Every fad diet you can imagine, I have done and finally was able to get myself out of that

and in that process of not just looking at my physical weight and how to lose the weight again

using another fad diet, but realizing that I had to start changing my mindset. Otherwise, I was going

to be in this vicious cycle my whole life. The following podcast is a Simpranto media production.

She's a business mogul number one and wellness expert. How can I help? And now Shantelle Ray and her amazing guests are here

to guide you on your wellness journey. Time to level up. Welcome to the waste away podcast.

Hey guys. Welcome to this week's episode and I'm so excited to introduce my next guest.

She is the creator of the sassy, healthy fit.

Welcome, Hallie Avolio.

Thanks, Chantal.

I'm so happy to be here.

So, Hallie, can you start by talking to us just about your own wellness journey and how it led you to

create sassy, healthy fit? Sure. I mean, I've always been, I guess I've always been on a wellness

journey, but when I was a kid growing up, I really had a lot of issues struggling, struggling with my

weight and my body image. And it really defined me. I'm also tall.

So as a kid, I always towered over everybody. And so I feel like I had a lot of confidence

issues around my physical body based on my height. I had, you know, this crazy curly hair.

I was heavier than most of my friends. I was never that,

you know, really stick skinny kid running around on the playground. I was always like the big

girl. And people would say to me things like, oh, you're big bones. You have a big frame. And so this

was the kind of stories and narratives that I would hear in my mind. And ever since basically I can

remember, maybe starting in like third grade or so,

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