In this episode, we dive into the theme of health and self-belief as we kick off the new year, 2025. Cole reflects on personal anecdotes about his journey with health and fitness. From childhood insecurities about body image to transformative experiences with psychedelics. Cole emphasizes the importance of staying active and believing in oneself. He discusses the impact of depression on his fitness routine and the lessons learned about the necessity of movement and exercise for mental clarity and well-being. This episode ends with a song from DJ Yo! who is receiving 90% of your Satoshi Donation.
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And now it's time to believe in yourself. What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week. Another episode. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here. It's a beautiful week. It's a beautiful day to be alive. It's January 5th. 10:16 in the PM. What's going on, folks? Oh my god. It's America Plus. It's another episode. I'm so happy you're here. Dude, what's going on, people? I got a great we got a great show for you, folks. We're gonna have a great night. We're talking about health this week. We're talking about the new year, 2025. It's a dude, it's a new year, dude. 2025. Can you believe that? Can you believe that? It feels like the future. I I remember when I was a kid, and it was like the new year for 2014.
And I remember I'm, like, 13, 14 years old, or 50, or however old I was. And I was like, woah. 2014. That's like the future. Like, 2014 felt like the future to me. But now, like, this year, it's like, we're like deep, dude. We're deep in the future. We're like almost post future. You know what I mean? It's almost post future. And I'm just I'm just happy to be alive. You know, Kanye said he wasn't supposed to make it past 25, but we are living in 2025, dude. That's some. It's just wild, dude. Does anyone think about this thing? These things? Does anyone think about how the years just keep on going? You know, I'm in an interesting part of my life where post dead dad and, you know, the earth just keeps on spinning. And I knew that was gonna be reality.
Like, I always knew that was the truth, but, like, now I'm just, like, living it. And so just it's a it's a crazy time, dude. I'm just happy to be be here right now. I'm happy to be giving you another new podcast. And on this beautiful day, what I wanna talk about because it's the new year, because it's new vibes, new year, new people, new babies, new motivations, and new goals. You know, everyone is trying to get better. At least, I hope so. I I hope everyone's trying to get better. I thought it'd be appropriate to talk about to have a health episode. And because RFK Jr. Is about to come in, we're about to take over. Raw Milk is about to unleash on America.
I thought it'd be appropriate to have a health episode and to and to discuss my personal relationship with health and share a little bit of my story with health stuff. And I think it's an interesting one because of my situation with my dad. And it's been a very it's been an interesting time, dude. So, on the agenda, I'm gonna give you the history. I'm gonna give you my mindset changes throughout the year. I'm gonna tell you what happened last year. I won't spend too much time on last year. And then I'm gonna tell you on how I'm how I'm gonna get better this year. Okay? So a little bit about my history with health. As far as I can remember, I wanna say the 5th grade.
I have been aware of my body. Specifically, aware of my stomach. I've always had this, like, insecurity, man, about my belly. And when I was a kid, I remember, like, telling that to, like, my grandma, because there was a period of time when my grandparents lived with us. Multiple multiple sets of grandparents in separate times, separate eras, lived within my household. And so I remember telling my one grandma on my dad's side, like, how I don't like my stomach. I don't like how my stomach, like, pushes out of my shirt. And my grandma tells me, oh, you just gotta suck it in. And and, like, she taught me how to suck in my stomach. And, like, at a very young age, I was, like, I was, like, sucking in my stomach because I was insecure.
I thought I was fat. I felt fat. And even though, like, I sort of was fat, like, I sort I like I I was unhealthy as a kid. Like, I drink a lot of soda. I I remember, in the 7th grade, I was £195. Can you believe that? Now I think that's, like, common for, like, a lot of kids nowadays. Like, there's a lot of fat kids, dude. There's a lot of fat kids. And I don't think I was particularly a fat kid. I think I was a bigger kid. But it because I was always taller. I was always one of the taller kids, but I was also wider. I I was, you know, like, I I got these long ass legs, and I got this stout torso, and, like, you know, I'm just bigger. So 195 in the 7th grade, and I just knew I wasn't healthy.
And I remember when I was a kid, I remember judging my dad. Okay? Like, that's, like, where I fucked up. That's one of my big fuck ups in my life. I judged my dad for being fat and hairy. How bullshit is that? First of all, like, in the retrospect, as an adult now, as a fucking man, like, what am I doing judging my father for being him? Like, what am I doing? But that's what I did, dude. And, I just remember, like, not I had this, like, very specific thought of, like, I don't wanna look like my dad. Like, I don't want that. And I and, cut to, you know, just like right now, in this moment, I'm actually wearing one of my dad's shirts when he when he was losing weight. So I wasn't planning on this, but I'm I actually just like this shirt. The when I visited home for Christmas, my mom was like, hey. Do you wanna go through your dad's closet at all? Do you wanna, like, pick out anything that might fit you? And I was like I was sort of insecure about it. Like, I'm not ready to do that yet, but I was like, okay. This shirt's actually kinda nice. She's like, yeah. That's like the most expensive shirt he had. I'm like, oh, wait. It's mine now.
Thanks, pups. And, so I'm wearing one of his shirts, ironically enough. And I'm and I judged him as a kid. And, I didn't wanna like, I wanted to, like, be like him, but I didn't wanna look like him. You know what I mean? And that was, like, a really shallow of me. And so I did everything I could to not look like him. And beginning in the 7th grade is when when I first started playing football, first of all. Like, I decided to play football, because and it was tackle football, in Southern Arizona. And it was, it was specifically because I wanted to work out, with my friends, and I wanted to to, like, to lose weight. Like, I just wanted like, I was more interested in, like, the health aspects rather than, like, the sport and competition aspect. I really didn't give any shits about the game.
I really didn't care about like, I cared about winning, of course. I I I wanted to win. I wanted the team to win, but I wanted to work out with my friends and lose weight. And being 195, you know, I was like I was really focused on my weight. I was weighing myself. I chose to stop drinking soda. That was a huge deal. You know? And that's when I realized, like, me making a choice to not consume something changed my body. And I specifically remember the season of football, I had no soda, and, I lost, like, £10 or something or £15. And I was like, woah, that's crazy, dude. Like, I lost £15. That's so awesome.
And I was, like, patting myself on the back. And this is, like, all, like, me. Okay? Like, there was 0 outer influence. Like, I didn't I didn't look at any celebrity. There was no one else in my life telling me that I was fat. Like, there was no outside thing. This is all coming from inside of me. And, you know, throughout middle school and high school, I was, like, hypervigilant on, like, losing weight. I need to lose weight lose weight. I lost 15 pounds, and then I gained a little bit back after football. And then and then I was like, okay. Wow. What else can I do to lose weight?
