Stuck in a Health Hole? Experiment!

I often refer to this deep health hole I have been in, which I am finally making progress crawling out of. 

I have thyroid autoimmunity, so I was avoiding eating food that creates imbalance and confusion in my immune system, as I have for the last 12 years. I’ve also been living in an endlessly moldy house that has been a devastatingly expensive and illness-inducing whack-a-mole situation. 

I kinda got lackadaisical about finding new possibilities for why I was so sick because mold is my kryptonite, and it’s got my immune system whacked out. Makes sense. So, I kept focusing on the mold in my house and in my body. But that wasn’t working at all. I just kept getting sicker. 

Because I tweak and experiment with my body every Spring and Autumn in my lymph and liver-loving program, RENEWAL, I knew my body was behaving strangely around toxins. Because, sometimes, despite a tighter diet, I would gain weight even when I would push detoxification. Strange. That feels pretty shitty, by the way. 

I felt like toxins were just LOCKED in my tissues—Fort Knox style. 

I started experimenting with tools to help the lymphatic system function better, and it led me to be diagnosed with Lipedema. It’s a connective tissue disease that indeed does essentially trap toxins and fat in your extremities, all knotted together with fibrous overgrowth. I wrote more about it on the blog here.

So here’s the deal… after years of being stuck, I observed a pattern that only I could ever have noticed, and I explored my suspicions about what was happening. I changed the way I ate and moved my body to support my Lipedema diagnosis, and even though my diet currently is not quite as healthy as my autoimmune diet was, I am down 20 pounds, whereas I have done nothing but go up in poundage for the 8 long-ass years prior. Want to know the difference? Just for shits and giggles? 

I removed sweet potatoes, cassava, honey, and maple syrup. That’s it. And I added a shit-ton of dairy, which is not a great idea for an autoimmune thyroid person, in general, but what I was doing was not working. NOT TEXTBOOK. Experimentation is where it’s at. 

I’ll be teaching the lymphatic drainage skills that I am using to slowly rid myself of the toxic dump when we kick off the Spring 2025 round of RENEWAL, held April 12 to May 25. I would love for you to start your health individualization and exploration journey, with me as your guide on the side! It’s my favorite thing to do! Details coming soon.