About Love the Future You
No one cares more about Future You than you do.
I’ve spent nearly my whole adult life taking care of the most important things: my kids, my husband, my job, my dog. The to-do list never ends, and I don’t really want it to. These are the things I wished for and prayed for, and I’m not complaining at all.
But until recently, I hadn’t given much thought to something that would affect all of those things: my own health.
I assumed I was in reasonably good shape. I ate what I wanted and rarely exercised, but I felt pretty good and I looked pretty good. Sure, I was 30 pounds heavier than I was in high school, but several decades and two kids later, I thought this was normal.
How this started
I’ve always been something of a DIYer. I believe I can learn how to do almost anything if I’m interested in a thing. My interest in understanding my health took hold when I heard a podcaster talking about Dr. Casey Means and her book, Good Energy. The book challenged me to reconsider what was “normal” when it came to my own health, nutrition, and the relationship between my everyday choices and my long-term well-being.
I became curious enough to try a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to learn more about how my body responded to all kinds of foods (ultraprocessed and whole foods.) I started reading about blood sugar, insulin resistance, cholesterol, and cardiovascular risk. I began seeing a functional medicine doctor.
He ordered the most comprehensive bloodwork and lipid panel I’d ever seen. I wondered why none of my previous docs had ever mentioned this kind of thing. The resulting numbers blew my mind, mainly because I realized how little I understood about what they actually meant. It was a little overwhelming to realize I had no idea what was happening inside my own body.
I’d heard of LDL cholesterol, of course. But what was ApoB? What were LDL particles? What was hsCRP? Which numbers mattered most? And what could I realistically do to improve them?
I had a lot of questions and I began looking for answers where a lot of people look for answers these days: ChatGPT.
I began making changes. I tracked what I ate, paid attention to the results, and learned to distinguish between what sounded convincing and what was supported by evidence.
Over the following months, my cholesterol numbers improved substantially, and I lost 30 pounds. But something else changed, too.
I began to see my health differently.
Instead of simply receiving information about my health and hoping for the best, I wanted to actively take care of the only body I’ll ever have. Instead of assuming that feeling pretty good meant everything was fine, I wanted to understand what good health actually meant for me. Instead of waiting to be told what to do, I wanted to take the lead in decisions that could affect the rest of my life.
And I wondered how many other people felt the same way.
Why Love the Future You?
Most of us aren’t healthcare professionals and we don’t have unlimited time to read scientific studies or investigate every health claim we encounter. But that doesn’t mean we should remain uninformed.
We can learn what common health measurements mean. We can ask better questions at medical appointments. We can become more thoughtful consumers at the grocery store and in restaurants. And we can make practical, evidence-informed decisions about the things within our control.
We don’t have to wait until something goes wrong to become interested in our health. And we shouldn’t.
That’s the idea behind Love the Future You.
It’s about taking the person you’ll be in 10, 20, or 30 years seriously enough to make thoughtful choices today. Not out of fear. Not in pursuit of perfection. But because the life we hope to enjoy in the future deserves some attention now.
What you’ll find here
I’ll be writing about the subjects I’m learning about and the questions I think are worth asking, including:
Understanding your numbers. Making sense of common lab tests, health measurements, and what they can—and can’t—tell us.
Nutrition and everyday choices. Exploring how food, movement, sleep, and other habits influence our long-term health.
Becoming your own health advocate. Doing basic research about your own numbers or test results, preparing for medical appointments, asking useful questions, and taking the lead in your own healthcare.
Sorting through health information. Looking beyond headlines, marketing claims, and wellness trends to understand what the evidence actually says.
Protecting your future health. Thinking proactively about healthy aging and the quality of life we want in the decades ahead.
Some articles will draw from my personal experiences. Others will explore research, explain concepts, or offer practical tools that readers can use in their own lives.
I won’t pretend to have all the answers. In fact, one of the reasons I’m writing is that I keep discovering how much there is to learn.
A little about me
I’m a marketing professional living in Ave Maria, Florida.
I’m not a doctor, dietitian, or medical researcher. My professional background is in marketing and communications, where I’ve spent years thinking about how to make complicated ideas understandable and useful.
Now I’m applying that same curiosity to a subject that has become increasingly important to me: understanding my health and making better decisions for the years ahead.
My goal is to help you feel less intimidated by a healthcare system that can be opaque and difficult to navigate, and less overwhelmed by the competing messages about nutrition, and healthy living.
I’d like to encourage you to become more curious, more informed, and more engaged in decisions that affect your health and your future.
Join me
If you’ve ever looked at a lab report and wondered what the numbers really meant, left a doctor’s appointment wishing you’d asked another question, or thought you should be doing more to protect your long-term health but weren’t sure where to begin, I hope you’ll find something useful here.
I’ll publish articles, personal observations, and practical resources to help us become better-informed advocates for our own health.
Subscribe for two articles a month, along with shorter insights and resources along the way.
Because no one cares more about Future You than you do.
An important note: Love The Future You is an educational publication based on personal experience and research. Nothing here is intended as individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always work with qualified healthcare professionals when making decisions about your health.
