305. Tony’s Story: Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes and Transforming His Life

When Tony was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he didn’t want to believe it. 

At first, he resisted making changes—clinging to old habits even though they were costing him his health. But as reality set in, he faced a powerful choice: keep ignoring the problem or take action before it was too late.

In this episode, we uncover the pivotal moment that pushed Tony to take control, the lifestyle shifts that helped him reverse course, and the surprising impact these changes had on his confidence, relationships, and overall identity. 

He shares why focusing on emotional health was just as important as diet and exercise, and how that shift led to lasting results.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or in denial about your health, Tony’s story will open your eyes to the real cost of waiting—and the freedom that comes from taking action now. His journey is proof that change is possible, even when it feels out of reach.

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Transcript

One thing that we say in that is, okay, we've connected with ourselves so that we can better connect with others. And to me, that's exactly what you've been saying. You've been connecting better with yourself, with your mental and spiritual and emotional and physical health, which has enabled you to better connect with others. Does that make sense?

Hey there and welcome to a very special episode of the Reshape Your Health podcast. We have a member success story today. We have Tony with us and he's been a dear member for what, a couple years now, Tony? Couple years. yeah, we've gotten to know each other pretty well. He's done a lot of the reboots, a lot of the group coaching calls. He's the guy that's like putting in the work and

I think that the story that is going to unfold today will surprise you. I wanted to give you a heads up. Both of us are criers. Tony has an entire roll of paper towel on hand. We were going to do an over under on who cried first and ⁓ he did. So in case you were wondering, but Tony, thank you so much. Thank you for honoring us with your time and. ⁓

I'm just thrilled to share some of your story with our listeners. Can you just start by introducing yourself and ⁓ what drew you to Zivli? Well, thank you, Dr. Morgan for having me. I really appreciate it. Yeah. ⁓

What drew me to Zivli was... ⁓

Man, I really needed to get to see a cardiologist, ⁓ because my brother had a quadruple bypass and the doctors were looking at me saying, you better go get yourself checked out. when I did, I learned I had type 2 diabetes. And I was resistant to believing that. And then I actually started searching on YouTube.

for remedies and fixes for type 2 diabetes and I found you Dr. Nolte and Zivoli and the videos that I watched were

They hit home. They made sense and They had a tone about that I resonated with There's compassion and love that I felt just listening to the videos and I knew There was a connection And I just had to do this program So that's how I found you

Yeah, we both believe there is kind of that divine connection. And we'll talk a lot about our faith and, you know, our spirituality and what a deeply spiritual and faith filled journey this has been for you and how that connection between us just deepens our relationship and ⁓ everything. It deepens everything. It's almost like an enrichment in life. You know, it brings a new layer of love to everything that you do.

I'm curious. I'm gonna dig in something that I expected from YouTube videos at all, right? I watched hundreds of other Diabetes stuff and never got The impact that I did from watching your videos Well, that means a lot to me because a lot of love and work went into producing those videos and you just do it

blindly, you know, hoping, okay, I hope this reaches the right person. I hope I help somebody with this video. And I'm so glad that you found it and that we found each other. I wanted to dig a little bit deeper into the background there. You mentioned that you were really resistant to accept that diabetes diagnosis. And I was just kind of wondering why that was, you know, did you not believe in it or were you afraid of it? Or, you know, did you know somebody with it you're like, I can't have that or

Did you just have no symptoms and you felt fine? So what was that resistance from? Yeah, basically I was living life. It was great. ⁓ I could work all day. I can walk. I can exercise. can do. And I thought things were really great. And I told the doctor at the time, said, hey, I'm going through some stuff in my life.

⁓ I recently moved from San Diego to Florida and you know, I lost a relationship along the way. I lost the job and then I came to Florida and lost two more jobs. Then my mom and dad died and it's like, hey, I got a lot going on and this is just a manifestation. So let me get things calmed down and this diabetes thing is a

You know, it's just a product of my life right now. So he didn't believe that put me on some drugs. And, ⁓ then I had a bad reaction to the pharmaceutical stuff and decided to just stop that all and try and find the natural solution where that's where I went looking on YouTube and found you.

