We have several Bert 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 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 diet's 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, it 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 or 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, and your schedule is not packed with, you know, things to

do. So yeah, this is the perfect time for you to start this. Well, to be fair, I feel like if I

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