And, like, that summer before 8th grade, I, like I think I did basketball. Where's my dude? Do you hear my freaking cat right now? I don't know what's going on right now. He's like, he's he's moving through something. What are you doing, blue? Anyway, I just remember do trying to do everything. I just I I I played sports specifically to lose weight, and I wanted to lose weight. And throughout high school, I was like on some wild shit. So I played sports. I I I played football all throughout high school. And I was looking back, I was a thin lineman. I thought I was fat. Like, I was so in football, I was a offensive lineman, usually a tackle or what's the one next to the tackle?
A forward? I actually don't even remember the freaking positions anymore. But, I was a lineman because I used to be fat. I used to be big, but I then I was just tall. But I and then I was skinny, but I just stayed in the same position because I couldn't run for shit. I wasn't fast. And I thought I was fat. I I I throughout high school, I thought I was unhealthy. And there was a pretty consistent amount of time where after football practice, I would come home. Okay. Well, why would I why would I freaking do this? I would come home and do p 90x.
P 90x. Like, did anyone else do p 90x back in the day? I'd literally made my parents buy me p 90x for Christmas because I thought I was fat as a freshman in high school. As I'm, like, £165. I thought being 165 like, I thought I could be better. I thought I could be more shredded. I thought I could be thinner. I thought I could be leaner. I wanna get more tone. I go wanted I wanted to get abs. Even though I did have abs, I wanted to get more abs. And so I would literally, like, run my heart out during football, hitting people, doing drills, and then I go home and, like, before dinner, I'm literally doing freaking shoulder presses.
I'm doing Kinpo. I'm doing Kinpo x. I'm punching the air with Tony Horton. And it's just, like, some real bullshit, dude. Like, looking back, I'm like, I had some real problems with my self image. And I don't think that led into too much of food. I don't think I had any issues. Like, I didn't even think about food. Like, I just ate anything. I was really just eating everything. I wouldn't drink soda. Like, that was, like, the one thing that I wouldn't have. But I would I was drinking milk. I was eating whatever the public school lunches were. I was having Cheetos. I was having all the bag stuff. I was eating all the lasagna that my mom made. You know, like, I wasn't avoiding carbs. I wasn't avoiding a like, large food groups. I was eating everything.
But I thought I was fat, and I thought I was unhealthy. And that mindset has sort of just, like, stayed with me, throughout high school and after. And I and it's always been, like, centered around my stomach. Like, I just always felt like, oh, like, I don't like this, like, pooch. I don't like this, like, sticking out thing. I don't like how, like, I just feel fat. And, you know, that was always, like, a motivator for me to work out. And it's and and that and there was, like, a small journey of, like, me letting that go and, like, doing psychedelics, you know, doing mushrooms for the first time sort of allowed me to look at my body differently. You know, I did mushrooms in 2017, 2 years after high school.
And I was able to, and I and I I had actually gained some weight after high school, because I was, like, depressed. I was going through a depression period. During high school and after, I gained weight. I stopped working out at, at towards, like, the end of my senior year. I don't know how how heavy I got. I got to, like so in 7th grade, I was 195. After high school, the heaviest I got was 255. £255. Do the calculation yourself if you're out of country. But £255, and I wasn't working out, and I just knew I was not in a good good situation.
And that was mainly because, like, my life was falling apart in back then. Like, I was going through I lost all my friends in church. Like, I like there was, like, a huge falling out with me and my church. Like, me personally. Huge falling out. And I just wasn't working out, and I was just eating normally, you know, just like, just eating. And, it wasn't until I took my mushrooms for the first time, May 2017, and I actually had, like, a light bulb turn come on. Like, ding ding ding ding ding ding. Like, my body like, I need to water my body. I need a like, I had this image.
1 the first time I did psychedelics, I had this image in my mind of, intestines. My, like, intestines. And I and I saw this garden this gardening, ladle, I guess. Like, what like, imagine, like, the classic bucket of water with the spout with, like, the shower head spout. You know? You you know what I mean? And, like, imagine, like, water throughout that shower spout pouring over intestines. And this message of you need to water your body. You need to feed your body well. You need to keep your body healthy. And just like this idea and, like, feeling of, like, cold, like, full drops of water seeping through these intestines, like, seeping through, like, the body, like, just like that feeling of water going through your chest, you know, when you're really thirsty.
You know, that was that image and that feeling and these messages were hitting me hard. And, it was in that moment and that summer that I just got the inspiration to just treat my body better. You know? And within that same year, 2017 was when I first started listening to Joe Rogan. And, like, I can tell you, like, the first episode of, of Joe Rogan in I think it was in 2017 or at least the first episode of Joe Rogan that I listened to that year was it was him and, Mark Sisson. Mark Sisson is famous for, the brand Primal Kitchen, and he's, famous for the, ketogenic diet. He sort of popular he helped popularize ketogenic diet.
And I was really into it, and I was like, yeah. Let's do it. So I was sort of leaning into dieting, but then after mushrooms, I was like, I need to exercise and eat right. Like and I had, like, this new wind behind me. And I was inspired, like, feel like the truest sense of inspiration and motivation was surging through me, the summer of 2017. And I was working at a pizza shop, and so I stopped eating pizza. And I, I chose to just, like, swim after work. And then, after dinner, later that night, I would go to the gym. Like, every day or, like, at least, like, 6 days a week, maybe 5 days a week. And so I was doing, like, pretty much 2 workouts a day.
And I went from 2 and within a matter of, like, 6 or 7 months from May to October, I went from 255 to 185. I dropped a shit ton of weight, dude. So that's over. Like, what is that? Like, that's, like, almost, like, £70, £75. That's a lot of weight in that amount of time. And I was I was going hardcore, and I was doing hardcore keto. I had a little cheat day on Thursday nights. I got some Reese's Pieces at the movie theaters. But other than that, like, I I was eating salad. I I would have, like, a chicken salad every day. I would have a balsamic chicken salad when I came home.
And I would oh, so I would swim, have that salad, and then I would, like, have dinner. And then, like, a couple hours later, at, like, 10 PM, I do, like, a late night weight lifting session, and then sauna. And I was, like, I was fucking on it, dude. I was on it. And that that catapulted me. That summer catapulted me into me moving to Los Angeles, end of October, on my mom's birthday, oddly enough, sadly enough. I moved to LA on my mom's birthday, which is not recommended as a as a first born. But that catapulted me here, and I started off my journey in LA inspired and healthy and motivated and just with the utmost vibes.
