Episode 10

Fit Over 40, Mom-style

Millie’s husband is about to climb a mountain AND spend three months doing military duty. Will she survive? Will the kids survive? What about the 4 chickens, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and a choke-prone horse? We shall see. But one thing is certain, life is a lot harder for many other military spouses out there, so if you’re one of them – thank you.

And speaking of things that are hard, the new year has got the moms thinking about their health and wondering which of the myriad fitness options to try, stating with farm yoga and a sound bath. They discuss the laundry list of things the internet tells them they’re supposed to be doing: cardio, strength training (but not too much strength training), sauna, ice baths, and salt water to name a few. Maxine shares her favorite health-focused Instagramers for women of a certain age and Millie gives a dissertation on Orange Theory.

Who is that woman in the mirror? Why is it so much harder to stay in shape now? When did they get so old? And what’s with the characters at the gym? Will the friends be able to achieve the elusive “fit over 40”? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

If you like hanging out with us, please subscribe, rate, review, and share the podcast. Because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com

[00:18] Millie’s husband is leaving to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro/play military

[02:16] Millie reminisces about solo parenting as a military spouse & the time her brother-in-law went underway only to surface in an alien world

[08:57] Farm yoga and a sound bath

[10:50] Is it even possible to be fit after 40?

[13:00] Who is that woman in the mirror?

[15:14] Why is staying in shape so hard now?

[25:58] Gym people

[27:48] You can’t out exercise a bad diet (sorry, Millie)

[35:03] Maxine’s favorite health Instagrammers

[35:55] What about intermittent fasting?

[38:58] Saltwater

[40:56] To sauna or not to sauna?

[42:18] Should the friends take the ice plunge?

[47:08] Grab Bag: What’s the worst thing you love and the best thing you hate?

Links:

Health with Holland

Fasting MD

Redmonds Re-Lyte

Orange Theory

Transcript
Millie:

Hey friends, Millie here.

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Just a quick announcement

before we get started.

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Due to Maxine's dissertation work and

my husband's military schedule, we'll be

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publishing every other week for a while.

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I know you're disappointed, but don't

worry, today's episode is a little

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extra long, so it should hold you over.

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Thanks for your

understanding, and here we go.

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Welcome to Reinventing This Shit

Show, a podcast for moms who are just

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trying to make it through the day.

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I'm Millie.

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Maxine: And I'm Maxine.

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We're friends,

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Millie: We're moms.

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We're

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Maxine: having a midlife crisis.

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Won't you join us?

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so here we go.

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Here we are.

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Millie: We're catching up, let's catch up.

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We need a little jingle.

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Catch up, catch up,

with Maxine and Millie.

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Maxine: Oh, I like it.

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Millie: No, that sucked ass.

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Okay, anyway, let's catch.

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Maxine: Let's catch up.

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Okay, sorry.

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I'm not in the same mood I was last

time, but I am feeling a little silly.

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So what's

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Millie: right?

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The holidays are over, the kids are

still fucking home, and, um, you know,

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you're just kind of putting your head

down and powering through, right?

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Figuring out all, yeah, you're face

down in that wine, um, figuring out

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all the things that you're gonna do

now that the start of the year is

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among us, and Um, so that's, that's

where my head's at, is just like, Here

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we go, new year, what are we doing?

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Yeah,

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Maxine: a huge gap.

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Yeah, yeah.

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The holiday gap, they are all

crunched together and then it's like,

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Millie: You fall off a cliff,

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Maxine: yeah, it's like, although what

I'm gearing up for is husband to be

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Millie: I know, which is fucking nuts.

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That's fab.

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We still have, what, like six weeks ish?

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Maxine: Yeah, something like that.

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So he's gone for two and a half

weeks to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Millie: What a dick, I

forgot he was doing that.

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Maxine: my God, you should

see our Amazon cart.

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Well, it's not even in the cart.

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He just ding, ding, ding, ding.

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I wake up in the morning, there's

like 20, your Amazon package is

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Millie: Uh huh, uh huh.

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Yeah.

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Maxine: um.

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Yeah, so he'll be gone for two and

a half weeks for that, and then

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he's home for a couple weeks, and

then he's gone for three months.

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So,

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Millie: It's crazy.

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Maxine: yeah, I mean

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Millie: part of the gig, but it's

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Maxine: spouses go, I have it easy, but

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I haven't, I haven't solo parented

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Millie: So does it ever get any easier?

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I mean, you've been, you've

been doing this gig for damn

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near two decades now, but does

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Maxine: yeah, because when he

first did it, I had Toddlers and

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infants and I mean, he, he was gone.

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Um, I remember one night, the oldest,

my oldest daughter was really sick

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and I had a newborn in the house.

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She's asleep and, um, no husband

had the nearest hospitals 45 minutes

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away and knew I had to take her.

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It's like, what am I going to

do with, I got to wake up the.

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preemie, my preemie baby, like this

tiny little, like she's finally asleep.

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And oh my God.

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So I went next door and I knocked on

the next door neighbor's front door.

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He happened to be the

pediatrician on base.

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I was like,

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Millie: that's

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Maxine: can you just come sit in my

living room in case my baby wakes up?

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I got to go to the hospital.

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So yeah, I went to take older

daughter 45 minutes away.

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That guy was an angel.

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Um, but I mean, that's just,

you know, the military life.

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You kind of just take care of each

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Millie: I feel like that's such

a flippant thing to say though.

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Oh, that's part of the deal.

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Well, it's still fucking impossible

for the people who are living in it.

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It's so hard.

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You know, I don't want to do this right

now, but I was thinking actually when

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we first started, whenever that was

the other day, when we were talking

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about him leaving, I want you to like.

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Tabulate all the time he's been gone.

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I'm curious how many years

it's going to end up being.

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You know what I

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Maxine: many years it's going to

end up being, you know what I mean?

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friend who her husband

was gone like a month.

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He'd go up to the ice fields.

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I don't know what they did up there, but

they did stuff up in this big ice field.

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So he'd be gone for like a month

and then he'd come home for a month

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and then he'd be gone for a month.

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I mean, so people had it

a lot worse than I did.

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It was, and that's why he got out because

he, he used to pack a bag to come home.

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Millie: Geez.

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Maxine: So he would go to like, North

Dakota and he'd come home for the weekend

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and leave most of his stuff at the base in

North Dakota and then come home and spend

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the weekend with us and then fly back.

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So that's how he missed the

birth of second child too.

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He was on a plane from Hawaii.

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Poor guy.

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Right?

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Yeah, but

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Millie: guy.

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It's just a lot, though.

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Maxine: it is a lot.

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And mine is.

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It's nothing compared to people.

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People's spouses go for a year.

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They go for

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Millie: Like, for their entire marriage.

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Like, that's how it is.

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I just You know, kudos, because that is

such a huge sacrifice in a relationship.

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Maxine: My sister in

law has been through it.

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Millie: Oh yeah, because they're

in Spain or something, or did I

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Maxine: in Italy now

and he's on shore duty.

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So that's great.

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that was their reward for all of these

years of him being on a submarine.

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But she got hit by a car in front of

her two kids while he was deployed.

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Had to like hospital, like the

whole thing with two small children.

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they've had broken bones.

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They've had all sorts of,

Oh, here's a great story.

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Let's.

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Am I taking up too much time?

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Well, whatever.

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This is a great story.

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Millie: So, um,

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Maxine: So, right before COVID happened,

my brother in law deployed on a submarine.

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Okay, so they're not even like somewhere

where they can get the internet.

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I mean, sometimes they can, but

they go dark a lot, like completely

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dark, no communication in or out.

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So he came

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Millie: the Buccaneers, so that was like

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Maxine: Brady had moved to the Buccaneers,

so that was like a huge thing because,

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you know, he's a big football guy.

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the house that his family was living

in when he left was no longer their

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house because they found black mold in

it and the military had to move them.

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Millie: cancer.

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Oh

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Maxine: And I had cancer.

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Millie: went underwater for life.

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Maxine: Yeah.

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He went underwater for like a few

weeks and he came back up and he was

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like, am I on a different planet?

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Like what the hell?

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Millie: Oh my

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Maxine: Yeah.

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So, I mean, that, it's a,

it's a crazy life for them.

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This is, this is nothing.

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Husband's going to be in an office,

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it's a, it's a long drive, but we

could drive up there, you know, if we

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wanted to be in an office, he's safe.

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Talk on the phone, you know,

FaceTime, all that stuff.

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So it used to be a lot harder,

especially when I was, in Italy and had

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a newborn and he was supposed to deploy.

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thankfully his boss put the kibosh

on it and he said, Nope, he's got

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a three month old at home and no

family, you know, we were over there,

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you know, so I'm basically alone.

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and he was going to go to Afghanistan.

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So he was pissed though.

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He was so

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Millie: go.

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Maxine: He didn't.

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It's not that he wanted to go.

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It's that it was his duty to go.

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His name came up.

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It was his time.

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Someone else had to go instead of him.

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He did not have a deployment

then on his record.

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And then it happened again.

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Um, because something was going on,

there was staff changing over and

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when he was supposed to go, he was

going to be the only one left in the

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office that had certain knowledge

for something that was happening.

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So the boss needed him.

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He said, you can't, you can't go.

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You have to stay.

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You're the only one that knows XYZ.

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So again,

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Millie: So

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Maxine: you know, another member

of the office had to go in his

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place, so he was less than thrilled.

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Millie: don't know.

