Finding Balance: Honest Conversations on Weight, Sugar, and Alcohol Freedom / EP 016

In our latest episode,  Susan and Ruby answer a listener's question, "I’m 100 Days AF still flummoxed at how I was managing to put away away at least an extra 700 cals a day and yet, I haven’t lost weight?? Blows my mind".  

This episode is packed with insightful discussions and practical tips for anyone on an alcohol-free journey or looking to make intentional choices about food habits.  The hosts emphasize the importance of focusing on a few goals at a time and taking a balanced approach to make progress. 

They discuss the significance of gradual progress and showing self-compassion, especially in the context of an alcohol-free journey.  Ruby shares her experience with cutting out sugar and the unexpected effects it had on her body. The hosts provide strategies for dealing with sugar cravings, including making healthier alternatives and setting oneself up for success by eliminating sugary temptations from the home. 

Both hosts address the frustration of not losing weight immediately after quitting alcohol and stress the importance of uncoupling weight loss expectations from the alcohol-free journey initially. They encourage listeners to be patient and emphasize the body's need to heal and recalibrate after quitting alcohol.00:00 Body healing and recalibrating to achieve balance.

04:24 Separate weight loss from alcohol-free journey. Apply mindset to food too.

06:59 Bodies struggle with change, but progress continues.

11:40 Struggle with self-compassion in an alcohol free journey.

16:20 Confidently overcoming urges, transitioning from alcohol to food.

17:27 Sugar-free for 4 years, sensitive to it.

21:13 Communicate with your spouse for alcohol-free household success.

25:28 Struggling with an alcohol-free journey, focusing on feelings.

27:47 Struggling with emotions, working on self-improvement.

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Transcript

Ruby [00:00:32]:

Hello, and welcome. I'm so excited to talk about this topic today. It's dear and dear to my heart. So we got this question from one of our readers in our Facebook community. The question is, “I'm 100 days alcohol free and still flummoxed at how I was managing to put away at least 700 extra calories a day, and yet I haven't lost any weight. This blows my mind.”

Susan [00:01:04]:

We hear this a lot with clients. We hear it in our path groups that we coach, our group coaching. Yeah. People really get frustrated, women especially, when they stop drinking and they don't lose weight right away. And sometimes they go, they just find it so frustrating that they have data points because they're like so, Ruby, what was your experience with this, with losing weight when you stopped drinking?

Ruby [00:01:30]:

This is such a good question. So for me, I didn't lose weight automatically either. So I really relate to this listener's question. Well, first of all, I felt like I was already not drinking alcohol, so I was going to go ahead and have dessert, have ice cream. So in a way, it wasn't like I really had a lot of extra calories, you know, I wasn't having less calories. I was giving myself so much grace and self compassion around things that made me feel comfortable. And food made me feel comforted.

Ruby [00:02:09]:

So it was like a treat. I could have dessert now if I wasn't drinking lots of wine. But I have the exact same thought. Like, wait a minute. I'm not drinking thousands of calories in alcohol… Shouldn't I just automatically lose weight? And, you know, it's interesting. I don't know if you have this experience, Susan, but it's the same when I had a baby. I would like to think, oh, after I have a baby, won't I just automatically lose weight? So I think we have these assumptions.

Ruby [00:02:36]:

I know. But for my body, when I think back, I had to be very intentional around food and sugar. And for me, it was at about 100 days alcohol free, which is interesting because we're talking about 100 days AF. I kinda made the decision that I wanted to look at my food and sugar and just be intentional. I wanted to be healthier. I knew I would feel better.

Ruby [00:03:03]:

And I do think that my body, probably for the whole 1st year, but definitely for the 1st 100 days, was trying to heal, and it was out of whack. Right? It was trying to get back to homeostasis. I think a lot of organs were working hard to recalibrate and to get to what we call homeostasis, which is back to normal, back to balance. When we're drinking, everything is out of balance. So I'd like to think of everything actually, probably everything in our bodies. Skin, organs, brain, sleep, emotions. Think about all the things that have to heal.

Ruby [00:03:45]:

So my mantra was patience, patience, patience. I said that mantra every day, I swear to you, in my journals every day, in my head, all the time because I wanted patience, patience, patience. My body was doing so much work. And then when I was ready, I intentionally and we'll talk about intentions later too, but intentionally decided I want to look at my food and my sugar and, you know, and it was, like, the second thing I did. So yeah. What do you think about this, Susan?

