Hello and welcome to this episode of ESG Fit This Podcast. I actually recorded this as a live in the Commit 6 group,

but I forgot that I wanted to read out this incredible message from or post from one of the Commit 6 members.

And I wanted to read it out because I thought it quite

nicely shows the balance and also the reality of like losing weight long term in a sustainable

way while enjoying your life. So, this is from Kelly. She says, hi all, wanting to share both a

scale and non-scale victory.

The last three weeks, I've been away from home, both a mix of travel and visiting family.

In the past, I would have never let myself do this because I would have feared falling off

track and being away from routine. But I'm so, so glad that I've been able to reframe my mindset

towards health and fitness, and that I've been able to reframe my mindset towards health and fitness,

and that I've started to learn how to balance making memories, eating out, drinking wine and celebrating with a healthy lifestyle, getting my sepsin, hitting my protein, eating enough fruit and veg.

It was not perfect, sorry, it was not perfect three weeks. In fact, I had two effort evenings about one week in,

and that was pretty disappointing. But there was no other option but to continue, and I'm

really, really glad I did, despite my slip-ups. I just got back on track and did the basics and

focused on choosing my indulgences, which did still include evening ice creams.

I had not weighed myself in three weeks and not having access to the scale was actually good for me in hindsight.

There was no ability to overthink the random ups and downs.

I'm now back home, popped on the scales out of curiosity, and I'm down 2.5 pounds. Truly a

complete shocker. Weight loss aside, I am most happy, sorry, I'm most proud and happy of the

change in mindset and so, so thankful and appreciative of this community. I never thought that I would

get to this place in my health and fitness journey. While I still have further to go, I'm so glad that I didn't, sorry, I'm so glad that I don't

have to put my life on hold to get results in the meantime. And that, aside from the fact

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