And I did my best to keep that up. You know? You know, and and now we're in LA, and I've been it's been 7 years out here. 7 years. About to be 8. 2025 will be 8 years. And, I'm trying to remember. Like, I sort of kept up the motivation. You know? I was, I was still hard into keto, and and I wanted to be thin, and I was confident about my body. You know, there was like a little bit of insecurity about my stomach, but I was far along the journey to just see how thin I was, and I was able to accept my body, for what it was. And even if I so, like, the right now, like, memories that are coming to me are, like, if it was, like, windy. Right? If there was, like, wind on the front of my body and the my shirt's, like, flying. It's like it's like it's like going backward.
I would always be insecure that my stomach was showing. And it had to be a practice, an active practice for myself to not feel insecure when the wind was blowing on my face and stomach. Because I, you know, I I just had to tell myself, like, you don't have a big stomach. You're not fat. You're not fat. You're not fat. And every year, you know, every new year sort of came with, like, these new goals. Like, I'm gonna get a 6 pack. I'm gonna get a 6 pack. I need a 6 pack. And that 6 pack sort of like never really came. It was sort of there, sort of not there. You know, on a good week, it was pretty visible. But, you know, you know how it is. You know how it goes.
You can only do so much. If you're not, like, taking, like, more supplements and if you're not, like, lifting heavy heavy, you know, whatever. But it's been a journey with that. And, going through the pandemic, you know, I was I I stayed the same weight. I was, like, 185. I was able to stay at 185 all through the pandemic, and it wasn't until, like, 2021, 2022 is when I started to gain a little weight. And I was consistent with my workouts. I was working out pretty much every day at the park during COVID, and it got to a point where I chose to work out a bit less.
I can't really identify the reason. I'm just gonna tie it to some sort of depression tied to my work because I was working at a at a dispensary, and I just, like, didn't wanna work or I like, I I just didn't wanna work out or something. Smoking a lot of weed too. I thought weed was motivating me, but it wasn't. That's obvious now. Excuse me. And my cat right now is in the freaking I bought this hang on. If you're watching the video, look at this, dude. Look at this. Oh, okay. You left. The cat left. The cat left. Whatever. He was in my freak I bought the mountain valley water, the valley the the spring water. I paid $34 for this case of water in glass bottles.
So if you believe in going into poverty to stay hydrated, I highly recommend this Mountain Valley brand because I sure am. I'm sure. I'm I'm a lot more poor, but I'm hydrated. Anyway, I was I was depressed or I was feeling depressed. I didn't wanna work out as much. And, I chose to just work out a bit less, you know, every other day maybe. And since 2022, it's been like that. And then 2023 happens, my dad gets diagnosed with cancer, and it's like, all these health things begin, like, like, coming back at me. Or, like, they start, like, like, some some health things are, like, like, coming out of me. Like, I'm trying to help my dad be healthy, because it's one of the first times that he and I guess, like, the last time that he was actually thinking about health, you know. He had gotten weight loss surgery because he knew that he was too heavy, but he he told me to my face that he didn't have any willpower to do any fasting or to do any dieting.
You know, he told me that to hit to my face, and, you know, that always sort of broke my heart. And when he had when he was diagnosed, I was, like, trying to, like, tell him, like, about keto, about carnivore, about like, don't be afraid of meat, about, you know, organ meat, you know, take the organ pills, from Paul Saladino, so you're getting, like, the right micronutrients. You know, I'm just trying to tell him about exercising. You gotta exercise to so your body can fight off this cancer, and, you know, he wasn't really exercising. He might have been on a walk or 2, but he wasn't really doing much, you know, and and and that and that's not to blame him for anything. It's just that's just what happened, and I'm looking at the health narratives that I've absorbed, and I was giving to him, and I was going through a lot of, like, what the fuck is even health?
Like, what is even health? Like, how do I even be healthy? And I sort of have these I I have these very strong stances on health, on like, on raw milk, on red meat. You know, these things are absolutely healthy for you, objectively, and I'm willing to tell people that they're healthy, and yet, at the same time, I'm going through the death of my father. I'm being and I'm be and I'm becoming more and more depressed. I'm becoming more sad, you know. I'm trying to work through that, you know. I'm and I'm working in the kitchen. I'm adapting to a new jobs, after the the dispensary, because kitchen life is way different than dispensary life. I'll tell you that.
You know, it's not just smoking blunts. It's literally work, and, you know, I'm adapting to to that. And so there's stress, and there's fear, and there's some slight slight depression, and just getting in my head, you know. A lot of my a lot of my, like, spiritual practice is, like, trying to get out of my head. You know, just get out of my head, into my heart, into my body. You know? And 2024 happens, and I'm sort of just giving myself even more of a pass to not work out, and, you know, why why the fuck would I do any push ups? Why would I wanna do any sort of workout when I'm like witnessing my dad wither away?
You know, no one's gonna be motivated for that. And I don't think anyone really tells you to work out when your family member is dying. You know, they tell you that working out every day is healthy, but, you know, I I think it's a universal human thing. It's like, hey, if you're going through some wild stress, like, sure, like, objectively, it's going to help. The science says it will help, but, like, you can't really do shit, dude. Like, you're sort of paralyzed. You're sort of just like stuck in that, and you can do something. You can maybe go on a walk, you know. I think I I think I went to the trampoline park with my nephew, and I can jump around a little bit, but like, I'd I'm not figuring out some schedule.
I don't have no fucking workout routine during this moment in my life, and and then, it all sort of crescendoed in August August 2024 after he passes away. And and I'm sort of just, like, giving myself the biggest out, you know. I, like, I know I need to work out, and I'm doing my best to work out, and maybe I I I think, like, the the least amount that I worked out was was maybe, like, once a week. Maybe I took a full week off, you know, and and and it got to a point where, like, my head was, like, so fuzzy, and, like, my thoughts were so bad, and my energy was so low, and I could feel my body beginning to, like, ache and creak. And it's, like, fuck, dude. I gotta do something. I need to go exercise. And so my sort of rock bottom with my health and with my exercise life was, like, the immediate weeks months after my dad died.
And a big lesson was learned. And that lesson was, like, you gotta just keep moving. You gotta keep moving. You need to find a way to to exercise. And then when I do exercise, I feel good. It's like, oh, thank god. Like, like like, Joe Rogan always does that. It's like, like, just it's a relief, whether it's done or the next day. Specifically, in my case, like, the day after I work out, if I hadn't worked out in a while, I would just feel more clear. I would feel better. I would feel healthier. I'd feel more like I'm able to move around in space. Like, I'm actually, like I don't feel like the walls are closing in. I feel like I'm I'm moving around in my world. This is my world. It's my earth. You know? That's how I feel post workout.
