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Ep. 26 | How to Have a Healthy & Hot Girl Fall
Get ready to conquer "healthy, hot girl fall" with a dose of humor and practical wisdom on Heart to Heart with Hads.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of Heart to Heart with Hads. Today's episode is going to be about how to stay healthy throughout the season changes, because I think a lot of people kind of just have this thought that you automatically get sick, like, oh, it's sickness and flu season, and while it is and I've surprisingly been a lot more sick this past year than any other time, which is crazy to me while that is somewhat true, there is some things you can do to help not get sick as much. So I kind of have just like a list in my head, which I didn't write in my phone like I usually do, of things that I think can help make your fall healthier, healthy, hot girl fall. Maybe that's what I'll name the episode. I'm not entirely sure what I'm gonna name the episode, so I kind of sometimes just go off like so whenever I upload my podcast it will do like an AI summary, and so sometimes I'll like just tweak what it says for the episode topic. Sometimes I come up with it on my own, but sometimes it'll like give something catchy which is cool, but we'll just see what it what it comes up with. But yeah, um, I hope you guys are having a great week when you're listening to this.
Speaker 1:But I kind of wanted to recap my last weekend because I went to Austin for Post Malone and I've never been to Austin before and I've always wanted to go there, so it was so fun and exciting to do so. So my best friend, lincoln and I we drove Friday morning. We're kind of like late goers, so we we planned to leave I think it was seven, we probably need to like closer to eight, which is fine, like we were just running on our time we have. We had no worries, like we didn't even have any plans when we got there. We're just kind of like going with the flow. Well, the drive itself is about seven hours and like 38 minutes I think it would. I think is what it was. And so we're like oh, just shooting for like eight hours. So say, we left at like eight. That would be getting us there close to four, but we didn't get there so close to 6 30 because there was so much traffic for one.
Speaker 1:And then we were literally this is so crazy we were literally on the outskirts of Dallas and not Dallas, what am I thinking, the outskirts of Austin, and we get there. We were like so close and all of a sudden, all these police cars just start like swarming the highway. They had us at a dead stop and we were like what the heck's going on? Is this something that happens all the time? We were kind of just like freaking out. And so lincoln gets on reddit, I think, or just searches on google like do cops stop in Austin? Like and block off the whole highway. Like is this normal? And like one of the things that popped up was Trump's in town, and so I was freaking confused. I was about to roll out the window and ask the person next to us because I mean we were just like backed all the way up. It was already, we were already like so I don't even know, just anxious to anxious to like get there. And let me back up a little bit.
Speaker 1:We did stop at like four different gas stations on the way. I mean we had to get gas a couple times, but we stopped at Bucky's and um, bought some beef jerky and we got these keto bites and they were so good, but like we didn't really eat that much that day because, like you're in the car, you don't need a bunch of food like plus, I want a little mini cut and we're just mindful, like we're health, health queens, like we're not gonna just starve or we're not just gonna stuff our face, um, but we're like, oh, let's try these cookie dough bites. And they were so fire, but we were starving, so we were so hungry anyways. So let me just go back to where we were. So then we people were like, yeah, trump's here. So we were like waiting because I guess Trump was like going away because there's a rally in Austin or something. So that was crazy, honestly. But then we finally got there.
Speaker 1:By the time we got to our airbnb it was like 6, 30, 6, 45. And then we got ready and we were gonna go eat it was like 7 45 by the time we were ready because we wanted to shower and like just like clean off from being in the car all day and everything, and so this is another money sport. So we were like time to get a place to go, so we pulled it up. Then we get down there and it's like, okay, we have to pay to park and it was 30, like 30 bucks to park. And we were like, oh, hell, no. And like it was like I don't even care at this point, like we, I'm hungry, like let's just go. And so we started started walking.
Speaker 1:Little did we know like this is like the bar, like is like the strip of bars that all of the college kids and maybe I don't know adults, they go party on this street. And so I was like what the heck like? We're just like all this, is just like all bars. And it wasn't that late at night, so these places weren't like popping yet and there was like there was no restaurants. We're not eating in a bar.
Speaker 1:And so then we finally just pulled up this other place. It was downtown Austin, so it was like 15 minutes away, couldn't find parking for that. Then we go up in this garage. It's like this parking garage, like super tight and closed. And I think by the time we sat down to eat dinner it was like 830. We didn't even get our meal till like 9, 15 or something, and it was mid like. It wasn't even a good like meal. So we were just like, oh, whatever, we're hungry, we don't really care at this point. Um, then after that we just went back to the airbnb, went to sleep, woke up, we went to freaking lift atx the next morning. Uh, we got some energy drinks. We tried fasting, which is kind of like what we've both been used to recently, so it's nothing really new for us.
