We did it! It is officially Day 28 of the HH28 Challenge! At the start of the month, many Herbies joined me in a community pledge with a simple mission: to keep it simple and eat and drink only whole foods. I left the specifics up to each participant and we each set our own realistic guidelines, but the goal was really to take whatever small steps we could with one goal — to live better. It seems …
You've got questions...

Q: How do you measure a cup of spinach — are you using a full packed 8 oz cup or do you measure by weight? (With the meal plan)
A: 1 cup of spinach is usually about 1 ounce. I grab a big handful, which is usually 1 cup measured or 1 oz on the scale.
Q: Do you know of children's books that will explain to the children that to be vegetarian/vegan is so important?
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Most commonly, we hear stories of individuals who went plant-based and felt great. They had more energy, mental fog lifted, less stress, started sleeping better, their brain got sharper, their tummy troubles vanished, they had a new hunger for life, their sex drive improved (as we learned with our plant-based guys mini series) and so on. There are so many benefits people feel after switching to a plant-based diet that it would take too many blog posts to name …
Perhaps what I love most about our Herbies of the Week series is that it shows how different and unique everyone's journey is. We all end up at the same place — good health, from the same approach — eating whole, plant foods... but we all have such different starting points, different motivations, different ways of going about it.
For some of us, like Ami, our journey is long with many starts, stops and restarts. For others, the …
Kick-start your summer with cool, fresh recipes from this week's meal plans like Orange Creamsicle Smoothie (NEW!), Spicy Basil Noodles (NEW!), Raspberry Parfait (NEW!), 2 Hummus & Olive Wraps (NEW!) and MORE — all for both plans!
Monthly and annual subscribers, don't miss this week's FREE teleclass, "The Calorie Counting Deception." (It'll cover many topics including why so many of us have failed to lose weight counting in the past, and all the …
