Because. 441 00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:57,878 At some point you start realizing, if you don't realize already, that training your 442 00:21:57,878 --> 00:22:01,318 abs is not gonna necessarily get you a smaller waistline. 443 00:22:01,318 --> 00:22:05,378 It's gonna get you some ab definition, but even then, you're gonna learn that it 444 00:22:05,378 --> 00:22:05,698 doesn't. 445 00:22:05,698 --> 00:22:10,638 But as we were talking about diet drinks, sugar -free drinks, those things can 446 00:22:10,638 --> 00:22:16,138 actually hurt your waistline, even if they don't hurt your gut or stomach and you've 447 00:22:16,138 --> 00:22:20,418 been drinking them in excess and they taste fantastic and it's awesome, but 448 00:22:20,418 --> 00:22:23,316 you're kind of wondering, like, why am I holding water? 449 00:22:23,316 --> 00:22:25,076 Why are my inches not going down? 450 00:22:25,076 --> 00:22:26,636 Why is this happening? 451 00:22:26,696 --> 00:22:28,536 It could be those drinks. 452 00:22:28,536 --> 00:22:30,216 Those drinks. 453 00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:31,061 Mm -hmm. 454 00:22:31,061 --> 00:22:33,041 and processed stuff in general. 455 00:22:33,041 --> 00:22:36,711 Like if you think of like processed food is processed. 456 00:22:36,711 --> 00:22:39,051 So your body, you know, doesn't have to break it down. 457 00:22:39,051 --> 00:22:40,161 Like it's already processed. 458 00:22:40,161 --> 00:22:42,321 So it's just sitting in your stomach. 459 00:22:42,321 --> 00:22:44,791 And those things just add to your waistline. 460 00:22:44,791 --> 00:22:49,641 So I think by minimizing processed foods, which we kind of do in prep anyways, 461 00:22:49,641 --> 00:22:51,581 unless you are a flexible dieter. 462 00:22:51,581 --> 00:22:55,741 But I think that even when people do macros in prep, they're still really 463 00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:57,620 eating like whole foods. 464 00:22:57,620 --> 00:23:02,340 and they're making really clean choices because those foods just do really well in 465 00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:03,320 your body. 466 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:08,580 So like if it runs on the ground or grows out of the ground, that's like the best 467 00:23:08,580 --> 00:23:11,400 way to think about the foods that you're putting in your body. 468 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,640 And so that's like, that's the definition of like whole foods, like to me really. 469 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,200 And that's gonna make your waistline really, really tight. 470 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:23,060 Like I've had so many people be like, I'm going to this party and I wanna look super 471 00:23:23,060 --> 00:23:23,270 hot. 472 00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:24,440 Can I just do like a Pequick? 473 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,933 Like my waist was so small on Pequick. 474 00:23:26,933 --> 00:23:30,952 And it's because like during peak week, you really do, you eliminate all your 475 00:23:30,952 --> 00:23:35,153 fizzy drinks, you eliminate anything that's going to be gas producing. 476 00:23:35,153 --> 00:23:38,293 So like if there's certain vegetables, like the biggest ones, broccoli, 477 00:23:38,293 --> 00:23:42,613 cauliflower and onions are gas producing for some people. 478 00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:46,133 so if you're eating those things, like that's going to add a small little bit to 479 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:47,653 that waistline. 480 00:23:48,313 --> 00:23:51,333 and so, you know, we don't want those things. 481 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:52,233 Sodium is fine. 482 00:23:52,233 --> 00:23:55,133 Like I tell people that's not what's bloating you at all. 483 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:55,444 And. 484 00:23:55,444 --> 00:23:59,284 You really just want to always keep your sodium consistent throughout your prep and 485 00:23:59,284 --> 00:24:00,924 through your peak week. 486 00:24:01,264 --> 00:24:04,604 But yeah, just a lot of artificial sweeteners, fake foods, things like that 487 00:24:04,604 --> 00:24:08,724 can really cause GI distress and a little bit of bloating. 488 00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:13,024 But I think the waistline question, particularly because a lot of our 489 00:24:13,024 --> 00:24:18,564 listeners have children, I do want to say it's important to have patience because if 490 00:24:18,564 --> 00:24:21,864 you've had children, you know, your waistline grows over nine months. 491 00:24:21,864 --> 00:24:24,735 It is not going to go back even within a year. 492 00:24:24,916 --> 00:24:29,676 It will go back down to where, you know, you can have a great physique. 493 00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:32,686 Can you have a competitive physique within a year? 494 00:24:32,686 --> 00:24:33,616 It depends. 495 00:24:33,616 --> 00:24:34,736 It's very rare. 496 00:24:34,736 --> 00:24:39,056 Like Angelica did it, but also she's got phenomenal genetics. 497 00:24:39,056 --> 00:24:40,616 Like she is not most women. 498 00:24:40,616 --> 00:24:44,816 And I'm not saying that you can't work hard and get there, but will it happen in 499 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:45,786 that kind of a timeline? 500 00:24:45,786 --> 00:24:47,276 Probably not. 501 00:24:47,616 --> 00:24:50,746 but I have seen phenomenal results with waist training. 502 00:24:50,746 --> 00:24:52,723 I have been wearing a waist trainer. 503 00:24:53,269 --> 00:24:56,329 for every workout for at least six years. 504 00:24:56,549 --> 00:25:01,409 I never not have it on, even when I'm like in my off season and I'm kind of chubby 505 00:25:01,409 --> 00:25:07,769 and like I look ridiculous, but I don't care because when I'm in my off season and 506 00:25:07,769 --> 00:25:11,989 I'm trying to build muscle, I don't wanna also build out my obliques. 507 00:25:11,989 --> 00:25:16,819 You're lifting, doing like heavy rows or heavy squats. 508 00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:19,469 Like I don't want my waistline to grow. 509 00:25:19,469 --> 00:25:23,157 And lo and behold, every single year when I cut down, my waist is... 510 00:25:23,157 --> 00:25:25,917 smaller and smaller and smaller because of waist training. 511 00:25:25,917 --> 00:25:28,717 So a waist trainer is essentially like a corset. 512 00:25:28,717 --> 00:25:30,477 And it just, it changes how you breathe. 513 00:25:30,477 --> 00:25:31,817 It changes your posture. 514 00:25:31,817 --> 00:25:33,577 It cinches everything in tight. 515 00:25:33,577 --> 00:25:35,147 And it's, it's awesome. 516 00:25:35,147 --> 00:25:39,376 So, I mean, I'm a huge advocate for that and stomach vacuums have helped me so 517 00:25:39,376 --> 00:25:40,226 much. 518 00:25:40,310 --> 00:25:44,970 we both use the same voice trainer the squeeze me skinny Yeah, which if you guys 519 00:25:44,970 --> 00:25:47,990 want to take a look at the squeeze me skinny they're always in there always in 520 00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:51,870 our show notes so you can always scroll down at any episode you can click on it 521 00:25:51,870 --> 00:25:54,362 and We 522 00:25:54,362 --> 00:25:58,502 code because it is the 10 inch is the 10 inch aggressive trainer is the one that I 523 00:25:58,502 --> 00:26:03,742 recommend no matter what height you are because I think like the 10 inches like a 524 00:26:03,742 --> 00:26:08,982 little bit long for me and I'm really really short but the next size up I think 525 00:26:08,982 --> 00:26:13,302 is 12 inches and it's way too long even if you're tall so I think 10 inches is the 526 00:26:13,302 --> 00:26:13,922 way to go. 527 00:26:13,922 --> 00:26:20,362 The tenant, I have a tenant, so I'm almost 5 '7", I'm like 5 '6", I'm like 3 '4", 3 528 00:26:20,362 --> 00:26:22,122 '4", so I can't talk. 529 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:24,862 And the 10 inch works like perfect for me. 530 00:26:24,862 --> 00:26:29,512 But I will say like not just waist trainers, but also stomach vacuuming, 531 00:26:29,512 --> 00:26:31,272 because that was kind of new for me. 532 00:26:31,272 --> 00:26:37,542 And I feel like it was new for me because when I started in my fitness journey, it 533 00:26:37,542 --> 00:26:39,542 just wasn't around. 