There’s nothing more inspiring than hearing real people overcome real challenges to get the results they want – especially when those are the same results you’d like to see in your own life! That’s why in this post we’re going deep with an amazing woman named Tiffany Thompson who’s actually been there, and who’s finally seeing massive success after struggling for so long – I can’t wait for you to hear her story!
Tiffany joined our Thin Adapted System (TAS) program in 2022 at what she describes as one of the lowest points of her life. She was struggling with postpartum depression, chronic pain, daily headaches, and PCOS. Her doctors weren’t much help, and she was pretty desperate. But then she found our program. Here’s what she had to say during our interview:
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Ruth: If you can remember your life before TAS, what was your life like then? What was going on? Paint the picture for us.
Tiffany: Okay. At that point, I was miserable. I was probably at the lowest I have ever been in my whole life. I had just had my baby. He was one and I had breastfed for the whole year. Actually, I was an exclusive pumper. I had lost some weight because of breastfeeding, but then my daughter was in an accident. She was in the hospital with tons of surgeries, so the stress was super high, and I gained all that weight back. I was sick and tired all the time, I had major postpartum depression, anxiety, stomach issues, migraines. I was seriously just at the lowest point I’ve ever been.
Ruth: How did you find TAS then?
Tiffany: I actually got one of your emails, and something just compelled me to click on it. I opened it and I was like, “Oh, what’s this? Maybe I should try this.” So it was just kind of a whim.
Ruth: Was there a hesitation at all, when you were like, “Oh, I don’t know. I can’t really try anything new.” Or you were just like, “give me something.”
Tiffany: Well, like I said, I was at my lowest point. I was desperate for something to change. You know, I’ve been on all kinds of diets and ups and downs throughout the years. The last attempt that I had had was about three years prior to that. And it was a really strict, low-calorie, like a thousand calories a day, diet. And it worked. I lost weight and I think that’s how I ended up pregnant. The backstory is that I was told I couldn’t have kids naturally. So getting pregnant was a surprise. I was trying to do that again, lose weight, and get pregnant, but because of life and having the baby and all that stuff, I just couldn’t bring myself to do such a strict diet anymore. But I was still so desperate to get this weight off and just feel better. Then I remember reading the email and reading some of the material you sent with it, that was like listing all the things that the program could help with … depression and anxiety and the stomach issues and the fatigue and all these things. And I’m reading it to my husband. I was like, look at this. This is me. Like maybe this can fix me, you know? So I was like, I’m going to just try it.
Ruth: And if your husband is anything like mine, he, my husband would have been like, “Whatever. Everybody’s just a salesperson. They’re all going to just sell you a line.”
Tiffany: Exactly. But my husband was a little bit, well, he knew how miserable I was. So he was trying to be supportive. He told me to just try it. But in the end, he actually ended up doing this with me to be supportive.
Ruth: Oh, that’s amazing. So did you try to go to the doctor with all the health issues that you were experiencing? What did your doctor say?
Tiffany: So I also have polycystic ovarian syndrome, and the doctor always told me, well, you have PCOS, so this is just going to be hard. Watch your carbs and watch your sugar. But I was diagnosed when I was 20, before I even had a computer in the house and Google wasn’t a thing. I had no information on what this was and what to do to heal it, and so it was just me managing it the best I could, which wasn’t good at all. Anytime I went to the doctor with these complaints, they’re like, well, it’s probably the PCOS. I thought it just is what it is. Eat less, work out more. That’s what I was always told. Always the same advice.
Ruth: So what were you most concerned about going into the TAS program?
Tiffany: I signed up for the 28-day reset, and that’s how it started for me. When I got all the information, I looked at it and I saw it was low carb and instantly I thought, oh, it’s keto. I had looked into keto a few years prior. It didn’t make sense to me. Like, how can eating bacon all the time and having all this fat be good for me? It doesn’t make any sense. And so I was a little disappointed and thought it was just another name for a keto diet. Still, I thought, “it’s only 28 days. I’ll do it. I’ll try it.” And so I’m glad I did, cause it wasn’t keto.
Ruth: No, we’re very proud that TAS isn’t keto. Very proud. I mean, there are aspects of it that are similar, especially in the 28 reset. I can see where you would think that. So what did you experience? What happened in those 28 days?
Tiffany: I want the carbs and the sugar all the time. That’s how I was. And so going in, I didn’t think I was going to be successful. I didn’t believe there was any way I would go more than a week without eating bread or pasta or something. But I was like, I’m gonna give it my all, I’m gonna, try to stick to it. I think what helped was my husband doing this with me. I wasn’t the only one eating like this, but then towards the end of the 28 days, I noticed I wasn’t hungry. I wasn’t craving or missing the bread and the pasta, even after the 28 days. And I had all the recipes to cure the sweet tooth. That satisfied me and I was good.
Ruth: Oh yes. The TAS food is so good. So, you kept going with TAS and what happened? What kind of results did you see?
Tiffany: I started noticing that I wasn’t getting constant headaches. I used to get headaches every day. They called them cluster headaches, bordering on migraines every single day. And I started just not having any. I’d be like, “Oh my gosh, I didn’t have a headache today. That’s amazing.” Then my stomach issues subsided. I wasn’t bloated all the time. I wasn’t uncomfortable. I didn’t feel just gross all the time. I had some chronic pain in my feet and my knees and my back. I think from the way I had the pregnancy and everything, but that all went away. Like I said, my baby was a year old by the time I started this. So like all that time I had been in pain. Those were the first things I started to notice. And then obviously, losing weight.
Ruth: It sounds like your goal was to lose some weight, but it was really more of the health side of things that was really impacting your life. Did you notice differences in your depression, anxiety and that kind of stuff as well?
Tiffany: I did. It took a little longer. I mean, I’ve had depression and anxiety since I was a teenager. So I’ve been on medication. I’ve been dealing with that basically my whole life. Just the…
