Real food. Real Life. Real Progress.
Today I made 3 meals:
1. High protein pancakes
2. Rice Paper Dumplings (Dr. Vegan)
3. Philly ‘No’ Cheesesteaks (Thee Burger Dude)
It left me drained and exhausted while juggling a full workday with 9 meetings.
I should have recognized my load and not been so ambitious.
If you have a tough week coming up, prep or buy Plant-based meat and cut down on prep time.
Is it the healthiest? No but it will save you time and your sanity.
Wait. What?
I know.
For some of you this does not compute.
It feels like a inaccuracy to type.
Carbs are the enemy.
You should limit, restrict, replace, remove from your diet.
Don’t you want to be healthy and lose weight they say.
I eat pasta 4 to 5 times a week.
I eat bread every day.
I eat chocolate chip cookies 3x a week.
I eat pizza once a week.
I lost 40+ pounds and dropped 4 pant sizes without limiting myself.
Come over to plant side it’s more fun and healthier over here.
One of the hardest things to accept as an adult is that we are the architects.
I have complained about my career, the one I worked to earn.
The family I wanted and their constant activity can be overwhelming.
The weight I could not drop yet I controlled the shopping cart every week.
Once you realize your creative powers you can construct your life to fit you best.
Struggling to eat plant-based. Find frozen plant based meals for a week.
Struggling to exercise. Walk with your first cup of coffee in the morning.
The world is yours.
Build what serves you.
When I tell people I am plant-based.
That’s great for you!
I love that for you!
Are you sure?! Have you tasted steak?!
Better you than me.
Does not matter whether they are fast & fit or sore & sick?
No one wants to give up their diet.
If you are alone keep going.
It’s okay to be different especially when the the consequences are life or death.
Literally.
I am an older athlete. (40s)
I love hiking, running and strength training.
I was rocking and rolling until…
“Pain! You make me a, you make me a believer…believer.” (Imagine Dragons voice)
Plantar (foot) pain in both feet and hip pain (impingement).
I started strengthening my hips with Lateral Band walks and Quadruple bird dogs.
For the plantar fascitis issues I took a cortisol injection in the left foot. Ouch!!
And I do 15 minutes of calf stretches twice a day.
On a positive note I seem to be healing quickly and still losing weight.
Being plant-based has its benefits.
Join the club.
Carnivore.
Keto.
Paleo.
Whole 30.
Something is wrong with the plant-based diet.
It defies diet logic.
Dietary knowledge passed down from the ages:
If I eat too much I gain weight.
And with those other diets it’s absolutely true.
But no matter what I do on this diet I still lose weight.
I imagine much if this weight loss will slow down at some point but because I have a considerable amount of weight to lose it’s not happening any time soon.
40+ pounds down and counting.
Grabbing a beer is one of my favorite things to do with friends.
I have struggled since being plant-based to meet up at the bar because bar food is scrumptious
Last night was the first time in months I hung out at the bar.
I had 2 wheat beers. 😁
And then ordered the House-made Black bean veggie burger. It’s was good better than the ones I make at home.
All in all I had a great time.
You can still keep your fun time with friends and eat plant-based.
Wegoovy very fast.
We compete in the Ozempics.
We scale Mounjaro.
GLP-1s affect the body by:
Average cost: $150 to $300 a month
Known costs: Long term effects on the human have never been studied.
But you know what has been studied:
Guess what these food do without a needle in the belly every day.
The exact same thing.
Prescription not required.
So I follow Plant-based News on several platforms and was excited to see a new documentary on Netflix…
You are what you eat.
Twins.
They took twins and put them 1 on the omnivore diet and the other on a vegan diet.
And we were supposed to see results of the documentary but I had to stop watching on episode 2.
The plant-based agenda was shoved so thoroughly down my throat I could not watch anymore.
Cows are killing the planet.
Each bite of meat you take is killing the world.
I read the majority of the facts through various books for over a year. My introduction was gradual and palatable.
I am a plant-based eater and advocate of the community.
What a fumble of an opportunity to show the positive results for the individual rather than the overwhelming them with “planetary guilt” about dietary choices passed down from generations.
Let’s face it almost no individual thinks they can save the planet alone. So you “pointing a finger” at them for eating animal protein is only going to make them dig their heels in deeper.
Super disappointed.
What were your thoughts?
Before you make change in any capacity you must have a this.
Ever wonder how people actively have patterns of self destruction.
2lbs away from your goal weight you binge eat.
You procrastinate until the last minute then in a mad dash of heroics you come through.
You drink even though the next day you feel bad.
We have to get off of this roller coaster.
It all starts with…
WHY!!!
Without a strong enough WHY you would not get out of bed let alone change your life.
The reason to make lasting change has to be immense or terrifying or both.
You resolve depends on it.
Otherwise the tiniest pebble in the road will appear to be The Great Wall of China.
Your job is to find the WHY!
Jeff Bites 