534 00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:42,962 And Carson was already three, four years old. 535 00:26:42,962 --> 00:26:44,028 And so by the time 536 00:26:44,028 --> 00:26:47,348 I got into like competing, I was like, I don't need to do these. 537 00:26:47,348 --> 00:26:48,178 I don't need to do these. 538 00:26:48,178 --> 00:26:53,188 And then over time, like, no, these are, these aren't just for people with kids. 539 00:26:53,188 --> 00:26:55,668 Like you, you need to do them. 540 00:26:55,668 --> 00:27:00,468 So stomach vacuuming like is so, so important. 541 00:27:00,468 --> 00:27:06,328 And we will link like a good tutorial on how to do stomach vacuums below on the 542 00:27:06,328 --> 00:27:07,168 show notes as well. 543 00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:11,428 But doing those, like rather you're standing laying down, there's so many 544 00:27:11,428 --> 00:27:12,848 different variations of doing them. 545 00:27:12,848 --> 00:27:14,204 Just do it. 546 00:27:14,204 --> 00:27:16,666 because that's another thing like... 547 00:27:16,682 --> 00:27:21,822 like holding your transverse abdominis really, really tight, which is the deepest 548 00:27:21,822 --> 00:27:23,422 layer of your abdominal muscles. 549 00:27:23,422 --> 00:27:27,682 And if you've had a C -section, you'll know they cut through all of that, like 550 00:27:27,682 --> 00:27:33,262 your external obliques, the rest of your abdominal wall, and then the TVA, which is 551 00:27:33,262 --> 00:27:34,072 at the very bottom. 552 00:27:34,072 --> 00:27:36,562 It's like your inner, they call it like your inner girdle. 553 00:27:36,562 --> 00:27:38,702 And so you have to really strengthen that. 554 00:27:38,702 --> 00:27:39,414 And so what... 555 00:27:39,414 --> 00:27:43,794 the stomach vacuum technique is, is essentially breathing in a bunch of air, 556 00:27:43,794 --> 00:27:47,954 letting it all out, and then like pulling your core in really tight and then holding 557 00:27:47,954 --> 00:27:53,014 it, which will help you like with your posing and you know, it's, it's tough. 558 00:27:53,014 --> 00:27:55,184 I recommend doing them all year round if you can. 559 00:27:55,184 --> 00:27:59,314 I get an ice slack in my off season, I will say, cause they're not my favorite, 560 00:27:59,314 --> 00:28:00,704 but they really do help. 561 00:28:00,704 --> 00:28:02,444 And they're great for digestion too. 562 00:28:02,444 --> 00:28:06,454 Like if you have, this is a little hack, but if you have a little, like a belly 563 00:28:06,454 --> 00:28:09,073 bubble or like a little trapped gas, 564 00:28:09,078 --> 00:28:15,058 do some stomach vacuums and it'll get that little trapped bubble out. 565 00:28:17,738 --> 00:28:18,738 So, 566 00:28:19,357 --> 00:28:23,338 those, doing those way more this season. 567 00:28:23,338 --> 00:28:23,782 Mm -hmm. 568 00:28:23,782 --> 00:28:24,342 of videos. 569 00:28:24,342 --> 00:28:29,942 Like if you just like even look on, you know, TikTok or YouTube or whatever, you 570 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:30,912 know, and it's really simple. 571 00:28:30,912 --> 00:28:36,482 Just I recommend doing like eight to 10 sets for 30 seconds once a day, or if you 572 00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:38,252 want to break it up and do them twice a day. 573 00:28:38,252 --> 00:28:43,882 But if, if you have trouble with them, just go and see a physical therapist for a 574 00:28:43,882 --> 00:28:44,512 couple of sessions. 575 00:28:44,512 --> 00:28:47,762 It won't take long, but because some people really have a hard time engaging 576 00:28:47,762 --> 00:28:49,015 their lower core. 577 00:28:49,015 --> 00:28:52,495 And just a couple sessions with a pelvic floor therapist or a physical therapist 578 00:28:52,495 --> 00:28:54,395 will get you doing them properly. 579 00:28:54,395 --> 00:28:58,735 And, and I've had so many people that tell me like, my, my stomach just always sticks 580 00:28:58,735 --> 00:28:58,975 out. 581 00:28:58,975 --> 00:29:00,335 I'm always bloated. 582 00:29:00,335 --> 00:29:03,975 And it's, it's not most of the time, once they clean up their diet, if they still 583 00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:07,475 look bloated and they still can't like, you know, brace their core and hold their 584 00:29:07,475 --> 00:29:11,675 core tight, they probably just really need to work on those lower core muscles in the 585 00:29:11,675 --> 00:29:15,715 TVA, which isn't going to be activated by doing planks or doing hanging leg raises 586 00:29:15,715 --> 00:29:18,115 or sit ups, like all that traditional core work. 587 00:29:18,115 --> 00:29:18,295 Like. 588 00:29:18,295 --> 00:29:22,655 just is like the outside, which builds like that pretty shape, like of the six or 589 00:29:22,655 --> 00:29:27,335 the eight pack, but it doesn't do anything to like hold that core really tight. 590 00:29:27,335 --> 00:29:30,855 And in bikini, like they don't really care if you have a six pack, they're not 591 00:29:30,855 --> 00:29:34,635 looking for that, but the waistline and the silhouette is so important. 592 00:29:34,635 --> 00:29:38,355 And so if you've got a nice round booty and beautiful shoulders, but you can't 593 00:29:38,355 --> 00:29:42,815 hold your core tight, somebody's gonna, you know, definitely out angle you and 594 00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:45,176 move you out of first place. 595 00:29:45,346 --> 00:29:49,066 Yeah, yeah, they definitely don't want to see the turtle shell abs where your abs 596 00:29:49,066 --> 00:29:52,026 are protruding and it's all like thick. 597 00:29:52,026 --> 00:29:53,156 No turtles. 598 00:29:53,156 --> 00:29:54,936 No turtle shells. 599 00:29:55,896 --> 00:29:58,036 No turtle heads either. 600 00:29:58,582 --> 00:30:04,902 so, so Jillian, what would you do if if all of a sudden you started snacking on 601 00:30:04,902 --> 00:30:05,392 something? 602 00:30:05,392 --> 00:30:07,902 How do you handle snacking? 603 00:30:07,902 --> 00:30:12,582 That is another hot like a snack -cident. 604 00:30:12,582 --> 00:30:14,802 You always comment that I make up words. 605 00:30:14,802 --> 00:30:18,082 You have been on a roll of making up words lately. 606 00:30:18,182 --> 00:30:19,268 Snack -cident. 607 00:30:19,268 --> 00:30:19,908 accident. 608 00:30:19,908 --> 00:30:25,568 Yeah, well, I mean, first of all, if something is triggering you, don't keep it 609 00:30:25,568 --> 00:30:26,328 in the house. 610 00:30:26,328 --> 00:30:31,808 Like, you know, if there's just a snack that you just can't, you know, your kids 611 00:30:31,808 --> 00:30:32,868 love it. 612 00:30:32,868 --> 00:30:37,168 They're gonna have to do without their cool ranch Doritos while mama's in prep. 613 00:30:38,228 --> 00:30:39,846 Because no. 614 00:30:39,846 --> 00:30:40,166 I say. 615 00:30:40,166 --> 00:30:41,336 I'm like, food is right. 616 00:30:41,336 --> 00:30:44,466 I always tell my clients, I'm like, do you know that you're sitting, like you're 617 00:30:44,466 --> 00:30:45,426 sitting right now. 618 00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:49,886 You can pick up your phone and you can door dash anything that you imagine and it 619 00:30:49,886 --> 00:30:51,486 will show up at your door. 620 00:30:51,486 --> 00:30:55,836 You're just going a little bit of time without certain things. 621 00:30:55,836 --> 00:30:57,626 It's gonna be okay. 622 00:30:57,626 --> 00:30:59,050 It's not going anywhere. 623 00:30:59,050 --> 00:31:00,360 like, don't tempt yourself. 624 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,220 Like, I'm not saying, like, clean your house of, like, if you can't have stuff in 625 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:06,740 your house without eating it, there's a bigger problem. 626 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:11,240 And you probably should work with somebody on your relationship with food, because 627 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:15,680 when you get to accepting that you're going to do a competition and it's going 628 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,200 to take some discipline around eating, you know, you're going to have to say no to 629 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,410 those things and be OK with it. 630 00:31:20,410 --> 00:31:23,740 So you should be you should be OK with being around those things. 