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[00:00:15] Speaker A: Happy Sunday. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. Oh, my lanta. How is it the start of the semester?
[00:00:25] Speaker B: We've already had classes have already started. Half a week, I think we were talking about Auburn started and had a full week.
[00:00:31] Speaker A: I know.
Yeah. If you needed another reason why we're slightly better than Auburn.
[00:00:37] Speaker B: Besides football.
[00:00:38] Speaker A: Right.
[00:00:38] Speaker B: And all of our academics.
[00:00:40] Speaker A: Absolutely. I mean, and I feel like Tuscaloosa as a community probably has more going on.
[00:00:46] Speaker B: I'm not gonna get petty.
[00:00:48] Speaker A: No.
[00:00:48] Speaker B: And we won't go there. Yeah. But. Yeah. How is it already the start of this semester?
[00:00:54] Speaker A: I have no idea.
[00:00:55] Speaker B: Like, I don't even know where it went. I mean, the last conversation we had. Shoot, I don't even remember what we talked about in the spring. Do you remember our last conversation?
[00:01:02] Speaker A: No. Other than we might have been playing around talking about, like, oh, what are you up to this summer?
[00:01:06] Speaker B: Oh, yes.
[00:01:08] Speaker A: I feel like. So what were you up to this summer, Whitney?
[00:01:12] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. Well, I will say this. I did plan a trip and I did go out of town. I went to London with a very good friend, nbd, and it was awesome. I want to go back. London was very, very cool.
Yeah. That was a big kickoff to my summer.
[00:01:27] Speaker A: What were the biggest touristy things that you legitimately liked? Like, what do you think was, like, oh, man, that was so good.
[00:01:34] Speaker B: Honestly, everything. Sightseeing and seeing everything in London, because you're so used to, you know, every movie is filmed there or in New York in any big city. So I think actually seeing, like, the London Eye and Tower Bridge and the Shard, I think seeing those in person and just being around, like, I like the big city feel sometimes and being around the hustle and bustle. But honestly, the food was my favorite part.
There were so many vegan options.
[00:02:00] Speaker A: I was just about to ask, how was it as a vegetarian, vegan, you know, international.
[00:02:06] Speaker B: It was awesome. It was really good. I didn't, like, scramble for anything to eat. There's a couple places that we went where, like I said, it was all vegan food and you. And that's great, because if I could eat vegan all the time, I really would, but I just love that people were so conscious about it there. Absolutely thought that was great. So what were you up to this summer?
[00:02:25] Speaker A: You know, I'm trying to think, you know, now that I'm in this chapter of mom life, it has been interesting. We've taken a couple of short weekend trips, but really you know, when you're working all summer on campus, it's just. It kind of goes. It's just you're working, but it's just a little hotter in town. It's a little hotter.
[00:02:45] Speaker B: And there's definitely less busyness and traffic. So we all kind of. It kind of is our chance for faculty and staff to just kind of breathe a little bit to get ready for the fall.
[00:02:54] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:02:54] Speaker B: And then it hits so quickly.
[00:02:56] Speaker A: Yes. And two, taking advantage of going out to eat because a lot of the lunch spots are not as crazy. Yeah. But, you know, if you are tuning in this afternoon and this is your first time listening, we should probably let new listeners know what the show is all about.
[00:03:12] Speaker B: Yeah. You're like, who are these girls on the radio? Well, this is fit to be tied. And we love to talk about fitness and nutrition and wellness. Really, the holistic approach and our resources on campus and in the community. Right.
[00:03:24] Speaker A: Absolutely. No. And if you were a faithful listener last year or back in the spring and fall, as we know you all are, you know that we have some pretty awesome guests.
[00:03:34] Speaker B: We do. We do.
[00:03:36] Speaker A: Extremely knowledgeable.
Of course, Whitney and I are amazing, too. And maybe I say that because we don't have a guest today. And it's the two of us.
[00:03:44] Speaker B: It's the two of us.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: But really, you know, we want to make sure that we are talking about wellness topics that are relevant, as you said, you know, we cover that whole spectrum of wellness. It's not just about nutrition and exercise or even just the absence of disease, but looking about mental health, spiritual health, even financial health. And so that's what I love about our show.
[00:04:04] Speaker B: And I love how.
I don't want to say we go rogue and off topic, because we really don't. We keep it within the dimensions of wellness, but sometimes we do a little bit and it. And really, we're just trying to find things to talk about that, you know, everybody has a chance to listen and learn and grow. And like Sheena said, our guests are always great. I mean, I always learn a lot from them. I always love to pump them full of questions because I love learning myself.
[00:04:29] Speaker A: Yes. And a lot of times, they are our friends, so they're okay with us kind of grilling them in a fun way of like, okay, we know nothing about this topic. Tell us more.