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It's just, I can't even like relate

to it, you know, other than just

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acknowledge the fact that it's a huge

sacrifice for everyone that's involved.

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Maxine: Yeah.

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is.

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It is.

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And I will never.

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Say that mine is even close to as bad as

a lot of people's, but it definitely, you

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know, there were times when it was hard.

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I won't go into details about taking

my daughter to the hospital, um, but

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it was super fucking traumatic and he

wasn't there and it was really hard.

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Millie: think that's the part for

me that would be so hard is those

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tough times and those really great

times that they miss, you know,

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Maxine: Yeah.

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Millie: I think that would

be tremendously difficult.

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But you know, you, you do this

huge thing for your country and

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that's part of the deal, but

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Maxine: And let's be honest, you get a

lot back the military really, at least,

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for us, cause my husband's an officer.

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So there is a level of privilege there,

I guess, in the way, in the amount he's

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paid, how he's treated, all of that stuff.

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A lot of, you know, the enlisted guys

start out on a much lower salary.

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Um, they're just, they're

not treated as well.

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They don't have as much say.

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A lot of times in what they're doing.

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So, you know, it's extra hard for them.

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Anyway, well I guess that's our catch up.

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Millie: Yeah.

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Maxine: If you're in

the military, thank you.

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Millie: Yeah.

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Maxine: Yeah.

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Millie: Yeah.

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Maxine: yeah, we were supposed to talk

about this thing that we're going to do.

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Well, it ties into what we wanted to

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Millie: Well, we can, it's nothing really.

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I just wanted to say that I was excited

about it, that we're doing this.

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It's like a yoga morning, but, it's on

a local farm, which I think is so cool

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because it ties to the whole, cause

that farm does the same thing as one

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of the other local farms where they.

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you come and you pick up a weekly box of

produce, and when we do this yoga thing,

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they're actually gonna give us boxes

for free, which I'm so excited about.

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and then we're doing some fuckin

sound bath, which, don't tell me,

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because I'm sure you're fuckin

Mother Earth shit, you've done this

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Maxine: before.

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No, I have,

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Millie: I am, but not with the weird, you

know, in touch with the universe shit.

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You do that

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Maxine: the Jewish museum.

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Millie: I'm so excited, because I

don't know what the fuck it is, other

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than, you know, Noise for my ears.

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Maxine: will, we'll have

to dig into it next time.

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Millie: I'm excited.

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Yeah, I don't want Cause I was

gonna look it up and I was like,

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nah, I'm not gonna look it up.

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Maxine: I mean, I don't think

it's going to be earth shattering.

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It's called a sound bath.

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Millie: And I'm

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Maxine: probably just about

what you're thinking it is.

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Millie: along with yoga and all that.

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But I'm excited to see how it goes.

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And that we're gonna be outside.

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I fucking love yoga outside.

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Millie: do.

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Maxine: And my husband is taking,

younger daughter to her dance

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convention that weekend so that

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Millie: Hey, that's a win.

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All the way around, actually.

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Maxine: know.

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At least this time he doesn't

have to do her makeup.

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Maxine: No, it's gonna be

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Millie: Yeah, anyway, so yeah, listener,

we'll keep you posted on the farm yoga,

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Maxine: Yes, we're going to

come back, um, transformed,

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Millie: I think so.

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Maxine: right?

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Millie: And bathed in

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Maxine: sound.

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Bathed in sound.

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So it does kind of go along with what we

want to talk about today, which is since

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it's the new year and we're, some of us

are making resolutions and some of us are

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adding positive things into our lives.

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Um, we want to talk about how it's

even fucking possible to be fit after

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40 and be in shape and be eating all

the things that we're supposed to be.

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Eating for our ever changing bodies,

with shit hanging down now, and

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falling off of our skulls, and

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Maxine: what is falling off of your skull?

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What?

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Why do I have jowls now?

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Like, what's happening?

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Which I don't think exercise and diet is

going to do much for that, but anyway,

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Maxine: Yeah, I think jowls are just,

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Millie: They're here to

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Maxine: they're, do you see all those

things on Instagram for like face

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Maxine: It can't work,

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Millie: Well, and I've been doing

some of the lymphatic drainage and

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shit and like massaging my face.

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I'm going to get one of those, one of

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Maxine: of those,

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Millie: Yeah, gua sha

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or gua, gua cha,

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Maxine: it wound up in the cupboard.

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Millie: I have some things, but

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Maxine: But I don't know what I'm,

what am I supposed to do with it?

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Maxine: it came from China and

it had like four words written

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on it and a weird drawing and I

was like, what am I supposed to

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do with this

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Millie: like, okay, I got it.

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Maxine: Yeah, sure.

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Millie: I know.

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I don't know, but maybe if I start

scraping my face a little bit, it will

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stay upright instead of sliding down.

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Millie: don't know.

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Maxine: anyway.

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Millie: We are going to

be fit after 40, right?

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Maxine: days.

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Millie: why I started that, well,

you said it today too, because that,

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sadly, that's exactly where I went.

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Oh, fit after, that's what

it is, get fit after 40.

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Millie: a PBS workout thing,

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Maxine: it does.

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Millie: Some lady like

doing chair yoga, right?

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Maxine: God.

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Or Suzanne

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Somers.

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Rest in peace.

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Or, um,

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Millie: Jane Fonda with her leg warmers.

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Maxine: Who, um, Susan Powder?

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Millie: Oh, is that with the spiky hair?

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Millie: Crazy lady.

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this whole aging and fit thing?

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Are the, do they go together?

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Maxine: I'm gonna go ahead and

give aging a big fat thumbs

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down.

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Millie: Well, and you said something

to me this week that is:

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percent how I feel and probably

our listener feels this way too.

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Um, you look in the mirror and

you don't know who the fuck that

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Maxine: who the

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Millie: Isn't that trippy

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as

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Maxine: that trippy?

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I know.

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I know.

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Maxine: Cause like, your words

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Millie: I know, cause like your

words and brain, all of that is

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happening kind of, for the most

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Maxine: mostly.

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Millie: but, but today, I mean,

I'm looking at my face and

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started during chemo because I literally

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would look in the mirror and be like I

don't know this person who's like yellow

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and has no eyebrows and you know It's

I'm not gonna get into all of that.

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little bit I mean the eyebrows struggle is

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real Although I think they're coming back

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Millie: Yes.

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to keep my estrogen from to keep from

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having any estrogen I It it's like I

wake up every six months and realize oh,

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I feel old I feel like I can't

exercise everything hurts and

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Millie: Is that what it is?

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I do, but that's, and I, I do

notice and I fucking hate it.

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I do notice that the more sugar

and alcohol I consume, the harder

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it is to get up in the morning.

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Like the stiffer I am a lot of the time.

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And when I'm not boozing and, you know,

eating 12 dozen Christmas cookies, I'm

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not as, it doesn't bother me as much.

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Yeah, seriously, like there

actually is, unfortunately.

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:

A link to that whole inflammation sugar

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:

Maxine: mean, I think that's

407

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Millie: Yeah, I mean, I think that's

the stiffness and you know, the aging

408

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a little bit and like you said, the

arthritis, which we all have now.

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Maxine: now.

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When the fuck did that

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:

happen?

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I don't,

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know.

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I was 25, like, a week ago.

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Millie: don't know.

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Well, and just with the whole like,

okay, being in shape, being healthy,

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it is so much harder now 10 years ago,

even five years ago, quite honestly.

418

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you know, the exercise, the things that

we could do in our thirties, you know,

419

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power walking and jogging and spin class

and don't really have the same effect

420

:

now that they used to, at least in my

experience now, listener, maybe you're

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not there, but I have spent last January.

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I started working with a personal trainer.

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to learn how to use gym equipment

because I've never fucking used it and

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um, I've always been kind of a runner.

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When I say runner, I mean barely jogging.

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So like.

427

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What the fuck?

428

:

Maxine: And when I say

runner, I mean barely

429

:

Millie: between two and

a half, three miles tops.

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Okay.

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I'm not like an actual runner, but um,

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Maxine: miles tops.

433

:

Okay, I'm not like an actual runner.

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But, um, It was like, it said like, I run.

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I run like a turtle

through molasses, but I

436

:

Millie: that is 1, 000 percent how

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:

Maxine: But see, you're running.

438

:

It's still

439

:

Millie: Yeah, but anyway, my point is

I've never had issues With weight, if

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I was drinking or whatever a little

too much, having too much ice cream,

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just do some more running and it

would, you know, that doesn't work now.

442

:

So, okay, so started last January and

you and I were just talking about this.

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:

I have lost 15 pounds in one year.

444

:

Took me a fucking year to lose 15 pounds.

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:

Maxine: pounds.

446

:

What?

447

:

But are you losing inches?

448

:

Are you getting stronger?

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:

Millie: I

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don't

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Maxine: do you feel like you're gaining

452

:

Millie: Yes, Definitely.

453

:

Maxine: Okay, because muscle

weighs more than fat and blah blah

454

:

Millie: Yeah, but I did some hardcore

weight stuff for a while and I found that

455

:

I, it didn't make my body feel very good.

456

:

Like, um, you know, because, and

we're going to talk about this a

457

:

little bit, but like, Influencers and

doctors and people will say to us,

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in our 40s now, we need to be lifting

459

:

weights.

460

:

Everybody needs to be doing that.

461

:

It's super important for women,

perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause,

462

:

like, you need to be lifting weights.

463

:

Well, so I was really subscribing

to that and, you know, lifting

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:

weights three, four times a week.