631 00:31:23,740 --> 00:31:26,903 But if there's something in particular that just. 632 00:31:26,903 --> 00:31:30,163 You know, if it's like chocolate chips or like I'm trying to think of things that 633 00:31:30,163 --> 00:31:31,543 you can just so easily grab. 634 00:31:31,543 --> 00:31:33,003 Like that's what moms do, right? 635 00:31:33,003 --> 00:31:34,523 Like we're yeah. 636 00:31:34,523 --> 00:31:40,523 So just either keep them out of sight where they're not in view or just don't 637 00:31:40,523 --> 00:31:44,023 buy them for a little while or like send them out with send the kids out with dad 638 00:31:44,023 --> 00:31:46,783 to go get cookies and they can eat them outside of the house. 639 00:31:46,783 --> 00:31:47,443 Like, yeah. 640 00:31:47,443 --> 00:31:50,093 So, you know, that's one thing that we do. 641 00:31:50,093 --> 00:31:53,603 I mean, we have a lot of stuff in the house, but I'm not about to like be 642 00:31:53,603 --> 00:31:56,214 bringing in all my favorite treats for the kids and. 643 00:31:56,214 --> 00:31:58,314 you know, expecting myself not to like dream about them. 644 00:31:58,314 --> 00:31:59,504 Cause I work from home too. 645 00:31:59,504 --> 00:32:01,354 So like it's right there. 646 00:32:01,354 --> 00:32:06,854 So, but yeah, I think, and I think if you, if you do find yourself, like if you have 647 00:32:06,854 --> 00:32:11,274 a snack stand or if you binge, there's so many resources, you know, there's full 648 00:32:11,274 --> 00:32:15,024 courses for food relationships or for your relationship with food. 649 00:32:15,024 --> 00:32:16,234 You don't have to suffer. 650 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:20,184 Like you're not the only person as there's a lot of shame surrounding it. 651 00:32:20,184 --> 00:32:23,794 There's so many people that just feel really weak and they don't even want to 652 00:32:23,794 --> 00:32:25,270 talk to their coach about it. 653 00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:27,040 or they're like, yeah, just never do it again. 654 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:31,290 But you know, if you are having issues with binging and snacking and you really 655 00:32:31,290 --> 00:32:34,370 can't stop yourself, like talk to somebody, talk to your coach. 656 00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:35,630 There's so many resources. 657 00:32:35,630 --> 00:32:39,230 And if you have to just take a break from prep and come back when you're in a better 658 00:32:39,230 --> 00:32:43,130 mind space, like then do it because the stage isn't going anywhere and you'll have 659 00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:48,869 a much better journey without the stress of, you know, issues with food and binging 660 00:32:48,869 --> 00:32:51,853 and, you know, unnecessary snacking. 661 00:32:52,506 --> 00:32:53,224 yeah. 662 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:56,410 Yeah, I definitely fell into that category not that long ago. 663 00:32:56,410 --> 00:33:01,850 I mean, I feel like it wasn't that long ago where I would snack on something and 664 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:03,850 I'll be like, I'm just not going to do this again. 665 00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:05,130 Like, don't do this again, Mandy. 666 00:33:05,130 --> 00:33:06,770 And I wouldn't want to tell my coach. 667 00:33:06,770 --> 00:33:09,190 I didn't want to have to deal with the. 668 00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:10,950 And this was, you know, it was a while ago. 669 00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:11,900 I had a different coach. 670 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:15,130 I didn't want to have to deal with the lashing because I accidentally like 671 00:33:15,130 --> 00:33:15,950 overate something. 672 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:17,870 And then I'd be like, no, maybe don't do that again. 673 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:19,310 And I wasn't even prepping for a show. 674 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:20,470 This was during an off season. 675 00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:23,496 And I just it mentally. 676 00:33:23,496 --> 00:33:25,156 me down because I felt so defeated. 677 00:33:25,156 --> 00:33:33,096 I felt like I was constantly trying to achieve something that was being so 678 00:33:33,096 --> 00:33:36,416 difficult and I couldn't figure out mentally like why was this such a problem 679 00:33:36,416 --> 00:33:40,406 when I've never had this problem before of like randomly snacking. 680 00:33:40,406 --> 00:33:43,636 And it wasn't even my kids food but it was like it was a snacking problem and I was 681 00:33:43,636 --> 00:33:44,776 just like why am I doing this? 682 00:33:44,776 --> 00:33:48,956 Like I'm not even that hungry but I'm like I'm just grabbing stuff like little things 683 00:33:48,956 --> 00:33:49,776 that are in the pantry. 684 00:33:49,776 --> 00:33:52,606 But just like you said I took a step back. 685 00:33:52,606 --> 00:33:53,512 I 686 00:33:53,512 --> 00:33:55,022 talked to somebody about it. 687 00:33:55,022 --> 00:33:57,012 I like had my hormones checked. 688 00:33:57,012 --> 00:34:02,332 I tried to figure out exactly what was going on and I took those steps so I could 689 00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:08,232 be in a better relationship with food, with myself, with like mental awareness of 690 00:34:08,232 --> 00:34:10,292 like why was I doing that? 691 00:34:10,292 --> 00:34:11,342 What was going on? 692 00:34:11,342 --> 00:34:12,772 Like how did I feel? 693 00:34:12,772 --> 00:34:16,912 Because that's something also with snacking is like if you're getting ready 694 00:34:16,912 --> 00:34:21,892 for a show and you have a slip up and you just because you're out to dinner and you 695 00:34:21,892 --> 00:34:23,068 packed your food and you ate 696 00:34:23,068 --> 00:34:25,748 your food but something at the table smells really good and you have like a 697 00:34:25,748 --> 00:34:30,648 couple bites of french fries, okay, is that like you tell your coach it's an 698 00:34:30,648 --> 00:34:33,768 accident, it was there, and then you just don't do it again. 699 00:34:33,768 --> 00:34:35,668 That happens, it happens. 700 00:34:35,668 --> 00:34:40,588 There's the difference between that happening and then you are snacking every 701 00:34:40,588 --> 00:34:45,108 week or you feel really defeated or you don't feel good mentally. 702 00:34:45,410 --> 00:34:49,010 and taking a step back and figuring out why for sure, like what is going on that's 703 00:34:49,010 --> 00:34:53,050 causing you to do this every week that you're not succeeding in your original 704 00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:54,190 goal. 705 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:55,236 So. 706 00:34:55,236 --> 00:34:57,976 your journey when you were trying to remedy that? 707 00:34:57,976 --> 00:35:01,226 What did you find was going on with you that was causing it? 708 00:35:01,226 --> 00:35:03,151 And then what did you do to help it? 709 00:35:04,546 --> 00:35:05,946 So. 710 00:35:06,242 --> 00:35:10,962 What was causing it was I was done competing and I preach about this a lot. 711 00:35:10,962 --> 00:35:12,362 I was done with my shows. 712 00:35:12,362 --> 00:35:17,602 I was in an off season, but I was still following a plan of my off season and I 713 00:35:17,602 --> 00:35:23,202 was struggling with following that plan because when I worked with my coach at the 714 00:35:23,202 --> 00:35:29,682 time, I was following the plan, but my feedback wasn't matching what was supposed 715 00:35:29,682 --> 00:35:30,282 to be happening. 716 00:35:30,282 --> 00:35:36,248 I had very conflicting issues with it and I thought I was doing it right, but I was 717 00:35:36,248 --> 00:35:39,008 doing it wrong, I guess, for the feedback I got. 718 00:35:39,008 --> 00:35:41,628 So I mentally was like, I was worn out. 719 00:35:41,628 --> 00:35:46,208 I was already like, I already prepped for several months, did shows. 