WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 107: Concept Album (Feat. Kate Callaway) 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:05.960 All right, everybody, welcome to the Happy half Hour, the 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:09.600 experimental version of Happy half Hour. This is gonna be 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:14.080 like a concept album, like when Stergel Simpson decided to 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.520 do a stoner rock album followed by a bluegrass album. 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:19.760 It's gonna be like that. We're gonna just get weird 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:22.720 with this for the next little bit, because it's got 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:24.600 to be better than me yelling at the sky for 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.680 thirty minutes. I mean, podcast Matt told me, because of 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:30.120 copyright issues, I could not just sit here and do 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.600 a spoken word version of Alice's Restaurant for nineteen and 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.199 a half minutes. Even though I could easily do that, 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.240 I could probably do that song on karaoke without the words. 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.600 Try me, seriously, my wife's already sick of hearing it, 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:45.760 and she's only heard it once this season, and I 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.879 can promise you you're gonna hear it at least two 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.320 or three more times on the road up to see 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:55.400 Mom and Dad tomorrow night. So anyway, Happy Thanksgiving everybody. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.240 It's just me Darren Gant holding down the Happy half 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.840 Hour for the moment. Hopefully, well, you will have some 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:05.400 updates for you on future Happy half Hours coming soon. 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:07.800 We've got our fingers crossed on a couple of things. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.720 But in the meantime, what I thought I would do, 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:14.679 since we call this the Happy half hour, is just 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.160 take a second and bounce around this building and talk 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.959 to some of the people who help make this place 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.760 happy when, in case you haven't noticed, the football is 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:27.160 not all that great at the moment. I know it's 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.600 a tough time for the Carolina Panthers. They are one 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.760 and nine heading into Tennessee this week. But the thing 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:36.240 about this operation is there's so many people who are 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.720 just head down working, constantly pushing, trying to make this 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.400 experience a little bit better for the players and coaches 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.840 involved who have to be in here every day working, 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.840 and it takes something. I mentioned this in my mail 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.560 bag yesterday. It's easy to be grateful when things are 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:56.800 going good. The measure of somebody is how they react 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.640 when things are going poorly. And I can tell you 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.080 there there are a number of people in this building. 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.160 There are actually a lot of people in this building 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.320 who work the way you want them to work when 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.560 things are hard. The people who are the same way 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.560 every day, The people who are head down, grind and 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.440 smile on their face, keeping guys uplifted, keeping guys fed, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:21.120 keeping guys well, keeping guys equipped, who make this engine run. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.399 And I just wanted to take a little bit while 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.680 we're in a while, we're in a transitional phase of 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.120 the happy half hour, so to speak to kind of 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.000 highlight some of those people. I started this off and 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.440 when I kind of had this brainstorm in the middle 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.240 of the night, I don't know, maybe it was a 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.840 fever dream. Who can really tell the difference. When I 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.160 thought about doing this concept for a little bit, one 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.800 of the first names I thought of was Kate Callaway. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.960 Kate Callaway is the director of Performance Nutrition for the 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.280 Carolina Panthers. That is a fancy way of saying she's 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.600 the one that makes sure these guys are fed correctly. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:00.400 She works alongside Tracy Hartman, our new chef here at 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:04.360 the Carolina Panthers, who does a fantastic job. Tracy is 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.840 a rock star who joined us this year after working 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:11.720 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And here's what kind of 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.679 chef Tracy is. Tracy's the kind of chef who gets 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.600 players to like their vegetables. She's turned things out, like 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.400 you know, and it sounds bizarre and We'll talk about 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.800 Thanksgiving food in a second. But Tracy was able to 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.400 make zucchini tots, and it's a way to sneak a 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:32.120 vegetable past the goalie, get vegetable content in a football player, 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.720 which isn't always the easiest thing to do. But I 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:39.680 can tell you without reservation that Tracy Hartman's zucchini tots 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:45.560 are par excellence. They are those players are well fed, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.240 they are well taken care of. But Kate is not 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.839 a chef. Kate is kind of a scientist. And I've 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.440 told her this before we've had the opportunity to visit 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.280 with her. You know, when I was working on the 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.320 series of stories about Austin Corbett in his rehab, you 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.240 know all the people at take to get these guys going. 