Episode Transcript
[00:00:10] Speaker A: Happy Sunday, y'. All. You are listening to Fit to Be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. And, Whitney, I have not seen you in forever.
[00:00:20] Speaker B: Well, yes, that is in person for sure, but we've been having to unfortunately go digital again because we had a meeting last week for Body of Appreciation week. I think that was the first time I saw you. But of course, it was through, you know, the Internet. It wasn't even through real life. But, I mean, what is real life anymore? I don't. I don't really know what it is. So.
[00:00:41] Speaker A: I know. Like, are we in the Matrix? Like, I don't know. But, yeah, so, I mean, they had a new movie come out. We'll just. We'll just throw that out there. But, you know, if you're listening to the show today, if you've got that kind of ear, you might notice, like, hey, they sound a little different. We're just going to go ahead and put it out there and tell y', all, we are having to record via Zoom because I am in quarantine jail in my home.
I have had tiny children with teachers that have tested positive. And so we're just. Whitney and I are just living real life for y' all right now, you know, and so we've had to learn how to pivot, be flexible. You know, I am not claiming those words as my year of my. My word of the year for, like, 2022, but that's what's happening in January, so it is what it is. Yeah.
[00:01:36] Speaker B: And, you know, it's okay. It is what it is. I mean, I feel like, you know, it's always this way for me in January and February. Not like the pandemic stuff. Not like this has been going on forever, but, you know, just kind of adjusting to new schedules and, you know, we'll kind of talk about New Year's resolutions and things like that, like a new start, and that brings changes. But, yeah, you know, we kind of thought we were out of the clear or in the clear with COVID You know, last semester, everything started looking up and bright, and we were pumped. And then we had a new variant, which really bites. And then now we're back, and we're actually kind of pushed back a little bit. So if you guys have been listening to us, this is our first 2022 show, because I think we had to do some reruns the last few weeks because we just couldn't get it together, because we couldn't. Our schedules weren't lighting up. I mean, Sheena you having a quarantine, and then just honestly, like, the mental stress of trying to get back and get started and then having to constant make changes has been very stressful. So if you're dealing with it out there, we get it. Because this is our first radio show this semester.
[00:02:43] Speaker A: Exactly. And, you know, it almost seems silly to talk about this since we're pretty much near the end of January. But, you know, Whitney, with your holiday break, did you find that to be relaxing? Did you do a lot of travel? What was kind of your vibe or theme for our winter break time frame?
[00:03:03] Speaker B: Yeah, so for those of you listening, we get off. We get a pretty good amount of time off at the university, but for the first time, I actually took off a little earlier. So I did that Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday before UA closed, which we closed on that Thursday. And it was great. I mean, I wish I had always done that because I feel like I needed, like a full two weeks to just not have to think about work. I had a really busy semester because we had one of our teammates took another job. So I kind of a little bit more work to do. So I was just kind of ready for a complete mental break from teaching and everything. But I will say, towards the end of that, like, right after Christmas, when Christmas is over, and then you have that little break before New Year's, I did find myself getting a little bit bored to where I was kind of ready for some type of structure again, not to say I was like, ooh, ready to come back to work, but. Because, you know, that'd be lame. I don't want to say that, but, you know, but I mean, I was ready for kind of, you know, something to have me structured and something to do. But it was great. I mean, I rested, I went to Huntsville, we went up and saw fans, and it was really good. What about y'?
[00:04:09] Speaker A: All?
[00:04:09] Speaker B: Did y' all get to travel?
[00:04:10] Speaker A: We did. You know, we saw family on various sides and. And then even during the break, my little brother, who lives in North Carolina, they just had a baby, and so it was. It's been great. Kind of watching from afar, virtually with.
With all of that.
I don't know when we'll travel up to North Carolina to see the baby, but, you know, I think the break was pretty typical. See family binge on some after. I know we got to take a break in a second, but whenever we on the other side of the break, there's actually a show I'm going to ask you if you've seen, and we'll kind of go there. But, yeah, it was pretty laid back. And so even though it is lame to say, oh, I want to be back at work, there is something nice about just getting back into a structure and a routine. Obviously, Covid had plans of its own as we've entered the spring semester, but we are not going to go on and on about COVID this show. We're going to hush up. We're going to take a break.
[00:05:10] Speaker B: You grab.