465

:

Um, I don't, I didn't lose

weight, which I know muscle

466

:

weighs more than fat, whatever,

but also I didn't feel very good.

467

:

It was, it was kind of uncomfortable.

468

:

Like, I, so I'm still doing some

of the strength training, but it's

469

:

more resistance training than it

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:

Maxine: it is,

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:

I'm not

472

:

Millie: And I'm not, I'm not dead lifting

and I'm not, you know, I don't know,

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:

lifting shit over my head and I'm not

using a lot of like weights on bars.

474

:

I'm using a lot of like bands and stuff

475

:

Maxine: So you're using like

your body weight, the like,

476

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like, do you do, I love TRX.

477

:

Millie: I see.

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I've never done that.

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:

Maxine: I love it.

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:

I worked with a woman for a while

cause we all know I have this weird

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back issue, um, that and I did TRX

so there's, it was, there's zero

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impact cause it's all using the bands

and stuff and your own body weight.

483

:

I love

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:

Millie: Huh, I've never done

485

:

Maxine: I love it.

486

:

The problem at my gym is there's

only one tiny little area where

487

:

you can do what you want to do.

488

:

Um, everything else is machines and

every time I fucking go there's a class.

489

:

So I'm like, I can't

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:

Millie: But can you do it at home?

491

:

In the studio?

492

:

Maxine: I bought a TRX setup,

which I would buy and then

493

:

use for a week and never touch

494

:

Millie: And that's my problem.

495

:

I suck at working out at home.

496

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I have to like You know, the trainer

that I'm working with now, who is

497

:

fucking awesome, but I have to physically

go to her or I'm not, you know, she

498

:

can't hear work on this at home.

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:

I won't do it.

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:

I need to be,

501

:

I don't know.

502

:

Maxine: I don't know.

503

:

I just lost

504

:

Millie: ha

505

:

Maxine: thought while you were talking.

506

:

I lost my train of thought.

507

:

How does that

508

:

Millie: Well, I just was saying

that if she, the trainer that I'm

509

:

working with right now, if she gives

me some exercises to do at home,

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:

I'm never going to fucking do them.

511

:

I have to be, I like classes, I do

take a walk every single day and that's

512

:

different

513

:

than from a year ago.

514

:

So if I'm not running, I'm

walking and I'm, I'm walking at

515

:

least 45 to 50 minutes probably.

516

:

so I feel like I'm awesome for walking and

running as much as I do, but apparently

517

:

that doesn't fucking matter at our age.

518

:

Maxine: I think it matters

for your mental health.

519

:

Cause you always tell me, like, if I'm

in a funk, make sure you're getting

520

:

Millie: Well, and the sunlight

is supes, supes important.

521

:

I'm getting that D.

522

:

Maxine: D.

523

:

But, um, Which D exactly

are you talking about?

524

:

Um, but

525

:

Millie: but, it's still

good for you, fuck, it's

526

:

Maxine: so, it's so good for you, but,

527

:

Millie: but not for weight loss

apparently, but I don't know, there's

528

:

lots of schools of thought because

I, I do read that some folks say

529

:

that no, it still is really good

530

:

Maxine: well, and you see like

all over Instagram, like I get

531

:

advertisements every day for like

indoor walking, um, or I don't know,

532

:

I get like somatic workouts too.

533

:

You can't lose weight if

you're holding emotions in

534

:

Millie: know.

535

:

I tried that for like four days.

536

:

Have you tried that yet?

537

:

Oh, you asked me about it.

538

:

I mean, there's so many, right?

539

:

Like how many things have you tried?

540

:

I know.

541

:

Maxine: It's so overwhelming.

542

:

Millie: think that the bottom line there,

because I'm the expert, because I've

543

:

tried every bucket, I think you really

just need to do something that you like.

544

:

Like that's the biggest thing.

545

:

Maxine: and that is why, that's one

reason why I joined my adult Tappity Tap

546

:

Millie: I know.

547

:

That's

548

:

Maxine: Um, Yeah, the first day

I went, I almost cried halfway

549

:

through because I was like, my

brain doesn't work like it used to.

550

:

I was a decent tapper.

551

:

I was never a great tapper, but I, I

did take private tap lessons briefly.

552

:

And I, the woman who taught it

said, you're a natural tapper.

553

:

You're good at this.

554

:

And I was like, oh, that's great.

555

:

Well.

556

:

Cool.

557

:

Not anymore.

558

:

Like, she's calling out these steps.

559

:

I'm like looking around.

560

:

I'm

561

:

Millie: Stop going so fast!

562

:

Maxine: it.

563

:

Millie: Slow

564

:

Maxine: Now part of it was because

I was wearing shoes that I, that

565

:

were from like five years ago.

566

:

My feet aren't, my feet

have grown since then.

567

:

And so my heels were like bleeding.

568

:

So that might've been part of the

reason that I was crying in tap class.

569

:

But mostly it was just the frustration

of like, my body won't do this anymore.

570

:

It's what the fuck happened.

571

:

Millie: No, but I think, I think

that that's the most important

572

:

thing is to just keep moving.

573

:

Maxine: keep moving.

574

:

Millie: when you don't, it doesn't,

I really don't think it matters

575

:

what it is, quite honestly.

576

:

Like, I know we need to strength train

and you can figure out some sort of way

577

:

to do that that maybe isn't so aggressive

as, Some of the, ugh, F 45, fuck.

578

:

I'll call them out because the

listener probably doesn't care.

579

:

But, um,

580

:

Maxine: didn't even know what that

581

:

Millie: I did not love it.

582

:

It's,

583

:

Maxine: F 45.

584

:

Millie: there's, it's like a chain.

585

:

It's all over the country.

586

:

Um,

587

:

Maxine: Well,

588

:

Millie: just felt very aggressive.

589

:

Maxine: Yeah.

590

:

There's the one, there's a gym that I

drive by all the time that's, I don't

591

:

even remember the name of it, but it's

something like, it might as well be like,

592

:

Millie: like, Oh, is it like Megalodon?

593

:

One of

594

:

Maxine: well, something like that.

595

:

Only it's even worse.

596

:

It's almost like vicious kickboxing.

597

:

Like, come in and let

us beat your brains out.

598

:

I mean, it really.

599

:

Viper or Venom.

600

:

I think it might be Venom.

601

:

I'm like, I am not going in there.

602

:

Nope.

603

:

Okay, anyway.

604

:

Millie: so, um, yeah, it's, it's,

it's aggressive and I'm sure it works

605

:

for people, like a lot of people.

606

:

And if you're like 30 and your

joints can handle it, it's, it's

607

:

Maxine: joints can handle it,

608

:

Millie: So it's kind of like that.

609

:

It's circuit training,

but it's, it's like that.

610

:

It's a lot of heavy work, heavy

lifting or like crazy cardio where

611

:

you're doing like burpees for

five minutes or something insane.

612

:

Like, I just.

613

:

Maxine: super fun.

614

:

Millie: It's too aggressive for me.

615

:

Maxine: I liked orange theory.

616

:

Millie: heard good things.

617

:

Tell me about

618

:

Maxine: it's much less aggressive.

619

:

I was doing it for a while and

then my back started acting up

620

:

and I just couldn't, or maybe it

was, yeah, that's what happened.

621

:

So I was doing it for a while.

622

:

COVID happened and I was doing it at home.

623

:

They released all these videos

on YouTube so I could work out

624

:

at home, which was awesome.

625

:

Awesome.

626

:

And then we decided to sell

our house and buy a new one.

627

:

And I was working from home in the

garage with no air conditioning.

628

:

Both of my children were doing school

at home and we were packing up an

629

:

entire house to move in the middle of

a pandemic and no one was helping me.

630

:

I was the only one packing.

631

:

Millie: That sounds fine.

632

:

Maxine: So I got real stressed out and,

oh, lo and behold, all of a sudden my

633

:

back gave out and I was on crutches.

634

:

Guess who couldn't do any

of the packing anymore?

635

:

Like I didn't do that on

purpose, but my brain did.

636

:

Yeah.

637

:

So that's when I stopped and then

I never went back because my back

638

:

Millie: do they do stuff at Orange Theory?

639

:

Like, what,

640

:

Maxine: Okay, so Orange Theory, um,

you wear like this heart monitor

641

:

and it's a specific one because it,

642

:

like Bluetooth connects to their system.

643

:

So you start out either on a

treadmill or a rower, just warming

644

:

up, and then, it's a circuit.

645

:

So you've got one group on the

treadmill, and so after warmups, the

646

:

treadmill group, amps it up, right?

647

:

So you're really, it's cardio.

648

:

You're working, and you're working

to your own specific level.

649

:

So you're watching the screen telling you,

are you in the red zone, the orange zone?

650

:

Millie: zone, or green

651

:

Maxine: Yellow zone or

green zone, I think.

652

:

And you want to spend most of your time

in the orange zone, which is like, you're

653

:

not full out, like you could still do

more, but it's still pretty difficult.

654

:

And so you're not competing

with anybody around you.

655

:

Like if you're walking and

you're in the orange zone and

656

:

someone else is running, like.

657

:

a mad person.

658

:

It doesn't matter.

659

:

You're working to your zone.

660

:

And then the timer goes

off or they whistle.

661

:

I don't know what they did.

662

:

They tell you to switch.

663

:

And then that group would go and do

like, resistance training or strength

664

:

training or planks or whatever

the daily workout happens to be.

665

:

It's similar to cross fit in that way.

