Just a brief overview until the entire call is transcribed.
File Name: kc9eleven.mp3
- Chris instantly starts rambling about stress and phone calls and doctors. Hard to make out anything he's saying.
- Kim had to explain what a metabolism was to Chris. Kacey is snarky about Chris not knowing what it meant, and said that he's not ready for the information because it's too high level for him.
- Kacey is explaining what different words mean, like sodium and calcium. Chris seems generally interested in learning more about this.
- Chris claims that because he is on cholesterol medication, that means that he has good cholesterol.
- Kacey says that she needs to start a diet, so Chris does too.
- Chris drove around his neighborhood to see how big it was, due to this he claims that he walked almost two miles. Chris doesn't know what jogging is.
- Kacey talks to Chris for a long time about oatmeal and how it's not healthy due to sugar.
- Chris: "We only have a total of four cars."
- Chris's mom refuses to sell her car, despite the fact that she doesn't even drive it anymore, and they only use Chris's car or his dad's car. He adds that she's been hoarding since she quit her job.
- Kacey asks Chris if he's ever thought about giving up soda. "I can't go cold turkey on it" -Chris
- Chris is talking about Red Skelton.
- Chris was looking to buy some work out DVDs or a treadmill so he too can join the thousands of rednecks who don't use the treadmill in their house.
- Chris is thinking about buying Carmen Electra's workout striptease DVD.
- Chris is thinking about buying a guitar but he said he'd have to save money for it. Kim suggested it.
- Chris mentioned that he's working on his own audiobooks.
- Kacey nags Chris to scan in his recent video game receipts and pictures of his PSN account to prove he's not buying any more games.
Part 1
Chris: Hello?
Kacey: Hey, it's Kacey, what's up?
Chris: [voice instantly becomes much higher pitched] Hi, Kace! You got out- You got out- You got home early?
Kacey: Yeah, I did. Actually I did we were really slow, so I got to get out early.
Chris: Well that's good. How are you?
Kacey: Uh, just a little tired I kinda rushed through my ending (?) work.
Chris: Aw. Okay. Well I'm okay, I had- I had a better days, you know. Little bit- little bit more peaceful, uh, I uh, skimmed through my email, but it's not like I really checked my email, um…
Kacey: Mmhm?
Chris: [talking really quickly and stuttering] I mean- I mean, you know I kinda asked you and Kim- if you know- concerned about like, you know- concerned about- concerned about, you know… Uh, like you know I blanked out and was really distant, you know- like you know- It was- It was just normal stress. But, you know I- I replied and uh, told her to know that my appreciation for her concern but it, you know, was just normal stress and it stress just me to blank out and all that. Yeah, I'm going to talk my doc- I'm going to talk to my doctor about uh… You know my stress and uh, all that you know, all that she between you, me, she, we three talked about it.
Kacey: [probably understood very little] Okay.
Chris: Oh, actually I also uh just remember uh… Kim told me a little bit about- th- about the metabolism and uh, what that was. And, uh, you know, she just I talked you know maybe you could inform me more about it?
Kacey: You- You didn't know what a metabolism was?
Chris: Yeah, not really until I said but then she described it in a nutshell as like uh, the uh, speed o- the speed of digestion.
Kacey: Um, yeah, I mean I guess that's good for layman's tremens, yeah.
Chris: Mmkay. What else do you know about it?
Kacey: [slightly over Chris's question] It's an extremely complicated process that goes down to the cellular level and I'm not sure you're ready for that.
Chris: It's okay. So… Tell me more about it.
Kacey: Well, okay, just what you need to know is metabolism is basically just what she told you. It's how fast your body takes in things, like glucose and fats and all sorts of chemicals and uses them up or stores them. If you have a fast metabolism you're going to use it al- a lot closer- or a lot sooner, sorry.
Chris: [weakly] Mmkay.
Kacey: I mean I bet you don't even know what glucose is.
Chris: Yeah, glucose is a type of fat.
Kacey: No, uh glucose is what sugar breaks down into.
Chris: Oh. Okay.
Kacey: Adipose tissue is fat.
Chris: Uh, I'm sorry, what kind of tissue is fat?
Kacey: Adipose.
Chris: Adipose?
Kacey: Yes. Adipose. It- It means fat.
Chris: Huh… [Kacey talks over him] Adipose is fat.
Kacey: I mean, you know like, break down, like, sodium. Uh, do you know what sodium is?
Chris: Yeah, sodium's like salt.
Kacey: Okay, at least you know what that is.
Chris: [weakly] Mmkay.
Kacey: Uh, cause things like calcium and potassium and sodium are extremely important to how your cells work.
