The Burnt Toast Podcast [PREVIEW] Is Giving Up Your Furniture a Diet?
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Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark. This month we asked our favorite question—IS IT A DIET?— about…
⭐️ Electrolytes! (Corinne is mad)
⭐️ Journaling!
⭐️ That viral sweet potato/ground beef/cottage cheese bowl!
⭐️ Living without furniture (yes really)!
⭐️ And so much more…
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Episode 196 Transcript
Corinne
Today we’re doing a mailbag episode, and today’s episode has a theme: “Is this a diet?” That is a framing that we use a lot on Burnt Toast. So we asked listeners to tell us which food, fitness, and lifestyle trends you wanted us to analyze and decide “diet or not a diet?”
Virginia
We should disclaim before we get started: This is a hot takes episode. We have not done extensive reporting. We haven’t done serious research on any of these. We’re going to look at them, and we’re going to give you our immediate assessments, and you might agree or totally disagree, and that is great. We are here for that.
Corinne
Before we dive into the individual topics, should we talk a little bit more about the whole “Is it a diet” thing?
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Virginia
Yes, because this is one of the most common “annoyed reader” comments we get: Virginia, you think everything is a diet. So I wrote an essay about this, where I sketched out why I use this framing so often. Because I think a lot of us have this sense that we are the problem. Like, “I just get really obsessive if I do step counting.” Or “I am such an overachiever," and it was so hard for me to not get straight As in school.” Or “I have to compulsively people please,” like all these ways that we like, try to be perfect.
We think it’s us, that somehow we are wired to want to be that way. And, I mean, you might come from a family of people who’ve done this. There is all of that backstory. But we also live in a culture that is telling us, especially women, that we have to live that way in order to be valuable.
So that is what I am always trying to push back against, both for myself and as a culture critic.
Corinne
I think that makes sense. And we have discussed in the past how some people have the ability to do diet-y things without it feeling like a diet for them.
Virginia
Absolutely. If we say something is a diet, we’re not saying you were on a diet for doing it. We’re saying this is a concept that has the potential to be executed in a diet-y manner.
Corinne
And we’re not saying if you like any of these things that you’re bad or wrong. There are some things we’re going to discuss which, personally, I like.
Virginia
Corinne is on all the diets.
Corinne
Is this our thing, where you’re always like, “this is a diet,” and I’m like, “this is not a diet?” Oh God.
Virginia
Well but we need to not be so afraid to say, “Yeah, it’s diet-y and I like it.” It’s okay to be in a messy middle space with this where you recognize that this is a system that you don’t totally want to buy into, but that maybe feels necessary right now. Or maybe there are some pieces of it that are satisfying It can be many things,
Corinne
Or how do you use these tools, or participate in these trends, or whatever, without buying into the larger diet culture system?
Virginia
Yes! Like, I have reclaimed Diet Coke, guys. I have reclaimed protein powder. It’s possible, you can do it.
I think for me, the sticking point is when someone wants to say, “No, it’s not a diet, you’re overreacting. You think everything’s a diet. This is totally fine!” And gets really defensive of the system. That, to me, is the red flag. If you’re not willing to think critically about it at all, then I have questions.
Corinne
I also think, if we are thinking about diets as part of a larger system of white supremacy, like—we live in that system. We can’t escape it, you know? So everything kind of is a diet. Sorry.
Virginia
Okay, great, episode done. Everything is a diet! It’s not your fault that everything is a diet, and it’s still worth naming it and naming the larger relationship to white supremacy, because that’s how we make little bits of progress.
I will say, there was one thread in the comments on that essay that I want to very lovingly push back on. Several of you were like, “Okay, but just stop using that as branding.” The way we often put “is x a diet?” like is Mel Robbins a diet? in the subject line. And people were saying, “You’re dumbing it down.” You can just name the word. You can say “is blank perpetuating a patriarchal system of oppression?” “Is blank a conduit for economic dominance and community isolation?” And don’t be afraid of the big, complicated titles, and don’t reduce everything to “diet.”
And I so appreciate this. I want that to be the world we live in. And, I do have to market a newsletter. I do have to write emails that people will click and open.
Corinne
There is a limit to how many characters you can put in the subject line of an email.
Virginia
If it goes onto two lines, people’s eyes glaze over, and they don’t open the email. You can be frustrated about that if you want! But provocative subject lines are an important part of being a successful newsletter writer.
And yes, I’m being provocative when I use the diet framing, and it’s grounded in this other thing that I hope you guys all understand. Yes, I’m talking about the conduits for economic dominance and community isolation. I just can’t sell a newsletter that way.
