April 1, 2025 • 30 mins
When my doctor delivered the news about my elevated blood pressure, rising cholesterol, and significant weight gain, I knew something had to change. Standing at 276.6 pounds at age 48, I made a decision that would transform my life: lose 100 pounds by my 50th birthday.
This episode takes you through my deeply personal weight loss journey—the triumphs, challenges, and everything in between. I share how I've lost 62.8 pounds so far through a comprehensive approach combining medical intervention (GLP-1 medications), nutrition guidance, and a dedicated fitness regimen. You'll hear about my experience with various medications, how I transitioned from basic workouts to serious weight training, and the non-scale victories that have meant even more than the numbers dropping on the scale.
Whether you're contemplating your own weight loss journey or simply need motivation to prioritize your health, this episode offers practical advice, encouragement, and a reminder that you're worth investing in. I share workout suggestions, mindset shifts, and the importance of celebrating every milestone along the way. Because at the end of the day, this journey isn't just about looking better—it's about creating a healthier future where I can live vibrantly for decades to come.
Have you been putting off making changes for your health? Listen in, get inspired, and remember: you are absolutely worth the work.
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Go ahead and grab that thing,because I am about to give you
an update on Fit Fine, fabulousby 50.
All right, if you don't knowwhat Fit Fine and Fabulous by 50
is.
This is my weight loss journeyand I set out a goal in 2023,
where I wanted to.
The goal is to drop 100 pounds.
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Yes, I can afford to drop 100pounds.
I can afford to drop 100 pounds.
I was thick, thick.
I'm still thick, but, yeah, myhealth had taken a shift.
Well, it was about to take ashift, so let me tell you what
happened.
In February of 2023, I went infor my yearly physical and my
numbers did not come out great.
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So my blood pressure waselevated, my cholesterol was
elevated, I had gained a ton ofweight and so it wasn't looking
good.
And my doctor was very honestand candid with me and he told
me that if we did not make somemainly me, but he said we if we
didn't make some changes now, itwas going to be downhill from
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there.
And so that that gave me.
You know, I did not want to bethe reason that I was not in
good health.
You know, some things you can'tavoid, but when it comes to
high blood pressure, sometimesit is just it could be
hereditary or it could belifestyle things.
So there was some lifestylechanges that I needed to make.
So I made a commitment tomyself then and there that I was
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going to drop these 100 pounds.
And yes, a hundred pounds is alot.
And I said to make.
So I made a commitment tomyself then and there that I was
going to drop these 100 pounds.
And yes, 100 pounds is a lot.
And I said I wanted to do it bymy 50th birthday, because at
the time I was 48.
So do the math 48 to 50, that'stwo years.
I was giving myself two yearsto drop this weight, and so I
consulted my physician, madesure that I was healthy enough
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to start exercising.
I actually found a provider whodeals with weight loss.
That's their specialty.
I got in with a nursepractitioner and a dietician,
and so we came up with a dietaryplan and we also came up with
some medical intervention.
So I started ZipBound.
Well, actually, let me back up.
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I started with a GLP calledSaxenda, and Saxenda worked for
a little while, but this wasduring the time when the GLPs
were getting very popular.
I did not try Ozempic orManjaro because I was not
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diabetic, I was pre-diabetic,and so my physician was adamant
about me not being on thosemedications because I was not
diabetic, and I agreed with herbecause I was like I'm not going
to take a drug that's reallynot meant for me, and I know
that there are a lot of peopleout there when they were having
supply issues.
There are people out there whoare actually diabetic and this
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medication sustains them.
I didn't want to be one of theones that was taking a drug out
of somebody's hand that reallyneeded it.
So we started with sexenda, hadsupply issues.
Then we switched over to Wagovi.
Wagovi was doing well, butagain supply issues.
So I had to come off of both ofthem.
Well, during that transitionaltime, um, zetbound became
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available and so we startedZetBound and we did not have any
issues with the supply withZetBound.
So I started taking ZetBound.
I started on the very lowestdose, um that they had.
So I started on what was it?
2.5 milligrams, and it was aslow, slow burn.
I did not want to go fullthrottle with the medications.
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One, because I didn't want tohave a whole lot of side effects
.
I didn't know how this wasgoing to affect my body.
And also I did not want to dropweight very fast because I
didn't want to look look battlewith with sagging skin.
And I didn't want to look lookbattle with with a sagging skin.
And I didn't want to looksunken Like.
I still wanted to look healthy.
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I wanted the weight loss to beseen, but I didn't want to look
like I was losing weight, ifthat makes sense.
You know how some people loseweight too fast and they look
sick.
I didn't want to look like that.
So I was very strategic abouthow we want to drop this weight.
So I was very strategic abouthow we want to drop this weight.
So I started with the Zepboundon the lowest dosage and
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continued my visits with myproviders.
I checked in once a month.
I got blood work drawn, so itwas a whole holistic thing.
We came up with an exerciseplan.
So I started working with atrainer that was provided at the
facility that I was going to,and we worked out with the
trainer three times a week and Iwould do cardio outside of the
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trainer and for a whole year wekept this plan.
I was working out three days aweek, I was walking, and by the
time 2024 rolled around and Iwent for my physical, my doctor
was like, oh, these numbers lookgreat.
So by the time I got back to mydoctor in 2024 for my physical,
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my blood pressure had dropped.
I had lost I think at the timeI was right at about 25 pounds.
Yeah, yeah, I think I was rightat 25 pounds, and so the weight
was starting to come off.
Well, guess what happens whenyou get on a weight loss journey
?
Your body gets acclimated towhatever you're doing.
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So we had to step it up.
So the dosage for the Zepboundbegan to increase and I'm still
not on a high dose right now,but the dosage started to
increase.
So about every three months wewould up the dose.
I have had zero side effects.
I don't have food cravings.
I actually have to remindmyself to eat because what
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ZepBam does?
