About Christina

I started my health journey at the age of 12 while watching a late-night infomercial. It was the first time I heard an adult say ‘food’ could be unhealthy. I write ‘food,’ because often what is in our refrigerators and cupboards, doesn’t count as food. Our bodies literally don’t know how to process it.

At 12 I was introduced to hard drugs (marijuana at 7 years old), began smoking cigarettes, and drinking alcohol when I could and would learn decades later, that I had C-PTSD and PTSD. I also chose to be a vegetarian for the next ten years. That didn’t go over so well in a house that ate mainly beef, processed meats, and food but, I’m stubborn and persevered! Fast forward through the years, and I had several major health issues arise, many of which doctors were often at a loss as to what was wrong or even how to treat what they could figure out. At the time, C-PTSD was not acknowledged and PTSD in children was also not acknowledged. Doctors were well-meaning, but rarely did tests and always pushed pills and sometimes exercise, but never diet. By age 20, I was overweight and was beginning to suffer from aches and pains that no young person should have.

By 17 years old, I had stopped using drugs and smoking everything but picked up drinking again around 20 years old. My idea of eating healthy was a small salad, with ½ cup of ranch dressing on it, or one breakfast sandwich, instead of two, from my local fast-food place. I had an idea of what foods were healthy but honestly didn’t understand how to cook them or thought I couldn’t afford them. I knew I needed to work out, so I got a gym membership and was completely lost. Looking back, I didn’t know I was doing pushups wrong! But I was young and could not afford a trainer nor did I see the value in having one. Not to mention, I would often get sick from working out but didn’t correlate as to why.

Since Doctors didn’t provide any answers, I chose, instead, to fight for my own health. I wanted to be the best single hard-working woman I could be, to be the best wife and then mother. Many of my health issues followed me through life and kept me from being present for my family or even myself. I discovered, through trial and error (and a lot of Doctor’s visits) remembering, that not all ‘food’ is healthy, what works for my body. A healthy lifestyle is not one size fits all. I’ve learned that it’s unbelievable how much what we eat affects our overall physical health and mental well-being. My goal is to help you skip a lot of the same trial and error I went through. To help you get on a path to a sustainable, healthy lifestyle, which works for you.