Real Stories, Real Transformations

“Before working with the wonderful people at FNR, I was struggling to get through the day. I had constant fatigue. The kind of fatigue that went all the way to your bones, and it took everything I had to get through the day. I was in a busy season of life and was starting to feel overwhelmed by the amount of things I wasn’t able to accomplish in my day. 

I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis about 2 years ago. This autoimmune disease was causing joint pain, inflammation, digestive issues, and again….constant fatigue. It was affecting every aspect of my life.

When I was diagnosed, the first thing the doctors did was give me a list of medications to take. Those medications came with major side effects. I was determined to wait as long as possible before taking them. I knew I had to do something before it was too late. 

My symptoms were just getting worse. I was now missing important events in my life because I had nothing left in me. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I decided I had to do whatever it took to get better. My health was now my priority. I did lots of research and kept coming back to FNR. 

Now, my life has completely changed! After just a couple of weeks I was already starting to feel better. I really noticed it about a month into my program. I was out in the barn feeding our animals late in the evening at the end of a super busy day. As I grabbed a bale of hay I noticed my hands didn’t hurt as much. I stopped and realized I still had energy. I wasn’t even tired. When that realization sank in, I sat down and cried right there in the barn. I was so grateful to have my life back! 

In the months since then I have felt even better. I now go to the gym 5 times a week – something I had not had the energy for in YEARS! My inflammation is getting better, my joint pain is manageable and my digestive issues are starting to improve! More importantly, I feel like I have been seen and heard. For anyone struggling with an autoimmune disease or chronic illness, it feels like no one takes your health issues seriously. That was NOT the case at FNR. All of the amazing people at FNR actually listened to me and actively worked to help me feel better. They truly care about you and your health!”

– Heather C.

“Life before FNR had ups and lots of downs. I was in pain every day. Some days I was still able to function and do my job. Other days I could not even lift my head off my pillow. 

I never knew how I was going to feel day to day. I experienced chronic insomnia, extreme fatigue, brain fog, skin issues, and depression. I was drinking lots of caffeine and sugary drinks just to get through the day.

I chose to work with FNR because it was the first time I felt like someone listened to me and had an answer that wasn’t just medications with side effects that were sometimes worse than the symptoms they were supposed to be treating.

When I first started I was not sure what to expect but I was quickly encouraged by rapid weight loss and increased energy. I am able to get to sleep easier and while I still don’t sleep well it is much better.

For the first time in my life, I feel hope. I have hope that I won’t have to live with chronic pain and fatigue. If I have questions I know I can get answers. Everyone has been so encouraging to me and I feel like I am part of a family. I think I will be able to continue getting healthier as I stick with my program.”

– Lori C.

“Before FNR, my life was fine, yet not optimal. I wasn’t feeling like myself, and I wanted to be the best that I could be. I wanted healing in both my mental and physical health.

It took a few months to feel or see any progress. However, I kept following my program, and little by little, I experienced remarkable and noticeable changes.

We moved here from Indianapolis in September of 2024, and I began working remotely. By March, I was angry inside, and just not feeling good about anything. On Facebook, I saw that a webinar was being hosted by Functional Nutrition Resources and decided to sign up. The rest is history! 

My focus was on achieving optimal health both mentally and physically. I hadn’t taken any pharmaceuticals and wanted to make sure that I never took them. FNR is entirely devoted to each individual’s specific health issues/concerns. In my personal opinion, it is vitally important to focus on our own health. So many of us put everyone else before ourselves. However, to care for others, we must properly and purposefully care for ourselves too! 

Now, I’m sleeping better, eating healthier, and exercising in a strength training YMCA group class three times a week. I feel incredible, invincible, and unstoppable. A complete success in my book!! And my husband is happy that the woman he married has returned.”

– Angela H.

“Before FNR, I was constantly tired and just didn’t have energy to do anything. I was always so bloated even before I had eaten anything. I was also so irritable. Little things would set me off – I was mad or sad about everything.

I wanted to make a change other than just taking more medications. I also wanted to know the education behind why I needed to do certain things, and what it would do inside my body.

Now, I have much more energy. Even after eating a bigger meal, I feel full but never in pain or uncomfortable. My emotions feel so much more in check even just after a few weeks. I feel like I react to stress so much better.

The longer I do this, the easier it gets to find meals, and it boosts my confidence in a way I wasn’t expecting. I am just feeling like I can handle this and continue making the changes I need to.”

– Halle P. 

