Strength Renewed

00:19
This is good though, right? Yeah, yeah, great. So I ran 39K because I can't, that's like my longest, that'll be the last long run I do until I get back from LA and Vegas. So I had to get something in and it was such a trudge. I basically ran 24K in to meet my friend, Nikki, and then we did 15K together. Which is how many miles?

00:47
I'm going to say it's about 22. So yeah. Well, we speak two different languages. Exactly. What are you enjoying? What's your? Well, actually, it's one that was Mickey approved. I was thinking that I'm now just getting more comfortable bringing my food to my calls. Yeah, I mean, like I'm here. So I haven't had a chance. I had my protein shake for breakfast.

01:17
I was kind of bopping around as I do, trying to do a lot to get, you know, things done today. And then I'll tell you a funny story when I was at Trader Joe's today, but I was getting all my stuff in the grocery card. I didn't fall over. I don't know if I told you that I actually like fell over at Trader Joe's grocery cart, but that'll be for another story. All I could think about was, oh my God, this is going to be the best thing for our podcast. Like they're never going to believe that I actually like fell.

01:41
over a cherry dough shopping cart, but we'll talk about that in one second. So then I was like, realized I got home and I had our call and I needed to eat a little something so I had my favorite, which you know is shrimp. I decided that if I like die of a mercury related death because I love tuna so much and I love shrimp or whatever, it's okay. Like I'm, I just like, you know, I've resigned to that. You've had a joyful life. I've had a joyful life of life of shrimp and tuna.

02:09
And but what I'm having right now is something that like my friend gave me, which I have no idea. It's called bubbler. And it's not like my usual Ollie pop, which you know, I'm obsessed with. This is like triple berry Breezer and it's an anti antioxidant sparkling water because we are here for the sparkling water, like extravaganza, right? How many different sparkling waters can we bring to market? First it was LaCroix and now that just feels like a distant memory. So here we are with this one. I agree. I just, I can.

02:38
spot the calories on it because you showed it very few, very few. So actually in my head, anything like that is a win, right? It's going to hydrate you. It's antioxidants as well, Jess. Anti-aging, right? Not that we're about anti-aging. You know what I decided for Strength Renewed is that we're about whatever renews you and makes you feel stronger. That's the way you put those two things together. And I also feel like we need to, we need to, aging is actually where it's at.

03:07
because aging brings with it confidence, it brings with it experience, wisdom, all of that stuff. It does. I do think about how busy the life of a working woman is, especially a working woman with children. And so I always go back to what is the easiest, fastest way sometimes to...

03:33
get your protein in. And we talked about this a while back, but I thought we should bring it back for the purpose of this podcast and talk about protein water. And people are like, what the heck? And I will admit when you first brought it up and when clients of mine and friends of mine brought it up, I thought that's the most gimmicky thing in the whole wide world. Like what could that, I should just sit down and have a chicken breast. But the reality of my life and the life of many others is that I'm barely able sometimes to get my smoothie down and shove a container of shrimp.

04:03
down my throat. So sometimes I'm going to reach for a little protein water. And so I just thought we would talk kind of quickly about a few brands, no more than three, um, that you think are good and also just kind of like, you know, I know there's about 20 to 30 grams of protein in them. And I, I personally have inserted it in when I'm like, Oh dang, I just, I literally can't get to like,

04:32
Either the required amount or I just don't like I'm not in a place to like eat some food. It's just easier for me to drink. Would that be fair? Like the two kind of cases when I might use protein water, I might use it when I just can't get to my protein count for the day and I just can't eat. Yeah, that's exactly what that those are the use cases actually. And certainly for people who are.

04:57
struggling with appetite in terms of the opposite who struggle with hunger. And for those people, I think focusing on those real food options is always going to be a better option for them. And also, notwithstanding, protein is such a good vehicle for other micronutrients in its whole food form. So when you have chicken breast, it's not just chicken breast, it's your B vitamins, you're getting a little bit of zinc. However, this is what we have to be realistic, right?

05:27
And so to your point, there'll be times for some people where they just do not have the appetite for protein. If you are super stressed, running around a lot, or you're getting up in the morning like I did at the pre-dawn to get something in, and you can't stomach food, that's when you want protein water. Good. In addition, if you reach the end of the day and you are like hideously low on protein and

05:53
I would say, Jess, for you, if you were at 90 grams of protein in a day and you knew you weren't maximizing it, if it was a one-off, I wouldn't stress about it, to be honest. You just know you just need to think a little bit differently about what you're doing next day to prioritize it. But if you chronically notice you're at 50 or 60 grams and it's several days in a row, then actually getting in that extra 30 grams of a protein water is, in fact, a great idea.