But, you guys, we have a great show planned for today. Since it's the beginning of school, you know, we've got some kickoff stuff to talk about, especially for you new students on campus. But, you guys, we Gotta take a break.
Grab yourself something to drink, a snack. But hang tight with us. You are listening to Fit to Be Tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7, the capstone.
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[00:05:49] Speaker B: there, especially on your Sunday afternoon.
[00:05:52] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Cause what else could you be doing?
[00:05:54] Speaker B: I mean, what else could you be doing? Oh, I do know that later tonight at the outdoor pool. Yes, there is a fun event for those of you that are tuning in, maybe if you're a freshman or transfer student. It's called our Yay Alabama Tide. Not Ty. Tye Died Fest.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: Yes, I'm excited because, well, I'll be representing our student health center there in health promotion wellness. So you are gonna see a lot of our campus partners.
Food trucks. I know. For our first, like, 100 or 200 students.
Free food.
[00:06:27] Speaker B: Free food from the food trucks.
[00:06:29] Speaker A: Free T shirts.
[00:06:29] Speaker B: Free T shirts.
[00:06:30] Speaker A: The pool is open.
[00:06:31] Speaker B: The pool is open. I'll be DJing, by the way.
[00:06:34] Speaker A: Yes. You are the art.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: I'm the DJ and the mc.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: Yeah, so. And it's still hot, y'. All, so use the pool. Yeah. Come swim. Yes.
[00:06:42] Speaker B: That was our little plug. So you guys would come out and see us?
[00:06:44] Speaker A: Absolutely. Well, I don't know. I feel like this time of year, especially with seeing all of the students moving on to campus, it puts me in a very nostalgic mode. Because then I start to kind of go back and think about my own freshman experience.
[00:06:58] Speaker B: Experience.
[00:06:59] Speaker A: I don't know. I think. I don't know if I was scared. I just wasn't sure what I was gonna do. And based on our previous segment, I don't know if I should admit this, but I was actually almost gonna go to Auburn. I was.
I was gonna follow a boy I had put in my housing deposit.
[00:07:16] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness.
[00:07:17] Speaker A: But Alabama gave me a scholarship. Look where you are now.
[00:07:20] Speaker B: You're on a radio show on a Sunday afternoon.
[00:07:22] Speaker A: I know, I know. So it's come full circle. But no, really, because I think about when I was a freshman. I actually lived in Harris hall, which is right across from the stadium, kind of behind Dawster. Very old school.
It had just transitioned into a co ed facility. My daddy did not know that.
Was a little disturbed. Seeing the boys on the first floor and Then the girls were on the second and third. But it was very old school. It is not like our newer residence hall. So it was the community showers.
I value that experience.
Do you know I.
[00:07:55] Speaker B: The community shower part. Well, now, that bathroom, like, I don't know.
[00:08:01] Speaker A: Well, now that. That was like over 15 years ago. I say that, but if you were to have asked me in the fall of 2003, I probably would have used some expletives.
[00:08:09] Speaker B: I totally get it, though, because my situation is a little different to where my freshman year, I actually went to UAH up in Huntsville.
[00:08:16] Speaker A: Really?
[00:08:16] Speaker B: And so I went to uah. I did classes during the day and I was done by like one o' clock and actually taught dance full time. Not really full time, but as a dance teacher was basically full time the rest of my evenings and after. Afternoons and evenings. And so my experience was a little bit different. So I came as a transfer student for my sophomore year. But I felt like a freshman because I didn't know anything. I didn't know where anything was. And luckily I had some friends from high school that I lived with and they showed me around. They were completely awesome. Got super involved with their organizations, met a bunch of people through them.
But I know what you're saying about, you know, I. I never lived in a residence hall because I didn't have to. I lived at home the first year and then when I came, I went ahead and lived in an apartment because it wasn't required. I mean, didn't require sophomores to live in an apartment. And thinking back, I did stay in Tautweiler when I was in high school. I was a cheerleader. I'll put that out there. I'll talk about that a lot. But definitely, I guess where I am and what I do now, kind of the leadership that I have and the role I'm in. Absolutely. I was even captain and all that,
[00:09:16] Speaker A: you know, I am. Hashtag not surprise.
[00:09:18] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you know that it is what it is. But we stayed at Tutwiler for cheerleading camp. And I remember thinking, like when I was in high school, oh, this would be a cool experience, you know, to stay here. So I kind of do. I do actually regret not being a freshman at Alabama and having that residence hall experience in that community. Yeah, but everybody has a different story, I guess.
[00:09:41] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, it's funny because back in 03, we'll date ourselves here.