[00:05:10] Speaker A: Grab a nice delicious beverage and snack, and we will catch you on the flip side. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:05:24] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
Welcome back, everybody. You're listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney. And it's been a while since. Since we've actually been on the radio. And if you've heard our show the last few weeks, it was probably a rerun or maybe we just had some good music playing. I'm not really sure, to be honest with you. But this is our first 2020, 2022 Lord, not 2020, 2022 show.
And so we are excited to be back and just to kind of give you guys a quick reminder of what our show is because I feel like sometimes we should do that and we forget because we know what it is. But y' all don't fit to be tired. We focus on wellness topics, fitness, nutrition, but then our campus partners and people in the community that have the smarts and the goods and the knowledge on other all things wellness. And so in the past, we've used a lot of our campus partners. We are taking a little bit of a different turn this semester. Sheena and I are going to be on the show a lot more, just us and our thoughts. So I don't know. That could be dangerous, but I'm excited about it. But, Sheena, you were saying before the break, a TV show, you're asking me if I had watched. I'm curious. Like what? Like what show? Because you don't watch a lot of tv.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: Yes. Well. And you know, I know you and I, we've talked about streaming services and so there was a show that my husband and I used to watch when it first came out and this was on Showtime, it was called Dexter.
[00:06:50] Speaker B: I don't know.
[00:06:51] Speaker A: So we watched the new season of that that came out basically. I think that after people didn't like the way the series finale originally was, they pretty much did another season just to kind of bring some closure to the character. But because we continued our trial of Showtime.
There's a show and, Whitney, you may have seen some things on the Internet about it. It's called Yellow Jackets. Have you heard about it?
[00:07:18] Speaker B: I don't know if I have, actually.
[00:07:20] Speaker A: So it basically it chronicles this.
This soccer, this high school girls soccer team. They are on their way flying to nationals and the plane crashes in, like, the middle of nowhere. And long story short, they become cannibals. But then it also shows the ones that survived, like, after they were resc.
Present day, basically dealing with the, like, I guess just the stuff that comes from having to go through that wilderness. It's very interesting. So one of the actresses on the show. It's Christina Ricci.
[00:07:57] Speaker B: Yeah.
Casting.
[00:08:00] Speaker A: Yeah. So anyways, just had to, like, put that out there. Like, I'm not going to put any spoilers for folks that are like, oh, I am thinking about, you know, watching that. Don't ruin it for me. But it was just really interesting because I, you know, something about the nostalgia of. Because I think when the plane crash happens, it's supposed to take place during the 19. The year 1996, and then it flash forwards to them in present day in the year 2021. So, like, 90s references.
That's why I thought of you when I saw. Okay, not necessarily the cannibalism, but more so like the 90s and the music and just the, like, teenage angst. Like that kind of stuff.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Yeah, I may have to try that out. I mean, I haven't heard about it. I don't know where I've been. I guess I've been living under a rock, but, like, I haven't heard about it. I thought you were gonna talk about Dexter because I've only watched the first season of Dexter.
I'm really weird with TV shows. I don't like very long. Like, if it's like Gray's and Abbey, there's like 5,000 seasons. I won't watch something like that because I get really bored with TV fast. It can be really intense and good, and I'll be like, I'm kind of over it. I don't know. It's hard for me to hold my attention. But what I was gonna say about Dexter is the boyfriend loves it, and so the Showtime thing will probably end up getting it. So maybe I' Yellow jackets or jacket or yellow jackets.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: Yellow jackets.
[00:09:18] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:09:19] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:09:19] Speaker B: What a weird concept to a TV show over a TV show.
[00:09:23] Speaker A: Yes. Oh. I was like, okay, you got my attention now. Yeah, I'll do it. Kind of intrigued.
[00:09:28] Speaker B: I'm Kind of want to see where it goes. Well, so it sounds like you had a pretty good break. So y' all watched that over the Christmas break?
[00:09:34] Speaker A: Yes, we did. So that was, that was good. So, you know, I don't know now that I've, like, watched the TV was kind of sloth. Like, I feel like now I am in that mindset of like, oh, my New Year's resolution. And I know we want to talk a lot about that today.