Yeah. And do you mind sharing like what was your A1C or your fasting blood sugar when you first found out that you were diabetic? Do you remember? 11 was the A1C. Okay. Last week blood sugars over 300. Yeah. So I just, I want to highlight that anybody listening, if you don't know your A1C or your fasting blood sugars, they're really important to know because Tony probably had diabetes.

for a while and then kind of the stress, as he mentioned, of life, like made it even worse. Had you been to the doctor? So that was my next question for you, Tony, was had you been doing like regular checkups or like when was the last time your A1C or fasting blood sugar was checked? ⁓ I get an annual exam and never was I told, hey,

blood sugar is up, maybe you should do something, you know, pre-diabetes. I missed that step somewhere. ⁓ Did you ever go back in your records and look, because now you know how to kind of analyze your own blood results and see, was this ignored for the past several years or did it really just kind of jump from a normal range to an 11 in one year? Yeah, I haven't done the research.

Prior to that, it'd be interesting. But typically, I wasn't using a third party blood testing lab. the blood was drawn, and it was all kept secret at the doctor's office. So I don't even have access to that, or I don't know how to get it. Interesting. I was just told.

You know, they do the labs, but you know, they were more interested in ⁓ cholesterol, I think, than ⁓ sugar at what I remember. ⁓ But back then, I wasn't even thinking about fixing anything because I was good. I couldn't care. After my annual exam, I'd go out and it was game on. So, you know.

We've got to get into that a little bit more. just for anybody listening, check your numbers. It's very important to know and then check the historical data that you have access to to see if your physician is overlooking prediabetes because the it's just best treated as soon as possible. ⁓ All right. So let's talk about that because you're a fun guy. And ⁓ I just remember this was

such an inflection point, I think, in your journey with Sibley to recognize, like, whoa, my lifestyle has got to change, and then how that impacted your identity as a person. Can you speak to that a little bit?

Yeah, ⁓ my, my identity as a person, ⁓

I guess, you know, had to take a serious look at my health. And so, you know, that got me thinking. And through the Zivoli program, you know, I'm learning, hey, it's not different chunks of your life. It's a whole part. your mind, your body, your spirit, you know, your emotions. ⁓

you know, what you're thinking at all ties in. so I was feeling good and I was Tony 1.0 and I thought all I needed to do was change these blood sugars, get cholesterol, whatever. And I could go back to Tony, the new Tony 1.0 without

let go of those and without, and I'd be back in the game. It's just, you know, I know what to do now to keep, but, well, fortunately I learned that that's not what has to happen. Can you, can you paint the picture of Tony 1.0? Because I sense you still miss him a little bit. ⁓

Yeah, but he's getting kicked to the corner. ⁓ Life is good. I had my compartments. I had my work life. had my family life and they were all good. I had my spiritual life. I'd go to church and I'd do whatever I needed to do at church and they were all good. ⁓

One of the key.

I guess things that I learned was things that weren't serving you. So what habits did you have or like eating habits, drinking habits, sleeping habits, movement habits? What habits did you have that you realized were contributing to the diabetes? What I learned was, yeah, I was eating anything and everything.

There was no filter. caution to the wind? No. Because I didn't think I was bad as some of my friends. But I didn't know how much damage I was doing to myself. And then it's all interrelated. So you damage yourself, your family, your spiritual life. Everything falls apart.

Yeah. I remember you saying like the part that I thought was the hardest to hear was that you were like the fun guy. You know, you were the fun friend. You're always up for a drink. You're always up for staying out late, eating at the bar, watching the football games. We both love football, so you can bond over that. Is that something that you had to accept that like that lifestyle doesn't serve me?

Or have you come to a point where it's like, still really enjoy that. I have to do it differently. Where are you at with that stuff? Yeah, that's a, that's a, what do call it? In progress work. Because I am the fun guy and I will be the fun guy and

Yeah, I have to learn how to do it a little different. that's what I'm learning because I've been through steps where...

All of my progress has regressed because I didn't have a right plan, didn't have a right mindset, didn't have all these things that I need to have going for me, going, you know? So ⁓ I'm starting to learn how to get these things in my brain and thinking and

different ways of thinking. ⁓ So yeah, I can go to the bar and be the fun guy and not drink. Okay. And I can do that. I, because, you know, there were blips of time that I was that guy, you know, I didn't drink all the time, but I'm a fun guy, even.

⁓ But man, we can really have some fun if we if you if you want to. ⁓ Yeah, but but. That's that's the Tony 2.0 is. I'm able.

to control it, not control it, it's gonna be my life. It's not something that I turn on and turn off. It's gotta be the way I am. A new, so Tony 1.0 is dead, he's in, and there's a new Tony.

