Our featured weight loss story of the day: Bre lost 45 pounds this year. However, she wrote us to share a timeline of her whole weight loss journey. It’s a reminder that weight loss takes time and that change doesn’t happen overnight. Check it out. Lets run down the last 5 years quickly. – In […]
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Free Vegetarian Meal Plan – Week 1
I’m happy to bring you are free 4 week vegetarian meal plan to help you on your weight loss journey. I feel that there are a lot of benefits to eating vegetarian and I want to make sure that I provide a vegetarian plan along with clean eating plan I’ve posted. I’ve also created a […]
Tips for Starting a Vegetarian Meal Plan
I’ve prepared this information to help you transition to eating vegetarian with our Free 4 week vegetarian meal plan. You have made a wonderful decision to invest in your health! I’ve created a complete meal plan for one person. If you are feeding a family, the recipes are simple and easy enough to adjust for multiple […]
Vegetarian Protein Myths: Does a Plant Based Diet Contain Enough Protein?
For years, dieticians, medical professionals, and the health conscious have insinuated that vegetarian and vegan diets are deficient in some way, mainly when it comes to protein intake. However, most of the hype surrounding vegetarianism and protein deficiencies can be attributed to our culture and not to any real medical research. You see, before the […]
June Challenge Day 19 – Two Major Reasons to go Meatless
Hey Ladies, It’s day 19 of our June Challenge. I hope that you have decided to join us and that you are feeling more healthy and full of energy since you’ve commited to going meatless and to regular exercise. I want to share 2 major reasons to go Meatless from Vegetarian Times: You’ll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets […]
8 Tips for Going Vegan or Vegetarian
I know that some of you may be considering going Vegan or Vegetarian, so I want to give some tips on transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle. How many excuses have you come up with for not going vegan or vegetarian? If you’re like many people, you have talked yourself out of it time and time […]
Where Do You Get Your Protein? – Vegetarian Protein Sources
Day 5 of our No Meat/No Exercise Excuses Challenge and everyone is asking me about Protein!! I know that some people think that you won’t get enough protein on a vegan or vegetarian diet, but that’s not true if you eat the right foods. What you want to do is educate yourself about the protein […]
July Challenge Day 1 – Vegetarian Meal Planning Resources
Good morning! It’s Day 1 of our July Challenge. Hopefully you’ve already visited the main Challenge page and downloaded the July Exercise Calendar, checked out the challenge details and taken a look at the resources I posted there. Also, today is the first day that our contest is open for entries. One lucky person will […]
Today’s Inspiration: Black Health Champions Living Long Lives
Today’s Inspiration: I want you to take a look at two videos this morning featuring 2 of my favorite Black health champions. One is from 112 year old chef Bernando LaPallo (He is 109 in the video). LaPallo attributes his health and longevity to a mostly vegetarian and raw food diet and various other natural […]
What Is A Raw Food Diet or Being Raw Vegan?
The Raw Food diet is exactly what it’s name implies. A raw food lifestyle is also known as raw veganism. Raw foodists eat uncooked fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, etc. Let’s go a bit deeper… Technically, the food can be heated, although not over 115-118 degrees Fahrenheit (recently I’ve read as much as 120 degrees but […]