720 00:35:46,208 --> 00:35:49,228 I was done prepping for like the year. 721 00:35:49,468 --> 00:35:55,248 And I just, my off season was not a good experience with that current coach at the 722 00:35:55,248 --> 00:35:55,968 time. 723 00:35:55,968 --> 00:35:58,328 And I struggled immensely with that. 724 00:35:58,328 --> 00:36:02,328 I got to a point where I didn't even want to check in and I didn't know what I was 725 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:03,728 doing wrong or how to do it right. 726 00:36:03,728 --> 00:36:05,328 So that was going on. 727 00:36:05,328 --> 00:36:06,004 And also, 728 00:36:06,004 --> 00:36:09,654 trying to like balance an offseason like okay, I want to go out to dinner. 729 00:36:09,654 --> 00:36:15,624 I want to have time with my husband or my family and Be able to enjoy myself but 730 00:36:15,624 --> 00:36:19,684 also be structured and make sure I'm getting the progress So learning how to 731 00:36:19,684 --> 00:36:23,864 juggle that but like I wasn't in a good relationship with my coach at the time So 732 00:36:23,864 --> 00:36:29,844 that really hurt me a lot and what ended up happening is I got injured 733 00:36:30,626 --> 00:36:33,086 I got injured at the gym, I herniated my disc. 734 00:36:33,086 --> 00:36:36,746 So that just threw everything out because I couldn't even work out for a while. 735 00:36:36,746 --> 00:36:40,286 I couldn't work out till we figured out what was wrong and then I could work out 736 00:36:40,286 --> 00:36:42,306 upper body, but I couldn't do cardio or anything. 737 00:36:42,306 --> 00:36:45,426 I couldn't lift any lower body for months. 738 00:36:45,566 --> 00:36:50,786 So I stopped, obviously my contract froze and we didn't work together anymore. 739 00:36:50,786 --> 00:36:53,926 So it kind of just became a different journey of now it was just about how to 740 00:36:53,926 --> 00:36:56,006 heal my back and. 741 00:36:56,418 --> 00:37:01,078 You know, I still prepped and ate like the proper amount of protein and vegetables 742 00:37:01,078 --> 00:37:05,668 and carbs, but I definitely was enjoying myself more with food. 743 00:37:05,668 --> 00:37:09,958 I was trying to heal my injury and kind of go about that. 744 00:37:09,958 --> 00:37:18,438 The break I took from that coach and that time, it just helps me tremendously. 745 00:37:18,438 --> 00:37:20,878 Like that's really what it was. 746 00:37:21,318 --> 00:37:23,878 So yeah, just figuring that out. 747 00:37:23,878 --> 00:37:24,660 Mm -hmm. 748 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:28,180 hard to talk about, like, because I mean, I think what you're saying is that you 749 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:35,389 just didn't align with the methods, you know, and that's what's so hard. 750 00:37:35,389 --> 00:37:39,380 And this is a topic that we are going to talk about as well as making a coaching 751 00:37:39,380 --> 00:37:44,520 switch, because it's so hard when you like the person, but you just it's not a good 752 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:45,220 fit anymore. 753 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:46,470 And it's so hard. 754 00:37:46,470 --> 00:37:46,904 -hmm. 755 00:37:46,904 --> 00:37:50,384 to do that because you could really just, you know, you want to be a part of that 756 00:37:50,384 --> 00:37:52,634 team or you want to be with that coach. 757 00:37:52,634 --> 00:37:56,624 But if you just don't feel like you're on the same page, then it just feels like 758 00:37:56,624 --> 00:37:58,944 you're kind of just like running up against a brick wall. 759 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:05,064 And I think that was very similar for me in in my prep in twenty twenty three. 760 00:38:05,064 --> 00:38:06,284 And I think I was. 761 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:11,184 Yeah, I was definitely self sabotaging quite a bit because I just wasn't getting 762 00:38:11,184 --> 00:38:15,464 encouraging feedback and I just didn't feel like a priority. 763 00:38:15,464 --> 00:38:16,724 And. 764 00:38:16,984 --> 00:38:21,144 You know, almost like I felt like I was giving up on myself because they were kind 765 00:38:21,144 --> 00:38:22,504 of giving up on me, too. 766 00:38:22,504 --> 00:38:28,384 And I also but but then I think, OK, well, let me look at this from an outsider 767 00:38:28,384 --> 00:38:28,904 perspective. 768 00:38:28,904 --> 00:38:30,304 Like, am I being dramatic? 769 00:38:30,304 --> 00:38:35,284 You know, so I did definitely wanted to consider like all all aspects before I 770 00:38:35,284 --> 00:38:36,264 made like a switch. 771 00:38:36,264 --> 00:38:39,364 But I think just at the end of the day, like, you know, things have changed and it 772 00:38:39,364 --> 00:38:40,434 was just time for a switch. 773 00:38:40,434 --> 00:38:46,201 But I think ultimately conflict or misunderstandings can cause, you know, 774 00:38:46,201 --> 00:38:51,221 turmoil and stress and how do we act out some people, you know, find themselves 775 00:38:51,221 --> 00:38:55,001 snacking or whatever it might be, you know, so. 776 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:56,561 So that's interesting. 777 00:38:56,561 --> 00:38:59,881 But I think the take home is just that it's normal. 778 00:38:59,881 --> 00:39:02,851 And if you keep it a secret, you can't fix it. 779 00:39:02,851 --> 00:39:07,361 And that's so women to be like, I'll just fix it like it won't happen again. 780 00:39:07,361 --> 00:39:11,361 It's if it happened once, it's waiting on your doorstep to happen again. 781 00:39:11,361 --> 00:39:13,497 And it's just better to talk about it. 782 00:39:13,497 --> 00:39:18,267 with somebody and find some strategies so that you can, you know, prevent it. 783 00:39:18,267 --> 00:39:21,977 Because I think binge eating can just really cause a lot of shame. 784 00:39:21,977 --> 00:39:25,897 And, you know, it really makes people feel like almost like they're a fraud, you 785 00:39:25,897 --> 00:39:30,077 know, like, I'm this fitness person and I did this competition and everybody is 786 00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:31,387 like, my God, you did so great. 787 00:39:31,387 --> 00:39:32,937 But like, I can't control my snacking. 788 00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:33,897 I can't control this. 789 00:39:33,897 --> 00:39:38,837 And it's it's normal after shows to sort of feel that way and to lose control a 790 00:39:38,837 --> 00:39:39,087 little bit. 791 00:39:39,087 --> 00:39:40,592 But if it carries on. 792 00:39:40,601 --> 00:39:46,121 There's there are so many resources like ask us, you know, reach out like there's 793 00:39:46,121 --> 00:39:48,901 so many ways that you that you don't have to suffer years ago. 794 00:39:48,901 --> 00:39:54,301 Like I remember going through it in my 20s and just being like, you know, guys at the 795 00:39:54,301 --> 00:39:56,831 gym were like, I don't know, like pochle blues. 796 00:39:56,831 --> 00:39:57,921 Like, what are you even talking about? 797 00:39:57,921 --> 00:40:02,401 You know, but you just didn't have the resources we do now. 798 00:40:02,661 --> 00:40:06,181 And then I went, I remember going to like a counselor, like an eating disorder 799 00:40:06,181 --> 00:40:06,731 specialist. 800 00:40:06,731 --> 00:40:08,571 I'm like, I don't really belong here. 801 00:40:08,571 --> 00:40:09,369 Like I'm like, I don't. 802 00:40:09,369 --> 00:40:13,629 I'm not like bulimic and like, I don't think she understands bodybuilding. 803 00:40:13,629 --> 00:40:16,639 She's like, could we just possibly not exercise? 804 00:40:16,639 --> 00:40:18,469 I'm like, the fuck out of here? 805 00:40:18,469 --> 00:40:19,989 Like, that's not what I need. 806 00:40:19,989 --> 00:40:21,139 What are you talking about? 807 00:40:21,139 --> 00:40:24,429 Like, she couldn't help me, like, because it was not related. 808 00:40:24,429 --> 00:40:27,809 Like, I'm like, no, I want to still do this sport. 809 00:40:27,809 --> 00:40:31,049 Like this therapist was basically like the bodybuilding is probably the worst thing 810 00:40:31,049 --> 00:40:31,579 for you. 811 00:40:31,579 --> 00:40:34,709 And I'm like, I don't think so. 812 00:40:34,709 --> 00:40:36,609 So anyways. 813 00:40:37,209 --> 00:40:37,994 But. 814 00:40:37,994 --> 00:40:43,154 I don't think, I don't think, I totally understand the fear of co -chopping. 