1 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: Hey hurdlers, Welcome back to another installment of five Minute 2 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Friday from Hurdle. 3 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 2: Emily a body here. 4 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: I just want to say thank you so much for 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: everyone this week. You're awesome feedback I'm a low Bosworth episode, 6 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: as well as the new release of. 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: The Weekly Hurdle Hurdle's newsletter. 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: It has been so rewarding and exciting and I'm just 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: so amped to continually connect with you. If you like 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: what you are hearing, please make some time to head 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: on in to the iTunes store and rate and review Hurdle. 12 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: For those of you that may be new to the pod, 13 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday is when I share a story with you, 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: offer up to prompt to take you into the weekend, 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: and then share some of my content picks of the week, 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: some highlights of the week, some cool stuff that's going on, 17 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: and links to all of these things can be found 18 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: in the description to this episode. So this week I 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: am sharing a really special story with you, prompted by 20 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: the sad news that this year in Connecticut, overnight summer 21 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: camps will not be permitted to open. Now I totally 22 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: understand the safety reasoning behind it, I get it, but 23 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: still as someone that went to summer camp for fifteen 24 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: total years as a camper and a counselor man that 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: was a hard pill to swallow. As always, if you 26 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: like what you're listening here, please make sure to reach 27 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: out over Instagram, over Twitter, over Facebook, at Emily a Body, 28 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: and at Hurdle Podcast. Now. I have always been a 29 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: visual sort of person, and perhaps that's why I love 30 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: writing and reading so much. Back in college, I was 31 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: the kind of student who just had to rewrite literally 32 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: absolutely everything in our college textbooks onto small, lined, indexed 33 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: parts prior to an exam in order to truly learn 34 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: the material. Now these days, I have a vision board 35 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: at my desk and a zillion post its around the 36 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: apartment filled with everything from positive affirmations and reminders to 37 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: Italian phrases as my never ending quest to learn a 38 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: third language continues, which is why, in true Emily fashion, 39 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: I purchased a pair of genes that were two sizes 40 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: too small in June two thousand and eight. At the time, 41 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: I was down about thirty five pounds from where I 42 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: started my weight loss journey in April two thousand and seven. 43 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: For more on that, you can click on over to 44 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: episode one of the podcast. This particular denim purchase happened 45 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the Gap Outlet in Clinton, Connecticut, 46 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: and at the time I was determined, so determined to 47 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: continue losing weight in the weeks and months to come. 48 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: As I settled into my role as programming director at 49 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: Camp Laurelwood in Overnight Camp, about fifteen minutes down the road. 50 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: This would be my fifteenth summer of Sophie shorts and 51 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: no air conditioning and letter writing. My stint at camp 52 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: was one of my longest love affairs to date, starting 53 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: when my parents shipped me off at six years old 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: for an entire month away from home in nineteen ninety five. Now, 55 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: I don't remember all that much from growing up, but 56 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: I can sing you the song I learned at age 57 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: seven about my bunkmate Alana's home information including phone number 58 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: and address should we have ever gotten lost. From that 59 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: first summer, I was hooked. Every year I would stay 60 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: longer and eventually I would become a counselor, and this 61 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: particular year in two thousand and eight, I was head staff. 62 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: I knew that the summer of two thousand and eight 63 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: it would have obstacles and not just professional ones coming 64 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: up with fun activities to occupy campers from ages six 65 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: to fifteen, but also personal ones, the I'm going to 66 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: keep losing weight ones. Aside from the irresistible goodness of 67 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: regular campfire s'mores, abundant ice cream nights, and limited mess 68 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: hall options, I wouldn't have regular access to a gym 69 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: where I could mindlessly spend forty five minutes watching reality 70 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: TV on an elliptical. And so this brings us back 71 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: the investment I made for myself, a forty five dollar 72 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: investment to be exact. Once I pulled up to four 73 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: sixty three Summer Hill Road, unpacked my box, fan, arranged 74 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: my toiletries on the top shelf of my lopsided cubby, 75 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: and applied my summer scent of Kirkland branded bug spray. 76 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: I went to the closet and got a hangar complete 77 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: with two clips. I pulled the jeans out of their 78 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: dark blue bag and hung them up on the backside 79 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: of my bathroom door. 80 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 2: I stopped. 81 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: I stared light blue wash wipe like I remember it 82 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: clear as day, something I never would have dared put 83 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: on my quote unquote already big thighs before hanging there 84 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: for the next seven weeks, those genes would serve as 85 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: a reminder of my big, lofty goals. I told myself, 86 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: a reminder of how far I had already come and 87 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: where I was going, And that moment I breathed in 88 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: that feeling of excitement and possibility. I was continually working 89 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: on letting go the Emily of yesteryear, that Emily who 90 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: felt ashamed of her body, uncomfortable in some social situations, 91 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: scared of the camera, afraid of intimacy. This Emily, though, 92 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: standing in that wooden cabin, she was ready for change, 93 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: and boy did a lot change that summer. I started 94 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: to really come into my own as a woman. With 95 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: the weight loss came a necessary shift in my inner dialogue. 96 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,119 Speaker 1: And while I recognized that some individuals they can find 97 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: happiness at a bigger size, I. 98 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: Just was not one of them. 99 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: As the pounds continued to come off, I had noticeably 100 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: more energy and a better attitude. I became more outgoing, 101 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: and I also became a runner. 102 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: You know, some days still it's weird to say. 103 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: That sentence out loud. I'm a runner, but facts are facts. 