So working on him and we're all a work in progress, you know, and I think I love that verse. It's like, you know, he who completed or who started a work in you started a good work in you will bring it to completion in Christ, you know, and I think that there's you're such a big reason why I wanted to dig into the emotional brain training. And I'll be talking about it more on the podcast. You know, it's going to be part of like the reboot program.

But I still think that there's a lot of these wires going on that we haven't discovered and transformed yet. And I think the ultimate goal is to not just be like version 2.0, Tony 2.0, but really want that and want to live that lifestyle. And I think that's the transition too. It's kind of like you want the outcome, you want the health, you want the healthy body, you want the healthy relationships, you want the deep.

spiritual connections and emotional health. But there's a lot of like dying like Christ says, like dying to the old self to be renewed. And so I think that in the last few years, you've been just in this process of dying or pruning. There's one of our I think shared favorite verses is like I am the vine. And you know, you are the branches, but he also says like I prune them. So I think that he's been pruning you a lot over the last, you know, few years to say,

what habits aren't part of your new identity. And so I'd be really curious to know over the last two or three years, what has shifted? So you came in here kind of eating whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted, drinking, kind of knowing I need to change. I think that I can kind of do this short term and then kind of go back to what I was doing, because I'll be fixed. But then there was that huge awakening that's like, my gosh, I'm going to have to do this forever. Like I have to change who I am, my identity.

⁓ So what has changed? What progress have you made regarding your habits or your processes around nutrition or fasting or drinking or exercising or anything like that?

Um, there's been a lot, uh, and, uh, some of it, you know, most of it follows the Zipfili hierarchy. Um, so, you know, I'm getting in touch with myself, uh, in the morning, uh, and, uh, going over, you know, you know, who I am and what I want to be, where I'm going and connecting.

⁓ with myself, which before I thought was Foo Foo and co-op. That's for the weak minded and some people that don't need it, but ⁓ I'm reforming. ⁓ I'm learning that it works. You you start thinking differently. You guys at Zivli are the masters of switching things.

from negative to positive. know we're the internal optimists over here. Yeah. man, I don't have that one down yet. other things that have changed are, you know, I'm drinking water. You know, I'm drinking half my body weight in water. ⁓ I'm getting better at getting to bed and getting eight hours of sleep, seven to eight hours of sleep.

So, you know, and all of that helps to reduce my stress, which, ⁓ even though I was a fun guy, I got angry a lot. Yeah. And things would trigger me and boom. I, so I'm, I'm learning how to control that a little bit. ⁓ you'd have to check in with Val. ⁓

about if I'm getting better or not there. ⁓ So food, woo, no carbs, no or low carbs. I'm not, no sugar, no bread, no pasta, no rice, no potato. ⁓ Eating green leafy vegetables, salad, meat with fat.

And sometimes, you know, when I was changing my diet, I found out, hey, you can eat too much meat. I didn't think that. thought, ⁓ I can do this. I can do this low carb. I can eat all the meat I want. Well, ⁓ no, it turns into sugar too. And the extra protein. was, that was a good lesson, think. ⁓

What else? exercise movement. gosh. ⁓ I always exercise the night. I, you know, when I was a little bit younger, I, I, you know, I like sport. played softball, you know, and would always, ⁓ coach the kids and baseball football stuff. ⁓ so I was active. was, ⁓

But now it's more focused, it's more...

three days a week, strength. And then the other three or four days, you just try and move, you know, go for a walk. ⁓ Just try and keep active, especially if you're sitting in the office, ⁓ try and get up and move. I have a thing on my watch and my phone that tells you to get up and take

some steps every hour, every 10 minutes of the hour. I would never do that before. ⁓ Drinking, not going to the bars, not hanging out on the weekends ⁓ at the bars ⁓ like I used to. Man, I love to sing karaoke and dance and drink beer and... ⁓

Go to bands, listen to music and dance and have fun. ⁓ But ⁓ yeah, all that comes with a lot of, well, lot of drinking and bad food. ⁓ God. ⁓ Bar food, yeah. Yeah. Or you're at a festival somewhere and there's all kinds of sugar stuff. What else?

I'm struggling. What else I do? I just, I'm kind of curious as to, go ahead. And then I'll ask. Well, I think I'm getting it better contact with my kids. know, really tell me about that.

Well, ⁓

It was, you know, life was flying by and ⁓ lots of times I'd miss a birthday even, but it's really important for me to reach out to them and let them know how much I love them and my grandkids too. They, you sometimes I think, man,

What do they think? mean, you know, because they saw my lifestyle too. They know who I am and I ⁓ want them to know that, you know, I might be a little different, but I still love them and care about them.

