I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. At age 13 everything changed. I started gaining a lot of weight. At 16, I went on weight watchers and lost 80 pounds. I kept most of the weight off until I was nineteen and had knee surgery. After that, the weight started coming back on.
Fast forward, I've gotten married and have two children. I got up to 250 pounds with my first child. I worked on losing weight and did so successfully until I was surprised with my second child. The 2nd child added more symptoms along with weight gain, at 7 months pregnant I got eczema very uncomfortable and ugly. When my daughter was three months old, I started having tremors, losing my hair, and was extremely tired. I felt like I was going crazy! It was not the normal tired from having a toddler and a baby at the house.
I have a family history of thyroid disease so I went in for a test, It turned out my thyroid was over functioning by 85%. I had Graves Disease. The doctors did not inform me of my treatment options. They simply told me that I need to take RIA and kill my thyroid. That is what I did. After RIA, I gained back up to 247 lbs.
One day I was at my friend’s store and Stacey came in to order some shirts. That’s when my world changed. She has taught me that the food going in my body can hurt or heal me. After following her advice and doing functional lab testing, I lost 100 pounds. I have no more joint pain. My daughter even made the mention that she noticed I was not in the bed with headaches everyday, AND no more migraines.
I have more energy. I CARE about myself. I HAVE WORTH! I still have some internal issues that Stacey is helping me with. I feel like a completely different person. With her help I realized I can do it and keep it off. It’s been two years now. It took me about a year to lose my weight and I have kept it off for a year. I hope I can inspire many other people to lose their weight and live a healthier lifestyle. I am instilling that in my children now. We eat to live, not live to eat.