[00:09:51] Speaker B: Yeah, I say let's jump right into it because I feel like we always start the show, start our semesters, well, January, talk about New Year's resolutions, but we don't ever really talk about ourselves. Not. I mean, I don't even know if y' all want to even hear about us or learn a little bit more about us, but maybe a good opportunity to just talk about, you know, our personal New Year's resolutions, whether it's fitness, nutrition, just mental health, who knows? And then professional. Kashina, during the break, you're talking about how you just never thought about like a New Year's resolution, at least recently, being professional. So, like, for you, I'm kind of curious when you started thinking that way. What are your New Year's resolutions? Whether they're professional, personal.
Do you have them? Don't have them?
[00:10:31] Speaker A: Yeah. No. It's so funny because, you know, we planned this show and I knew it was going to be about New Year's resolutions. And then I was so caught up in like, the articles we were going to use and this and that, I didn't even think about the fact of like, hey, do I have a New Year's resolution? But you're right, Whitney. You know, when I was thinking about this show and pulling some articles about it, you know, using technology for making sure you're staying accountable with your New Year's resolutions or being successful. I noticed at the beginning of the article it had talked about whether your New Year's resolution is personal or professional. And I was like, professional. And so I guess I've just never thought about it that way. And so as we were about to record today, I think that probably one of my professional New Year's resolutions resolutions is going to be related to getting some additional continuing education for some certain specialties that I do with nutrition and certain types of therapy, counseling. I'm like, you know, I'm going to challenge myself to get even more up to date on the evidence based information that's out there. I think sometimes when it's already part of our profession and there's that expectation for continuing Ed, you don't specifically think about it as a New Year's resolution, but I am going call it a New Year's resolution. So, yeah, I think that.
[00:11:57] Speaker B: I mean, I think that's great. And I think it's kind of interesting because I'm thinking the same way.
You know, I don't really do New Year's resolutions. I did that one year where I said I was going to eat a blizzard from Dairy Queen each month and do the blizzard of the month. And I did do that. And I flossed every day for a year in the same year because I guess I had too much sugar. So I made sure I did both of them. But, you know, that's really interesting that you bring it up because I kind of had that same thought process for myself. And it like, you're focusing on things that would be beneficial to your career, but also things that you really find that you enjoy. And so for me, you know, when you start out in the field, whether it's fitness, nutrition, you have to learn a lot and you kind of learn a lot of different things and you don't really like, hone in on your skillset of what you're really good at because you just have to kind of do everything just to have a job, put yourself out there. And I don't know, because we're in the same kind of place, I feel like, in our career where we've done it for a while and now you have to start thinking about, okay, like, how do you want to elevate yourself? And so, like, for me, I have taken such an interest and almost like, like, I think I found my calling for you guys know that I teach, I'm a fitness person, but my true passion really lies in like movement principles of Pilates and yoga and how healing that can be for people, you know, post rehab or that have some very serious issues that I'm doing kind of like you, Sheena, where I'm signing up for certain trainings that I want to do so that I can become a fully comprehensive Pilates instructor. Which of you listening? You can teach Pilates in classes, but a fully comprehensive instructor has like multiple modules and a test out and a practical. Just all these things that, you know, it takes kind of years to do. And so I'm at the point where I have enough of it that if I keep going, my personal goal is I'd like to finish by the end of this year, but I'm going to give myself a little grace to maybe next January test out. So I'm not stressed about it, but I think that's kind of cool that we're both thinking that way. I don't know what that says, what the future holds or, you know, what's going to happen if UA is going to give us a big raise or anything like that, but it would be kind of fun to see it.
[00:14:03] Speaker A: No, I mean, I think, I think that, like you said, it's very natural for us to go there now because we're seasoned professionals on campus and you certainly want to think about your profession and continue to stay passionate about it. And when you functioned for so long as a quote, unquote, jack of all trades, it can be really exciting when you feel like you are a leader and well elevated in a specific niche that, that you're focused on. So I think that that's really cool. And I know, Whitney, in a second, we're going to have to take another break, but considering the fact that it's near the end of January, I want us to have a little discussion on when do we think it's considered too late to label something a New Year's resolution? You know, at what point do you just call it a goal or, you know, could it be July and say, like, oh, well, this is my New Year's resolution? Like, is there like a certain month, time frame? So you take a break, think about that yourself. Like, what do you think? And then we'll tell you what we think in just a minute. You are listening to Fit to be Tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
[00:15:24] Speaker A: Welcome back. You're listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. And if you hear any residual giggles in mine or Whitney's voice, it's because we actually just did a little redo of us getting back into this segment because we're just in zoom life. It's kind of hard to coordinate facial expressions and knowing who's going to go next, but we're making it, y'. All.