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:05.400 Kate worked with Austin to you know, get really specific 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.640 with his diet at certain points of the rehab of 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.840 you know, what to eat to reduce inflammation, what to 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:16.320 eat when you're trying to build muscle mass. And she 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.799 is a scientist. She works with these guys on very 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:26.520 specific diet tips, supplements, things to put in them to 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.960 keep them running at a high level. Because no matter 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.040 what's going on on and off the field. These guys 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.600 are expending a ton of energy. These guys are doing 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.080 a ton of work to try to get themselves ready 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.040 for Sundays, and so I figured I would start with her. 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.640 It's perfect because it's Thanksgiving, but it's also perfect because 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:45.880 Kate is one of the bright lights of the building. 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.120 Players leave conversations with Kate happier than they walked in 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.960 to them with. And that's something. I mean. When you're 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:55.480 one to nine and you can put a smile on 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:59.719 somebody's face walking around this building while probably telling them 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:01.440 not to to eat as much of this, or maybe 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.520 to eat a little more of those vegetables, that's saying something. 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:08.200 So I caught up this week with Kate Calway, the 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.640 director of Performance Nutrition for the Carolina Panthers, just to 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.840 get a couple tips on how to keep my finely 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:19.560 tuned athletic engine burning, but mostly mostly how she keeps 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.919 these football players running at one hundred percent through a long, 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:27.400 long season. Here's our conversation with Kate. So it's Thanksgiving 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.440 week and here on the Happy Half Hour, we thought 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.640 we'd go a special guest since we're talking about gratitude, 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:34.960 because there's nobody in this building. I don't think who 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.080 brings more positive energy on a day to day basis 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:42.279 than Director of Performance Nutrition Kate Calway, especially when she 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.839 brings rit to the pup to the stadium. That's been 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:47.159 That's been a big part of this. Hadn't it been lately? 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:48.200 Yes? It has. 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.520 I got a puppy about a month ago and she's 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.320 three months old, and I mean, I'm happy most of 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.039 the time, but now I'm extra happy all the time. 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.800 It's one of the most amazing things. Kate's office is 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.160 now to the weight room where there's always speakers in 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.719 loud music blaring all hours a day or night. Walk 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.200 by the other day and the pupper is sitting there 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:10.400 with little ear muffs on to protect her little puppy 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.799 ears from the loud, loud music. So that's awesome. 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:14.920 Yeah, I'm surprised she kept She didn't keep them on 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:16.440 at first when she had a lot of energy, but 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.960 then when she got tired, she didn't. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.200 Have any problems. She feel right to sleep, so fun 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:21.919 having her around. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.679 I think there are days I might enjoy having uperrier 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.200 muffs around the stadium. But I wanted to talk to 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:31.479 you and again your titles Director of performance Nutrition. How 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.240 would you explain what that role is and how it 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.640 fits into the greater football operation here. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.480 Yeah, overall, it's making sure that all the players have 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.680 what they need in terms of fueling, fuel in their bodies, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.280 food they eat, things they drink, knowing how to make 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.680 the right decisions in terms of what they need for play. 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.560 So it's really like the oversight of all of that. 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:54.839 But then the orchestration of making it happen is a 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:56.880 big part of it because we do provide a lot 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.920 of the food and drink options at the facility, on 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.760 the road or wherever we are, so there are a 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:05.160 lot of logistics involved as well, which is fun. And 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.120 just getting to know the guys I think is the 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.239 biggest thing because every because everybody has a different plan 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.520 or a different need. You know, certain guys in the 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.840 same position who are the same size might need totally 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:20.000 different nutrition plans or protocols, if you will, and so 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:23.920 it's a pretty diverse. But yeah, mostly making sure they 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.560 stay fueled and just getting them ready for Sunday, like 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:30.720 the football week starts on Monday, when we you know, 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.080 come come off of a game and I'm right there 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.280 with it. From a nutrition standpoint, making sure each day 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:39.880 kind of matches what that day needs from a nutrition standpoint. 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.760 And for example, like are there certain days that are 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.520 big protein days for muscle building or certain days more 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.040 carbs for recovery or whatever that explain that in more 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.240 intelligent language than I can possibly use. 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.720 No, that's a great You always have intelligent language, and 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:59.040 that's a great question. The guys are really like especially 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:02.640 during the season and getting ready for the season, They're 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:06.720 in preparation and recovery mode at the same time. So 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.119 usually when you think of getting ready for something, going 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:13.320 into an activity or a strenuous physical exercise, carbs are 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.200 one of the biggest things that help you prepare. It's 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.680 just if we to make to simplify and then from 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.520 a recovery standpoint, protein typically is the priority, but carbs 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.720 obviously are necessary. Protein can't do its job without enough carbs. 