Well with Arielle Lorre - 452: My Current Routines to Look Better Without Doing the Most: Toning, Nutrition + the Hailey Bieber Makeup Method
Episode Date: April 15, 2026In this solo, I’m walking you through my exact current habits, routines, and non-negotiables—from what I do the second I wake up to my full skincare routine, workouts, supplements, and th...e small shifts that actually make the biggest difference. I also share what I’ve stopped doing, what I think is overrated right now, and where I’m still struggling.This is less about doing more—and more about doing what actually works.We get into:My current morning routine and how I set up my day My current morning routine and how I set up my day What I eat in a day (and how I think about nutrition right now) My exact AM + PM skincare routines Why I don’t think everyone needs tretinoin Skincare I’ve been influenced to try (and what’s worth it) Microcurrent and what it actually does for tightening The makeup I’m loving right now + the “Hailey Bieber” method My version of a 5-minute face My full workout split + how I’m building muscle without getting bulky How I stay consistent even when I don’t feel motivated My current supplement stack What I’m struggling with and working on right now The most overrated trends at the moment The small habits that make the biggest differenceWhether you’re trying to feel better, look better, or just simplify your routine—this is everything I’m doing right now, unfiltered.This episode is brought to you by:Save 15% off my favorite Red Light Mask from BON CHARGE by using code BLONDE at www.boncharge.com.Go to Hungryroot.com/blonde and use code blonde for 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice.Visit ProlonLife.com/BLONDE to get 15% off their 5-day nutrition program.Head to Nutrafol.com and use code BLONDE for $10 off your first subscription and free shipping.Go to vuori.com/well for 20% off your first purchase and free shipping on orders over $75. Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at http://www.skims.com/well.Head to ladder.fit/WELL for a 7-day free trial and $10 off your first month.This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.Produced by Dear MediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This is Well, a podcast about wellness in all its forms.
I'm Ariel Lori, and each week I'm sharing unfiltered conversations with the people
shaping how we feel, live, and look.
Come for the substance, stay for the honesty, and leave with the tools to be well, inside
and out.
Today I thought that I would kind of do like, not just a Q&A, but what's in my DMs,
because I got so many DMs with a lot of the same questions.
And so I kind of rounded those up.
And the theme right now, like I was just saying to you, Tessa, is like, how are we glowing
up for spring for summer?
I feel like when I look at the back end data, it's so funny because I'm like, oh,
everybody just wants to look good right now.
Like, yes, we want to feel good, but everybody wants to feel good, look good.
So I'm going to be talking about the things that I am actually doing right now from, like,
skin to workouts, food, routine habits.
I'm just going to answer everything in like a very current way. And I do have to say that I feel
very locked in right now. Like more locked in, I think, than I have felt in years. And I think that that's
a result of a few things. One, I feel like my health has been better lately than it's been in a
couple years. Like everybody knows I don't have to get into that that I was really struggling there
for a while. And it just made it really hard to work out. And I never really knew like how I was going to be
reacting to food and everything. And so I was very like one day at a time. And it was just like
listen to my body on that day, how I was feeling and then act accordingly. Whereas now I feel like
I'm in a consistent enough place where I can kind of do the opposite. And you guys know that I'm not
rigid and I don't like to have a regimented routine. And I don't like to essentially tell
my body what it's going to be doing every single day. I normally don't have like a super
rigid workout structure or anything like that. But I'm kind of implementing that now. And I have to say,
like, it's made everything so much better in my life. Who knew? I'm looking at Tessa. She's like,
yeah, welcome to the wellness world. But I understand, like, different things work for different people.
Like, some people really don't do well with a structured routine. And some people do. And I
think for everybody also it kind of ebbs and flows and so I'm like flowing right now so I'm going to get
into all of that another reason why I feel like I'm very on point is because I had probably the
craziest march that I've ever had in my life when it comes to work I was so overbooked which is like
a great thing but it was so hard I really felt like I was unraveling at points and then it all kind of
culminated with this trip to Italy that I took, which I shared a lot on social. And it was
mostly a brand trip. And then we talked on a couple of days because we were already there.
And I took my manager. And it was so much fun. But like, I don't think people realize it was
my first international brand trip. Wow. Yeah. Maybe because I feel like an elder,
elder influencer. And I'm also very selective on who I work with. But this was a brand that I love.
It was in Milan.
It was also with a hotel group that I love, who I've stayed up before.
It just all kind of felt organic for me.
The brand part of the trip was amazing.
I'm going to get into the other stuff, but just like a peek behind the curtain.
I think people think, like, oh, you just go on this trip and it's amazing and they put you up in a hotel and, like, you eat all these amazing meals and you take pictures and like, that's it.
You have certain deliverables that you have to meet every day in your contract when it comes to content.