And you know, Whitney, before the break, we were talking and we talked about New Year's resolutions and also the fact that we're getting a late start to the show for the season. And so when we think about New Year's resolutions and the fact that it's near the end of January, in your opinion, do you feel like there is a cutoff point to the time of the year where if somebody is thinking of a goal for themselves, it shouldn't Be labeled a New Year's resolution by a certain point in time. Like, do you have an opinion of that?
[00:16:19] Speaker B: I mean, to be honest, I don't like labels, periods.
I mean, I just don't because I feel like, who came up with New Year's resolutions? That's what we need to figure out. But I don't think really the terminology matters. I think it's just the word New Year's resolutions. Resolution, or the phrase New Year's resolutions is helpful because you've done a lot of, you know, eating and drinking and being merry over the holiday. So it's kind of, I think, a reset for people. I think it's always been a fitness and nutrition type of thing. Personally, for me, I like to pick a time in the year that I'm comfortable and I'm motivated to start setting my goal, not my New Year's resolution. So I don't ever label it as a New Year's resolution because I need to give myself a little grace if I do fall off of it. So for myself, my personal goal for my profession, that just kind of came about because it was something that in December, I started getting really thinking through it, and it just made sense that, okay, I'm just going to start fresh and I'm going to set a goal by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, I want to have completed this. But in terms of fitness, I can speak right now. The rec center is covered up with people because it is the first of the year people have New Year's resolutions, and that's great. But I also think it can be a little discouraging for people that do have New Year's resolutions that have never worked out before, and they walk in and they see that it's totally filled and you have anxiety and you don't want to actually go in and do your workout. So I don't think there's really, like. I mean, don't put a label on it. Like, if, you know, we're in the winter months of January and February, and to me, it's harder to be motivated during this time because it's cold, we kind of want to hibernate. We kind of do want to eat more comforting foods that, I mean, Sheena know, might have a little higher fat content. And I don't know if our bodies are craving that. That's something that we need or our bodies want. Definitely want. But I. I think a New Year's resolution or goal can start anytime you want. What do you think?
[00:18:16] Speaker A: I agree. So I Think. Well, let me say if someone is going to be very technical about labeling something a New Year's resolution just to, to label it that I say, like January through March, any goals you can come up with? Like, I would feel like from a like technical dates and numbers perspective, like, okay, we can call that a New Year's resolution. Because if somebody said, oh, this is my New Year's resolution and it's September, it's like, yo, dawg, like, the year's about to end. So I think that goals can be made any time of the year. I encourage that. I know we both do. You know, making sure people are constantly re evaluating those goals, letting them know that, that things can be modified. But if someone was being very legalistic and technical, and that's me being married to a lawyer, then I would say, you know, basically that January through March kind of timeframe is where I would say, like, okay, that's fair game for calling like a goal this first quarter of the year, you know, a New Year's resolution.
[00:19:21] Speaker B: So I would agree.
[00:19:22] Speaker A: Kind of my thought process, yes.
[00:19:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I would agree with that. Yeah. I'm curious, Sheena.
You're kind of in a different role now at the university. So you don't really see patients as much, do you?
[00:19:32] Speaker A: I don't, yeah. At least not with the work that I do at ua. And I may or may not have mentioned this last semester or even during our previous shows in general in 2021, but I actually have started a part time private practice that I do in the evenings when I get off work from ua. And I really created that specifically to with the gap in community services for eating disorder patients in the Tuscaloosa community. So, you know, when I was working at UA in our student health center capacity, really the only eating disorder clients that were eligible to see me were those that were UA students. But you and I both know that eating disorders can happen at any point in someone's life. And so with my private practice, I've been able to see high schoolers, women that are our age, in their 30s, maybe even students that are college students, but not necessarily related to ua. So I still get that one on one interaction and connection with folks, just not specific to the work I do in health promotion. And for those of you listening and you're thinking, okay, Sheena, well, what do you do now within the Department of Health Promotional Wellness, I really get to take the reins on a lot of the large scale programming that we do on campus for nutrition and eating disorders. And one of the things that my, my previous boss used to always tell me about the role that we do with our programs is to really try to change the campus culture related to our assigned health topics. So when we think about nutrition or body image, I've always wanted to have this mindset of is this event or program potentially going to help with culture change on our campus?
