Blog #7 | January 28, 2024

Do you ever have “pinch me” moments? You know those moments where you cannot believe what’s happening in your life and you clock a moment of gratitude right then and there?

That happened to me this morning.

If you would have seen me a year ago, you would have seen me at my lowest. I had no idea what to eat and how to fuel my body without sending it fully into shock. I was so tired of thinking through exactly what to eat and what my 10-minute plan would be if I had a reaction to a food. Just a year ago I was asking, and not as a joke, for a babysitter to help me figure out what to eat and how to deal with reactions as I had them. I couldn’t see an end to being in pain and afraid all day long.

As you may imagine, that makes thinking about ~literally~ anything else nearly impossible.

Yet nearly a year later, I’ve started training for a half marathon. Can you imagine?

Looking back, the state of depression around food and how reactive my body was to everything would have made running a few miles nearly impossible not to mention trying to run many miles back-to-back.

So, as I jogged this morning around my new city, I couldn’t help but notice the "pinch me" moment.

I know what it feels like to have healthcare answers feel far away, potentially non-existent. And I know that health is a journey. I don't have everything figured out and I’m still experiencing many food reactions today. But I can say if you’re going through this journey that there is always a light to figuring out our bodies and a hope to dream for something bigger.

Always with you on this journey, thanks for joining me.

With love,