If you’ve used TikTok at all in the last six months, you’ve seen the gut health trend. But what’s the journey really like?
After years of irrational bloating from almost anything I ate, I decided to do a food sensitivity test this past July. While the results were depressing, I can no longer eat so many foods I used to love, the gut health journey has been worth it. Here’s what happened when I had to cut 12 foods from my daily diet.
I completely ignored my food sensitivities at first because I refused to part from my favorite foods, like pizza. Instead, I attempted to simply lessen the amount of food I was eating if it contained the products I no longer had. However, I quickly realized all of the tolerance I thought I built for foods like dairy was disappearing.
I was having intense stomach pains almost every day, I was still bloated and I always felt sluggish. I always felt held back by these things, and they became my biggest insecurities. However, the day I decided to completely eliminate every food I was sensitive to, it felt like my life changed.
I wake up with more energy, and I feel physically lighter than I did before. My skin has gotten clearer, and for the first time I’m not constantly bloated.
I actually liked my appearance for the first time and feel good about the person I am becoming.
Almost every day my roommates hear me complaining about how much I miss eating food like pizza or ice cream, but this was a necessary change for the better. I have no regrets about my gut health journey and have never felt better.