And even, and I think even if that's small scale, which, where I would consider a program to be successful if at least one person felt like that inspired change in their behaviors or their attitudes or perceptions about something. You know what I mean?
[00:21:38] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And I would agree because, you know, we, we get tasked a lot of times to do these programs and stuff and you know, numbers are always great to look at. But I think as like a fitness professional and working with people and movement, it's the same type of thing with you. Like you're going to meet so many different people, so many different backgrounds, things that they're working on. And the programs are great because I think that they bring awareness and they create that culture. But I'm like you, if one person, if I have one person benefit from that, it's worth it, you know, because that's kind of what we do where we foster that within our community because that's what we believe in. That's why we're in our shoes. So I think that's cool. And I didn't know if we had ever shared with our listeners. And it's kind of similar to my position except, you know, with me managing the fitness program over at the Rec Cent Center, I do have the big picture of, you know, what our mission is and how we want to help people. It's a little bit more business minded because we are getting clients in, we're having an influx of clients. Charles has been like handing people out left and right to trainers to get them started. I manage the Reformer program group exercise. So it's just like the bigger picture of things, which is very similar to what you do. And you know, with the programming of like making sure that your campus culture, you're, you're better in campus culture, you're giving out the education information. But I do think it's cool that you have your little side gig because that's always fun to, you know, like kind of go back to the root of like where you started, you know, and finding kind of a balance. I don't know. It's nice to have two things, I guess.
[00:23:08] Speaker A: Yeah, it definitely. It's nice to change things up. And so, so that has been Fun, for sure. And maybe, you know, having that little side gig is a way for me to think even more about professional New Year's resolutions. So who knows, maybe in the next couple months, before the end of March, I'll pop out some additional New Year's resolutions related to my side hustle.
[00:23:31] Speaker B: As long as it's before the end of March. Then you can
[00:23:36] Speaker A: put on the calendar for me to bring that up and be like, okay, Whitney, it's March 31st.
[00:23:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:41] Speaker A: Like, did you have anything else that you wanted to label as a New Year's resolution? Even though I know you are not a labels person?
[00:23:49] Speaker B: Yeah, right, right. Well, you know, it's kind of funny. You sent me this Forbes article and I was just kind of skimming through all. We were chatting and you were talking about putting it on your calendar, and I was like, you know, I do that all the time. My calendar is what keeps me structured. I think most people are that way. We have so many ways to have reminders and stuff. But I find that, you know, I was reading on the Forbes, like, list of things, ways to stay, I guess, motivated for your New Year's resolutions. I mean, there are things on here like share your plans on social media, which, if you share it on social media, that's kind of a big deal because then you've already put it out there. And so people are going to see it and they're going to really expect, like, oh, have you met that goal? And I mean, you're putting yourself out there to be held accountable for the rest of the, of the digital world to see. So I don't know. Have you ever done that before, like, put something like that on social media?
[00:24:38] Speaker A: I have not. And I'm glad that you brought that up. I know we'll have to take a break in a second, but I did want to mention, and we might have talked about this on the show before that I had read a different article a few years ago that talked about being cautionary with putting it on social media. Because sometimes when you go ahead and put it out there, people may have the mentality of, oh, well, I already put it out there and I've claimed it. I don't necessarily have to work for it. And so I, I don't know, I think that it could go either way and it really depends on the person. So if you're the type of person where, hey, putting it out there on a public forum makes you feel like you're going to have that accountability, then do it. But if you feel like you're the type of person where, oh, man, if I put this out, there's a possibility that I'll be like, oh, okay, I've already gotten the.
The credit for it because I put it out there.
I won't necessarily focus on it as much. So you really just have to do it specific to what, you know, works best for you and motivation, you know?
[00:25:45] Speaker B: I agree.
[00:25:46] Speaker A: Yeah. But. Okay, I'm going to stop rambling. We got to take another break, but you have us for a few additional segments. But run to the restroom. Do what you got to do. You are listening to Fit to Be Tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7 a capstone.
[00:26:03] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
Welcome back, friends. You're listening to Fit to Be Tied, and it's a new year. And I'm not gonna sit here and say, it's a new year, new you. Because we've already established that you have until March to choose what your New Year's resolutions will be. And if you miss the cutoff date, it's okay because you can just pick a goal and go back and listen to some of our past shows about smart goals for fitness and nutrition. And they're helpful, I think, because I, you know, we have some older shows. We've been doing this for, what, seven years, maybe?
