Thanks to Taylor Swift’s fame, I often see little girls with t-shirts stating what “era” they are in.

“In my Butterfly Era,” “In my cozy era,” etc.

I think I am in my “Humpty Dumpty Era.”

My health took a turn about 4 years ago. So then, as Humpty did in the famous nursery rhyme, I asked all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to put me back together again.

But they couldn’t.

So I decided these last couple years to pick up the pieces myself.

I slowly removed and reduced things that might affect my health, like alcohol (removed), coffee (reduced because I love it too much), and gluten (removed).

These changes helped and put a few of the pieces back, but I still felt all my systems weren’t firing.

The final challenge I hadn’t tried was something like Whole30…an elimination diet to rule out all the food culprits.

So in August of this year I did Whole30. 30 days of no dairy, grains, legumes, and sugar. I told Kevin my plan, but really no one else. I didn’t want to be “that” person who talked about food all the time or told everyone who would listen about Whole30.

I just wanted to quietly complete this experiment.

The first week was a little rough because my body was adjusting, and I really wanted a cheese stick for a snack. But I got through it!

After that first week it was smooth sailing, and my energy bursted back on the scene.

I kept waiting for the energy crash each day, but it never came. I kept waiting for hunger pains but they never came either.

I just felt good.

It was weird to feel good.

I had been through so many blood panels and ultra sounds and discussions about symptoms these last few years, I forgot what “good” felt like.

So the 30 days ended and I just kept going.

I have tested out certain foods to see what works and what doesn’t, and I continue to feel great.

As I was journaling one day trying to get my writing groove back, I listened to AJR’s song “Humpty Dumpty.”

Those two words jumped out of the speaker at me because I realized this is my “Humpty Dumpty Era.”

This is where I put the pieces back together again, and get up after the great fall.

-Brittany