Transforming Health and Life with Thyroid Strong: A Hashimoto's Success Story

In this episode of the Thyroid Strong Podcast, Dr. Emily Kiberd interviews a remarkable mother of two, Sarah, who shares her transformative journey with Hashimoto's. Initially struggling with weight loss, fatigue, and inflammation despite intense workouts, she discovered the Thyroid Strong program. Over six weeks, she experienced significant health improvements, including weight loss, reduced inflammation, and increased energy levels. Amid her success, Thyroid Strong is offering a special discount, emphasizing thyroid-friendly workouts and wellness tips to address root causes of Hashimoto's. Join the conversation and explore how Thyroid Strong can change your life.

00:00 Introduction and Special Guest Announcement

00:34 Success Story: A Mother's Transformation

00:55 Thyroid Strong Program Details and Discount

01:52 Guest's Journey Before Thyroid Strong

02:55 Initial Skepticism and Early Results

03:39 Overcoming Inflammation and Autoimmune Challenges

04:08 High-Intensity Workouts and Their Impact

05:51 Positive Changes and Increased Energy

10:43 Disney Trip: A Testament to Strength

14:49 Removing Restrictions and Gaining Freedom

17:18 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

17:52 Special Offer at dremilykiberd.com/tssummer

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what's up, beautiful ladies, Dr.

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Emily Kiberd here with

Thyroid Strong Podcast.

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I wanted to invite on a very special mama.

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She is a mama to two girls, one

toddler, one newborn, and she came

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to me doing 90 minutes of spinning or

a spin class and then high intensity

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interval training six days a week.

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Had full blown Hashimoto's

could not lose weight.

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And she's like, M is this

thyroid strong program?

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This six weeks, really all

that is cracked up to be?

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Is it really gonna change my life?

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And I was like, yes, girl, jump in.

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And so she jumped in, she

lost 12 pounds, she lost 10.2

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inches, and she was still.

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Taking care of her baby girls.

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So I wanted to share her story in

her words because her words are so

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powerful and an amazing transformation

that I wanted to share with you all.

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I also wanted to share it that thyroid

strong is 40% off until this Thursday may.

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22nd.

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It is number 40% off.

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Normally it's like a hundred dollars off.

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Today it's $200 off for

the next three days.

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Little pre Memorial Day flash sale called

Summer Slim Down Thyroid Strong Style.

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It is thyroid friendly workouts, three

workouts a week, PDFs, full videos.

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You just press, play and go, and

then a whole vault of interviews with

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different functional medicine docs on

different root causes of Hashimoto's.

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It is amazing.

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a thousand women have gone through the

program, and if you want in, it will

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never be this low of a price again.

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So jump in.

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I'm gonna put the link in the show notes

https://www.dremilykiberd.com/tssummer/

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and, and I hope to see you inside.

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I worked out up until

the day I had Sienna.

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I'm doing this again.

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Body allowed.

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Before you started Thyroid Strong, can

you share what some of your struggles

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or symptoms or frustrations were?

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Before starting Thyroid Strong,

I did the typical route.

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I, when I was first diagnosed with

Hashimoto's and hypothyroid, I was

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already struggling for a year postpartum.

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I knew something was up and doctors

didn't want to do the lab work.

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They just said, it's

fine, it's postpartum.

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It's postpartum.

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So, I, when I then was diagnosed, I

decided, I'm just going to listen to my

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endocrinologist, let me just take my Levo

and hope for the best, continue what I was

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doing the whole time prior to postpartum.

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After I was diagnosed, I was working out.

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I was eating pretty

clean, like pretty well.

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I knew what, I know what to do.

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I said that to Emily, I know what to do.

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Is this for me?

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And yes, it is for you.

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So if you're like me and you're

thinking like, is thyroid strong for me?

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Yes, it is.

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Um, And I was struggling with hair loss,

fatigue, I had no energy, my joints hurt,

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um, and that was with already working out.

