When I was going through puberty everything just seemed to change. I was like a bottomless pit, eating anything and everything all the time. Nothing bothered me, at least not to my knowledge. Then I hit my late teens/early twenties and everything REALLY changed again...
I was exhausted, irritable, bloated, hungry all the time, food went right through me, and my skin was horrible. Anxiety started to visit it me frequently, and I just knew none of this was me. I started to get really skinny and frail looking when I was about 23 years old.
I battled feeling pretty ill until I found out that I was allergic to gluten! I finally cut it completely out of my diet when I was 26, and boy did I feel better. I thought I had finally found the culprit! That is... until I was 28 and my health started to decline, again. Not again!! Stomach aches, migraines, skin irritations, light headedness, blurred vision, fatigue, achy, and sore muscles just seemed to be a daily occurrence. Even my legs were swelling and looked like I had gained 10 lbs in each of them by the end of the day. Complete chaos.
See the thing is, through all of my health issues all these years, I never addressed the real root of my problems, and that was my gut health.
This past summer I was part of an opportunity that changed my life, and it is my number one lesson is finding my health.
I did an elimination diet that specifically targets inflammation in the body. Slowly eliminating foods that can trigger inflammatory responses in your gut, and focusing on clean and healing foods that nourish, replenish, and heal your system. Foods like cruciferous vegetables, leafy greens, and berries.
Without going too far in depth into the program, I'm going to tap on a couple key points. If you want to know more please don't hesitate to call Live Young Studio in Thomasville, Georgia. And no this is not a sales pitch, because this really changed my life.
I was able to start healing my body from the inside out. My skin is clear, my stomach never bothers me anymore, and my legs stopped swelling. I realized there were a lot of foods I was eating all the time that were really bothering me. There were foods I was staying away from because I thought they were bad me, that I should have been eating.
Eggs were a big deal. I had been eating at least two every single day for years. Once I cut these bad boys out, I felt a whole heck of a lot better. The crazy thing, I was eating really good organic eggs!
Since I did the program in July and August I have only been getting better. For a while there were a ton of foods that I couldn't eat. Now, since I have been eating foods to nourish me, paired with the right supplements, I am able to eat so much more.
The only foods I stay completely away from now are gluten containing grains, cow dairy, eggs, oranges, and black beans. There's so much I can eat again!
The past seven months have been the best I have felt since I can't remember when. My body is regulating better in all areas! It is so important to heal our bodies from the inside out, and to know that everyone is different. I am still not 100% better, but pretty darn close.
My next journey is going to be one that I never ever in a million years thought I would do, but here it is, drum roll please.... I am doing Meatless March! Ha! I came up with that on my own. There is so much research out there about how hard animal protein is for your stomach to digest, not to mention the acidity in it. Since I am still trying to heal my stomach and gut, why not take a new journey and just see for myself!
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