09/01/2026
My doctor said “workout more.” Cool, except I was already doing gym classes 4-5x a week, trying really hard just to be coordinated, because working out on my own has never come easily to me. And every time I pushed harder, it backfired. Brain fog. Weakness. Some days a workout would knock me out for the rest of the day. That’s not normal.
So many doctors later. Crash diets. A hysterectomy. Every natural remedy you can think of. Still gaining weight. Still no answers.
Then I took a food intolerance test. Dairy came back red. Not shocking, I’d suspected it since high school. That led my doctor to run an allergy panel, because my bloodwork showed inflammation.
Turns out I’m allergic to dairy. Not intolerant. Allergic. It shows up as inflammation, not anaphylaxis, so no EpiPen needed. But it had been inflaming my gut for years.
I cut dairy completely. Lost 10lbs almost immediately. Energy came back. Brain fog gone. I added barre3 Eagle Idaho to my schedule, and my friend Anjuli Brady has been helping me train, giving this uncoordinated, not athletic girl a chance to better my golf game. I’m down 25lbs since June!