Susan [00:04:24]:

Well, I always tell clients to uncouple weight loss or any expectations around weight and your alcohol free journey. Just separate them in the beginning. Have them because that expectation that you're gonna lose weight can really be a stumbling block. Because if you don't, then your brain starts to tell you, well, if you're not losing weight anyway, you know, like, no. It just becomes a data point. It did for me for sure. Like so just uncoupling that and, like you said, making that your second thing, the next domino. And then everything that we learn about how we, our mindset around alcohol and looking at our thoughts and making a feeling based goal and getting curious and aware and all the things that we talk about on this podcast for alcohol, you can turn around and apply to food.

Susan [00:05:19]:

So in my experience too, I didn't lose weight right away. And I was eating a little dove mini bar every night.

Susan [00:05:33]:

Maybe not just one. Maybe not just one. So maybe, like, 2 or 3. They're like these little 60 calorie chocolate covered ice cream bars. They're so good. And I was it was the summer because I started in June, and I was just having one of those every night. And then I got about a 100 days similar. This is so interesting.

Susan [00:05:49]:

This is the precision of this question from this listener. And I was like I went to the freezer to get my little dove bar, and then I just went, do I really need this? Do I really want this? Could I not have it tonight? And I was like, yeah. I was ready. I was like, yeah. I don't need this tonight. Like, and I sort of weaned myself off that little habit. And yeah. And I totally agree with you about the body needing to be repaired.

Susan [00:06:16]:

I think a lot of times, I would drink instead of eat. And so my body just wasn't getting the nutrition it needed. And so I do think that in the recovery phase in our alcohol free journey, our body is actually wanting to store up these nutrients from food and and re kind of, like, just use it all to to get us healthy. And so it's maybe not gonna shed the weight right away. But I do know that, obviously, you're not. If you stop drinking, you are not bringing in extra 700 calories. And if you continue that on, like, maybe in the second half of the first year or the next year and you start to get intentional about your food, you will start to see being able to reach those goals as well. So

Ruby [00:06:59]:

Yeah. I wanna interject really quickly that, also, I think our bodies might be in survival mode. If you've changed something, yes, Drinking not drinking is good for the body. Right? But it's also a change. And whenever we're changing, I think our bodies try to hold on and hold on and and and not necessarily release, say, the fat or the other you know, we're it's just such an interesting thing that it's longer term to heal too. So I know we're like, oh, why aren't I at 100 days? You know? Why don't all these things magically happen? Our bodies are a process. And I wanna really quickly give my pom poms, yay, for 100 days. 100 days is amazing, and that is I think what we're saying here is it's kind of like a shift where you do look at that next domino, that next thing.

Ruby [00:07:53]:

I think it can but listen to your own intuition. You do it at your own, you know, rate or whatever. Yeah. Yes. If you're solidly alcohol free at at a 100 days,

Susan [00:08:03]:

that's and I'm not saying, like, you never have urges or you never have. But on a mostly daily basis, you are being successful, and you're not having to use a ton of tools, and you're just feeling really good about it, and you're ready for the next domino. You're ready to take on something else. I remember in my group coaching program I was in, we got to a point where it's like, okay. What's next? And I wasn't ready for something next, honestly. I was like, no. I'm still building my alcohol free muscles here. Yep.

Susan [00:08:32]:

And I didn't I wasn't ready to take on it. I got anxious. Like, wait. What are you talking about, people? I just gave up alcohol. What do you mean what's my next goal? You know? I just got really like, what? And so, and that's okay too. Right? It's okay to be like, no. I'm still building my alcohol, my solid alcohol free structures in my life. And that was what I was supposed to continue.

Ruby [00:08:54]:

So That's amazing listening to your yeah. Listening to your intuition. But you can use this methodology, like, that we have been talking about, like, curiosity and awareness and self compassion. You know, we keep going back to those 3 things, and we always will. Right, Susan? Yes. So it creates an emotional based goal around eating. So, you know, what do you want to feel? Again, our podcast is named Feel Lit Alcohol Free. So, like, how do you wanna feel around food? How do you wanna feel around sugar? And I love Susan, your example of this.