The residence hall that I was in, again, I mentioned that it was co ed back then. It was the thing to be smoking like on the front porch.
I actually remember my roommate, who I went to high school with because I turned 19 several months before she did. She was like, sheena, will you go buy us some cigarettes so we can go smoke and hang out with everybody? And I'm thinking, especially being, like, a healthcare person or clinician or wellness person,
[00:10:17] Speaker B: I can't do that.
[00:10:18] Speaker A: Oh, my Lanta, what are you asking me? So it's just so funny how things evolve. The proximity to the stadium was really nice, but I don't know. It's just sometimes I miss undergrad, maybe just for the whole being able to take naps randomly in the middle of the day.
But I don't know. I go back and forth. Do you ever miss being a student or even just other school experiences like high school? I don't know. I think I'm too much living in the present to really think about, like, oh, remember when.
[00:10:49] Speaker B: What if I, you know, I really like.
And I know that all of our students are adults. And I'm not trying to, like, dumb this down, but I like living an adult life and not having to be in school anymore. I don't really like people telling me what to do. I'm just gonna put that out there. I never liked any camp I had to go to. I didn't like elementary school, middle school, high school. I mean, I liked it to an extent, but I like the freedom of college and how I was given this new independence where I could come and go as I wanted to and I could go to class or not go to class. It was my choice. But if I didn't go to class, you know, there were repercussions. Like, I had to make those decisions, and I went through a lot of depending on the class. Like, oh, they don't take attendance. I'm not gonna go. Well, then I made a C or a D in that class, and it definitely showed because I didn't actually go to class. So I think having that independence was great.
But you learn a lot from that because you have to make the right choices. And, you know, you want to do fun things and you want to enjoy different organizations on campus, and you want to meet new people and new friends. But then you also have to remember, like, either your parents are paying for school or you're paying for school, or you're on a scholarship or you have financial aid. And so you're thinking, there's money now involved. It's no longer this free education. Free education where you go into a public school system and you just get an education. I mean, it means a little bit. Means a lot more. Not a little bit more.
[00:12:15] Speaker A: Absolutely. I think too. And that's probably one of the reasons. Even more so now, as a university, we specifically talk about financial health because we want our students and the campus community as a whole to understand what it looks like to be financially responsible. Because who, you know, who can say that they've never been tempted by getting that refund check from either. Whatever kind of financial assistance. It's like, okay, like, what do I do with this money? Do I put on my big girl panties, quote unquote, and do something financially responsible with this? Or do I live it up?
[00:12:53] Speaker B: Do I live it up well? And I think what's so great about our campus and especially student life, is we have so many resources and everybody that we work with. I think it was Ashley that was talking. Was Ashley last semester that was talking about Ashley. Olive, maybe I'm getting from the career center. I'm trying to remember if we had. It's been a while, guys, but we do have these archives so you can go back and listen. We do have people come talk about financial wellness and how to prioritize. And I think if you can be smart about it now and do it while you're younger and create those habits at a younger age, it's easier to carry those out rather than, okay, you come out of college and you're like, well, crap, I'm now making a salary and I need to understand what a 401k is and retirement and all this type of stuff and what do I do? So I think if you can use those resources on campus now, it's very helpful.
[00:13:46] Speaker A: Yes. You're not gonna get the sweats. When you hear those words. You're gonna feel prepared. They're gonna be familiar to you. And really, I think with what we're talking about today is we wanna kind of give you a teaser of some of our best tips for what we would tell ourselves as a freshman or a transfer student or just as a new student in general to the University of Alabama community.
[00:14:09] Speaker B: Yes, yes.
We are coming up on a break really shortly. But before we go to the break, I got really involved when I came to the university because this is kind of a segue into what we will be talking about. Just give you a little teaser.
I did cheerleading and dance in high school and I was very involved with those teams, type of atmospheres. I guess you can call them sports, that's another debate, but sport like activities. And so when I came to school, I wasn't an athlete. I didn't play.
I mean, like I said, if you call it a sport, whatever have you. So finding where I fit in in the university was also a little bit challenging. So we'll talk a little bit about that, but we are gonna take a break. Thank you guys for listening to us and catching up with us. You're listening to fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 capstone. We'll catch you on the other side.
[00:15:11] Speaker A: The capstone, 90.7 fm wvua.
[00:15:34] Speaker B: Welcome back to Fit to Be Tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. We hope that you guys are having a wonderful Sunday afternoon. Oh, and don't Forget tonight at 6pm at the outdoor pool complex, we will have the Yay Alabama Tie Dye Fest, where you can get possibly some free food if you get there first. So you gotta run up to the food trucks.
