This picture looks like it's just a regular weight loss transformation, but my weight loss was only an indirect result of what I was doing for my body.

This picture looks like it's just a regular weight loss transformation, but my weight loss was only an indirect result of what I was doing for my body. This picture right here was taken after I got diagnosed with a medical condition called lymphedema. I was told that there's no cure, minimal treatment and that I would have it for my whole life. Now for those of you who don't know what lymphedema is, basically it's where a part of your body stays swollen and keeps swelling because your lymph system doesn't function properly and it doesn't move throughout in the body. So it basically accumulates in one area. Now you start at stage one and you keep going over time, it gets worse and worse and worse, especially if you don't take care of your body. Part of the treatment was wearing this compression garment every single day from my toes all the way up to my thigh, like kind of where it meets my hip. I also had to stay away from the heat because it always made my swelling worse and I live in Texas, so I was basically inside all the time. I also couldn't go into hot tubs, saunas and any like dirty body of water like rivers or lakes because if I got a cut it would lead to me getting an infection. And if I got an infection in the affected area where I had lymphedema, that would most likely put me in the hospital and it could lead to death. If you're thinking, wow, that sounds extreme and a little exaggerated, it's really the possibilities if you have lymphedema. So after I started living like this for a little bit, I realized that it was complete BS and that I could heal my body naturally. So I started doing pretty much anything I could to detox. I ended up going raw vegan. I also meditated a ton and yes, that's me in the picture. And I also learned about how powerful our mind is and how mind over matter pretty much will get you through anything in your life. Another thing that really changed a lot for me, like this was my missing puzzle piece, was drinking living water and I invested in one of these machines and it changed my life completely and I mean that in the most like serious way, no exaggeration. So this is me now. It's really surreal. I don't honestly feel like it's real when I share this, but I'm super grateful for the journey and natural healing and just learning about the power of the body because we think that we'll be stuck with something forever and our bodies are so smart and know how to heal. I also have a podcast called The Earth Game and I recently talked about my healing story, so if you're interested in learning more about what I did or my journey, you can go listen and also follow me on Instagram because I talk a lot about it there too.