by Lani Muelrath | Jun 25, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Travel, Video
If we’ve been on this journey together for any time at all, you know this about me: I travel. A lot. I figure someone’s got to demonstrate how you can eat and live plant-based – in glorious fashion – and stay active anywhere in the world. So...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 21, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Which Plant-Based Food Plan is Right For You? Have you noticed that the more popular whole food plant-based eating becomes, the more it can seem that ‘plant-based diet’ can mean one thing to one person, another thing to someone else? It might...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 13, 2015 | All Posts, Appearances, Plant-Based Nutrition, Video
This video recording of my presentation delivered at the World Vegetarian Festival in San Francisco – How to amp down your fat genes with plant-based nutrition and carve your figure with your fork – recently came across my radar. I...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 6, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey
If I could induce labor on this one, I would. Though The Plant-Based Journey has an official due date of September 15, this mama is eager for delivery. The good news is that, with the good graces of my publisher and the fine folks at BenBella Books, we’ve...
by Lani Muelrath | May 24, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Cherry Pie for breakfast? That has been the state of affairs around here lately. I recently combined my love for a morning bowl of sweet steamy whole grains with a longtime adoration of dark cherries. And believe it or not, this comes out tasting like cherry pie. As a...
by Lani Muelrath | May 10, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Animals, Travel, Video
We just returned from three weeks of travel adventure in Indonesia, where we journeyed for scuba diving, rainforest hiking, and doing what we always do on our travels – trek to wildlife sanctuaries and preserves to give support, bear witness, and bring back...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 7, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Animals, Video
In case you missed it last night, Gene Baur, cofounder and president of Farm Sanctuary, was Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show. In precious few minutes, Gene eloquently nailed all of the reasons to go plant-based. And Stewart was the perfect host....
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 7, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
For decades now, my diet has been plant-based. You can tell by taking a peek inside my refrigerator. So when someone complains they can’t think of ways to get more vegetables in their diets, as you can imagine I have plenty to say. For me, I’ve been...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 17, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Journey
If traffic to my inbox is any indication, last week’s podcast at Howard Jacobson’s Plant Yourself resonated with many hearts. Some readers responded right here – on the blog – in replies, some on facebook or twitter, but most responses came...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 18, 2015 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
It’s happened again. No sooner had I clicked send on my last email to you – demonstrating the strong link between eating whole grains and longevity – when this gem popped up in my news feed. It seems that just when I submit my book manuscript,...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 8, 2014 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey
I love it when you share your ideas. You have so many good ones! Based on number of reads and your replies in comments, Five Health Tips for Plant-Based Baby Boomers has emerged here as one of the most popular articles of 2014. I invited you to share your tips to...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 23, 2014 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
The FDA called Holy health in high places! A staff member from the FDA in attendance at the recent PCRM International Conference on Diabetes – that I recently reported in to you about here – in apparent enthusiasm, shared her copy of my book Fit...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 15, 2014 | All Posts
Snapshots from Summerfest! (click to enlarge) Double trouble – with Dr. Michael Greger At the author’s signing table in the bookstore! With Fran Costigan, Miyoko Schinner, and Jill Nussinow Lucky me – Victoria Moran and I planned a special session...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 8, 2014 | All Posts, Appearances, Plant-Based Journey
Everyone should have this much fun in one summer week. Just returned from the annual Vegetarian Summerfest in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where I’ve been for the last week. I had been asked to give four different presentations, including Five Minute...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 12, 2014 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition
How exactly is it that taking a brisk walk not only improves your mood, it also elevates your ability to make better choices when it comes to what you put on your plate? A little bit of exercise quite literally is the quickest and easiest way to get a jump on the...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 7, 2013 | All Posts, All Setup, Animals, Holidays, Recipes
Though Thanksgiving is officially a couple of weeks off, celebrations around here are already underway. And that means time for three Thanksgiving musts: orange cranberry sauce, Forks Over Knives style mushroom gravy, and Farm Sanctuary. Must #1: Farm Sanctuary...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2013 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
The mammogram results alert letter arrived in my mail late on a Friday afternoon. I tore into the envelope, looking for the usual ‘normal’ results report to which I had become accustomed. Instead, I found a formally worded letter with references to...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 16, 2013 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Journey