So yes, you're doing all of these amazing things.
you're also capturing the content and then you have to at the end of the day like edit that and post
whatever you're contracted to post. But it also fell during a regular work week for me and it was a
work week where I had so many other campaigns that I had to shoot and I would have like an hour
break between things on the itinerary and I would have to go to my hotel room to the bathroom
and like shoot another campaign and then we would be at dinner till like 11 or 1130 and then I would come
back and I would have to edit and do all of the stuff that was contracted for the brand. And then I would
also have to edit and submit things that were contracted that I had to do like for other work. And
then I had podcast stuff and meetings and everything. There was a day in Florence where I didn't
leave my hotel room except for like an hour to walk around because I was shooting for another brand.
And they wanted reshoots. And then I had to reshoot the reshoot. And it was just like crazy.
Wow. Yes. So that's just like glimps behind the curtain. I was really not handling the pressure.
So needless to say when I got back, I was like, okay, I need to rebound from this and I need to like get into my habits and get into a good place mentally and physically.
And so that's what I've been doing. So anyway, okay, we're just kind of walking through the day. We're going morning. We're doing skincare. We're doing fitness, nutrition. So what is the first thing that you do in the morning? I'm not going to lie. Like I am not a sunlight in the eyes girl.
I have done it in the past and I know there are so many benefits.
I'm a phone in the face in the morning girl.
And that's just like I'm just being honest.
Real.
Are you?
Kind of.
Okay.
I have an Opel app.
What's that?
It's the app where it's almost like the brick where you can like block certain apps.
So in the morning I can really only check my email, check my Slack, check my texts, but no social media.
Is there like a workaround?
I have like 10 unlocks a day if I really wanted to.
Okay.
But for the most part, I'm at a point now where I don't even care to get on.
Interesting.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
So for me, social media is not enjoyable at all because it's like work and I just get on and I feel stressed.
And somebody who I hired recently was like, so what's your content plan like with your
personal stuff?
Because we were talking about the podcast.
Like there's so many different channels every day that have to have content on them.
And there's so many people that work on that.
But when it comes to my personal plan, I'm like, I don't have one.
Like I wake up in the morning and I panic because I'm like, I have to come up with content for all of my channels.
And when there's so many other things going on, like usually it's the last thing that I feel like I have time for or like that I have the bandwidth for, which is not good because it's like the primary part of my job.
And I try to get ahead.
And yesterday, for example, I shot three pieces of content.
took me like all day and I was like okay that is lasting me two days so I wake up and I'm thinking
about work and I usually will check my email and I do have a physical planner me too we love a
physical planner it's the best I am like analog I am back to like I want a trapper keeper
do you remember that you're too young I love it
because I'm such a visual person. I've downloaded all of the different calendars and my team
uses Asana and Notion and this and not too confusing for me. I just want to write things down.
My list, everything. I cross things out. I'm such a visual person. It's just so much easier for me.
So I will usually like go into my planner, check my mail, kind of plan the day. And then I meditate.
Some people cannot get on their phone first thing in the morning and feel like they really have to like get grounded and balanced.
And sometimes I go through those phases too, depending on what.
I need, but I don't feel like it's to my detriment in any way. So, like, if you're checking your
phone first thing in the morning, I don't think that you have to feel guilty about that. I think that,
like, we have so many wellness things that we feel like we should be doing. And it's just, like,
whatever works for you. And that's what works for me right now, because I cannot sit there and, like,
meditate or do anything mindful when I have, like, confusion in my mind about what my day is
going to look like when it comes to work and all that. It's so much easier for me to kind of
brain dump that onto my planner and just see if there's anything that I have to, I don't know,
prep for or respond to. And then I feel like my mind is a little bit more clear. What are you drinking
first thing right now? I'm a big mineral person right now. Big trace minerals girl. Don't ask me why.
I just felt like I just needed more minerals. Like I do electrolytes, but I saw somebody sharing
these liquid mineral drops. And I started drinking those first thing in the morning because
I do wake up very dehydrated. I'm aware of that. I'm 40. I don't even know. There's like
one week out of the month that I'm not sweating, but three weeks I am like drenched. When I wake up,
it's disgusting. I have to do HRT. So I'll update you guys on that when I do that. But I wake up so
depleted and dehydrated. And of course, like I want my matcha first thing. But I do these minerals
and then I'll go on to my caffeine. What did I stop doing that actually helped drinking match like as soon as
open my eyes. I don't always do food first now. I just, I don't know. Again, it's like these
things go in phases. This is just what is working for me right now, but definitely like having
some kind of hydration before the caffeine or anything else really helps. And I had Autumn Smith.