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.920 So throughout the week, yes, like when we come off 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.800 of a game on Monday, like in the meal room, 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.960 I work with a chef on having like a certain 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.080 type of Different proteins have different amino acid profiles, different 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:38.400 amino acids that make up proteins, so certain amino acids 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.640 help guys recover better than others, so we'll make sure 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.040 let's have foods in that are high and loucine is 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.440 one of the amino acids, for example, and then plenty 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.719 of carbs, and a lot of times a day, a 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.720 couple of days after the game, or the days where 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.520 guys are like their appetites just catching up from playing 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.000 so much and they're kind of, you know, they want 0:08:58.000 --> 0:08:59.640 to eat anything, so it may not be the quote 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.520 unquote healthiest looking foods in there. 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:02.800 Sometimes we like to have a. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:07.240 Balance, like some leaner proteins and leaner carbs and starches 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.320 and stuff. But there are sometimes where it's like we 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.680 need calories. So because the day after a game, the 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.360 guys have burned a lot of calories in the game, 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.040 so let's like add some extra calories to the mashed potatoes. 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.360 So high protein, high carb on the days after the 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.439 first forty eight we call it the first forty eight 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.640 hours after the game, and then when we start practice 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:28.520 again on Wednesday, we go a little more carb heavy. Obviously, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.920 we still need proteins because that helps guys feel full, 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.360 and fats are also a good source of energy. If 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.000 we get healthy fats in like avocados and nuts and 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:41.440 olive oils and stuff that's a more sustained type of energy, 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.520 Like carbs are more kind of quick energy. Help the 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.240 guys like immediately at practice and you know right at 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:47.840 lunch they want to have a lot of carbs. But 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.720 they also because their activity is so long and so 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.920 intense that like fat molecules will kick in for energy 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.040 to provide energy at some point during an activity. So 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.559 making sure we offer healthy fats and things they like 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.320 to eat. And that's a big part of it too. 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.360 It's like things, we want things to be healthy for them, 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.680 but if it's like I don't know, sometimes. 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:09.920 There's like the. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.400 Association of healthy foods being not so tasty, which I 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.520 don't believe is true. But you know we think, oh, healthy, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.040 they're not going to want to eat it. And if 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.320 that happens, ever, if we're just having like chicken and 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.679 broccoli all the time, they're going to get tired of it. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.840 So part of it is like knowing what they like 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.120 because then they're going to eat more and without really 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.880 noticing it, they're fueling their bodies better. 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:32.959 They're just eating more because they like it. 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.760 So that kind of leading into practice will make sure 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.200 we have foods they like, plenty of protein, plenty of carbs, 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:43.280 especially some healthy fats. And then like Friday, before the 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.600 game is usually today, we kind of have a fun 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.280 catered meal where some people might call it a cheat day, 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.160 but it's like, if we're going to have pizza and wings, 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.160 we might do it on Friday because it's a lighter 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:52.720 practice day. 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.600 There's not a ton of recovery. 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.800 Coming off of that practice, and then it still gives 0:10:58.880 --> 0:10:59.480 us a little time. 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:00.839 We have a little cushion before the. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.679 Game starts, because on Saturday night it's we need pasta, 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.160 we need chicken, we need veggies, we need more pasta, 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:07.400 some olive oil. 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.240 So that's pretty much the way the weak cycles. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.360 And I remember talking to you about it when we 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.200 were writing stories about Austin Corbett's recovery back in the 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.000 middle of the summer. You know, there's certain foods that 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.240 are good for reducing inflammation, and I remember making the 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.720 comment to you, then, you're not a cook, you're a 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:27.280 scientist here. So I mean, it's an incredible amount of 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:31.079 detail that goes into specific foods like that. Now, are 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.400 are there things that are like targeted into like that 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.920 super food that people wouldn't necessarily think of that. Okay, 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.240 these guys are going to eat a lot of this. 