Ruby [00:09:31]:

You all of a sudden looked at that dove bar and said, well, wait a minute. You got curious. Right? And how do I want to feel? Yeah. So it really can work to just start to get curious and aware and give yourself compassion.

Susan [00:09:47]:

Yeah. And uncoupling the 2, like, really do one thing at a time. I've met so many people I know they're like, okay. I'm gonna do food, sugar, and alcohol all at once. 

Susan [00:09:58]:

And join the gym. I don't recommend that.

Ruby [00:10:00]:

And join the gym.

Susan [00:10:01]:

And yeah. And yeah. Earn $1,000,000. It was like, woah, take one thing at a time. You could do all those things, but just a lot of things at a time. Yeah.

Ruby [00:10:12]:

Yeah.

Susan [00:10:13]:

I mean, some people I don't know. I guess some people are like, no. I'm all or nothing. I have to do it all, but I have not seen that really succeed. I mean, I'm sure now people will write to us and go, I'm one of those people. And I think there are those unicorns that are, like, you know, the people that go do the 100 mile runs and things like that. Yeah. There's that personality.

Ruby [00:10:34]:

There is something to be said. For example, having a high protein, high good fat diet in recovery, you know, in the beginning part of your alcohol free journey can help your brain. It can help. It can couple together. You know? But to be strict about it, like, all or nothing because what happens if you say, like, I'm gonna go to the gym, you know, every single day, and then you don't you're not able to one day, well, then, okay, I'm not gonna go to the gym ever. So that's where you're risking when it's an all or nothing thinking.

Susan [00:11:07]:

Yes. 

Ruby [00:11:08]:

It’s such a gray area. Right? We want to focus on the gray area, that you're doing better making progress, not so much all or nothing. Like, where are you making progress? The gap versus the Gain.

Susan [00:11:20]:

I love that. Yes. Yeah. It’s the magic middle. And I learned that in my Sacred Depths training, which is this myth of perfection, and I was under that. You know, if it's not perfect, then it's not good enough. And the secret sauce is really in the middle. The secret sauce is the gray area between the 2, the black and white thinking.

Susan [00:11:40]:

And it's something I really struggle with and something I really even in our alcohol free journey, like, if I just had so much trouble if I was failing and that which means I had trouble with self compassion. I really did. It's something I'm still working on. You know? But that's the secret sauce is to be able to be both and. It's to be able to be, I'm really working on this, and I'm not always successful, but I'm gonna keep going versus letting that stop your forward movement, especially in our alcohol free journey using the data points to get the data and keep moving forward. Yes. Don't go back to the starting line And if you're running a marathon, if you fall down and skin your knee, you go off to the side. You take care of it.

Susan [00:12:26]:

You put a BandAid on it. Then you get up and you run from there. 

Ruby [00:12:31]:

Nobody says back to the starting line and start over again. No. 

Ruby [00:12:37]:

So the concept here that I'd love to highlight is the joy is in the journey. Like you said, the magic is in the middle. But it's so true, and only when I'm in the middle, it feels maybe hard. But when I look from being a year alcohol free and I look at that year, there was so much joy and progress and pride and moving through all of these things. And you can do that with the food too. So what I'm hearing from the listener is that you might know, again, I want everybody to listen to their own intuition when you're ready. And like Susan said, she wasn't ready for 100 days necessarily. But listen to your own intuition and then just get curious, aware, and start getting intentional, maybe with your weight loss in your food.

Ruby [00:13:26]:

And not just assuming, you know that assuming is making an ass of you and me. So not assuming that you'll lose weight. Yeah.

Susan [00:13:36]:

Well, yeah, That was something that that's my I love that. Assuming it makes an ass out of you and me. I remember, I think I had a, like, a 5th grade teacher not a 5th grade. No. It was in high school. 5th period teacher who said that. Hopefully, not a 5th grade teacher.

Susan [00:13:52]:

Yeah. I think it's I think, actually, the reason why now now that we're talking about this, the reason why I couldn't I wasn't ready to do anything in a 100 days is because I was in that black and white thinking still, and I wasn't I it's scare oh, there we go. The balloons. Oh, did you see that? I did. So listeners, balloons just flew out of my fingers. They do it every now and then, and I can't figure out why this happens. Anyway, I was thinking that it hit that achiever button in me. Like, okay.

