Wife. Mom of two boys. Traveller. Helper.

In the span of 4 years we had moved 3 times across continents. First moving from Singapore to Tampa Florida where my first son Noah was born —then 4 months later off to Rome Italy where my youngest son Daniel was born.

But, oh no —we were not done with our international moves yet..

When Daniel was not even 6 months old we packed up our things and moved to Ho Chi Minh —Vietnam! Lets just say due to all the traveling, gelato, creme filled donuts and hormonal changes —my stress & health were out of sorts and I started gaining weight like crazy!

On Daniel’s first birthday I finally had the courage to look at the scale to only realize I had gained 40 pounds. I started to feel so much pain in my muscles and joints — I felt so depleted of energy.

During my “Postpartum” periods after both births I had tried many diets from calorie counting, intermittent fasting to whole 30 and nothing was working.

I was starting to feel hopeless.

My confidence and self-esteem were depleted - fear of being seen in public started to become my reality. To make matters worse I could barely sit on the carpet to play with my kids because of the aches and pains in my body.

I ended up going to the doctor and found out I had hypothyroidism. He put me on medication and after a few weeks I started to gain even more weight and felt like a dark cloud was following me around. It was after that point I realized I needed to take my health into my own hands by learning more about nutrition and hormonal/thyroid issues.