Chrissy fell off the Wheat Belly wagon . . . then returned

Chrissy shared this update on her Wheat Belly lifestyle. You may remember her, as she shared her early Wheat Belly experience from 2014: “I went grain-free in February of 2014 after seeing the picture of myself on the left. Although I was not extremely overweight, I was swollen, soft, and just downright unhappy. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2008, gestational diabetes in 2009 when pregnant with my son, and type 2 diabetes in 2011. I never knew how much ‘healthy grains’ were contributing to the demise of my health. I’ve been grain free for 11 months and have lost 20 pounds. I have since come off of all thyroid medication and my fasting blood sugars are a steady 70!” Unfortunately, Chrissy drifted off the Wheat Belly lifestyle before recognizing how important it was to stay on course: “At the beginning of this year I became complacent and started allowing certain things back into my diet that had affected my healthy lifestyle. Slowly but surely I became sick and I was told I needed to go back on thyroid medication. I refused and have been strict as ever and have had amazing results. By adopting a grain-free and wheat-free lifestyle, I have had amazing results in just six weeks along with exercise. “The first picture is my 10 month result from last year by being wheat- and grain-free. The other pictures represents the 5 phases of my journey. The second picture was my results from the end of last year. The thir...
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