Welcome to the Un-Fuck-Your-Fitness Podcast . I am your host , Christy Castillo , and I'm here to give you real talk and cut the BS so you can actually enjoy building a body you love . I'm a personal trainer obsessed . What's up ?
Speaker 2Welcome to today's episode , Today's short , sweet , spicy episode is going to be just a little bit about me and my thoughts on things , and I think it's just going to be fun . I just had an idea to ask on my Instagram stories over on Christy Castillo Fit earlier this week , just you know , I kind of said something like I just want to create a podcast episode where I just kind of answer your questions . So I've been really busy and not I haven't done an ask me anything in a while on Instagram and honestly just kind of been out of it mentally and physically lately . So I thought this would be kind of a fun way to catch up on all the things , allow you to ask me questions and I can kind of expand on them here on the podcast , and I know it's just nice for me to chat with you and you can get to know me a little bit too . So I don't put a lot of just like a quick little update in each Tuesday episode or even a Friday episode Like I don't talk about . I intermix my life into the topics that I'm talking about , but I don't just do a lot of . Here's my thoughts on X , y and Z , which I think would be kind of fun to do every once in a while . So this could be something that I lean into and ask every once in a while on my stories . Maybe we do this monthly , just kind of a what do you want to know my thoughts on , what do you want to know about literally anything about me , and I'll answer it here . So I thought this would be fun to most , I guess , like the most asked questions Is that how I want to word it ? I got a lot of the same questions and I wanted to definitely answer those , and then I wanted to answer some fun ones as well . So here
we go . First of all , a little life update . Oh my gosh , I feel so tired . Just to be real with you , I'm recording this the week before it comes out , so right before Easter here , and I'm just feeling so overwhelmed .
Speaker 2Baseball season has picked up , or started , I should say , for my son . So things are picking up here and moving right along . He's a sophomore and he loves baseball and I love baseball . But yeah , it's just been nuts , I think , honestly also traveling so much lately . We went to LA at the last part of spring break . We went to Dodgers opening day , we went to the Dodgers ring ceremony , so we were in LA for a couple of days . I was then home for a couple of days and I traveled to the Chicago area to see my friend Aaron , who I am creating the new membership with , and we had an amazing time . It was the first time that we had met in person . We talk every week and on video and we talk every day texting , but it was the first time that we had met in person . So it was fun . We just had a lot to do for work and then a lot to just catch up on and hang out and be friends . So that was really , really fun . And then just getting back into life my son had , I think , like four baseball games doubleheaders last week and it's just been crazy .
Speaker 2And you guys , I can't for the life of me , like figure out why , why , as a 43-year-old woman , out , why , why , as a 43-year-old woman , like I have teenagers . I'm in the midst of like perimenopause where I don't understand my thoughts . I don't understand like my food cravings are changing . I'm so freaking tired . My blood pressure is under control now with medication . I was so sick the beginning of the year , like I just don't understand why God thought it was a good idea to be like , oh hey , in your 40s you physically and mentally will kind of fall apart , but you'll also have teenagers to raise and it'll be like the busiest time of your life also . So you know , just good luck with that .
Speaker 2I think I just I'm daily in awe of how much I am struggling to like survive and it's , it's crazy . I can't even put it into words , but there's a little update on me . But I life is just crazy . So I have been talking a lot of my stories about just how like I'm in a cut . It's going okay , it's not anything to like talk about . I honestly can't , hardly , cannot , hardly form sentences these days . Like friends are texting me and I'm like I have no energy to get back to you . It is just I feel like it is madness . Life is lifing , I'm , I feel like I'm drowning in it , but I don't even have the energy to like tell people that's how I feel , like I'm drowning in it , but I don't even have the energy to tell people that's how I feel . I'm just like I want to go to sleep . So , anyway , that's how I'm doing , doing great .
Speaker 2So let's get into some questions , since this episode isn't all about my midlife crisis , but also , yeah , is perimenopause , is your 40s kind of a midlife crisis ? Yeah , I think it is . I don't know , should I do an episode on this ? I could have all my 40-year-olds write in and we could just complain about
it . That'd be kind of fun , okay .
Speaker 2So let's get into some questions , and in no type of order . I'm just going to kind of give my honest thoughts on these . I have little notes and then , in true Christy Castillo fashion , I'm just going to give you my raw thoughts . Okay , and also let me just say that I am not a doctor , I am not an expert in any of these . And we're talking fashion , we're talking fast food , we're talking music , so I'm not an expert in any of these . So I'm just going to give you my thoughts . Take them for what they're worth . Okay , I had a lot of questions about my macro-friendly fast food options on the go . Here's my real thoughts on this . Buckle up . Okay , macro-friendly is great .
