Hi, I’m Victoria and I’m so happy you’re here!
My goal is to share healthier, more gut-friendly recipes that are still delicious and fun! I’ve done almost every elimination diet out there from autoimmune paleo to raw vegan to low FODMAP and more. So, I have recipes that fit almost every one of these diets on my website. Everything I make is always gluten, dairy, corn, and peanut free and I work to create lower sugar recipes to support overall health too.
My Health Story
I grew up on the east coast, but it wasn’t until I was in college in Colorado that I got sick enough to finally get the right diagnoses.
Starting around age 13, I began to have severe digestive issues that no GI could figure out. Throughout high school, I dealt with fatigue and chronic injuries. Then at age 21, while in college, I got food poisoning and never recovered. My health rapidly declined to the point that I was sleeping up to 20 hours a day, losing my vision, and barely scraping by. No doctors in the are could figure out what was wrong, so I flew back to my hometown of Washington DC and my doctor immediately recognized my symptoms as Chronic Lyme Disease.
I remembered many tick bites growing up, but we never thought twice about Lyme. When I finally got diagnosed correctly, it all came together. I had also been diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid issue, Hashimoto’s, and later would be diagnosed with POTS, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and a Chronic Inflammatory Autoimmune Disease. I’ve dealt with mold illness, co-infections, and much more, all thanks to a dysregulated immune system.
Food is one of the ways I manage my health and symptoms. I grew up cooking and baking with my mom and it’s been a passion ever since. I didn’t want to have to give up on that once I found out I had food allergies and intolerances. There was no way I was just going to eat plain chicken and steamed broccoli. I’m someone who craves variety and flavor, so Lemons ‘N Lyme was born. I wanted to create healthier, more nutrient dense versions of classic recipes (like using Japanese sweet potatoes to make the dough for cinnamon rolls).
Diet, along with other modalities, has helped me in healing my gut and supporting my overall health. And now I’m here to share those amazing recipes with you!
My site is filled mostly with delicious recipes, but I’ve also shared a lot of my health journey and the process it took to push my Lyme into remission. I’m still on a health journey, I’m not sure that will ever end, but you can follow me on all my other social media channels for more detailed medical updates.
I am also a Medical Exercise Specialist. My speciality is in working with others with complex chronic illness to learn how to utilize movement to help manage their condition and improve health outcomes. If you’d like to learn more about what I do, who I work with, and what I offer, you can check that out here.
My best offering is my flexible 3-month movement program, TIH Basic Strength, that you can do from home. It consists of the movements that helped me go from a bed-bound relapse to active again. These are movments I come back to regularly, utilize with my clients, and that are a helpful foundation. The entire program is POTS and EDS friendly!