Swimming at the outdoor pool. I'll be there in the. I call it my DJ booth. I will be emceeing, but my side job that I wish I had was being dj because I love to put playlists together and music. So come check it out. Come say hey if you've heard us on the radio and just let us know because it helps us to know that, like, people listen to us.
[00:16:12] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:16:13] Speaker B: I mean, I know you do, but I'm just. It's help. Helpful reassurance.
[00:16:16] Speaker A: Right. Well, what would be your DJ name before we get into our serious conversation?
[00:16:20] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:16:21] Speaker A: And we can totally. We can.
[00:16:23] Speaker B: I do have a DJ name.
[00:16:24] Speaker A: I'll let you simmer on that. And if.
[00:16:27] Speaker B: If it.
[00:16:27] Speaker A: I don't want to put you on the spot.
[00:16:29] Speaker B: You definitely are not putting me on the spot.
My DJ name is definitely Cool Whip.
[00:16:34] Speaker A: Oh, my lanta.
[00:16:36] Speaker B: And I will tell you, if you're listening to the show right now, that's my Instagram handle. So I just gave you guys a little bit of information about myself that I don't normally share.
[00:16:46] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:16:47] Speaker B: Okay. You gotta find me.
[00:16:48] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:16:49] Speaker B: But Cool Whip would be my.
[00:16:51] Speaker A: Oh, my God, I love it. Like, I'm having all the feels now
[00:16:54] Speaker B: because, like, Whitney and then my last name is Pape, and so it's like Whip, but then I'm Cool Whip.
[00:17:00] Speaker A: You know what I mean? Dang. Okay, like, nope. That's like a mic drop moment. Like, if.
[00:17:04] Speaker B: Mic drop. BTS all the way.
[00:17:06] Speaker A: If this wasn't going to ruin our recording right now, I would tell you, like, drop the mic that we have propped up right now.
[00:17:13] Speaker B: We should arrange that one day. Anyway, but yeah, so before the break, we were talking about kind of our own experiences. And, you know, coming from my background of fitness and recreation, I have some tips that I think would be very helpful. And before I get into those, when I was in undergrad, I was looking for my place because I was always physically active and I had a routine and I had a schedule, and I always had practices and lessons to go to. And so when I came to college, it was like, well, those aren't there anymore. So what do you do?
You know, my first thing was, I've got to find a place to go where I can do those types of activities. Something as similar to that, as close to it as possible. And it came to the rec center. I explored the rec center, and that's my first tip for everybody. You need to explore campus.
Don't just stay in your residence hall. Don't just stay with the same group of people. They can still be your friends. But explore other things on campus. Go to the rec center.
Go to this Yay, Alabama event we have.
Expose yourself to as many different things as you can just so that you know what's out there.
[00:18:23] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Especially get on board day.
[00:18:26] Speaker B: Get on board day. Yes.
[00:18:27] Speaker A: We have literally hundreds, millions maybe of student organizations. And you don't want to be that person your junior senior year finding out about an organization that you could have known about your freshman year and be like, oh, my goodness, I could have been so involved. And I'm just now finding out about this. And I'm sure there's people that come to the rec center as they come to the student health center, and they're like, oh, I didn't find out about blah, blah, blah, service until now. And they're a junior or senior. And I'm like, well, darn, I'm sorry.
[00:18:57] Speaker B: I would say that's the number one thing I hear at the student recreation center is, first of all, all of our group exercise classes are free to students. So if you paid and confirm your schedule and you swipe in the facility, you can go take any class. And that's anything from yoga to kickboxing to a cardio dance class to strength training. Those are all free. And so I'll meet a lot of juniors and seniors, and they'll say, I can't believe I didn't know about this when I was a freshman or a sophomore. I've been paying to go elsewhere. And that's fine, too. As long as you're being active, that's great. But, you know, it's nice to know that there's free classes at the student recreation center and then also the Witt center at President Village.
[00:19:36] Speaker A: Right. Because that goes back to our earlier conversation about financial wellness.
[00:19:40] Speaker B: Oh my gosh.
[00:19:41] Speaker A: You are trying to ball on a budget to know about the things that are already part of your package deal that you're paying for through your tuition anyways.
[00:19:50] Speaker B: That's right. And you know I kind of seeked those things out personally but just from others experiences and we try to get out there with recreation and you know, talk to classes, be it events just to be at get on board day, just to say hey, we have free stuff for you to do. We have other programs as well and they do have fees associated.
So if you did, do you know sports in high school, looking at our competitive sports and going to the intramural office and you can be a free agent where if you want to join a team but you just don't have any other friends, like maybe they don't really play sports.
You can be a free agent and join teams and meet other people that way.