And, you know, did did I did my best to get back into this into the swing of things, when I came back to LA after after I was in Arizona. And now we're in 2025. Okay? So that was a 2024, like 2024 was like a slugfest. I just felt like a slug. Now 2025, this is where this is where I recommit to myself. This is where I begin to believe in myself again. You know, when I was losing all that weight back in 2017, I was on Snapchat a lot, and I had a lot of friends, reach out to me when I was, like, posting on Snapchat, because I would do these videos of me running around my neighborhood. I would do, like, a 3 mile run late at night. I would either work out. I would either either lift weights, or I would do this 3 mile run.
And, during the run, I would have the camera up, and I would just do these, like, string of videos of me just screaming at the camera saying, believe in yourself. You need to believe in yourself. What are you doing? Believe. Believe. And it became like it was like a like, little community meme. Like, if people would just it was sort of like people just, like, fucking expected that of me, or if I saw someone in real life, they're like, believe. Believe. And they're pointing at me, and I always got a kick out of that, man. I didn't think it was that I didn't think it was that, like, impactful, but it sort of was for a moment, at least. And what I'm saying now is 2025, I gotta start believing in myself again.
You know? And if you're struggling with something, you know, if if you're struggling with something similar, I wanna encourage you to begin to believe in yourself right now, because that's what's necessary for what we're going through as a species on earth. From a spiritual perspective, I believe that humanity is moving through the darkest hour. I believe that we are moving toward a new world, a literal new earth. I can't I can't prove this. I can't corroborate this. I'm just telling you, that's what I believe spiritually, and from a spiritual perspective to get to that new world, we have to go through the darkest moment of history.
And that's gonna show up in a lot of different ways, and it's showing up in my life currently, specifically with loss, and depression, and uncertainty. And all I can do in my physical life is to just handle what's right in front of me, and that involves working out my body. That involves exercising my body, and this is not a opinion. You know? It's getting to a point where if you advocate for health, it's not like, hey. Like, maybe you should consider it. Get off your fucking ass and exercise your body. Like, that is the only way you will feel good in your body and in this life is if you exercise. This is not a what if. This is not a maybe you need to.
And I've gone through multiple waves of being inspired and being depressed to realize that this is just a simple truth, and I'm recommitting to myself. I'm recommitting to myself right now. Today, I went on a hike. I felt really good. This week has been really good, activity what activity wise, you know, just find some way to be active every single day. You know? And, you know, if you need to figure out what Jeff Bezos does for his workout, if you gotta figure out what Arnold Schwarzenegger does, you know, like, these celebrities and these routines, these morning routines, like, these are all good to follow and and read about, but, ultimately, you need to develop your own life.
This life is what you make it, and what I'm discovering is I need to make it more about my health. I need to make it more about how I move, and flex, and stretch throughout the world. This is hypercritical. Hypercritical. I hope you agree with me. You know, if you don't agree with me right now, maybe you're a little unhealthy, and maybe you should actually consider getting healthy. I don't know. So how am I doing that? So how am I recommitting myself? You know, the this I guess this is a 2025 goal, you know, but, you know, it's really just a matter of me finding a way to be consistent in the day.
You know, waking up in the morning and stretching. You know, if I don't want to work out, maybe I should just stretch. You know, and if I stretch, maybe later in the day, I'll feel more open and more willing to to to lift some weights, or to go on a walk, or run, or lit or lift some weights. You know, just do something. You know, just do something. That's the most critical thing, dude. I need some water. Hang on. I need some water. So I got this mountain valley water, dude. This is like super good. And make sure to hydrate also. Okay? Lemon in the water. I need more.
Oh my gosh. It's tasty. It's tasty. Can you taste the difference in water? I think I can. I really like the spring water. It's really good. Just find a way to be healthy. Find a way to hydrate. Have some have some lemon juice. Have some water. You know, don't don't drink alcohol too much. Like, you gotta just, like, consume less of the things that you know are poison. And and that's already a thing that I've been through. I've already chosen to do that. I've already been drinking less. You know, I had I was drinking heavy in August, and then I was told through, like, spiritual matters to, like, to stop and to slow down, and I did. And then I had, like, a glass of whiskey on Christmas, and that felt pretty good.
And then I haven't had a drink since, so and I don't feel the need to, which is nice. And I don't feel the need to smoke any weed, which is nice. So from that point of view, I am clear. And I I I I'm not sure if I have a renewed inspiration to be consistent in my life, but it is a realization. It it is just a simple lesson learned, like, I need to just do this. Because I know it to be true, I need to just do it. Can anyone else relate to that? You know, how many times do you need to be beaten over the head, of a lesson?
How many times? And when are you gonna just get up and just do what you need to do? Because as a man, you gotta just do what you gotta do. You gotta do what you need to do. You heard? This is a big thing in my life right now. And so, just simply that. Just simply finding a way within the day, to do some sort of activity and to set myself up for success, to do that said activity. And then if I was going to the beach, you know, that involves beach workouts with my friend, Case. That involves finding a way to get outside in the sun. That involves, going to the gym. That involves stretching in my apartment. You know, that's you gotta figure out your own world. You gotta mold your world.
I'm currently molding mine, you gotta mold yours. No one can mold it for you. I mean, they can, but you're gonna hate it. You know, that I I that's sort of like why people hate life is because from a certain point of view, they've allowed other people to mold their lives. But if when you choose to mold your life in the areas that you can mold it right now, you will see the opportunity where you can mold more of it. And that's the baby steps to a better life. That's what I'm trying to do right now. So, yeah. I mean, long story short, I'm recommitting to my health, I'm being consistent on a daily basis, and I don't wanna give up on myself because believing in myself is the best way forward, and making sure that my body is healthy is the best way that I can live in the world so that I can be of service to others.
Hopefully, I am of service to you. I love podcasting so much because I feel like it's a real service, you know. I like being silly on here, but I also I just enjoy making a podcast, and I really believe that at least some people get get value out of it. You know, I truly believe that, man. I truly truly believe that. So that's really what I have to share today. Just to believe in yourself, and to exercise, and to find a way, to be healthy, because this year is critical, your life is important, and you are unique enough to do something special with your life.
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And now it's time to believe in yourself. What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week. Another episode. What's going on, everybody? Happy to be here. It's a beautiful week. It's a beautiful day to be alive. It's January 5th. 10:16 in the PM. What's going on, folks? Oh my god. It's America Plus. It's another episode. I'm so happy you're here. Dude, what's going on, people? I got a great we got a great show for you, folks. We're gonna have a great night. We're talking about health this week. We're talking about the new year, 2025. It's a dude, it's a new year, dude. 2025. Can you believe that? Can you believe that? It feels like the future. I I remember when I was a kid, and it was like the new year for 2014.