But I do understand that pushback and while I do think it’s going to always be a refrain of Burnt Toast to ask “is x a diet?” and I think there’s value in that, I am actually mindful of how often we use it. Sometimes I’ll be like, no, we ran a version of that headline too recently. Like, we can’t do that right now. We think about it.
Corinne
Should we talk about the bullet points that we use when we think about what defines a diet?
Virginia
Yes! So this is how Burnt Toast defines a diet.
A diet tells us we’re doing it wrong.
A diet makes ambitious, if not blatantly unrealistic, goals around what “better” or “best” should look like.
A diet lays out a list of rules or steps to follow, which sound really easy but then quickly become very difficult to incorporate into your actual life because they ignore the practical context of your life, which might conflict with said rules or steps.
A diet frames failure to achieve the goal or follow instructions as your fault, rather than a flaw of the overall project.
A diet inspires feelings of guilt and inadequacy and/or the urge to find a different version of this thing that will surely work better.
Corinne
Yes, that kind of self-optimization thing.
Virginia
The perpetual quest of self optimization. And one reader, Allison Stein, also added this to the definition in the comments: “Any program you follow to virtue signal, get goodies or privilege, and/or the right to exist rather than whatever the purported goal of said program is.” And I was like, yes.
Corinne
Wow. yeah, I kind of feel skewered by that.
Virginia
Who doesn’t love a little virtue signaling plus a goodie??
Anastasiia Zabolotna, Getty Images
Corinne
Let’s get into the topics that people sent us to talk about today. The first one which I also feel a little personally skewered by—is obsessing over electrolytes a diet?
I’m going to read the question:
My nine year old’s very good doctor has told her she needs to be starting her day with protein and extra electrolytes to help with migraines. My husband also follows this protocol, and it genuinely helps. But she’s a picky eater, and has rejected all the electrolyte powders we’ve tried, and we respect that. Especially as she only very rarely gets migraines. But now I’ve started putting Buoy drops in my water all the time. Am I wasting my money? Am I carving out a little pseudo wellness corner for myself as I work on shedding diet culture and becoming an intuitive eater.?
Virginia
Hmm, okay, Corinne, defender of electrolytes. What say you?
Corinne
Well, I think this is kind of one of those things where it depends on what you’re doing with the electrolytes. I think with Buoy specifically, I see a lot of people using that on Tiktok. I personally haven’t tried it. I think a lot of people just like having flavored water! So that’s one thing to consider.
I also think that a lot of people with various conditions, including migraines, feel better when they’re getting regular electrolytes. But I also can really see how electrolytes are kind of a self optimization thing. I don’t know! There’s a fine line between self optimization and “this actually makes me feel better.”
Virginia
There definitely is. I have been thinking about this because I really feel a yes and no to her question. I think her putting the Buoy drops in her water all the time feels fine. I don’t know that it’s not a waste of money, but, like, lots of things are a waste of money. I’m not here to attack you over that. If it’s giving you some joy, make your water taste good until you get tired of that taste and then do something else.
I also think a behavior or a habit that we develop that gives us tangible benefits, like fewer migraines, makes total sense to me! I’m thinking of Jessica Slice talking about the difference between caring for your body and trying to fix your body. Alleviating suffering versus trying to obtain an ideal body. Reducing migraines is alleviating suffering. So if more electrolytes is helping with that, that’s great.
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What I’m actually concerned about—even though she says she likes her child’s doctor—is telling a nine year old that you have to start every day with protein and extra electrolytes, even though she only very rarely gets migraines. That’s the part that jumped out at me as ooh, I don’t love that. Because it’s telling a kid, who’s a very concrete thinker, “You have to do X every day.” And then how is she going to feel on the day she doesn’t do it?
That could get into that territory of, oh god, I skipped the electrolytes, and now I feel bad, and it’s my fault I got the migraine and all that kind of stuff. That’s what we don’t want. And if it’s only a very rare problem right now, why are you needing to address it daily? Why not just have a good rescue medication on hand for when it crops up?
Corinne
Totally. I mean, the starting the day with protein thing, is that related to migraines?
Virginia
I mean, I start my every day with a ton of protein, because I have protein powder, as we all know. And I get migraines. Migraines are one of those conditions that there are literally 1000 lifestyle things that are supposed to help them. And you can make yourself crazy trying them all, and your mileage will vary. And if it seems to be helping, I love that. And if it sounds annoying to do, don’t worry about it. Because it probably wasn’t going to help that much. Sorry!