It turns off that food noise.
Well, all of the GLP-1s do this.
They turn off that food noisewhere you're just wanting to eat
.
And I realize that I am astress eater, so anytime I'm
stressed out I will grab a bagof chips and eat them, or ice
cream sweets.
That was my downfall.
So the ZepBam has helped toturn all of that noise off and
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I'm making much healthierchoices.
So when I realized that theweight loss was coming off and
my body had kind of plateaued,then we stepped it up.
I got a membership at one ofthe local gyms.
I started attending classes.
One of my favorite classes is adeep stretch class, which helps
to maintain your flexibilityand it helps to prevent injuries
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.
I love taking it on theweekends because it is a great
way to end my workouts for theweek and a great way to prepare
for the workouts for theupcoming week.
So I love that class.
It's very relaxing.
So I started taking classes andI got a new trainer at the gym.
So with this new trainer Imainly focus on weight training
because when I met with himinitially, we did a full body
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scan.
I met with him initially, wedid a full body scan.
So the body scan, what that didwas it measured my weight.
Of course, it looked at my bodyfat, it looked at the
composition, it looked at howmuch water I was retaining and
we got that as a baseline.
So we got that.
I started working with thetrainer in January of this year,
2025.
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So the weight loss that I hadin 2024, by the end of 2024, I
had gotten to what was my weight.
Then, by the end of 24, I haddropped 58, 52.8 pounds, which
was great 52.8 pounds, which wasgreat.
So the reason why I wanted todo a year, because in a healthy
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way you're supposed to loseweight, lose one to two pounds
per week.
So I figured out one pound aweek for 52 weeks.
That would get me to 50 pounds.
Then I got another year to getme to 50 pounds and then by my
50th birthday I would be good.
I would just be eithermaintaining what I've done or
actually losing weight, losingmore weight or toning.
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So by the end of 2024, I hadgotten down to 52.8 pounds,
which was amazing.
So now we step it up.
I meet with a trainer in Januaryof 2025 and we get the body
scan done and he asked me well,what are your overall goals?
And so I tell him you know, Ireally want to build muscle
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because one thing that I learnedabout my body because I've lost
weight before I had gotten downto a size eight, which is where
I want to be back to and Irealized then that my body loves
muscle, my body builds musclefairly quickly, and so I
realized then that I have tolift weights.
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So if I don't lift weights,stuff starts to sag, I lose
definition and all this stuff.
So I told him I want to weighttrain because I want I don't
want the weight to be fallingoff of me faster than my muscles
can catch up with it, becausesagging skin and all that stuff.
So he asked me about my goals.
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He asked me about, you know, ifI had any milestones that I
wanted to reach, and so I gavehim.
You know we brainstormed aboutsome ideas.
I gave him what I wanted to doand he came up with a workout
plan for me, and so with him, wework out twice a week and all I
do with him is weight training.
That's it.
There's no cardio, there's nostretch, like none.
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Of all we do is weight training.
And y'all, I fussed the entiretime.
The entire time I'm with thisman, I'm fussing.
So our first workout, you knowit wasn't.
It was hard, but it wasn't ashard as I thought it was going
to be because, again, I had beenworking out for a year.
So I had some stamina, I hadsome you know, little little
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stuff in my arsenal, but a goodtrainer takes it up a notch.
And so our first workout, hedid a test, a strength training
test, and I didn't realize thatthis is what he was doing, and
also I did not realize that thisis how, that I had gotten
actually stronger than what Iknew.
And so he watched that andtailored workouts for this new
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strength that I had, tailoredworkouts for this new strength
that I had.
And I remember the followingmorning getting out of bed and
thinking, oh my God, what have Idone?
Because I was so sore.
I was so sore, but I realizedthat that was a good workout.
So we've been working out sinceJanuary of 2025.
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At the time of the recording ofthis podcast.
It is now March.
No, I'm wrong.
Oh my gosh.
No, yeah, we did start workingout January 2025.
Sorry y'all, I'm trying toremember off the top of my head
all of this stuff and it's a lot.
So I've been working with himsince January 24th 25.
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It is now March, and so for mybirthday, I had this goal.
I wanted to be at at least 60pounds of weight loss and people
had started commenting aboutyou know my face looking slimmer
.
I even noticed that mycollarbone has popped out.
Yeah, if you're watching onYouTube, you can see me moving
my collarbone.
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If you've been following me onsocial medias, you know what I
said about my collarbone.
I've been saying when mycollarbone pops out, y'all can't
tell me nothing If I seejawline and collarbone baby.
So my collarbone has made anappearance, my jawline has
started making appearance andpeople have been commenting
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about my face being slimmer.
You can see that, and I'venoticed that my clothes don't
fit.
So one thing about this for meit is really hard for me to see
the weight loss and I wastalking to my therapist about it
, cause I was like do I have alittle body body dysmorphia, you
know, and yeah, I do slightly,is not um, on the extreme end,
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but yeah, I do have a have alean tinge of body dysmorphia
where it's hard for me to see myweight loss because I'm still
thinking that I'm that womanthat was in a size 24, 3x, 4x,
276.6 pounds that's how much Iweighed y'all at the beginning
of this.
I'll stick, told y'all stick,and it's been hard for me to see
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it.
Well, I stopped looking at thescale because the scale can be
frustrating.
The scale will have youthinking you're not making any
progress.
So I've been looking at thesenon-scale wins.
I remember the day that Icrossed my legs for the first
time.
I didn't even realize that Idid it, it just kind of
naturally happened.
And then when I noticed my legswere crossed, I was like, oh my
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God, I haven't been able to dothis in about 10, 15 years.
So that was a small win inabout 10, 15 years.
So that was a small win.
That was a non-scale win Let mestop saying small wins, because
all of this is big but that wasa non-scale win for me.
So, being able to cross my legs, I was super excited.
I had to take a picture tocommemorate that.