666

:

And then.

667

:

When you're done there, you go to the

rowing machine and it's the same thing.

668

:

You're doing more cardio and

they were awesome They you know,

669

:

you you do to your own ability

670

:

Millie: I would skip

671

:

Maxine: I would skip the rowing machine

a lot because it hurt my back and so

672

:

I would just go walk on the treadmill

instead and I loved maybe it was that

673

:

specific orange theory, but They were just

674

:

Millie: Okay.

675

:

Maxine: I wasn't intimidated

676

:

Millie: Yeah.

677

:

Yeah, and that's my deal with gyms, too.

678

:

Like, I can't go to a gym gym because

it's just too, and I, I spent, like, two

679

:

months there with a trainer, learning how

to do stuff, and it was, I still can't go.

680

:

it's just too much.

681

:

I can't wait for machines, and I can't

really remember what I'm supposed to

682

:

do, and there's people waiting, and

683

:

Maxine: are waiting and watching.

684

:

Yes.

685

:

Can we talk about gym people for a second?

686

:

Millie: too much.

687

:

I

688

:

Maxine: gym we go to now, which is

a very nice gym, it's very nice.

689

:

It's very, it's inexpensive.

690

:

It's a like 24 seven.

691

:

You can go when you want.

692

:

everyone is very nice.

693

:

I've never, you know, felt like

anyone was judging me or being,

694

:

you know, difficult or whatever.

695

:

in this gym, like one day I went, my

husband was there at the same time.

696

:

There was a man there, he was

probably in his 60s, in like a

697

:

sweatsuit, bare feet doing like karate

698

:

Millie: ha

699

:

Maxine: by himself.

700

:

So That was strange.

701

:

Then there's like the 20

something couples that are clearly

702

:

like dating and this is their

703

:

Millie: and they met there probably, yeah.

704

:

and then

705

:

Maxine: And then there's the

woman the older woman that I see

706

:

she's probably in her 70s or 80s

707

:

Millie: 70s or

708

:

Maxine: She's full on wearing like

Her clothes are from Talbot's and

709

:

she's working out in her little Mary

Jane flats and her Talbot's outfit.

710

:

I'm like, what are you even doing?

711

:

Millie: Oh my God, I love

712

:

Maxine: Gym people

713

:

Millie: Because I know

what you're talking about.

714

:

The gym that I went to, all

of those people that you

715

:

just described were at that

716

:

Maxine: mean,

717

:

Millie: It's insane.

718

:

Anyway, so, okay, so

719

:

Maxine: it's insane anyway.

720

:

So okay.

721

:

So we've talked about the gym thing

and how we have to keep moving.

722

:

No matter what, it's best to

do something that we enjoy.

723

:

Millie: because otherwise

you're not gonna fuckin do it.

724

:

There's

725

:

Maxine: so I think, A, we

know we have to keep moving.

726

:

And that's pretty much it, because all

of the information is so contradictory.

727

:

It

728

:

Millie: Yeah, I mean, it, you hear

different things, you know, strength

729

:

train, don't strength train, although

that one's pretty consistent across

730

:

the board, but cardio doesn't matter.

731

:

Cardio does matter.

732

:

You know, like there's

so many different things

733

:

Maxine: Yep, but the one thing

I hear consistently is that you

734

:

cannot out exercise a bad diet,

which is really a problem for me.

735

:

Millie: No, that's true,

736

:

Maxine: As you

737

:

Millie: I'm eating a

cookie, but they're healthy.

738

:

It's fine.

739

:

Maxine: Sure, mm hmm.

740

:

Yeah, sure

741

:

Millie: No, but it's, it's.

742

:

It doesn't matter how much you exercise

if you put garbage into your temple.

743

:

Maxine: your temple.

744

:

Yes, my

745

:

Millie: Your body's a temple, friends.

746

:

it's so true, and that,

that part's easier for me.

747

:

Maxine: I'm a garbage pail kid.

748

:

Millie: The, the healthy eating thing

has, is a lot easier for me just

749

:

because I've been doing it for so long.

750

:

But I did do some tweaking this past year,

as did you, with the whole dairy thing.

751

:

I discovered that that was the

source of a lot of my tummy trubs.

752

:

Maxine: Although dairy,

cutting out the dairy has not

753

:

dropped the weight like it did.

754

:

when younger daughter was

born, we found out that she was

755

:

lactose intolerant, basically.

756

:

So like if I had any dairy

whatsoever, she was a nightmare,

757

:

which a nightmare preemie.

758

:

I mean, nobody was sleeping.

759

:

It was awful.

760

:

And they told me not only to cut

out dairy, I had to cut out soy too.

761

:

So all of your dairy substitutes were soy.

762

:

And I was living in Fairbanks, Alaska.

763

:

Millie: couldn't have anything.

764

:

Maxine: They didn't have

fake anything back then.

765

:

I mean, soy milk was the only non dairy

milk, so I had nothing, like nothing.

766

:

And the weight fell off

767

:

Millie: Yeah, because you

weren't having anything.

768

:

Maxine: I couldn't eat anything.

769

:

But,

770

:

Millie: Yeah Yeah, but think about it.

771

:

It hasn't been that long and

there have there's times that

772

:

we're not able to stick to

773

:

Maxine: there's no dairy and alcohol,

774

:

Millie: Yeah, there's

775

:

that That's a

776

:

Maxine: not really drinking, you

know, because I was breastfeeding.

777

:

Millie: Well that you know kudos

to you for not being a drunk

778

:

while you're breastfeeding.

779

:

That was very good.

780

:

But um And it's what I said

previously, which is, anything that

781

:

you do now, modifications that you

do now, just takes so much longer.

782

:

It just does.

783

:

It takes so much longer.

784

:

Because I stopped dairy, like, in May.

785

:

And then I really did see some shit,

like, August, September, from that.

786

:

Fucking took four months, you

787

:

Maxine: And I was doing really well on

the dairy until we went on the cruise.

788

:

And then we, my husband and I kept going

to that Indian place and it was so good.

789

:

And they had this chicken korma.

790

:

that said on it that it was

cashew cream, you know, whatever.

791

:

And nothing on that cruise was

marked gluten free, dairy free.

792

:

It was none, nothing was marked.

793

:

So I assumed it was dairy free.

794

:

Millie: Yeah.

795

:

Yeah, no.

796

:

Maxine: that thing had

cream in it for sure.

797

:

Millie: Yeah.

798

:

Maxine: So my best intentions,

799

:

Millie: No, and it's

just, it's fucking hard.

800

:

And plus, like, for me, because I've

been gluten free for like 12 years now,

801

:

but, I hate going to restaurants and

being that guy, you know, like, um,

802

:

do you, do you have gluten free and,

uh, do you have anything dairy free?

803

:

Like, that

804

:

Maxine: I had to do that today.

805

:

We went to lunch and I

806

:

Millie: I just won't.

807

:

I just won't eat, or I'll have

a salad or something like that,

808

:

because I just don't like doing that.

809

:

Or

810

:

Maxine: I didn't like it

811

:

Millie: we'll go somewhere that I know

they have tons of substitutions and

812

:

modifications, you know, that they do

that and so I don't have to feel like

813

:

such an asshole.

814

:

Yeah.

815

:

but

816

:

Maxine: open.

817

:

Millie: the healthy food thing, yeah,

you were saying, like, that's, It's,

818

:

it's hard and if you're not eating

good shit, yeah, you're not going

819

:

to see any results, especially now.

820

:

Well, and so, I, there's two, people that

I, and there's 85 million, but there's

821

:

two chicks that I follow on Instagram

that are really, focused on taking care of

822

:

yourself after 40, specifically with food

823

:

Maxine: Okay.

824

:

Millie: And since we're talking about

food, they, and I mean, everyone's

825

:

saying this, in addition to the strength

training is the protein, which is

826

:

something that is supes hard for me.

827

:

I am not good at getting protein in.

828

:

I could probably be vegan, vegetarian.

829

:

And I, and I, I would say.

830

:

Not always, but in the last couple of

months since I'm kind of tweaking my

831

:

diet again, I'm probably 65 to 70 percent

Veggie, veggies only, like vegetarian

832

:

Maxine: See, this is my problem.

833

:

I cannot get enough

vegetables into my body.

834

:

Millie: and that's yeah, you know why

835

:

Maxine: thing I think about.

836

:

Millie: and I know everybody

says that Oh, it's so easy.

837

:

Just do this.

838

:

No, it's not I know it's not because

I do it and I'm fortunate enough to be

839

:

at home and have time to like cook I

840

:

Maxine: cook of the family.

841

:

Millie: cook all the

842

:

Maxine: Yeah, I'm not the cook.

843

:

So I have zero control over what is being

844

:

Millie: but I don't believe that it's

as easy as everyone makes it out to be,

845

:

because I'm doing it every single day.

846

:

And, yeah, I'm getting easily six to ten

servings of, eh, seven to ten servings of

847

:

fruits and vegetables every single day.

848

:

But it's because I'm fucking

cooking all day long.

849

:

Or I'm prepping things, or I'm

doing stuff for the next day.

850

:

Like, it's not easy.

851

:

No wonder nobody can get

fruits and vegetables in.

852

:

It's a pain in the ass.

853

:

Yeah, it

854

:

Maxine: And I mean, I'll eat them

raw, so that's another thing.

855

:

Millie: but how often really you're

gonna eat fucking raw celery carrots

856

:

and tomatoes and Old every single day.

