<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Saisree’s Substack]]></title><description><![CDATA[My personal Substack]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C09k!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F249d3f54-7792-41c5-8ba8-f2a75e6399bc_144x144.png</url><title>Saisree’s Substack</title><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:56:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Saisree]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[sundayswithsaisree@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[sundayswithsaisree@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[sundayswithsaisree@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[sundayswithsaisree@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg: Still Losing (Part 6) 💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[The problem wasn&#8217;t my plan&#8230; it was my patience &#128557;]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-15a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-15a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4b9a8cb2-7bf3-43f3-b97a-dc354e480fd6_3000x2059.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really thought nothing was working.<br>Like genuinely!&#129319;<br>I was trying.<br>I was showing up.<br>I was doing &#8220;all the right things.&#8221;<br>And still&#8230;<br>no big change.<br>No visible difference.<br>Just me&#8230; doing everything and feeling like it&#8217;s going nowhere.</p><p>And that feeling?<br>It&#8217;s the worst&#129394;<br>Because it makes you question everything.<br>&#8220;Am I doing this wrong?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Is this even working?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Should I try something else?&#8221;</p><p>And the truth is&#8230;<br>this wasn&#8217;t my first time feeling this way.<br>I had tried <em>so many things</em> before.<br>Different diets.<br>Different &#8220;methods.&#8221;<br>Different random motivation phases &#128557;</p><p>Starting. Stopping. Starting again.<br>Over and over.<br>I can&#8217;t even count how many times<br>I told myself, &#8220;This time it&#8217;s going to work.&#8221;</p><p>And for a few days&#8230; it would.<br>Until it didn&#8217;t. And then I&#8217;d stop. Again.</p><p>At one point, I was honestly ready to give up.<br>Because in my head &#8220;I&#8217;ve already tried everything.&#8221;<br>So what&#8217;s even left?<br>But then&#8230;<br>I had this one thought.<br>Very simple.<br>Very quiet.<br>&#8220;Okay&#8230; one last time.&#8221;&#8987;</p><p>And this time, I didn&#8217;t change my plan.<br>I changed my mindset.<br>I told myself,<br>No matter what happens&#8230;<br>I&#8217;m not quitting this time.<br>Even if I don&#8217;t see results.<br>Even if it feels slow.<br>Even if it feels like nothing is happening.<br>I&#8217;m still going!&#128200;</p><p>And this didn&#8217;t come from motivation.<br>It came from looking back.<br>Actually thinking about all my past attempts.<br>And asking myself,<br>What really went wrong?&#10060;</p><p>And that&#8217;s when it hit me.<br>Nothing went wrong.<br>Not really.<br>I just didn&#8217;t stay long enough.<br>I didn&#8217;t give it enough time&#8230;to actually <em>work</em>!&#129318;&#127996;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</p><p>And that realization?<br>Changed everything.<br>Because suddenly,<br>it wasn&#8217;t about finding something better.<br>It was about staying with something long enough&#8230;<br>to see it through.<br>So I made a promise to myself,<br>Whatever happens&#8230;<br>I&#8217;m not quitting!&#128170;&#127996;<br>Because even if I don&#8217;t see results today&#8230;<br>I know where this leads.<br>It always leads to a better version of me.<br>One step closer.<br>Every single time!&#128525;</p><p>And weirdly&#8230;<br>that made things feel lighter.<br>Less pressure.<br>Less urgency.<br>I stopped chasing fast results.<br>I stopped expecting something to change overnight.<br>I just focused on showing up.<br>Again.<br>And again.<br>And again!&#128257;</p><p>And slowly&#8230;<br>things started shifting.<br>Not loudly.<br>Not dramatically.<br>But in a way that actually lasts.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week &#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.&#8221; - Joyce Meyer</em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Picture of the week &#128248;</strong></h3><p><em>Started reading this book by Tam Kaur few days ago and it&#8217;s only been few pages and I already am loving it&#128525;I&#8217;ve never been this excited about reading a book until now (I&#8217;ve read 14 books so far)What&#8217;s your current read?&#128064;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tqbc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F372aa4bc-403c-4f6f-9ae6-92597a522ee9_4000x3000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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real.&#8221;&#128064;</p><div><hr></div><p>And if you want to spend a little more of your Sunday with me (and see more of this face yapping at you &#128516;), I shared a short 5-minute video this week on how to build real confidence, even when you don&#8217;t feel confident. You can even just play it like a podcast&#8230; I talk through a few lessons that genuinely changed the way I see confidence, and things you can actually start practicing in your own life. And if you have someone in your life who struggles to speak up or feel confident&#8230; maybe send this to them. You never know, it might be exactly what they needed to hear!