Weight loss & AIP

What have I been doing to drop the pounds!?!?! Just diet! I have not been feeling well enough to do much of anything.  I have been my spirt animal = SLOTH! I have been resting and sleeping when I am not at work or playing my daughter. My parents have been amazing with daughter and…

Infection 2019

The last half of this year has been really testing my fears. One of my biggest fears is dying of an infection that is antibiotic resistant and I have been septic TWO different times since September. I have been getting UTI’s that just don’t seem to go away and don’t respond to any mix of…

When my Crohns world turned upside down

I have had a very tough battle with this illness. I have had to leave my town and seek more specialized treatment because no doctor knew what to do with me. The only thing they did was add more drugs to me and I was just getting sicker and sicker at 17-19 years old. My…

Oh Food! 

Oh food!            I feel like everyone has a love hate relationship with food. Especially ones who have been diagnosed with some form of IBD. When I got very ill I went from eating to NO food by mouth for months till my surgery. TPN, Total Parenteral Nutrition, was a lifesaver…

New Years Goals

So it’s that time of year where everyone jumps back to the gym and healthy eating for about 2 weeks. I hate setting goals for a full year. I’m more of small term goals that build up and then help meet a long term goal. I feel that saying I’m going to lose 50 pounds…