815 00:40:43,154 --> 00:40:48,474 I get it, but I feel like, I don't know. 816 00:40:48,474 --> 00:40:50,977 Co -switching, co -chopping, whatever you want. 817 00:40:50,977 --> 00:40:53,277 yeah, -huh, yeah. 818 00:40:53,277 --> 00:40:56,617 Is that the avenue we're going down next? 819 00:40:56,674 --> 00:40:59,534 Coach, we just, we talked about like a few different things. 820 00:40:59,534 --> 00:41:01,261 We could go down a few. 821 00:41:01,261 --> 00:41:01,911 down that one. 822 00:41:01,911 --> 00:41:04,761 Yeah, well, yeah, just to touch on it a little bit more. 823 00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:08,030 But yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong with coaching. 824 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:11,450 I don't think there's anything wrong with talking to your current coach about if you 825 00:41:11,450 --> 00:41:16,030 are not aligning or if you aren't, if you're butting heads, if you do feel, I 826 00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:22,410 feel like what happens is as athletes, we're with a coach and we start really, 827 00:41:22,410 --> 00:41:25,490 like we believe in that coach, the coach believe in us, we build this great 828 00:41:25,490 --> 00:41:27,370 relationship, this great bond. 829 00:41:27,410 --> 00:41:31,430 If you're getting to a point where something doesn't feel right in your gut 830 00:41:31,430 --> 00:41:34,410 and like you should talk to that coach first. 831 00:41:34,410 --> 00:41:35,256 Like you should be, 832 00:41:35,256 --> 00:41:37,346 like, Hey, something's like up, something's not right. 833 00:41:37,346 --> 00:41:39,056 Like I'm doing like whatever. 834 00:41:39,056 --> 00:41:43,316 And then if it's still not working, it's still not aligning, you know, like see 835 00:41:43,316 --> 00:41:46,036 what you can do and be like, Hey, like this isn't working. 836 00:41:46,036 --> 00:41:48,456 And like, you can switch coaches. 837 00:41:48,456 --> 00:41:49,296 It will be okay. 838 00:41:49,296 --> 00:41:52,546 You can talk to that current coach and be like, Hey, I love the team. 839 00:41:52,546 --> 00:41:53,576 I love the team dynamic. 840 00:41:53,576 --> 00:41:55,596 Can I switch to a different coach on the team? 841 00:41:55,596 --> 00:42:00,256 You know, like there's so many ways, like it's just, it's like you said, like as 842 00:42:00,256 --> 00:42:01,316 women, we're like, we'll figure it out. 843 00:42:01,316 --> 00:42:01,826 We'll fix it. 844 00:42:01,826 --> 00:42:02,376 We'll figure it out. 845 00:42:02,376 --> 00:42:02,816 We'll fix it. 846 00:42:02,816 --> 00:42:05,560 It's like talk, communicate. 847 00:42:06,112 --> 00:42:06,852 it's okay. 848 00:42:06,852 --> 00:42:10,312 It's always gonna be okay if you talk and communicate. 849 00:42:10,904 --> 00:42:17,544 Yeah, I mean, I think you do tend to get a little sensitive in prep, you know, so I 850 00:42:17,544 --> 00:42:21,284 think that it's important to like consider that, like, you know, are you just getting 851 00:42:21,284 --> 00:42:22,444 carried away with your emotions? 852 00:42:22,444 --> 00:42:28,044 Like you can't take a dry message from your coach and go like, they hate me, you 853 00:42:28,044 --> 00:42:32,824 know, like these are business owners that are just doing their job and they are 854 00:42:32,824 --> 00:42:36,793 really not, they are not connecting any emotion to their feedback. 855 00:42:36,793 --> 00:42:41,233 but because we're talking about your body, then it can be a little, you could be a 856 00:42:41,233 --> 00:42:42,353 little bit sensitive. 857 00:42:42,353 --> 00:42:46,013 Like, you know, I've, I've had clients like, are you mad at me? 858 00:42:46,013 --> 00:42:47,373 I'm like, no. 859 00:42:48,393 --> 00:42:52,573 I just wasn't sure because like I wrote you like a couple of days ago and you just 860 00:42:52,573 --> 00:42:53,563 gave me like a thumbs up. 861 00:42:53,563 --> 00:42:54,963 I'm like, I was probably busy. 862 00:42:54,963 --> 00:42:58,993 Like if I knew it was important, like I would have absolutely, you know, so I 863 00:42:58,993 --> 00:43:03,593 think being a good communicator, but also just really, are you being sensitive? 864 00:43:03,593 --> 00:43:04,497 You know, 865 00:43:04,732 --> 00:43:09,232 and then also, I think if you have certain expectations, make sure you talk about 866 00:43:09,232 --> 00:43:14,392 those on the front end, like don't make those expectations known, like at the 867 00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:19,072 midway point end of the process, because you might not get those expectations 868 00:43:19,072 --> 00:43:19,572 fulfilled. 869 00:43:19,572 --> 00:43:24,372 So I think that interviewing coaches is important and like, don't just sit on an 870 00:43:24,372 --> 00:43:26,082 interview with a coach and let them just blabla. 871 00:43:26,082 --> 00:43:27,592 Like don't let them do all the talking. 872 00:43:27,592 --> 00:43:28,642 Ask a lot of questions. 873 00:43:28,642 --> 00:43:32,832 I'm always blown away when people don't ask me or they don't have an idea of what 874 00:43:32,832 --> 00:43:34,104 they're looking for. 875 00:43:34,104 --> 00:43:38,104 It's like really like like when you're making a decision to work with a coach 876 00:43:38,104 --> 00:43:41,944 like it's not a one month investment like you're probably going to be with this 877 00:43:41,944 --> 00:43:42,964 person for like a year. 878 00:43:42,964 --> 00:43:47,984 So you better make sure that you know, you've asked all the questions and like 879 00:43:47,984 --> 00:43:52,384 I've said this before in other episodes like you know, you might not be able to 880 00:43:52,384 --> 00:43:55,724 get a clear answer on their methodologies because they're going to do what works 881 00:43:55,724 --> 00:43:56,894 best for you. 882 00:43:56,894 --> 00:44:03,224 But you know, asking things like you know, what how do you view the offseason and you 883 00:44:03,224 --> 00:44:03,705 know, 884 00:44:03,705 --> 00:44:09,425 what when you're trying to help me out of a plateau, what are some things that I 885 00:44:09,425 --> 00:44:10,095 could expect? 886 00:44:10,095 --> 00:44:11,745 You know, things like that. 887 00:44:11,745 --> 00:44:17,645 Communications timeline of like, if I have a bunch of questions, like how do I ask 888 00:44:17,645 --> 00:44:18,545 those things? 889 00:44:18,545 --> 00:44:22,405 You know, and they might say, well, we can do a monthly phone call or every week when 890 00:44:22,405 --> 00:44:25,545 you send your check in, include all your questions and just like get all that stuff 891 00:44:25,545 --> 00:44:26,525 out in the very beginning. 892 00:44:26,525 --> 00:44:31,513 Because I think that when I made a coaching switch, I don't think that I. 893 00:44:31,513 --> 00:44:35,843 was clear about the things I was not happy about and that wasn't fair. 894 00:44:35,843 --> 00:44:39,213 I probably should have spoken up, but I just don't like conflict. 895 00:44:39,213 --> 00:44:42,013 And I really believe everybody's, you know, at the end of the day, a good 896 00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:42,433 person. 897 00:44:42,433 --> 00:44:46,293 I just was like, I just think our time here is, it's just time for us to part 898 00:44:46,293 --> 00:44:47,253 ways. 899 00:44:47,393 --> 00:44:49,402 So, yeah. 900 00:44:49,402 --> 00:44:53,162 see that though because I feel like I feel like my conflicts with my previous coach 901 00:44:53,162 --> 00:44:55,462 like I feel like during prep was fine. 902 00:44:55,462 --> 00:44:57,992 Like my prep was was great. 903 00:44:57,992 --> 00:45:02,022 I prepped great for the shows like I did like it it met my expectations. 904 00:45:02,022 --> 00:45:03,012 Communication was great. 905 00:45:03,012 --> 00:45:03,891 Everything was good. 906 00:45:03,891 --> 00:45:10,972 It wasn't until we hit the offseason to where it just got very just not great. 907 00:45:10,972 --> 00:45:13,132 It wasn't like it just wasn't great. 908 00:45:13,132 --> 00:45:14,272 Expectations wasn't great. 909 00:45:14,272 --> 00:45:16,122 Communication wasn't great. 910 00:45:17,090 --> 00:45:20,160 It was just not, it was not what I thought it was gonna be. 911 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,870 But that's like you said, you kind of get, you need to confront all that stuff head 912 00:45:23,870 --> 00:45:24,060 on. 913 00:45:24,060 --> 00:45:28,110 And I will say when like I started my prep, the last thing I was, I did not 914 00:45:28,110 --> 00:45:30,510 communicate like, how do I anticipate an off season? 