Then I noticed that I was goingupstairs, going up flights of
stairs without being winded.
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I started moving a littlefaster.
Now I can walk a mile in 30minutes, or I can do a
stationary bike and get fivemiles in in about an hour.
I can walk on the treadmill atan incline, a higher incline and
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not be winded.
I can lift higher weights.
So it's things like that thatI've started.
I'm noticing, instead of justlooking at the scale, because
the scale takes into accounteverything.
It takes into account water.
Now I have a fancy scale hereat home and it tells me
everything.
It tells me when I don't haveenough water, when I've drank
too much water, if I don't haveenough protein, if I'm getting
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enough protein, like Then I hadthis lovely watch that tells me
when I'm sleeping right and I'mnot sleeping right.
It tells me when I'm stressed.
So I'm looking at all of thesethings because it's a holistic
kind of thing.
Well, I took a picture of myselfin the elevator one day when I
was at work and the outfit thatI had on.
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I saw it.
I saw 60 pound weight loss.
And so for my birthday, beforeI went on my solo trip for my
birthday.
I went in with my trainer andwe did another scan, another
body scan, just to get an update.
So we had the baseline done inJanuary and we did the body scan
repeat in March March 14th tobe exact, because it was right
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before I went out of town andthe difference from my first
body scan to now was mindblowing to me.
Everything was was lower for mybody fat percentage.
The only thing that was up wasmy muscle mass.
My muscle mass was up, my BMR,which is your basic metabolic
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rate, which tells you how wellyou are burning off fat,
especially when you're sleeping,because that's what really
matters when you're sleeping andyou're burning off that fat,
like how fast it's coming off.
It was dramatically different.
And that's when we realizedthat I had actually dropped 62.8
pounds, so I had exceeded mygoal for my birthday.
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I wanted to cry because I wasso proud of myself.
And, yes, I'm having assistancewith the ZetBound, but the
ZetBound ain't doing all thework, because I'm getting my
butt in the gym and I'm watchingwhat I'm eating and I'm making
sure that I'm drinking a gallonof water a day.
I'm getting in so much proteinand collagen.
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That's why my skin's notsagging.
So it's all of these thingsthat my dietician has been
recommending that I'm doing inthese lifestyle changes.
But I'm going to be honest withy'all I'm a little nervous
because I won't have the debtbound to help me.
We're actually taking me off ofit because I want to see what I
can do without it, and also, mynew insurance is not paying for
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it Now.
Granted, I could pay for it outof pocket myself, but I want to
see what I can do without it,and I always have the option
that if it doesn't work, I cango back on it.
And I just want to encouragepeople out there Don't let
people shame you for getting thehelp that you need to reach the
goal that you need.
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Weight loss is hard.
It is so hard, especially whenyou're a woman of a certain age.
If you are a woman inperimenopause or postmenopause
or menopausal, it's really hardto get this weight off.
And so if you need medicalintervention, get it, because
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I'm going to tell you what.
I'm going to tell you what ifme without Zepbound doesn't work
, me and Zepbound gonna be rightback, we're gonna go together
real good.
I ain't even kidding.
We're gonna go together realgood.
And if my body doesn't tone upthe way that I hope that it does
, I got a plastic surgeon onspeed dial right now, because
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there's gonna be some places Iain't ashamed.
I'm gonna get nicked and tuckedand I don't care what anybody
has to say about it, because atthe end of the day I have to
look at myself in the mirror andbe pleased with what I see.
Now I'm not going to be drasticand go out here and be like you
know this don't even look likeTracy.
I'm going to look like adifferent person anyway because
I'm losing the weight.
But I'm going to do what makesme feel good.
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And here's the thing.
I'm not doing this for anybodyelse.
I'm not even doing it for thevanity.
I'm doing it because I want tolive a healthy life.
I don't want to be sitting in achair somewhere when I'm 70, 80
, god willing, I live that long.
I don't want to be in my goldenyears sitting in a chair,
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chewing for no reason and notbeing able to get around.
I want to be in my right mindand I want my body to be healthy
.
So I'm doing things now that'sgoing to help me be healthy now,
granted, looking good.
Being in smaller sizes andlooking good is is a perk of the
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hard work that I'm doing,because if you're watching on on
uh youtube now, you see I gotmy shoulder out.
I got my shoulders out, honey.
So I encourage you, if you areon a weight loss journey, you,
you know go see a physician.
First of all, make sure thatyou are healthy enough to do
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these lifestyle changes.
If you have the ability to getmedical intervention and when I
say medical intervention is notjust medications, but also
having a dietician, if you canget it, having a nutrition
person, having a physician to beable to walk with you along
this journey and make sure thatyou're successful.
I thank God that I have theprivilege because it is a
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privilege.
I have the privilege of havingall of these things and a
trainer, but there was a timewhere I didn't.
There was a time where I didn't.
So please don't think that Idon't know what it's like to try
to do this on your own, withoutassistance.
I do.
One thing that I will encourageyou to do is get moving.
Get moving, like, if you can'tget a gym membership, get
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outside.
Get outside and move your body.
There are so many great YouTubevideos.
There are fitness people onYouTube.
I do Pilates via YouTube If I'mnot able to get into the class
at the gym there's.
I love dance, so I look for hiphop classes on YouTube.
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There's Grow With Jo.
She's amazing.
She is amazing.
I watch her and I do her videos.
They're not hours long.
You can do a quick 10 minute,15 minute workout.
I walk at least 30 minutes a day, especially when I'm at working
in the office.
So I take my lunch break and Iwalk, and on the weekends I walk
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a little more.
I get between 7,500.
So my goal each day is 7,500steps.
I know they say 10,000.
My life ain't set up that way.
I do at least 7,500 steps perday.
Some days I get up to 10,000.
Sometimes I get over 10,000.
But I'm doing things that workfor my lifestyle.