Speaker 1:And then we went in a brunch at this I don't remember what it was called, but it was so good I got. One thing about me is like I'm gonna get a bunch of stuff. Like my head is always. My stomach is always so much bigger than I think or not. No, I don't know, my eyes are always bigger than my stomach. So, but I ordered like bacon, and bacon was so good it was like one just one big piece of bacon and it was so thick but it tasted so freaking good. And I think I got some sourdough toast, which was so good I was expecting it to be like really good, like fresh. And then I got a couple eggs and potatoes and fruit, and then I think we were going to just more like I don't know why.
Speaker 1:I was nauseous after that and we went shopping at the Domain, which is like outdoor shopping, but it was just too much for me, like I couldn't deal. So we found a mall and then we went there and we kind of just chilled and got ready and went to the Post Malroom concert and it was so fun. And then, oh my gosh, the ride share thing is just, it was a whole mess. So the concert probably got over close to like 10, 45, 11, and so we were both like looking up ubers on our phone because we ubered, because we just thought it would be a safer option. We Ubered because we just thought it would be a safer option than us driving. Well, yeah, I'm not going to go into detail there, but we weren't drinking, but we were doing something else. So, sorry, I got a little bit sidetracked there, but we were fine, like we should have just drove, and so it was annoying.
Speaker 1:We got there, we were starving. When we got starving, we got there too, so we both just got chicken tenders and french fries and, yeah, I guess you could say like that was that, was that for like meal wise? Um, and then what else? I'm trying to I don't know what's going on here. I'm trying to think, um, what the heck else happened? I just literally lost my train of thought for a second. So go me, hadley.
Speaker 1:Oh, and so the Brideshare thing. It was crazy. We waited for an Uber to like 12, 45 AM, so 12, 45 am, so we were not able to uh get back to sleep until about 1 am. Then we woke up at like6 and we're like, all right, let's head on the road, and we left at about 7. So overall it was a really fun trip. It was kind of just too short, but we had so much fun. That's really all that matters. So I don't know it was, it was great overall. So, yeah, so something's going on with my, my uh, camera here. I don't really quite know what's going on, but anyways, so that was that I had so much fun in Austin, came back and, yeah, I've just been grinding away this week.
Speaker 1:I just wanted to say that my mental health because of that has been a lot better. I just think that sometimes I get so in the groove of just like going, going, going and working, working, working that I don't ever really give myself time to kind of just like disassociate. So that was really good for my mental well-being and it's just. I think it was just a really fun city Plus just going somewhere new with your best friend, just like road tripping also super fun. So that was a recap, but other than that, let's dive right into today's episode.
Speaker 1:So, talking about how to stay healthy during the fall, so, or like during weather changes and like colder months are coming, or like during weather changes and like colder months are coming, my biggest piece of advice is to still continue to go outside and get as much sunshine as you can, I think, because it is when it does get colder a lot of us are like, oh, we're just staying inside and staying warm where it's comfortable. Well, we're overstimulated by like all this artificial light and things going on like our phones, our computers and, if you don't know, we still need to be getting outside and like for me, these past couple days it's been so windy and like the weather has just been like odd, very warm and hot kind of feeling. But today, I think today hit the cold front, which I was glad about, and now the sun just feels so much better, it is cooler outside. But just put on your damn coat, your hoodie and your coat. The coat that I have zips like all the way up to my nose, and so I'll put my hood on and I will have it like covering my nose and I just wrap my hands up like like I don't know you know how, like when you have just like your hands and fists, and so I'll do that and then I'll just walk and I'm so warm. Today I was actually really really warm while I was walking and I had on my coat when and it felt nice it was this morning, probably around like 9 30. I think it was like 50, 45, 50 degrees and I was doing just fine, so it felt really good, honestly. But, yeah, still continue to get outside.
