Lifestyle

I’m a Food Scientist With Lipedema. This Is My 80 Percent.
Not a perfect diet, not a strict plan, but the everyday ingredients I rely on to nourish my body with healthy fats, fibre, protein and colour.
 • CarinaW
Leaving Spain With Stronger Shoulders and Softer Thoughts
A little farewell to La Manga, fitness routines, taco Fridays, golf lessons, body confidence, lipedema waves and the strange feeling of slowly coming…
 • CarinaW
My Personal Story of Travelling Through Lipedema Surgery Recovery
A personal reflection on compression garments, swelling, food, fear, flights, beautiful places, and learning how to keep living while my body was still…
 • CarinaW
Living Through Lipedema Instead of Waiting for Life to Begin
A personal reflection on surgery, complications, recovery, travel, identity, and the decision to continue living fully even when the body feels heavy…
 • CarinaW
Mediterranean-Style Ketogenic Diet for Lipedema
What does a Mediterranean-style ketogenic diet actually look like for someone with lipedema?
 • CarinaW
What Balance Looks Like When Traveling
How to enjoy food, moments, travelling, and real life without losing the structure that supports your body by keeping it simple with the 80 20 rule.
 • CarinaW
You Are Not Imagining It, but You Should Not Give It All Power
Learning to live with lipedema without handing your self-worth to the most critical person in the room.
 • CarinaW
We Become What We Repeatedly Choose
A reflection on food, balance, and why one choice does not define your health, but your repeated patterns do.
 • CarinaW
I Stopped OMAD After 19 Days
Why this experiment reminded me exactly why I don’t want to live on a diet.
 • CarinaW
What Are You Feeding Your Lipedema With
The hidden way your attention shapes your symptoms, your habits, and the life you’re building with your body.
 • CarinaW
Am I Making My Lipedema Worse?
This is one of the hardest questions in lipedema because it usually comes with guilt.
 • CarinaW
Not One Lipedema Woman
When hundreds of millions live with the same diagnosis, “lipedema management” can never be a single checklist.
 • CarinaW
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