Speaker 2I love that term . I love that . You know , obviously I love macros and I love being macro-conscious and all of the things , but remember there are times , remember that you don't always have to eat a macro friendly option . I'm going to get into it , but I think that term and that is just it's . Sometimes I think people think about it as like , oh , I can't eat anything unless it's macro friendly , or I'm always looking for a macro friendly option , a macro friendly recipe . And I love that , I do , I'm not really knocking that . But I want you to remember too that sometimes things don't have to be macro-friendly . It isn't the end of the world .
Speaker 2So that's my first thought when people kind of ask , like , what are your on-the-go snacks ? And I'm going to get into that in a minute too . But also remember you can just have a protein shake and you can have something super high carb that's not macro-friendly . You can have a combination and you can also just have a day where you screw up and who cares ? So , anyways , I'm so basic that I will just get a double cheeseburger , only ketchup , from McDonald's . Like , I love it . It has a lot of protein , yeah , it has a lot of carbs , you know too . But a double cheeseburger right , it's so freaking good .
Speaker 2And sometimes I'm like this is as good as it's going to get for me and I'm not going to have my family , you know , eat some . Like , if everybody in the car wants McDonald's and I don't , I'm just getting a double cheese like , and that's maybe not as macro friendly , right , but who cares ? So I literally so basic here , so I'm not going to give you a ton of options . There are some on my Instagram page that I put together if you scroll back to different options . But for myself , I'm getting a double cheeseburger , only ketchup from McDonald's , for no particular reason other than it has quite a bit of protein and it's good . So it's good , and try that Chick-fil-A has the grilled nuggets . I'm always going to get Chick-fil-A grilled nuggets ton of them and I'm going to get the honey mustard because it's so good .
Speaker 2Honestly , anywhere else that I eat I don't really have anything that's a go-to . I'm always going to get something with protein . I'm going to stay light on the sides and I always feel like this too . I'm always gonna check the calories if I can , and be like , ooh , that is a lot of calories . And if it's too many calories for me for the day , I'm just not gonna eat it . I'll just wait till I get home or I'll have a couple of fries , right . But if all of my other meals and my snacks are protein heavy for the day , which they usually are , a little bit of fast food isn't gonna hurt . Protein heavy for the day , which they usually are . A little bit of fast food isn't going to hurt . So that's my thoughts on that .
Speaker 2Clothes on a budget . Are there good alteration places ? So alterations are great . We have someone that we go to for . I've had her do a couple of my clothes and clothing pieces , and she's done my daughter's with prom dresses and stuff . Alterations are great . There's so many fashion influencers on Instagram that find good things on Amazon . I would definitely check that out . Amazon's great because you can send it back . It's like free two-day shipping . You can send it back if you don't like it pretty easily , so I love that . If you have a lot of weight to lose , don't buy expensive things that you will grow out of , but once you are in a body that you love and you want to maintain , honestly buy some expensive , you know capsule wardrobe pieces . Stick to the basics . When you are in a body that you love , and I think that's really important to know that like . Yeah , we should buy , you know , cheaper things as our bodies are changing . So alterations are great . Alterations , though , are expensive , so it's sometimes cheaper to just go on Amazon .
Speaker 2Marshalls I love the big comfy-looking pajama pants right now that they have at Marshalls . The big , flowy summery pants are so cute . I love Abercrombie shorts . But you guys , I don't have a ton of clothes . I have a ton of workout clothes , I have a ton of sweatpants and I've got about two pair of shorts that fit me right , two pair of jeans that fit me right . So I am like I'm skimping over here . But clothes are hard to fit into for anybody and when you get smaller , when you get you know body recon , when you get more toned , it doesn't necessarily get easier to find clothes . So sorry , I don't have a better answer , but
I'm just rambling things off here .
Speaker 2My favorite quick snack and protein-packed snacks here we go . It's also okay to have some snacks that aren't protein-packed okay , but when you need some , I literally have wrote down here . One thing to learn is that snacking sometimes just needs to be avoided . So you know I'm not going to be like , well , eat protein-packed snacks or don't eat anything at all . But also , sometimes I'll go in to get a snack somewhere with my kids or husband or whatever , and I'm like you know what ? I don't need any of this shit . Like I don't need it . I can wait 30 minutes to get where I'm going and eat a meal . Like sometimes we don't need a snack . Okay , sometimes the snacks cannot be protein-packed .