&#128140;&#129782;&#128150;</p><div id="youtube2-gnGQ_hPGWH0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;gnGQ_hPGWH0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gnGQ_hPGWH0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;: <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></strong></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-15a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-15a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg: Still Losing (Part 5) 💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[I Avoided the Gym for the Longest Time&#8230; Here&#8217;s Why]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-1d9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-1d9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:02:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!InlZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14ac3569-591e-442b-9811-1e9217cf5909_2539x2994.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine&#128150;,</p><p>I avoided the gym for the longest time&#8230;<br>And it wasn&#8217;t for the reason you think.<br>For the longest time, I kept telling myself,<br>&#8220;I&#8217;ll start soon.&#8221;&#129319;<br><br>But if I&#8217;m being <em>really</em> honest?<br>I wasn&#8217;t waiting for the right time.<br>I was scared.<br>Not of the gym itself&#8230;<br>But of <em>everything that comes with it</em>.</p><p>I felt like,<br>I need to have the perfect workout outfit.<br>I need to know exactly what I&#8217;m doing.<br>I need to have a proper workout split.</p><p>Because if I don&#8217;t&#8230;<br>People will look at me and think I&#8217;m dumb.<br>Or that I have no idea what I&#8217;m doing.&#129394;</p><p>And I didn&#8217;t want to feel embarrassed.<br>I didn&#8217;t want to feel judged.<br>I didn&#8217;t want to feel&#8230; out of place.</p><p>So instead of starting imperfectly,<br>I didn&#8217;t start at all!&#129319;</p><p>And then one day&#8230;<br>I just got tired of my own excuses &#128557;<br>So I decided I&#8217;m going anyway.<br>Not fully prepared.<br>Not fully confident.<br>Just&#8230; going.</p><p>And trust me, I didn&#8217;t magically overcome all my fears overnight.<br>I still felt awkward.<br>So I made it easier for myself.<br>I dressed&#8230; decent enough.<br>Not perfect. Just enough to feel okay.<br>I didn&#8217;t plan a full workout split.<br>I just picked 3 to 4 exercises.<br>Watched a few YouTube videos.&#129323;<br>Read the instructions on the machines at the<br>gym like my life depended on it&#128514;<br>And for the &#8220;people watching me&#8221; part?<br>I literally avoided eye contact!&#129763;<br>Went during less crowded hours.<br>Stayed in my own bubble.<br>Just trying to survive my first few workouts &#128557;</p><p>But here&#8217;s the part that shocked me.<br>NO ONE CARED!!!&#129335;&#127996;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;<br>Like&#8230; actually no one.</p><p>No one was watching me.<br>No one was judging me.<br>No one even noticed what I was doing.&#128064;</p><p>And I was like&#8230;<br>wait&#8230; all this stress for WHAT?&#129394;</p><p>And then one day, I decided to push it a little further.<br>I was like, okay, <em><strong>what&#8217;s the worst that can happen?</strong></em><br>So I went to the gym with oil in my hair&#8230; and braided it &#129296;<br>Because I knew I was going to wash it anyway after my workout.<br>So I thought, why not kill two birds with one stone?<br>Workout + hair wash.</p><p>Also&#8230; secretly testing my biggest fear:<br>&#8220;what if I look weird?&#8221;<br>And guess what?<br>Nothing happened.<br>Literally NOTHING!&#128514;<br>No one cared.<br>No one looked twice.</p><p>Actually&#8230; something <em>did</em> happen.<br>I had an amazing workout.<br>Did 20 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.<br>Came back home.<br>Took a nice shower.<br>And my whole day just felt&#8230; better!&#128150;<br><br>And that&#8217;s when it hit me,<br>Everyone in the gym is there for the same reason.<br>To get better.<br>Physically.<br>Mentally.<br>In their own way!&#128170;&#127996;<br>So why would they sit there and judge someone else&#8230;<br>who&#8217;s trying to do the exact same thing?<br>It just doesn&#8217;t make sense.</p><p>And slowly&#8230;<br>I started showing up more.<br>Not perfectly.<br>Just consistently.<br>And over time, something changed.<br>I started dressing better.<br>Not for anyone else.<br>But for myself.<br>Because it <em>felt good</em>!&#128525;<br><br>And I&#8217;m not even going to lie,<br>what they say is true &#128516;<br>A cute outfit does make the workout feel 100 times better.<br>But also, if you don&#8217;t have that?<br>It doesn&#8217;t make your workout any less valuable.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.&#8221; - Zig Ziglar</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Picture of the week &#128248;</strong></h3><p><em>Always a sucker for golden hour magic&#128525;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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you want to spend a little more of your Sunday with me (and see more of this face yapping at you &#128516;), I shared a short 5-minute video this week on how to build real confidence, even when you don&#8217;t feel confident. You can even just play it like a podcast&#8230; I talk through a few lessons that genuinely changed the way I see confidence, and things you can actually start practicing in your own life. And if you have someone in your life who struggles to speak up or feel confident&#8230; maybe send this to them. You never know, it might be exactly what they needed to hear!&#128140;&#129782;&#128150;</p><div id="youtube2-gnGQ_hPGWH0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;gnGQ_hPGWH0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gnGQ_hPGWH0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;: <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></strong></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-1d9/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-1d9/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg : Still Losing (Part 4) 💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[How I Ate Like a Normal Person&#8230; and Still Lost Weight]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-c46</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-c46</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/907a3b96-4414-419c-9507-32c1b9db7f9e_3000x2341.