A lot has happened since I last blogged in 2011 - divorce, found out who I was, struggles with health, became a better mom, became a better educator, continued my education, remarried, grappled with health, and now an entrepreneur.
The biggest journey I’ve been on is to turn my health around. I hadn’t been feeling 100%, and I needed find a way to heal. It wasn’t fair to my kids, my new husband, and my step son. I’ve done a lot of research. I embarked on a journey with a nutrition coach from my CrossFit box. Coach Lauren is phenomenal. She helped me make changes that needed to happen. I took my last sip of diet soda on January 6th, 2019. I walked away from processed foods, gluten, soy, and other inflammatory foods. I began feeling so much better. My thyroid medicine was reduced, but I was not fully at optimized health. I read books, made slight changes, and I continued on my journey. Unfortunately, my journey took a brief hiatus when I had fibroids that caused a lack of working out, a mess up of hormones, and pain I won’t soon forget. It hurt to walk even the short distance from one classroom to the next. Coach Lauren encouraged me to eat steak and beef because I was flirting with the line of anemia. My ob/gyn attributes my health going into the surgery to her suggesting healing foods. The healing process was long. I needed to balance my hormones, my thyroid, and come to find out my blood sugar. Did you know they are all connected? Most people don’t. Honestly, I didn’t think about them being connected because most times they are treated as individual issues. My research, my reading, my asking questions took me to a new level. Then, my doctor reached out to me. New research and developments in my medication I’ve been taking for a decade causes a rise in A1C, and it could be the cause of a few other issues. When talking with my doctor, he wanted me to search for a new shampoo because he thought the shampoo plus the less than optimal thyroid function was causing my hair to fall out in clumps. We are talking Matt and I needed to install a hair catcher in our drain because I was losing that much hair. Based on some recommendations by my doctor plus my reading, I shored up my eating. Making sure I was getting plenty of protein, quality veggies, and fresh fruit. I talked to Shauna about Arbonne’s hair products. I decided to test them out, and I added beef thyroid to my routine as well as liver. My hair slowly stopped falling out. My energy levels started increasing. I have a co-worker who tells me all the time that I am changed. I knew I was struggling, but I had no idea it was visible to others.
I thought I could add a picture, but it isn’t letting me right now. I’ll have to explore more.
Recommendations:
Strong Human Nutrition with Coach Lauren - https://www.stronghumannutrition.com/
Stop The Thyroid Madness - https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/
The Paleo Thyroid Solution book
Ancestral Supplements - https://ancestralsupplements.com/
Arbonne - ErinKaluza.arbonne.com