I think the episode comes out on Monday, right? Yes. Okay, so this week, the Monday episode,
my guest then is really big on intermittent fasting. And again, like there are camps that love
intermittent fasting. There are camps that are like very anti-interment fasting for women because of
the stress and blah-bidi-bwa. She said that she has electrolytes and minerals. Electrolates might be
minerals. I don't know. Somebody fact-checked me on that. I mean, the minerals that I'm having are not
like super, super high dose potassium, magnesium, sodium, like typical electrolytes. More like trace minerals.
Yeah. Am I right? You're right. Okay, thank you. I love that quick fact check.
But anyway, she was saying that when she like remineralizes, maybe that's where I got this from,
she's then not hungry for hours.
So I think maybe one of the reasons why intermittent fasting is so hard on some women's systems is because like we do wake up dehydrated.
That's not like a wellness woo-woo thing.
I think that's backed.
You're not drinking for like at least eight hours.
And I think a lot of times people go right to the black coffee or something.
And then, you know, an hour later they feel like shit and they're starting.
carving their cortisol and everything. But that made sense to me, that whole mineral thing. How do I
keep my energy stable? I feel like the minerals are helping. I feel like the hydration and the minerals
are helping before the caffeine, matcha helps keep my energy stable. And I'm like not on the
macha bandwagon. I feel like now matcha is so cliche. I'm like, no, no, we've been doing this
for like a decade. So that and then my breakfast. So my breakfast, I will have, you
usually right now a yogurt bowl. I'm kind of introducing like different kinds of dairy yogurt,
but I also do coconut yogurt. And I'll do a protein powder, chia seeds for that fiber, berries,
and that's usually it. And then I have either Pilates or Strength training after. And then I eat
again after that, but I'll get to the diet part. So yeah, it's like very simple. My morning,
basically it's like hydration, brain dump, and then I do like quick meditation, which I'll get to.
And then I work out.
Since I'm talking in this episode about all of the things that I am doing to glow up, I would be remiss if I did not talk about red light therapy, which is something that has made a huge difference for me over the last few years.
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It's one of those things that's super easy to stick to.
because you literally just put it on for 10 to 20 minutes while you're doing other things.
I actually habit stack it with my meditation.
So usually it's about 12 or so minutes.
You can do it when you're watching TV, answering emails, whatever you want.
And what I like about this one specifically is that it combines both red light and near infrared.
So you're getting benefits on the surface like fine lines and breakouts,
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I have tried a lot of other devices.
and this one just feels better designed.
It's lightweight. It's super comfortable.
I love the straps.
It doesn't get hot.
It doesn't include blue light, which can actually mess with your circadian rhythm.
So if you're doing it at night, it's not going to disrupt your sleep.
So it just feels more thoughtful and intentional.
And I really have to say that since I've been using it so consistently, my skin just
looks calmer, more even, just a little bit glowier overall, which is really the goal.
I am going to start doing my chest consistently.
and I'm going to start doing half so that I can show you guys the before and after because it's real.
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Okay, I'll go into skin now because somebody asked what my current exact morning routine is.
I really haven't been sharing my skincare routines on social because I've been trying so many
different products and I don't really have like one set routine.
Although I will say I have been pretty consistent with the Jan Marini again in the morning,
especially because I'm trying so many different products at night.
I feel like that one just keeps my skin very stable.
It keeps the breakouts at bay.
I do her bioglycolic cleanser for vitamin C.
I use a different, my own exfoliating product.
I use her luminate MD lotion, which is for like hyperpigmentation, melasma.
I use her transformation cream and I use her sunscreen.
And then I feel like because I have that base and it keeps my skin really good and clear,
then I can kind of play around with different products in my night routine.
And somebody asked what my night routine is.
So it's all over the place.
Like I am trying so many different products right now.
And I call it R&D, I guess.
I have my core products that I love.
So I always remove makeup with LMS cleansing bomb.
Then I'll do is clinical cleansing complex.
And then I do my own product.
And then depending on the night,
I'll do either like an allies of skin growth factors,
copper tripeptides, cellamax toner, which is like a Korean milky toner. It's, I think, less than $20. It is so good for
hydration, barrier repair, especially after I went really hard with the treatments this winter. I feel
like it just really helps to, like, support the skin barrier. So I'll do those. And then on a different
night, I will do Jan Marini, age intervention duality, benz-enzoil peroxide.
and trans retinal, everyone's like, you can't put those, they're literally in the same pump.
So they're formulated to go together. It's amazing for adult acne. It's a pretty gentle retinal,
but I feel like I don't need anything stronger. In fact, I saw Jen Hollander recently,
who has always done my injectables and a lot of my skin treatments. And I was like, do you think
I need to go back on Tret because I think the internet makes you feel like you need to be on Tret?
Do you find that? Yeah, I feel like it's very in.
It's like every derm is like, you just need three products, blah, blah, blah.
And I understand it can do a lot, but I don't think everybody needs to be on it.
