Today is day 7 in this 75 day mental and physical wellness challenge and I took a walk with a friend today. We had our youngest kids play together at a park and join us in walking the trail. Along the way, the weather went through quite a few phases, which I thought is a perfect metaphor for our everyday lives. On one side, the sky was blue with white puffy clouds. The sun came out at times and provided warmth. On the other side, the sky was dark with dark clouds. The wind came through hard and cold. Then the rain started. not too long after, the sun made it's way out again, with the clouds lingering through the day.  Your fitness journey, ALL OF OUR FITNESS JOURNEYS, go up and down. We have moments of the blue sky and white clouds and also moments of those dark clouds with rain. But, in all moments, we are worthy and creating progress. We get to love ourselves through all of that! This episode goes deep into this today! 

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Day 6 started off with a great 3 mile walk that I wasn't able to do one year ago without stopping to sit and lots of pain. Today, I didn't stop once and I had no pain. Actually, I can do it again right now too!

In this episode, I talk about being a good role model for our kids in treating ourselves with kindness and respect. Talking to ourselves kindly is a powerful thing to model for our kids and is so much more life changing than just telling them to be kind to themselves. 

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On this episode, I talk about how I gained a pound and ate two big slices of cake last night. I had a hard day yesterday and I used food again to comfort myself. This is a learning process. This is a journey. We can't expect ourselves to go from point A to point Z without fluctuations. Listen in as I talk about how this challenge is so much more than just weight loss and how to be patient with ourselves.

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It's day 4 of my mental and physical wellness challenge and I had this huge realization of the body I am living in being a product of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. I have made my body bigger to feel safe. I have used food to comfort myself from that abuse. And I don't need to keep living in a body I don't want to live in just because I am trying to feel safe from the abuse I went through. 

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This is a powerful episode!

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It's day 3 of my 75 day mental and physical wellness challenge and today I am empowering you to tweak the way you think of exercise. You don't need to think of exercise as punishment for living in a bigger body or eating food. If you can think of exercise as a gift to yourself and to lean into what kind of movement you really enjoy, that could be life changing. 

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Today is day 2 of my 75 day mental and physical wellness challenge and I'm feeling in a much better energy today. I learned a lot about myself from yesterday that I am going to work on in this challenge. Mainly being mindful of eating enough during the day and healing from a lifes worth of eating disorders.

My throat is hurting today so I had to clear my throat a few times in this episode. I am so sorry if this hurts your ears!

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It's Day 1 of this 75 day challenge and I am not really feeling the vibe today. I'm feeling more like this needs to be a self care day but I am committed to rewriting my story and leaning into nourishing my body, mind and soul. Listen in to see how day 1 is going. 

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It's meal prep day! I am about to start meal prepping in a few hours and wanted to share why meal prepping is so important for me on this wellness journey! I am excited to take the meal decision agony out of this journey with meal prepping.

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I grew up in a diet culture mentality family and it hurt me in many ways. I am breaking the cycle with my kids and in my own mindset and sharing my story here so that you can also heal. 

Laurie Somma is a Physical and mental Wellness coach who is doing a 75 day challenge and sharing her journey here with you.

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Laurie Somma is starting a 75 day mental and Physical Wellness challenge on Monday. Today is Thursday and she is checking in to tell you what she hopes to accomplish with this challenge and how she is doing this HER WAY. If you are on a fitness journey, this podcast is for you.

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Starting weight and measurements:

264 pounds

Bust (at full) 50

Waist 51 1/2

Hips 49

R Upper Arm 17 1/2

L Upper Arm 16 1/2

L Upper Thigh 24 1/2

R Upper thigh 25 1/2

L Calf 17

R Calf 16 1/2

Bust (under boobs) 42

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