[00:26:39] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Seven and a half. Oh, my gosh. Close to eight.
[00:26:43] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. So, you know, go back and listen to some of those shows. But we kind of thought today, you know, kicking off this semester, we were just kind of focused on just talking about New Year's resolutions. Not quite getting into the fitness and nutrition too. Too much. We'll say that for the next week. But, Sheena, one thing we're talking about kind of over the break, it's like, in order to kind of hold your, I guess, personal goals, professional goals, or New Year's resolutions to kind of tap into a competitive community.
And when I think of that, I hate it, because I'm not.
Because I am not a competitive person. I am a competitive person with myself where I think of, like, I want to be better at that. But I don't feel like I ever really compare myself because I get really anxious when I do that. I like to, like, block it out. But I'm curious, like, do you find yourself doing that?
[00:27:37] Speaker A: Yes and no. It really depends on the situation. And honestly, as terrible as this sounds, the other people involved. Yeah, so. So I'll say, for example, and I'll even mention with the. The Forbes article, it basically talked about technology breeds competition it says, call it the smartwatch or peloton.
And so I know specifically with Apple watches, there is a way for you to share your fitness information with each other. And so the only person that I share that with at this point is my husband. And I actually think I have it set where I just get his information, but I don't think he gets notified with mine. So, like, I literally get notified on my watch when he finishes a workout, and it tells me how many calories he's burned and everything. And I don't. And honestly, like, I probably promise I was not doing it as this weird, like, big brother, like, watching over him. It was more. So I bought our watches at the same time, and I'm like, oh, what is this? And I'm like, I want to see how this works. And then all of a sudden, like, I would see it, and I was like, oh, crap, he actually made it to his workout today. I maybe I should, too. Oh. So that was kind of helpful to me. But I know that I've had clients that say so with the Forbes article mentioning a peloton. I do have some clients that have. Have a peloton at home. I don' how they afford that, because I have in my mind that they're super expensive. But they talk about, like, the constant, like, leaderboards that are on there and getting to see information about other users across the globe in real time, and they just like having that.
And then I know even with a lot of the different boutique fitness places, like, if you're using technology at an actual fitness studio, you know, we've talked about some different places where it kind of shows, like, you know, who has the highest, like, heart rate or calorie burn. And so that could be helpful first for some folks.
[00:29:38] Speaker B: Well, yeah, I mean, I definitely think competition definitely drives people. I mean, there's no doubt about that. That, you know, especially. I'm just gonna be completely honest, especially in the fitness world, like, you're talking about. I mean, if you go to Orange Theory, if you go, you know, do the peloton bikes, if you.
That tends to drive that community. But I don't want those of you listening. I don't want that to deter you, because that's not everybody that works out. You know what I mean? Like, like, and you don't have to do it, but if that's something that motivates you, I think that that's great because you want to find, you know, your motivation somewhere and then also think, you know, the accountability. So I think it's Funny that you get dinged with, like, a little alert when Terry finishes a workout. That just cracks me up. I just really. I think that's hilarious. I may have to do that to Jason, be like, I'm going to add you to my little app or whatever.
[00:30:30] Speaker A: Well, you know, and honestly, from a practical standpoint, then I know, like, when it tells me he just finished a workout, I'll know when it's safe to text him with, like, the grocery list of like, oh, hey, like, if you're done with your workout, like, will you stop by chicken salad chick and, you know, grab this on the way home? Versus me worrying that I'm sending him a text, like, while he's, like, on a certain machine or whatever else. I'm. I'm like, oh, this is a safe time to touch base with him now. But also to thinking about fitness wearables and even the different apps that are out there. I had one of my nutrition interns last semester tell me about this app that basically it syncs up with your fitness wearable, whether you're using a Fitbit and Garmin or all the different things out there. And essentially all it's tracking are how many minutes active you are. And if you reach, I think the App defaults to 150 year. The goal is 150 minutes per week. And if you meet that activity goal, then you earn gift cards.
[00:31:35] Speaker B: Oh, that's cool.
[00:31:37] Speaker A: Yeah. So like, some weeks it's just something small, like, you know, a dollar gift card to Amazon. But then other weeks it's been nice things like $5 Starbucks or $5 Target.