Speaker 1:So our vitamin D levels naturally decline whenever the cooler weather gets here. So still, even when it's not summer, I supplement on vitamin D. I take vitamin D3, vitamin K2. You need to mix both of them together. You need to have both. You can't have D3, doesn't absorb without K2, so you need them both. And for someone that's already deficient, I like to do like the mega from now brand. It's like mega d3k2 and that works really well. You could do that. I have just been doing it three times a week. So I'll just take that monday, wednesday, friday, and it gets me barely enough because I'm already get a lot of sunshine. I go outside quite a bit in the mornings. I'm outside for at least 30 minutes to an hour and then I'll get occasional walks in throughout the day outside. So I encourage you to get outside. Doesn't matter if it's still cold, y'all you still got to get out there. It's gonna help you feel so much better. I know you're like, oh it sucks, but really just get off your damn phone and get outside and get some sun. Get some sunshine in your eyeballs. It's gonna help so much.
Speaker 1:The vitamin d number two is just because it is getting colder doesn't mean you get to shit on what you're eating, and I think this is a misconception, especially kind of in the bodybuilding world, where people are like, oh, like building season, like bulking season, and it's like I'm just gonna like eat so much food, and it's like you still have to eat the good food, even if it's more. Still make it really high quality and try your best to kind of like follow the seasonal foods. So like right now, like sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, things like that, apples those are all really in season right now, very high in antioxidants, nutrients, so definitely get those in. One thing about me, though, is I'm going to keep these in all year round, not just this time of the year, but for following seasons. I think those are some good ones as well. Same with spinach, dark leafy greens. Getting those in too Really beneficial for your overall immune health.
Speaker 1:Another thing too that can help with immune health is just taking on it daily. I think B vitamins are really good. Vitamin C just have to be careful with it because it can have kind of a laxative effect. But just start your dose at like a thousand milligrams and maybe work your way up. I also take elderberry, zinc, echinacea, especially during the colder months, just because I want to be just protect myself, and I think it helps a lot. So those are some vitamins that you can definitely get and just keep taking throughout and even if, like, you end up do getting sick, still keep taking those Okay.
Speaker 1:Another thing too last week I was feeling a little bit under the weather so I got some oil of oregano and I took that for a couple days and I felt so much better like I this week feels so much better. It's kind of just like a natural I don't know what. If it's like an antimicrobial, it may be, but I know they use it to treat like small intestinal bacterial growth. It kind of has like an antibiotic effect and so you can take it and it's literally a game changer for like any seasonal flu, cold, allergies if you don't really like antibiotics and a lot of times you don't really need it unless it's like a really severe, pressing issue. So you won't catch me taking antibiotics, oh no. So those are my suggestions on vitamins and food as well. Just keeping those in can definitely be very beneficial.
Speaker 1:Um, and then what else? I know I had a lot going on in my head. Oh yes, this so like we're being inside a lot, so we're probably a little bit more overstimulated than we would be in the warmer months because we're spending some more time outside and so really making a mindful, conscious decision to not be on your phone as much and replace a lot of your scrolling with reading. I'm almost not almost I'm actually a book freak when it starts to get cold out because it's like you can't do a lot outside, and so reading just helps me calm down and it's something that's like non-stimulating and it's just going to get you into that rest, digest state. So I love to just like curl up on the couch and read a book, and I think it's really helpful.
Speaker 1:Another thing too, too, which I mentioned in so many of my other episodes, is blue light glasses. So blue light or red light glasses, getting those on when the sun starts to go down, and it's going to start going down earlier. So, like 5 pm and trying to reduce your exposure at night. If you can't dim your lights, make your lights warm tone. That definitely plays a big role in just like keeping yourself healthy, because all of these things you know are, in turn, your your immune health too. But keeping your gut healthy is also going to directly affect your immune health as well. So, making sure you're detoxifying properly, going poop every single day and I'm gonna die on this hill, like if you're not shitting every day you have an issue and you need to get it figured out. And if you say you've tried everything, you haven't and you may need to hire me as a coach. So sorry, not sorry, but it's true.
Speaker 1:Anywho, those foods that I said will definitely help if you incorporate all of them into your diet if you need help. Like I said, I'm your girl anyways said books I know there was something else that I was thinking of, if you know. Um, gut health goes along with that. So bone broth, apple cider vinegar, aloe vera juice every single morning, drink those. It helps repair your gut lining, so get it in there. Glutamine as well, all these things are going to help keep your gut barrier very strong. Zinc, carnosine as well very, those are like five staples that you need every single day. So another thing to cut out the alcohol, cut out the eating out processed foods if you want to keep yourself healthy.