I'm just feel fun

There's a, so there's part of like that EBT, you know, how we do the check-in, like a deep breath, exhale, kind of figure out our brain state. One thing that we say in that is, okay, we've connected with ourselves so that we can better connect with others. And to me that that's exactly what you've been saying. You've been connecting better with yourself, with your mental and spiritual and emotional and physical health, which has enabled you

to better connect with others. Does that make sense? Yeah. The struggle part of it, it's like, I can tell them like, don't want to, you know, people say, man, I'll sure be glad when that gets over. Like I was thinking this was going to get over. Yeah. Sorry. Wow. But you,

can learn from the struggle. You can get things out of the struggle. There's hidden gems all around that you can bring in. And I was blown away, Pat. I wasn't even thinking about things like that and how you can help your kids and your grandkids through their struggles. ⁓ Yeah.

So it came at a good time. I'm not dead yet. So I'll have some time to share some of this with them. Yeah. You know, I think I was reminded, I don't know how long ago, a long time ago, I had a really big aha moment when I was coaching you about health consciousness and being health minded, conscious of our health choices.

I think a big shift from Tony 1.0 to 2.0 is just that conscientious decision-making. well, first of all, awareness, knowledge about how your lifestyle choices impact your health, and then making more conscious, why am I having a hard time saying that word, ⁓ conscious health choices that serve you and serve the future version of yourself. Would you agree with that?

Like this stuff is just not in your, your realm of awareness. You just weren't even thinking about it. It wasn't on your radar. And then you go through the course and you're like, my goodness. Like it's kind of like a whole new world opens up. Is that, was that your experience? Yeah. ⁓ I, I thought I was good, you know, and I just needed to tweak some, take a pill or whatever. Just the easy fix. Yeah. Never.

never anticipated needing a complete life change, a complete person change. ⁓ You know, my brother, you know, he went through quadruple bypass and, that's what shocked me. I don't want to, I didn't want to go through that, but you don't have to reach your own rock bottom. Like you can just learn from someone else's. Right. So, ⁓ but.

No, I never anticipated the kind of change. And it's not a bad thing. It is a struggle. It is hard. it's not fun a lot of times. I mean, the end game, I think I'm a better person. I know I'm a better person. And I think

or put here to serve others. And so I'll be better able to serve and better. Yeah. Yeah, I. True. It's true. It's like when you're not weighted down by health issues, physical or mental or emotional, it's almost like we can better receive like

I think we can better receive and then give what we are given because there's not those blocks in the way anymore. Like I think for example, pain ⁓ makes us very like self-centered. I think a lot of the times when we're always thinking about our own pain or our own problems, but if you don't even have pain, there's so many people out there with chronic pain or knee pain or back pain, like what if you weren't spending brain power on that pain? What else could you think about?

And I think that's kind of what you're speaking to here is maybe more energy or more clarity of mind. I don't know. But you're able to give a little bit more to those relationships, which is so meaningful to you. So I hope I synthesize that well. I'm not sure if I did. Yeah. Yeah. The last 15 years of my mom and dad's life, I watched them just waste away.

on account go from being functional to non-functional to falling, breaking a hip and dying. It's like, I'm not going out like that. Yeah. And you know, that's my passion. As a geriatric physical therapist, you saw that with your parents and so many people do, but I saw it with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people. And I'm like, this has got to stop. This can be prevented. And so I'm so

That's why I think it was just such divine intervention that we met each other because our why was so aligned. I also think we have such similar values. You're a hard worker. You are a person of integrity. ⁓ You've become, at least I think you probably always have been, but have become very growth minded. even through the struggle, yeah, we're going to find the gems of wisdom. We're going to reflect on that experience. We're going to learn from it.

I just, I'm so excited for what the future holds for you. I do believe that adding the emotional brain training component to Zivli will just take your results and your experience and your joy. You know, that's the ultimate goal is like to the next level. So we'll wrap it up here. I'm kind of curious, Tony, where do you see yourself, you know, 12 months from now in one year?

Like what are you working towards? I guess, because this is obviously still a work in progress. It's always going to be a work in progress. ⁓ We're always under construction until we're dead, I think. So where do you see yourself a year from now regarding this journey?