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I was a hit workout junkie, like,

let me just admit it, I was, and

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when I first started Thyroid Strong

day one, I was like, Emily, are

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you sure this is going to work?

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Like, should I add in cardio?

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And she's like, just do the program.

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And I did, and it was amazing, and it's

crazy how, I don't want to, I don't

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want to diminish and say how less, I

felt like I was exerting myself, but

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honestly, yes, I was exerting myself

less, lifting a ton heavier than I was

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prior and just feeling better overall.

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And I remember like two

weeks in, I was like, okay.

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Wow, my back doesn't hurt anymore.

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And I was a chronic, like throwing out

your back and then add on postpartum.

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It's not fun.

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So needless to say, this was very helpful

and it just helped me feel strong again.

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It helped me lower the inflammation,

which for me has always been a struggle.

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I have celiac disease and now

hypothyroid Hashimoto's and I had

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muscle activation in the past.

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So needless to say, inflammation

is not my BFF and I needed to make

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sure that I did something to take

that down because of course, if you.

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have Hashimoto's, you know, your

antibodies are going through the roof and

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you just need to tackle that because you

don't need another situation like that.

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So needless to say, thyroid strong health.

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Yeah.

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What kind of HIIT workouts were you doing?

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What did they look like?

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How long were they originally?

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Oh, you want the long answer?

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Sure.

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So, okay.

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So prior to COVID, my HIIT

workouts I was doing, I did spin.

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I worked at a spin studio

and I did spin 70s a week.

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Multiple double classes, and

you know that's very intense.

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I also did two to three Zumba classes

a week on top of my normal workouts.

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I was like a workout junkie.

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I loved it.

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I was very into fitness at the time.

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Um, looking back, it was probably

not a healthy relationship.

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And it was just It was what I did.

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I felt good.

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I felt strong doing that.

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Was I constantly throwing out my back?

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Yes, I was.

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I was living at my chiropractor's office.

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And she's like, Sarah, like, I think you

need to, like, tone it back a little.

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And I was like, I'm fine.

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Just fix me up.

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And she's like, okay, like,

I don't know about this.

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And it wasn't until COVID hit that I came

to a crashing halt and I was just doing my

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normal home workouts that I've been doing

for years because the studio was closed.

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And so it wasn't too bad.

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So I did that, and it was weird.

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All of a sudden, I was able to lose

weight and the inflammation was

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coming off, and hmm, wonder why.

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Um, probably because my workouts were

dialed back so much, and again, I

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already have a autoimmune background.

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I was already struggling with

autoimmune disease prior to my thyroid,

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and then it wasn't until pregnancy

that I was like, You know what?

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Let's try low impact a bit more, but me

being me, I love a little adrenaline in

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my life, and I And we'll do HIIT workouts

two to three days a week, still while

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pregnant, like, up until I gave birth.

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Um, and then it wasn't until I

was diagnosed with Hashimoto's

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and hypothyroid that I was like,

okay, I need to get serious.

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going through Thyroid Strong, what

kind of shifts did you see afterwards,

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whether they were mental or physical

So needless to say, when I started

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Thyroid Strong, I did notice shifts.

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I love to food journal and just like write

down how I'm feeling, things like that.

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Good old autoimmune.

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You have to write it down sometimes.

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And I noticed I had less

brain fog and that's huge.

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And I always know something's up

with me when I have brain fog.

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I just know I'm a girl from Boston.

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I talk fast.

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And when I'm struggling with words.

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I will say, it happens sometimes right

now I'm pregnant, it happens still, but

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it's, it's different when you're pregnant.

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Needless to say, I was struggling with

the brain fog, I was struggling with the

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fatigue, I was oversleeping, my daughter

was up before me, you know, at the time.

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She just turned two and she was up

before me and I was like, oh shit, like,

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don't have time to do my workout, she's

gonna be with me, the day's ruined.

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It's not ruined.

