Topic: Advice

You had been eating healthier, sticking to the meal plans, and seeing progress in your weight loss…

But then something in your life got in the way.

Job change. Stressful life event. Or maybe you just had a really bad week…

Bad habits crept back in…

You start gaining back the weight you lost... I know it can be discouraging.

You might even think if you can't do it PERFECTLY, why bother at all?

You don't have to get it …

Do you solve hunger by eating too much?

I had an epiphany and thought you might appreciate it.

We're all familiar with solving hunger by eating too much food. People say "I'm hungry" and then eat half a pan of lasagna as if they want never to be hungry again in their lives.

I feel the same in summer when I walk into a room that's as cold as an icebox. All that AC, they're over-compensating! People are in the …

When one partner is vegan and the other isn't, things might get a little complicated once dinner time comes around. So how exactly do you get past this hurdle?

For starters, let the food do the talking. A nutritious, tasty meal that leaves you feeling great afterward will overshadow their worries about eating vegan!

Here are a few of my favorite vegan recipes that will help you and your partner find common ground.

1. Thai Crunch Salad

Ingredients

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Most bad habits are caused by one of two things: 

Being stressed or bored. Usually stressed… who has time to be bored?!

When my routine is shaken up I feel more out of control which makes me either stress eat or I get to a point where I’m so hungry that I’ll eat a bag of chips or a bunch of crackers instead of taking 5 seconds to peel a banana. 

Why is that? Why do we do this? 

Turns …

One of the biggest myths about going plant-based is how expensive it is (I actually discuss this in my book, The Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living).

Whether you're going plant-based as a New Year's resolution, for health reasons, or you just want to see what it's all about, IT IS possible to do so without breaking the bank. In fact, it's not very expensive at all!

If you're on a tight budget or new to a plant-based diet, …