And my skin is a lot different now than when I last tried going on it, like years and years ago.
My skin is so much stronger and more resilient.
But I don't know, it's gotten so much better.
It's gotten so much thicker.
The quality is better now from the routines that I've been doing.
And so when I asked her, she was like, no, there's no reason.
because the routine that I'm doing now is doing the same thing or a lot of the same thing
that Trout would be doing.
And that's it.
I'm trying to think if there are products specifically, I'm using Shawnee Darden 1%
retinol sometimes.
I'm starting to kind of like work that in a little bit.
I love the Shawnee Darden rescue serum.
Lactic acid.
Oh, urane forte, phytomelotone, eye cream.
The best.
Obsessed.
My eyes are so sensitive and it's so hard for me to find eye creams that I like.
I like that one. I like the Medicaid retinol. Now I'm thinking of a bunch of things that I like.
MediCube, zero pore pads. Kind of a new obsession of mine. I was influenced by TikTok and I have to say they actually work. Have you tried those?
I haven't. Oh my God. I'll bring you some because they sent me a crate of like their entire line.
Okay. I'm like the budget here is crazy. A very interesting model I think with MediCube and a lot of these Korean brands that are like on TikTok, they have capabilities that we don't have.
So here it's like it takes two years to formulate a product. I can tell you because I'm like there. Whereas they can see and clothing companies are doing this as well. They use AI to track what's selling the most or like what people want, what's being talked about, what's going viral. And then they make a product in like like a month. And then they put that out like it's completely different. It's a totally different model. So MediCube is stacked. Like they have so many.
products. I got there, what is it called, the mini booster. Have you seen that? I've seen it all over
my page. I thought it was gimmicky. They sent it to me because they wanted to work together and I was
like, eh, let me try it first, which I always do by the way. And I loved it. What difference do you
see? It's supposed to increase absorption by 625%. And I'm like, that's very high. Significant.
That sounds really high. Like, why isn't everybody talking about this? This is crazy.
but I do feel like because it heats up and it has, I believe, microcurrent or something.
Like I feel like it is driving that product deeper.
And then they sent me the V-roller, which is hilarious because it looks like a sex toy.
Have you seen it?
No, I haven't.
Oh my God.
I had to shoot the campaign when I was in Italy.
And so I had these things like they're pink, first of all.
It looks like the rabbit.
Like it's like a big, ballic kind of looking thing with like two prongs.
that go off of it and then like the booster.
They look like vibrators.
And I had them like just laying out on like the bed in my hotel room.
I'm sure the cleaning people were like, wow, she like has no shame.
Americans.
But that is like very, very, very strong microcurrent.
Even on a level one, I feel like I'm electrocuting myself.
And you know, it's microcurrent.
So it stimulates your muscles.
And over time it's supposed to like tighten and lift things.
It definitely gives you an immediate tightening and lift.
And this is not like I did one.
add with them because I liked it, but I've been using it ever since. And I do feel like it makes a
huge difference, at least temporary, like very good for depuffing when I was in Italy and just like
eating only bread and pasta for nine days. It would just kind of like snatch everything. I had a post
last year from when I did a Biologique remodeling machine facial at four-season surfside that they
offer it at most Bielajic spas. And that's like very, very strong.
microcurrent, this feels as strong. People who have done microcurrent know what I'm talking about.
It's like the metal in your mouth and my muscles are like twitching involuntarily and like my teeth
hurt and it's pretty hardcore. But as far as products doing heavy lifting, I've got to say
my own. And I think that's Pselemax toner. I think it's like good for anybody because I think
it's really protective. I think it's really nourishing. I think it's really hydrating. And I think
it's really good for your barrier. Okay. So that brings me to makeup. I am not a makeup guru.
But I feel like I have learned a lot and I feel like gotten better. I have to say after I had
Kellyanne on my podcast, that was like maybe four or six weeks ago that we recorded that.
I've had her app for a while, but I actually started watching it more and learning different techniques.
I feel like my makeup approach has changed, and I've actually scaled way back on the products that I'm using,
and I'm finding, like, better products from my scan all the time.
You guys probably know if you've watched me, like, I was doing foundation, hula bronzer all over my face,
high school method, and tons of things.
of blush, which I still love blush, but like tons of blush. I didn't really know, like,
the placement of anything. I don't know. So I feel like my technique has gotten a lot better.
And I have some products that I'm currently very obsessed with. One is the COSA's concealer.
I know. Welcome to the world. I know it's been around forever. I've had it forever. I just have
never been a concealer person. I've liked a kind of lighter weight foundation. Now, aside from
house labs, like if I want more of a full face, I'm really only only.
only doing concealer in like strategic places.
It's like the Haley-Vieber method.
People who aren't watching on YouTube.