06:22
There's a caveat though. Okay, I'm waiting. Many of those brands that are on the market are collagen protein water. And they miss the boat with regards to providing those essential amino acids that help tell your brain to repair muscle and build muscle. So we need to find the clear whey protein water. I see. So it has to be clear whey. It can't be collagen.

06:51
What do we not want? Yeah, we want it to be clear whey and not collagen. So if you're struggling to hit your protein, you do need those essential amino acids and collagen water doesn't provide them. I think you have clear whey. I think I do actually. I was just realizing that I, yes, I do. So fantastic. This is really great.

07:18
This is what I have. I was hoping it was the right thing. Okay, good, yay for the win. So this is lemonade. And the only thing that I would recommend for people if they do have this, it's MyProtein Brand Clear Whey Isolate. Again, you're gonna use this if you just couldn't get to your protein intake for the day or you simply can't eat. Or maybe a third case, if you're like Mickey or I, we're first thing in the morning, we've got to get to Kraken and just the idea of having an egg white omelet sounds terrible.

07:47
then this is a nice option. So those are probably your three, you know, kind of most optimal way to do it. And you don't want the one that says college and you want that the one that says clear way isolate. Yeah, absolutely. And you know, Jesse, we talked a little bit about this, but also people who are on GLP-1 medications and not just GLP-1, but your

08:15
sort of combinations as well, GLP and GIP. So these people who really don't have an appetite, but they will struggle to get the protein in that helps them retain their muscles. So anyone that's on a fat loss plan who is struggling with protein, this is another use case. But do not rely on this instead of food, particularly if you are someone who has an appetite, because you need to eat. Totally. Yes. I hope that is made abundantly clear that

08:44
I don't use this every day. This is not a thing I use. I might use it three times a week or something like that. It's good to have options, really. It is, but the other thing, I'm always going, oh yeah, but you have to think about this, you have to think about this. But it's not actually a great idea just to add it, layer it into your diet already if you don't actually need it. Because ultimately at the end of the day, you'll be consuming excess. And...

09:14
You won't necessarily gain body fat. If you consume excess protein, you won't gain it because of the protein, but somewhere else, like our body very readily stores fat calories, like very readily. Like out of 99 calories, out of 100 calories of fat you eat, your body will use just one calorie to digest and you'll store 99 of them if you're in an environment of excess. So if you're

09:42
consuming too many calories, fits the calories that are going to be stored much more readily than anything else. More is not always more, I think is what I'm trying to say. In that case, I'm looking at there's no fat in this and there's 80 calories. You're saying what people are doing though is they're maybe putting this in where they don't need to put it in. I still think it's easier.

10:10
That's more nuanced to me, because that's more confusing. I think it's easier for me to think about it from the constant. Probably GLP-1 inhibitor patients are really a good candidate for this, because they sometimes just don't have an appetite, right? They kind of lose some of that food noise, and they just don't want to eat. And so maybe this might be a way to kind of put that in to help them.

10:38
get their calorie count up. In my case, there are just literally some days when I'm like, I don't think I've eaten since 10 o'clock or something and it's been like four hours and I still don't have a moment to sit down to eat something or even stand up to eat it, but I can drink something. So that's still where I kind of think about it. Yeah. And for you, totally appropriate. I know your lifestyle. I know how you...

11:08
you were just on the go basically from dawn till dusk and beyond. Whereas for other people who are like, you know, protein is a buzzword right now. Everything's got protein on it. This is just yet another thing I can add to help optimize that. It could be, but it might also be more than you need as well. So, and I guess it's the same with everything, right? Like there's always going to be a use case scenario for, for these, these products. And for me personally, I,

11:36
don't struggle with appetite in the morning. So this morning before my run, I just had a protein bar as opposed to a drink with my coffee. And most of the time I don't struggle with getting protein in. And it's not because I'm awesome, it's just because the foods that I- You're Mickey. Have you sat here right now and told me you struggle with getting your protein in? I would fall out of my office chair right now. Yeah, okay. I mean like that would be just that whole thing.