915 00:45:30,510 --> 00:45:34,930 It was like, okay, well, how are we gonna go through several, several months of 916 00:45:34,930 --> 00:45:35,430 prep? 917 00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:38,380 You know, so it was a lesson learned though. 918 00:45:38,380 --> 00:45:40,890 But that's like my coach now knows like everything about me. 919 00:45:40,890 --> 00:45:43,410 My coach knows what I wanna do in five years. 920 00:45:45,465 --> 00:45:46,646 That's awesome. 921 00:45:46,646 --> 00:45:48,286 she does. 922 00:45:48,806 --> 00:45:54,606 But I also, I do love how coaches, like you said, take the emotion out of it. 923 00:45:54,606 --> 00:45:57,216 It is about our bodies and we are gonna freak out. 924 00:45:57,216 --> 00:46:04,246 We are gonna send some messages and be sad or upset or disappointed or lost or just 925 00:46:04,246 --> 00:46:05,866 upset, right? 926 00:46:05,866 --> 00:46:11,446 Your coach is going to remove that emotion and get you to your goal. 927 00:46:11,466 --> 00:46:15,960 And rather it's a thumbs up or a little heart emoji, whatever it is. 928 00:46:16,292 --> 00:46:21,292 can't think of any time a coach would ever be mad, right? 929 00:46:21,292 --> 00:46:24,052 It's just like, nope, this is what we're gonna do. 930 00:46:24,052 --> 00:46:27,072 You're fine and move on. 931 00:46:27,072 --> 00:46:28,297 So, yeah. 932 00:46:28,297 --> 00:46:33,837 that that's, that's a tough place to be to like, you know, as coaches ourselves and 933 00:46:33,837 --> 00:46:38,967 then as competitors who have coaches, you know, we, we see different, we see the, 934 00:46:38,967 --> 00:46:43,037 our relationship with our clients and we see our relationship with our coaches. 935 00:46:43,557 --> 00:46:46,357 and you know, I think everybody is different, right? 936 00:46:46,357 --> 00:46:52,237 Like, I don't doubt that there's girls that have a million questions and message 937 00:46:52,237 --> 00:46:54,897 my coach all the time, even though I would never do that. 938 00:46:54,897 --> 00:46:55,897 You know, like. 939 00:46:55,897 --> 00:46:57,897 I just kind of keep it short and sweet. 940 00:46:57,897 --> 00:47:01,557 And if I have something going on, sometimes I just sit on it. 941 00:47:01,557 --> 00:47:04,437 Like if something's bothering me, sometimes I just wait a little bit. 942 00:47:04,437 --> 00:47:06,627 And then by the next day I'm like, okay, I'm totally fine. 943 00:47:06,627 --> 00:47:10,297 That was like just a blip, you know? 944 00:47:10,397 --> 00:47:15,877 But, you know, I think sometimes, you know, we're asked to like solve all these 945 00:47:15,877 --> 00:47:17,477 big dilemmas. 946 00:47:17,477 --> 00:47:23,717 And it's like, well, you know, I have a job which is encourage you, guide you, lay 947 00:47:23,717 --> 00:47:24,729 the blueprint. 948 00:47:24,729 --> 00:47:27,849 for your journey, you know, but I can't fix everything else. 949 00:47:27,849 --> 00:47:28,539 I've got you. 950 00:47:28,539 --> 00:47:30,469 I've always got your back, you know? 951 00:47:30,469 --> 00:47:34,089 And so, but that can be hard when you're in prep and you are really emotional and 952 00:47:34,089 --> 00:47:36,949 maybe no one around you really understands what you're experiencing, but your coach 953 00:47:36,949 --> 00:47:37,569 does, right? 954 00:47:37,569 --> 00:47:40,549 Because they've coached lots of people before and they're competitors too. 955 00:47:40,549 --> 00:47:45,349 So I think it's just that fine line of sort of like, okay, like when am I like 956 00:47:45,349 --> 00:47:46,939 dumping everything on my coach? 957 00:47:46,939 --> 00:47:49,209 And then when am I like... 958 00:47:49,209 --> 00:47:53,129 you know, just appropriately sort of like asking for their support, you know, but 959 00:47:53,129 --> 00:47:57,629 then by the same token, I don't think it's healthy to keep stuff in because I've 960 00:47:57,629 --> 00:48:00,969 definitely had where, well, I didn't want to tell you that I spent last weekend in 961 00:48:00,969 --> 00:48:01,489 the ER. 962 00:48:01,489 --> 00:48:02,209 I'm like, what? 963 00:48:02,209 --> 00:48:03,059 Why didn't that? 964 00:48:03,059 --> 00:48:04,289 I need to know like that. 965 00:48:04,289 --> 00:48:05,669 I didn't want to bother you. 966 00:48:05,669 --> 00:48:07,554 Like, no, I need to know that. 967 00:48:07,554 --> 00:48:13,074 I have a solution for, so what I do, I have a notepad in my, cause my iPhone, I 968 00:48:13,074 --> 00:48:14,294 have under notes. 969 00:48:14,294 --> 00:48:16,098 I have a. 970 00:48:16,098 --> 00:48:21,938 like I start making notes for my check -in, like after my last check -in because 971 00:48:21,938 --> 00:48:26,578 of that, because of the highs and lows of being emotional, like getting closer to 972 00:48:26,578 --> 00:48:28,408 show, like is it important to ask right now? 973 00:48:28,408 --> 00:48:29,698 Is it important to send later? 974 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:35,198 So I keep in my notepad everything I'm going to send in my check -in for my next 975 00:48:35,198 --> 00:48:35,778 check -in. 976 00:48:35,778 --> 00:48:40,488 And then as the week goes on, like I edit that note or I add stuff. 977 00:48:40,488 --> 00:48:44,978 And then obviously if it is something of like importance where it's going to really 978 00:48:44,978 --> 00:48:46,004 affect something, 979 00:48:46,004 --> 00:48:52,094 I'll send a message that day and be like, hey, this is what's happening in that way. 980 00:48:52,094 --> 00:48:54,023 But other than that, I keep all of that saved. 981 00:48:54,023 --> 00:48:57,102 And then on my next check -in, I copy paste it. 982 00:48:57,102 --> 00:49:02,262 a lot of stuff that goes on and I just, you know, a lot of things happening and I 983 00:49:02,262 --> 00:49:06,202 kind of just like once a week to sort of be like, okay, today's the day that I send 984 00:49:06,202 --> 00:49:09,102 my posing videos, I send my check -in photos, I get my check -in back, I speak 985 00:49:09,102 --> 00:49:11,842 to my coach and then I go away and do the work for a week. 986 00:49:11,842 --> 00:49:13,062 I kind of like it that way. 987 00:49:13,062 --> 00:49:17,942 I wouldn't want to do the back and forth every day of updates and check -ins. 988 00:49:17,942 --> 00:49:21,562 Of course, during peak week, that's going to be more common, but you know, I think 989 00:49:21,562 --> 00:49:23,418 just, you know, it's just kind of just... 990 00:49:23,418 --> 00:49:25,848 let things, the body just do its job. 991 00:49:25,848 --> 00:49:27,278 You can't rush the process. 992 00:49:27,278 --> 00:49:30,918 And so, yeah, I kind of do the same thing and just keep little notes. 993 00:49:30,918 --> 00:49:33,578 And then sometimes by the time check -in day comes in, like, I don't need to ask 994 00:49:33,578 --> 00:49:33,938 that anymore. 995 00:49:33,938 --> 00:49:35,234 I figured that out, you know. 996 00:49:35,234 --> 00:49:37,774 I've had that before, yeah. 997 00:49:38,834 --> 00:49:42,235 Yeah, peak week's different though, they talk like every day during peak week. 998 00:49:42,235 --> 00:49:47,855 Speaking of peak week, one other question that we get a lot is what happens if you 999 00:49:47,855 --> 00:49:52,735 get your period during peak week or on show day? 1000 00:49:53,055 --> 00:49:57,942 So I don't know if you would like to start that topic. 1001 00:49:57,942 --> 00:49:59,422 happen too often though. 1002 00:49:59,422 --> 00:50:04,062 So I know this has been a topic for you before, cause I know we've talked about it 1003 00:50:04,062 --> 00:50:08,632 before, but I don't see this too often, but I will say it when I have seen it, 1004 00:50:08,632 --> 00:50:12,182 it's not as big a deal as we think it is. 1005 00:50:12,182 --> 00:50:18,222 It's more blown up in our head than like the actual event of having our cycle on 1006 00:50:18,222 --> 00:50:21,522 peak week or show day because our calories are already so low. 1007 00:50:21,522 --> 00:50:24,962 We're already like recovering from, we're trying to reduce inflammation and that's 1008 00:50:24,962 --> 00:50:27,576 just a slight inflammation and it's only in our. 1009 00:50:27,908 --> 00:50:35,568 and like it's we freak out which the freaking out makes it bad because then it 1010 00:50:35,568 --> 00:50:41,488 hurts our digestion and our sleep which then will hurt how our peak week goes but 1011 00:50:41,488 --> 00:50:46,939 in reality it's not that big a deal it's really not that's kind of 1012 00:50:47,246 --> 00:50:51,106 I mean, I think it's just, I mean, the thought of it for some people is like, 1013 00:50:51,106 --> 00:50:51,956 that's just gross. 