[00:20:30] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I, I'll say from personal experience. I played tennis throughout high school but was not necessarily going be one that was gonna come on to Alabama as a D1 athlete, as a tennis player. And so doing club sports and tennis that way was really great. Just to stay active and be able to play with people that had been as active as me versus the like brand new beginner. So that was a nice, just a nice opportunity.
[00:20:57] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And so that's my number one tip. Number one tip is you gotta explore everything. I think my second tip, especially coming from a physical activity background and fitness is prioritizing and kind of getting comfortable. Like not like the first week of school, but give yourself some time to adjust to your schedule. A couple of weeks in, once you've maybe done a little exploring and then actually sit down with your schedule and think about when you want to be physically active and what that looks like if you don't know how to do that. We do have personal trainers and you can always get with one of them and they can help you come up with a pretty good plan. But I find for myself if I have in my schedule I'm going to go to a yoga class and I actually schedule it and that I have made that a priority just like I would going to class because your health is important to your academics, then I will actually go to that class, you know, and have it scheduled.
[00:21:54] Speaker A: That's a great tip. That's a great tip. Because if you're going that extra mile to get it scheduled versus, oh, I'll decide at the last minute.
[00:22:01] Speaker B: Maybe I'll go. Maybe I'll show up to the rec center. You've already made that decision in your head. I'm going to that class. So then all you got to do is just show up. And then I think probably my third tip, because I don't want to just bombard you guys with all these tips, but I think my third tip is be willing to try something more than once.
We'll have participants come to our classes again. They're free. I'm gonna keep throwing that out there.
And they're like, I just don't know if that was for. And we have a lot of instructors in a lot of different classes that maybe if you don't care for one style, try another style and just give it. Third time's a charm. I always say give it three tries, and then if you really don't like it, then don't do it. So always make sure you try things more than once.
[00:22:47] Speaker A: I love that tip. No. And I think anybody's gonna feel uncomfortable in that first trial of something, and so it's hard to discern. Okay, is this truly not for me, or am I just having the first time uncomfies?
[00:23:00] Speaker B: And remember, you know, there's a lot of you guys that are freshmen here on campus. Some of you have probably worked out, like, via YouTube videos or things you've seen on Instagram or Pinterest. And so maybe this is your first time to actually go into a big, you know, classroom, and you're a little nervous. And just keep in mind everybody's nervous. And I will let you in on a secret. Your instructor is a little nervous as well, because they have a lot of stuff they have to prepare for, so they always get a little bit of butterflies in their stomach.
[00:23:27] Speaker A: Oh, sure.
[00:23:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:28] Speaker A: And I remember the first time exercising in front of a mirror, I was
[00:23:31] Speaker B: like, oh, yeah, okay. That's what I look like.
[00:23:34] Speaker A: But then when you get used to it, it's just like, whatever. Because everybody's focused on their own awkwardness. Nobody's like, I'm not gonna be watching you, because I'm gonna be so focused on myself. So you don't have to worry about me creeping on you.
[00:23:46] Speaker B: Yes. And we're trying to, you know, at the rec center, we are trying to, you break that stigma of what exercise is supposed to look like, how you're supposed to look when you exercise. Everybody has different body types. Everybody looks different when they do move different exercises and moves. So we're trying to kind of break that down a little bit and just say, hey, just come move with us. Just come be active.
[00:24:06] Speaker A: Yeah, I love it. Well, you know, to me, I feel like those three tips are very, like, they're very good starter tips. And not even using the word starter in a, in a like, belittling way, but more so like these are good, practical, like, tangible tips. Yeah. And two, you know, we're going to be having guests through the semester, your awesome co workers that are going to be really expanding on a lot of these and the services that are out there. And so I think these are great tips for our new campus community members.
[00:24:38] Speaker B: And welcome.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: Exactly. And crap. It's time for another break.
[00:24:43] Speaker B: It is time for a break.
[00:24:44] Speaker A: Okay, so we are gonna take a break. When we get back, we're gonna kind of go into my world of nutrition and I'm gonna give some tips for the new students on campus when it comes to what to eat. How do we navigate all that good stuff? But time for another break. You guys, run, make a bathroom break, take a breather, fill up your drink, anything you want to. But you are listening to Fit to be Tied with Sheenann Whitney. And look at catch you after the break, The capstone 90.7 fm wvua.
Welcome back. You are listening to Fit to be tied with Sheen and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. And if you are just joining us, you are jumping in on an awesome conversation where we have been sharing our tips for the newest members of the University of Alabama community. Yes. And so Whitney just concluded by sharing her great fitness tips. You know, some things that are really tangible as far as getting connected on campus. So I really love that. And now kind of switching gears, let's talk about that nutrition perspective and I'll start the foundation. Even thinking about during the time I was a freshman. So I know, Whitney, you and I, when we went to undergrad, it was during the same time frame. And I don't know if you may or may not have been aware of this as a transfer student, but for freshmen back in the day, they were actually not obligated to a meal plan the way that they are now.
