It seemed like it happened overnight. My body started changing, and I didn’t feel like myself any more.

I couldn’t enjoy my favorite foods without noticing the extra weight sticking around. It was like my body just wasn’t keeping up the way it used to.

My energy levels were at an all-time low, and I often found myself dozing off in front of the TV early in the evening.

I was in constant pain and a mess emotionally.

I felt my health deteriorating, my blood sugar levels were getting dangerously high, and my cholesterol was in the red zone.

That wasn’t the person I wanted to be!

I tried going to bed earlier, hoping to feel more energized the next day, but even after sleeping for ten hours, I still found myself dragging through the day.

I knew it was bad. But I didn’t know how to get out of my situation.

Many times I stared in bathroom mirror and just hated what I saw.

I realized that something had to change.

I tried so many things just to feel like my old self again. I started to exercise and change what I ate. I did detoxes and juice cleanses.

I gave just about anything a try: all of the fad meal plans, fitness watches, protein smoothies, countless hours at the gym—nothing seemed to work.

Any progress that I made was quickly lost again.