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine&#128150;,</p><p>I used to think losing weight meant eating as little as possible.<br>Like&#8230; the less I eat, the faster I lose weight, right? <br>Yeah&#8230; no &#128557;</p><p>I actually tried doing this for <em>months</em>.<br>I started taking this &#8220;seriously&#8221;&#128064; around January 2025.<br>And by seriously, I mean:<br>random bursts of motivation,<br>eating very little,<br>feeling like I have my life together for 3 days&#8230;<br>&#8230;and then disappearing from my &#8220;diet&#8221; like I never existed.<br>I did this on and off until June 2025. 6 months.<br>And guess how much weight I lost? 2.5 kgs.<br>I went from 84&#8230; to 81.5.<br>That&#8217;s it!&#129763;</p><p>And not even in a good way.<br>I was tired.<br>Low energy.<br>Always thinking about food!&#128557;</p><p>Because starving yourself is not a strategy&#8230; It&#8217;s just suffering! &#129319;<br>So I stopped.<br>Not because I gave up&#8230;<br>but because I finally realized, <em><strong>I have no idea what I&#8217;m doing.</strong></em></p><p>And for the first time, I didn&#8217;t jump into another &#8220;plan.&#8221;<br>I paused. I took a step back.<br>And I became a student again.<br>I started learning!&#128105;&#127996;&#8205;&#127891;</p><p>About nutrition.<br>About how the human body actually works.<br>About calories, energy, metabolism&#8230; all of it.<br>And weirdly&#8230;I loved it!&#128525;</p><p>Like I was genuinely interested in understanding my own body.</p><p>Why it behaves the way it does.<br>Why certain things work.<br>Why certain things don&#8217;t.<br>And everything started to make sense.<br><br><em><strong>For anyone reading this:</strong></em><br>I highly recommend this.<br>Fall in love with the process of being a student again!&#128214;<br>Learn. Learn. Learn.<br>And don&#8217;t stop!&#128640;<br>Because the moment you understand what you&#8217;re doing&#8230;you stop feeling lost.</p><p>And that&#8217;s when something shifted.<br>Instead of asking, <em><strong>&#8220;How do I eat less?&#8221;</strong><br></em>I started asking, <em><strong>&#8220;How do I eat in a way I can actually sustain?&#8221;</strong><br></em>And that question changed everything!&#129327;</p><p>I didn&#8217;t cut out everything I liked.<br>I didn&#8217;t stop eating rice.<br>I didn&#8217;t stop eating my favorite foods.<br>I didn&#8217;t suddenly become someone who only eats salads.<br>I just started eating&#8230; like a normal person.<br>But with awareness.</p><p>Balanced meals&#127835;<br>Enough food&#128523;<br>Not starving myself&#129319;</p><p>Because the truth is:<br>The more you try to restrict everything,<br>The more your body pushes back.</p><p>And I realized something really important:<br>Food is not the enemy.<br>It&#8217;s not something you need to fight.<br>It&#8217;s something you need to understand&#8230; and work with.<br>And honestly&#8230;<strong>food is medicine!&#128138;</strong></p><p>The way you eat can either support your body&#8230; or work against it.<br>And once I started treating it that way, everything shifted.<br>And once I stopped trying to be perfect and started trying to be consistent, everything felt easier.</p><p>I wasn&#8217;t constantly thinking about food anymore.<br>I wasn&#8217;t waiting for a &#8220;cheat day.&#8221;<br>I wasn&#8217;t stuck in that all-or-nothing cycle.<br>I was just&#8230; eating!&#129392;<br>In a way that felt normal.<br>In a way that I could actually continue.<br>And that&#8217;s when it clicked for me.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t something I need to do for a few weeks.<br>This is something I need to be able to do for life.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;If you can&#8217;t do it forever, it&#8217;s not going to work long-term.&#8221;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>And once I started approaching food like that&#8230;everything changed.<br>Not overnight. But in a way that actually lasted.</p><p>If you&#8217;re someone who feels stuck in that cycle of being &#8220;perfect&#8221; for a few days and then completely falling off&#8230;maybe the answer isn&#8217;t more discipline.<br>Maybe it&#8217;s a better approach. One that you don&#8217;t feel the need to escape from.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week &#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Take care of your body. It&#8217;s the only place you have to live.&#8221; - Jim Rohn</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Picture of the week &#128248;</strong></h3><p><em>Had a little picnic under a tree </em>&#127795;&#128525;<em>When was the last time you had a meal like this?<br>I honestly don&#8217;t even remember&#8230; probably when I was a kid </em>&#128557;<em>If you&#8217;re like me, can you do me a favor? Go outside. Touch some grass. 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or not fully understanding what works for you?</em></p></blockquote><p>For the longest time, I thought I needed more discipline.<br>Turns out&#8230; I needed more understanding.<br>Because once I actually learned what I was doing, everything stopped feeling confusing. And started feeling&#8230; doable. Not perfect. Not extreme. Just doable.<br>And that made all the difference.<br>And in the next part, I&#8217;ll share something I avoided for the longest time: the gym!&#129763;<br>And what actually changed when I finally stepped into it.</p><div><hr></div><p>And if you want to spend a little more of your Sunday with me (and see more of this face yapping at you &#128516;), I shared a short 5-minute video this week on how to build real confidence, even when you don&#8217;t feel confident. You can even just play it like a podcast&#8230; I talk through a few lessons that genuinely changed the way I see confidence, and things you can actually start practicing in your own life. And if you have someone in your life who struggles to speak up or feel confident&#8230; maybe send this to them. You never know, it might be exactly what they needed to hear!