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And I feel like I was able to

have more of a positive attitude

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because I was feeling good.

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It wasn't like, oh, let me just go through

the motions of life and hope for the best.

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It was like, okay, i'm

finally feeling better.

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Oh, wow.

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I have more energy for stairs.

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We have four flights We have four

floors in our house, so we have,

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what, eight flights of stairs?

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I do a lot of stairs, and it was a

point in time that anytime I have

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autoimmune flare ups, the stairs hurt.

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And I just knew this was going to help me.

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And then on top of it, with the

thyroid strong, I noticed that I

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started feeling less inflamed, and

the scales started moving down.

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And I, I know it's not all about

that, guys, but hear me out.

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When you're struggling

with thyroid issues.

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It feels really nice to see this go down.

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It just does.

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It just does.

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And you're like, okay, the needle's

moving in the right direction.

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You know, something is changing on top

of how you're already feeling better.

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I remember you, DMing me and you're

like, I lost this amount of pounds

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and I lost, this number of inches.

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Do you remember what those numbers were?

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Yeah, Pretty sure when I did my

first round of thyroid strong, I

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think I was just under 10 pounds

down and that's incredible.

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And that was with already

working out prior and.

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Not seeing the scale go down.

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It was honestly just going up and

I think it was about 12 inches.

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And that's, that's insane.

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You guys just doing that with

scaling back my workouts.

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I was like, wait a minute.

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I'm doing three lifts a week

and two, like, active kind

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of recovery days, you know?

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Like, this is incredible.

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That was, when you texted me

that, I was like, yes, girl.

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I remember I was like, okay,

now to find heavier weights.

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Okay.

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And I remember I scored a huge

heavy dumbbell at Marshalls, of

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all places, and I was like, yes!

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And I was like, this isn't

gonna last me forever.

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Mm mm.

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Two weeks later, too light.

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people who are on the fence, who are

like, I don't know, maybe is this for me?

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if you were going to speak to Sarah Pre

Thyroid Strong, what would you tell her if

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she was like, I want to, but I don't know.

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That's exactly me.

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I had this exact conversation with my

mom before signing up for Thyroid Strong.

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We were sitting on the couch

and she's like, just do it.

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And I was, she has Hashimoto's

and hypothyroid as well.

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And she's like, I'll do it with you.

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And I was like, Well,

what if it doesn't work?

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You know, like I've tried everything

and you know, that is my brain.

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I'm a very sassy lady.

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And I was like, you know what?

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F it.

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Let's just, I don't know if I'm so sore.

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I was like, F it.

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Let's just do this.

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And so I did signed up and I

remember the next day I was like,

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wait, where do I find the calendar?

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Cause I was ready to rumble.

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Like I was ready to go.

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if I was talking to my former

self, I would just say like,

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you have nothing to lose.

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Okay.

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The price is very reasonable.

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And just think of like

how much money you blow.

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Like if you shopping or black Friday

or online shopping, whatever it may be,

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your health is worth much more than that.

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It's invaluable.

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Yeah.

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Especially as a mom, it's invaluable.

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when I was first diagnosed, I was

like, my whole goal is to get my

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health back, to have enough energy, to

be with my kiddo, and be present and

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patient, and wake up with them, right?

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what has changed with your,

with your daughter, if anything?

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Yeah.

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So, since finishing Thyroid Strong, I've,

I think I've done it like three times.

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Who are five times now.

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And now I still live during pregnancy.

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I'm 17 weeks and I have more

energy than I did when I started.

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And that's after having a really

rough beginning of this pregnancy.

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I was still able to work out, and I

just dialed it back just a smidge until

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I was feeling better, but having more

energy with her just feels so good.

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I remember it just was so painful

before having, going for a walk

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was painful, playing painful, and

I just wanted to make sure that I

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had more energy, and especially now

I'm gonna have a newborn in March.

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You gotta have that energy, you guys.

