Every journey to recovery and health looks different. Here’s a peek into mine.

BACKGROUND

Three out of four women struggle with some form of an eating disorder. I am one of those three.

When I was in my early 20’s I began to see diets and pictures of the perfect body. My body image and worth of myself was not good at all. So I began to try diets. One would be to eat only 800 calories a day. I was starving all the time, I began to eat extra when no one was watching. Not much just a little extra. Then of course the diet wouldn’t work. I would quit, and then feel like a failure. Then start another diet. As I would start each diet, I always felt hungry and deprived. Yet I continued to get bigger. Was I lacking self control and being lazy? We all can imagine where that took me. I began to eat a lot of food. The food that wasn’t ever on the diets I was on. I noticed how much I was eating and then it became a cycle of binge eating. I had no clue that there was a name for it or really that it was any more than not enough self control. No one knew, and I didn’t want anyone to know. I could eat sandwich after sandwich without feeling full. Then eat with family and or friends and act like I had not eaten all day. I would order at different fast-food places so they wouldn't think I was eating it all for myself. After I would do this I would feel horrible because it never would make me feel full or content. I would cry and say to myself I will never do this again. This went on for years and no one knew. I continued to gain more weight and my health was beginning to suffer for it. High blood pressure, diabetes, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, fatigue, depression, water retention, bloating. There were some days I didn’t even want to get out of bed. Something had to change. Everything I read about it said ‘you need self control’ or just have more discipline. Which made me go right back to it because I felt like a failure. WHY COULDN’T I OVER COME THIS!!!! Diet after diet, losing weight and then gaining it back plus more. Non of them were helping me over come this food addiction. Then I found someone that would be my coach and cheerleader. They walked me through recovery. Was it easy? NO!! Was it success over night? NO!! Did I fail at times. YES!! I am now no longer addicted to food, and my focus is on my health. I found that I wanted to become the coach and cheerleader for others. This is my passion now. Share your story with me and allow me to guide you to the tools you need for freedom from these chains that food has on you and to be your cheerleader as you implement them in your journey to health.  

I have lost nearly 30 pounds and am still working on regaining my health. I didn’t get this way over night and I won’t get my health back over night as well. It is now my desire to share my discoveries as I help others avoid years of unhealthy eating problems and disappointment from failure to overcome. As a Certified Health Coach from The Integrative Institute for Nutrition, Let me guide you through their journey to recovery and health. Are you ready to begin your journey?