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But if you get out and juststart walking, you're moving
your body.
And please know disclaimer I amnot a fitness expert.
I'm not claiming to be.
I'm just sharing the thingsthat I have been doing in the
last two years that have beengiving me very good results.
And so now, as I approach 50,I'm a little more excited about
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approaching 50.
I was excited before, but I'm alittle more excited about
approaching 50.
I was excited before, but I'm alittle more excited about
approaching 50 because I'mseeing the work manifest.
I'm seeing the changes in mybody.
I'm seeing the changes in mymindset and my clarity.
I'm seeing the changes in mywardrobe.
You know, I'm doing things thatI was not able to do before and
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I'm so proud of myself.
When was the last time you toldyourself you were proud of you?
So I just wanted to share thatupdate.
I will be 50 in 2026 and I'vebeen telling everybody you know
that's coming to my 50thbirthday celebration I'm gonna
have my cheeks out.
I'm gonna have my cheeks outbecause I ain't working this
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booty off of nothing.
She gonna be sitting up inheart shape, like, so I'm gonna
have my cheeks out, be preparedat least for one day.
I may not do it the entire timeof my 50th celebration, but I'm
gonna have my cheeks out andI've.
I've set up a couple of thingsas rewards as I go along on this
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journey, and one of them beingI'm getting a gown made and we
did up my measurements.
When did I go?
I went in February, I think.
Yeah, I went in February tomeet the dress designer and come
up with the design and theconcept and she took my
measurements and y'all I wassick as a dog like just seeing
those measurements because Iknew that they were going to be
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different.
But she had to take mymeasurements to get an idea of
where we're going to start.
But come June, when I go getfitted for real and we order the
gown, my measurements are goingto be different.
So I'm setting up these littlemilestones as we go along and
I'm looking forward to lookinggood in this gown.
And please keep in mind what Ithink I look good in is my
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opinion.
I look good for me, not foranybody else.
I want you to have that mindsettoo.
Look good for you, not foranybody else.
Yes, people comment, they'regoing to comment.
Let them, because one half ofthe time that people are making
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the comments aren't doing thingsfor themselves, they're
watching from the sidelines.
Let them watch, let them talk.
My mentor tells me all the timenever chase a lie.
Jesus never chased a lie andneither will you.
This journey can be so hard,but if you have people that will
walk alongside you and help you, stay accountable like I have.
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I don't do gym buddies becausethat just never worked for me.
I'm very self-motivated, but ifyou are in the Charlotte area
and you want to go to the gymwith me, let me know.
Don't be crazy, though, but letme know I will go to the gym
with you.
If you want to walk, there arebeautiful parks in the area we
can go walk, get a mile in, twomiles in.
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My friend, tatiana Forbes, juststarted a run club which I need
to join.
She just started a run club forslow runners.
Best for Last.
I'm going to put the link andeverything in the show notes,
but Tatiana and I did 75 softtogether and had great results.
She's doing 75 hard now andjust started a whole community.
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But when it comes to exerciselike for me I get bored really
easily.
I don't like doing the samethings over and over and over
again, so I had to find thingsthat piqued my interest.
So, like I said, I love dance.
I take dance classes.
I find workouts thatincorporate some kind of dance.
I love Pilates.
I love stretching.
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I just started to challengemyself.
Getting on the stair climber andbaby, that stair climber
humbled me.
Getting on the stair climberand baby, that stair climber
humbled me.
Okay, that stair climber hashumbled me, but I had to switch
it up because now we're gettingto the finish line and when I
see that scale go from 276.6 to176.6.
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Baby, the shouts I'm going torelease from the depths of my
soul will be heard around theworld.
And don't let me.
Let me get to out of these 200s, okay, because I know y'all
doing the math.
I told you how much I weighed.
Let me get out of these 200s.
Right now, I'm at 207.
At the recording of thispodcast, I'm at 207.
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You, let me get out of these200s.
Right now, I'm at 207.
At the recording of thispodcast, I'm at 207.
You, let me get to 199.
Let me see one in front of thatweight Celebration.
But yeah, when I hit 50, beastmode.
And no, I'm not going to stoponce I hit 50.
I think once I hit 50, it'sjust going to be even more.
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It's just.
That's just the beginning,that's just the baseline.
There's so many things that Iwant to do and challenge myself,
and maybe that's anotherpodcast episode.
I'm thinking about 50 thingsthat I want to do by my 50th
birthday and one of them isactually run America, run.
God, I just said it.
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I guess I'm gonna run amarathon.
I don't know.
I do want to do a 5k, though Ido want to run a 5k.
I don't know about a marathon,y'all that's 26 miles, oh Jesus,
I don't know.
But it depends on you know howthings go, but we'll see.
But I'm thinking about 50things that I want to do by the
time I'm 50.
One of them is scuba dive.
So I've shared that.
I've taken swim lessons.
I'm going back to take moreswim lessons because I really
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want to hone that skill and inorder to scuba dive, you got to
be a strong swimmer.
I'm not a strong, strongswimmer yet, so I really want to
scuba, and scuba may be thething that I do in my 50th
birthday celebration celebration, but we'll see, we'll see.
But I hope that this podcast hasencouraged you and if you have
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any questions for me, like Isaid, I am not a health expert
or a fitness expert or anythinglike that.
I'm just sharing the thingsthat I have been doing and that
have worked for me.
I am learning as I go along andI have a great team of
providers who are making surethat I don't hurt myself.
They're making sure that Idon't hurt myself, but I hope
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that this has encouraged you insome way, shape or form.
Just get up and get moving Ifyou are struggling with your
weight.
It's also a mindset change.
Y'all it really is, because,like I said, I'm having a
difficult time seeing myself inthis new body and it's going to
take some time.
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But my therapist is on it.
We're like, yeah, you're notclinically, you know, on the
deep end, you're doing things ina healthy way.
