I spent thousands trying to get healthy. Here’s what I’d do first now.

I wouldn’t do it this way again.

A few days ago I shared some of the slightly unhinged things I did trying to get my health back after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.

I quit CrossFit.

I changed how I worked.

I tested my gut, SIBO and bloods.

I spent somewhere between $1,500–$2,000 on supplements.

I ate strict AIP Paleo for six months.

I meditated.

I changed the way I trained.

At the time, I was willing to do almost anything to feel like myself again.

And to be clear a lot of those things helped me enormously.

But if you dropped me back into that body today, knowing everything I know now?

I wouldn’t start there.

I wouldn’t start by ordering hundreds of dollars worth of supplements.

I wouldn’t immediately remove half the foods from my diet.

I wouldn’t start Googling every symptom individually.

And I definitely wouldn’t keep waiting for my body to magically sort itself out.

I’d investigate first.

Because that’s probably the biggest thing my own health journey taught me:

When you don’t understand what’s happening, it’s incredibly easy to start throwing solutions at symptoms.

Tired? Take something for energy.

Bloated? Cut another food.

Can’t sleep? Take magnesium.

Stressed? Meditate harder.

Still don’t feel good?

Add another supplement.

I did versions of all of it.

The problem is that fatigue isn’t a diagnosis.

Neither is bloating.

Brain fog isn’t.

Poor recovery isn’t.

Skin flare-ups aren’t.

They’re clues.

And clues become far more useful when you stop looking at them individually and start asking:

What pattern are they creating?

If I had to start again, this is the order I’d do things in.

First, I’d build the timeline.

When did I actually stop feeling like myself?

What was happening around that time?

Illness?

Stress?

Changes in training?

Diet?

Sleep?

Work?

Environment?

Pregnancy?

Medication?

Your health story matters.

Sometimes the most useful clue isn’t what you’re experiencing.

It’s when it started.

Then I’d look ruthlessly at the foundations.

Am I eating enough?

Am I getting enough protein and micronutrients?

Am I sleeping properly?

Am I seeing daylight in the morning?

Am I moving?

Or am I absolutely flogging myself with exercise while already exhausted?

Is my nervous system getting any opportunity to downregulate?

What’s happening with my gut?

What am I being exposed to in my environment?

Not because sleep, food and stress magically explain every chronic health problem.

They don’t.

But because these are fundamental inputs into human physiology — and they’re very easy to overlook while searching for something more complicated.

Then I’d get objective information.

This is where I’d look at my blood work.

Full blood count.

Iron studies and ferritin.

B12 and folate.

Vitamin D.

Glucose regulation.

Inflammatory markers.

Thyroid markers where appropriate.

Liver and kidney markers.

And importantly, I wouldn’t look at each number in isolation.

I’d look at the bloods alongside how I actually feel.

Because one result rarely tells you the entire story.

But multiple clues pointing in the same direction?

Now I’m interested.

Only then would I decide whether I needed to investigate further.

Maybe the clues point toward the gut.

Maybe hormones deserve a closer look.

Maybe nutrient status.

Maybe inflammation.

Maybe sleep.

Maybe something that needs to go straight back to your GP for further investigation.

The point isn’t that blood tests contain every answer.

They don’t.

The point is that I’d want evidence before deciding where to spend my time, money and energy next.

And THEN I’d intervene.

Food.

Supplements.

Training.

Recovery.

Whatever was actually appropriate for what we’d found.

I think this is where wellness has gone a little backwards.

We’ve become obsessed with solutions.

But sometimes we haven’t actually defined the problem.

And if I could sit across from the version of me who was exhausted, stiff, inflamed and desperately trying to get her body back…

I wouldn’t hand her another bottle of supplements.

I’d tell her:

Stop throwing things at your body.

Start listening to it.

Gather the clues.

Look for the pattern.

Then decide what deserves your attention.

That philosophy is a huge part of why I eventually created my Functional Blood Analysis.

It’s designed to be a starting point.

We take your existing blood results, your symptoms and your health history and look at them together to see what patterns may deserve attention — and where it might make sense to investigate next.

Because sometimes you don’t need another health hack.

You need a better starting point.

If you’ve been doing all the things and still don’t know why you don’t feel like yourself, you can find the Functional Blood Analysis through the link below.

 → Start with Functional Blood Analysis

Georgia x