Women's hormones, gut + metabolism

10 signs you are in burnout

You walk into a doctors office with a list a mile long of symptoms, exhausted, and not feeling like yourself for what seems like forever. You are thinking thyroid, adrenals? Worse, cancer?

They tell you your blood labs look great it’s all in your head you are just stressed.

They then proceed with the “have you tried?”

Meditation?
Journaling?
X pill or x supplement?
Yoga?

Have you tried, go F yourself? 😂 As if you are not already stressed enough.

I mean they are not wrong. You are stressed. You are burnt out.

You are also not wrong. There is something deeper going on, you sensed it and your thyroid and adrenals are likely at play. They are always talking to each other. Your body is ALWAYS talking but unfortunately, you didn’t listen to those initial whispers.

There is a lot more than meditation that will get you out of burnout. One of the biggest and often overlooked is nourishment through the food you consume. You need to have the energy to deal with stressors, change your view and have mental clarity around them and become more resilient because lets be real stress will be unavoidable.

Stress registers in the body as a demand for energy and if not given the energy through proper fuel that it needs our adrenals burn out, our thyroid becomes compromised, our digestion sucks, our hormones become wack, we struggle with blood sugar issues and the cascade of symptoms continue.

Have you tried?

Nourishing yourself with a traditional pro-metabolic diet?

Focusing on minerals?

Saying no to people and not putting yourself in bad situations?

Making a career change or move?

Living in alignment with your female physiology?

Addressing what got u here in the first place?

Start here. If you don’t you will just continue repeating the cycle and ending up disappointed when nothing works.

Are you sick of doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results?

Are you managing stress well or do you need to start making big changes for your health?

Your body is always trying to adapt to stressors to keep you alive until it can’t.

Maybe one day people will stop having to ask you “have you tried?”

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How To Actually Balance Your Hormones

I get it.

I’ve been told…

“Fasting is good for you + helps with weight loss + hormonal imbalances”

“Cruciferous veggies everyday will help with estrogen”

“Seed cycling is a great tool to regulate hormones”

“Plant based eating is necessary if you want to feel better, ditch red meat and dairy, it’s inflammatory”

“Low carb will help with your insulin resistance and weight loss goals”

“Work out as much as possible! Oh and make sure it’s fasted in the morning to burn what you ate the night prior”

“Maybe you should try eating 1200 calories a day, you will def lose weight and feel great”

WHAT DA FUCK.

After many trials + errors I realized none of this shit was working and if anything I felt worse. Who’s been there?

Animal foods are far superior to plant foods when it comes to nutrient density. Most plants are estrogenic, depleted of nutrients, heavy metal ridden and contain anti-nutrients. When it comes to hormonal health, it’s all about minerals and nutrients.

Low carb diets only make you more insulin resistant and does not fix the problem of why glucose can’t get into your cells in the first place. And nobody tells you after you are fed up with your unsustainable low carb diet and try to come out of it you will continue to be insulin resistant until you figure out WHY.

Seeds used in seed cycling (sunflower, flax, pumpkin) are PUFAs, they are already denatured by the time they get to store shelves, create oxidative stress + a toxic storm in your 98 degree body. Why in the F are we adding more fuel to the already estrogen dominant fire? Add some toxic makeup, skincare, cleaning products, etc.. and BOOM.

Fasting in the morning? Fasted workouts? Sure why not continue kindling that hormonal shit storm fire. Fasting as a woman + especially fasted workouts are extremely stressful on the body. What is the root cause to almost all hormonal woes? STRESS.

Cruciferous veggies! PILE THEM UP! 3x per day, docs orders! I’m totally down for thyroid induced coma!

1200 calories, sure I’l try it! Let’s see if I can get my already sluggish metabolism just a little bit more sluggish. I think that will solve my problems, but hey I’l be skinny!

Okay, you get the gist. ✌🏼

Your Mineral Status Determines Your Mental + Emotional Health

I know. I sound like a complete nut job.

But what if I told you your mineral levels, ratios + patterns reflect your thoughts, emotions, + behavior.

More often than not, when looking at a clients HTMA results I can determine exactly how their personality + mental health is simply based off their results before even speaking to them.

Minerals are the spark plugs of life. They give every cell in your body energy while also helping your body naturally detox. Minerals are required for every process in the body. Repeat that, REQUIRED FOR EVERY SINGLE PROCESS IN THE BODY.

And where do minerals come from? The food that we eat.

I’m not trying to be an asshole when I talk about superior foods over inferior foods but there is a reason for it. I want you to live your happiest life FULL of all the minerals you need to do so and some foods are just more nutrient dense than others. That’s fact.

