About Fit and Fed
So, of all the careers, of all the things I could teach, why health and wellness? Like most people, I have struggled with weight, energy, stress, and self-image most of my life. After pregnancy in my twenties and through my forties, I did what most do: try a diet, lose some weight, gain some back, feel defeated and give up; try another diet, buy a treadmill, lose some weight, plateau, get frustrated, turn the treadmill into a coat rack; get an app, take before pictures, really commit this time, lose weight, gain it back, give up. I had finally given up and decided to love myself just the way I am. I cut sodas and most sugary snacks and tried to walk a little most days. I gave up on trying to lose weight and just tried to be a little more healthy. Then, at the age of 43, in an attempt to alleviate psoriasis that developed in my thirties, a very dear friend game me some information about dietary triggers for inflammatory and auto-immune diseases (more about this in my blog). Th