Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

https://youtu.be/9Z13aBGWpVs In March of 2015, I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The average age of the person diagnosed with CML is 65. I was 35. I lost so much weight leading up to and throughout treatment that I was a shell of my former self. When it got to the point that I had no energy to hold my then 1-year-old son for more than a few minutes, I was determined to take control and regain the strength that cancer had taken from me. I told my oncologist that I wanted to return to my previous level of fitness, including taking supplements to fast track my progress, but he wouldn’t allow it, as my kidneys and liver were being taxed too heavily by my treatment. If I wanted to fully fortify myself, he explained, I’d have to find my supplements where they naturally occur: in natural, unprocessed foods. From then on, I geeked out on nutrition. I read every article I could find and began my own system of meal preparation. Unfortunately, my meals were repeti