Talk Podcast To Me
Welcome to "Talk Podcast to Me," the show where makeup artist and Glow Commando CEO, Courtney "Talk Curly To Me" Gilroy, infuses beauty tips and life lessons on the fly. Join Courtney on this unscripted journey where she delves into the essence of true beauty, exploring the harmony between inner self-discovery and external radiance.
Talk Podcast To Me
Talk Protein To Me
Cheerleading uniforms and pom-poms may have been stored away, but the quest for optimal health and nutrition remains a routine in my life. Catch up with me, Courtney, as I sit with nutrition expert and registered dietician Stephanie Orlando to dissect the changing landscape of our post-cheer bodies and the diets that promise to whip us back into shape. Our candid chat peels back the layers of diet trends, from the rigid rules of intermittent fasting to the high-fat world of keto, offering a refreshing take on what sustainable health really looks like.
Strap in for a no-holds-barred discussion, where we talk about diets that have become popular over the years and explore the unique nutritional needs that come with life after being an athletes. My guest, a well-versed registered dietitian, shares her professional insights, debunking myths and laying out the facts about fads that flood our feeds. Whether you're a former athlete or simply seeking clarity in a sea of dietary advice, tune in for an episode packed with personal anecdotes and expert recommendations that steer you towards your healthiest self.
Hey guys and welcome back to another episode of TalkPodcasts To me. I'm your host, courtney, and today I got my girls stuff back and if you haven't watched the episode of me and Slando, that is second episode, so go back and watch it and you can see how me and her met. And takes us back to the college years, and now today we're going to talk about what you went to college for and all the things that she learned. She is a registered dietitian, so this is super important and I always reach out to her and ask her so many different things because me and her both used to cheer in high school and obviously after high school and we were cheering for so many years.
Speaker 1:Our bodies has changed so much. So now I started working out. So now I ask her, like what diet should I go on? What should I eat, how much protein should I have and all those things, and we kind of just want to go into like the trends of diets nowadays and just her take on everything. So what is your take? This is a big thing that I want to say, because I feel like a lot of people go into the intermittent fasting. So what is your take on that? Because we have talked about that before.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's a good question. So I personally don't encourage intermittent fasting. So I personally I don't usually recommend intermittent fasting, but for some people it works out really well. So the whole concept behind that is that it provides people with a little bit more like rules, like gives them rules for the day, and so if they feel like they only have a certain amount of hours for the day, they're like okay, I'm going to eat so much less.
Speaker 1:If people are like grazers, Like you start eating at 12 o'clock, right, or?
Speaker 2:it's. It's usually about like 16 hours on, like 16 hours of fasting eight hours on, but there's a ton of different methods, a ton of different ways to do it. But the thing is like, at the end of the day it comes down to if, over 24 hours, I am eating 2000 calories or if during that eight hours I'm eating 2000 calories, at the end of the day you're at the same amount of calories, the same food, just in a shorter period of time.
Speaker 1:It does not matter, and doesn't it like I feel like I've read until, like statistics and me and you have talked about it like it actually does the opposite for you, because then your body gets so hungry and, like your stomach gets so hungry that when you finally start eating again, you're just gaining that weight.
Speaker 2:It could. Yeah, I think where the benefits that it does have is for, like, let's say, you and I are going throughout the day and you are the type of person that just eats all day long and you eat like 2400 calories without realizing it it is. It does benefit you if you're only allowed to eat during a certain period of time and you only eat 1600 calories. But at the end of the day, if you have a little bit more self control and you just eat those 1600 calories even over that 24 hours, it's so like I've read something too.
Speaker 1:Like some intermittent fasting is like melting butter for your coffee or something that one's keto, oh, keto, oh, okay. So what do you think of keto then too?
Speaker 2:Keto diets are for a very specific type of person. I definitely don't recommend keto unless you're doing it under supervision of a nutrition professional, someone that can help you with it?
Speaker 1:When would you recommend it for someone?
Speaker 2:Honestly not in any like normal healthy person scenarios.
Speaker 1:Okay, so why do you think people do keto?
Speaker 2:Because it has really quick short acting effects. Like you see, the weight loss come off pretty quickly. It's just not something that's sustainable. So, for those that don't know, the keto diet is where you're limited Really when you melt butter, when you restrict your carb intake a lot, and so most people aren't really doing like a full keto diet, they just are calling it that. It's like halfway there, but not really. But your fat and your protein intake are increased. So that's why people eat butter. But I mean it's like butter and chocolate and peanut butter, like all of these things that are fine, but you don't think of them as being like butter coffee is healthy.