And I remember I'm, like, 13, 14 years old, or 50, or however old I was. And I was like, woah. 2014. That's like the future. Like, 2014 felt like the future to me. But now, like, this year, it's like, we're like deep, dude. We're deep in the future. We're like almost post future. You know what I mean? It's almost post future. And I'm just I'm just happy to be alive. You know, Kanye said he wasn't supposed to make it past 25, but we are living in 2025, dude. That's some. It's just wild, dude. Does anyone think about this thing? These things? Does anyone think about how the years just keep on going? You know, I'm in an interesting part of my life where post dead dad and, you know, the earth just keeps on spinning. And I knew that was gonna be reality.
Like, I always knew that was the truth, but, like, now I'm just, like, living it. And so just it's a it's a crazy time, dude. I'm just happy to be be here right now. I'm happy to be giving you another new podcast. And on this beautiful day, what I wanna talk about because it's the new year, because it's new vibes, new year, new people, new babies, new motivations, and new goals. You know, everyone is trying to get better. At least, I hope so. I I hope everyone's trying to get better. I thought it'd be appropriate to talk about to have a health episode. And because RFK Jr. Is about to come in, we're about to take over. Raw Milk is about to unleash on America.
I thought it'd be appropriate to have a health episode and to and to discuss my personal relationship with health and share a little bit of my story with health stuff. And I think it's an interesting one because of my situation with my dad. And it's been a very it's been an interesting time, dude. So, on the agenda, I'm gonna give you the history. I'm gonna give you my mindset changes throughout the year. I'm gonna tell you what happened last year. I won't spend too much time on last year. And then I'm gonna tell you on how I'm how I'm gonna get better this year. Okay? So a little bit about my history with health. As far as I can remember, I wanna say the 5th grade.
I have been aware of my body. Specifically, aware of my stomach. I've always had this, like, insecurity, man, about my belly. And when I was a kid, I remember, like, telling that to, like, my grandma, because there was a period of time when my grandparents lived with us. Multiple multiple sets of grandparents in separate times, separate eras, lived within my household. And so I remember telling my one grandma on my dad's side, like, how I don't like my stomach. I don't like how my stomach, like, pushes out of my shirt. And my grandma tells me, oh, you just gotta suck it in. And and, like, she taught me how to suck in my stomach. And, like, at a very young age, I was, like, I was, like, sucking in my stomach because I was insecure.
I thought I was fat. I felt fat. And even though, like, I sort of was fat, like, I sort I like I I was unhealthy as a kid. Like, I drink a lot of soda. I I remember, in the 7th grade, I was £195. Can you believe that? Now I think that's, like, common for, like, a lot of kids nowadays. Like, there's a lot of fat kids, dude. There's a lot of fat kids. And I don't think I was particularly a fat kid. I think I was a bigger kid. But it because I was always taller. I was always one of the taller kids, but I was also wider. I I was, you know, like, I I got these long ass legs, and I got this stout torso, and, like, you know, I'm just bigger. So 195 in the 7th grade, and I just knew I wasn't healthy.
And I remember when I was a kid, I remember judging my dad. Okay? Like, that's, like, where I fucked up. That's one of my big fuck ups in my life. I judged my dad for being fat and hairy. How bullshit is that? First of all, like, in the retrospect, as an adult now, as a fucking man, like, what am I doing judging my father for being him? Like, what am I doing? But that's what I did, dude. And, I just remember, like, not I had this, like, very specific thought of, like, I don't wanna look like my dad. Like, I don't want that. And I and, cut to, you know, just like right now, in this moment, I'm actually wearing one of my dad's shirts when he when he was losing weight. So I wasn't planning on this, but I'm I actually just like this shirt. The when I visited home for Christmas, my mom was like, hey. Do you wanna go through your dad's closet at all? Do you wanna, like, pick out anything that might fit you? And I was like I was sort of insecure about it. Like, I'm not ready to do that yet, but I was like, okay. This shirt's actually kinda nice. She's like, yeah. That's like the most expensive shirt he had. I'm like, oh, wait. It's mine now.
Thanks, pups. And, so I'm wearing one of his shirts, ironically enough. And I'm and I judged him as a kid. And, I didn't wanna like, I wanted to, like, be like him, but I didn't wanna look like him. You know what I mean? And that was, like, a really shallow of me. And so I did everything I could to not look like him. And beginning in the 7th grade is when when I first started playing football, first of all. Like, I decided to play football, because and it was tackle football, in Southern Arizona. And it was, it was specifically because I wanted to work out, with my friends, and I wanted to to, like, to lose weight. Like, I just wanted like, I was more interested in, like, the health aspects rather than, like, the sport and competition aspect. I really didn't give any shits about the game.
I really didn't care about like, I cared about winning, of course. I I I wanted to win. I wanted the team to win, but I wanted to work out with my friends and lose weight. And being 195, you know, I was like I was really focused on my weight. I was weighing myself. I chose to stop drinking soda. That was a huge deal. You know? And that's when I realized, like, me making a choice to not consume something changed my body. And I specifically remember the season of football, I had no soda, and, I lost, like, £10 or something or £15. And I was like, woah, that's crazy, dude. Like, I lost £15. That's so awesome.
And I was, like, patting myself on the back. And this is, like, all, like, me. Okay? Like, there was 0 outer influence. Like, I didn't I didn't look at any celebrity. There was no one else in my life telling me that I was fat. Like, there was no outside thing. This is all coming from inside of me. And, you know, throughout middle school and high school, I was, like, hypervigilant on, like, losing weight. I need to lose weight lose weight. I lost 15 pounds, and then I gained a little bit back after football. And then and then I was like, okay. Wow. What else can I do to lose weight?
And, like, that summer before 8th grade, I, like I think I did basketball. Where's my dude? Do you hear my freaking cat right now? I don't know what's going on right now. He's like, he's he's moving through something. What are you doing, blue? Anyway, I just remember do trying to do everything. I just I I I played sports specifically to lose weight, and I wanted to lose weight. And throughout high school, I was like on some wild shit. So I played sports. I I I played football all throughout high school. And I was looking back, I was a thin lineman. I thought I was fat. Like, I was so in football, I was a offensive lineman, usually a tackle or what's the one next to the tackle?
A forward? I actually don't even remember the freaking positions anymore. But, I was a lineman because I used to be fat. I used to be big, but I then I was just tall. But I and then I was skinny, but I just stayed in the same position because I couldn't run for shit. I wasn't fast. And I thought I was fat. I I I throughout high school, I thought I was unhealthy. And there was a pretty consistent amount of time where after football practice, I would come home. Okay. Well, why would I why would I freaking do this? I would come home and do p 90x.
