You may remember from my post about surviving an elimination diet that one of my tips was to know your quick eats. It’s great to have an arsenal of healthy snacks for you or your family regardless if elimination is even on your mind. Quick eats are great for road trips, late night outings, or even between meals at work/school….
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Tips for Beginning Food Reintroduction
Don’t have time to read this post? Feel free to listen on the go! Your browser does not support the audio element. I can’t believe it. My 90 day elimination phase is actually over. The goal of elimination is to learn your base line for how your body should feel when it’s at it’s best. Before, I…
Learning to Love Myself – My Story with Emetophobia
This will probably be one of the hardest posts I ever write. I have emetophobia, the fear of vomit. Just typing out and reading that word sends shivers down my spine. Looking at my past I wish I could sit here and give you a finite reason as to why I fear this. Sadly, I…
9 Tips and Tricks for Surviving an Elimination Diet
Elimination diets are hard. There’s your healthy dose of reality from me today. I’m not saying they are impossible but they take some elements of organization and planning. Sometimes it’s hard enough to step up to the starting line but then to actually force your feet to move when the starting gun is fired can…
The 4 W’s of an Elimination Diet
When I was told I had to do an elimination diet to figure out what was causing my digestive upset it felt a little daunting. The word elimination doesn’t really have a great connotation it feels very restrictive and isolating. Looking back now though, I’m so happy that I listened to my body. My elimination…
Results Are In!
After my first visit with my Functional Medicine practitioner it took me roughly two months to complete the tests and get the final results back. Though bits and pieces of results were returned to me I made sure not to change anything about my lifestyle until I spoke with my doctor. After all I’m not…
My Experience with Functional Medicine
If you read my story you may remember me mention functional medicine. I’ve already had some questions about what it is, how do I find a practitioner, so on and so forth. so I figured I’d lay it all on the line for you guys about my first appointment and my opinions of Functional Medicine…