Speaker 2But also I love protein bars . I love first-form protein bars . I love Bear Bells protein bars . I love Bilt Bars protein bars . I love protein sticks . I love first-form protein sticks . They are the freaking best . They're huge , they're good and they're 20 grams of protein . I love Greek yogurt . I love overnight oats . I love tuna fish . I love Kodiak cakes products . That's all I can think of off the top of my head .
Speaker 2What do you listen to to pump yourself up for a lifting session ? Right now , I listen to mostly Kendrick Lamar . While I'm working out , right before the Super Bowl , my son actually started listening to Kendrick Lamar and I thought you know the song where he screams mustard . And I made fun of it and squabble up . I just kind of ripped on those two songs Like these are so ridiculous . I can't believe you're listening to this Music just isn't what it used to be . And then the more he listened to it and I therefore listened to it and learned the words and I just became addicted . So Super Bowl , love that . And that's pretty much not what I listened to .
Speaker 2I kind of went down a Kendrick Lamar like his favorites and , you know , like best songs on Apple Music and added a bunch of those to my Apple Music hashtag gym playlist . I think is what my playlist is called on there . I could actually link that in the show notes if you want to go listen to it . It is a hot mess , but I usually just have my playlist on Shuffle and I get ready to work . I just whatever I'm kind of feeling . I like some Blink-182 , sometimes I like to listen to Nicki Minaj , sometimes I like Doja Cat , sometimes I will listen to Nelly on occasion . It just depends on what I'm in the mood for . It's kind of random , like my Gemini personality . All right , next question Creatine , yes or no ?
Speaker 2So creatine , just like any other supplement , is one of those things that just drives me crazy . Yes , creatine is great . There were so many throughout my journey with weightlifting and health , fitness , all the things . I've heard so many different things about creatine , that my brain is kind of mush when it comes to it . But here's the facts . I didn't take it for years and years and years and years and years and years . I've only consistently . Actually I don't know if I've ever consistently taken it . I consistently take it during my build phases . I'm consistently taking it right now . I don't know for how long , but I taking it right now . I don't know for how long , but I didn't take it for years and years and years and years and I was just fine . So it's not something that you have to take . It's not something you're going to see huge results from . You might not feel like you're seeing anything , and that's normal With any other supplement . You're kind of like am I seeing any results from this ? I'm not sure .
Speaker 2So it is great for muscle gain . It is good for exercise performance . It is good for recovery . It does support brain function . It has a lot of really , really , really good benefits . So , yes , take it . There's nothing bad about taking it . Of course , unless your body can't take it , holding on to more water , it will then sometimes increase overall weight . It's not a bad weight . It's not a bad weight gain puffy gain weight after they're on it . It's not that you've gained fat , it's not even necessarily that you've gained muscle right away . It's that your muscles are bigger . They are filled with water . So keep that in mind when you are taking it . But it is really really good for many , many different things . Do you have to take it ? No , no , you don't . So there's my thoughts on that .
Next question Favorite date night . This was interesting because just the other night we watched baseball at my house , like almost every single day , except the Dodgers were blacked out the other day on MLB Network and that was annoying . But we were watching and my husband said you know , I think right now he said something to the effect of your favorite date night would be a baseball game . If I could just take you to a baseball game , you'd be happy . So yeah , I think that's actually true .
Speaker 2I am not really a sucker for romance . We didn't have a lot of money years ago , went through a lot of financial things , so I have some money issues . But I think our date nights were always like going out to eat and then accompanied to like going to Menards right and getting things to fix up the house . And , yeah , I do love going out to eat and I do love , you know , sitting and talking and quality time . I also am like a goer , like I'm not big on just spending just random time . I don't know if that's making any sense , but I do love sushi and I do love just kind of hanging out . But I , you know , a good date night is like , hey , let's go catch some dinner , let's get a Bundt cake from Nothing Bundt Cake Store and let's go do a little shopping for ourselves , without a budget or without a time limit , like those kind of things would be fun . And a baseball game I'm not a huge sucker for just like a big date night . I don't think that that's my love language , I guess . But that's a really good question . I wish I had a really I wish I had a really exciting answer . But a baseball game would actually be the most amazing date night . So call me crazy .