104 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: And during the summer of two thousand and eight, I 105 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: ran every single day. You can hear me talk about 106 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: that some more in the How to Start and Stay 107 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: Running episode that I'll include in the show notes. And 108 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: today I'm a three twenty eighth eight marathoner, but back 109 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: then I was a fourteen minute half miler. It didn't 110 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: matter though the pace, you know. At the time, I 111 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: made a commitment to myself just to give it a try. 112 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: I made a commitment to myself to move my body 113 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: every single day, to sweat every single day. Every single day, 114 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: I'd walk in and see those light washed jeans hanging 115 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: up on the door next to my full body mirror, 116 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: and I'd remember that commitment. I'd change into a Hanes 117 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: V neck T shirt and a pair of black caught 118 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: in thick waistband leggings from Target and hit the road 119 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: every single day. Now, some things, of course, they did 120 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: remain the same though. My friendship, some of which I'd 121 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: had since age six at Laureland, those friends, they became 122 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: my family. At camp, your family does everything together, you 123 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: giggle over first kisses. Mine was memorably behind canteen, naturally 124 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: with a boy named Zach Lewis. About six people stood 125 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: around us in a circle and counted to five, so 126 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: that it really quote unquote happened in a camp. You 127 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: get nervous about first dances, and you brave swim lessons 128 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: in a speedo swimsuit and the boating lake, and you 129 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: bond over ty Die and you argue over the best 130 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: bug juice flavors. That summer for me was one of 131 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: the most special of my life, as I not only 132 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: got to be in one of my favorite places with 133 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: my favorite people, but I also came to understand the 134 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: importance of prioritizing my health and while being while still 135 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: showing up doing my job and doing it well. So 136 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: I'll bring us full circle. I'll never forget the final 137 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: night of that summer, I took a shower after free swim, 138 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: and I walked into the center of my cabin and 139 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: turned around, and there they were, in the same place 140 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: I put them about sixty days before. I grabbed the 141 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: soft denim down from the hangar with so much confidence 142 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: in one slightly sunburnt leg at a time, I slipped 143 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: into my never before Warren jeans and I buttoned them 144 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: with these they fit. I felt proud, not because of 145 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: anything that the scale said, but because that summer I 146 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: worked really hard that summer. I invested in way more 147 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: than just a forty five dollars parachene. I invested in 148 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: my well being. I invested in myself. And so for 149 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: this week, my prompt that I leave you with, how 150 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: have you invested in yourself lately? Highlights of the week? 151 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: All right, guys, run for a good cause. Adidas is 152 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: doing a pretty cool thing called their Hometown Hero Challenge. 153 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: For every hour of tracked activity and either their Adidas 154 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: Running or Adidas Training app between May twenty ninth to 155 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: June seventh, they will donate one dollar to the COVID 156 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: nineteen Solitary Response Fund for the World Health Organization, with 157 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: the goal of reaching one million hours. You can sign 158 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: up in advance by clicking over to the show notes, 159 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: and again, all of this will be in there. 160 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: My other pig. 161 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: Everybody's talking about this, but ESPN's ten part documentary series 162 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: The Last Dance, which chronicled Michael Jordan and the nineteen 163 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: ninety seven to ninety eight Chicago Bulls, is pretty excellent. 164 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 2: Now. 165 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: Admittedly, I'm not on the finale episode just yet, so 166 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: don't spoil it for me, but I am. 167 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 2: Totally digging it. You've got to check it out. 168 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: Also worth highlighting the Call Her Daddy podcast drama is 169 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: so juicy. Basically, Call Her Daddy is a show with 170 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: a wild following where two women in their mid twenties 171 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: discuss their lives and sexual experiences, something that I could 172 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: never share on audio ever. 173 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: Personally, the drama right now is that they're in a 174 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 2: huge feud. 175 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: With both each other and they're broadcaster bars sports, and 176 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: again it is just so interesting. So in the show notes, 177 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: I've shared the New York Times article about it, and 178 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: of course a really interesting episode from Barstool's founder and 179 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: president Dave Portnoy. Also of note, this week, I finally 180 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: decided to give my living room a necessary upgrade. I 181 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: ditched my twenty ten Apple TV in favor of an 182 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: Apple TV four K. 183 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 2: This thing is bananas. 184 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: Not only is the picture quality absolutely so much better 185 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: than before, but now I've got a whole app store. 186 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: I finally got that cool screensaver with all the different 187 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: cool cities. 188 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: To look at all the time. 189 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: And I just am telling myself and I'm sharing with 190 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: you that you are worthy of this investment. With all 191 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: of the staying at home and streaming that we're doing. 192 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,599 Speaker 1: I highly recommend and last, but not least, a recommendation 193 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: for this week. I've been getting so many messages over 194 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: on social media asking me about wearing a mask and running, 195 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: and I have been leaning into either a bandana tied 196 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: around my face or some sort of a buff. Eddie 197 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: Bauer sent over some of what they call I'm gonna butcher. 198 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: How you say this word multi clovas, multi clavas. 199 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: I don't know. 200 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: They're absolutely perfect. It's a buff. They've got really cute styles. 201 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: I ran in one this morning. It doesn't budge, it's 202 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: super breatheable, and it's so much better than wearing any 203 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: other mask that I've tried so far. 204 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 2: And that's it for now this week. 205 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm leaving you with a piece of wisdom that I 206 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: look at every day sitting in. 207 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 2: My living room. 208 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: On a small signboard, it says, remember when you wanted 209 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: what you have right now. Happy Friday hurdlers, Another hurdle conquered. 210 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: Catch you guys next time.