Speaker 1:Focus on really nutrient and stuff. Cook at home like that's so fun, that's such a fun winter fall activity is baking or cooking or, like I loved, I did sourdough a couple times and I love that it's such a process. It's kind of like a hobby in itself. But just cooking home cooked meals instead of going out like find new fun things to make. I think that's kind of what I'm excited about, because right now I kind of am in a little bit of a mini cut like phase right now where I'm kind of just like shedding body fat. But I know I'm about to reverse out of this and go into more like a build fit, a lean build phase. So I'm going to have a little bit more leniency with my nutrition and my macros, which is lovely. So I'll be able to incorporate more like home cooked, like different types of meals, which is exciting to me. But what else? I know there's more that I have up in my head of things that we can do to help with our immune health. I think that's the the basis of it.
Speaker 1:Um, oh, this is a big one that I cannot skip over is making sure that you're sweating, and I don't care what it is. If you're not someone that exercises, shame on you, because you need to be, but you need to sweat every day, like this is. Besides pooping, sweating every day is going to help you eliminate toxins, get toxins out of your body. Sweating out the BS. And so what I like to do or recommend if you don't sweat through exercise which it's kind of hard for me to break the sweat Sometimes, I'm not going to lie, but I'm working on it. So, just like getting your heart rate up, whatever it may be, whatever type of task it could be cardio, it could be even sitting in an Epsom salt bath sweating Like that's a form of sweating and a form of detoxifying do that. You need to be sweating more often. I think this is something that is really underrated is sweating.
Speaker 1:People think that, oh, if they just exercise like they're doing enough, like no, you need to physically be sweating and sweating out the toxins. So sauna, um, infrared sauna, just like regular sauna, epsom salt baths, hot tub, whatever you can do to get sweating, I recommend you doing it. And if you have a hard time sweating, um, l-carotene can help a lot, just getting that blood flow, getting to sweat and also being hydrated. So water and salt is going to help tremendously as well before exercise. So definitely incorporate those. You need to be sweating every single day. It's going to help a lot. Keep you not as sick during the colder months. We, we gotta be sweating y'all every single day. We need to be sweating, okay, okay.
Speaker 1:I think those are like the big pillars that I really wanted to touch on. I know they're pretty basic and I probably talked about a lot of them before, but also, too, just being nice to yourself, making sure that you have things that are keeping you your mind at ease, especially during the cooler months, because I know it's a little bit more depressive. Like I said, the sun is not out as much. It's not as what's the word strong, I guess you could say and so you need to find ways to keep your mental well-being. If that means going to therapy, go to therapy. Whatever you need to do to make sure that your mental health stays in a good spot, do that. It's okay to talk to somebody and rely or lean on somebody for that additional support.
Speaker 1:And for me, especially during, like holidays, I get really down just because, you know, things aren't the same as they used to be, and I know that, like I'm growing up and I'm starting to realize it. But I think, though, the seasons where you're like missing out on loved ones, it can be really hard. So just kind of keeping that in mind too, as the seasons change as well as, like, don't be afraid to, you know, make sure that your voice is being heard and that you're able to kind of let some things go mentally. But I think that's a lot of got on. I just kind of wanted to, as I was thinking, I just wanted to touch on, like, where I'm at within my own health and fitness journey, because obviously my platform is very health and fitness related. Um, but yeah, I've just been kind of like doing a little bit of a fat loss phase since probably the end of July, which has been a while, and I think I've lost about 10 pounds so from then to now, which has been a process, but hopefully gonna be wrapping it up within the next two weeks so that we can go into a good build phase. Um, because I haven't really got to be able to train at full max capacity intensity just because we've been trying to get my hormones and my gut health and all those things regulated. So I think, since they're finally starting to come around, things are starting to look up and get better that I can finally go into that. So, yeah, that's all I've got for today, but hope you guys enjoyed this episode on just some things you can do to keep yourself healthy throughout the change of seasons.
Speaker 1:And I appreciate you tuning in. Share it with someone if you think they could benefit. Benefit, I cannot talk today. Benefit from it. And, yeah, please leave a review. Share on socials, whatever it may be. I'm trying to help grow this and so more people can hear it. And, yeah, I'd really appreciate all the support. And if you ever need anything, if you need coaching, you need whatever I'm your girl, so don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything. That's what I'm here for. But, yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed this short little episode and I will see you on the next one. Happy November 1st, because when you're listening, See you on the next one Happy November 1st, because when you're listening, if it's Friday November 1st, two months left in the year, it's going to fucking kill it. See you guys.