P 90x. Like, did anyone else do p 90x back in the day? I'd literally made my parents buy me p 90x for Christmas because I thought I was fat as a freshman in high school. As I'm, like, £165. I thought being 165 like, I thought I could be better. I thought I could be more shredded. I thought I could be thinner. I thought I could be leaner. I wanna get more tone. I go wanted I wanted to get abs. Even though I did have abs, I wanted to get more abs. And so I would literally, like, run my heart out during football, hitting people, doing drills, and then I go home and, like, before dinner, I'm literally doing freaking shoulder presses.
I'm doing Kinpo. I'm doing Kinpo x. I'm punching the air with Tony Horton. And it's just, like, some real bullshit, dude. Like, looking back, I'm like, I had some real problems with my self image. And I don't think that led into too much of food. I don't think I had any issues. Like, I didn't even think about food. Like, I just ate anything. I was really just eating everything. I wouldn't drink soda. Like, that was, like, the one thing that I wouldn't have. But I would I was drinking milk. I was eating whatever the public school lunches were. I was having Cheetos. I was having all the bag stuff. I was eating all the lasagna that my mom made. You know, like, I wasn't avoiding carbs. I wasn't avoiding a like, large food groups. I was eating everything.
But I thought I was fat, and I thought I was unhealthy. And that mindset has sort of just, like, stayed with me, throughout high school and after. And I and it's always been, like, centered around my stomach. Like, I just always felt like, oh, like, I don't like this, like, pooch. I don't like this, like, sticking out thing. I don't like how, like, I just feel fat. And, you know, that was always, like, a motivator for me to work out. And it's and and that and there was, like, a small journey of, like, me letting that go and, like, doing psychedelics, you know, doing mushrooms for the first time sort of allowed me to look at my body differently. You know, I did mushrooms in 2017, 2 years after high school.
And I was able to, and I and I I had actually gained some weight after high school, because I was, like, depressed. I was going through a depression period. During high school and after, I gained weight. I stopped working out at, at towards, like, the end of my senior year. I don't know how how heavy I got. I got to, like so in 7th grade, I was 195. After high school, the heaviest I got was 255. £255. Do the calculation yourself if you're out of country. But £255, and I wasn't working out, and I just knew I was not in a good good situation.
And that was mainly because, like, my life was falling apart in back then. Like, I was going through I lost all my friends in church. Like, I like there was, like, a huge falling out with me and my church. Like, me personally. Huge falling out. And I just wasn't working out, and I was just eating normally, you know, just like, just eating. And, it wasn't until I took my mushrooms for the first time, May 2017, and I actually had, like, a light bulb turn come on. Like, ding ding ding ding ding ding. Like, my body like, I need to water my body. I need a like, I had this image.
1 the first time I did psychedelics, I had this image in my mind of, intestines. My, like, intestines. And I and I saw this garden this gardening, ladle, I guess. Like, what like, imagine, like, the classic bucket of water with the spout with, like, the shower head spout. You know? You you know what I mean? And, like, imagine, like, water throughout that shower spout pouring over intestines. And this message of you need to water your body. You need to feed your body well. You need to keep your body healthy. And just like this idea and, like, feeling of, like, cold, like, full drops of water seeping through these intestines, like, seeping through, like, the body, like, just like that feeling of water going through your chest, you know, when you're really thirsty.
You know, that was that image and that feeling and these messages were hitting me hard. And, it was in that moment and that summer that I just got the inspiration to just treat my body better. You know? And within that same year, 2017 was when I first started listening to Joe Rogan. And, like, I can tell you, like, the first episode of, of Joe Rogan in I think it was in 2017 or at least the first episode of Joe Rogan that I listened to that year was it was him and, Mark Sisson. Mark Sisson is famous for, the brand Primal Kitchen, and he's, famous for the, ketogenic diet. He sort of popular he helped popularize ketogenic diet.
And I was really into it, and I was like, yeah. Let's do it. So I was sort of leaning into dieting, but then after mushrooms, I was like, I need to exercise and eat right. Like and I had, like, this new wind behind me. And I was inspired, like, feel like the truest sense of inspiration and motivation was surging through me, the summer of 2017. And I was working at a pizza shop, and so I stopped eating pizza. And I, I chose to just, like, swim after work. And then, after dinner, later that night, I would go to the gym. Like, every day or, like, at least, like, 6 days a week, maybe 5 days a week. And so I was doing, like, pretty much 2 workouts a day.
And I went from 2 and within a matter of, like, 6 or 7 months from May to October, I went from 255 to 185. I dropped a shit ton of weight, dude. So that's over. Like, what is that? Like, that's, like, almost, like, £70, £75. That's a lot of weight in that amount of time. And I was I was going hardcore, and I was doing hardcore keto. I had a little cheat day on Thursday nights. I got some Reese's Pieces at the movie theaters. But other than that, like, I I was eating salad. I I would have, like, a chicken salad every day. I would have a balsamic chicken salad when I came home.
And I would oh, so I would swim, have that salad, and then I would, like, have dinner. And then, like, a couple hours later, at, like, 10 PM, I do, like, a late night weight lifting session, and then sauna. And I was, like, I was fucking on it, dude. I was on it. And that that catapulted me. That summer catapulted me into me moving to Los Angeles, end of October, on my mom's birthday, oddly enough, sadly enough. I moved to LA on my mom's birthday, which is not recommended as a as a first born. But that catapulted me here, and I started off my journey in LA inspired and healthy and motivated and just with the utmost vibes.
And I did my best to keep that up. You know? You know, and and now we're in LA, and I've been it's been 7 years out here. 7 years. About to be 8. 2025 will be 8 years. And, I'm trying to remember. Like, I sort of kept up the motivation. You know? I was, I was still hard into keto, and and I wanted to be thin, and I was confident about my body. You know, there was like a little bit of insecurity about my stomach, but I was far along the journey to just see how thin I was, and I was able to accept my body, for what it was. And even if I so, like, the right now, like, memories that are coming to me are, like, if it was, like, windy. Right? If there was, like, wind on the front of my body and the my shirt's, like, flying. It's like it's like it's like going backward.
I would always be insecure that my stomach was showing. And it had to be a practice, an active practice for myself to not feel insecure when the wind was blowing on my face and stomach. Because I, you know, I I just had to tell myself, like, you don't have a big stomach. You're not fat. You're not fat. You're not fat. And every year, you know, every new year sort of came with, like, these new goals. Like, I'm gonna get a 6 pack. I'm gonna get a 6 pack. I need a 6 pack. And that 6 pack sort of like never really came. It was sort of there, sort of not there. You know, on a good week, it was pretty visible. But, you know, you know how it is. You know how it goes.