Speaker 1:I can't imagine. That.
Speaker 2:But your body really? It goes into starvation mode and it's a long, complicated story of the mechanism, of how it works. I won't go into it.
Speaker 1:So basically, from someone who went to school learned a lot about this, she's saying not to do it.
Speaker 2:Don't, don't try it just for your fad diet. Like, do it for with a professional that knows what they're doing so for someone like me.
Speaker 1:I work out I mean I usually do like legs, like once or twice a week. What would you recommend, like my diet being?
Speaker 2:Just like high calorie, high protein, just fueling your body and what it feels like. I love intuitive eating, so just listening to your body and following your hunger cues.
Speaker 1:I mean my hunger cues sometimes send me to Burger King.
Speaker 2:And that is okay. Sometimes I totally am not the type of person that will not tell you to indulge in the things that you like. It's just about having a variety and eating a little bit of everything, and sometimes it's for everything. I'm totally not the dietitian, that's going to tell you not to eat and Burger King.
Speaker 1:So what diets do you usually recommend? I?
Speaker 2:don't really like to talk about just diets, like I don't like putting someone on a diet plan, like diet in general to me is the foods that you're eating. And for everyone that's different, and as long as you're eating foods that are like good for your body and your lifestyle, it's just about getting your protein, getting your carbs, getting your healthy fats in and being active. I mean, that's the most important part is keeping your body moving.
Speaker 1:So I mean, I'm sure a lot of hairdressers listen to this and you've seen me like I in the morning I wake up and I go work a wedding and I don't eat because I just like I'm not hungry in the morning. I don't really eat until like 12 o'clock. So like what would you recommend Like hairdressers and stuff to just like what's something that will fill them enough that'll get them through?
Speaker 2:That's a good question. It's think ahead, plan, think of things that are shelf stable, even if it's like pieces of cheese or peanut butter or crackers, or a piece of fruit that you can grab with you, a yogurt that you can take on the go, Hard boiled eggs, like planned before. Like I know, you wake up super early in the morning when you go to weddings.
Speaker 2:And so not like the last thing I want to do in the morning, as I'm like running out trying to make sure you have everything is being like. Well, let me pause and think about what I can. Yeah it's like pre, but you have to do all that work beforehand Like just like a granola bar or something Granola bar is such a good option. I really like to pair like pair your carbs with your proteins and keep yourself full pack lots of snacks.
Speaker 1:Do you prefer going to like proteins, like a different, like certain protein powders, because I know some people do. What is it the way?
Speaker 2:versus plant based. Yeah, that is just personal preference. There definitely are differences to them and the type of absorption and that type of thing. But in terms of what you're going to pick, what's going to work best for you, I always tell people, like, do what you're actually going to stick to consistently and what you actually enjoy eating, not something that you're forcing yourself to do. That's unhappy, that you're going to be like in two weeks. I'm never having that. While we're on the topic of protein so protein boy, protein boy, insert.
Speaker 1:So protein boy got his name because it's just like it really became an insider between me and her and he knows that he's protein boy and we just want to share why we call him that. You know I'm way more about this, so you can explain what his diet is.
Speaker 2:Protein boy, it's way too much protein. There is a limit, guys. Okay, you do not want to have your diet consist of protein only. I think it's a big thing in the sports nutrition world like people think they need so much protein. You do. Protein is important. You need it to build muscle, yeah, but protein boy has too much protein. Can you say what his thing is?
Speaker 1:Better. Yet why don't you call him? Do you think that will answer us? I don't know people. I know we don't know if he'll answer, but if he doesn't answer, we're gonna say what his diet is. But he has no idea that we're recording right now, so we're just gonna call. He might not answer, just shoot us the text. He actually might be working out right now, but we're gonna try calling protein boy and have him tell us what his diet is.
Speaker 2:I don't want his voice. I have to say it. Are that true, Hi? What are you doing?
Speaker 3:I am eating dinner.
Speaker 2:What are you eating?
Speaker 3:You want to guess?
Speaker 1:Chicken or tuna. I knew she was gonna be there.
Speaker 2:Chicken or tuna. I was right with broccoli.
Speaker 1:So is that it? Why do you do this diet? Again?
Speaker 3:Because I want to look sexy when I take my shirt off.
