This is a post from our Swolefam project, which is our massive archive for success stories inside the Swaltham.

This one is from Chavon.

I started my fitness journey when I was 25 after my autism diagnosis, mainly to help with my mental health.

A year later, got a gym membership and was going three days a

week using the cardio and weight machines. However, I wasn't going as often as I should have,

either due to lack of motivation or anxiety. My anxiety also didn't help while at the gym as I don't

like crowds, and when the gym got busy, I would use a few machines, then leave.

I've been going to my gym on and off for eight to nine years. Then, three years ago, my depression

hit me big time. I didn't go to the gym for months, eating my feelings away and wanting to commit

suicide. Last year was when I joined the Swolef Fam, thanks to Michelle McDaniel, mentioning that she was

going to be on one of the podcasts, and I was curious as to who this Papa Sullio guy was.

So when I joined, I took my fitness more seriously, and I'm so glad that I did.

This group is everything that I need to continue on this journey.

Well, thank you so much for sharing Chavon and you probably hear me mention her name often

as she's usually watching live and probably potentially listening to this. Maybe she can catch

this one live. So hi, Chavon. Thank you for sharing the story and thank you for allowing me to share that with

the world. The world, the world of the Swole fam, the world of the Daily Swole and everyone that's

listening in, whether it's your first time or you've been listening for a long time, I appreciate

the fact that you're here. And I want to reiterate

that this podcast, of course, it's a lot of fun. Of course, it's a live stream. Of course, it's ridiculous.

Of course, we go over tons of shit posts. But this is the heart and soul of the Swole fan. This is the

heart and soul of Swelormus X. This is this is the heartbeat. This is literally where everything stems from. And this is why

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