So I hope that you find whatworks for you and that you stay
consistent, that you stay loyalto yourself, you stay
accountable to yourself and justknow that you are worth the
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work.
You are worth the work.
All right, so that's it forthis week's episode.
I pray that you found somethinghelpful out of this and I pray
that you come back, because wewill be back next week with
another episode.
I'm so excited to be back withy'all.
I missed you so, so much.
So I will see you all next timeand, as always, remember God
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loves you, I love you.
It ain't nothing you can doabout it.
Boo Bye.
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Go ahead and grab that thing,because I am about to give you
an update on Fit Fine, fabulousby 50.
All right, if you don't knowwhat Fit Fine and Fabulous by 50
is.
This is my weight loss journeyand I set out a goal in 2023,
where I wanted to.
The goal is to drop 100 pounds.
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Yes, I can afford to drop 100pounds.
I can afford to drop 100 pounds.
I was thick, thick.
I'm still thick, but, yeah, myhealth had taken a shift.
Well, it was about to take ashift, so let me tell you what
happened.
In February of 2023, I went infor my yearly physical and my
numbers did not come out great.
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So my blood pressure waselevated, my cholesterol was
elevated, I had gained a ton ofweight and so it wasn't looking
good.
And my doctor was very honestand candid with me and he told
me that if we did not make somemainly me, but he said we if we
didn't make some changes now, itwas going to be downhill from
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there.
And so that that gave me.
You know, I did not want to bethe reason that I was not in
good health.
You know, some things you can'tavoid, but when it comes to
high blood pressure, sometimesit is just it could be
hereditary or it could belifestyle things.
So there was some lifestylechanges that I needed to make.
So I made a commitment tomyself then and there that I was
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going to drop these 100 pounds.
And yes, a hundred pounds is alot.
And I said to make.
So I made a commitment tomyself then and there that I was
going to drop these 100 pounds.
And yes, 100 pounds is a lot.
And I said I wanted to do it bymy 50th birthday, because at
the time I was 48.
So do the math 48 to 50, that'stwo years.
I was giving myself two yearsto drop this weight, and so I
consulted my physician, madesure that I was healthy enough
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to start exercising.
I actually found a provider whodeals with weight loss.
That's their specialty.
I got in with a nursepractitioner and a dietician,
and so we came up with a dietaryplan and we also came up with
some medical intervention.
So I started ZipBound.
Well, actually, let me back up.
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I started with a GLP calledSaxenda, and Saxenda worked for
a little while, but this wasduring the time when the GLPs
were getting very popular.
I did not try Ozempic orManjaro because I was not
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diabetic, I was pre-diabetic,and so my physician was adamant
about me not being on thosemedications because I was not
diabetic, and I agreed with herbecause I was like I'm not going
to take a drug that's reallynot meant for me, and I know
that there are a lot of peopleout there when they were having
supply issues.
There are people out there whoare actually diabetic and this
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medication sustains them.
I didn't want to be one of theones that was taking a drug out
of somebody's hand that reallyneeded it.
So we started with sexenda, hadsupply issues.
Then we switched over to Wagovi.
Wagovi was doing well, butagain supply issues.
So I had to come off of both ofthem.
Well, during that transitionaltime, um, zetbound became
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available and so we startedZetBound and we did not have any
issues with the supply withZetBound.
So I started taking ZetBound.
I started on the very lowestdose, um that they had.
So I started on what was it?
2.5 milligrams, and it was aslow, slow burn.
I did not want to go fullthrottle with the medications.
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One, because I didn't want tohave a whole lot of side effects
.
I didn't know how this wasgoing to affect my body.
And also I did not want to dropweight very fast because I
didn't want to look look battlewith with sagging skin.
And I didn't want to look lookbattle with with a sagging skin.
And I didn't want to looksunken Like.
I still wanted to look healthy.
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I wanted the weight loss to beseen, but I didn't want to look
like I was losing weight, ifthat makes sense.
You know how some people loseweight too fast and they look
sick.
I didn't want to look like that.
So I was very strategic abouthow we want to drop this weight.
So I was very strategic abouthow we want to drop this weight.
So I started with the Zepboundon the lowest dosage and
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continued my visits with myproviders.
I checked in once a month.
I got blood work drawn, so itwas a whole holistic thing.
We came up with an exerciseplan.
So I started working with atrainer that was provided at the
facility that I was going to,and we worked out with the
trainer three times a week and Iwould do cardio outside of the
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trainer and for a whole year wekept this plan.
I was working out three days aweek, I was walking, and by the
time 2024 rolled around and Iwent for my physical, my doctor
was like, oh, these numbers lookgreat.
So by the time I got back to mydoctor in 2024 for my physical,
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my blood pressure had dropped.
I had lost I think at the timeI was right at about 25 pounds.
Yeah, yeah, I think I was rightat 25 pounds, and so the weight
was starting to come off.
Well, guess what happens whenyou get on a weight loss journey
?
Your body gets acclimated towhatever you're doing.
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So we had to step it up.
So the dosage for the Zepboundbegan to increase and I'm still
not on a high dose right now,but the dosage started to
increase.
So about every three months wewould up the dose.
I have had zero side effects.
I don't have food cravings.
I actually have to remindmyself to eat because what
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ZepBam does?
It turns off that food noise.
Well, all of the GLP-1s do this.
They turn off that food noisewhere you're just wanting to eat
.
And I realize that I am astress eater, so anytime I'm
stressed out I will grab a bagof chips and eat them, or ice
cream sweets.
That was my downfall.
So the ZepBam has helped toturn all of that noise off and
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I'm making much healthierchoices.
So when I realized that theweight loss was coming off and
my body had kind of plateaued,then we stepped it up.
I got a membership at one ofthe local gyms.
I started attending classes.
One of my favorite classes is adeep stretch class, which helps
to maintain your flexibilityand it helps to prevent injuries
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.