Corinne
Totally fair. As an aside, I really like the Nuun electrolyte tablets. I don’t know if you’ve tried those.
Virginia
Yes, can we sell you an electrolyte?
Corinne
I’m not making a commission off of them! I just like them. I like the strawberry lemonade and the tropical flavors.
Virginia
They did save me when I had altitude sickness. And I hated it.
Okay. Number two:
Is the viral cottage cheese, ground beef, sweet potato bowl a diet?
Are you familiar with this bowl?
Corinne
I was not familiar with it being viral, but I was familiar with it because I feel like maybe last summer? Maybe the summer before? My mom was really into sweet potato and cottage cheese.
Virginia
Is your mom a diet influencer? Is that what we’re learning?
Corinne
Well not really because when my mom was telling me, “I’ve been eating a sweet potato and cottage cheese for lunch, it’s insanely delicious. You have to try it!” I was like, absolutely not.
Virginia
It doesn’t sound delicious. Cottage cheese, ground beef, and sweet potato?
Corinne
She wasn’t even doing ground beef.
Virginia
The reels that I’m seeing all put Mike’s Hot Honey over it. And then I’m like, okay…but just because I like Mike’s Hot Honey . I don’t think it sounds immediately delicious, but there is something about that combination of foods that people do find delicious.
Corinne
I mean, it’s keto, basically, right? Or paleo?
Virginia
It’s keto. It’s also three very filling foods. If you’re someone who has been dieting or restricting in various ways, I can see that this meal would be very appealing. Because if you’re hungry, it actually looks like a lot of food, which a lot of diets don’t let you have.
Corinne
But you know what else is interesting about it? If you slightly changed it—like, if you changed it to be ground beef, regular potato, and regular cheese, no one would be like, “this is healthy!”
Virginia
No, definitely not! Even though the protein content probably wouldn’t change. I mean, maybe cheddar cheese has slightly less protein than cottage cheese. I don’t know. I’m not going to look it up, guys. But it would still be a high protein meal, right?
Corinne
It would basically be a cheeseburger on a potato!
Virginia
With fries!
Corinne
Yeah, a cheeseburger and fries! Okay, this is actually making me so mad.
Virginia
So I’m going to say this one is a diet. Even though you might enjoy this meal, and that’s great for you, and Mike’s Hot Honey is delicious. Because as Corinne is saying, it’s deliberately picking versions of these foods that they can claim health benefits for when there is an equivalent meal that they would be like, no, no, don’t eat that.
Corinne
And imagine if someone was, like, “Put hot honey on your cheeseburger and fries!” People would be going nuts about the sugar.
Virginia
That sounds really good, though. I feel like I’m going to do it next time I have a burger and fries?
I mean, the other reason we know this is a diet is because Weight Watchers got in on the trend and made their own version of it. They posted their sweet potato, cottage cheese, ground beef bowl during “cottage cheese week.”
Corinne
There was a second where cottage cheese was reclaimed as a delicious food, and then it got reabsorbed back.
Virginia
The diet industry was like, thank you so much for noticing. I feel like we’re going to hear from
,who is a big cottage cheese fan. Amy Palanjian is a big cottage cheese fan.
Corinne
I also like cottage cheese!
Virginia
I don’t. I’m like, Why isn’t it goat cheese or ricotta? If I’m going to get a fluffy cheese, It’s not my fluffy cheese of choice. But that’s great, you can love your cottage cheese. And yes, the marketing of this particular recipe, and the way every dietician and food blogger was posting it? Definite diet vibes.
Corinne
I also think if you’re eating this for lunch and you like it, don’t let us stop you.
Virginia
I’m now like, maybe I’ll make it, but not use cottage cheese. Maybe I’ll make it with goat cheese. Might be so good with my Meredith dairy sheep goat cheese!
Corinne
It probably would be. It does seem like the kind of thing you could prep in advance and quickly reheat.
Virginia
Super useful. But just be aware that it is definitely diet washing to claim that it is healthier than a cheeseburger and fries.
Corinne
Okay? The next one is
Is journal culture a diet?
Virginia
I had to ask the person who sent this to say more, and she said she was specifically referring to bullet journaling, like having like the special pens, the special moleskin notebooks, that whole world—which I think as an act of self preservation I have kept myself out of.
Corinne
I am also not immersed in journal culture. But it does feel like self-optimization. And I do think there’s a lot of like, how can I make my journal extremely aesthetic and make sure I’m getting the most out of my To Do lists.
