Do you know that 1 in 2 people suffer silently for years with reversible hormone imbalances, digestive disorders, stealth infections, and cognitive issues like brain fog and memory loss?
Do you also know that many people with these chronic health issues are never properly tested by their primary care doctors?
Oftentimes, they hear “everything is fine” or “it’s just a sign of getting older” when they know they don’t feel fine and feel like they aren’t being heard.
Left unchecked, all these issues can lead to more complicated health problems such as autoimmune disease, chronic pain, inflammation and heart disease, and obesity.
My interest in health and fitness began when I was a freshman in college. I experienced the “Freshman 15” within the first two months of arriving at school. I gained a lot of weight in, what seemed like, the blink of an eye! I ate to deal with the stress of being away from home. I ate because I was making new friends and my friends were spending hours in the dining hall and eating late at night. I ate to deal with the stress of final exams. And before I knew it, I was also eating because I figured the damage is done, so what’s a little more?
Within two months of starting school, the body I didn’t realize how much I appreciated was gone. Suddenly none of my clothes fit me. It was then I experienced those feelings of being uncomfortable in my own body, feeling miserable every time I went to my closet to get dressed, and being very unhappy about the way I looked and felt. I began to educate myself on nutrition and fitness and by the end of my freshman year I changed my diet and began to workout. My body completely transformed…I was hooked!
It wasn’t until 8 years after I graduated from college that I changed careers and decided to follow my passion for health and fitness. I first became a certified personal trainer. After successfully helping my clients transform their bodies through training and diet advice, I then went on to receive my Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University.