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.920 Yeah, you know, I think like we do for the 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.559 most part. I think professional athletes obviously have figured out 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.240 that eating healthy makes them feel better. And I've shocked 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.640 at like the amount of avocados they go through. When 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.800 we have potatoes with turmeric on, I'm like, our cheff 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.079 will add like, turmeric's good for recovery, and we talked 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.440 about that back in the day. They really do flock 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.760 to those things, and the guys who haven't really maybe 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:05.120 some of the younger guys who are still trying to 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:06.840 figure out their routine. 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.960 They model what the vets. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.680 Do a lot of the time and they'll learn a 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.080 lot through Like Okay, maybe when I tried this before, 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.680 I didn't like it, but my body's different now. The 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:17.800 level of play is different now. Just certain things they 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.680 need to do and stuff as simple as like they 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.520 love to make your own pasta bar. You know, maybe 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.320 it gets worn out at times, but we always have 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.520 it because that's a good staple. It's like if nothing else, 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.640 you know that they can put all the ingredients they 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:30.320 want in pasta. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.120 Have somebody cooked in a pan for them and go 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:33.520 from there. 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:35.679 Eat a lot of omelets again because they're made to order, 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.120 you can customize them, and a lot of. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.760 Like pre practice days. I was pretty surprised this season. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.040 At the amount of sandwiches they I mean they want 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.000 to you know, build their own, which makes sense, but 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.280 we do like a deli bar before practice. So it's 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.000 like it's good because it's a good fuel, but it's 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:52.120 not heavy on their stomach. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:55.080 All right, This week's got to be a little extra 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.840 challenging for the Willness staff here. I mean, it's Thanksgiving 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.560 and everybody around the country is going to be eating 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:03.520 way too much of all the good stuff that you 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:07.199 want to eat all year. What's what's the football answer 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.920 to Thanksgiving? And are there certain things? I mean, is 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:13.320 they're counseling. Do you tell these guys, you know, hey, 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.080 you got to watch yourself on Thursday? 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.240 Some of them yes for the most part, thankfully at 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.559 this time of the year, since Wednesday and Thursday or 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.760 heavy practice days, like they need the calories anyway, And 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.640 it's such a good reprieve during the season to get 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.000 to spend time, you know, with family or friends or 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.160 whoever you're with so most of the time, I'm like, 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.240 as long as you're you know, the guys are eating 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:36.040 well the rest of the week, that one half a 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.360 day is they're going to be fine. And the good 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.600 thing about some Thanksgiving foods are like, you know, you 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.719 sweet potatoes have a lot of vitamin A. It's a 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.600 lot of carbs, you know, depending on if they go 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.160 b for turkey your ham, like you have plenty of protein. 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:50.320 Maybe maybe not the. 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.400 Highest veggie consumption day, but again, they can afford it 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.079 as long as they're doing it the rest of the week. 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:56.679 And I think the biggest thing, like I'm going to 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:57.719 try to work with the guys on. 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:02.120 Thursday, is they're practicing Thirday day and Wednesday, you know, 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:06.440 like and then leading into the week like sometimes you know, 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.240 I think Thanksgiving is a day where a lot of 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.400 us will you know, just wait it out and then 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.760 have the big Thanksgiving meal, maybe not eat much leading 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:16.720 up to Thanksgiving meal, and these guys really can't afford 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.000 to do that. They need to eat breakfast and lunch 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.840 and then they can go eat the big Thanksgiving meal. 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.040 And you know, when if and when we have players 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.280 who you know, were struggling to keep their weight at 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:30.240 a certain point, I would have a conversation with them. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.600 You know, let's just plan out your Thanksgiving day, like 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.560 what are the things you really want, and let's make 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.040 sure you can get those, but maybe not waste your 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.520 intake on the things you don't really care about, so 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.920 that you can still enjoy your Thanksgiving. Right now, I think, 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:44.840 you know, overall, from a roster standpoint, we're in a 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.760 good place. I encourage the guys to get out of 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.720 here and go eat what eat as much as they. 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.400 Can all right, on a scale of one to ten, 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:56.720 what would be the best of the traditional Thanksgiving foods? 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:01.920 What's the best performance nutrition option on the Thanksgiving table 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.800 versus the worst performance nutrition option. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.960 It's a really good question, as much as I can 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:09.360 tell you. As much as I. 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.680 Love what I call dressing because I'm from the South, 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:17.040 stuffing dressing, I'd say nutritionally the value is relatively low, 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.120 not as carbs, right, you have plenty of carbs and 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:23.160 plenty of fat, but it's very calorie dense. But again, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.120 like I think people should totally eat it and enjoy it. 