Susan [00:14:26]:

Now I'm gonna have to do something else 100%. And and and, actually, what I was doing at the time was exactly what I should have been doing. It's this awareness. Oh, do I really have curiosity? Do I really need to eat the Step Bar right now? No. Maybe I could go a night without it, but it wasn't that perfect. It was like, maybe I'll have one tonight. Maybe I won't.

Susan [00:14:46]:

Maybe I'll see how I feel about not having as much sugar. Maybe I'll see now you know what I mean? And that, actually, I probably was actually moving into a new domino. But in my mind, because I was still in that black and white thinking of, okay, now I have something else I have to slay or conquer or whatever that was, like, You know what I mean? That that's not that's not it. Like, I was ready to do a little something, but it's baby steps. It's curiosity, awareness, baby steps.

Ruby [00:15:14]:

Yeah. For me, it was sugar. I I had watched a Katie Couric documentary called Fed Up around sugar, and it made such a big impact on me. I saw it right around the 100 days, and I thought sugar actually kind of does the same thing as alcohol. I thought, in my mind, that's similar. Right? It's addictive. It even says it's more addictive than cocaine, and it is also processed. It felt similar in my mind.

Ruby [00:15:48]:

I was like, am I just using sugar now to kind of mask, you know, my alcohol urges. And again, I think it's a great tool to use in the beginning. It really worked well for me. You know, I had a craving and urge for alcohol. I would have a cookie or eat really healthy. I would eat whatever I wanted. Comforting or fun or but I would do this for, like I said, for about 3 months, and then I just, like it dawned on me. Wow. The sugar's kinda doing the same thing.

Ruby [00:16:20]:

Right? And so let me try it. And it was interesting. I did kinda go hardcore, meaning I just stopped, and I started to get really curious what's happening. And because I had done the alcohol free kinda journey and felt a little more confident around that, I knew I could do it with sugar. It was like a mindset. I knew I could do it with sugar too. And just moving through the urges, similar ways that I moved through the urges with alcohol. So a lot of and, again, a lot of these tools that you work on with alcohol, you could do it with food or sugar.

Susan [00:16:56]:

Well, how did you feel? What did you find when you When did I find the same thing? Sugar?

Ruby [00:17:00]:

Yeah. Well, I had urges all the time. Each night, I wanted to eat chocolate or ice cream. But what I felt was when I had sugar a couple of times, you know, during this, I felt stomach ache. Mhmm. I didn't like how I felt. I felt that, like, energy. Right? Its sugar gives me short energy, but then a drop. Like, then I was, like, crashed.

Ruby [00:17:27]:

So I could see and witness and observe my sugar crash, and then it hurt my stomach. I had headaches when I didn't sleep well if I had sugar late at night. I started just getting, like we say, curious, aware, observing, how do I wanna feel. And for me, even now, I'm sugar free for about 4 years, almost 5. And if I accidentally have sugar, like, if, like, a restaurant puts it in the food, I know right away. It's kinda like an elimination diet where you really take away something like we were talking earlier around alcohol. If we eliminate alcohol for a long time and then you introduce it, it's gonna give you a stronger reaction, you know, than maybe you're used to having a whole bottle of wine every night, then you maybe go alcohol free for a month. If you drink a whole bottle, your body's gonna react a lot differently than it did.

Ruby [00:18:24]:

So the same you start to notice these things with different foods or different, like, with sugar. So so interesting.

Susan [00:18:31]:

Yeah. Yeah. So interesting. Yeah. I'm always amazed that you're sugar free still, Ruby. I am not there. I literally ate a whole chocolate bunny. I hope gosh.

Susan [00:18:41]:

That was leftover from Easter a few weeks ago. No. And I can feel no. But I'm getting there. Like, the curiosity is, like, no. That did not make me feel good. It did not make me feel good. I ate the ears one night, then I ate the head the other night.

Susan [00:18:55]:

This was about this I don't know. It was about this big. Yeah. Well and my husband's like, yeah. I I saw that, like, headless bunny sitting on the table. And then, like, I ate the body

Ruby [00:19:05]:

the next day.

Susan [00:19:06]:

And I was like, oh my gosh, Susan. You ate an entire chocolate bunny in 3 days. And then I did observe. I didn't I don't feel good when I had sugar. It affects my gut. I just love chocolate, but what I did was I gave away the other 2 chocolate puddies that I have to other people. And then I became healthy because it was, there's no sugar in it. It's with dates.

