Emily’s getting ready for a family vacation, on top of crazy work stuff, on top of the current events  —it’s a recipe for the perfect storm in Emily’s world and there’s even a funny story about what happens when you throw a rock in the woods, craving mall pretzels, and prom dresses! OK, I’m building up this story a lot, but I promise this episode will be an interesting side of Emily in Panic Mode.

In better news, John’s special lady friend is visiting and he is having a ball, but making sure to weigh the options of good, better or best choices.

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In This Episode:

• Yay! John’s special lady friend is visiting him and he’s having a great time.
• We’ve both been having a hell week.
• Emily is getting ready for a big family trip and there’s been a lot of stress in the house.
• Internet, you’re mad about a stripper pole?!
• She finally has the day of the Perfect Storm between current events, Shark Week, vacation planning.
• Thank you to our wonderful listeners for reaching out to John about last week’s episode and his dreams. We really appreciate it and love you so much.
• We want to encourage you to seek help if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
• Emily gets Woo and has a ridiculous moment in the woods.
• Emily goes for a mall pretzel outside her window (oh no!), but then makes a better choice!
• John talks about Good, Better, Best Decisions.
• If you ever see Emily by a body of water and she’s holding a rock, keep walking (or record it for John to laugh at later).
• Emily has never been to Disney and doesn’t know what to expect, especially as a parent.
• Johnspiration  —”I know this is stressful, but you’ll look back and it will be so much fun.”
• Flashback to when Emily broke her monitor while recording live!
• We’ll have to see how changing the window affects Emily when she gets back.
• Sorry, TGI Fridays!
• There’s a good chance the show notes from last week still aren’t written, lol!
• Great job, everyone, with the Accountability Challenge!
• How did you feel about the Super Bowl? Go Chiefs!
• Awesome Winning Wednesdays this week!
• Emily will be on vacation next week so no show! Sorry I couldn’t record another episode I talked about in this show. My son got a stomach bug that day and had to cancel! Ugh.
• We’ll see you in two weeks!
• Later, Weighters!

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Links Mentioned:

• Vagina Talks with Sophia Wiseone
• Check out the podcast Wellness While Walking
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Meet Your Hosts:

• John Bukenas is a podcast editor from New Jersey. He started the podcast doing keto and intermittent fasting, but is now gearing up for bariatric surgery (probably) later this summer.
• Emily Prokop is a podcast editor and consultant from Connecticut. She has been doing Intermittent Fasting since April 2018 and has lost about 80 pounds. She started with 16:8 and is now doing 18:6.