And like, that can add up. So if you're already active, you know, why not go ahead and like, add something like that and make some money from it? I don't know. So I thought that was really interesting.
[00:32:00] Speaker B: Yeah. And I mean, our wellness and work life balance. Like, our friends over there, they do the Move Spring app and you can, you know, keep up with that. And then it's the same thing. You know, people like incentives. Some people don't really have to deal with it, but everybody likes gift cards and money. And I know at the wellness department, as you have faculty and staff, if you haven't done it already, sign up for your health screening because you get $50 and then you, you do either a workout journal.
I think it's like three months you have to do fill out and then. Or you can do a program that we offer that's a qualifying wellness credit.
I think there's like The Crimson couch to 5K is this semester. Oh, and I'll be DJing. So if anybody wants to sign up for that.
But yeah, and then you get that incentive. Even though $50 can go a long way, especially with gas like jumping up in price. I mean, I keep that little gift card and I'm not one to go and normally do those types of things because I don't ever have a problem being motivated to just physically move. But that $50, man, that'll, that, that's helpful. So that's not bad.
[00:32:59] Speaker A: Yeah. The one that you get for the health screening, like you are legit going through the process and they physically hand it to you. So y', all, if you're thinking like, oh, it'll be mailed to me, there's no instant gratification. There's total instant gratification doing your wellness screening.
[00:33:18] Speaker B: Yeah. And you know, kind of to like, you know, go a different direction. We've got a few minutes before we'll go to our, our next break. You know, just switching gears a little bit. We talked a little bit about professional New Year's resolutions. Do you have any other New Year's resolutions? Like, are there anything, you know, fitness related, nutrition related, health related related that you want to do?
[00:33:40] Speaker A: I think so.
I probably would say, and I'm not going to put this in my official book of New Year's resolutions, but I am very interested in trying to stay active with joyful movement at least four times a week.
Back in the fall, I was doing really well with that. There was some time that I had to take off between quarantines, having to do some travel for some family health related things. But I really enjoyed being active four days of the week because for one, for listeners that have not heard me mention this before, I have high blood pressure. So I. So I have some other intrinsic motivating factors that make me want to be physically active and also, you know, longevity. So it's never really been about a weight management aspect for me, but more so joyful movement. And that's something that I always preach to my clients, is that, you know, you never want to think about your exercise or your nutrition is something that you're doing punitive for your body, but you're doing because you love your body. You want to be able to experience your body and enjoy it. So that's the attitude that I've wanted to have because I want my clients to have that too.
[00:34:54] Speaker B: So. So yeah, I like that because exercise and nutrition, I mean, they're all beneficial things, but we have a tendency to Kind of overdo it when we think about it and it becomes negative. And I think the, you know, joyful movement or even joyful eating, like finding things that you, that you know are recommended by your registered dietitian that are going to help you on your track, I think that's great. I think for me, you know, I kind of exercise a lot. I don't mean like I don't have to do anything. I mean it. Like I do a lot of movement. I wouldn't say I do very strenuous movement, but I'm constantly moving.
I think for me is taking a little bit more time to take classes and not always teach. Because while I move a lot and I'm always moving around, I'm physically active. Active. I don't take time for my personal practice. So I'm trying to bring a little bit more focus and time in my schedule to go to another instructor's class and schedule that in. So I don't know, something I've just kind of recently started thinking about doing.
[00:35:53] Speaker A: No, I really like that. And I know, you know, we're about to take another break, but let's continue this conversation. You know, we've got a last five minute segment, but y' all hang tight. Catch us on the flip side. You are listening to fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 capstone.
[00:36:13] Speaker B: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
Welcome back to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney. And our first show of this semester. And feels good. Feels good to be back.
[00:36:28] Speaker A: Yes, it does.
I kind of zoned out for a second.
[00:36:31] Speaker B: I'm like, am I back?
[00:36:32] Speaker A: Am I back mentally?
[00:36:33] Speaker B: Well, technically we're not physically back. We are digitally back. But that's okay. No one really cares about the details. We just love listening to us. But yes, you know, we're just kind of encouraging people to be thinking about New Year's resolutions. We've given them a deadline to March is basically what we've kind of decided for you guys. If you're thinking about what am I going to do for my New Year's resolutions, the end of March, you should have it and go for it. So during the break, I was kind of chatting with you a little bit about, you know, holding yourself accountable for New Year's resolutions, keeping up with it, different modes. And on our little Forbes list, what, the top one or. I don't know if it's the top one or if it's the countdown, but the little phrase, remember, there's an app for that which we all know there's an app for literally anything and everything.