Susan [00:19:38]:

There's these energy balls. They're with nuts, dates, and, sugar free or not sugar free, but no sugar, unsweetened, cocoa powder. And I made those, and I said, okay. This is my treat. This gives me that chocolate flavor that I really like, so I'm not depriving myself of this flavor that I like. But it's super healthy. It has really healthy fats with the nuts, and the dates are a natural sweetener. And so that was what I did, though, rather than just be, like, eliminate something I like if I, you know, I set myself up for success, shall we say, by creating, making that and giving away the other 2 chocolates.

Susan [00:20:17]:

Giving away the temptation. Right? Yes.

Ruby [00:20:20]:

But I wanna share with you. When I say I'm sugar free, I eat monk fruit and Stevia. I actually make them fat bombs, and they're with the cocoa and the, like, coconut butter and, say, a nut butter. And I eat those every single day with my coffee, and I do not feel deprived. And there are chocolate bar bars made with Stevia and chocolate bars made with monk fruit. So I still don't know. I don't, I don't feel deprived, yeah, at all. Oh.

Ruby [00:20:50]:

Yeah.

Susan [00:20:50]:

I gotta gotta find some of those. Yeah. Yeah. Because I do like chocolate. I really do. And so, oh, I was gonna point out something in just what we were just discussing too is this idea of setting yourself up for success with alcohol. It never ceases to amaze me how many clients that I work with who just don't get the alcohol out of their house

Ruby [00:21:13]:

Right.

Susan [00:21:13]:

In the first 100 days. Like, set yourself up for success. I get it if you have a spouse or whatever and, like, have that conversation. Go, keep your beer in the fridge down in the garage or shed or my husband, and I'm really blessed that he was really supportive, did not bring any wine home, has not brought any wine home into the house ever. Well, no. That's not true. But for the most part, did not bring it with me at that time. I think I've talked about this story when we went to San Diego for his father's funeral, but that's another story. But for the most part, it was very very supportive, and we did not have any wine in the house.

Susan [00:21:52]:

And there was no alcohol in the house, so I didn't have you know, I had to make a conscious choice. I had moments where I was just, like, had cravings, but I knew I would have to go all the way down to the liquor store to get it. Like, I had it wasn't just right there within, you know, within, like, knee jerk reaction reach. So it definitely helps with the first 100 days.

Ruby [00:22:15]:

Yeah. I just said no alcohol in my home. I was living alone, though, so that was easier. But I just have no alcohol entering my door. Yeah. So

Susan [00:22:26]:

Make it harder. I'll give away the bunnies. Make it harder for you to give away the bunnies.

Susan [00:22:36]:

I'm so embarrassed. I just outed myself for eating an entire chocolate bunny on my podcast. Okay. 

Ruby [00:22:45]:

So fun.

Susan [00:22:49]:

I am not perfect. Oh my gosh. Well, so speaking of fun, Ruby, you always have good things. I'm like, I really have to come up with more ways I feel lit or do a better job. But what are you doing to feel lit lately?

Ruby [00:23:06]:

Well, I wanted to use this time to talk about intention setting. I mentioned it at the beginning of the episode. And I want to talk about what the intention setting is more than just wishful thinking. It's a scientifically proven technique for achieving your goals. By clearly defining what you wanna accomplish and in visualizing your success, you activate neural pathways in your brain that prime you for action. So research shows by setting intentions, it can increase motivation, focus, and ultimately success. So we are gonna talk about harnessing the power of intention. So, honestly, it can be as simple as and I do this all the time.

Ruby [00:23:55]:

I literally do this all the time. What is my emotional intention for today? I just like, you just simply ask that question. It could be one thing or a few things, but you're you're literally you can write them down. Mhmm. But setting an intention, and it could be just this guiding force. Almost like have you heard of the word of the year where you have this, like, guiding force? But a word of the year could be a guiding force for the whole year, like leading my life with love. You know? That could be love could be the guiding force. But, like, for your intention for today, how do you want to feel today? I'm going to be so present.