Virginia
Are you a journaler at all, or not really?
Corinne
Like keeping a journal? Because I feel like there’s a difference between journaling and— oh man, this is such a big topic maybe we should do a whole episode about this. There’s also the morning pages thing? Anyways. I kept a journal as a young person, like, maybe through college or something? But I don’t really keep a journal now. And I’ve never been a planner person, unfortunately. Probably should be. But. yeah, I have a hard time with that.
Virginia
I tried journaling, like having a journal, at various points in childhood, in high school, and it never really stuck. Like, I don’t think I ever filled one. And I always feel sort of ashamed to admit that, as a writer. I feel like writers are supposed to journal, and I’m like, “But people aren’t reading it. What’s the point of writing, guys?”
Corinne
I mean, I’ve gone back and looked at my journals, and I will say it’s like, “I have a crush on XYZ and XYZ talked to me in math class.” It’s so boring. It’s nothing deep!
Virginia
Yeah, I never really got into it. I was a hardcore planner person, though. I think that’s not a surprise about me.
Corinne
I think bullet journaling is more planner-adjacent.
Virginia
But I feel like eventually Google Calendar took over, and I haven’t had a paper planner in years. Sometimes I do, though, make those post it note chart things, at the beginning of a year to plan out blocking my work days.
I think the reason I said it was self preservation that I’ve never gotten into journal culture is I do think there’s clearly a strong current of perfectionism in it. People wanting to have really nice handwriting, people wanting to format the pages in a certain way. And I think I recognized that I would be too obsessive about it and make it into too much work for myself. And I’m like, that’s not for me.
Corinne
I do think that there’s also a way in which it could be self care for people. You know?
Virginia
I know we’re going to hear from all the journalers saying, like, absolutely not. I’m open to it being self care. I think this is like, a your-mileage-may-vary one. I’m not going to say journal culture is a straight up diet. I’m going to say, if because of genetics and the world we live in, if you are someone programmed towards certain perfectionist tendencies, you could take this in a diet direction. But I don’t know that at its core, it’s diet-y.
But now I want to hear about people’s journal experiences! Do we need a whole episode about journaling? Because I’m sort of interested to learn more.
Corinne
I do think that’s a deeper topic.
Virginia
Cool, all right.
Is all the new high fiber content diet culture? I just feel like I’ve been seeing tons of nutritionists talking about colon cancer rates and how people aren’t getting enough fiber.
Corinne
Well, this is another one that is slightly skewering me, because I have been known to supplement with fiber. I have pushed Metamucil on friends and family.
Virginia
But not to lose weight.
Corinne
No, absolutely not. But it is marketed to lose weight! Like I think if you look at the Metamucil package, it says “promotes fullness” or something like that.
Virginia
Oh, yeah! “Appetite control.”
Corinne
Yeah, fiber is marketed as that for sure.
Virginia
That’s the first thing listed! “Helps support appetite control.” And then it’s like, healthy blood sugar levels, digestive health. I don’t like that.
Corinne
I mean, what can you do? It’s not like Metamucil is going to listen to me about the marketing. But what I find Metamucil helpful for is also not what it’s being marketed for. It helps me with heartburn!
Virginia
Really?
Corinne
Yes! I feel like I tried to push it on you when you were going through heartburn stuff.
Virginia
I’m always going through heartburn stuff. I’m sure you did. I just didn’t listen.
Corinne
It’s also gross. You just mix it in water but you have to drink it right away, because otherwise it turns into gel, which is what it is in your gut basically.
Virginia
Do you mix it in your electrolytes?
Corinne
Hell no, because I like to sip my electrolyte water and Metamucil, you really have to just get it done.
Virginia
You can’t chug your electrolytes.
I think it’s very clear from the Metamucil bottle I just looked at on the internet that they are marketing it for weight loss, which, yes, makes it a diet. And just like the electrolyte thing, if it helps your acid reflux, if it helps you poop, great. Don’t not do something that alleviates suffering, because it has bad marketing. But, yeah, the marketing is a diet.
Corinne
Okay.
Are Bloom drinks a diet? Is Alani Nu a diet? Are Unwell drinks a diet?
Virginia
Yeah. I grouped these all together because they’re all these weird drinks. And you love drinks.
Corinne
I do. I am familiar with Alani Nu. I think that’s the only one I’ve heard of.
Alani Nu is an energy drink. And I think they like partner with Kim Kardashian?
Virginia
So, yes diet. I need to hear nothing else. Bloom drinks I’m looking up is also like green powders, creatine powders.