“I was having extreme and debilitating fatigue due to rheumatoid arthritis. I was also having severe digestion issues and inflammation in many parts of my body, which made me feel awful. I could barely struggle through most days, and had to miss work often.

My quality of life was unacceptable.

Doctors were only giving me drugs, like prednisone, to address the issue. That worked, but every time I stopped taking prednisone the symptoms came back.

Now, my quality of life is back. I no longer have the extreme fatigue I used to have almost daily. I have energy to travel with my husband and be the active grandmother and teacher I want to be. I’m completely off of blood pressure medication and hormone replacement therapy. The irritation in my eyes due to dry eye disease has greatly improved, and I have much fewer acne breakouts. And, as an added bonus, I’ve lost more than 20 pounds.

It takes some commitment and will power, but I am so glad I’ve done it. Everyone at FNR has been very supportive and informative. I have learned what foods are good for my body and which are bad. It has been life changing!”

– Bettie M.

“Before FNR, life was miserable for me. I was stuck in a constant cycle of being exhausted, being anxious, having joint paint every day, and suffering from the horrible effects of IBS. It was not a life I was enjoying and as a result it impacted my family and our life as well.

I finally hit a breaking point when I saw the scale continue to climb, no matter what I did, and my digestive journey continued to decline. Doctors weren’t helping me – they were trying to medicate me. I started to do some research and decided that a more holistic approach was a step I wanted to try. I searched locally and FNR was an option with a lot of great reviews.

Now, I feel 95-99% better than I have for the past 20 years. Having suffered with IBS for over two decades I no longer have flare ups multiple times a day. I don’t have them even weekly. In fact, since starting with FNR I have had exactly two IBS attacks and we are going strong over 90 days in my program at this point. That alone is a success story that I would shout from the rooftops. 

It has afforded me a freedom I didn’t think was possible for me. I can travel and not worry about where the bathrooms are, or how accessible they will be for me on an as-needed basis. And that’s not all. My joint pain resolved itself within a few weeks of starting my program and I am back to being able to be active with my family without having repercussions. My anxiety has dramatically declined to the point where I have voluntarily gone off of anxiety medication that was making my anxiety worse. I’m sleeping more soundly and for longer periods of time without interruption making me less exhausted. And to top all of that off, I’ve lost almost 20lbs!

FNR has given me hope – a hope that I never thought was possible. I can’t express enough how grateful I am to FNR, the coaching and the life changing results I have experienced. I share my experience with anyone that will listen.”

– Stephanie T.

“Before FNR, I had severe anxiety, a sense of unease, sleeplessness, no energy, aches and pains, stomach issues, and high blood pressure.

I was falling apart and not doing the things I should to be healthy. I was at my wits end, Doctor just wanted to give me more medicine but I wanted a why? I didn’t want to keep taking more meds, I wanted to get to the root of the issues and get my life back!

Now, I have much more energy and enthusiasm for life. Stomach problems are minimal, anxiety and anxious thoughts are manageable or none, I am sleeping better, I’m moving and enjoying exercise more, I’ve lost some weight, and my blood pressure is managed.

FNR has given me a sounding board and kept me on track. Am I completely “there” yet? No, but I feel like I can and will. And that is so much better than where I was 6-8 months ago.”

– Shawna M.

“I am a mom of 5, I work, and over the past 10 years, I have not prioritized my own health. After trying to regain my health for 2 years on my own, I was not seeing success.

I was intermittent fasting aggressively and not able to sustain regular exercise. There are so many strategies out there to lose weight and get in shape that I was confused about which health strategy would be best for me. 

I chose FNR for their personalized approach to target my specific challenges, and the education they provide.

Now, I am following a nutrition plan that works for me. I no longer need caffeine to function and am not overcome by sugar cravings throughout the day. I am confident about making nutritious food for my entire family and now train my family to prioritize their health and nutrition too. It has been difficult to let go of old, ineffective strategies, and my coach at FNR, Lauren, is patient and understanding.

Every year, I climb a Colorado 14er with friends. 14ers are mountains in Colorado that are 14,000 ft or more above sea level. 3 years ago, I was looking for a challenge that I could enjoy with friends and would force me to get active again after neglecting my health for many years. I usually train year-round for this, but with adrenal fatigue and other issues, I could not seem to get started this year. 