[00:26:35] Speaker B: So you. So now you have to have a meal plan.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: Yes. So you can choose the, I guess the level.
[00:26:40] Speaker B: And I think I remembered that.
[00:26:41] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. So.
So I decided with my family, like, oh, I don't need a meal plan. I'll do whatever. Because I was an in state student, I had a car. I felt like oh, there's gonna be some great things that I can go to the grocery store and microwave. Yeah, well, you know, I learned the hard way that a lot of social activity happens around food. Yes, A lot of my friends had a meal plan and so I was that person that was burning through those dining dollars so early in the semester. So I feel like probably one of my first tips to a new student on campus is to probably be really intentional and a planner when it comes to what your budget is going to look like and really be thinking about what your schedule looks like. Looks like what seems realistic in terms of where you're going to be eating. If you know that your classes always fall on a certain area of campus, think about which dining halls are there, because chances are you are going to have a meal plan, unlike I did, and so you'll be able to take that into consideration. And then if you are thinking about, okay, what are some foods that I can keep in my room to microwave or eat on the go? And as silly as this sounds, get things that have some variety and that you actually like.
So many times I'll get students that will either get ramen noodles or, you know, or even protein shakes out of convenience, and that's fine.
And yes, you could use that as an adequate breakfast, but chances are if you're drinking those every day, your taste buds are going to get burnout. It's not that you have lost your willpower, it's like your body just craves variety.
[00:28:25] Speaker B: It craves variety. And I'm also thinking, I guess in residence halls, I actually haven't been in one in a while. What are there refrigerators?
Can you cook? I mean, how much space do you have?
[00:28:37] Speaker A: Yeah, no, that's a great question. And I actually recently did a microwave cooking demo for some of our first year students. Just because across the board, regardless if someone is living in an older or newer residence hall, everyone is going to have a fridge and a microwave.
All of the buildings have community kitchens, usually on every other floor or at least one per building. Depending on the age of the building.
It's probably going to be a good indicator how frequently it's used.
But for the most part, you can guarantee that someone's going to have access to a fridge and a microwave. Whether that's a mini fridge with a microwave built in on top of it, or if they're sweet style, it's going to be a full size fridge and a microwave in there.
[00:29:20] Speaker B: Well, and nowadays even like for myself, like I will still cook on like a stove top. And sometimes my oven. But there's a lot of things I put in the microwave. I mean, now that you have the steamable vegetables.
[00:29:31] Speaker A: Right.
[00:29:31] Speaker B: Those are amazing.
[00:29:32] Speaker A: They are. And too, there are bags that you can buy that are reusable steamer bags. So if it's cheaper for you to buy the generic or store brand frozen veggies or even fresh produce that you got from the farmer's market or whatever, you can reuse these reusable steamer bags versus buying some of the frozen veggies that are in the steamable bags only that might be. Have a higher price point, which is really nice. At that cooking demo, I was actually showing students how they could make a little omelet in a mason jar. Like put all your veggies or toppings or cheese, put some egg beaters or a whole egg in there and. And nuke it. And the great thing about that mason jar is you've got the lid on it.
[00:30:14] Speaker B: So you just shake it up and just mix it all up.
[00:30:17] Speaker A: Yeah. And then you can walk to class, eat it and then.
[00:30:19] Speaker B: But you put the mason jar in the microwave and cook it in there.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Yes. So without the lid, of course.
[00:30:26] Speaker B: Of course, yeah. No metal in the microwave, no forks.
[00:30:29] Speaker A: But you could go ahead and put your toppings like the night before. Like, I could put like my cheese, my turkey sausage, my bell peppers, spinach, all that stuff. And then put the, the top on it, stick it in the fridge. And then in the morning, all I'm doing is pouring the egg in there and nuking it. Because the big excuse I get from students is I don't have time to do this or I don't have time to do that.
[00:30:47] Speaker B: It's all about. It's preparation.
[00:30:48] Speaker A: It is.
[00:30:49] Speaker B: And let's, and let's be real. Even in the fitness world, it's preparation. It's anything you do in life, you have to prepare. And it really, that's why we kind of go back to these, like creating these healthy habits. Because when you do become a mom or you do become a dad, or when you have a family, you have to prep in some way. Otherwise. Because you're prepping for more than one person.
[00:31:10] Speaker A: Right.
[00:31:10] Speaker B: So you have to create those types of habits. So this is the same as fitness. Looking at your schedule and deciding what day am I gonna sit down and write out or figure out what I'm gonna eat, when am I gonna go to the store?