I, you know, I'm hardline focused on my fasting insulin and fasting glucose numbers. I'm really taking a hard line on digging deep because of my, my dad died from CBD and my brother has had it or has it and all indications say that I might.

have it. But I don't know how bad it is, but I'm moving towards reversing that. that's cardiovascular disease for anybody listening. said CVD, cardiovascular disease. Yep. And

Focusing, staying more disciplined, I guess, how to stay focused. ⁓

Improving my mental game. I'm going to call it my game to stay on this path because ⁓

This isn't just... ⁓

couple weeks and losing 40 pounds. This is this is

a new me. focusing on those things that I have learned through Zivli and am learning through Zivli to keep the path. ⁓ I think regarding your blood sugars too, I think it's just been so eye-opening.

about stress with your blood sugar, right? Cause you're doing low carb, you're trying to sleep better, you're exercising, but they are stubborn blood sugars. So I think that's kind of another benefit of bringing in EBT over the next 12 months. I'll be very interested to see how working on that emotional brain and reducing the stress just in your mind will help with that. Cause we were emailing back and forth. And I reminded you that one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Jason Fung is,

Stress contains neither calories nor carbohydrates, but contributes to obesity and meaning insulin resistance, diabetes, that kind of stuff. So can you share a little bit of your results so far? Like, have we seen progress with blood sugars? Have we seen progress with weight? Obviously, there's been so much intangible progress regarding your relationships and mood and kind of like more of a purpose-driven, health-conscious life. But any tangible results that you can think of, too?

Yeah. My A1C when it started in 2021 was 11.1 and now it's down to 8.3. That's great progress. And my fasting glucose was up in the 300s and now

when I was last tested fasting glucose was 159, but my average is just a bit under 200 according to my CGM. So yeah, my levels used to bounce above 300, they average at 250 and now they're creeping down below 200. And my insulin,

You know, it's hard that number dances around. I think by when I get my blood tested. So, but it is trending lower. So it was 14.8 when I got first got it checked. And then the last time I got it checked, it was 12.5. So, like you said, it's kind of, it's like a fasting blood sugar. does bounce around, but yeah. So it's hard to get a good read on that, but if it's trending.

down I'm hopeful. ⁓ So my liver enzymes ⁓ have been improving so whatever fatty liver or fatty pancreas I've had ⁓ I think those numbers are improving. ⁓ The cholesterol is still out of whack but my HDL and triglycerides are good so I'm not

We're not worried about that. Yep. We have lots of education on cholesterol in the program on YouTube. Yep. I just wish my cardiologist would learn it too. I just went to him last week and he, he, wants me to take a stat and I can hardly get out of his office without a prescription. ⁓ so I, I don't know. That's another, and my weight.

Yeah. So started at when I started the program I was 237 and

I'm at about 208, 209 now, Pritzcott. That's amazing. That's amazing. I feel better. My clothes fit better. I can...

Now I come home from the gym and I'm, I'm sore cause I worked out and I used to be sore all the time, just from living. So that's amazing. Like that is huge. Huge. I, I still, I still don't.

You know, those BMI indexes have me down about 150, you know, that's another 50 pounds to go. just don't know. I worry about the process and how you're feeling and you will weigh what you will weigh. Like that's answer to that. think I like to say goal weights only matter if you're a wrestler. Like if you have to make weight, then they matter. If you don't have to make weight, then we're just going to.

live the lifestyle that feels good to us and the weight will be a natural byproduct of that. Right on. Tony. whole weight thing though, that whole body. I mean, I've been a fat kid all my life, you know, and I was the fat kid and, and you know, I remember looking in our health books and you know, there was three body types. There was a

A big fat body type. was a healthy looking body type. And then there was a skinny and, I just thought that was my body type. You know, I'm big. I'm and I was always been big. And I probably, I probably was over 180 in third grade, you know? So, So I've never, I've never been that whatever the BMI.

says. So I'm just thinking, I'll never get there. ⁓ That's, that's ridiculous. I can't be honest. That's ridiculous. So interesting, Tony. Like I'm sure there's a lot of other kids out there because childhood obesity is on the rise. You just never know how kids are thinking, you know? So for you, it was almost like a fixed mindset, wasn't it? This is, this is where I am. I was always the kid at the back of the line when we exercise that.

school, you know, I was the last guy coming in, or second to the last me and a guy named Tom. only Tom. we're always last. Sometimes, you know, we wouldn't get picked for games unless it was football. ⁓ So, so you learn to live with it. And, and, man, ⁓ you fly by all this other stuff that

until you get to a point where you're gonna die, you're gonna have cardiovascular disease and you're gonna have a heart attack or stroke or something. ⁓ man, if I would've known this 20 years ago, if you would've been around 20 years ago, so yeah.