857

:

That's so boring like you

858

:

Maxine: Yeah, it

859

:

Millie: it is and you can't do that every

860

:

Maxine: that every day.

861

:

At

862

:

Millie: At least I can't

like I need variety.

863

:

I'm not somebody that

can eat the same stuff

864

:

every day

865

:

Maxine: can eat the

866

:

Millie: Yeah, because he's a fucking

867

:

Maxine: It's a fucking rainbow.

868

:

Millie: Anyway, so, okay, so they're,

the big things that they talk about

869

:

is the protein, the fiber, because our

tummies need that fiber, probiotics,

870

:

that's the big, big one for the gals over

40 because you, you need your gut biome

871

:

Maxine: I got a lot of

872

:

Millie: this shit.

873

:

Yeah.

874

:

Maxine: That makes me think

also about the dairy thing.

875

:

So the reason that dairy bothers my

stomach in particular, um, according to

876

:

a doctor I saw years ago, is that it.

877

:

Basically kills off, um, parts,

these parts of your stomach

878

:

that help with digestion.

879

:

So, you know, take it for what it's worth.

880

:

But so that makes a lot of sense

with the probiotics too, to help

881

:

Millie: Yeah, and it's, and

like the fermented food, which

882

:

I don't think anybody has done

except in the last few years.

883

:

I'm sure other people were before,

but the sauerkraut, the kombucha,

884

:

the anything pickled, you know, we do

like pickled carrots and onions and

885

:

Maxine: Have you had pickled asparagus?

886

:

Millie: I do

887

:

Maxine: hmm.

888

:

Real good.

889

:

Millie: My husband does

some pickling here and there

890

:

Maxine: We need to just move our two

families in together and then we can like

891

:

all like together we make a functional

892

:

Millie: have really good resources, yeah.

893

:

I'm not opposed to it as long as

I don't have to see your husband

894

:

that much and he's gone a lot.

895

:

So that's, that's actually

a really good idea.

896

:

Okay.

897

:

Maxine: it's like sister wives except

for without the Oh my god, that's

898

:

Millie: God, those blessed sisters.

899

:

Boy, they're really going

through some shit, aren't they?

900

:

They have fallen the fuck apart.

901

:

Maxine: fuck apart.

902

:

What?

903

:

That didn't work?

904

:

Millie: what?

905

:

That didn't work?

906

:

Oh my God.

907

:

Okay.

908

:

So anyway, so fermented food, right?

909

:

And, and both of these gals, one of which

Health with Holland is what she's called.

910

:

Her name is Becca Holland.

911

:

She's fucking amazing.

912

:

Maxine: to follow

913

:

Millie: And then, um, fasting MD.

914

:

She's Dr.

915

:

Amy, but

916

:

she's

917

:

Maxine: whole fasting

918

:

Millie: well, so yeah, actually

I did want to talk about that.

919

:

That's something that she talks about,

but But, but there's other stuff, Becca

920

:

talks a little bit about fasting, but

her big thing is getting your hormones

921

:

straight because if you can get your

hormones the way they need to be, your

922

:

cortisol levels the way they need to

be, your anxiety the way, and there

923

:

are foods that you need to be eating to

make all of that work the way that it's

924

:

supposed

925

:

Maxine: I'm into it.

926

:

Now does that work when you're

artificially suppressing hormones?

927

:

Millie: I, she is somebody that you

could message and she would give you an

928

:

Maxine: Really?

929

:

Okay.

930

:

really cool.

931

:

Okay.

932

:

What was her name again for our listener?

933

:

Millie: health with Holland.

934

:

Maxine: with Holland.

935

:

Okay.

936

:

Okay.

937

:

Now let's talk about the fasting because

I have a friend who went through the same

938

:

cancer journey that I do, that I did.

939

:

So she's in very much the same boat.

940

:

She's been fasting for quite a while now,

a couple of years, and she swears by it.

941

:

She loves it.

942

:

It's helped her keep the weight off.

943

:

Millie: off.

944

:

I

945

:

Maxine: With my, sugar levels, and I think

I'm like, I don't know, I think I need to

946

:

have one of those things that tests your

blood glucose after you eat, um, I worry

947

:

about the fasting because I tend to, my

blood sugar will drop really drastically,

948

:

and then I'll get shaky, and I'll get

all weird, so I worry about the fasting

949

:

for myself, but I want to hear what Dr.

950

:

Amy

951

:

Millie: Well, you want to hear what Dr.

952

:

Maxine says, actually, but, uh,

953

:

Maxine: is going to be a doctor

954

:

Millie: yeah, not of medicine, friends.

955

:

So anyway,

956

:

Maxine: Still a doctor.

957

:

Millie: so I am in the

exact same boat as you.

958

:

I have.

959

:

I've, I've been diagnosed with

hyper, hyperglycemia previously.

960

:

I have those blood sugar issues.

961

:

If I don't eat, and my husband likes

to joke about this a lot, if I don't

962

:

eat immediately when I'm hungry, it's

bad, shakes, headache, like crazy.

963

:

Maxine: crazy.

964

:

Like you're gonna

965

:

Millie: So I.

966

:

Now, I do try to do the

12 hours at night thing.

967

:

Um, sometimes it's 11,

most of the time it's 11.

968

:

where I don't eat for 11 hours,

11 hours or 12 hours overnight.

969

:

During the day, absolutely

fucking not, I cannot do it.

970

:

Can't do it.

971

:

And in the morning A lot of times

I'll do salt water when I wake up so

972

:

Maxine: okay.

973

:

I've never heard of that.

974

:

Millie: what

975

:

Maxine: No.

976

:

Tell me about saltwater.

977

:

Millie: okay, so wait, no

978

:

Maxine: Okay.

979

:

Sorry.

980

:

We're

981

:

Millie: We're talking

we're fasting right now.

982

:

Then we'll talk about salt

983

:

Maxine: Okay.

984

:

It's hard to be my friend guys.

985

:

I'm all over the fucking place.

986

:

. Have I told you about bilateral music?

987

:

I discovered that last night.

988

:

We talked about that

989

:

Millie: Stop I have to pee and my stomach

990

:

Maxine: I'm sorry.

991

:

. So

992

:

Millie: Um, so anyway, so fasting,

not for me, but my oldest son

993

:

is actually doing it right now.

994

:

He loves it for quick weight loss.

995

:

He's 22, so works really well for him.

996

:

But I'm with you.

997

:

There's a ton of people I know that

have done it and it works beautifully

998

:

Maxine: supposed to be great for, the

999

:

Millie: It's great for your digestion

:

00:38:06,001 --> 00:38:09,721

Maxine: the first person I heard it

from was an old friend of mine who had

:

00:38:09,721 --> 00:38:14,621

breast cancer, unfortunately she did not

survive her breast cancer, but she she

:

00:38:14,621 --> 00:38:17,711

fought it for a long time and she did

a lot of research and one of the things

:

00:38:17,711 --> 00:38:22,541

that she learned was about fasting and

how it's so good for your cells and it's

:

00:38:22,551 --> 00:38:25,171

a good cancer preventative, you know,

:

00:38:25,446 --> 00:38:25,716

Millie: No.

:

00:38:25,716 --> 00:38:26,106

I've heard

:

00:38:26,131 --> 00:38:27,221

Maxine: really good for you.

:

00:38:27,436 --> 00:38:28,566

Millie: I just can't fucking do it.

:

00:38:29,186 --> 00:38:32,346

I can, I'm really trying to

do consistently the 12 hour

:

00:38:32,346 --> 00:38:34,256

thing, but it's not consistent.

:

00:38:34,296 --> 00:38:37,426

It happens maybe 30,

40 percent of the time,

:

00:38:37,441 --> 00:38:40,061

Maxine: Okay, but I still feel

like that would do something

:

00:38:40,086 --> 00:38:41,926

Millie: Yeah, but most of these

motherfuckers are doing it

:

00:38:41,926 --> 00:38:43,456

for like 14 hours, 16 hours.

:

00:38:43,526 --> 00:38:44,096

No.

:

00:38:44,376 --> 00:38:46,826

I, 11, 12 is my absolute max.

:

00:38:46,826 --> 00:38:48,536

I cannot do it longer than that.

:

00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:49,126

Cause I'm too

:

00:38:49,471 --> 00:38:52,011

Maxine: like anything I think it

works for some people it doesn't

:

00:38:52,011 --> 00:38:55,061

work for other people and you

know What works for you is great

:

00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:55,766

Millie: Yeah.

:

00:38:56,521 --> 00:38:58,491

Maxine: But okay saltwater

:

00:38:58,541 --> 00:38:59,111

Millie: Saltwater.

:

00:38:59,211 --> 00:39:03,791

So, you're hella dehydrated when you

wake up, like major, major, major.

:

00:39:03,791 --> 00:39:08,641

And so there's all of this research

and studies and stuff that, salt in

:

00:39:08,641 --> 00:39:12,021

the morning is really, really good

for hydrating your body quickly,

:

00:39:12,031 --> 00:39:16,311

getting those electrolytes, um,

cause you know, Himalayan salt has

:

00:39:16,311 --> 00:39:21,151

like magnesium and potassium and,

other shit, other electrolytes in it.

:

00:39:21,616 --> 00:39:26,016

and so I have, I've done that for a

while now, I drink it in the morning,

:

00:39:26,126 --> 00:39:27,806

Maxine: feel like are

the effects from that?

:

00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,026

Millie: I, I'm hydrated really quickly.