&#128140;&#129782;&#128150;</p><div id="youtube2-gnGQ_hPGWH0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;gnGQ_hPGWH0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gnGQ_hPGWH0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;: <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></strong></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-c46/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-c46/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg : Still Losing (Part 3) 💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Nothing Was Working (Until I changed This)&#129296;]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-554</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-554</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iPmo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b3f663c-66cc-4c44-800e-a451a1ba9df4_1398x1966.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine&#128150;,</p><p>I used to think I was doing everything &#8220;right.&#8221; At least&#8230; that&#8217;s what I thought!&#128547;<br>I was eating at home, trying to be mindful, and not going crazy with junk.<br>And still&#8230; nothing was changing.<br>No visible progress.<br>No real difference.<br>Just me, doing all the &#8220;right things&#8221;&#8230; and getting nowhere!&#128557;</p><p>And I remember thinking, <em><strong>What am I missing? </strong></em><strong>&#128064;</strong><em><br></em>Because it didn&#8217;t make sense.<br>You&#8217;re trying. You&#8217;re showing up. But it feels like your effort is going into a black hole.</p><p>For the longest time, I couldn&#8217;t figure it out.<br>Until I realized something that changed everything for me.<br>It wasn&#8217;t just <em>what</em> I was eating.<br>It was <em>how much</em> I was eating.<br>And the worst part?<br>I had absolutely no idea.<br>I was eyeballing everything.<br><em>Rice? Looks about right.<br>Peanut butter? Just a little extra.<br>Snacks? It&#8217;s fine&#8230; it&#8217;s just a small bowl.</em></p><p>But those &#8220;small&#8221; things&#8230;were not small &#128557;</p><p>They were quietly adding up, and I didn&#8217;t even realize it.<br>And that&#8217;s when I made what I now think is the <strong>best decision I&#8217;ve made in this entire journey.</strong></p><p>I bought a <strong>food weighing scale.<br></strong>Not in a crazy, obsessive way.<br>Just&#8230; to understand!&#128105;&#127996;&#8205;&#127891;</p><p>I wanted to know what my &#8220;one cup of rice&#8221; actually looked like.<br>What &#8220;a little peanut butter&#8221; actually meant.<br>What portion sizes <em>really</em> were.<br>And let me tell you&#8230;I was shocked.<br>Like respectfully&#8230; I was not even close &#128557;</p><p>What I thought was one serving was sometimes double.<br>Sometimes even triple. And suddenly&#8230; everything made sense.<br>No wonder nothing was working!&#129318;&#127996;&#8205;&#9792;&#65039;</p><p>But here&#8217;s the part I didn&#8217;t expect.&#129327;<br>I didn&#8217;t have to stop eating the foods I liked.<br>I didn&#8217;t have to cut everything out.<br>I didn&#8217;t have to follow some extreme diet.<br>I just had to understand my portions. <br>That&#8217;s it!&#129392;</p><p>And slowly, I started making small adjustments.<br>A little less here. A little more balanced there. Nothing dramatic.<br>But over time, it made a huge difference.<br>And the best part?<br>It didn&#8217;t feel restrictive.<br>It felt&#8230; empowering!&#128150;<br>Because for the first time, I actually knew what I was doing.<br>Not guessing.<br>Not hoping.<br>Actually knowing!&#129504;<br>And once you learn that, you don&#8217;t even have to measure everything forever.<br>You just <em>get it.</em></p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;You can&#8217;t change what you don&#8217;t understand.&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote><p>That one shift made everything finally click for me. Because the process stopped feeling confusing&#8230; and started feeling in my control.<br><br>If you&#8217;re someone who feels like you&#8217;re trying but not seeing results&#8230;this might be the thing you&#8217;re missing. Not restriction. Not extremes. Just awareness.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week&#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Nothing changes if nothing changes.&#8221; - Courtney C. Stevens</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Picture of the week &#128248;</strong></h3><p><em>I posted a YT short where I show you my before &amp; after fatloss journey in this same top</em>&#129401;<em><br>Here is the <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/acTNTdJbvGY?feature=share">link if you are interested </a>in seeing it and this picture was when I went to watch Dhurandhar 2, did you watch it?</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iPmo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b3f663c-66cc-4c44-800e-a451a1ba9df4_1398x1966.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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even more surprising, what I actually started eating&#8230;and why it didn&#8217;t feel like a &#8220;diet&#8221; at all!</strong></em><strong>&#128521;&#129323;</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>If you want to spend a little more of your Sunday with me&#129392; (and see more of this face yapping at you &#128516;), here&#8217;s a YouTube video where I show exactly what I ate to lose weight, how I made it sustainable, and how I actually use my food weighing scale, the thing that changed everything for me!