Tonight on Shred Your Body, we dive deeper with Michelle Lesisko. As she puts it "I've been overweight my whole life (since age 3). I grew up in an Italian family where pasta and bread were staples of our meals. At 18 Michelle decided to become a vegetarian. She developed health issues in her 20s that lead to multiple hospitalizations, and high doses of medication. 2 years ago after an 8 month health crisis Michelle was finally diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder. It was then she was told that CT scans miss 40% of pulmonary embolisms, and most likely, all her severe respiratory incidents over the last 25 years were likely caused by clots. Since this diagnosis, Michelle has been able to not take prednisone. At her first appointment with the hematologist, weight loss surgery was recommended to her. Thankfully, she said no, and was more interest to see how life went now that she knew her underlying cause. Feeling motivated knowing what was going on and hopefully no longer needing prednisone, Michelle decided to look into better nutrition. After a few months Of trying, she lost 20lbs, and got stuck like most people do. Michelle said she was eating low fat, and actually eating very little. Most days she only ate dinner. Unfortunately, it was still pasta and bread filled. Michelle then decided to work with a nutritionist to figure out what she was doing wrong. At this point, she was also having severe intestinal distress on a daily basis. Michelle began food journaling and discovered she was eating 600-900 calories a day 😳 She started with small goals of eating more, and adding in lean protein. Eventually she says they addressed the simple carbs and traded them for more complex carbs. After 8 months she lost weight, and went from 347 to 320. Michelle says it was very slow, and she was still feeling pretty crappy. She recalls it was a real struggle. It was at this point in life that Heather Sica-Lenard showed up and invited Michele to check out #ErShred. Michelle is now weighing in at 246 pound, but more importantly, she says she feels great inside. Join Michelle and Heather tonight at 8pm EST to learn more about Michelle’s amazing story of never giving up. ***Please follow the directions below, click the “get reminded” button, and if you don’t mind, please tag 2-3 people you feel might benefit from hearing Michelle’s success story***