But on YouTube, it's like the inner corners of my eyes,
the outer corners of my eyes, the sides of my nose,
the sides of my chin, and then like a little teeny bit above,
like in my T zone, kind of like my center of my forehead.
I'm like, what is this?
And that's it.
And then, oh my God, this bronzer that I found today.
day because I'm having this guest on after I record this. Sarah Creel, I don't know what it's called,
bronzer. Insane. Okay. I've been like a Westman Italier girl. I always had Hula, like in case I needed
the all over powder bronzer, which people are like benefit. Like who's, no offense benefit.
Like love you, but who's using benefit? I don't know. I feel like that's such like a millennial
brand. It's an OG brand. OG. Yeah. But I liked Westman. I like say this. Sarah Creole.
it's in a compact. It's creamy, but not like too creamy. Like you use a brush. I don't know. It's
amazing. And I think because her products are formulated for women 40 plus, you don't have to,
like, I can't like not buy it if you're under 40. I don't know what it did to my skin.
Hopefully it looks good on video. Otherwise, people are going to be like, you're not selling me on this.
That's amazing. The hourglass liquid blush, amazing. What else am I using? Rare Beauty Brow gel.
Laura Mercierge
eye shadow stick always
I do just like a gel
liquid liner
I think I'm still using
like stila
because they have this brown
that I like
today I have Sarah Creole
lipstick on
and a Sephora lip liner
that's like my version
of the five minute face
I'm getting like very into
makeup right now
in a way that I wasn't
before I always just had
like my OG products
I didn't really know
what I was doing
but I knew how to use those
and it was fine
and now I'm like
really
leaning in. That's my everyday makeup routine. That's what I do if I have five minutes, which was the next
question. What makes the biggest difference? I have to say less. And that was something that
Kellyanne talked about too. She was like the reason why people look good when they're using like
a beauty blender or a sponge is because it's like pulling a lot of the makeup out. There are products that
I want to try. Have you seen the Chanel water tint? I have. Somebody was talking about it yesterday actually.
Yeah. Whoever started that on TikTok, I saw a video and this girl was like, I don't know, you influencers are so good. Like I'm so influenced. Suddenly everyone's talking about it. I want to try that. I did hear that they have another one. It's like a water tint, but it's more of like a concealer. I heard that one's a little bit better. Okay. Hot tip. I want to try the Victoria Beckham Augustina Spatter Foundation drops. My next guest was responsible for that. I like cannot wait. She's had some.
some iconic products. I don't know. There's so many things out there. How do I get glowy but not
greasy? I think everybody who watches my podcast would say that I'm greasy. Like it's the number
one comment that I get. I think it's gotten better. I look at some of my podcasts from that old studio
and I'm like, holy shit. I looked like I literally just like rose from the sea, but like not in a
good way. Like my skin was very, very, very shiny. And that was the skincare that I was used.
was doing like a lot. Like I was doing the Janmarini with skinstuticals Ptioxx, which if you really
want to look really, really shiny, use Ptioxx and Claren's double serum, two products that I love,
but if you're using those together, like you are going to look like a slick amphibian. Like,
that's just you are. And on camera, that reads as freesy. And that's something that people don't
realize is like camera and like the lighting and everything is going to reflect. And you're going to
look different in every studio and you never really know. But Kellyanne got me onto the Fenty
and Vizumat. Have you tried that? I have it in my bag at all times. Okay. Do you use the little
blotter or do you use a brush? So it depends when I'm on the go. I'll use the blotter just because
it's there. But when I'm doing my makeup, I'll use it like on my forehead with like a brush.
Okay. Yeah. Because I feel like the blotter for me makes it too powdery. But if I use a light
brush, it's like, wow. Again, like, where has this been? People are like, do you not,
you don't know how to do it? I mean, you saw the Super Bowl when she pulled it out. No.
Oh, yeah, during her performance, she pulled it out. Rihanna did? Yes. Like years ago?
Yeah. I am so behind. I love it. Oh my God. We're going to cut this whole segment.
where like these products have been around for 10 years like where have you been you're not telling us anything new. Wow. I love Fenty. I worked with them and I was like that's kind of how I found them because I don't know. Like if I go to, I don't know if she at Sephora? Yes. She's now at Sephora. Yes. Okay. Before I think she was only at Alta maybe. I go to Alto once in a while. I wasn't like called to try them and I worked with them last year and I was like where have I
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Yeah. Amazing. Okay. So I've been behind on that one. But that's how I'm glowing and not greasy.
No. It's because of the envisomat that Kellyanne turned me on to. I am not being vain or shallow.
when I say that your hair can make or break your day, I know that I don't have to tell you
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you by selecting my show in the podcast survey. Okay. So on a recent episode that I did about getting
in shape for summer, one of the biggest things myself and this trainer talked about was how important
it is to actually have a plan. Because I think so many of us, including myself at times,
we end up just doing random workouts.
