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We have several birch show members on a health journey working on their fitness, working

on their health, et cetera. Jackson, our newest producer is one of those people when we get a check

in. How's it go? Not great. What makes it not great so far because you came in here and go

ahead and reestablished why you felt you needed to embark on this journey. Sure. Historically, I've

always been a very active person. I'm really into fitness, especially during COVID where a lot

of people actually gained a lot of weight during that time from being at home so much. I took the

opposite route and decided to get in the best shape of my life during that time through a bunch of

in-home workouts. And I really, really did get into it. Since then, it's been sort of an on-and-off

journey, but I've been able to keep up with it pretty well. And that's up until I feel like the

last four to six months where I feel like things have just taken some sort of a weird turn.

And I haven't been going to the gym nearly as much. My consistency is like way off. My diets all

out of whack. And that's caused for some steady weight gain. And it didn't really hit me until I

look back at some pictures from a year to three years ago. And it's like shocking to me. And like,

well, actually really bummed me out. Almost to the point where these insecurities have come up where,

you know, I don't really want to see friends or family who I haven't seen in like the last year.

So because it's like really getting in my head, I know I'm blowing this way out of proportion.

And this is all something that's like an internal, you know, struggle for me. But it's really been

impacting me. And so that's why I came on here a few weeks ago and was like, it's time for me

to change and time for me to make some changes. And you know, perfect timing right before the holidays.

Because there's no temptations at all these next two months when it comes to like, you know,

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