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.840 But let's balance it out with you know, the best 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.640 I mentioned sweet potatoes, earlier, like a lot of times 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:36.520 for Thanksgiving. Again, probably my perception is biased to the 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.040 way the South does. It is put in a lot 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:42.000 of syrup or extra stuff, pecans, marshmallows, those things on 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:44.640 the sweep to brown sugar, but they still have a 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.080 lot of nutritional value even when they add, you know, 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.240 and even when we add those things. So maybe still 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:53.200 need to watch from an energy calorie density standpoint, but 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.480 there's a lot of nutritional value there. And then like 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.800 if you do like a fresh cranberry sauce instead of 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.240 the can, like, there's gonna be a lot there too. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.680 And then turkey actually has a good amino acid profile. 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.400 So I know I didn't really single out one for you, 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.320 but those those are the ones that come to mind. 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.280 You put together a pretty solid plate there, Kate. I'm 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.160 not I'm not gonna lie to you, all right. Here's 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:15.920 the big question though, at the end of the day, 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.880 there's always going to be pie. It's all it's a 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:23.080 huge pie holiday. So apple pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie. 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.720 What's the answer here from a performance nutrition standpoint? 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:30.560 Whichever one you like. That's that's what I say. 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.720 People say I'm too lenient sometimes but if you eat 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.400 the one you like, then you're gonna eat the one 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.560 you like and enjoy it. I guess though, technically sweet 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.400 potato pie, pumpkin pie, and apple pie you do have 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.120 a vegetable or fruit component there that that you get 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.880 some nutritional value out of my favorite ar pecan and 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.280 chocolate pies. So like I you know, I can't. I 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.240 don't have a room to talk, but those are probably 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:57.360 the best two in terms of added nutritional value. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.400 There you go, Kate Hawway has declared pie good for you. 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.160 I've got it on record here. We're gonna spread it 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.040 out to the people in the Happy Half Hour podcast. 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:09.040 They will be delighted to hear that heading into Thursday. 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.800 All Right, Kate, appreciate you taking a minute to kind 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:13.439 of take us behind the curtain and show us what 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.480 it takes to feed these guys and keep them going, 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.000 especially this week. We're grateful to have you around. 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.920 Thanks Darren, always good to talk to you. Happy Thanksgiving y'all. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:25.760 How cool is that Kate Kellaway empowered every single one 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:29.520 of us to eat whatever we wanted tomorrow? How great 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.159 is that I now know that as long as I 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:36.120 am happy? Okay, maybe I can't eat whatever I want, 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.560 and you have to put in an amount of exercise 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.760 equivalent to football players to eat however you want. I'm 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:46.160 pretty sure I do not do that, although, and we'll 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.600 have to timestamp this one. It's Wednesday right now. 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:50.920 I'm gonna get up and run the Turkey trot tomorrow, 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:54.320 so I think that emboldens me. I think if I 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.479 run the turkey trot at South Park tomorrow five miles 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:01.520 with my community and my neighbors, and following Kate's advice 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.719 to eat, what makes me happy? I think, you know, 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:06.840 since she has told me I can have as much 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.280 pie as I want or something like that. I know 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.800 I'm taking some liberties with her advice, but I'm going 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:15.280 with it. It's Thanksgiving, That's what we do this time 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.080 of year, so we're gonna be happy about that kind 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.200 of stuff. And I appreciate Kate spending a few minutes 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.639 with us catching them up, catching us up on some 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.399 of that kind of stuff, because it is amazing the 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.159 work they do with players to keep them fed and 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:32.600 keep them well over the course of the season. Of course, 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.480 we have to talk about football stuff that is less happy. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.840 I'm not telling you anything. You don't know. If you're 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.199 a follower of the Happy Half Hour, you are a 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.720 follower of the Carolina Panthers, and so you know that 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.119 already it's one and nine. Things are not going well. 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:52.600 They're coming off a pretty dispiriting performance against Dallas Cowboys here. 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.760 I think in a way, it probably benefits these guys 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:57.480 to get on the road for the next little bit. 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:00.680 They're three straight road games starting this week at Tennessee. 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:05.320 And listen, nobody's feeling sorry for these guys. Nobody's rushing 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:08.040 to their defense. But the good news, if you're looking 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:11.000 for good news, is the Panthers are entering that point 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.880 of the season where they're playing their peers. The Tennessee 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:18.240 Titans are three and seven, they have won three of 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:21.600