For me, I was morbidly obese. Obesity is such an epidemic. People aren't going to immediately

think, oh, you're just undernourished. But like... Right. And you almost think I needed just eat less.

There were multiple times where I was like, okay, I'm going to change something. Something's going to,

something has to shift. I needed so much, you know, and I know, in hindsight, to be in control. That's what I wanted so badly.

And so I would start over, right? I would do the whole 30 or I would do the, you know, do you name it.

Like, I was just willing to try anything. Right before you started kind of this transformation

journey, how long was that? Was it five years? Was it 10 years? Like,

what are we talking in terms of timing? It was a solid 12 years of my life. Yeah. How do you do that

sustainably and practically as somebody who's running a business and parenting and busy in life?

Because I think it can sound overwhelming to make a significant shift to the way that

you're eating and living in your diet habits and all of those things.

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Hey, Mal, welcome to she.

Hello, happy to be here.

I am so excited to unpack this journey you've been on.

And really, I feel so inspired and encouraged by it in so many ways.

I know I've sent you voice messages over the last year.

Like, this is so fun to watch. I'm sure it hasn't been quite as fun to go through in your own ways, but also probably very rewarding. But before we jump into like all the things, because I feel like

this is a very, very, very important topic to talk about as women. I know I've gone on like

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