[00:31:21] Speaker A: Exactly. Because like you said, you know, we have to be intentional. And if you are, you know, coming to me saying, oh, but you know, my health is so important. Well, show me that in your schedule. Like, actually schedule time for meals and snacks, or at least have a backup snack in your bag at all times. Like, you are putting yourself up the creek if you know that the only thing we can rely on your schedule is that it's crazy. Have a backup snack so you're not hangry, and it gets you to make those impulsive choices.
[00:31:48] Speaker B: Well, and I almost wonder, I mean, going back to the whole financial side of things, some of the things that are prepackaged can cost more. And so I love that you've got the idea with the makeup jar, because, you know, depending on the type of eggs that you buy, I mean, the cost can go up in that, but keeping it fairly low and then putting some, like, packaged meat in there, which probably is a little bit, you know, processed and has some high sodium, but at the same time, vegetables can be super cheap.
[00:32:14] Speaker A: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. And especially with those omelets I was talking about, you could do the frozen veggies. You could do some fresh ones in there.
Ivan was showing the students how to cook. Cook quinoa in the microwave.
[00:32:26] Speaker B: I eat that, like, every day.
[00:32:28] Speaker A: Yeah. And it's just like, I didn't know all these things could be made in the microwave. And I'm like, look, it is a heat source.
[00:32:33] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:32:34] Speaker A: And we can do that.
[00:32:34] Speaker B: And a lot of products now will show you ways to cook things in the microwave. It's not just a stove top. It's like, oh, and here's your option for the microwave.
[00:32:41] Speaker A: Yes. But I feel like we do need to do the public service announcement of not putting any metal in the microwave. So no aluminum foil. We have some fast food establishments that have foil liners as part of their sandwich wrapping. So just if it looks shiny and shimmery, do not stick it in.
[00:33:00] Speaker B: Don't put it in the microwave.
[00:33:01] Speaker A: You'll see a little flame spark in there. Yeah.
[00:33:03] Speaker B: And that's not good. And then you're like, what's his face off the office? Who burned the cheesy pita?
[00:33:09] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:33:09] Speaker B: And then you're the fire guy of your residence hall.
[00:33:12] Speaker A: Yeah. So you do not want to do that. So that's a PSA there. But along those lines, though, this is kind of weird tip to say, but considering the fact that you're going from high school to college, and there could be a chance that you did not do a lot of the food preparation when you were in high school, which
[00:33:30] Speaker B: is probably for most of us, I would imagine.
[00:33:33] Speaker A: So food safety Like, I get real weird about people getting sick off of either. You know, don't just try not to eat leftovers that are older than three days old.
[00:33:43] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:33:44] Speaker A: I will say that if you are thinking about, you know, heating up leftovers or maybe you're trying to dabble with like, hey, I'm gonna cook some kind of animal protein. Because you can actually. Those reusable steamer bags, you can allegedly cook chicken and fish in them. Really? I thought that was really interesting.
So your magic number for the most part is going to be 165 degrees Fahrenheit to kill any kind of foodborne illness. So just think of the magic number. 150, 165.
Beef. It's actually a little bit lower. Like one, like 150, 155. But I usually just tell people, like, 165 is pretty standard.
[00:34:20] Speaker B: Well, and kind of going along that, I mean, making sure you clean up your area. Like, if you have had meat there, make sure you grab some Clorox wipes and clean up. And you're not just leaving stuff out, you know, being mindful of other people that are living around you too. This is a transition for, you know, living with your family and maybe having a different role in that household and then actually sharing space with somebody that you don't know as well. You know, being respectful of each other's space is pretty important too. Yeah.
[00:34:49] Speaker A: Put like a date at the end of your calendar for the end of each week or month of like, hey, this is when I'm gonna clean out my portion of the fridge.
[00:34:57] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:57] Speaker A: Cause you might have had the magic fridge fairy, AKA your mom or whoever else that did it before, but now you are that fairy.
[00:35:05] Speaker B: Being very courteous and respectful of others.
[00:35:07] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:35:08] Speaker B: All right, well, we're up on another break, so we will catch you on the other side. You're listening to Fit to be tied to Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:35:25] Speaker A: The capstone 90.7 fm wvua.
[00:35:49] Speaker B: And we're back. You're listening to Fit to be tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone. Once again, we're so excited about the semester starting. All the freshmen and transfer students. I hope everybody has like found their way around campus.
[00:36:03] Speaker A: Let's hope so. Yeah.
[00:36:05] Speaker B: I mean, you've had enough time, I feel like. But I don't know, this campus can be very confusing sometimes. You can.