12:02
is like, I'm relieved to hear and not surprised that you struggle getting your protein in. But like for a lot of people, they do struggle getting their protein in. And I was more than, I think what just needs to be reiterated is that protein water is not like super gimmicky, I guess. Like I just thought, oh God, because you're right. Every gosh darn thing says protein in front of it. And you start to kind of like, like

12:31
you know, become part of that, that advertising culture where you're like, great, I'll just have it. And like, before you know it, you've had, you have stopped paying attention to what's going in your body. You're like, it's, it's protein. So it must be healthy for me. Therefore I must eat it. And so on and so forth. So I think still need to be freaking mindful y'all of what you're eating and how much of it you're eating. Just know that you can add it to another list of maybe dare I say Dr. Mickey

13:00
appropriate protein options if you're not able to eat it. It is compatible with my nutrition strategy. Perfect. Yes, absolutely. Now I can sleep at night. That's all I needed. Yeah. And do you know what I find fascinating about myself is I don't realize just how hard it is for people to get protein in. Until I start talking to

13:29
actually like talking to people like, and I know that you struggle because of your, your schedule, but then, and there must be so many people in your, in your situation, Jess, because so many of the members of my Monday's matter program are like, I can't eat this much. And I'm like, this is just a normal sort of appropriate amount of food. Like, so yeah, so, so, so to that point, something like this is actually is a good idea. It's funny.

13:58
It's funny the conversations that people have in their head. I mean, I think, yes, I think in my case, it is a matter of like, just kind of, I am a big candidate for easy accessible protein sources. Like, so whatever I can kind of get and it can be, I don't wanna say on the go, but kind of has that a little bit of that kind of, and not to say I don't sit down and eat meals, I do.

14:23
it's just more around dinner that I actually feel like I can sit down breakfast and lunch and all everything in between feels a little bit less like meditative for me. Yeah, and I also think that throughout our podcasting and throughout our sharing of our stories, you know, and I won't go into it, but I do think people still have are really stuck in a mindset, which will be for another time.

14:48
of, oh, I can't possibly do that. Number one, I'm going to gain weight if I eat all that. Number two, it's just too much. Like, they see it as too much. And as a Reformed person who still really struggles with disordered eating and thinking patterns, every day it's work for me to be like, you're OK. You know what I mean? Like, this is enough. Like, you said so. And just to kind of check in on your body, check in how you're feeling.

15:14
and to be just more clinical about the whole thing, to realize that these protein sources have these other vitamins and these other sources that help fuel the muscle and keep it on your body. So just to kind of continue to be aware and to constantly be learning, I just, you know, again, without sounding, you know, repetitive, but I literally thought to myself like, what is something that comes up?

15:44
I just needed to kind of kick, is this a gimmicky thing? Is protein water a real thing? Can we insert it into our day-to-day activities? And I'm glad that we can. I'm glad that it's available. I think the hardest thing about this, my protein clear way I slip was that I just had a hard time finding it. Like I was hard to order it, right? Yeah, so that's interesting to me. It's very popular in the UK, my protein. Yeah, yeah. And I think maybe you should have put some in your suitcase. We're gonna see each other.

16:13
person here shortly. So I'm bringing your protein bars and you could bring some of those clearway isolate. So somehow we'll have to get to our like listeners some codes and links of if they're not in the UK, if they're out of that, if they're in the UK lucky for you, this will be easy to get. If you're not, Mickey and I will try to help you find, you know, something that is in that respect. Yeah, completely. And you know one last thing I was thinking of Jess, which

16:42
probably as a topic for another time as well. But so often we are told that the only way you can eat your meals is sitting down in this quiet environment and it's calm and you're chewing properly and that's the right way to do it. And so if you're not doing that, then clearly you're failing in some aspect of your life. But that is just not reality. And in fact, I mean, it's like to scoff down your lunch really quickly.

17:09
is like in a bunch of food really quickly, it's just not great for your digestion. No. So you're doing yourself favors if you're able to grab something like that, or you like your Fair Life milk. I do. Another thing that I love, I know. I'm glad that I'm not getting judged out there, because I do feel like, oh gosh, yeah. But that's me. And I'm like, well, shit, it's 20 to 30 grams I got in, I feel better. Better than what I was doing, which was not.

17:38
having anything and that wasn't doing anything for my mood or my muscles. Yeah, 100%. You know, I think it's important, but I'm glad that we continue to lead these conversations with so much more to talk about because that's the beauty of this. But I am very excited to see you in person. And I'm so excited that we are bringing this amazing podcast into the universe because we've we have so much so much to give.

18:08
So yay for protein water. Yeah, yay for protein water. Lovely, Jess. Well, I will see you in person in a couple of days. Safe travels. Amazing. See you.