Speaker 2:So what about nutrition diets? Do you have anything that you'd like to add about nutrition Eat? Good, yeah, we're gonna record right now the section, because we're talking. We were just talking about protein and eating and what we're gonna talk about, and you came up.
Speaker 1:People like the protein boy. They were laughing at it and you did think it was funny. Did you watch episode two?
Speaker 3:I didn't watch any full episode but I saw the clip that she sent me.
Speaker 2:She just threw it out and I couldn't stop laughing.
Speaker 1:You guys are ridiculous, you guys were dying.
Speaker 2:It's so funny I know the actual full clip of how much I was laughing was cut out because I couldn't get myself together. It was out of note we actually had tears.
Speaker 1:No, I stopped because it's gonna be so much to cut out. All right, protein boy, you want to talk about how we all met?
Speaker 3:I remember right, steph had you on like a fake time or something. I thought you were hot. You were dating at Lea. We came over and we played beer pong. We didn't hook up. I stopped talking to you.
Speaker 2:You became single you played hard to get for several years. What a great summary by Protein Boy. Now that we got off topic there, can you please tell us what your daily protein intake is?
Speaker 3:I mean, like you want the whole diet, yeah, no, I just want all six things.
Speaker 2:I just want grams of protein.
Speaker 3:I don't know what my macros are. I've been doing this for so long. I don't really care because, whatever it is, it's been working. I did it one day. It's on my Instagram, I think I saved it as a highlight. It's like two thousand calories, one hundred grams of protein, maybe one hundred two hundred grams of carbs I have to look it up.
Speaker 1:I don't know what it is. What is it that you eat? Share it with the class.
Speaker 3:Omen milk, oatmeal and a scoop of peanut butter for a protein shake in the morning, eight ounces of chicken and a cup of broccoli, eight ounces of tuna and a cup of rice. I repeat each of those meals again later on, and the last meal of the day is eight ounces of non-fat Greek yogurt.
Speaker 2:So I did go to your Instagram and I found your totals and I would like to highlight to everybody watching that this is an inappropriate macronutrient breakdown. As you can see, his fat intake is very low, his carb intake is lower than his protein and two hundred and sixteen point five grams of protein is likely too much protein for his body weight. I'm not going to do it.
Speaker 3:Me. Yeah right, he said two hundred grams of protein is too much.
Speaker 1:Oh, we're about to have a fight out here.
Speaker 2:First, of, all protein boy.
Speaker 3:We were in the same major, Okay, well then you should know that in order for protein to be on health, you have to have a ridiculous amount of like more than two grams per body weight. I used to do like almost that when I was in high school playing football. I think a little more than two hundred grams of protein isn't bad, but when you get, like you know, two or three times your body weight you might get kidney stones from it.
Speaker 2:It is absolutely correct, bryce. You are right, but it is too, oh shit Too, protein boy. It is two grams per kilogram, not pounds, and you are 90 kilos, right, protein boy.
Speaker 3:How much do you take care of your?
Speaker 2:protein I for the purpose of this podcast. I know that you don't care and you are stubborn, because we've talked about this a ton.
Speaker 1:Very stubborn.
Speaker 2:Protein boy does weigh 90 kilos. I do know his weight off hand and for his body weight I would not want him to exceed 180 grams of protein per day to avoid overworking his kidneys. Thank you guys. Thank you, protein boy, for coming what?
Speaker 3:You did hey we'll get you on the podcast one day maybe.
Speaker 2:And we'll cross off that other item on your bucket list.
Speaker 1:Bye protein boy, bye protein boy. Yeah, you girls have fun. Bye-bye, well. Well, half of that was crapped out, so I'm gonna have a lot of work to do on this one, because protein boy doesn't know how to keep things. Pg.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna need to. Every time I accidentally say the name. I'm gonna need to go Beep. I don't even know how to do any of that.
Speaker 1:Beep, beep, it's fine. I'll probably tag him, so protein boy can have a little followers. He's single ladies If you want someone who likes a lot of protein and working out Um. Anyway yeah, we got a lot off topic here, but um, yeah, I mean I feel like we definitely dived into a good amount. Try to think what else I got. I know anything else that you want to share.
Speaker 2:Just overall. Please don't take your nutrition advice from tiktok. Ask a doctor, ask a professional, do some research yourself. The most frustrating part of my job is competing with tiktok every day. Yeah.
Speaker 1:So well, thanks for coming on again Anytime, and now we're gonna go watch shows. Okay, bye guys, bye.