Ruby [00:24:33]:

And now I want to talk about how I can be more present and feel. So notice and feel the feelings in the moment. I know we had talked about with coach Pam some glimmers, and that's similar. Right? Like, notice. So instead of always asking the question, what's next? Like, so many people live in that space. What's next? What's next? Can you ask yourself what's now? Like, what's happening right now? And feel the feeling for right now. There's no good or bad feelings, I think. They're just all feelings.

Ruby [00:25:10]:

We're human feelings, and we're gonna feel the feelings. But what what's now? Get so present and intentional. This is what I want to share today. It really helps me feel lit to be intentional with my life. 

Susan [00:25:25]:

Oh my gosh.

Ruby [00:25:26]:

I feel lit. Yeah. What do you think, Susan, about all that?

Susan [00:25:28]:

I love that. I'm, like, writing notes here. Well, I love what you said about what's now. That just resonated with me and that we are human feelings. I think that that is the thing that I'm not. That I struggled within my alcohol free journey and I'm still working on it is really getting more in touch with my feelings and also not being behavior based. Like, what you know, you could misinterpret what you're saying, I think, by saying, oh, what's my intention today? Oh, my intention is to get this, this, and this done. That's how I used to do it, but now I realize that, no, it's how I wanna feel throughout my day. Exactly.

Susan [00:26:05]:

And then what do I do to feel that way? So that's a little bit different spin from us hope overachiever crazy people who are like, okay. Yeah. Like, I would get into this mode, like tunnel vision mode of, like, getting all the things done and just disregard how I felt about it. And then that got me to such an empty place that that's why I wanted to drink. That's when I talk about, like, drinking to over function. When we're so when you're talking about setting an intention, that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about how you wanna feel, a feeling based intention. 

Ruby [00:26:41]:

Yes.

Susan [00:26:42]:

I love what you said. And then how do you feel right now staying in the present?

Ruby [00:26:46]:

In the present. Not you know, we are living our life right now, like, in this moment. In fact, what I just said, that's past. Like, we are living right now. The more we can live right now because if we're living in the past, that can create, like, more sadness for a lot of people. If you're living in the future, that can create anxiety because our brain oftentimes will go to the negative to try to protect us. But what's happening right now, it's really the secret. I like secret sauce.

Ruby [00:27:21]:

It's the secret sauce. It's like, right now.

Susan [00:27:23]:

Yeah.

Ruby [00:27:24]:

You can also feel good. I love to say we're human feelings because I've been contemplating this idea of what is the purpose in life. What if it's just to feel feelings? Human beings, we're just here. We're feeling the feelings. And that's why I love that we named it feel it alcohol free because it's all about the feelings. Right, Susan?

Susan [00:27:47]:

Yes. It is. My nemesis, good old feelings. I grew up in a family where we didn't have feelings. We didn't have feelings. Nobody had feelings. I was the I was and then we would squish them down, like, the beach ball under the water, and then they'd pop up and, like, I'd be over here having a, you know, panic attack or crying or or just, you know, and then I was the Susan and her feelings. So so, yeah, I am it's it's it's it's something I continue to work on.

Susan [00:28:16]:

But also, when you were, you know, explaining the science, when you were talking about intention setting, visualizing

Ruby [00:28:23]:

Yes.

Susan [00:28:23]:

Or kind of visualizing how but visualizing how you wanna feel, visualizing yourself. So that is a little bit like future thinking, but with an intention. The it but versus the intention versus fear based future things. Exactly. Is that kinda what you're talking about? Yeah. Yes.

Ruby [00:28:43]:

Yeah. And yeah. So setting an intention of how you wanna feel. And Right. Yeah. Thank you so much for listening. We are loving this podcast, and please join our Facebook community. It's the Feel Lit alcohol free podcast Facebook community, and we'd love to see you there.

Ruby [00:29:03]:

It's growing. And ask us questions because it just might be on our podcast.

Susan [00:29:08]:

Yes. 

Ruby [00:29:09]:

So thank you so much.

Susan [00:29:09]:

Yay. Thanks. Bye.

Ruby [00:29:13]:

Bye. Thanks so much for listening to the Feel Lit Alcohol Free Podcast. Do you have a question you'd like us to answer on the show?

Susan [00:29:21]:

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Ruby [00:29:43]:

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Susan [00:29:48]:

com. And remember, do something today that will help you feel lit.

Ruby [00:29:52]:

See you next time.