We save things on Instagram.
I cannot tell you how many videos I have saved on Instagram from this one trainer who shows
how to build your butt.
And I save them as though I'm going to someday replicate these routines.
And I never do.
We try different classes.
We kind of piece things together.
And then we wonder why we're not really seeing results.
And this is exactly why I am now using the latter app.
It's not just a content library of workouts.
It is an actual strength training plan.
designed by a real coach and every workout builds on the last, every week builds over the last week.
So you're progressing week over week instead of just guessing what to do and starting some random program.
And right now I'm doing one of their glute focused programs because I am committed to growing my butt over the next eight weeks.
But you guys know that I'm also doing Pilates and doing private strength training sessions that are focused on my whole body.
This is just for my glutes and I cannot wait to track my progress.
And you can use it for whatever kind of workout you want to do, whether that's bodybuilding, Pilates, free weights.
If you go into the gym and you feel intimidated because you don't know what to do, there is a program for that.
So it also tracks everything for you.
So you can actually see your progress over time, which is huge.
So if you want to take the guesswork out of your workouts and follow a real plan, you can go to ladder.
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credit card required plus ten dollars off your first month if you join again that's ladder dot fit
slash well okay so let's talk about body and fitness what am i doing for workouts right now
currently i'm doing either three days of pilates one to two strength training sessions a week
or like two strength, two Pilates.
The number kind of changes depending on the week and my schedule and how many classes I can get to.
But basically it's like a split between Pilates and weight training.
And then I'm trying to walk pretty much almost every day.
I don't count my steps or anything, but I talk about this all the time.
I schedule a lot of my calls and meetings for midday so that I can go and I can walk when I'm on those calls.
and I'm like, camera off, sorry everybody, but I just think better.
It's better for everybody if I'm like not sitting there on camera and staring at my
computer because I can't think and I can't like process.
And it's just for whatever reason when I'm like walking, I'm a lot sharper.
And I also just feel better.
Like I just don't feel fried.
So I'm doing that.
For Pilates, I still go to Forma where I've always done it.
and that's like a 50 to 55 minute class.
And then for strength,
I'm either working out with one of Harley's trainers
or I worked out with him again recently.
And it feels really good.
Because a year ago,
I couldn't work out without having like one of my immune wear things,
which we don't need to get into here.
Although when I shared about it on my stories last week,
it's crazy how many people were like dealing with the same thing.
dealing with MCAS. I know numbers have gone up a lot since COVID and long COVID and maybe the
vaccine and whatever. Like it's not political. It's just from what I was told from doctors, it was like
maybe the spike protein. So whether you got that from the vaccine or you got that from having COVID,
either way, it's like kind of changed people's immune systems. So I could not work out and I worked with
a trainer last spring who helped me to kind of build up a tolerance where we would do like 20 minute
training sessions until I felt like I was going to be like pushed into that
Blair place and then like I stopped and then all summer I was traveling and I didn't
work out or anything and the fall like it just was hard for me and I don't know I just for
whatever reason the motivation is here now and it's like yes I want to look good but that's
not my motivator and I feel like I maybe talked about this on my last solo episode I feel like
that's a byproduct I feel like my motivation right now is feeling good energy
and feeling strong. And I feel all of those things. And I feel like those are the most
sustainable motivators. Whereas, like, looking good is subjective anyway. And I know this from experience.
When I was at my quote unquote fittest, leanest, like lowest percent body fat, I did not see
myself that way. I was more critical of my body than than I have been ever since. It was like
smaller and the tighter that I got, the more imperfections I saw that I could try to fix. And
the same thing happens with aesthetics too. And I've been really open about this. Like when I was in a
cycle of doing like Botox all the time and doing treatments and everything, you start to look for
what else you can fix. And so I just think like, of course we want to look hot. I've been doing so
many like videos and podcasts about like how to get in shape for summer and how to glow up for summer and
all of that. And there's nothing wrong with having that be like part of the motivation. But because
I know there's somewhere in my questions, people ask like, what do you do when you're not feeling
motivated? Like I just think the thing that's going to carry you through the moments that you don't feel
like doing it is how you're going to feel on the other side of it, at least for me, not how I'm
going to look on the other side of it. I do feel like right now, for whatever reason, it's the combination
of the Pilates and the strength where I do feel like I'm building muscle and I'm not
getting quote unquote bulky.
And I know that like every trainer that I've had on my podcast has said, people don't realize
how hard it is to get bulky and to put on muscle.
I disagree.
Because I'm like, I do 10 pushups and I look like a fucking linebacker.
Like that is just how my body is.
So like, no, I reject that.
I understand like scientifically.
And I think so many people agree with me though because I hear this from women all the time.
and they're like, I work out and I get bulky.