You can only do so much. If you're not, like, taking, like, more supplements and if you're not, like, lifting heavy heavy, you know, whatever. But it's been a journey with that. And, going through the pandemic, you know, I was I I stayed the same weight. I was, like, 185. I was able to stay at 185 all through the pandemic, and it wasn't until, like, 2021, 2022 is when I started to gain a little weight. And I was consistent with my workouts. I was working out pretty much every day at the park during COVID, and it got to a point where I chose to work out a bit less.
I can't really identify the reason. I'm just gonna tie it to some sort of depression tied to my work because I was working at a at a dispensary, and I just, like, didn't wanna work or I like, I I just didn't wanna work out or something. Smoking a lot of weed too. I thought weed was motivating me, but it wasn't. That's obvious now. Excuse me. And my cat right now is in the freaking I bought this hang on. If you're watching the video, look at this, dude. Look at this. Oh, okay. You left. The cat left. The cat left. Whatever. He was in my freak I bought the mountain valley water, the valley the the spring water. I paid $34 for this case of water in glass bottles.
So if you believe in going into poverty to stay hydrated, I highly recommend this Mountain Valley brand because I sure am. I'm sure. I'm I'm a lot more poor, but I'm hydrated. Anyway, I was I was depressed or I was feeling depressed. I didn't wanna work out as much. And, I chose to just work out a bit less, you know, every other day maybe. And since 2022, it's been like that. And then 2023 happens, my dad gets diagnosed with cancer, and it's like, all these health things begin, like, like, coming back at me. Or, like, they start, like, like, some some health things are, like, like, coming out of me. Like, I'm trying to help my dad be healthy, because it's one of the first times that he and I guess, like, the last time that he was actually thinking about health, you know. He had gotten weight loss surgery because he knew that he was too heavy, but he he told me to my face that he didn't have any willpower to do any fasting or to do any dieting.
You know, he told me that to hit to my face, and, you know, that always sort of broke my heart. And when he had when he was diagnosed, I was, like, trying to, like, tell him, like, about keto, about carnivore, about like, don't be afraid of meat, about, you know, organ meat, you know, take the organ pills, from Paul Saladino, so you're getting, like, the right micronutrients. You know, I'm just trying to tell him about exercising. You gotta exercise to so your body can fight off this cancer, and, you know, he wasn't really exercising. He might have been on a walk or 2, but he wasn't really doing much, you know, and and and that and that's not to blame him for anything. It's just that's just what happened, and I'm looking at the health narratives that I've absorbed, and I was giving to him, and I was going through a lot of, like, what the fuck is even health?
Like, what is even health? Like, how do I even be healthy? And I sort of have these I I have these very strong stances on health, on like, on raw milk, on red meat. You know, these things are absolutely healthy for you, objectively, and I'm willing to tell people that they're healthy, and yet, at the same time, I'm going through the death of my father. I'm being and I'm be and I'm becoming more and more depressed. I'm becoming more sad, you know. I'm trying to work through that, you know. I'm and I'm working in the kitchen. I'm adapting to a new jobs, after the the dispensary, because kitchen life is way different than dispensary life. I'll tell you that.
You know, it's not just smoking blunts. It's literally work, and, you know, I'm adapting to to that. And so there's stress, and there's fear, and there's some slight slight depression, and just getting in my head, you know. A lot of my a lot of my, like, spiritual practice is, like, trying to get out of my head. You know, just get out of my head, into my heart, into my body. You know? And 2024 happens, and I'm sort of just giving myself even more of a pass to not work out, and, you know, why why the fuck would I do any push ups? Why would I wanna do any sort of workout when I'm like witnessing my dad wither away?
You know, no one's gonna be motivated for that. And I don't think anyone really tells you to work out when your family member is dying. You know, they tell you that working out every day is healthy, but, you know, I I think it's a universal human thing. It's like, hey, if you're going through some wild stress, like, sure, like, objectively, it's going to help. The science says it will help, but, like, you can't really do shit, dude. Like, you're sort of paralyzed. You're sort of just like stuck in that, and you can do something. You can maybe go on a walk, you know. I think I I think I went to the trampoline park with my nephew, and I can jump around a little bit, but like, I'd I'm not figuring out some schedule.
I don't have no fucking workout routine during this moment in my life, and and then, it all sort of crescendoed in August August 2024 after he passes away. And and I'm sort of just, like, giving myself the biggest out, you know. I, like, I know I need to work out, and I'm doing my best to work out, and maybe I I I think, like, the the least amount that I worked out was was maybe, like, once a week. Maybe I took a full week off, you know, and and and it got to a point where, like, my head was, like, so fuzzy, and, like, my thoughts were so bad, and my energy was so low, and I could feel my body beginning to, like, ache and creak. And it's, like, fuck, dude. I gotta do something. I need to go exercise. And so my sort of rock bottom with my health and with my exercise life was, like, the immediate weeks months after my dad died.
And a big lesson was learned. And that lesson was, like, you gotta just keep moving. You gotta keep moving. You need to find a way to to exercise. And then when I do exercise, I feel good. It's like, oh, thank god. Like, like like, Joe Rogan always does that. It's like, like, just it's a relief, whether it's done or the next day. Specifically, in my case, like, the day after I work out, if I hadn't worked out in a while, I would just feel more clear. I would feel better. I would feel healthier. I'd feel more like I'm able to move around in space. Like, I'm actually, like I don't feel like the walls are closing in. I feel like I'm I'm moving around in my world. This is my world. It's my earth. You know? That's how I feel post workout.
And, you know, did did I did my best to get back into this into the swing of things, when I came back to LA after after I was in Arizona. And now we're in 2025. Okay? So that was a 2024, like 2024 was like a slugfest. I just felt like a slug. Now 2025, this is where this is where I recommit to myself. This is where I begin to believe in myself again. You know, when I was losing all that weight back in 2017, I was on Snapchat a lot, and I had a lot of friends, reach out to me when I was, like, posting on Snapchat, because I would do these videos of me running around my neighborhood. I would do, like, a 3 mile run late at night. I would either work out. I would either either lift weights, or I would do this 3 mile run.
