Alyssa, what is going on? How are you? I'm doing great. How are you doing? I'm great. I'm doing very well. I'm very excited to chat. I apologize. I didn't even know that last week happened until today

Kat just told me today she's like by the way made a mistake so I apologize for that I like

I'm I know you've probably heard me say it before like I'm super

disorganized so like I have a calendar that cat makes for me and then also she

texts me every day like my schedule for that day because I just don't look at the calendar and I just I had no idea so I really apologize for that I appreciate you not being livid with me missing last week.

Oh, it's all good.

No, I totally understand.

I've been there and definitely,

well, the things you're doing, you're busy all the time,

so it's all good.

You're busy with so many things. the I just listen to your most recent the podcast that dropped and you said that you hadn't

able to do Jiu-Jitsu for a while because you've been busy.

So it's been it's been nuts but it's worth it. So I'm excited about it, but I'm very excited to speak with you so thank you for taking the time to do this this is 100% your time

So I saw the email that you initially wrote in sort of explaining how you got into it, but just I want to give you the floor tell me everything tell me the whole story I want to hear everything as though I haven't read any of it before and then whatever questions you have I will do my best to help.

Awesome I'm excited. So I can't say I I purposely started my health journey it kind of just like fell upon me several years ago when I moved to Texas Dallas actually for for my ex partner long ago and he was very fit and I didn't grow up in a fit household I didn't grow up I pretty much ate the same seven meals like like I really just didn't even think about fitness.

And he and his friends would go trail running.

And so the first time I went with them,

I truly thought I was going to die.

I was just like, what is, what have I gotten myself into here but I just like I just started

like eating just I didn't I didn't try to but I just started eating better and going on all these

walks and runs and got better and within that like two years I lost like 20 pounds and I just I felt amazing but I didn't I didn't mean to so like

now I gained like the COVID 15 right I think we all did and so now I'm like trying to lose weight,

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