I started with FNR 4 months before the hike, and only trained for 2 months. I could tell a huge difference! The 11-hour hike with 2,000 ft elevation gain was much easier this year than the previous 2 years, even with only training for 2 months. My recovery was much quicker as well. I have learned so much about fueling my body with nutrition and am now able to support 5 workouts a week. Before FNR, it was a struggle to reach 3-4 workouts a week.”

– Lori A.

“Before finding FNR, I would struggle every night going to bed with stomach pain. I felt I was never digesting properly, and the consistent ache never seemed to ease. 

Having cancer at a very young age I was always told my body wouldn’t function “normally”, but I just needed the right nutrition and healing to get it back on track. 

I found FNR through following someone else’s journey healing their acne – which was my main concern. To heal my acne we worked to heal my gut problems, which was a huge factor. 

Now that I have been through my program, I can confidently say I feel more like me than I ever have. I can look in the mirror and I’m not faced with redness, bumps, and irritation. I can go to bed with ease of mind now that my stomach wont hurt, and I now have the nutrition that my body was begging me to find. Moving forward, I’m working on hyperpigmentation and scarring to further heal my post acne marks.

I have loved the FNR ladies I’ve worked with due to their amazing attention to detail and the personalized care I received. I couldn’t be happier with my results, and I’m happy to know I invested properly in my future!”

– Leia C.

“I was feeling very overwhelmed and sad about my condition. But after finding FNR, I started to have hopes of becoming better and maybe going back to normal.

After 5 months and seeing my lab results and how I feel daily, I can tell there’s a difference. Thanks to the coaching and caring, I’ve been able to improve on almost all the things I needed to work on.

I’ve learned a lot about how every aspect of our system works together. Even if you read in books, it is never going to be the same as when you have people on your side teaching you and coaching you individually.

I just want to keep improving and healing and feeling like I’m me again ❤️”

– Catya B.

“I felt as if no one cared about helping me figure out what was wrong with me. For years I was told there is nothing we can do for you because your blood work is normal. I was nothing but normal.

I started having odd symptoms in 2010. My lips blew up after a lot of physical activity a few times. I was under a lot of stress at this time. In 2016 I took a job that turned out to be stressful for me and my hair started falling out. In 2020 I got Covid and was fatigued for months. That year when I went to the doctor my blood pressure was no longer a steady 120/60. It was all over the map, and no one could tell me why. They were not interested in why it would suddenly change if it was within the normal range for my age.

I had been walking our neighborhood for years for 40-50 minutes daily, and suddenly in 2021 I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t breathe, and when I did push myself to walk, I would have to take a 3 hour nap. I mowed our lawn for 30 years, and suddenly I couldn’t do it because I couldn’t breathe and could barely push the mower. The fatigue was really building up.

The fatigue and overwhelm got so bad I had to quit working, and retired in 2022 when I was not ready for that transition. I went to multiple PCP’s trying to find someone who would listen to me and stop wanting me to be on anxiety meds. I tried those and they didn’t help and caused depression. This year, I had to hire someone to help me clean my house and mow my yard, because I was unable to do it. Just the thought of it overwhelmed me. I wanted to get rid of our house.

Now, I am finally feeling like myself. I have energy and motivation again. I feel sane. I am not anxious. My brain is working better and I can focus. I can tell I am getting my life back. I’ve lost weight without starving myself! I still have trouble if I overdo it, but I am learning to listen to my body and respect it, not push myself to more than it can handle. I am relieved and so grateful! Thank you all so much for your help and encouragement!”

– Lynn T.

“Before FNR, I felt absolutely helpless.

Over the last 4 years my health slowly declined. Eventually it got so bad I was struggling to live a happy and fulfilling life. I was struggling with bloating after every meal, excessive belching, extreme anxiety, mood swings, dizziness, headaches, and blood sugar issues. I had every test possible run by doctors and they all would say I was fine.

I had wasted so much time and money. Just take anxiety medication they’d say, you’re fine. I was so desperate for someone to just help me figure out the root cause of these issues! After finding out I had SIBO I knew I needed help aside from antibiotics.

One day I called my grandma crying and she suggested I look into a holistic approach. Let me tell you, God is good! FNR was the first on the google search.

Here we are 6 months later, and I have my life back! I can play with my kids again, travel, work, and enjoy time with my friends. We love to travel and explore things and I’m so grateful we are about to take our first trip since I got so sick.

I don’t have to hide in my room anymore, I am outside gardening, golfing, working out, or swimming! I recommend FNR any time anyone tells me about the weird symptoms happening in their life, without answers. I am so thankful for these ladies that have given me my life back.”

– Nicole B.