My good friend and trainer,Tyler English, has a saying, "You can't out train a bad diet." And you know what? He's exactly right. You can do all the exercise you want, but if you are eating poorly you will NOT see the results you desire.
After making the commitment to lose all 30+ lbs of my 2nd baby weight, I decided to do something completely different than I'd ever done with my eating - I went Vegan. I got the book The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds
by Rip Esselstyn and with the support of my husband we both embarked on this Vegan journey together. In the past when I needed to lose a few pounds I would cut out carbs and I'd see the pounds fall off, this time 75% of my diet was composed of carbs - the difference? They are GOOD carbs! We have all been so brainwashed to believe that all carbohydrates are BAD for us we fear them and avoid them like they are poison, when in actuality they are what our bodies need to sustain us through a particularly grueling workout. Any question you have regarding following a whole plant based diet can be answered in Rip's book - it is EXCELLENT and very easy to read. It makes perfect sense and has been tested on a large number of people. What I love most about it is it is clean eating at it's very best, the recipes are OUTSTANDING and you are never deprived, you can eat until your hearts desire.The weight fell off me, but not very fast like it did when I eliminated all carbs like in the past, it came off slow and steady - about 2 lbs a week and completely shrunk my body back to normal!
My husband and I have been eating this way since Jan 4th and I've never felt better. My husband had high cholesterol and blood pressure and Rip's book guaranteed that in just 28 days eating a plant based diet would lower your cholesterol and blood pressure and sure enough, my husbands cholesterol dropped 100 points in 28 days and his blood pressure is at an all time low - no meds needed!!!!!!
My husband is from Kansas City and grew up on red meat - every Friday for the past 7 years we have hosted "steak night at the Staehle's" so going Vegan was not something we were not 100% committed to. My husband loves it so much he doesn't even want to eat fish - I have now added fish into my diet once a month, so I guess I'm now a semi-vegetarian.
I just wanted to let you all know what has worked for me and how happy it has made me and how wonderful I feel.
Some of our favorite recipes from The Engine 2 Diet are Jane's Jammin' Burritos and Meat Loaf - delish!
Here are 3 books I recommend.
The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds
Clean Food: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close to the Source with More Than 200 Recipes for a Healthy and Sustainable You
Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well with 100 New Clean Food Recipes
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