[00:36:10] Speaker A: I feel like when I was at that stage as a, as a first time student, the only thing I knew was like, where My classes were so I had yet to explore a lot of the other like non academic buildings,
[00:36:24] Speaker B: you know, and just even the community and around town and like where restaurants are and where different stores are and things like that. So we hope everybody's doing well.
But yeah, I, you know, if you are just tuning in to our radio show, I like to tell jokes and I'm not really that great at it, but. And I shouldn't have said that because now you're like, well, I'm gonna turn it off. But they're kind of like dad jokes in a way. Maybe I should start calling them mom jokes. Because moms say funny jokes like that are like kind of lame as well, you know? You know, So I have just a really quick one. I was like trying to look for some jokes and here we go.
[00:37:03] Speaker A: Okay. Okay.
[00:37:04] Speaker B: Put on your laughing pants, everybody.
[00:37:07] Speaker A: Yes. Me and our producer, we are like, we're sitting here biting at the bit right now.
[00:37:11] Speaker B: Okay, you gotta think really hard about this one. All right.
Why did the personal trainer bring a lion to the gym?
[00:37:22] Speaker A: Looking at her, she has no idea. I have no idea.
[00:37:25] Speaker B: Think really hard of it. You can figure it out.
[00:37:26] Speaker A: A lion. A lion thinking about roaring animals like long mane. I don't know.
[00:37:35] Speaker B: Because he wanted to get ripped.
That one's bad. That one's so bad. Don't just forget.
[00:37:41] Speaker A: No, see, that's totally a dad joke. That's a dad that's not worthy of a mom. Because it doesn't even.
[00:37:46] Speaker B: Like your thought process was like roaring and like a mane and mine was like, because he wanted to get ripped.
[00:37:53] Speaker A: But that. Oh my goodness.
[00:37:55] Speaker B: Anyway, I'm marking it off. I will never say it again. Just disregard. We will go back to the drawing board.
[00:38:01] Speaker A: Anyway, the other time that people could hear it and we didn't mention this is that if you are just really jonesing to hear our show again, you can actually listen to us on AudioBoom. I believe it's audioboom.com channel WVUAFM.
[00:38:15] Speaker B: That was good. You got it. You nailed it.
[00:38:17] Speaker A: I remembered it.
I did want to kind of make a plug for some different things that are going to be happening fairly soon, especially as we go into the month of September with things related to wellness. So we have something on our university campus called Wellness. Wellness Week. Wellness week starts off September 9th.
So on that Monday, I'm actually going to be kicking off Wellness Week. I'm going to do an event at the Ferg. It's going to be during the 12:00 clock hour in our Ferg Forum, and it's going to be called so you're thinking about going on a diet.
And so I'm going to kind of give the lowdown on the different fad diets that are out there. We're also going to be doing some outdoor glow yoga with the lovely UREC instructors.
[00:38:57] Speaker B: That's on Tuesday night, I believe, at the Canterbury Church courtyard.
[00:39:00] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:39:01] Speaker B: So it's really cool. It won't be your traditional yoga music. There'll be some kind of poppy tunes and maybe some hip hop. So that'll be pretty cool.
[00:39:07] Speaker A: Yes. And then that Wednesday, we always do that middle of the week with our campus health fair. You're gonna be able to get your flu shots, then learn about all of our different wellness resources on and off campus. So that's just a good way to, you know, to get access to those services, learn more about them. We've got some other events related even to financial wellness as well, so there's just a lot of stuff we've got going on.
[00:39:33] Speaker B: Sheena, before we end our show, because I know we got a few minutes. A few seconds or so left. I was gonna say minutes. What are you excited about this for this semester? Like, anything that you're excited about?
[00:39:43] Speaker A: Gosh, I hate sounding like I feel like this is such a cliche answer. I'm excited about football. I really am. Yeah. I don't know why.
I think it just. It's. And it's not even the football.
[00:39:54] Speaker B: Maybe a shift into a different season,
[00:39:56] Speaker A: the mode that people get in.
Festive. So even though I don't always care for the games, and y' all can bash me on that later, but there's just something that it just. It pulls us together as a community where we get excited about it. Am I excited about the traffic? Not really.
I don't know. How about you?
[00:40:15] Speaker B: I would say, honestly, I love seeing all the new faces at the rec center and people exploring what we have to offer. And that's where we shine as instructors, is teaching people.
[00:40:24] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:40:25] Speaker B: And so I'm excited about that.
[00:40:26] Speaker A: Well, I love that, and I love that we have an amazing semester with the show. But you guys, this has been great. Hope you have enjoyed us this afternoon and hope you have a great week. We will catch you next Sunday. You have been listening to Fit to Be Tied with Sheena and Whitney on 90.7 the Capstone.
