after high school, I basically gained 120 pounds due to what I now understand as unresolved

childhood trauma. I was dealing with a lot of mental health issues, anxiety, depression,

and I was just trying to find my way in life. And life just got really stressful for me me and I turned to food as a way to numb

myself to escape all of the heavy emotions that I didn't know how to deal with. Somehow I ended up

over 360 pounds and I didn't even realize that I hadn't gotten that big until you know I saw my mom

for the first time after maybe three years

have not seen her. And her jaw hit the ground when she saw me the first time. In that moment,

I realized I was fed up living in this body that felt like a prison. And I made a decision that I was going to transform my body.

And I've been on that journey ever since.

And now I'm very, very passionate about guiding other people on that journey.

Welcome back to the Light Watkins show. My guest today is Bricks Glover. He's a transformational

health and fitness coach who turned his own 150 pound weight loss journey into a mission to

help others achieve lasting change. And after making a video documenting his transformation from

being 360 pounds to appearing in a fitness competition

with a six pack. It went viral and Bricks discovered his mission of being a Sherpa for

others to make a similar transformation. He's been on the podcast a couple times before and in this

episode we talk about the real world weight loss journey and all of the

considerations that you have to make in order to melt away the fat and get into the best shape

of your life let's dive in bricks man welcome back to the podcast bro this is your is your third time, I believe, coming on to the show.

Thanks, man. Yeah, no, I'm excited. We always have really good conversations when we link up or content, so I'm excited about this.

So the first time we talked about your backstory, the second time you came on, we talked about, I believe you had just gone into monk mode or

you were coming out of month mode and we talked about month mode.

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