ALL
ALL THE
ALL THE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR SOME THE LOCKDOWN HAS LED TO SOME
POSITIVE CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES
FOR TREY ANTHONY THAT MEANT
GOING ON A WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY
DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH A
NEWBORN IN FACT AND SHE LOST 90
POUNDS DURING A PERSONALLY
CHALLENGING TIME. SHE WRITES
ABOUT THAT SO MUCH MORE IN HER
BRAND NEW BOOK. IT'S CALLED
BLACK GIRL IN LOVE WITH
HERSELF. WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME
TREY ANTHONY TO OUR SHOW RIGHT
HERE ON THE FLOOR. FIRST
OF ALL, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SO
MUCH TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON.
SMILE ON YOUR FACE NEUBORNE
BAIBA HE'S A LITTLE OVER A YEAR
NOW AND ALSO AN INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY. LET'S JUST START WITH
THE JOURNEY BECAUSE THIS TIME
LAST YEAR WHERE WERE YOU THIS
TIME LAST YEAR I WAS
PRACTICALLY ON THE BATHROOM
FLOOR. OK, I WAS OVERWEIGHT ON
THE BATHROOM FLOOR. MY PARTNER
HAD TEXTED ME TO END A FOUR
YEAR RELATIONSHIP. I HAD A TWO
WEEK OLD BABY AND I WAS GIVEN
TWELVE DAYS TO MOVE OUT OF OUR
CONDO AND I WAS DEVASTATOR THAT
AND I ALSO HAD A BOOK DEAL THAT
WAS DUE CALLED GIRL IN LOVE
WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL
ABOUT HOW TO MANIFEST A
WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP AND MY
RELATIONSHIP WAS FALLING APART.
EVERYTHING WHERE I WAS
EVERYTHING WAS FALLING APART
AND YOU DON'T EXACTLY HAVE A
MAGIC RECIPE FOR HOWEVER WHEN
SUPPOSED TO PUT THEIR LIVES
BACK TOGETHER. BUT WHAT YOU DID
FOR YOURSELF IS REMARKABLE AND
STEP BY STEP AND BRICK BY BRICK
YOU SORT OF CHECKED EVERYTHING
OFF THE LIST, TURNED EVERYTHING
BACK AROUND. LET'S START WITH
THE WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY. HOW
DID YOU LOSE 90 POUNDS WHEN THE
REST OF US WERE GAINING WEIGHT?
FOR ME IT WAS REALLY ABOUT MY
MENTAL HEALTH AND I WRITE ABOUT
THAT IN THE BOOK BLACK GIRL IN
LOVE WITH HERSELF. I WAS REALLY
IN DESPAIR AND A BIG DEPRESSION
AND I STARTED GOING TO SEE A
THERAPIST VIRTUALLY OF COURSE
AND SHE REALLY ENCOURAGED ME TO
GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AT LEAST
ONCE A DAY. SHE SAID EVEN IF
IT'S TWENTY MINUTES. AND SO
WHAT I DID IS I WOULD PUT THE
BABY IN THE STROLLER AND TAKE A
20 MINUTE WALK AND THEN AFTER
THAT I STARTED TO BUILD UP TO
THAT. I REALLY LIKED BEING
OUTSIDE THE BABY WAS REALLY
CALM AND SO I STARTED BUILDING
UP ON THAT TWENTY MINUTES THEN
IT TURNED TO 30 MINUTES AND
THAT'S A FORTY MINUTES AND THEN
AFTER THAT I ALSO THEN STARTED
TO LOOK AT MY MEALS LIKE WHAT I
WAS EATING AND HOW THAT WAS
AFFECTING ME BECAUSE WHEN THIS
ALL HAPPENED I WAS SUCH AN
EMOTIONAL EATER AND I THINK I
WAS LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE
PANDEMIC I WAS BAKING PANS
OF BROWNIES YOU NAME IT AND I
WAS GETTING BIGGER BY THE
MINUTE AND I DECIDED I IF I
WANTED TO BE A WELL MOM FOR MY
BABY I HAD TO REALLY BE
COMMITTED TO A WELLNESS JOURNEY
THAT HAD A HOLISTIC APPROACH
THAT INVOLVED MY BODY MIND,
SOUL, SPIRIT AND EVERYTHING
ELSE BECAUSE MY SON DESERVES A
WELL MOTHER AND LOOK AT YOU NOW
ALSO YOU TALK IN YOUR BOOK TRAY
ABOUT FORGET WHO A BLACK WOMAN
IS SUPPOSED TO BE IS A
STEREOTYPE THAT YOU WANT TO
SHATTER. YES. FOR ME AND I
WRITE ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK
WHERE I TALK ABOUT ESPECIALLY
BLACK WOMEN THERE IS THE
STEREOTYPE OF THE STRONG BLACK
WOMAN AND SOMETIMES SOME OF US
HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME ABOUT
BEING VULNERABLE AND AT THAT
POINT IN MY LIFE MY
RELATIONSHIP WAS COMING TO AN
END. I WAS OVERWHELMED AS A
MOTHER I WAS PRACTICALLY QUOTE
HOMELESS. I HAD NOWHERE TO
LIVE. I WAS MOVING BACK HOME
WITH MY MOM, MY SISTER AND I
DIDN'T FEEL STRONG. I REALLY
FELT ANYTHING BUT STRONG AND I
REALIZED THAT I HAD TO CHIP
AWAY AT THAT STEREOTYPE OF YOU
NEED TO BE STRONG AND SAY TO
PEOPLE WHAT I'M REALLY
VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW. I REALLY
NEED HELP AND ALSO TO BE ABLE
TO ACCEPT HELP AND ALSO SAY I
FEELING REALLY OVERWHELMED AND
I DO NOT RECOGNIZE MY LIFE
RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS WHY I
WROTE THE BOOK BECAUSE I REALLY
WANTED TO WRITE THE BOOK FOR
WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ONE DAY YOU
WAKE UP AND YOU LOOK AT YOUR
LIFE AND GO I DO NOT RECOGNIZE
THIS LIFE AND HOW DO I START
ALL OVER AGAIN? AND THAT'S
BASICALLY WHAT THIS BOOK
REPRESENTED FROM AGAIN THE BOOK
IS CALLED BLACK GIRL IN LOVE
WITH HERSELF. WE JUST SCRATCHED
THE SURFACE ON THE BOOK. TREY
ANTHONY , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME WISHING YOU ALL THE
BEST. KEEP THAT SMILE ON YOUR
FACE BECAUSE IT IS CONTAGIOUS.
THANK YOU