Hi! My name is Kim. I am a follower of Christ, daughter, wife, mother, Lollie, and a Holistic Nutritionist. Our health is the most important thing we possess, we need to protect it.

My health journey has been a long and complicated one, probably a lot like yours. I am very grateful on a daily basis that I found the whole food plant-based way of eating. It is a lifestyle, not a diet. My healthy story began in 2013. I was 45 years old and almost 100 pounds overweight. More importantly, I was watching my parent’s and my in-law's health deteriorated very quickly. Between the four of them, they had so many health issues. My grandparents also had major issues, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, and a number of other issues. My sisters had already been told that we could expect the same future. 

I knew my health prognosis was not good. I thought I felt fine, but my future was not bright. One Saturday, while folding clothes, Dr. Joel Fuhrman came on the PBS station I was watching. He was talking about eating to live. What a concept! What he said really hit home for me. I had tried every diet, and lost weight numerous times, only to gain it all back, and more. It couldn’t hurt to try this too.

Eating fruits and vegetables was completely foreign to me. I had grown up on highly processed food and loved eating fast food. Unfortunately, I raised our children that way also. I can clearly remember trying to buy food from the produce section of the store once I started this way of eating - I honestly very rarely shopped there! 

I quickly went from not being able to walk two miles a day to actually running 5k’s, then half-marathons. I was the girl that could always get out of doing any type of physical activity in school. I don’t think I had ever run anywhere in my life.

I finally found what it was like to feel good! I always say that you don’t know you feel bad until you experience good health! I had no idea how bad I really felt. This way of life has completely changed my outlook on so many things. I wish I would have found it sooner!