:

00:39:30,056 --> 00:39:33,956

I will say my migraines are so

much less than they used to be.

:

00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:37,596

And that was the reason why I started

drinking it initially was because

:

00:39:37,676 --> 00:39:40,236

I had read that most of the time.

:

00:39:40,502 --> 00:39:42,242

salt will fix headaches.

:

00:39:42,522 --> 00:39:47,982

Like if you, if you are somebody that has

headaches a lot, which I am, and so that's

:

00:39:47,982 --> 00:39:51,082

why I started it initially, but then I

was reading about how it's really good

:

00:39:51,082 --> 00:39:52,192

to have it first thing in the morning.

:

00:39:52,192 --> 00:39:55,002

And honestly, I don't have

a lot of headaches anymore.

:

00:39:55,002 --> 00:39:55,772

I really

:

00:39:55,924 --> 00:39:58,032

Maxine: do you just, it's just salt water?

:

00:39:58,032 --> 00:40:00,462

Do you put like apple

cider vinegar or do you

:

00:40:00,572 --> 00:40:03,932

Millie: I'll do that separately because

I like for that to just be on its own.

:

00:40:04,122 --> 00:40:05,542

I put lemon with it.

:

00:40:05,622 --> 00:40:06,112

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:40:06,112 --> 00:40:06,302

Cause

:

00:40:06,302 --> 00:40:09,452

it seems like it'd be hard to get

salt water, straight salt water

:

00:40:09,497 --> 00:40:11,477

Millie: fucking gross, I

buy this flavored stuff.

:

00:40:11,477 --> 00:40:12,237

It's another brand.

:

00:40:12,237 --> 00:40:13,697

Boy we're plugging everybody today.

:

00:40:13,697 --> 00:40:19,257

Redmond's has a brand, has a salt

mix called Relight that tastes

:

00:40:19,277 --> 00:40:24,407

decent and I throw that in with

water and lemon and it's fruity.

:

00:40:24,657 --> 00:40:28,207

Okay, so the things, the three things I

still want to talk about, just because

:

00:40:28,207 --> 00:40:30,687

I want to know what you think and I

want to know what our listener thinks,

:

00:40:30,687 --> 00:40:32,537

even though she can't tell us he,

:

00:40:32,557 --> 00:40:35,397

Maxine: Well, no, she can

because we have an email address,

:

00:40:35,457 --> 00:40:37,927

reinventing this shit show at gmail.

:

00:40:37,927 --> 00:40:38,377

com.

:

00:40:38,977 --> 00:40:43,127

Please or our Facebook

reinventing this shit show.

:

00:40:43,127 --> 00:40:43,937

We've got Instagram.

:

00:40:43,947 --> 00:40:49,677

We've got all, all the socials were

not, I, we have a, an ex account,

:

00:40:49,677 --> 00:40:51,067

but I've never done one thing with it

:

00:40:51,247 --> 00:40:51,737

Millie: because it's

:

00:40:51,987 --> 00:40:53,327

Maxine: I don't want to

have anything to do with it.

:

00:40:53,867 --> 00:40:54,467

It's not my thing

:

00:40:54,567 --> 00:40:54,967

Millie: Okay.

:

00:40:54,967 --> 00:40:55,427

So.

:

00:40:55,477 --> 00:40:56,317

Maxine: So please let us know.

:

00:40:56,662 --> 00:41:00,212

Millie: SANA I want to talk about and I

want to talk about cold plunge because

:

00:41:00,212 --> 00:41:04,992

these are two things that I'm thinking

about getting aboard those trains,

:

00:41:05,012 --> 00:41:09,542

especially the SANA train, because I'm

reading so many benefits about, and

:

00:41:09,542 --> 00:41:14,744

this might interest you too, something

about your hormones, the heat, like,

:

00:41:16,004 --> 00:41:18,274

helps boost what you've lost, basically.

:

00:41:18,524 --> 00:41:22,794

There's shit that you lose when you're

in your 40s and I'm, obviously I sound

:

00:41:22,794 --> 00:41:23,784

like I know what I'm talking about.

:

00:41:23,784 --> 00:41:24,784

Shit that you lose.

:

00:41:24,979 --> 00:41:26,079

Maxine: Shit that you lose, what kind of

:

00:41:26,304 --> 00:41:29,174

Millie: That the sauna regenerates.

:

00:41:29,564 --> 00:41:29,984

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:41:30,404 --> 00:41:36,244

At the gym that I, I go to, I pay

an extra 5 a month for the little

:

00:41:36,244 --> 00:41:41,134

VIP area, um, which sometimes is

the only reason I go to the gym.

:

00:41:41,154 --> 00:41:44,124

So it was totally worth

the extra 5 massage chairs.

:

00:41:44,134 --> 00:41:48,194

There's a red light therapy, there's

tanning, which, I mean, what year is it?

:

00:41:48,194 --> 00:41:48,374

Come

:

00:41:48,474 --> 00:41:48,944

Millie: know.

:

00:41:49,114 --> 00:41:52,984

Maxine: Um, and there is like

an infrared sauna and it's

:

00:41:52,984 --> 00:41:54,524

got all these benefits listed.

:

00:41:54,524 --> 00:41:55,614

I've never gone in it because.

:

00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:58,404

Saunas sound uncomfortable, I don't

:

00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:02,419

Millie: Well, I love that heat, especially

when it's cold and my joints hurt.

:

00:42:02,609 --> 00:42:03,269

Yes.

:

00:42:03,389 --> 00:42:03,729

Give me

:

00:42:03,881 --> 00:42:05,276

Maxine: god, how old are we?

:

00:42:05,279 --> 00:42:06,069

Millie: we're a hundred.

:

00:42:06,379 --> 00:42:09,899

But the sauna is supposed to help

with arthritis like hella, like big

:

00:42:10,174 --> 00:42:10,714

Maxine: okay.

:

00:42:10,919 --> 00:42:12,919

Millie: So I'm, there's a place.

:

00:42:13,486 --> 00:42:16,156

It's near where I live that's

just like a sauna place and you

:

00:42:16,476 --> 00:42:18,306

pay for sessions or whatever.

:

00:42:18,306 --> 00:42:23,296

I'm thinking about doing it, just to

kind of see the, the cold plunge thing is

:

00:42:23,296 --> 00:42:25,456

supposed to help with all that shit too.

:

00:42:25,856 --> 00:42:27,106

I can't do it,

:

00:42:27,121 --> 00:42:27,861

Maxine: I'm terrified.

:

00:42:27,996 --> 00:42:32,656

Millie: health with Holland

gal suggests doing an ice bath

:

00:42:32,656 --> 00:42:33,956

for your face in the mornings.

:

00:42:33,966 --> 00:42:37,186

She says that you will get

similar benefits and it

:

00:42:37,186 --> 00:42:38,626

lowers cortisol and all this

:

00:42:38,631 --> 00:42:44,741

Maxine: Well, I will tell you that one

way to stimulate your vagus nerve is ice

:

00:42:44,741 --> 00:42:46,921

water on your chest or

:

00:42:47,226 --> 00:42:47,386

Millie: you're.

:

00:42:47,386 --> 00:42:48,226

supposed to do that.

:

00:42:48,246 --> 00:42:48,316

so to

:

00:42:48,481 --> 00:42:52,401

Maxine: I can see how it would now,

Adrian, I'm talking to you right now.

:

00:42:53,031 --> 00:42:54,671

I don't know if she still listens.

:

00:42:54,711 --> 00:42:57,461

I know she listened at least once

because all the people, you know,

:

00:42:57,481 --> 00:42:58,811

they're nice and they listen once.

:

00:42:59,131 --> 00:43:00,271

Maybe she's still listening.

:

00:43:00,751 --> 00:43:04,761

Adrienne, if you are listening,

please email me at reinventing

:

00:43:04,761 --> 00:43:06,051

this shit show at gmail.

:

00:43:06,051 --> 00:43:08,311

com and tell me all

about your cold plunge.

:

00:43:08,661 --> 00:43:11,831

She, I see her on Facebook all the time.

:

00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:14,151

She goes out, she lives

up in Pennsylvania.

:

00:43:14,751 --> 00:43:20,654

she and her friends go out into

the woods into oh God, like ice

:

00:43:20,654 --> 00:43:24,434

cold lakes during the winter and

and she's always in an ice bath.

:

00:43:24,454 --> 00:43:24,984

I don't know.

:

00:43:25,104 --> 00:43:25,674

I don't know

:

00:43:25,881 --> 00:43:26,071

Millie: Yeah,

:

00:43:26,231 --> 00:43:27,301

Maxine: how she has time to work.

:

00:43:27,301 --> 00:43:28,101

She's always in an ice

:

00:43:28,199 --> 00:43:28,501

Millie: ice bath.

:

00:43:28,501 --> 00:43:33,311

Well, my trainer, Kylie, she,

I think she has, she has one at

:

00:43:33,311 --> 00:43:35,471

home, or she fills it with ice at

:

00:43:35,511 --> 00:43:36,871

Maxine: friend Mel Robbins has one.

:

00:43:36,871 --> 00:43:37,431

I saw that on

:

00:43:37,576 --> 00:43:39,946

Millie: I know, but Mel

Robbins has like the fancy one.

:

00:43:39,976 --> 00:43:42,016

Kylie has like a baby pool or something.

:

00:43:42,016 --> 00:43:46,786

I don't know what it is, but,

um, I, I just, I don't know.

