{"id":9536,"date":"2017-10-10T06:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/?p=9536"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:55:59","slug":"cancer-survivor-lost-weight-eating-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/cancer-survivor-lost-weight-eating-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Survivor Shares Her Weight Loss Journey on the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"Kristi<\/span>My name is Kristi, I\u2019m 31 years old. I’m thrilled to share what my journey was like on the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge <\/a>with you. <\/span><\/p>\n

I lost 25 pounds,\u00a0my \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol dropped by 33 points and my triglycerides dropped by 45 and I have a completely new (and healthy) relationship to food. So here’s how I did it…\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m\u00a0 married to an amazing man that I\u2019ve been with since college and we are parents to our furbaby, Bella; a 4 year old dog that loves to snuggle and create chaos. For the past 10 years I have worked in the field of victim services and currently oversee the Education Department of a non-profit domestic violence and sexual abuse agency. When I\u2019m not at work I like to spend time with my dog, am a reality TV junkie (I know, don\u2019t judge me), enjoy camping and being in nature.
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\n<\/span>Throughout my whole life I have struggled with the relationship I have with my body and with food. I grew up with a very distorted view of my body. I constantly thought I overweight and needed a diet, and then used food as a means of comfort. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I had very little knowledge about what healthy eating was. Growing up I was surrounded by dieters- oscillating between \u201cdiet\u201d foods to weight watchers to diet shakes and everything in between. This left me with little skill in how to have a healthy diet without deprivation or calorie counting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>During college I began gaining weight and went to the only thing I had known at the time – fad diets, shakes, calorie counting- and while at times I had success it never stuck.<\/p>\n

Then at the age of 29 I started becoming inexplicably ill which impacted all parts of my life. This led to terrible eating habits and increased weight gain. Then the hardest time of all hit. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the age of 30 I was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkins Lymphoma and began 6 months of intense Chemotherapy. While Chemo saved my life it ravaged my body and the medications that kept me functioning caused nearly 30 pounds of weight gain. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>I have to admit. I came across CleanFoodCrush<\/a> on Facebook randomly after a friend shared a recipe that looked amazing! I began following the page for many, many, many months before I finally took the plunge to do the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

I always<\/em> had an excuse for why it wasn\u2019t the right time, or procrastinated until I missed yet another start date so I could use that as an excuse. Finally, I took my power back and joined the challenge one night… it was the BEST thing I ever did!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Challenge gave me the tools to get started. I was nervous, doubting myself and had no idea what healthy eating really was.<\/strong><\/p>\n