[00:37:20] Speaker A: Yes.
So, you know, I know a lot of our conversation up until this point has been really related to fitness and nutrition because those are the areas that you and I work in. But I don't know if you've seen the commercial recently, Whitney, but there is.
There's a specific, specific prayer app that's out there, and it's James Earl Jones voice reading the Bible. And yeah, my husband was like, I might download that. He's like, I think that I would like to hear Mufasa reading Psalms or Genesis. And so I don't know. So if, if you have goals that, you know, maybe are spiritual related, you know, wanting to read scripture or anything else that you're thinking about. And I even along those lines, something like audiobooks. So when we're thinking about technology.
So that came to mind also, too. You know, we don't talk about this kind of stuff that much on the show, but say, for your social life with dating. Oh, my goodness, like, how many dating apps are out there? I mean, truth be told, I spent New Year's Eve with a close friend of mine and I actually built her dating profile for her because I was geeking out, having fun with it. She was like, oh, my gosh, I do not want to do this, but I'll let you put me out there.
Had so much fun with it because there were all these different features that you could basically put, like what you're looking for, you're not looking for. So I just found it fascinating. I'm so glad I'm not having to date right now, but it was nice to know that those different things were there.
[00:39:00] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I mean, there's literally anything like. I mean, I know we have things. We had tons of fitness apps out there. I'm not even going to talk about fitness apps because that's like the first hit probably right now, and the list. But I mean, going back to the whole James Earl Jones reading the Bible Bible, it's interesting because I have realized myself I'm a terrible reader and comprehender. Okay. That was my problem growing up in school.
I could read something, but it would never stick. I can watch something, I'm visual. I can watch something, I can listen to something, and I will retain the information so well. And so there's apps that you can, you know, have like, Like, I think you can have an apps actually read text for you. Like, I mean, obviously, obviously. I think that's ADA compliant. You need to have that. But like, it's kind of interesting to think about these things because if you have trouble in school, like, I did, like reading and retaining, and you're like, why isn't my brain comprehending this? I mean, take advantage of it. And maybe your new year's resolution is, I'm going to try a different way to learn my curriculum for school. And maybe that's what helps you maybe actually go to class and listen to the professor and, like, be there and be present. But yeah, I'm sure there's an app for like, anything I and everything, you know.
[00:40:10] Speaker A: Oh, absolutely. And this is on that same vein. It's a little off topic, but I actually had sent a meme to a close friend of mine recently, I think I was actually last night, and it basically talked about like, hey, does anybody else worry about the parking situation for a venue, like, unnecessarily? Or are you a normal person? And I was telling them about me doing an internship in Los Angeles in the early 2000s. So this was before the iPhone came out or, you know, really any kind of good GPS or whatever. And part of that internship was traveling all over Los Angeles working at these different facilities. And we had to do this corporate health fair downtown. And I was so nervous about what the parking situation was going to be like. I just found the first, like, close quote unquote parking deck. And it ended up being 10 blocks away from where I needed to be. But I was like, oh, I'll just go by foot. At least I know my car is like, parking parked somewhere.
[00:41:13] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:41:14] Speaker A: And then I get to the facility and my preceptor is like, hey, you know that there's validated parking in the basement of this building. But I wouldn't have known that because I didn't have an iPhone to Google ahead of time and do the things.
[00:41:27] Speaker B: Yeah, we really do have everything that we need at our fingertips with a phone. And I think that can be super helpful. It can also be detrimental sometimes because we're on it all the time. That's a whole nother topic of conversation. Maybe that's somebody else's New Year's resolution to get off there electronics. But I think this was a good start to the semester. And I know Sheena, we mentioned a little bit, you know, in the other segment, we're going to talk more in depth about fitness and nutrition next week and our take on New Year's resolutions and just tips and advice and maybe bust in a couple of myths, who knows? So I'm looking forward to it.
[00:41:59] Speaker A: I am too and I am glad we got to connect with y' all today. I hope y' all have a fabulous week and we will catch you next week on fitz be tied. Which Gina and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:42:14] Speaker B: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