:

00:43:46,786 --> 00:43:49,236

I don't, I'm worried I'm gonna

have a fucking heart attack

:

00:43:49,246 --> 00:43:51,036

if I get in that cold water.

:

00:43:51,226 --> 00:43:52,456

I'm like actually worried about

:

00:43:52,746 --> 00:43:53,206

Maxine: Yeah.

:

00:43:53,426 --> 00:43:55,126

Millie: So I think I'm just gonna, these

:

00:43:55,506 --> 00:43:56,706

Maxine: I like the one on the face though.

:

00:43:56,706 --> 00:43:57,296

I can handle

:

00:43:57,311 --> 00:44:01,611

Millie: That I think I can do since we've

been talking, you know, in the, in the

:

00:44:01,661 --> 00:44:06,531

spirit of adding new things for the year,

both of those things I'm going to try.

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00:44:06,726 --> 00:44:06,976

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:44:06,976 --> 00:44:08,316

Salt water in the morning.

:

00:44:08,326 --> 00:44:08,346

Yeah.

:

00:44:08,481 --> 00:44:09,621

Millie: Yeah, you get a lot.

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00:44:09,666 --> 00:44:10,096

Maxine: Ice.

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00:44:10,806 --> 00:44:12,466

Ice packs on my face.

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00:44:12,691 --> 00:44:16,731

Millie: I want, I'm going to do the, put

my face in the cold water in the morning

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00:44:16,846 --> 00:44:18,166

Maxine: Okay, sauna.

:

00:44:18,281 --> 00:44:19,041

Millie: to try this on a

:

00:44:19,206 --> 00:44:23,306

Maxine: Maybe if when my husband gets

up to get my older daughter ready

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00:44:23,306 --> 00:44:25,629

for school at the crack of dawn.

:

00:44:25,874 --> 00:44:27,354

Millie: You don't even

know because you're asleep.

:

00:44:27,819 --> 00:44:32,369

Maxine: Maybe if he came in and just

poured ice water on my face, that would

:

00:44:32,504 --> 00:44:33,314

Millie: Do you know how mad

:

00:44:33,399 --> 00:44:38,889

Maxine: He would not be alive anymore.

:

00:44:38,904 --> 00:44:43,084

Millie: Well, both of those chicks that

I follow on Insta are big sauna folks.

:

00:44:43,134 --> 00:44:45,404

Big ice bath shit folks, too.

:

00:44:45,634 --> 00:44:46,554

Like, this is the new

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00:44:46,579 --> 00:44:47,449

Maxine: to be really good for

:

00:44:47,514 --> 00:44:48,214

Millie: I know, but

:

00:44:48,309 --> 00:44:49,269

Maxine: I believe it.

:

00:44:49,609 --> 00:44:50,859

I believe it, but I

:

00:44:50,894 --> 00:44:55,494

Millie: Dude, whatever we

can do in this season of

:

00:44:55,524 --> 00:44:58,524

Maxine: Would you please

never say season again?

:

00:44:59,669 --> 00:45:04,709

Millie: To, to ease our suffering,

to make things a little bit more,

:

00:45:04,864 --> 00:45:07,134

Maxine: we have to freeze our

asses off and then get in a

:

00:45:07,134 --> 00:45:08,904

sauna and sweat our asses off.

:

00:45:09,319 --> 00:45:10,059

Millie: I don't know.

:

00:45:10,059 --> 00:45:13,909

I, I really legit, like starting next

week, I'm going to put my fucking

:

00:45:13,909 --> 00:45:15,609

face in ice water in the mornings.

:

00:45:15,629 --> 00:45:16,239

I'm going to do

:

00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:16,439

it.

:

00:45:16,539 --> 00:45:16,709

In

:

00:45:16,734 --> 00:45:17,104

Maxine: a new

:

00:45:17,179 --> 00:45:18,219

Millie: to my journaling,

:

00:45:18,419 --> 00:45:18,869

Maxine: Oh, right.

:

00:45:18,869 --> 00:45:19,619

Of the journal?

:

00:45:19,624 --> 00:45:20,069

Yes.

:

00:45:20,129 --> 00:45:23,039

Oh, let's circle back

to that for two seconds.

:

00:45:23,589 --> 00:45:25,929

Maxine brought a gratitude journal and

:

00:45:26,109 --> 00:45:28,859

Millie: I fucking did, I'm on

day three, it's so hilarious,

:

00:45:28,869 --> 00:45:29,379

Maxine: I love it.

:

00:45:29,629 --> 00:45:33,769

Millie: but I, I do like it because it

has prompts and it takes 30 seconds.

:

00:45:34,089 --> 00:45:34,769

So we'll see.

:

00:45:34,989 --> 00:45:35,379

Maxine: Yeah.

:

00:45:35,709 --> 00:45:37,989

And she bought me one, so I will have to

:

00:45:37,989 --> 00:45:38,619

report to

:

00:45:39,309 --> 00:45:40,309

Millie: Yeah, well, we'll see.

:

00:45:40,349 --> 00:45:42,949

Let's see how long, if we

can even get through January,

:

00:45:43,089 --> 00:45:44,469

it will be fucking amazing.

:

00:45:45,499 --> 00:45:45,799

Maxine: I don't

:

00:45:45,859 --> 00:45:47,159

Millie: But I am kind

of excited about them.

:

00:45:47,299 --> 00:45:47,984

Maxine: I, I'm too.

:

00:45:49,004 --> 00:45:49,954

Okay, well,

:

00:45:50,089 --> 00:45:51,599

Millie: me, new year, new you, right?

:

00:45:52,074 --> 00:45:53,484

Maxine: New Year, New

:

00:45:53,849 --> 00:45:55,589

Millie: I think that's all

I wanted to talk about.

:

00:45:56,899 --> 00:46:01,869

Maxine: Okay, so to recap, I

need to move every day, get up in

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00:46:01,879 --> 00:46:04,219

the morning early and exercise,

:

00:46:04,489 --> 00:46:04,839

Millie: I would.

:

00:46:04,849 --> 00:46:05,309

Get it out of the

:

00:46:05,319 --> 00:46:06,249

Maxine: face in ice

:

00:46:06,389 --> 00:46:06,759

Millie: Yeah.

:

00:46:06,849 --> 00:46:07,469

Yeah, bitch.

:

00:46:07,569 --> 00:46:10,799

Maxine: go to the sauna, drink

salt water in the morning,

:

00:46:11,389 --> 00:46:12,459

Millie: Put some lemon in there too.

:

00:46:12,529 --> 00:46:13,309

Good for the tum.

:

00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:13,809

Maxine: It's a lot

:

00:46:14,724 --> 00:46:18,414

Millie: Okay, so let's, we don't need

to do all of it, but I, I do want

:

00:46:18,414 --> 00:46:19,994

to try the sauna and cold plunge.

:

00:46:20,204 --> 00:46:21,304

I'm excited about that.

:

00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:22,129

Maxine: Okay

:

00:46:22,694 --> 00:46:24,834

Millie: So we'll, we'll

report back, listener,

:

00:46:24,889 --> 00:46:25,259

Maxine: Sure, we

:

00:46:25,554 --> 00:46:28,324

Millie: on that cold plunge

and cold face plunge.

:

00:46:28,324 --> 00:46:29,304

Let's not get crazy

:

00:46:29,305 --> 00:46:30,656

Maxine: Yeah, no, I'm not.

:

00:46:30,656 --> 00:46:33,219

I, can I just stick my

face in the freezer?

:

00:46:33,349 --> 00:46:35,999

Like, how are you going to do this?

:

00:46:36,114 --> 00:46:41,234

Millie: You know what, Becca, at Health

with Holland, she did say you can

:

00:46:41,234 --> 00:46:43,004

just put ice packs on your face, too.

:

00:46:43,004 --> 00:46:46,484

If it's too, like, abrasive

for you, you can do other stuff

:

00:46:46,484 --> 00:46:48,064

and have some similar effects.

:

00:46:48,064 --> 00:46:48,977

Maxine: Yeah.

:

00:46:48,977 --> 00:46:49,890

Yeah.

:

00:46:49,931 --> 00:46:55,161

Millie: Yeah, but still we will,

we will embark on this or continue.

:

00:46:55,211 --> 00:46:55,991

We've already started

:

00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:56,811

Maxine: We have started.

:

00:46:56,811 --> 00:46:57,181

You're right.

:

00:46:57,191 --> 00:46:57,871

You're right.

:

00:46:58,001 --> 00:46:58,491

You're right.

:

00:46:58,621 --> 00:47:01,751

Millie: just gonna throw in some new

things, but we've already started.

:

00:47:02,341 --> 00:47:03,061

Look at that.

:

00:47:03,441 --> 00:47:04,141

Go us.

:

00:47:04,181 --> 00:47:08,681

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:47:08,891 --> 00:47:09,901

Millie: did you want to grab the

:

00:47:10,021 --> 00:47:11,121

Maxine: Yeah, we need to do

:

00:47:11,381 --> 00:47:11,731

Millie: Hold on.

:

00:47:11,731 --> 00:47:13,671

I'm gonna go get it Oh, but my legs are

:

00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:19,360

Maxine: Oh my god, I wish you

guys could see how she's limping

:

00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,330

around from this trainer of hers.

:

00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,910

Okay, should we do one

that my kids put in here?

:

00:47:24,505 --> 00:47:25,385

Millie: I don't give a fuck.

:

00:47:25,445 --> 00:47:26,685

I'm good with whatever.

