Lauren

I am so excited to be here talking to you today.

So I am currently on a health journey and a byproduct of that health journey is going to be a pretty significant amount of weight loss.

Plus or minus like 130 pounds.

I'm just done.

I need longevity in my life.

I have lots of genetic risk factors for diabetes, heart conditions, cancers, and the path I'm on now is just, it won't get me to that goal.

Thanks.

It's been a long time coming.

Yeah, it has to happen.

And I've worked through a lot of stuff that has brought the fear of losing it up.

And I'm just ready to like get past those feelings and take them head on and do the work, you know?

So my question today is, how do I talk to my kids about the impending body changes in a way that's positive and constructive but doesn't make them feel like they have to change anything about themselves?

I'm so worried that I'm going to screw them up, John.

Well, I guess they're not.

No, my kids are very healthy.

My son has a higher BMI, but he's kind of on the shorter side, but he's really stocky.

His dad is 6'6".

Okay.

So I have a lot of cognitive dissonance around this because I have felt the need to be smaller, like the should of.

Since I was in sixth grade, I can remember the first time I became aware of my body.