Have you noticed? We are somehow much more interested in talking about food and eating than we are, for the most part, about exercise. Write a blog post about sneaking in workouts and post it right next to a new recipe, and guess what everyone wants to read first?...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 18, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Fit Quickies, Move Your Body, Video
We have a winner! The winner of the Fit Quickies Book Trailer Premiere, with four out of four right and luck on the drawing out of the hat is Dr. Connie Sanchez, N.D. 1) Exercises in the video? 4 2) Yeson faceook follow 3) Yes on twitter follow 4) Yes on Pinterest!...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 14, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
When I set the intention not long ago to bring the message of healthy, happy and fit forward in a bigger way than ever before, I had no idea it would take the form of a book as it has with the upcoming release of The Book! Fast forward, Fit Quickies: 5 Minute...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 1, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
Big huge holiday thanks to everyone for the tremendous and enthusiastic support of the release of the Fit Quickies book cover and her imminent release! I am honored. What you may not know about is that I have a pre-order gift for everyone who places a...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 30, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
She’s arrived! Click image to enlarge. Scroll down to view pdf of full cover Click here to see the full front and back cover in pdf I can’t wait to hear your thoughts! Please share in comments. So...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 27, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
I once was surprised to discover I had developed an addiction to chocolate. I had maintained everything from a mild flirtation to a deep infatuation with chocolate for years, and will always consider myself a chocophile and will happily indulge. The problem is when...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 15, 2012 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
November advances. And so can your health and fitness – or not, depending on how you navigate the minefields of the holidays! No worries, here to help. As someone who for years successfully plowed through bowls of Christmas cookie dough and carried an extra 50...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
“Flabbergastingly awesome!” Those are the words that the head of acquisitions at my publisher said to me today in an email in reference to the book endorsements that have come in for Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts....
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 18, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
When we say ‘salad’, we tend to think bowl of greens, or crunchy green and yellow vegetables, or both, tossed with a dressing and served as a prelude, side, or even main course of a meal. This is limited salad thinking. Set yourself free. Here’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 31, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
There’s no image or description (yet!), but she’s there and ready for pre-order action. The Fit Quickies book does have company, my author bio is up too. Yay! To celebrate, there are bonus gifts waiting for you as a big thank you when you pop on over and...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Part 3 in a series. Part 1: Does checking the scale help with weight management? Part 2: Is the bath scale a taboo or a tool? Readers weigh in on weighing in. Part 3: Be present with your poundage: How to weigh mindfully, get out of fear of the scale, and use the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 16, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
If you have never struggled with a weight problem, I know the following scenario may sound crazy. But if you have, you know exactly the angst we weight-challenged have associated with the scale. You jump on the scale in the morning and your weight registers up 3...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 15, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Dessert with a capital D. Feast with a capital F. Special edibles. Whatever you call it, how often should you have the occasional indulgence? First and foremost, for those who aspire to healthy living and a slim, energetic body, the operative word here is...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 6, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Note: Though this Teleclass has already taken place, you can obtain a recording of the event by following the links to the signup page and filling out the instant access form. Be sure to click the link in the confirmation email that you will be sent upon form...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 29, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Stuck? There’s a new book on the shelves, Coach Yourself Thin, by Hottinger and Scholtz. I haven’t read it. But one of my professional health and fitness journals has highlighted some content of this book that I’d like to share with you. Maybe it...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 24, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Yummers! I’ve take an amazing Southwest Bean Salad recipe I found on the web and morphed it to be my fat-free own. For example, in the recipe I came across here, the writer admitted the she had taken another recipe and “South Beached” it by removing...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 19, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup
Just a few months back I had the pleasure of being guest on the Dr. Don Medical Hour live call-in radio show. I’m happy to announce I’ve been invited back for the hour from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m Pacific on Wednesday June 20. More about the good doc: Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 17, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Recipes
Full disclosure! Yes, as you know I am a champion of a whole foods, plant-based, low-fat diet. It’s a passion and along with staying fit, it’s what I talk about and teach every single day. At the same time, I have never professed to nary a stray outside...