1014 00:50:51,956 --> 00:50:55,286 I don't want to have to deal with that, but there's not a lot we can do and that's 1015 00:50:55,286 --> 00:50:56,286 the human body. 1016 00:50:56,286 --> 00:51:01,566 So, I mean, Midol Plus is a wonderful thing. 1017 00:51:01,566 --> 00:51:06,126 I take it even when I don't have my period, it's like wonderful for peak week. 1018 00:51:06,126 --> 00:51:12,026 And it just, it helps, you know, with inflammation and bloating and all of that. 1019 00:51:12,026 --> 00:51:13,786 But I also think too, like, 1020 00:51:13,786 --> 00:51:19,766 for me personally, my periods, if they're still present in prep, and they have been 1021 00:51:19,766 --> 00:51:21,166 as I've gotten older, which is so weird. 1022 00:51:21,166 --> 00:51:24,816 Like when I was younger, maybe just because my hormones were different then, 1023 00:51:24,816 --> 00:51:26,986 like I would always lose my cycle. 1024 00:51:26,986 --> 00:51:31,086 Like I'd be like, I'm shredded, no period, you know? 1025 00:51:31,086 --> 00:51:35,946 But like as I've gotten older and I'm more shredded now than I was back then, I still 1026 00:51:35,946 --> 00:51:36,216 have it. 1027 00:51:36,216 --> 00:51:38,206 I'm like, this seems completely unfair. 1028 00:51:38,586 --> 00:51:41,946 But they're much lighter, they're shorter. 1029 00:51:41,946 --> 00:51:46,706 They're a little bit infrequent, unpredictable, but they're not as 1030 00:51:46,706 --> 00:51:47,886 bothersome. 1031 00:51:47,946 --> 00:51:51,266 So the might all does the trick and then I just don't, I try not to think about it. 1032 00:51:51,266 --> 00:51:56,506 And other than if you have PMS, that's not great to be experiencing the raging bitch 1033 00:51:56,506 --> 00:52:00,086 syndrome going into peak week, but it'll be okay. 1034 00:52:00,086 --> 00:52:03,906 You're not gonna be the very first person in the entire world that's had their 1035 00:52:03,906 --> 00:52:04,736 period on show day. 1036 00:52:04,736 --> 00:52:09,506 I think Jen Dory had it at the Olympia and it's just. 1037 00:52:09,506 --> 00:52:12,246 you can kind of take it as a good sign too, because it means your hormones are 1038 00:52:12,246 --> 00:52:13,126 regulating properly. 1039 00:52:13,126 --> 00:52:18,346 I mean, if you think about it, so you can be like, well, like even, it is even 1040 00:52:18,346 --> 00:52:23,246 during peak week, so it's like a good thing to have. 1041 00:52:23,606 --> 00:52:24,398 Mm -hmm. 1042 00:52:24,398 --> 00:52:25,158 around your period. 1043 00:52:25,158 --> 00:52:25,858 You can't. 1044 00:52:25,858 --> 00:52:28,338 Like you just gotta roll with it, girl. 1045 00:52:28,338 --> 00:52:30,175 Just it is what it is. 1046 00:52:30,262 --> 00:52:35,802 I know, I don't know if you have this question often, I see it often and I'm 1047 00:52:35,802 --> 00:52:38,522 actually surprised it circulates as often as it does. 1048 00:52:38,522 --> 00:52:43,810 Being on birth control and being, and prepping, like. 1049 00:52:43,810 --> 00:52:48,330 I know a lot of women that are on a lot of different type of medication for different 1050 00:52:48,330 --> 00:52:48,530 things. 1051 00:52:48,530 --> 00:52:49,770 You can still prep. 1052 00:52:49,770 --> 00:52:51,870 You can still prep. 1053 00:52:52,689 --> 00:52:54,190 You will be fine. 1054 00:52:54,310 --> 00:52:59,650 I'm actually very surprised that that gets asked as often as it does, but... 1055 00:52:59,650 --> 00:53:04,470 I know people, I've met people that have, you know, that have had kidney issues, 1056 00:53:04,470 --> 00:53:08,150 liver issues, they have heart issues, and they're on all different types of 1057 00:53:08,150 --> 00:53:10,970 medication that affects their hormones. 1058 00:53:10,970 --> 00:53:15,030 And they, you can still prep, and you can still, and you'll still go through peak 1059 00:53:15,030 --> 00:53:16,340 week, and you can still be shredded. 1060 00:53:16,340 --> 00:53:19,910 You can still go through all of that, even if you're on birth control. 1061 00:53:20,442 --> 00:53:23,102 Yeah, I think it's just person to person. 1062 00:53:23,102 --> 00:53:27,662 Everyone's a little bit different and obviously their type of birth control is 1063 00:53:27,662 --> 00:53:29,042 gonna be different. 1064 00:53:29,162 --> 00:53:35,562 I just think, I don't wanna get too much into this topic, but I'm not an advocate 1065 00:53:35,562 --> 00:53:42,122 for birth control just because it's, there's a lot about that I don't wanna get 1066 00:53:42,122 --> 00:53:49,210 into, but I just think that it's a hormone and long -term, you don't, 1067 00:53:49,210 --> 00:53:52,030 You don't know the impact of having that in your body. 1068 00:53:52,030 --> 00:53:56,170 And like now we're really, this is like the second life cycle of women that have 1069 00:53:56,170 --> 00:53:59,090 been on birth control because it came out in the sixties. 1070 00:53:59,090 --> 00:54:04,350 And so we're, we're just seeing a lot of different cancers and things. 1071 00:54:04,610 --> 00:54:06,170 So not that we can blame it on birth control. 1072 00:54:06,170 --> 00:54:11,430 It is still being studied, but you know, I think that there, there's a lot of ways 1073 00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:13,060 and I'm talking about oral contraceptives. 1074 00:54:13,060 --> 00:54:15,050 I'm talking about taking like the pill. 1075 00:54:15,050 --> 00:54:18,223 You know, there's, there's other things. 1076 00:54:18,902 --> 00:54:20,132 to as well. 1077 00:54:20,132 --> 00:54:25,002 I mean, an IUD is, they still have a hormonal one, but that's gonna be a little 1078 00:54:25,002 --> 00:54:30,502 bit better for competitors because it's not the monthly pill. 1079 00:54:30,722 --> 00:54:35,861 Because I went on the pill when I was in college and I gained 15 pounds 1080 00:54:35,861 --> 00:54:36,722 immediately. 1081 00:54:36,722 --> 00:54:40,202 I was like, my body does not like this at all. 1082 00:54:40,202 --> 00:54:42,622 And so I stopped and never took it again. 1083 00:54:42,622 --> 00:54:45,452 But some people respond really well to it and they don't have any issues. 1084 00:54:45,452 --> 00:54:48,987 Some people have the next plenum in their arm or whatever it might be. 1085 00:54:48,987 --> 00:54:53,247 But I just think, you know, obviously don't throw caution in the wind and not 1086 00:54:53,247 --> 00:54:57,887 have any birth control methods, but I think, you know, oral birth control is 1087 00:54:57,887 --> 00:55:04,007 just, you know, not, not, you can take it and prep and get lean, but I think it does 1088 00:55:04,007 --> 00:55:06,187 pose a bit of a challenge for some people. 1089 00:55:06,187 --> 00:55:09,947 I have seen some people sort of struggle to get that like last little bit of 1090 00:55:09,947 --> 00:55:12,318 conditioning just because of the hormones. 1091 00:55:12,610 --> 00:55:15,834 Yeah, my first prep ahead. 1092 00:55:16,290 --> 00:55:22,070 I was on, yeah, I had an IUD, had it taken out, and then I was on regular the birth 1093 00:55:22,070 --> 00:55:26,520 control pill, and I just thought I had adult acne. 1094 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,900 Like, I had acne so bad. 1095 00:55:28,900 --> 00:55:31,130 I prepped, my prep was fine. 1096 00:55:31,130 --> 00:55:34,150 I lost my cycle, like, immediately. 1097 00:55:34,150 --> 00:55:38,210 I just, you chalk it up to diet, exercise, birth control. 1098 00:55:38,210 --> 00:55:42,090 But it took a minute for it to come back, and my acne, I had like cheekbone to 1099 00:55:42,090 --> 00:55:43,010 cheekbone acne. 1100 00:55:43,010 --> 00:55:46,276 Like, it like literally, from like my cheekbone down through my chin to my. 1101 00:55:46,276 --> 00:55:50,406 other cheekbone and I just was like, it's adult acne and it is what it is. 1102 00:55:50,406 --> 00:55:55,116 But like after I was done for the show, after I was done prepping and I took time 1103 00:55:55,116 --> 00:55:57,496 off and I was still on birth control, I was like, this is painful. 