The mind-body connection is real. The mind can heal itself of many emotional wounds when it receives what it needs nutritionally and when toxins are released from the brain.

The brain is a biochemical organ. A reduced level fo adaptive energy, high or low blood sugar, and all other stressors affect the brain much more than they affect the body.

High energy and high vitality = adequate mental activity.

If energy is low the body will suppress and block feelings, memories, perceptions, and mental activity.

Your vitality/energy level has an influence on your overall outlook to life.

What causes minerals imbalances, deficiencies and overload?
+ long-term stress
+ heavy metals + toxins
+ tap/well water
+ chemical-laden food supply
+ PUFAs
+ unhealthy lifestyle + eating habits
+ dieting (vegan, keto, etc..)
+ under-eating
+ eliminating foods groups
+ digestive dysfunction
+ supplements (especially vitamin D, ascorbic acid and zinc)

Are you coping with low energy? Eat girl, just fucking eat.

For those of you restricting for weight loss. I hate to break it to you but if you’re miserable AF to be around because your minerals are wack but you “look good” it might be time to re-evaluate.

A fed woman is a happy, stable woman.

8 Things That Improved My Relationship With Food + My Body

What if I told you the #1 thing I did to heal my relationship with food and my body was that I stopped giving a shit.

Yup. I stopped obsessing over every little thing that went in my body and relating it to whatever symptom I was experiencing.

I stopped giving food so much power.

I stopped feeling guilty and shameful for eating something off plan.

I stopped comparing myself to others and their “diets” or weight loss goals.

I stopped being a perfectionist around food.

I stopped labeling foods good or bad.

I stopped living in fear around food.

Our minds are so powerful. This constant mind fuck and negative self talk only made me sicker.

What did I do instead?

I learned how foods work with my physiology. How important nourishment and nutrition really are. I woke up one day and decided that my symptoms don’t define me.

Food should be enjoyable, not stressful.

Food has a purpose, to give you energy and allow you to enjoy all the things you desire in life.

Food should make you happy!

This is why I do what I do. I want YOU too to stop obsessing over food and your symptoms. I want to help you stop giving so many shits about what your eating and eliminate the stress around food and your body.

I am here to help you eliminate all that health anxiety and confusion around food that diet culture has created.

I hope that if you are a client, a group coaching program member or an IG follower that I have helped you on your healing journey by allowing you to finally understand your body better backed by science and navigate your symptoms.

In some cases you might need to eliminate foods or eat in a more strategic way to heal an underlying symptom (I have been there) but eventually you will find food freedom. I promise.

The thing I hear most from my clients is that they have never felt so much freedom around food in their entire lives.

Your food freedom may look different than someone else’s and that is okay.

Stop obsessing and start living.

What’s Your Food Rule Story?

From day one my relationship with food was fucked.

I remember being 10 and my grandmother eating a box of peeps, telling me they are good for you because they don’t have any fat and that fat is bad for you. There began my journey into low fat dieting.

I remember in middle school my mother doing all those slim fast shakes and only allowing herself to eat wheat thins or pretzels if she needed to.

I remember when I was a teenager and the biggest thing to hit the news was that Oprah had lost weight. During all of her interviews she said all she did was “not eat past 7pm. Not even a grape.” – Yes, I literally remember hearing these exact words. There began my journey of always thinking I would get fat if I ate a grape past 7pm.

Then in my early 20s, YouTube bikini competitor influencers were the hot new thing. I started watching videos religiously and began inheriting food rules- always work out fasted, have coffee on an empty stomach for weight loss, always have nut milks because they are lower calorie, sugar is a no, sugar free sweeteners are better, avoid fat at all costs and the biggest one…

Never enjoy food or allow yourself to eat unless you earned it at the gym.

THIS.

This is a constant mind fuck that we have all been exposed to at a young age. At this point we are so damn confused about food it’s honestly quite sad.

We have such anxiety and stress around food no wonder why are guts are fucked and our hormones are wack.

I can talk about all the “sciencey” things and how food works with our biology but at the end of the day, its all about LIVING and reducing stress.

At what point do we just live? I mean truly live.

I have come to realize the happier a person is in their life, the easier it is to heal.

Nutrition doesn’t need to be hard. At the end of the day it’s about nourishing your cells, getting in the most nutrients possible so you can live a happy, fulfilling, symptom-free life, one of joy and excitement, every damn day.

Eat real food. Eat like your great grandmother ate. It’s that simple.

And fuck the rest.

Oh and incase you were wondering all the above rules are bullshit and do not work with our biology. ✌🏼