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You can't be like, living

off of caffeine like I was.

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I totally cut caffeine as

well, prior to Thyroid Strong.

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It was actually the first thing

I did when I was diagnosed with

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hypothyroid and Hashimoto's.

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I was like, okay, let's

just go cold turkey.

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and I just feel like I have so much more

energy even without caffeine or anything.

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Yeah.

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Tell me about Disney.

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You texted me this.

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This Disney trip compared

to the prior Disney trip.

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Okay, so let's just talk.

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Let's just, elephant in the room,

Disney is a lot of walking, you guys.

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Add on having autoimmune disease.

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Can I take them back a little farther?

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Please do.

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Okay, so 2015 through 2017, I was

going through a ton of health issues.

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It turns out I was living

in a home with black mold.

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It was very traumatic.

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I was diagnosed with Mast

Cell Activation Disorder.

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I was found out I was anaphylactic to

allergies that I had no idea about.

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No idea.

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and it just kept progressing so severely.

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And I had no energy.

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I remember going to Disney.

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I went to Disney with my mom for the first

time after she had knee replacements,

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and she thought she'd never be able

to go back again, and now my mom

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just thought it was wrong, you guys.

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She's amazing.

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She's been working out for, you know, 12

years now, doing incredible, and when she

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first started, she couldn't walk at all.

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Um, and we went to Disney,

and I brought all my food in.

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I have celiac disease as well, and I

didn't know how they would deal with

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food allergies and celiac disease.

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I was struggling so bad.

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I had to stop every time we saw a

seat because I was in so much pain.

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I was going through so much inflammation.

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My joints were a mess.

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I was getting tested for lupus.

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They thought I had lupus

or rheumatoid arthritis.

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Turns out I do not.

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It was severe inflammation.

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So fast forward, let's

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We went to Disney, my whole family.

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My daughter was our first trip.

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It was incredible.

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But I had no energy and I was so inflamed.

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And by the end of the trip,

my clothes felt so tight.

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Obviously it's theme park food,

even if it's gluten free, I

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have to be gluten free for life.

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It's still not quality food.

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It's just not, let's be honest.

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It's theme park.

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Um, they do do the best they can

and you can make amazing options.

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I do it all the time, but my clothes

just were snug and my face was

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inflamed and I'm like, something is up.

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And I felt like anytime I was

carrying my daughter at that

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time, she was a year and a half.

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She felt so heavy.

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And I was like, I'm

lifting, what is going on?

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Fast forward to this May, May 2024.

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I was, I think, I think I was one

round into thyroid strong or two.

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I think I was in the middle of two.

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We were in Disney.

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It was my mom, my daughter, and I,

and my husband stayed back this one.

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It was a girl's trip.

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Let's just say my daughter

had a really hard time.

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She was almost two and a half.

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and she had a really hard time.

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We didn't know she had a double

ear infection, and it was very

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severe, and she refused to walk.

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She refused to sit in the stroller, and

she was very cranky, and that's not her.

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She is a sassy little stinger,

and I held her the entire time.

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And I had no back pain.

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And it was incredible.

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I'm not gonna lie, it was amazing.

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I carried her through Epcot.

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Like, you've been to Epcot.

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It's a lot.

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It's a lot of walking.

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It was also raining the whole trip.

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So I was holding her

with an umbrella in hand.

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And I remember my muscles just burning.

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And I was like, well, this

is my lifting for the week.

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And I was like, what would a

chiropractor say right now?

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Like, Emily, um, switch arms.

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I was trying because I'm very prone

to, like, throwing one hip out.

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Um, you know, mom hip.

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And so needless to say,

I felt so much stronger.

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And I remember texting her and I was

just like, Yeah, this is a big change.

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And I remember my mom was like,

Hey, do you need some help?

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And I'm like, I got this.

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Keep it moving.

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Just keep it moving.

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You push the stroller.

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The empty stroller.

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That, you know, expensive stroller.