&#128525;</p><div id="youtube2-7i0yXQ9qYr4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;7i0yXQ9qYr4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7i0yXQ9qYr4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;: <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></strong></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-554/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-554/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg : Still Losing (Part 2) 💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why I Didn&#8217;t Start with the Gym&#129323;]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-164</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-164</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:03:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bjmZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8568b278-0776-492c-941c-efd7293a4664_2932x3910.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine&#128150;,</p><p>If you had asked me in early 2025 what I needed to do to lose weight, I would&#8217;ve said the same thing everyone says.</p><p><em><strong>&#8220;Go to the gym.&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>And trust me&#8230; I tried that. Many times!!!&#129394;</p><p>I would randomly wake up one day with <em>main character energy</em> and decide, <em><strong>this is it, my life is about to change.</strong></em> I&#8217;d go to the gym for a few days, feel amazing, maybe even walk a little differently like I had my life together&#8230;</p><p>&#8230;and then I&#8217;d miss one day.</p><p>That one day would turn into two.<br>Two would turn into &#8220;I&#8217;ll go next week.&#8221;<br>And next week would turn into&#8230; <strong>nothing.</strong></p><p>And just like that, I was back to square one like it never even happened.</p><p>So when I finally decided to take this journey seriously, I had to be very honest with myself. If I tried to change everything at once, I would quit again.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t need another &#8220;new plan.&#8221;<br>I didn&#8217;t need another burst of motivation.<br>I needed something I could actually stick to&#8230; even on days when I didn&#8217;t feel like doing anything.</p><p>So I made a different decision this time.<br>I didn&#8217;t start with the gym.<br>I started with walking.<br>That&#8217;s it.</p><p>And before you think <em><strong>wow that&#8217;s so easy</strong></em>&#8230; let me tell you, even hitting <strong>2,000 steps a day</strong> felt like a task in the beginning!&#128579;</p><p>And of course, my brain had opinions.</p><p><em><strong>Is this even enough?</strong></em><strong><br></strong><em><strong>Shouldn&#8217;t I be doing more?</strong></em><strong><br></strong><em><strong>How is this going to change anything?</strong></em></p><p>Because we&#8217;ve all been conditioned to believe that <em><strong>if it&#8217;s not intense&#8230; it&#8217;s not working.</strong></em><br>But this time, I didn&#8217;t listen to that voice.<br><br>I made one simple promise to myself:<br>Just show up. Even if it&#8217;s small.<br>No overthinking.<br>No trying to be perfect.<br>Just consistency.<br>2,000 steps became 3,000.<br>3,000 slowly became 5,000.<br>And something really interesting happened.</p><p>Walking stopped feeling like a &#8220;task&#8221;&#8230; and started feeling like <em>my time.<br></em>Time to think.<br>Time to clear my head.<br>Time to feel like I was doing something for myself, even on days when everything else felt off.</p><p><em><strong>Also&#8230; lowkey my favorite part?</strong></em><br>No pressure. No gym anxiety. Just me and my steps.</p><p>And then I made it even better.<br>To make walking a habit, I ordered a <strong>walking pad from Amazon</strong>, honestly one of the best decisions I&#8217;ve made.<br>Actually&#8230; LET ME CORRECT THAT&#128521;<br><strong>Second best decision!&#129392;</strong></p><p>The first one was buying a <strong>food weighing scale</strong> (we&#8217;ll get into that later &#128064;).<br>I also learned about <strong>habit stacking</strong> from <em>Atomic Habits</em>, and I paired my walks with reading. And my god&#8230; now I actually look forward to my walks. Like genuinely!&#128525;</p><p>Sometimes I&#8217;m excited about it from the night before. I&#8217;ve literally caught myself thinking before sleeping like, <em>can&#8217;t wait to walk and read tomorrow.</em></p><p><em><strong>Who am I???</strong></em><strong>&#128514;</strong></p><p>But that&#8217;s what made the difference. It stopped feeling like something I <em>had to do</em>&#8230; and became something I <em>wanted to do. </em>That one small change made the whole experience so much more fun. So if you&#8217;re trying to build a habit, don&#8217;t just focus on discipline. Make it enjoyable.</p><p>Maybe you:</p><ul><li><p>catch up with a friend on a call</p></li><li><p>watch your favorite show</p></li><li><p>listen to a podcast</p></li><li><p>or just have your own little &#8220;me time&#8221;</p></li></ul><p>Find something that makes you want to come back to it.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to be extreme, just consistent.&#8221;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>That one shift changed everything for me!&#128170;&#127996;<br><br>Because I finally understood something I wish I knew earlier:<br>You don&#8217;t need a perfect routine to change your life.<br>You don&#8217;t need motivation every single day.<br>You don&#8217;t need to do everything at once.<br>You just need one small thing you can repeat.<br>Even on your worst days.<br><strong>Especially on your worst days!&#129323;</strong></p><p>Because those are the days that actually matter.</p><p>If you&#8217;re reading this and thinking about starting something, whether it&#8217;s your health, a routine, or even something completely different, don&#8217;t start with everything. Start with something so small you can&#8217;t make an excuse. And just keep showing up.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week&#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Nothing changes if nothing changes.