I love taking it on theweekends because it is a great
way to end my workouts for theweek and a great way to prepare
for the workouts for theupcoming week.
So I love that class.
It's very relaxing.
So I started taking classes andI got a new trainer at the gym.
So with this new trainer Imainly focus on weight training
because when I met with himinitially, we did a full body
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scan.
I met with him initially, wedid a full body scan.
So the body scan, what that didwas it measured my weight.
Of course, it looked at my bodyfat, it looked at the
composition, it looked at howmuch water I was retaining and
we got that as a baseline.
So we got that.
I started working with thetrainer in January of this year,
2025.
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So the weight loss that I hadin 2024, by the end of 2024, I
had gotten to what was my weight.
Then, by the end of 24, I haddropped 58, 52.8 pounds, which
was great 52.8 pounds, which wasgreat.
So the reason why I wanted todo a year, because in a healthy
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way you're supposed to loseweight, lose one to two pounds
per week.
So I figured out one pound aweek for 52 weeks.
That would get me to 50 pounds.
Then I got another year to getme to 50 pounds and then by my
50th birthday I would be good.
I would just be eithermaintaining what I've done or
actually losing weight, losingmore weight or toning.
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So by the end of 2024, I hadgotten down to 52.8 pounds,
which was amazing.
So now we step it up.
I meet with a trainer in Januaryof 2025 and we get the body
scan done and he asked me well,what are your overall goals?
And so I tell him you know, Ireally want to build muscle
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because one thing that I learnedabout my body because I've lost
weight before I had gotten downto a size eight, which is where
I want to be back to and Irealized then that my body loves
muscle, my body builds musclefairly quickly, and so I
realized then that I have tolift weights.
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So if I don't lift weights,stuff starts to sag, I lose
definition and all this stuff.
So I told him I want to weighttrain because I want I don't
want the weight to be fallingoff of me faster than my muscles
can catch up with it, becausesagging skin and all that stuff.
So he asked me about my goals.
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He asked me about, you know, ifI had any milestones that I
wanted to reach, and so I gavehim.
You know we brainstormed aboutsome ideas.
I gave him what I wanted to doand he came up with a workout
plan for me, and so with him, wework out twice a week and all I
do with him is weight training.
That's it.
There's no cardio, there's nostretch, like none.
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Of all we do is weight training.
And y'all, I fussed the entiretime.
The entire time I'm with thisman, I'm fussing.
So our first workout, you knowit wasn't.
It was hard, but it wasn't ashard as I thought it was going
to be because, again, I had beenworking out for a year.
So I had some stamina, I hadsome you know, little little
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stuff in my arsenal, but a goodtrainer takes it up a notch.
And so our first workout, hedid a test, a strength training
test, and I didn't realize thatthis is what he was doing, and
also I did not realize that thisis how, that I had gotten
actually stronger than what Iknew.
And so he watched that andtailored workouts for this new
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strength that I had, tailoredworkouts for this new strength
that I had.
And I remember the followingmorning getting out of bed and
thinking, oh my God, what have Idone?
Because I was so sore.
I was so sore, but I realizedthat that was a good workout.
So we've been working out sinceJanuary of 2025.
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At the time of the recording ofthis podcast.
It is now March.
No, I'm wrong.
Oh my gosh.
No, yeah, we did start workingout January 2025.
Sorry y'all, I'm trying toremember off the top of my head
all of this stuff and it's a lot.
So I've been working with himsince January 24th 25.
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It is now March, and so for mybirthday, I had this goal.
I wanted to be at at least 60pounds of weight loss and people
had started commenting aboutyou know my face looking slimmer
.
I even noticed that mycollarbone has popped out.
Yeah, if you're watching onYouTube, you can see me moving
my collarbone.
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If you've been following me onsocial medias, you know what I
said about my collarbone.
I've been saying when mycollarbone pops out, y'all can't
tell me nothing If I seejawline and collarbone baby.
So my collarbone has made anappearance, my jawline has
started making appearance andpeople have been commenting
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about my face being slimmer.
You can see that, and I'venoticed that my clothes don't
fit.
So one thing about this for meit is really hard for me to see
the weight loss and I wastalking to my therapist about it
, cause I was like do I have alittle body body dysmorphia, you
know, and yeah, I do slightly,is not um, on the extreme end,
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but yeah, I do have a have alean tinge of body dysmorphia
where it's hard for me to see myweight loss because I'm still
thinking that I'm that womanthat was in a size 24, 3x, 4x,
276.6 pounds that's how much Iweighed y'all at the beginning
of this.
I'll stick, told y'all stick,and it's been hard for me to see
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it.
Well, I stopped looking at thescale because the scale can be
frustrating.
The scale will have youthinking you're not making any
progress.
So I've been looking at thesenon-scale wins.
I remember the day that Icrossed my legs for the first
time.
I didn't even realize that Idid it, it just kind of
naturally happened.
And then when I noticed my legswere crossed, I was like, oh my
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God, I haven't been able to dothis in about 10, 15 years.
So that was a small win inabout 10, 15 years.
So that was a small win.
That was a non-scale win Let mestop saying small wins, because
all of this is big but that wasa non-scale win for me.
So, being able to cross my legs, I was super excited.
I had to take a picture tocommemorate that.
Then I noticed that I was goingupstairs, going up flights of
stairs without being winded.
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I started moving a littlefaster.
Now I can walk a mile in 30minutes, or I can do a
stationary bike and get fivemiles in in about an hour.
I can walk on the treadmill atan incline, a higher incline and
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not be winded.
I can lift higher weights.
So it's things like that thatI've started.
I'm noticing, instead of justlooking at the scale, because
the scale takes into accounteverything.
It takes into account water.
Now I have a fancy scale hereat home and it tells me
everything.
