I am addicted to food. I have a true food addiction and I didn't always know this but about 10 years ago I

realized that I was in fact an addict when it came to food.

And so for me this year, when we came back from Argentina

after an awesome month there in December,

and my birthday fell on January 3rd, we got back and I realized that I had put on 17 pounds in one month.

Now, if you're not sure if you're addicted to food and you put in 17 pounds in one month

there might be something more there than just the fact that you over ate here and

there and so for me that was a really big wake-up call.

And I got home and everyone's like,

how do you want to celebrate your birthday?

How do you want to celebrate your birthday?

How do you want to celebrate your birthday?

And I said, I'm going to fast.

Like, no, no, no, no, you can't fast.

It's your birthday. Start Start fasting on on January 4th the day after your birthday like you got to have dessert on your birthday you got to have cake you got to have this and I said no I need to fast on my birthday because I willingly gave up control when we were in Argentina.

I knew that it was going to be a fun time. I knew that I didn't want to stress out about what I was

eating or count my calories like I normally do when I'm at home or things. I didn't want to stress out about what I was eating,

or count my calories like I normally do when I'm at home

or things like that.

And so I willingly gave it up and acted that way in Argentina.

But I also knew that the thing that was going to make me feel the best on my birthday

Was if I could get control back and the best way for me to get control back was to do something hard and that hard thing was fasting on my birthday. So the massive life

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