1104 00:55:57,496 --> 00:56:02,356 Like I had painful acne and I think it was somebody that was like, it's my, it's your 1105 00:56:02,356 --> 00:56:02,816 hormones. 1106 00:56:02,816 --> 00:56:05,976 And this was back in like 2000, I don't know, 17. 1107 00:56:05,976 --> 00:56:08,226 And someone was like, it's your hormones. 1108 00:56:08,226 --> 00:56:09,916 I'm like, I never thought of that. 1109 00:56:09,916 --> 00:56:16,272 And then I ended up stopping birth control and the inflammation went away, but I had 1110 00:56:16,272 --> 00:56:18,452 bad scarring I had to get that dealt with. 1111 00:56:18,452 --> 00:56:20,872 But yeah, it was birth control acne. 1112 00:56:20,872 --> 00:56:22,432 It was not adult acne. 1113 00:56:22,432 --> 00:56:24,752 It was painful too. 1114 00:56:24,752 --> 00:56:27,422 So yeah, I'm kind of in the same boat with you. 1115 00:56:27,422 --> 00:56:29,482 I don't really recommend it, but you gotta do what you gotta do. 1116 00:56:29,482 --> 00:56:30,972 Everybody's different. 1117 00:56:31,612 --> 00:56:32,392 So. 1118 00:56:34,452 --> 00:56:34,831 Mm -hmm. 1119 00:56:34,831 --> 00:56:38,771 topic and I don't want to dive into it because I'm not an expert and I don't want 1120 00:56:38,771 --> 00:56:41,971 to, you know, give advice that's bad advice either. 1121 00:56:41,971 --> 00:56:49,131 But you know, I just, you know, yeah, yeah. 1122 00:56:49,431 --> 00:56:55,091 Well, and I have daughters and so I think if my daughters are, you know, get older, 1123 00:56:55,091 --> 00:56:58,401 like what is the decision that I would encourage them to make? 1124 00:56:58,401 --> 00:56:59,483 And I would not. 1125 00:56:59,483 --> 00:57:01,903 encourage them to take birth control. 1126 00:57:01,923 --> 00:57:04,043 So that's just, cause that's how I feel about it. 1127 00:57:04,043 --> 00:57:08,743 And it's personal and you know, people will tell me I'm wrong and that's totally 1128 00:57:08,743 --> 00:57:11,763 fine, but that's just the, that's how I feel about it. 1129 00:57:11,763 --> 00:57:17,143 But yeah, I think in general, and it'd be great to have a hormone specialist come 1130 00:57:17,143 --> 00:57:18,603 on, cause it is a hot topic. 1131 00:57:18,603 --> 00:57:22,093 Somebody asked me the other day about blood work and you know, who we recommend, 1132 00:57:22,093 --> 00:57:24,643 cause that's, you know, becoming more common. 1133 00:57:24,891 --> 00:57:27,111 people have more questions about all that stuff. 1134 00:57:27,111 --> 00:57:32,601 So if anyone has any recommendations for a hormone specialist that we could bring on, 1135 00:57:32,601 --> 00:57:38,171 that would be, especially if they're fitness minded, because that would be 1136 00:57:38,171 --> 00:57:38,874 helpful. 1137 00:57:38,874 --> 00:57:43,574 If there's anybody you guys think of, yeah, just shoot us a message, DM us on 1138 00:57:43,574 --> 00:57:45,294 Instagram, let us know. 1139 00:57:45,294 --> 00:57:51,434 Of course, yeah, or they can give it detailed too. 1140 00:57:53,013 --> 00:57:59,014 Well, we kind of covered a lot of different topics and talked about a few. 1141 00:57:59,854 --> 00:58:01,554 my gosh, stop. 1142 00:58:01,554 --> 00:58:04,239 Well, you did it for 58 minutes. 1143 00:58:04,239 --> 00:58:06,149 my God, it's been so bad this week. 1144 00:58:06,149 --> 00:58:09,099 And also we have a team show this weekend. 1145 00:58:09,179 --> 00:58:12,839 So like, you know, just it's life is just busy. 1146 00:58:12,839 --> 00:58:17,019 You know, that should have been my hack for hunger in the beginning of the episode 1147 00:58:17,019 --> 00:58:19,029 is just stay so busy. 1148 00:58:19,029 --> 00:58:23,819 You forget to eat, you know, but for real, like I'm so busy that I don't really think 1149 00:58:23,819 --> 00:58:24,259 about food. 1150 00:58:24,259 --> 00:58:27,131 I'm busy in the evenings too, which is like kind of like. 1151 00:58:27,131 --> 00:58:31,431 snack attack time for a lot of people and I'm usually like in the car like in a 1152 00:58:31,431 --> 00:58:34,431 parking lot waiting for a kid to come out of practice. 1153 00:58:34,731 --> 00:58:34,922 So 1154 00:58:34,922 --> 00:58:36,302 what happened to me this weekend. 1155 00:58:36,302 --> 00:58:38,962 That's why I got such bad sleep Sunday night. 1156 00:58:38,962 --> 00:58:42,422 And it was like, I had such a great weekend, but it was, it was running around 1157 00:58:42,422 --> 00:58:43,942 so much and being so busy. 1158 00:58:43,942 --> 00:58:48,442 I didn't eat like my last meals until super late and it just messed with so much 1159 00:58:48,442 --> 00:58:48,801 stuff. 1160 00:58:48,801 --> 00:58:50,692 So like, yeah, stay busy. 1161 00:58:50,692 --> 00:58:53,187 And then life goes by really fast. 1162 00:58:53,187 --> 00:58:53,847 does. 1163 00:58:53,847 --> 00:58:57,687 You forget, forget and all of a sudden poof you're three and a half weeks out. 1164 00:58:58,607 --> 00:58:59,847 my God. 1165 00:58:59,847 --> 00:59:00,917 I'm so excited. 1166 00:59:00,917 --> 00:59:03,207 I wish I was going to be at your show with you though. 1167 00:59:03,207 --> 00:59:04,307 I want to. 1168 00:59:04,918 --> 00:59:06,658 could watch your live stream. 1169 00:59:07,259 --> 00:59:10,419 You might be able to because it's not till three o 'clock. 1170 00:59:11,716 --> 00:59:13,286 that's right. 1171 00:59:13,286 --> 00:59:14,546 I'll have to look into that. 1172 00:59:14,546 --> 00:59:16,586 I didn't think of that. 1173 00:59:16,626 --> 00:59:16,946 -huh. 1174 00:59:16,946 --> 00:59:20,506 like prejudging that rolls right into finals starting at 3 p So I'm really 1175 00:59:20,506 --> 00:59:25,666 excited about that actually, because I can like get up and then if I need to train a 1176 00:59:25,666 --> 00:59:29,246 little bit, sometimes I need weights on show day just to get a good pump and like 1177 00:59:29,246 --> 00:59:30,416 move some of the carbs through. 1178 00:59:30,416 --> 00:59:33,686 But I've never done a peak week with James before, so I'm not sure what his 1179 00:59:33,686 --> 00:59:35,116 recommendations will be yet. 1180 00:59:35,116 --> 00:59:38,786 But it's just nice to have that time because there's nothing worse than being 1181 00:59:38,786 --> 00:59:39,418 like. 1182 00:59:39,418 --> 00:59:43,658 It's show day and you have like a 2 a makeup time and like 4 a spray tan and 1183 00:59:43,658 --> 00:59:46,178 then you and you just sit there. 1184 00:59:46,558 --> 00:59:51,538 Yeah, it's just and I also like I don't have any trouble getting up early in the 1185 00:59:51,538 --> 00:59:55,958 morning, but if I know I have to get up early, I like keep looking at my alarm and 1186 00:59:55,958 --> 00:59:57,318 I like I don't sleep great. 1187 00:59:57,318 --> 00:59:59,218 So so I'm really excited about that format. 1188 00:59:59,218 --> 01:00:00,348 I think that's pretty bomb. 1189 01:00:00,348 --> 01:00:02,298 I'm excited about that. 1190 01:00:02,298 --> 01:00:03,558 So. 1191 01:00:04,158 --> 01:00:04,946 Yeah. 1192 01:00:04,946 --> 01:00:10,126 guys, well thank you so much for listening and I really, we both I'm sure, hope that 1193 01:00:10,126 --> 01:00:13,666 you guys took some information away from this and we hope this helps you through 1194 01:00:13,666 --> 01:00:18,686 your prep or even as a lifestyle client, this helps you just on a lot of different 1195 01:00:18,686 --> 01:00:19,046 things. 1196 01:00:19,046 --> 01:00:22,866 Whether it's finding a coach or shrinking your waist or just feeling better about 1197 01:00:22,866 --> 01:00:24,386 having issues with stacking. 1198 01:00:24,386 --> 01:00:27,386 It's completely normal, it happens and how to kind of combat them. 1199 01:00:27,386 --> 01:00:31,006 But if you guys need any help or have any questions, Jillian and I are always 1200 01:00:31,006 --> 01:00:31,646 available. 1201 01:00:31,646 --> 01:00:35,000 We have our Instagrams, Facebook, 1202 01:00:35,292 --> 01:00:39,552 After Babies podcast has its own Instagram, YouTube comments, all sorts of 1203 01:00:39,552 --> 01:00:41,612 ways to reach us. 1204 01:00:42,394 --> 01:00:46,654 Yeah, thanks so much for listening in and of course if you have anything you'd like 1205 01:00:46,654 --> 01:00:50,794 to ask us just leave us a message, leave us a comment and don't forget to like and 1206 01:00:50,794 --> 01:00:53,977 subscribe and we will see you on the next episode. 1207 01:00:54,210 --> 01:00:56,330 Bye guys!