It tells me when I don't haveenough water, when I've drank
too much water, if I don't haveenough protein, if I'm getting
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enough protein, like Then I hadthis lovely watch that tells me
when I'm sleeping right and I'mnot sleeping right.
It tells me when I'm stressed.
So I'm looking at all of thesethings because it's a holistic
kind of thing.
Well, I took a picture of myselfin the elevator one day when I
was at work and the outfit thatI had on.
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I saw it.
I saw 60 pound weight loss.
And so for my birthday, beforeI went on my solo trip for my
birthday.
I went in with my trainer andwe did another scan, another
body scan, just to get an update.
So we had the baseline done inJanuary and we did the body scan
repeat in March March 14th tobe exact, because it was right
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before I went out of town andthe difference from my first
body scan to now was mindblowing to me.
Everything was was lower for mybody fat percentage.
The only thing that was up wasmy muscle mass.
My muscle mass was up, my BMR,which is your basic metabolic
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rate, which tells you how wellyou are burning off fat,
especially when you're sleeping,because that's what really
matters when you're sleeping andyou're burning off that fat,
like how fast it's coming off.
It was dramatically different.
And that's when we realizedthat I had actually dropped 62.8
pounds, so I had exceeded mygoal for my birthday.
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I wanted to cry because I wasso proud of myself.
And, yes, I'm having assistancewith the ZetBound, but the
ZetBound ain't doing all thework, because I'm getting my
butt in the gym and I'm watchingwhat I'm eating and I'm making
sure that I'm drinking a gallonof water a day.
I'm getting in so much proteinand collagen.
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That's why my skin's notsagging.
So it's all of these thingsthat my dietician has been
recommending that I'm doing inthese lifestyle changes.
But I'm going to be honest withy'all I'm a little nervous
because I won't have the debtbound to help me.
We're actually taking me off ofit because I want to see what I
can do without it, and also, mynew insurance is not paying for
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it Now.
Granted, I could pay for it outof pocket myself, but I want to
see what I can do without it,and I always have the option
that if it doesn't work, I cango back on it.
And I just want to encouragepeople out there Don't let
people shame you for getting thehelp that you need to reach the
goal that you need.
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Weight loss is hard.
It is so hard, especially whenyou're a woman of a certain age.
If you are a woman inperimenopause or postmenopause
or menopausal, it's really hardto get this weight off.
And so if you need medicalintervention, get it, because
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I'm going to tell you what.
I'm going to tell you what ifme without Zepbound doesn't work
, me and Zepbound gonna be rightback, we're gonna go together
real good.
I ain't even kidding.
We're gonna go together realgood.
And if my body doesn't tone upthe way that I hope that it does
, I got a plastic surgeon onspeed dial right now, because
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there's gonna be some places Iain't ashamed.
I'm gonna get nicked and tuckedand I don't care what anybody
has to say about it, because atthe end of the day I have to
look at myself in the mirror andbe pleased with what I see.
Now I'm not going to be drasticand go out here and be like you
know this don't even look likeTracy.
I'm going to look like adifferent person anyway because
I'm losing the weight.
But I'm going to do what makesme feel good.
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And here's the thing.
I'm not doing this for anybodyelse.
I'm not even doing it for thevanity.
I'm doing it because I want tolive a healthy life.
I don't want to be sitting in achair somewhere when I'm 70, 80
, god willing, I live that long.
I don't want to be in my goldenyears sitting in a chair,
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chewing for no reason and notbeing able to get around.
I want to be in my right mindand I want my body to be healthy
.
So I'm doing things now that'sgoing to help me be healthy now,
granted, looking good.
Being in smaller sizes andlooking good is is a perk of the
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hard work that I'm doing,because if you're watching on on
uh youtube now, you see I gotmy shoulder out.
I got my shoulders out, honey.
So I encourage you, if you areon a weight loss journey, you,
you know go see a physician.
First of all, make sure thatyou are healthy enough to do
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these lifestyle changes.
If you have the ability to getmedical intervention and when I
say medical intervention is notjust medications, but also
having a dietician, if you canget it, having a nutrition
person, having a physician to beable to walk with you along
this journey and make sure thatyou're successful.
I thank God that I have theprivilege because it is a
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privilege.
I have the privilege of havingall of these things and a
trainer, but there was a timewhere I didn't.
There was a time where I didn't.
So please don't think that Idon't know what it's like to try
to do this on your own, withoutassistance.
I do.
One thing that I will encourageyou to do is get moving.
Get moving, like, if you can'tget a gym membership, get
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outside.
Get outside and move your body.
There are so many great YouTubevideos.
There are fitness people onYouTube.
I do Pilates via YouTube If I'mnot able to get into the class
at the gym there's.
I love dance, so I look for hiphop classes on YouTube.
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There's Grow With Jo.
She's amazing.
She is amazing.
I watch her and I do her videos.
They're not hours long.
You can do a quick 10 minute,15 minute workout.
I walk at least 30 minutes a day, especially when I'm at working
in the office.
So I take my lunch break and Iwalk, and on the weekends I walk
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a little more.
I get between 7,500.
So my goal each day is 7,500steps.
I know they say 10,000.
My life ain't set up that way.
I do at least 7,500 steps perday.
Some days I get up to 10,000.
Sometimes I get over 10,000.
But I'm doing things that workfor my lifestyle.
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But if you get out and juststart walking, you're moving
your body.
And please know disclaimer I amnot a fitness expert.
I'm not claiming to be.
I'm just sharing the thingsthat I have been doing in the
last two years that have beengiving me very good results.
And so now, as I approach 50,I'm a little more excited about
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approaching 50.
I was excited before, but I'm alittle more excited about
approaching 50.
I was excited before, but I'm alittle more excited about
approaching 50 because I'mseeing the work manifest.
I'm seeing the changes in mybody.
I'm seeing the changes in mymindset and my clarity.
I'm seeing the changes in mywardrobe.
You know, I'm doing things thatI was not able to do before and
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I'm so proud of myself.
