This is a little bit of a unique episode because I’m sharing a personal journey I’ve taken to lose weight over the last six months. Many commented and sent direct messages on social media, asking what I did to lose weight, so I thought I’d share my experience in a podcast episode.

Let’s rewind for a sec…

When COVID and quarantine first started, I found myself going between two reactions involving food. On days where I had time on my hands and was unsure of what productive thing to do, I was eating all the things (and watching the news way too much). And then, on the other days, I was working long hours with my team to make necessary changes to the business to meet the rapidly changing needs of our clients. Since we provide all the flyers and notices that apartment communities use to correspond with residents, we found ourselves swamped with requests from property managers bombarded with change and uncertainty. On those days, I would go to five o'clock and realized I hadn't eaten.

On both days, I wasn’t feeling good. I would either feel overstuffed and restless OR have a pounding headache from too much caffeine and no food. That went on for a good 30 days.

And then I talked with myself. (I hope I’m not alone in talking to myself?)

I said to myself, "You know, Barbara, you don't know how long this is going to be; it's obviously more than just a few weeks. And since this time is going to pass anyway, it's up to you on how you'll come out on the other side."

And I knew that if I kept going down the path that was going, I would not feel good, six, eight months later.

And so I thought, "Okay. When else am I going to have this opportunity to put a little bit more of a focus on my health and on what I'm eating and on moving my body?" I decided to work with a health coach. And today, I'm sharing our interview.

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