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Just keep it moving.

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And it turns out she had a double ear

infection and the poor thing was not well.

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But I'm thankful I was able to carry her.

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Cause normally I would

have relied on my husband.

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He's a much taller, bigger

guy than him, you know?

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And so it felt so good, to do that.

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It really did.

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Yeah, I love that.

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Like, this is why we lift, ladies.

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Yeah, literally, this is why, with

a diaper bag on your back and all.

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Oh yeah, that is why.

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Felt like a pack mule.

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part of the goal of Thyroid Strong is

to remove restrictions in women's lives.

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the example of being able to

carry your daughter, that is

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like removing a restriction.

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Can you think of other things

where, Thyroid Strong has given you

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more freedom, to do certain things

and what would those things be?

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Yeah, so some restrictions that I've

been able to lift since doing Thyroid

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Strong, of course, carrying my daughter.

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She's 35 pounds.

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That's not light when, especially

when they're tired and they

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just throw your dad weight.

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Um, or carrying her,

sleeping through Disney.

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You guys know how that is.

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If you have kids, how much heavier

they are when they're sleeping.

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being able to just bend down

constantly and not throw my back

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out, um, prior to thyroid strong.

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This might be due to terrible form.

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I'm not sure.

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I used to throw my back out every

time I did a deadlift, every time.

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So when I saw that was like

the number one move on thyroid

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strong, I was like, Oh shit.

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I almost texted you and was like,

Hey, I'm a little nervous about this.

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I'm like, Nope, shut up and do it.

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That's just what I told myself.

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I have no issues.

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Thanks.

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Transcribed Even while pregnant now and

my, like, center of gravity has changed.

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Nope, no restrictions.

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And I've been able to just go up in

weight again without throwing my back out.

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I, um, have some issues in my back.

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I fell when I was in high school.

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And I chipped my tailbone.

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And I have some discs that just

like to slip out of place a lot.

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That's been totally great.

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Which is incredible.

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Seriously, like I said before, I was

living in the chiropractor's office prior.

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And, what other restrictions?

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Do you go to your chiropractor less now?

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So, I have to go back because of

pregnancy, but I was going, like, prior

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to COVID, like, I was going all the time.

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Like, three times a week.

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Whoa.

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Which is like, okay, like,

your body is not happy.

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And I was having crazy tension

in my neck and everything.

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Yeah.

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Um, but I love them for, like, prevention.

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how often would you say?

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Oh, just like, as needed,

like once a month or so.

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Oh.

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Yeah.

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Awesome.

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That's amazing.

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But like going up the stairs in our

house and just running around, like, oh,

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I forgot something, let me go grab it.

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In the past I'd be like,

that can wait, can't do that.

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Um, my husband jokes that my energy is

back so much that he can't take it because

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at night my daughter and I just like

have so much energy and we're just wild.

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And.

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That's just how we are as people,

and that for me was gone for a while,

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and I feel like my personality is

back because I'm feeling better.

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Hmm, so good.

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Yeah.

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So good.

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is there anything else

you would want to share?

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Yeah, I will finish it with this, is I

would really recommend Thyroid Strong

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for anyone that just feels like they're

struggling and they've tried everything.

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If you feel like you're making

no progress, you have hypothyroid

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or Hashimoto's, and you just

feel like you need a change,

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you really have nothing to lose.

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And I say that as a friend,

you have nothing to lose.

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Why not try something and see

if it changes your life, because

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you'll never know until you try.

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I love that.

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Thank you, Mama.

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Of course.

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You're such a bright light, like so lady.

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I love it.

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All right, ladies, if you want to jump

into Thyroid Strong six week program

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at an amazing, amazing discount, 2 97.

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Normally it's 4 97 from now

until Thursday, May 22nd noon,

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2020 fives in the show notes.

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But I'll drop you

https://www.dremilykiberd.com/tssummer/

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all right.

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I can't wait to see you in there.