But you're doing it now. And that's exactly why I started this because I saw so many people in their 80s and 90s and I'm like, I wish I could have worked with you 20 years ago, just like what you're saying. So it's like the sooner you start the better, but I'm so glad you're here now. And I couldn't be more proud of your efforts and your heart and your intention and your integrity and your passion. And man, just, think very highly of you. think, I think you know that now.

I have to go back to a question that I'm sure was on other people's minds before we wrap it up. What's your go-to karaoke song? That's what I was going to ask you in the middle of ⁓ all of that stuff. Go-to karaoke song. I have many. me some ideas. Traveling band by CCR.

What's his name?

I can do Joe Cocker, ⁓ Unchain My Heart. Ooh, yeah. can do, ⁓ Travis Tritt is Trouble, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, because that's me, I'm Trouble, watch out. ⁓ Yeah, I have many and I love to sing and ⁓ yeah.

It's so fun. Does Val like to do that with you or does she like cover her eyes and be like, oh my gosh, here he goes again? Or what does Val think about your karaoke? Sometimes she backs me up. She likes Ed Sheeran, Shape of You. And so we do that one together kind of. yeah, we have a lot of fun. I feel Born in the USA would be a very good song for you to rock out to. Like if I were to pick a song for you, I'd pick Born in the USA.

Okay, thank you, because I was burning with curiosity on but now I think the T-R-O-U-B-L-E is the one that will be in my mind for that for you. Okay, two more questions. What would you tell somebody who is listening to this who resonates with your story, who's on the fence about joining Zibley?

Do ⁓ it. It's life changing.

be prepared for the change and don't take it lightly because you need it. You need it and it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be a struggle.

And it's not gonna be fun, but you absolutely will.

There's little jewels or nuggets surrounding the struggle and ⁓ you just need to dig in, stay focused.

And you can do it. I'm doing it. doing it. I'm still doing it too. Yes. Yeah. And don't...

Don't go with the mindset that, hey,

sure gonna be glad when this is over because it's not gonna be over. This is new and you're gonna be new and you're gonna love that new person and people are gonna love you too.

Tony, like that is the most beautiful thing of this entire episode. You know, you're going to be new and you're going to. Yes. And you're going to love that. Thank you. Yeah. And I think you might've already answered my last question, but if you had anything to add, like what advice would you give somebody who is brand new to Zivoli? Cause all of that was great advice to both for people on the fence or people, you know, who just joined, but like, let's just say

They join, they're getting the confirmation email. They're starting to kind of block off their calendar for all the coaching calls and when the modules come out and they're eager to kind of dive in any like gem or piece of advice for the person who maybe just took the leap and they might be in a little bit of overwhelm right now. Like, what did I just sign up for? ⁓ the initial stress phase. What would you, what advice would you give to them? Yeah. ⁓

When I first started, ⁓

There's just a lot, a lot coming in. And what I can say is just do your best to take in what you can take in and you can come back again and you can ask questions and you can call and you can. So. Man, I was frustrated because I was barely getting done with.

Module one and module two was coming and there was all kinds of other stuff and just relax Mm-hmm and let it sink in you know Whatever sinks in let it sink in whatever has a question ask your questions You there's great support You know, you can ask your questions and get answers

So yeah, don't get bogged down in the mass of information that's gonna be flooding you. ⁓ Take what you can and love the learning. Yeah, I think that's really well aligned with what we tell people is like the first 10 to 12 weeks is a learning phase.

Don't pressure yourself to do anything with this. think just like what Tony said, take it in and trust that you will get what you were supposed to get from this first go around. And it's lifetime access for a reason. Like Tony's done many reboots because you're a different person. You have a different mindset the second time you go through things or the third time you go through things. It's like reading a really good book more than once.

or watching a really good movie more than once, you're always gonna pick up different things because you don't need the first things anymore. Like you're gonna master some stuff and there's a deeper level to go to. So Tony, what a great way to start my day. What a wonderful conversation. I am so excited for you to continue this journey and I'm excited and honored to be able to continue it with you. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.

Thank you, Dr. Nolte. The feelings are mutual. I love the program and thank you. God bless you and your staff for all you do for us. I appreciate it. Bless you too, Tony.