The Power of Nutrition!

My last few weeks have been plagued by some fairly disheartening moments. As you can remember I hit a plateau and felt like things were not all meshing as I had expected. I had been working out everyday and still eating pretty darn healthy. But I still felt like my digestion and body was not feeling the way it should. I am sure that depleted some of my energy and no doubt affected my exercise. I mentioned this to Terry and he said it was time for me to meet one of LFA’s big guns: Tim – the nutrition specialist.

I was of course excited to speak to someone, but also not sure there would be much answer. I am pretty knowledgeable on the subject of what to eat and what not to and knew I was doing fairly well. So when I told Tim I was eating whole foods, nothing processed, cutting out grains and had smoothies and was taking probiotics; I expected him to have nothing left. He was of course glad to hear all that I was doing and encouraged me to continue that. But having so much experience with dealing with folks with hard-hitting illnesses, my poorly working digestive system did not faze him. We discussed my habits and food purchases and Tim came up with a few good suggestions. For me it was making a grass fed beef broth, taking gelatin (again from grass fed beef), taking an Enzyme supplement and upping the amount of probiotics. Tim also pointed me to particualr sourdough bread that is top of the list of grains that can be digested most easily. I was stoked – I eagerly ordered my gelatin and enzymes and began cooking up my beef bones to make a broth (which is delicious by the way! – 20 hrs of bubbling goodness!)

It has been less than a week and I am already seeing a BIG effect. Today I felt the closest I have to what I imagine a well working gut and body should feel like. My mood was elevated because of all of this and when I got in the gym to workout with Terry today I was fired up! It makes the workout more enjoyable and I’m sure enables me to do more.

I feel like LFA has given me all the pieces of the puzzle the past 10 weeks and today is when I can see them all falling into place.

I now have two full weeks with Terry – everyday! I am totally stoked about it! A HUGE thanks to Tim Nollam – “The nutrition specialist.” I highly recommend meeting with him and the trainers at LFA to get a full reboot back to health.