And yeah, part of it, I think, is like, water weight and your muscles swell and all of that.
But I just, I know my body so well.
And, like, if I'm only doing weights, like, I am puffing out and I'm, like, getting more muscular than I want to be.
So I think that you just have to find the combination of things that works best for you.
And I think there's, like, nothing better than Pilates for getting those, like, really, like, niche muscles, like things that you don't necessarily activate.
when you're doing weight training.
And I feel like it does really help with that kind of like tightening.
And then I think like just as women, we do have to be doing some kind of weights.
And I'm not like lifting super heavy.
And my weight training consists of a lot of like almost Pilates type moves using machines and
using resistance and using weights.
But that has been the combo that I feel like maybe changing my body a little bit.
And then of course diet is like such a huge piece of that.
And I'll get to that.
do I do when I don't feel like it? I just do it anyway. I mean, there's no secret. What do you do
do when you don't feel like it? Feel like working out? Yeah. Well, I go to classes, so I know I'm going
to lose money if I don't go. That's such a good point. And like, that's something that I totally
didn't even think of. Yeah. I do classes at Forma and then I do private training sessions.
So it's like, I have to go. Or I'm canceling and I'm losing my money. So I think whatever that looks
like for you, whether that's like having an accountability partner or signing up for classes or
whatever you think is going to get you there. But like nobody's forcing you to go to class either. So like you do have to
have the initiative to get there. So I don't know. I just find that like sometimes I have to treat myself
like a third grader. Like I put my workout outfit out. I have it set out like for the morning and once I'm there,
I'm like, okay, I'm going to like get in my car and go. But I haven't found the motivation piece to be too
difficult because I do like feeling good. I really like feeling good and I feel good right now
and I want to keep feeling good. So that's like enough to get me out the door and get me there.
The only time that it's hard for me is when I'm like really, really sore. Yesterday I was
really sore because I had a different teacher on Monday at Pilates and I'm pretty sure she was
like trying to murder me. Like in the first five minutes I was like, I don't, I think I need to
leave. This is so hard. So it's hard to get myself there yesterday.
which was a Wednesday. Two days later, I was very sore, but I did it and I felt better. And I always say
this. I probably sound like a broken record, but I feel like action precedes anything. Action precedes
emotion, feeling, whatever. Sometimes you just need to override whatever your brain is telling you,
unless, of course, like you're sick or like you just feel, you're not like a month ago when I was in that
place of so much stress. I was like, I know that if I work out,
right now, my body is going to like shut down. Like I just cannot. So I think the motivation comes when
you have momentum and when you have a habit. And I think they say it takes what 21 days to like build a
habit. So you'll feel more motivated as you go. And it's like things in motion, stay in motion. Things at
rest, stay at rest. And I've found that to be so, so true. So I would say just like don't even think about it and
go. And then once you get there, like you always feel better. And it.
that you're there. Okay, what am I eating in a typical day? That yogurt thing for breakfast. I have
leftover dinner for lunch, which is usually some kind of protein, rice, sweet potato, veggie. I have like
half a smoothie sometimes, not because I'm like trying to portion control my smoothie, but because
if I have a whole one, I feel like I'm on crack. Like, I get so much energy from smoothies. It's crazy.
I'm like, how did I ever do cocaine? And then for dinner, I'll do usually the same thing, like some
kind of protein, vegetable, carb. It's not that exciting. I go out to eat all the time. So if I go out
depending on where I am, I'm not going to be like, I need to have like protein. But I do my best.
Supplements right now. My supplements right now are vitamin D, super, super high dose omega-3. And that's
based on blood work. So I wouldn't necessarily copy that. But I do feel like it's helped so much
with like my joint pain that I get from my immune thing. And oh, I've been using looms.
Dr. Karen Rajan, his fiber supplement, because I was like, wow, I am severely under-eating fiber like most of us are.
And it's a really easy way to get the fiber in.
So I've been trying that out.
I'll do collagen, magnesium 3 and 8 at night sometimes.
I'm using this magnesium lotion that I've been putting on my feet.
It may as well be like a tranquilizer.
I don't even know what's in this, but it's like the deepest sleep of my life. It's crazy.
So that's kind of like not really a supplement and kind of a topical. But I've been doing that.
And I think that's it when it comes to supplements. Okay. I'm going to do more of like a rapid fire for some of these mindset and habit questions.
Habits that make me feel my best. Well, aside from everything that I've been talking about this whole episode, not to be preachy.
but the meditation, like, I don't know what I did without it. It's in my Q&A highlight on Instagram.
I think that we've put a code because they gave me a code because I'm like an evangelist.