&#8221; - Courtney C. Stevens</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Picture of the week &#128248;</strong></h3><p><em>Had benne masala dosa, ghee thatte idli, and filter coffee! And then this moon?? &#127769; I&#8217;m such a sucker for pretty skies&#8230; like anything sky honestly lol</em>&#128525;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bjmZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8568b278-0776-492c-941c-efd7293a4664_2932x3910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bjmZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8568b278-0776-492c-941c-efd7293a4664_2932x3910.png 424w, 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If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one.</p><p>Until next Sunday, take care &#128150;</p><div><hr></div><p>Completely off topic&#8230; but if you want to spend a little more of your day with me (and see more of this face yapping at you &#128516;), I&#8217;ve been posting a short series on YouTube showing how I do my makeup with just 5 products, very minimal, natural, and still looks like me&#8230; just a little better &#128516;</p><div id="youtube2-UE0CJBx6s38" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;UE0CJBx6s38&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UE0CJBx6s38?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;<em><strong>:</strong></em> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-164/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part-164/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 84kg to 68kg : Still Losing (Part 1) 💌 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Day I Realized Something Had to Change&#129327;]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:02:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/7i0yXQ9qYr4" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine&#128150;,</p><p>In <strong>August 2025</strong>, I had a moment that was both uncomfortable and eye-opening.</p><p>I remember looking at myself and thinking, &#8220;<em><strong>I don&#8217;t recognize this version of me anymore!&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>Not because I hated myself. Not because someone said something hurtful. But because deep down, I knew I wasn&#8217;t taking care of myself the way I deserved to.</p><p>And don&#8217;t get me wrong, it&#8217;s not like I wasn&#8217;t trying before.</p><p>Since <strong>January 2025</strong>, I had been &#8220;trying&#8221; to get fit&#8230; but in the most inconsistent way possible.</p><p><em>My version of trying looked something like this:</em></p><p>Going to the gym when I felt like it, which realistically meant <strong>maybe once a month</strong>.</p><p>Not having any real plan with food. Some days I would barely eat because I thought eating less meant losing weight faster. And then eventually I would crash and end up eating things like a whole slice of cheesecake in one sitting.</p><p>It was a cycle.</p><p><em><strong>Eat too little &#8594; feel miserable &#8594; lose control &#8594; start again!&#128257;</strong></em></p><p>Deep down, I knew this wasn&#8217;t sustainable.</p><p>That day in August wasn&#8217;t about shame or criticizing myself. It was more like a quiet realization that the way I was living wasn&#8217;t helping me become the person I wanted to be.</p><p>And once that realization happens, you can&#8217;t really ignore it anymore.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;One day or day one. You decide.&#8221; -</strong> Paulo Coelho</em></p></blockquote><p>That quiet realization became the beginning of my journey from <strong>84kg to 68kg</strong> <strong>(and as I write this today&#8230; that number is even lower&#129323;).</strong> Not because I suddenly became extremely disciplined overnight, but because I decided to start showing up for myself in small ways.</p><p>Small steps.<br>Small changes.<br>Small promises to myself that I actually kept!&#129401;</p><p>And if you&#8217;re reading this right now, maybe there&#8217;s something in your life you&#8217;ve been quietly thinking about changing too.</p><p>Maybe it&#8217;s your health.<br>Maybe it&#8217;s a habit.<br>Maybe it&#8217;s a dream you&#8217;ve been postponing for a long time.</p><p>Sometimes the first step isn&#8217;t action.<br>Sometimes the first step is simply deciding that you want something different.<br>And that decision alone can be powerful!&#128175;&#10024;</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week&#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Nothing changes if nothing changes.&#8221;</strong></em> - <em>Courtney C. 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Not because you have all the answers yet, but because acknowledging it is the first step toward doing something about it.</p><p>Next Sunday, I want to share something that surprised me during this journey, the first thing I changed in my routine, and surprisingly, it had nothing to do with the gym.</p><p>Until then, take care!! &#128150;</p><div><hr></div><p>If you want to spend a little more of your Sunday with me, and see more of this face yapping at you, watch my latest YouTube video where I show exactly what I ate in a day!&#128525;</p><div id="youtube2-7i0yXQ9qYr4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;7i0yXQ9qYr4&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7i0yXQ9qYr4?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for being here. If you enjoyed this letter, subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss the next one!