Chris: Okay. Cap- Calcium and potassium and sodium. Yeah, I've heard that uh, yeah, one needs to have a good little bit of potassium and fortunately there is potassium in bananas and peanuts.
Kacey: Right, but you don't want too much of neither sodium or, um potassium, because then your homeostasis will be put off. Do you know what homeostasis is?
Chris: Okay, yeah that's a new one on me. [pronouncing it incorrectly] Homeostasius.
Kacey: Homeostasis. It means the balance your body is in for th- to be working at optimal levels.
Chris: Oh. The balance for my body to be working at optimal levels. Okay.
Kacey: Yeah, I mean, like I said it's huge 'cause then you have to get into positive feedback and negative feedback, you have to get into sol- uh, cellular levels and it's just… It- it- it's a lot.
Chris: Yeah. It does sound like a lot. [long pause] So please continue.
Kacey: Uhh, well what do you want to know about? Ask some questions, cause I don't know what wa- wo- would be too deep. I mean what do you want to know about metabolism?
Chris: Hmm... okay well yeah, I understand that th- sleep slows metabolism and that uh, it's a bad idea to eat before you go to asleep. Because uh, then it just, th- then the sweetness sw- the uh, digestion get slows down and then that's uh, one way the body and one wa- and one wa- one way that fat builds up.
Kacey: Well technically um, you actually burn a lot of calories when you're sleeping. But yeah if you eat just before then umm, basically it depends on when you're eating. um, Because that's going to get your metabolism, no you probably shouldn't when you're not active. But the thing is that's also for people who usually eat only three times a day, if you eat five to six little meals and two snacks today you're pretty much ok. Because then your body's constantly eating- like if you only eat once a day which is really bad, your body goes into starvation mode even though your not starving yourself and it holds onto everything it can, especially fat.
Chris: Hmm, mmkay. yeah, well fortunately I like uhh, I eat- som- yeah, I like eat two or three meals in a day. [pause] Or uhh, like you know maybe, or like, you know maybe two uhh, or maybe two and uh, a small one or yeah like maybe a- maybe one big meal and two little ones, something like that.
Kacey: Well it also depends on the portions you eat, like if you were eating multiple portions and a meal, you're not helping yourself at all, you're actually hurting your metabolism.
Chris: yeah, I mostly eat- I mostly eat a single portion.
Kacey: well, I think we already discussed that you don't really know what portion sizes are. Like okay,okay like, umm, a, [thinks] what do you usually get when you go to McDonalds? or BurgerKing? anywhere, what sandwich do you usually get?
Chris: Okay, well lately I've been ahh, lately I've been eating ahh, the ahh, "size sar" [salad?] when I been going to McDonalds or BurgerKing.
Kacey: [interrupts] Okay, woah woah okay, you use to get grilled chicken sandwiches right?
Chris: Um, yeah I did get a grilled chicken sandwich [Kacey: okay.] or sometimes, or some- or sometimes I'll have like a double cheese burger.
Kacey: Okay well lets go though the double cheese burger, how many servings of bread and meat do you think that is?
Chris: Hmm... [thinks] yeah, it would be stupid of me to say, one of each right? [chuckles]
Kacey: [humorous tone] It would be amazingly stupid.
Chris: yeah, I dunno maybe probably like, I dunno like, two or three?
Kacey: well yeah, it's like two and a half for bread and if you have, let's say each patty is... we'll go ahead and say nine ounces each that is, [chris: is that how much?] that's almost six servings of meat right there.
Chris: Hmm, six servings are nine ounces?
Kacey: Well, cuase it's anywhere from three to four ounces. So think about that, you're eating all the meat you should eat, in one burger.
Chris: [pause] Okay.
Kacey: And it's not even lean.
Chris: [pause] Hmm.
Kacey: I know it's scary right?
Chris: No! No, it n- it's not scary, just surprising.
Kacey: [typing] Well I mean, you can go to your doctor and get tests for your metabolism to see where it is.
Chris: [stutters as he lies] Yeah I, yeah I'll, yeah, I think it's okay but yeah I'll check with my doctor next time, sure they can- I'm sure that's, that's, that's in the woodwork [pronounced "budwork"]. [long pause] Well at least my cholesterol is ok.
Kacey: [laughs] well how do I know that? your on cholesterol um, medicine! I mean that's not good! That's not good at all! that means it not ok! [chuckles] cause even if it is helping out with your Homeostasis, that means you can't do it on your own.
Chris: Hmm, yeah well, yeah, like I said before-
Kacey: I- I mean it's my opinion that your metabolism is probably pretty bad right now, I mean mine is too! So I mean you should probably get it looked into.
Chris: yeah okay. yeah, after talking about it right now yeah, I'll definitely get my metabolism checked out. [long pause] yeah I'll, yeah I'll talk to my doctor after I see him in November.
