Why I’m so passionate about healthy aging

I lost my mom when I was 29 and she was 53. My mom was my best friend and the first example of strength, unconditional love and an unstoppable quest for learning.

While she was a fitness and wellness buff, she got breast cancer at 41 and died of colon cancer at 53.

I turned 53 in November 2021 and it has been an emotional and deeply meaningful year for me. I have pivoted a great deal from prioritizing everyone's health around me, to really listening to and paying attention to my body and how I feel - energy, joy, weight, my joints, how healthy are my relationships and mental clarity?

I fully believe that our health is not one single factor but a combination of things done right that creates overall VITALITY… and that is what I am going for - not just feeling OKAY but YOUTHFULNESS AND VITALITY!

These past 6 months I doubled down on my nutrition. While I have been using the most amazing supplements since I was 47, I would often give myself months of pure indulgence (I had a MAJOR sugar addiction that I didn’t truly identify before this time). Cutting out inflammatory foods like gluten, dairy, alcohol and coffee was not difficult for me but cutting out processed sugars was my weakness.

As I assessed how I really truly felt - I realized that having the desserts and sugary treats in my 80/20 months was not benefiting me in the slightest.

I know what you’re thinking… Kim you have to live and enjoy. YES I do agree 100% and trust me I LIVE and I ENJOY - I have simply prioritized how I FEEL as an ongoing focus of mine -so having achy painful joints, bloating and feeling sleepy from sugar was NO LONGER worth it to me! I cut processed sugars out completely in Jan 2022 with the above inflammatory foods and I HAVE NOT MISSED IT one bit!

Here’s the thing I have learned (and I coach this to my clients)… your body doesn’t lie! It is telling you how it feels all the time - you just aren’t listening. It’s no longer enough for me to negotiate with MYSELF why it’s okay to have sugar simply because it’s MY RIGHT and I don’t want to FEEL deprived of what I want! DO you follow where I am going with this? It’s me against ME! I want to feel AMAZING, energetic, clear-minded, ZERO bloating in my gut, fit and healthy and I want my skin to glow! (I know demanding aren’t I! But WHY THE HECK NOT!)

So yes - I don’t eat inflammatory foods ANDDDD because I have helped my gut by incorporating supplements and nutrition - I NO LONGER CRAVE inflammatory foods OR sugar. The way our gut works - Our microbiome - is that it craves the state of the environment. So when we are living in a state of overgrowth of BAD bacteria (from eating inflammatory foods, stress and lack of exercise) we crave SUGAR, ALCOHOL, dairy all the things that clever but nasty bad bacteria FEED OFF OF!

By focusing on healing your gut health you get rid of the cravings that keep you in the loop of poor health, bloated belly, lack of energy, hormones feeling out of whack and brain fog…it all stems back to the gut!

I owe a great deal of my health at 53 - 6 years post menopause to my nutrition plan which is why I am OBSESSED with paying it forward to as many people as possible. People are willing to invest in their health - because it truly does matter what you feed your body. 70-80% of your immune system is in your gut. I am grateful to have coached hundreds of people through the program and of course, to lead from the front showing women what is possible when you prioritize YOUR HEALTH and invest in YOU. It’s the BEST investment you can make.

I know there’s a ton of confusion in the “diet culture” and please be clear, what I am talking about is NOT A FAD DIET  - rather it is about developing a healthy LIFESTYLE - 2 very different things.

Next blog I will be talking about BOUNDARIES and how creating healthy boundaries in all areas of my life has made a massive positive difference.

Send me a DM on IG @kimmacgregor1 or an email at kimmacgregor@rogers.com with “I’M READY TO GET HEALTHY KIM” in the DM or subject line of the email so we can connect and I can coach you on your most precious health journey!

Thank you for being here.

Never forget one person can make a difference…. That one person is YOU.

With so much love,

Your friend,

Kim xo