&#128140;</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I share everyday snippets of my life on Instagram like routines, habits, and the little things that keep this journey going&#128525;<em><strong>:</strong></em> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saycheezxoxo?igsh=MThqMGo4YTdrMDFmaw==">@saycheezxoxo</a></p><p>I would love to hear from you&#128140;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/from-84kg-to-68kg-still-losing-part/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Changed My Life in Just 10 Days🥹💖]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 798 to 2.5K. 100K Views (A Vision Board Dream Come True)]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/you-changed-my-life-in-just-10-days</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/you-changed-my-life-in-just-10-days</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/VQhv1Omt7bE" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the One Who Needed to Hear This&#128140;,</p><p>Sometimes life doesn&#8217;t change in big flashy ways&#8230;  </p><p>but the change that happens inside you? That&#8217;s the kind that stays.</p><p>12 days ago, I posted a video that felt like one of the most vulnerable things I&#8217;ve ever shared. I poured 54 hours of my time, energy, love, and rookie editor brainpower into it, scripting, filming, learning new editing skills, staying up way too late, giving up my entire long weekend, and basically ghosting my social life for three days straight &#128514;</p><p>And honestly? It was one of the best creative experiences of my life.</p><p>This wasn&#8217;t just a video about my 75 Hard journey or the 15 kg (33 lbs) I lost in 2025, it was a reflection of every mistake I made, every habit that finally stuck, and every time I got up after wanting to quit.</p><p>It was messy.  <br>It was imperfect.  <br>But it was real.<br><br>I went to sleep with 798 subscribers&#8230;  <br>and woke up with 820.</p><p>And yes, I literally jumped so hard I almost hit the ceiling while drinking my morning green tea! &#129325;&#128514;</p><p>To some people, that number might seem small.  </p><p>But to me, it felt huge. Because every single person who chose to subscribe, stay, watch, comment, or silently support, that means something!&#129401;</p><p>It reminded me of something I deeply believe in</p><p>Hard work does pay off  <br>Not always immediately  <br>Not always loudly  <br>But eventually</p><p><strong>January 26, 2026 </strong><em><strong>(a date I&#8217;ll never forget )</strong></em></p><p>Back in 2025, I put 1,000 subscribers on my vision board. I didn&#8217;t know when it would happen&#8230; I just knew I had to keep showing up.</p><p><em><strong>Picture of my vision board</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png" width="728" height="298.31207598371776" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:302,&quot;width&quot;:737,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:728,&quot;bytes&quot;:273496,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/i/186643166?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0d4b2c9-a332-4ca1-bd73-21eb5cea2520_737x1500.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MLJ8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2277f37b-c1aa-47a0-96cf-f5ac5d0fc111_737x302.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>And on that day&#8230; that vision became real.  <br>And guess what else? It was Indian Republic Day, a beautiful alignment that felt like the universe saying, yes. Keep going.<br>That taught me something even more powerful</p><blockquote><p><strong>A vision doesn&#8217;t have an expiration date  <br>If you stay clear about what you want and keep working toward it, the results will follow.</strong> </p></blockquote><p>This milestone didn&#8217;t happen overnight  <br>It took:  <br>29 months of consistency  <br>Doubt  <br>Learning  <br>Restarting  <br>Not quitting  <br>All for one simple goal: reaching 1K<br>And today  <br>We did it (Together&#129401;)</p><p>Thank you for believing in me, watching my videos, leaving kind comments, and choosing to stay<br>This isn&#8217;t just a number  <br>It&#8217;s proof that patience, consistency, and perseverance really do work<br>And guess what  <br>My little internet family keeps growing  <br>2.5K and counting in just a few days&#8230;&#128150;</p><p>Reading every comment, message, and sweet note you send fills my heart in ways I can&#8217;t even describe. Thank you for being here, growing with me, talking to me, laughing with me, and supporting me, not just with clicks, but with a real connection</p><p>If you haven&#8217;t seen the video I&#8217;m yapping about yet&#8230; here&#8217;s the link  </p><h4><strong>Quote of the week &#128140;</strong>  </h4><blockquote><p>&#8220;Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.&#8221; - Robert Collier</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Picture of the week&#128248;<br></strong></h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg" width="1080" height="1251" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cF-s!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3315f42f-4597-4647-94db-02a87ce29780_1080x1251.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>Trust me, this doesn&#8217;t happen every day(Ideally it should), only once in a blue moon&#128579;</em></p><h4><strong>Penny for your thoughts &#8987;</strong>  </h4><blockquote><p>What&#8217;s one thing you&#8217;ve been working on, even when it felt slow or unseen?  </p></blockquote><p>Reply back and tell me, I&#8217;d love to hear your story! &#128140;&#129782;</p><div><hr></div><p>If you want to continue to spend the day with me, then here&#8217;s THE video that I&#8217;m yapping about!&#128525;</p><div id="youtube2-VQhv1Omt7bE" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;VQhv1Omt7bE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VQhv1Omt7bE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for reading Saisree&#8217;s Substack! 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Although ink can be erased, it is very difficult to get ink removed entirely. When you think of life this way it puts a lot of pressure on us that we might actually mess up things we are good at. Of course, we are humans, some of us including &#8220;ME&#8221; don&#8217;t perform well under pressure.