And, during the run, I would have the camera up, and I would just do these, like, string of videos of me just screaming at the camera saying, believe in yourself. You need to believe in yourself. What are you doing? Believe. Believe. And it became like it was like a like, little community meme. Like, if people would just it was sort of like people just, like, fucking expected that of me, or if I saw someone in real life, they're like, believe. Believe. And they're pointing at me, and I always got a kick out of that, man. I didn't think it was that I didn't think it was that, like, impactful, but it sort of was for a moment, at least. And what I'm saying now is 2025, I gotta start believing in myself again.
You know? And if you're struggling with something, you know, if if you're struggling with something similar, I wanna encourage you to begin to believe in yourself right now, because that's what's necessary for what we're going through as a species on earth. From a spiritual perspective, I believe that humanity is moving through the darkest hour. I believe that we are moving toward a new world, a literal new earth. I can't I can't prove this. I can't corroborate this. I'm just telling you, that's what I believe spiritually, and from a spiritual perspective to get to that new world, we have to go through the darkest moment of history.
And that's gonna show up in a lot of different ways, and it's showing up in my life currently, specifically with loss, and depression, and uncertainty. And all I can do in my physical life is to just handle what's right in front of me, and that involves working out my body. That involves exercising my body, and this is not a opinion. You know? It's getting to a point where if you advocate for health, it's not like, hey. Like, maybe you should consider it. Get off your fucking ass and exercise your body. Like, that is the only way you will feel good in your body and in this life is if you exercise. This is not a what if. This is not a maybe you need to.
And I've gone through multiple waves of being inspired and being depressed to realize that this is just a simple truth, and I'm recommitting to myself. I'm recommitting to myself right now. Today, I went on a hike. I felt really good. This week has been really good, activity what activity wise, you know, just find some way to be active every single day. You know? And, you know, if you need to figure out what Jeff Bezos does for his workout, if you gotta figure out what Arnold Schwarzenegger does, you know, like, these celebrities and these routines, these morning routines, like, these are all good to follow and and read about, but, ultimately, you need to develop your own life.
This life is what you make it, and what I'm discovering is I need to make it more about my health. I need to make it more about how I move, and flex, and stretch throughout the world. This is hypercritical. Hypercritical. I hope you agree with me. You know, if you don't agree with me right now, maybe you're a little unhealthy, and maybe you should actually consider getting healthy. I don't know. So how am I doing that? So how am I recommitting myself? You know, the this I guess this is a 2025 goal, you know, but, you know, it's really just a matter of me finding a way to be consistent in the day.
You know, waking up in the morning and stretching. You know, if I don't want to work out, maybe I should just stretch. You know, and if I stretch, maybe later in the day, I'll feel more open and more willing to to to lift some weights, or to go on a walk, or run, or lit or lift some weights. You know, just do something. You know, just do something. That's the most critical thing, dude. I need some water. Hang on. I need some water. So I got this mountain valley water, dude. This is like super good. And make sure to hydrate also. Okay? Lemon in the water. I need more.
Oh my gosh. It's tasty. It's tasty. Can you taste the difference in water? I think I can. I really like the spring water. It's really good. Just find a way to be healthy. Find a way to hydrate. Have some have some lemon juice. Have some water. You know, don't don't drink alcohol too much. Like, you gotta just, like, consume less of the things that you know are poison. And and that's already a thing that I've been through. I've already chosen to do that. I've already been drinking less. You know, I had I was drinking heavy in August, and then I was told through, like, spiritual matters to, like, to stop and to slow down, and I did. And then I had, like, a glass of whiskey on Christmas, and that felt pretty good.
And then I haven't had a drink since, so and I don't feel the need to, which is nice. And I don't feel the need to smoke any weed, which is nice. So from that point of view, I am clear. And I I I I'm not sure if I have a renewed inspiration to be consistent in my life, but it is a realization. It it is just a simple lesson learned, like, I need to just do this. Because I know it to be true, I need to just do it. Can anyone else relate to that? You know, how many times do you need to be beaten over the head, of a lesson?
How many times? And when are you gonna just get up and just do what you need to do? Because as a man, you gotta just do what you gotta do. You gotta do what you need to do. You heard? This is a big thing in my life right now. And so, just simply that. Just simply finding a way within the day, to do some sort of activity and to set myself up for success, to do that said activity. And then if I was going to the beach, you know, that involves beach workouts with my friend, Case. That involves finding a way to get outside in the sun. That involves, going to the gym. That involves stretching in my apartment. You know, that's you gotta figure out your own world. You gotta mold your world.
I'm currently molding mine, you gotta mold yours. No one can mold it for you. I mean, they can, but you're gonna hate it. You know, that I I that's sort of like why people hate life is because from a certain point of view, they've allowed other people to mold their lives. But if when you choose to mold your life in the areas that you can mold it right now, you will see the opportunity where you can mold more of it. And that's the baby steps to a better life. That's what I'm trying to do right now. So, yeah. I mean, long story short, I'm recommitting to my health, I'm being consistent on a daily basis, and I don't wanna give up on myself because believing in myself is the best way forward, and making sure that my body is healthy is the best way that I can live in the world so that I can be of service to others.
Hopefully, I am of service to you. I love podcasting so much because I feel like it's a real service, you know. I like being silly on here, but I also I just enjoy making a podcast, and I really believe that at least some people get get value out of it. You know, I truly believe that, man. I truly truly believe that. So that's really what I have to share today. Just to believe in yourself, and to exercise, and to find a way, to be healthy, because this year is critical, your life is important, and you are unique enough to do something special with your life.
You can do it. And the best way to do something special is to put yourself in a healthy position to then do that special thing. So I believe in you. I truly do, and I believe in myself. And even if you don't believe in yourself right now, follow me. Believe that I believe in myself, and then maybe you will in you. You know. So that's all I got, dude. That's all I got. That's the value I have. Let's head on into the value for value section here. America Plus is a value for value show. What that means is, this is a value exchange, dude. I try to bring up conversations, topics, conversations that that I think are valuable to the world, and to you specifically.
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But I was listening to some of his stuff today, and this song really spoke to me. A little thing about the value for value music and DJ Yo, when I play his song right now, he's about to get 90% of your satoshi donation. So if you choose to donate while the song plays, he's getting 90% of that. And I believe he he deserves it because it the song is legit. This song is called BAE is Sick, b a e, BAE IS Sick. And I'm telling you right now, this song is sick. So just hang out, enjoy the vibes. It's an instrumental vibe. This song is from an album that was produced on his iPhone. So that's how awesome DJ Yo is. Shout out to DJ Yo.
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Introduction and New Year Reflections
Personal Health Journey: Childhood to High School
Post-High School Challenges and Realizations
The Turning Point: 2017 and Beyond
Struggles with Health and Loss
Recommitting to Health in 2025
Conclusion: Believing in Yourself and Health Goals