When was the last time you toldyourself you were proud of you?
So I just wanted to share thatupdate.
I will be 50 in 2026 and I'vebeen telling everybody you know
that's coming to my 50thbirthday celebration I'm gonna
have my cheeks out.
I'm gonna have my cheeks outbecause I ain't working this
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booty off of nothing.
She gonna be sitting up inheart shape, like, so I'm gonna
have my cheeks out, be preparedat least for one day.
I may not do it the entire timeof my 50th celebration, but I'm
gonna have my cheeks out andI've.
I've set up a couple of thingsas rewards as I go along on this
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journey, and one of them beingI'm getting a gown made and we
did up my measurements.
When did I go?
I went in February, I think.
Yeah, I went in February tomeet the dress designer and come
up with the design and theconcept and she took my
measurements and y'all I wassick as a dog like just seeing
those measurements because Iknew that they were going to be
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different.
But she had to take mymeasurements to get an idea of
where we're going to start.
But come June, when I go getfitted for real and we order the
gown, my measurements are goingto be different.
So I'm setting up these littlemilestones as we go along and
I'm looking forward to lookinggood in this gown.
And please keep in mind what Ithink I look good in is my
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opinion.
I look good for me, not foranybody else.
I want you to have that mindsettoo.
Look good for you, not foranybody else.
Yes, people comment, they'regoing to comment.
Let them, because one half ofthe time that people are making
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the comments aren't doing thingsfor themselves, they're
watching from the sidelines.
Let them watch, let them talk.
My mentor tells me all the timenever chase a lie.
Jesus never chased a lie andneither will you.
This journey can be so hard,but if you have people that will
walk alongside you and help you, stay accountable like I have.
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I don't do gym buddies becausethat just never worked for me.
I'm very self-motivated, but ifyou are in the Charlotte area
and you want to go to the gymwith me, let me know.
Don't be crazy, though, but letme know I will go to the gym
with you.
If you want to walk, there arebeautiful parks in the area we
can go walk, get a mile in, twomiles in.
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My friend, tatiana Forbes, juststarted a run club which I need
to join.
She just started a run club forslow runners.
Best for Last.
I'm going to put the link andeverything in the show notes,
but Tatiana and I did 75 softtogether and had great results.
She's doing 75 hard now andjust started a whole community.
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But when it comes to exerciselike for me I get bored really
easily.
I don't like doing the samethings over and over and over
again, so I had to find thingsthat piqued my interest.
So, like I said, I love dance.
I take dance classes.
I find workouts thatincorporate some kind of dance.
I love Pilates.
I love stretching.
(26:52):
I just started to challengemyself.
Getting on the stair climber andbaby, that stair climber
humbled me.
Getting on the stair climberand baby, that stair climber
humbled me.
Okay, that stair climber hashumbled me, but I had to switch
it up because now we're gettingto the finish line and when I
see that scale go from 276.6 to176.6.
(27:15):
Baby, the shouts I'm going torelease from the depths of my
soul will be heard around theworld.
And don't let me.
Let me get to out of these 200s, okay, because I know y'all
doing the math.
I told you how much I weighed.
Let me get out of these 200s.
Right now, I'm at 207.
At the recording of thispodcast, I'm at 207.
(27:36):
You, let me get out of these200s.
Right now, I'm at 207.
At the recording of thispodcast, I'm at 207.
You, let me get to 199.
Let me see one in front of thatweight Celebration.
But yeah, when I hit 50, beastmode.
And no, I'm not going to stoponce I hit 50.
I think once I hit 50, it'sjust going to be even more.
(27:59):
It's just.
That's just the beginning,that's just the baseline.
There's so many things that Iwant to do and challenge myself,
and maybe that's anotherpodcast episode.
I'm thinking about 50 thingsthat I want to do by my 50th
birthday and one of them isactually run America, run.
God, I just said it.
(28:25):
I guess I'm gonna run amarathon.
I don't know.
I do want to do a 5k, though Ido want to run a 5k.
I don't know about a marathon,y'all that's 26 miles, oh Jesus,
I don't know.
But it depends on you know howthings go, but we'll see.
But I'm thinking about 50things that I want to do by the
time I'm 50.
One of them is scuba dive.
So I've shared that.
I've taken swim lessons.
I'm going back to take moreswim lessons because I really
(28:47):
want to hone that skill and inorder to scuba dive, you got to
be a strong swimmer.
I'm not a strong, strongswimmer yet, so I really want to
scuba, and scuba may be thething that I do in my 50th
birthday celebration celebration, but we'll see, we'll see.
But I hope that this podcast hasencouraged you and if you have
(29:09):
any questions for me, like Isaid, I am not a health expert
or a fitness expert or anythinglike that.
I'm just sharing the thingsthat I have been doing and that
have worked for me.
I am learning as I go along andI have a great team of
providers who are making surethat I don't hurt myself.
They're making sure that Idon't hurt myself, but I hope
(29:31):
that this has encouraged you insome way, shape or form.
Just get up and get moving Ifyou are struggling with your
weight.
It's also a mindset change.
Y'all it really is, because,like I said, I'm having a
difficult time seeing myself inthis new body and it's going to
take some time.
(29:51):
But my therapist is on it.
We're like, yeah, you're notclinically, you know, on the
deep end, you're doing things ina healthy way.
So I hope that you find whatworks for you and that you stay
consistent, that you stay loyalto yourself, you stay
accountable to yourself and justknow that you are worth the
(30:11):
work.
You are worth the work.
All right, so that's it forthis week's episode.
I pray that you found somethinghelpful out of this and I pray
that you come back, because wewill be back next week with
another episode.
I'm so excited to be back withy'all.
I missed you so, so much.
So I will see you all next timeand, as always, remember God
(30:36):
loves you, I love you.
It ain't nothing you can doabout it.
Boo Bye.
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