</p><p>Instead what I like to do and suggest you all is to treat life like a &#8220;PENCIL&#8221; which means you will always have a chance to erase/alter things even if everything went south. When you have this mindset shift you will notice two things change. Number one there will be much less pressure on the decisions you make because you know that whatever happens you can handle it. Number two is the result of the former, you will do things that you are always afraid of or things that are challenging for you with much ease knowing that whatever the end result is there is always hope for the better.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<strong>We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope</strong>.&#8221; &#8212; Martin Luther King</em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quote of the week&#128140;</strong></h3><blockquote><p><em><strong>"Believe you can and you're halfway there."</strong> &#8212; Theodore Roosevelt</em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h2>Picture of the week&#128248;</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!na7Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d19d8ae-883b-46cd-b512-144f1f3876a5_3024x4032.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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This might actually be picture of the month as its almost been a month since I published my first newsletter&#128579;I will try to be consistent with my newsletter I promise!</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>Penny for your thoughts &#8987;</h2><blockquote><p>12 months from now what is the one thing that you would like to change or improve in your life? </p></blockquote><p>To make it easier lets divide your life into health, work and relationships. List one thing for each category and write it down. <em>I promise this will give you a sense of clarity and steer your boat called &#8220;LIFE&#8221; in the right direction.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>If you want to continue to spend the day me, checkout my YouTube video where I take you along to spend a Sunday with me!</p><div id="youtube2-FDq6sFdmr8w" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;FDq6sFdmr8w&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FDq6sFdmr8w?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Thanks for reading Saisree&#8217;s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>                                                 <em>   I would love to hear from you&#128140;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/hope/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/hope/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to Courage💌]]></title><description><![CDATA[I promise this doesn't suck]]></description><link>https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/heres-to-courage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sundayswithsaisree.substack.com/p/heres-to-courage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Saisree Valluri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:01:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ErOL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2ec435e-04c2-4158-ae0c-3f88a2fb8487_4000x3000.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Sunshine,</p><p>&#8220;You&#8221;. Yes, &#8220;You&#8221; reading this is the sign that everything is possible. <em>In other words Impossible also says I&#8217;m Possible. </em>I am terrified of the thought of writing or starting this newsletter but here I am writing my first ever newsletter on a Saturday afternoon sitting on my bed because I am too overwhelmed to write this from my desk. Remember <em>YOU need to change for anything in your life to change</em>. That fire burning inside you, that desire to do what you have always wanted, don&#8217;t burry that under the heavy dark cloud called <em>&#8220;FEAR&#8221;. </em>Eventually all clouds has to undergo the process called precipitation. I&#8217;m sure you have heard of what a water cycle is in school, if not then let me help you its nothing but when the cloud gets heavy and can&#8217;t hold the water droplets anymore then they fall to the earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet. A cloud can&#8217;t stay as cloud forever. Your heavy dark cloud - <em>&#8220;FEAR&#8221; </em>can&#8217;t stay forever as well.</p><blockquote><p><strong>We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."</strong> <strong>- Martin Luther King, Jr.</strong> "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."</p></blockquote><p>My hope with all of this talk is to at least give <em>&#8220;COURAGE&#8221;</em> to that one person who always wanted to start a business, study abroad, start a you tube channel, learn new language, travel solo, follow your heart&#8230;.and so on. You don&#8217;t get three lives as in a video game, it&#8217;s <em>LIFE</em>. <em>You only have one life and make it count.</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>Picture of the week&#128248;</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ErOL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2ec435e-04c2-4158-ae0c-3f88a2fb8487_4000x3000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ErOL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2ec435e-04c2-4158-ae0c-3f88a2fb8487_4000x3000.jpeg 424w, 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I visited University of Washington to see the famous cherry blossoms. I must admit, they are beautiful&#127800;</em></p><div><hr></div><h2>Penny for your thoughts &#8987;</h2><blockquote><p><strong>How big would you dream if you know you couldn&#8217;t fail?</strong></p></blockquote><p>I want you to think hard about it and write it down. Doing this already puts you on the path to achieving your dream and remember <em>you are the only one who can turn your dream into reality.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>It took a lot of courage to start my you tube channel. 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