Hello, my beautiful people.

Happy Thursday.

Happy hot, healthy, never hungry day because we have an episode obviously out if you

press play.

I'm Lauren.

I'm a mom.

I'm a dietitian.

And most importantly, I'm obsessed with helping women feel hot in their bodies and healthy.

But like the hotness factor really is important to me as someone who truly lost myself postpartum, to be quite honest,

which is so related to the episode we're going to talk about today because I truly believe one of the best things I ever did that helped me even on my journey, my first time journey as a first time mom,

was I'm so glad the habits and the work I did to my relationship to food and body before

getting pregnant because, gosh, it was a journey and having a leg up, having great food

and nutrition and exercise habits and even mental health

practices really, really helped find myself again. And, you know, when I say the word hot,

you know, feeling hot is like I wanted to feel hot because I wanted to feel like myself again.

I wanted to feel like myself before having a baby. And, you know, that's so important for so many

women. But going into your journey, you know, a lot of times women will come to me and they'll say things like, you know, that's so important for so many women, but going into your journey, you know,

a lot of times women will come to me and they'll say things like, you know, I want to lose weight

or go for my second child or third baby, but I'm really not at a great place. In terms of my

weight, my body fat percentage is high, maybe your doctor, your endocrinologist, maybe they have

suggested fat loss to improve your chances of

conception. Perhaps maybe you're thinking about it from an aesthetics place. I know for me, like,

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