Corinne
I have seen Bloom super food supplements.
Virginia
And then they have an energy drink line as well. Bloom sparkling energy. And then Unwell, which is my favorite brand name. But as soon as I get to their website, oh, 700 milligrams of electrolytes.
Corinne
Unwell also has a famous founder. I feel like these are all like influencer brands?
Virginia
I would say all of these are being marketed in an extremely diet-y way, just by looking at their websites. And if you find them delicious, great. But there’s no way you can’t live a full and productive life without ever drinking one of these.
Corinne
The one I would be most likely to try is Unwell.
Virginia
Well, the brand name is the best.
Corinne
Unwell looks like it’s just electrolyte beverages. I need more hydration. But I will say it’s founded by the person behind the Call Her Daddy podcast.
Virginia
Oh. yeah, diet. “Water yourself daily.” I don’t like the marketing. Your new friend with benefits. It’s so cute. Well, it’s annoying. That doesn’t make it a diet. There are lots of annoying things that aren’t a diet. But, yeah, overall this is very diet culture-y and marketing. And if you love it, fine.
I mean, the other two, I think are there. It’s the least over the other two. I mean, Alani Nu sells a product called Fat Burner, so okay. I’m just looking to at the prices, like, the stuff’s like, $75 for this bloom powder. There are other things to spend money on. Buy yourself a cute throw pillow. It’s my advice.
Okay, I’m really excited for this last one.
Is the guy who got rid of all his furniture on a diet?
Corinne
Is this some, like… fitness thing?
Virginia
It is a piece in Dwell by a writer named David Gladish, and the headline is “My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back.”
Corinne
They live in a 382 square foot detached accessory dwelling unit in Washington State that’s basically unfurnished, save for a pair of nightstands, stools, dressers and some shelving. So, no beds?!
Here we go:
…inspired by mobility and health advice from popular longevity podcasters like Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia, and books like Built to Move, which teaches readers how to be less sedentary, Kristy and I became obsessed with making lifestyle changes to build healthier habits.
Okay, so that’s there we go. It’s a diet.
Virginia
It’s a diet.
Corinne
Imagine not having a bed. I love lying in my bed!
Virginia
And on a comfy couch.
Corinne
Where do they sleep?
Virginia
So he and his wife sleep in a lofted little space.
Corinne
“We still sleep on a thin carpet and use pillows.”
Virginia
Yes, and their lower backs and necks have benefited immensely from ditching their mattress. It’s unclear what their kids sleep on, but, yeah, but they kept their nightstands, which then just seems annoying because you’re lying on the floor and your nightstand is, like, up. So you’re reaching up to put your glasses away?
Corinne
I’m sorry, but I live in a place with a lot of cockroaches. I don’t have an infestation, but when they start happening, occasionally a cockroach will find its way into my house? I am not sleeping on the floor.
Virginia
I mean, same with me and mice! The idea that I would be lying somewhere where a mouse could run near me while I’m sleeping? I would have to burn the house down! Absolutely not.
Corinne
And if you have a pet, you get a lot of dust on your floors. I don’t know, I feel like I would just constantly be sleeping in a sand box.
Virginia
Great point about the dust.
He writes:
The point of going furniture-free, for us, is to add more movement to our lives, have more space to play and be in motion indoors, and spend as much time outdoors as possible. (It’s easy to spend hours watching TV or lazing around when there’s plush furniture to relax on; not as compelling without it.)
Corinne
It’s also just kind of ableist.
Virginia
Yeah, super ableist. Not everyone can get down to the floor and back up again! He also then does admit that her parents live on the property too, so there is a house with furniture on their property, and he goes over there to work, so he can sit in a chair while he works. Which just feels like a big scam!
Corinne
In a 382 square foot house, you definitely don’t have room for an office.
Virginia
I don’t know. I mean, he seems real happy. That’s fine. I’m sure his kids are fine. I’m not saying it’s dangerous, but I think it’s okay to like comfort. I think it’s okay to like lying on a comfortable couch watching TV. I think that’s not a moral failing.
Corinne
I agree. Although sometimes when I hear this stuff, I’m like, Should I try it?
Virginia
No, Corinne! Oh, my God, it’s dangerous to do this episode with you.
Corinne
What would it be like to sleep on the floor??
Virginia
Okay, you’re not getting rid of your bed. You just said you have cockroaches!
Corinne
I am definitely not get rid of my bed.