Kacey: Well you should probably get that done now, I mean this is important you shouldn't wait till November.
Chris: Hmm.
Kacey: Like me, in about a week, I'm getting all these test done you know, so I can see what I can improve my metabolism right, and I'm going on a diet plan and everything.
Chris: Yeah well you see the thing is you know, um, my family has imformed me like you know, if I schedule an appointment with my doctor it has to be like you know, ahh, I dunno, like an aliment or something because you know, our insur- our insurance.
Kacey: [loudly interrupts] Chris this is an aliment! this is extremely an aliment! obesity is counted as a disease! I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, or I don't like fat people or anything, but this is important! Don't you care about your health? and plus you're on Medicaid!
Chris: Um yeah, yeah okay, well, yeah, well I'll check with my family about that, and uhh, I'll see if I can't get an appointment to get my metabolism checked out.
Kacey: Okay, do you really need your family to tell you if it's okay for you to care about your body?
Chris: [slightly angry tone] Uhh, no I do not need my family to tell me if it's ok to worry about my body or not. But I uhh, I just have to make sure that like, you know, insurance would cover an metabolism check up.
Kacey: Well your family's not going to know that, you're going to have to call the insurance company or your going to have to call the doctor, and even if you don't get your metabolism checked, it's a good idea to go to your doctor and have an appointment and say "look, I really think I'm unhealthy, I want to get healthy again" and you should do that first. Because he's going to tell you whether he wants to check your metabolism or not, you may not even have to,[Chris: Hmm.] your doctor would probably be thrilled.
Chris: [almost humoring tone] M'kay yeah, [pause] yeah sounds good [pause] yeah well I get- yeah, I get uhh, I wanna get healthy yeah, uhmm hmm, what do you mean whe-
Kacey: [interrupts] Well you need to be serious about this and vigilant.
Chris: Yeah, I-
Kacey: I mean how healthy do you think you are right now?
Chris: How well do I think I am right now?
Kacey: Yeah, how healthy do you think you are tight now?
Chris: Oh, how healthy do I think I am right now? umm, yeah I can't really say for certain, but I mean I feel okay. Uhh, but at least I'm exercising more and uh, I think my, I think my belly went in a little bit.
Kacey: Well, its not going to happen that quickly um, unless you're killing yourself, but anyway, or taking steroids, but umm, so did you exercise today? how long did you jog?
Chris: Hmm, yeah I power walked-
Kacey: cause you said you were going to jog more right?
Chris: [almost humoring tone] M'kay yeah, [pause] yeah sounds good [pause] yeah well I get- yeah, I get uhh, I wanna get healthy yeah, uhmm hmm, what do you mean whe-
Kacey: [interrupts] Well you need to be serious about this and vigilant.
Chris: Yeah, I-
Kacey: I mean how healthy do you think you are right now?
Chris: How well do I think I am right now?
Kacey: Yeah, how healthy do you think you are tight now?
Chris: oh, how healthy do I think I am right now? umm, yeah I can't really say for certain, but I mean I feel okay. Uhh, but at least I'm exercising more and uh, I think my, I think my belly went in a little bit.
Kacey: Well, its not going to happen that quickly um, unless you're killing yourself, but anyway, or taking steroids, but umm, so did you exercise today? how long did you jog?
Chris: Hmm, yeah I power walked-
Kacey: Cause you said you were going to jog more right?
Chris: yeah I'm getting into the, I'm getting to the jogging I just haven't gotten to the uhh, I walked, I walked, I uhh, I walked my almost two miles, around the neighborhood I'm not sure, it's almost, it's about two miles, the route I take you know, around my neighborhood. Including my heartbeat-
Kacey: Well how do you know its two miles? [chris: Yeah I previously-][interrupts] did you have a- uhm?
Chris: Yeah, I previously measured it with my car.
Kacey: I don't know how you would measure with your car. Maybe you should get uh, one of those step monitors, that would help, most phones actually have them on there, umm or they have speed watches.
Chris: Uhh, yeah, my phone is a Motorola W315 so I'm pretty, and plus, aside- and plus, I don't see it on there, so Im pretty sure its not on there.
Kacey: Well it'll be an application or something, a lot of phones do. But either way you gotta start jogging, walking's not going to help you, I told you, you know, it's NOT going to help you at all, and if you cant even jog, then you're seriously out of shape.
Chris: [pause] Hmm, yeah, well I mean I could jog if I knew the running speed that jogging- if I knew the appropriate speed that is, I mean I know it's somewhere between walking and running.
Kacey: No it's, you have to get your heart rate up, you have to go online. The are calculators that you can use that will check what your heart rate needs to be for your weight and your height, and then what-
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