So there should be a code for a 30-day trial, not an ad or anything. They're just,
they don't work with anybody, I don't think, but they gave me this to share with you guys
because I love it so much. So it's the waking up app. I do the daily meditation. People are
like, are you doing the talks? Like people are stuck in an intro course or something. I'm like,
No, I do the 10-minute meditation and it shows up in my thinking in like very subtle ways
throughout the day.
It's not a meditation where you sit there and you're like, hey, I'm like turning my mind off
and no thoughts and like I need to like achieve some kind of like groundedness or peace in this
meditation.
No, it's guided and it's actually making you think.
And then the byproduct of that, it's like the perspective changes over time and your thinking
changes over time. And it's very interesting and like subtle and impactful. So that makes me feel my
best. Somebody asks small daily things that add up. I would say that's one that like for sure compounds.
And just like the little habits that I've been talking about in this episode, like, I don't know.
You don't have to do major overhauls of your life. I just feel like little tweaks. Something I'm
working on right now. Oh, time management. The daily struggle working on time management.
working on boundaries with work. And I'm just like in a phase right now where I'm working from
when I wake up to when like I go to bed. Like there's always something to do. And that's not good.
So I'm trying to like get out of that habit because it doesn't feel good. Like sometimes I wake up.
I'm just being totally honest here. And I'm like, oh God, another day that I have to like stare at.
at my fucking phone all day long. It's not even like on social media stuff. It's like editing and it's
like other parts of the job and projects that I have and everything. I'm just like, oh my God. So I'm
working on not doing that. That would probably be a whole other episode. Do you ever like think about
having two phones? No. Like one for work, social, all that editing and then one just like your personal
phone. Do that because then I would just have more things that I'm talking about. I don't know. It's like when I go
do not disturb. I don't know if you find this. I just put do not disturb on. If I have dnde on,
I'm checking my phone more. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, I'm missing, I'm missing things.
It's like, who's trying to contact me right now about what, that I'm not like, it just stresses me out.
So I feel like if I had two phones, I would just be like constantly back and forth between,
I don't know. I need to figure something out. It's hard. I don't know. I'm sure everybody
struggles with that. We're all too connected. Okay. Rapid fire. One product.
I would repurchase immediately.
So many.
That's Stella Max toner.
One habit that changed everything.
The meditation.
I've always, since 2018, I've meditated like almost every single day.
So it's not like it's a recent habit that changed everything.
Maybe my planner.
I have to say, I don't know.
I feel like everyone like is already on the planner thing too.
Like there's so many influencers that sell a daily planner.
Have you seen this?
Yeah.
I was about to say merch?
Yeah.
And I'm like, really?
Like, are we, okay.
But, oh my God, it's like so helpful just to like write things.
And crossing it out so you can get it out of your head.
It's so different from like, I don't know, when I look at things on my calendar, I'm like,
it's just not the way that I want it to look and everything and I can't cross it out.
Yeah.
It's actually made a huge difference.
I carry it around with me everywhere because I think of things all day.
Otherwise, I have eight million notes in my notes app.
And it's like I start them and there are two lines and then I start a new note.
So, yeah, the planner.
Most overrated trend.
Ooh, other trends right now.
I don't think it's overrated, but whimsy is a trend.
Bringing back whimsy.
I don't even know what that is.
Okay.
Are you looking it up?
Yes.
Okay.
I don't really see anything that's good, like analog hobbies,
but I don't think that you think that that's a overrated trend.
We are analog because we have daily planners.
Yeah.
That is an underwriters.
rated trend.
Yeah.
Sardines.
I love sardines.
Oh my God.
I mean, I don't love them.
Let's not get it twisted.
I am eating a lot of tinned fish right now.
Sardines, mackerel, another thing that if you guys go back, listen to the Monday episode.
It's actually very, very good when it comes to, like, nutrition, amino acids, omegas, vitamins, minerals.
That's probably like where the minerals.
seed was planted in my head because I'm like, why, why in the last two weeks did I feel like
my body didn't have enough minerals? That's probably why.
It's been to my subconscious. Great episode though. Omega's beauty. I think that that's like an
overlooked thing that people are going to, maybe not. I mean, so many people, we've been told to
take omegas forever, but I feel like it really does help the skin. Plump and it just helps
with inflammation, all of that. So that's like an underrated trend.
Okay. We have to stop because we have a guest. Sorry.
Well, I hope that that was somewhat helpful for you guys, giving you a snapshot of the things that I'm doing this spring to look and feel my best.
I am going to start doing more solos because my studio is done.
So we're going to have a new look and there's going to be a lot more like one-on-one happening, especially before summer.
So we'll be doing a lot more of those. So make sure that you send in topics and I will continue to put up opportunities for Q&A and all of that. But if you DM me, I try to get back to everybody. It's very hard. But even if I don't respond in the DM, like I save it for these episodes. And that's it. Okay, love you. Bye.
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