Virginia
I will say, as I’m getting older, I do try to sit on the floor once a day if I can. Because, it is that one of those things, you got to keep doing it so you can get down and getting up off the floor has gotten harder. That is real. Anna Maltby wrote a great piece about it. ButI’m not going to give up furniture. What an exhausting way to live.They just sound like an exhausting family.
Oh, they also do have an outdoor table with regular chairs where they eat their meals, even when it’s raining.
Corinne
Okay, I feel like they really just gave up mattresses.
Virginia
And couches and eating inside in bad weather? Okay, all right, it’s a diet.
Corinne
Doesn’t sound fun.
Virginia
Well, that was fun. It was a strange smattering of things, but I liked the variety.
Corinne
If you had to pick one of these to do, which would you do?
Virginia
Oh God, if I had to?? I mean, I’ll make the cottage cheese thing. But can I not follow the recipe? What about you?
Corinne
Well, I already do electrolytes, basically.
Virginia
Okay, other than electrolytes.
Corinne
Well, when I’m reading about this no furniture guy, I am like, what would it be like to sleep on the floor?
Virginia
Try it one night and get back to us.
Corinne
That’s like, a morning thought, you know? By the end of the day, there’s no way.
Virginia
I kind of do want you to do it one night and just tell us how miserable it is.
Corinne
I would need a week off work to adjust. Because you wouldn’t sleep the first night, and then you just be miserable.
Butter
Virginia
Okay, my Butter is actually my kids’ Butter, which is the swing that we just got for our family room. It is amazing.
Both my kids have various neurodivergent sensory needs, and this is called a sensory swing. It’s a very stretchy fabric. You hang it from your ceiling. And speaking of like, is it a diet? I often see things marketed to parents, especially bougie mamas like me, and I’m like, oh, I want it because it’s cute and it seems like it’ll solve a problem, and then it totally doesn’t solve a problem. And my kids don’t really care about it. And I’m like, Why did I spend this money?
This thing is usually $92, they’re on sale right now for $73. It is the best money I have spent as a parent in years. Not kidding. One of my children is in this thing all the time. They are obsessed. It twists up around them. It’s very cozy. And they can spin in it. They can go back and forth. And there’s something about it that is super regulating for them. My younger kid, we do it after she has breakfast in the morning, before school, and then also, as part of our bedtime routine, she plays the Hamilton soundtrack and swings.
Corinne
That’s so cute.
Virginia
And my older kiddo is usually in it the whole time we’re watching TV together in the evening.
The real gift for me is that if you have kids who are prone to moving constantly, which is many children, if you have kids who are the type of kid that bounces off walls a lot, or throws themselves around on furniture. I find it really challenging for my sensory needs. Often, it’s a lot of extra noise and erratic movement. And I, unlike the writer of that article, I want to lie on the couch and watch TV. This is the perfect solution, because it kind of contains that need to move to one corner of the family room and I can be on the other side and they’re swinging, and it doesn’t make annoying sounds. It’s a real game changer for all of us.
Corinne
That’s awesome. Have you tried it?
Virginia
Well, I will say this was the one drawback is, I looked and looked and I couldn’t find one that was super size inclusive. This one, I would say, goes up to about 222, 230, maybe? I don’t want to rip it out of my ceiling. I did have a contractor install it, and I know he put in a really secure bolt, and he got in it to test it. And he was like, yeah, I think it’s good till about 220 and I was like, okay, seems good. We’ll take your word. So if anyone does know of one that is rated to a higher weight limit, I would love to know about it, but this one, I knew mostly my kids would be using it. So it’s going to see them through probably high school years, I would assume.
Corinne
Oh, that’s awesome. All right. Well, I’m going to recommend a canned beverage.
Virginia
Is it Alani Nu??
Corinne
It’s Alani Nu! Just kidding.
Virginia
Kim Kardashian told you to drink it.
Corinne
I like Spindrift. But recently I was somewhere they didn’t have Spindrift, and I bought Izze instead. I have a can right in front of me, and I think Izze is so much better. I don’t know if it’s because it has more sugar or what, but I think it’s more delicious, and I really specifically want to recommend to the mango Izze.
Virginia
And it is not a diet.
Corinne
It’s not a diet. I hope? Does it say something on it? It does say no added sugar and no artificial sweeteners.
Virginia
Whatever.
Corinne
It tastes good.
Virginia
That sounds very refreshing.
Well, this was a delightful episode. I’m excited to hear people’s thoughts, and if there are more trends that you want us to weigh in on diet or not diet, this may be a recurring feature, so hit us up.
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