Hey, it's Ella. So I've just finished this interview with Tosca, and I'm actually coming back on here

after recording to share a few things with you that I want you to know before we jump in.

Toska, as you'll learn, is a celebrity in the fitness world, right? And she really came into her own

with her eat, clean diet series. She's a cover model featured very regularly in the former Oxygen Magazine. And she's

been living the life of a fitness influencer and an author of, like I said, the Eat Clean

Diet series, et cetera, et cetera, for many, many years. That is not what this show is about. So you may

have crossed paths with Toska in that realm, but that is not what we're talking

about today. Today, we're starting with Toska's story and her experience in that realm,

but this show, this conversation is so much more than that. Tosco was so open with me, and she

shared a lot about her childhood. By the way, content

warning, we talk about some adult themes in this conversation, so be careful and aware of where

you're listening. Okay? She shared about suffering and loss that we will get into in this conversation

and then an absolutely wild pivot from that into a life of abundance and fame

and celebrity and all of the things that I just touched on. And we talk about where that leaves

her today, about what it's like to be celebrated for your physicality and, you know,

you age, you get older and the clock keeps ticking. And she has the privilege of aging,

and that requires an identity shift when you've been celebrated for your physicality for so long.

So it's a really enriching conversation that I think you will get a lot out of, and I hope you

enjoy it. But there's one thing to note. Her transformation process is a huge part of

her story. And she's always spoken about her weight loss very, very publicly. She was at one time

over 200 pounds before she began her fitness journey. And she's really specific about that number.

And I just want to be super clear on behalf of us both. It does not matter how

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