:

00:47:26,685 --> 00:47:30,520

Yeah, and I, you know, let's not have

one that takes until the end of time.

:

00:47:30,565 --> 00:47:31,535

Maxine: We already did that one.

:

00:47:32,380 --> 00:47:34,230

Millie: Maybe we shouldn't

throw him back in.

:

00:47:34,670 --> 00:47:35,010

Ooh.

:

00:47:35,011 --> 00:47:35,332

Ha

:

00:47:35,545 --> 00:47:36,035

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:47:36,218 --> 00:47:36,858

Oh.

:

00:47:37,063 --> 00:47:37,683

Millie: Oh, God.

:

00:47:37,953 --> 00:47:39,473

I don't like when your

face looks like that.

:

00:47:44,504 --> 00:47:47,694

Maxine: I mean, I'm going to give you

one that my husband gave me yesterday.

:

00:47:47,754 --> 00:47:50,764

This will be a nice quick one, um,

because I already know my answer because

:

00:47:50,764 --> 00:47:53,124

he already, he already, um, asked me.

:

00:47:53,249 --> 00:47:54,759

Millie: That's kind of cheating, but

:

00:47:54,784 --> 00:47:57,864

Maxine: cheating, but I'll go first

and give you time to, to think about

:

00:47:57,864 --> 00:47:59,194

it because it's a real quick one.

:

00:47:59,804 --> 00:48:01,674

So he texted me last

night out of the blue.

:

00:48:02,319 --> 00:48:06,519

What is the best thing that you hate

and the worst thing that you love?

:

00:48:07,294 --> 00:48:08,184

Millie: About what?

:

00:48:08,669 --> 00:48:10,389

Maxine: just what is

the best thing you hate?

:

00:48:10,739 --> 00:48:10,879

So

:

00:48:10,984 --> 00:48:15,294

Millie: You know, it is just like him to

say something fucking crazy like that.

:

00:48:15,464 --> 00:48:15,644

You

:

00:48:15,749 --> 00:48:18,639

Maxine: he's walking the dogs,

okay, so here's and I'll tell

:

00:48:18,639 --> 00:48:19,759

you his answers too if I can

:

00:48:19,844 --> 00:48:21,234

Millie: I don't want to hear his answers.

:

00:48:21,234 --> 00:48:21,654

You go.

:

00:48:21,654 --> 00:48:21,914

What are

:

00:48:21,919 --> 00:48:27,529

Maxine: Okay, so the worst thing

that I love is the series charmed

:

00:48:27,674 --> 00:48:28,004

Millie: Okay.

:

00:48:28,214 --> 00:48:28,674

Oh, that's funny.

:

00:48:28,674 --> 00:48:28,894

We just

:

00:48:28,949 --> 00:48:32,909

Maxine: we talked about it last week it

is Um, one of the worst TV shows I've

:

00:48:32,909 --> 00:48:34,949

ever watched and I fucking love it.

:

00:48:35,359 --> 00:48:35,769

whatever.

:

00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:41,179

Um, the best thing that I hate is

truffles because they're disgusting,

:

00:48:42,034 --> 00:48:42,854

Millie: thing that you hate.

:

00:48:43,104 --> 00:48:43,564

Okay, I

:

00:48:43,729 --> 00:48:44,909

Maxine: Cause everyone loves truffle.

:

00:48:44,999 --> 00:48:45,509

Everyone loves

:

00:48:45,644 --> 00:48:46,064

Millie: love them.

:

00:48:46,124 --> 00:48:46,364

Love

:

00:48:46,539 --> 00:48:48,069

Maxine: I think they're

disgusting and I hate them.

:

00:48:48,264 --> 00:48:50,344

Millie: know, and you

don't, you'll eat anything.

:

00:48:50,374 --> 00:48:51,744

Like, you don't, you're not,

:

00:48:52,159 --> 00:48:53,279

Maxine: I'm not super picky.

:

00:48:53,379 --> 00:48:54,549

Millie: you're not at all.

:

00:48:54,749 --> 00:48:55,509

Maxine: hate truffles.

:

00:48:55,669 --> 00:48:58,359

Millie: Okay, so what's

the the worst thing I love?

:

00:48:59,199 --> 00:49:01,739

God, that is such a dumb

way to say something.

:

00:49:01,769 --> 00:49:02,229

Okay.

:

00:49:02,229 --> 00:49:06,209

Okay,

:

00:49:06,269 --> 00:49:08,769

Maxine: you more, more examples.

:

00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:11,619

Millie: how about I do a

show cuz that's that's good.

:

00:49:12,319 --> 00:49:13,109

It's bad.

:

00:49:13,169 --> 00:49:14,279

It's real bad.

:

00:49:14,369 --> 00:49:14,949

Maxine: worst,

:

00:49:15,169 --> 00:49:16,159

Millie: The worst thing.

:

00:49:16,169 --> 00:49:18,779

Yeah, the worst show that

I love is Seventh Heaven.

:

00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:19,909

Have you ever watched that show?

:

00:49:20,179 --> 00:49:21,089

Maxine: I used to watch

:

00:49:21,144 --> 00:49:23,534

Millie: Okay, I watched

from beginning to the end.

:

00:49:23,544 --> 00:49:29,134

I've seen every episode multiple times

and the dad who who was in that show

:

00:49:29,154 --> 00:49:33,574

got like He didn't get arrested, but

somebody came, a teenager came forward

:

00:49:33,584 --> 00:49:37,754

and said that he molested her or some

shit, and he was like a minister.

:

00:49:38,464 --> 00:49:39,624

I love that fucking show.

:

00:49:40,144 --> 00:49:40,464

And I

:

00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:41,469

Maxine: That's like mine.

:

00:49:41,924 --> 00:49:45,284

Millie: bringing up Bates and

the Duggars, like all, that stuff

:

00:49:45,284 --> 00:49:47,214

is disgusting and I watch it.

:

00:49:47,304 --> 00:49:48,054

I love it.

:

00:49:48,094 --> 00:49:48,984

Not anymore, but I

:

00:49:49,349 --> 00:49:49,679

Maxine: Okay.

:

00:49:49,679 --> 00:49:51,559

So what's the best thing that you hate?

:

00:49:51,589 --> 00:49:55,169

So, you know, something that everyone

loves that you hate, I guess.

:

00:49:56,364 --> 00:49:57,464

Millie: That's, what?

:

00:49:57,474 --> 00:49:58,094

I fucking hate

:

00:49:58,094 --> 00:49:58,714

everything.

:

00:49:59,324 --> 00:49:59,524

Oh

:

00:50:00,001 --> 00:50:02,991

You're gonna have to cut the silence out

while I think about the best thing that I

:

00:50:03,781 --> 00:50:04,431

Maxine: I'll do a little tap

:

00:50:04,571 --> 00:50:05,761

Millie: the best thing that I hate.

:

00:50:05,982 --> 00:50:09,532

I hate so many things, but

are they like, best things?

:

00:50:10,079 --> 00:50:10,699

Maxine: I stumped

:

00:50:10,909 --> 00:50:13,318

Millie: What, I, what do I hate that

:

00:50:13,388 --> 00:50:15,348

I, like, seriously, I hate everything.

:

00:50:15,358 --> 00:50:17,938

I don't, I don't know

how to pick one thing.

:

00:50:18,102 --> 00:50:20,015

Maxine: to just leave everything out here.

:

00:50:20,015 --> 00:50:20,334

Ugh.

:

00:50:20,553 --> 00:50:21,523

Millie: I do love truffles.

:

00:50:21,609 --> 00:50:22,566

Maxine: other day we

:

00:50:22,803 --> 00:50:25,233

Millie: I'm thinking about

truffles more than anything else.

:

00:50:25,618 --> 00:50:27,508

I don't really like cheeseburgers.

:

00:50:28,058 --> 00:50:29,388

Maxine: Oh, and everyone

loves cheeseburgers.

:

00:50:29,398 --> 00:50:31,288

So yeah, cheeseburgers are a great thing.

:

00:50:31,298 --> 00:50:31,998

Most people love them.

:

00:50:32,018 --> 00:50:33,198

So there you go, cheeseburgers.

:

00:50:33,228 --> 00:50:33,658

Millie: Boom!

:

00:50:33,658 --> 00:50:33,968

I did

:

00:50:33,968 --> 00:50:34,298

it.

:

00:50:35,765 --> 00:50:36,075

Maxine: All right.

:

00:50:36,085 --> 00:50:41,625

So, um, so let's, let's see if

Maxine can get this one this week.

:

00:50:42,165 --> 00:50:43,745

Millie: know I really

struggled last week, huh?

:

00:50:44,305 --> 00:50:45,055

Maybe I was drunk.

:

00:50:45,065 --> 00:50:45,515

I don't know.

:

00:50:45,595 --> 00:50:47,205

Maxine: Um, remember.

:

00:50:47,635 --> 00:50:51,415

Millie: A midlife crisis

is more fun with friends.

:

00:50:51,595 --> 00:50:52,065

Maxine: Nice

:

00:50:52,415 --> 00:50:53,435

Millie: Thanks, friends.

:

00:50:53,795 --> 00:50:54,115

Bye.

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Maxine is married and in her 40's -wondering how she got here. She is the mother of 3 young adults and defines parenthood as the most rewarding and traumatic experience of her life. She is currently working on her doctorate in education.
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Millie is a forty-something mom of two amazing kids who drive her crazy on a daily basis. She has a cute husband, a job she mostly loves, and a raging midlife crisis.