by Lani Muelrath | May 27, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
I am thrilled with the contents and format of this new book from Dr. John and Mary McDougall. When it comes to building a foundation of health, it really is so simple and McDougall keeps reminding us of just that. A whole-foods, low fat, vegan diet is easy to...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 19, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
I’ve been dying to tell you about this – it’s been so dang busy around here that I haven’t had time to take a minute but enough is enough! A publisher approached me regarding doing a book and, long short, they want the manuscript for Fit...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 15, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Today I came across a reference to me on a discussion forum. It went something like this: “I see Lani has gotten somewhat diety.” Earlier, if you had peeped inside my kitchen you would have seen the following: Sweet onions, bok choy, brussels...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 9, 2012 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Where do you get your protein with a plant-based diet? Excerpted and adapted from The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide To Transition To A Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight If you follow a plant-based diet, or eat in a way that is even...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
We should arrive in this world with a note tacked on our cute little human hiney: Warning: Too much sitting may be hazardous to your health Except it’s more than ‘may be hazardous’. There’s a mountain of evidence that it definitely...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 5, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Has this ever happened to you? You get all ramped up to get started on your health and weight loss plan. You’ve got your whole-foods, low-fat plant-based diet plan organized and ready. You’ve stocked your kitchen and in your enthusiasm and resolve, even...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 29, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
This just in! A video vignette of the February McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you, and this 7 minutes of video clips gives you a tantalizing...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 15, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Excerpted and adapted from Fit Quickies; 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts, by Lani Muelrath, Penguin/Alpha, 2013. What? The Plant-Based Fitness Expert Advisor for the McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards is putting the words...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
It may be too late to snag a seat at the upcoming McDougall Advanced Study Weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a ringside cyber-seat at the long-anticipated great debate between these 2 plant-based diet heavyweights: Should You Eat Vegetables (Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 10, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
Look. If I can do it in a 3rd world country, you can do it anywhere. Europe and the U.S. are easy. Not to belittle your efforts. But when you travel to far-flung off-the-beaten-path places and still make your plant-based diet work AND squeeze in your body-shapers...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 1, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
ThIs is part 4 in the Willpower Workout Series. If you missed it, you can catch up here: Part 1: Scone: 1, willpower: zip. Is there a way to give your willpower a workout? Part 2: 2 proven ways to give your willpower a workout Part 3: 5 minute willpower workout...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
It can be disheartening. You embrace a plant-based diet with the hopes of not only getting healthier, but shedding a few pounds and you are looking forward to slipping into your jeans a little more easily. xxxxxxx Yet for some inexplicable reason, a few days in you...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 18, 2012 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
To smoothie or not to smoothie? It’s the plant-based fitness expert’s blog. Of course I’m going to tell you to cram as many greens and fruits in as you can, right? Not so fast. With an upsurge in ‘smoothies’ and ‘cleanses’...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 30, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
February 2012 fast approaches, and with it the long anticipated ‘conversation’ between Drs. John McDougall and Joel Fuhrman. And that’s not all! 😉 Look at the list of speakers and headliners. Scroll further down to video clips and slide show...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 22, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
There are at least 2 BIG reasons to steer clear of the cheese tray that seems to make its ubiquitous appearance this time of year. Cheese cubes, cheese balls, cheese sauce – think of the incarnations! You may already know the downside of dairy (see ‘Perils of...
