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Hi Guys, I’ve been receiving a lot of emails from you guys asking me to post the types of foods to eat on a plant based diet.  Basically How it Works? A whole-food, plant-based diet is centered on whole, unrefined, or minimally refined plants. It’s a diet based on fruits, vegetables, tubers, whole grains, and legumes; and it excludes or minimizes meat (including chicken and fish), dairy products, and eggs, as well as highly refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil. However, I explained to you in my last post, “Plant Based Diet For Beginners: Everything Trucker Wives Need to Know About Clean Eating,” that I teach my clients and my family how to transition into the plant based diet by following the 80/20 rule. The reason I do this is because many people find it too extreme to cut animal products out of their diet. Therefore instead of making them go cold turkey and rebounding I gradually have them remove the animal products. To begin to make the pr...

Hi Guys, In my last post, “What Is a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet:What Can I Eat” I shared with you the foods that you could eat. This post will give you an idea of what to avoid and kitchen equipment you may need when preparing your meals.  We know most fad diets don’t work . After the initial burst of enthusiasm and good intentions have worn off, a new diet gets harder and harder to maintain. In order to sustaining a diet for the long term means- like it or not you got to utilize your kitchen.  What can we rely on to stay on track in those moments in the grocery store, at work, at friends’ houses, and even at home? Having our own healthy clean food on hand. However, success comes when our behaviors change from intentional to automatic —in other words, when we stop thinking about what we’re doing and can act on impulse is when we start living a healthy lifestyle opposed to a fad diet.  Tip One  Avoid Making Decisions as Much as Possible!...