Speaker 2Next question I only have two more Cellulite . Um , this person wrote in and said cellulite , I'm lean , I lift weights , I eat well , but I still have it . Could it be my macro percentages ? I don't think so . Possibly could be what you're eating , maybe not your macro percentages , but maybe the quality of your food . That could be . It also could just be hereditary . You know , some people are just super lean but still have it and it's just , it's just hereditary . So I don't know and I'm not an expert in this , but there are those massage techniques and those little massage , oh boy , like brushes or something that have like rolling things on them . This is making no sense I can't think of the word , but it's supposed to target and helps cellulite . I think it helps with blood flow . Maybe lymphatic drainage Some of those types of things may help . I would definitely contact someone who is more of an expert , but those are the things I would try . I'm getting more cellulite as I'm getting more fat on my body , as I'm growing muscle and going into a body recop . My legs are changing , my glutes are getting bigger and I notice cellulite on my body . I haven't done a thing about it and it hasn't bothered me at all . It's normal . But yeah , if you're lean and you think like , yeah , I'm doing everything right , then it could just be hereditary . And maybe working on some of that lymphatic drainage , getting the blood flowing , massaging those areas , those kind of techniques could help . And then , just as I was surprised that someone asked about my fashion sense not really , they just asked about clothing Someone asked what are your recommendations for skincare makeup , what do you use ?
Speaker 2So currently I am using ZO . I think it's literally spelled ZO , the letter ZO . So I don't know if it's ZO or ZO . I think it's Z-O skin health Thanks to my friend Julie . I've mentioned this a couple of times on my Instagram stories , but I'm currently using their products not all of them , but I do use their cleanser . I do use their pads the skin brightening pads , I think they're called . I do use their exfoliator , I do use their day time protectant , I do use their retinol , I do use their eye cream . I do use a bunch of their stuff . And then I also just use a cheaper brand from Marshalls and I do use another cheaper brand of cleanser from Ulta . So kind of all over the place . But Zio Skin Health brand is really really good but it's expensive . So my friend Julie , who I've leaned on for some skincare tips , told me that I could use a different cleanser , maybe in the morning and at night , and a moisturizer that's a little cheaper to cut costs and things like that . So if you guys want more of this kind of content , please shoot me a message and I can . I'm not sponsored by them , so I would just send you a picture of what I'm using and send you on your way .
Speaker 2As far as makeup , I'm all over the place . I do not have a brand that I necessarily love and I don't wear a lot of makeup . I'm currently using Fenty Beauty's foundation , which I do love and I'm obsessed with Again , expensive . I am also using I don't know the brand I'd have to put photos on Instagram on my highlights or something . I can totally do that but I'm currently using just a skin tint . And then , yeah , I use like a cheap Maybelline brow pencil , I use CoverGirl mascara and sometimes different brands , but , yeah , every day I put on my little eyebrows , I put on a little bit of eyeshadow , I put on a little bit of mascara , a little bit of blush and some I'm obsessed with chapstick , like I do like shiny , moisturized lips and that's about it .
Speaker 2I'm kind of surprised no one asked about my hair care , because I do get that question a lot . So to just dive into that a little bit , I do use a bonding shampoo and I do use Olaplex bonding and a serum . I really , really like those . So I definitely wanted to put these into the skincare makeup section . Because , also , we got the Lange . My daughter and I use the Lange blow dryer curler what am I trying to say ? Blow dryer brush . There's a Kristen Ess spray also that I use on my hair after . So a couple different things that I put on after , before I blow dry , makes it so soft , and then finishing off the blow dry with the Longe little blow dryer brush has been amazing and really , really healthy , and my hair has actually gotten a lot longer and it feels really
healthy . So that is all of the questions that I have for today .
Speaker 2So I hope you loved this episode . If not , then please be one of the people who sends me a message next time I post about it , so that you can get in here and I can answer your questions , because I would love nothing more than to just read your questions and be able to ramble off my answers . But I really really do hope that you liked this episode . I always want to just give you my real thoughts and then tell you what I do , and if you want any more information on certain things , if you want links to things , please , please , please ask on Instagram . I am more than happy to put things out on my highlights and just to let you guys know what I'm currently doing and currently using and always ask . Anyways , I can post them on my Instagram and I can also keep them for a future episode . So I always want to know what you guys are interested in , and how often you like , just hearing about me and from me randomly . It's always good to know . So I will talk to you guys in the next episode .
Speaker 1Thanks for listening to today's show . Go ahead and leave a rating and a review and , of course , follow the podcast so you don't miss out on any future episodes . And I would love it so much if you came to connect with me over on Instagram at Christy Castillo Fit . I will see you next time .