BONUS EPISODE: Emily's Story — How I Lost 70 Pounds, Fell In Love With Running & Finally Invested In Myself
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
I've been thinking about re-recording this with some fresh perspective for some time. And, thanks to a season break, here we are with some extra time to do just that. Especially after hearing all of your awesome listener questions last week, I wanted to bring my story back to the feed — four years after recording it for the first time. On this special bonus episode, I'm sparing no details — talking about my journey to self love through weight loss, therapy, and learning to love running. Plus: How I got to starting this podcast and the important lessons I've learned along the way.
SOCIAL
@emilyabbate
@hurdlepodcast
On-Demand Goal Setting Workshop
JOIN: THE *Secret* FACEBOOK GROUP
SIGN UP: Weekly Hurdle Newsletter
ASK ME A QUESTION: Leave me a voice message, ask me a question, and it could be featured in an upcoming episode!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It starts with you, everything that you want to do in your life. |
| 0:06.7 | If you remember that you are the one holding the pen and the notebook is in front of you |
| 0:11.9 | and that you have the opportunity to write your story, that is where the magic happens. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey everyone, Emily Abadi here popping in with a special episode of Hurdle from the AG |
| 0:41.0 | Studio. |
| 0:42.0 | You know, this week, if you're listening to this in real time, is an off week for the |
| 0:46.4 | show. |
| 0:47.4 | I'm in between season eight and season nine. |
| 0:50.4 | But I have been thinking a lot about how much has changed since the show started four |
| 0:58.7 | years ago. |
| 0:59.7 | I believe I'm saying that now, Hurdle, about to be in its ninth season has 454 episodes |
| 1:09.7 | in the feed, saying that like absolutely blows my mind. |
| 1:15.2 | And so much has happened over those 454 episodes, unbelievable conversations, a lot of personal |
| 1:22.4 | growth, the creation of the sputting community, and the through line to all of it, the connector. |
| 1:30.7 | Well, it's me. |
| 1:33.0 | It has been a long time since I have unpacked my story on the show. |
| 1:39.0 | And a few weeks ago, maybe a couple of months ago, actually, I listened back to episode |
| 1:44.2 | one and I wasn't as like kind of mortified as I expected to be in listening to it. |
| 1:50.6 | Like, it was literally my first podcast ever. |
| 1:54.0 | When I started Hurdle, I wasn't an avid podcast listener. |
| 1:58.0 | I remember I had pages and pages and pages of notes of what I wanted to say. |
| 2:03.7 | And I had spoken to so many other podcasters and had their best tips at my disposal. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.