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Where Do I Start?

Are you ready to discover mindful, vegan living and a clear path to restore energy levels and your naturally healthy body?

Are you searching for a way to live happily, compassionately and in harmony with your highest ideals?

Struggling?

You became inspired to improve your nutrition, become more fit and energized, and live with greater ease and happiness.

Things started out fine – yet you’ve hit a brick wall with your health – or simply making the transition to plant-based nutrition.

Or perhaps you are jumping around, feeling frustrated and confused and having trouble sticking to your plan.

Journey Rockstar?

You’re excited about the health, vitality, and youthfulness that plant-based living has delivered.

You are looking for trusted resources for helping others on their own journey – whether you are a health coach, considering becoming one, or simply find yourself repeatedly answering questions about how you lost the weight, what you’re using on your skin – or where you get all that energy.

Where Do I Start?

Start Here

Here are some resources for you to find out more about how the plant-based journey lifestyle can deliver radiant health and put you back in control of your weight and health.

The research tells us that plant-based nutrition – without counting calories – leads to greater, easier weight loss when compared to other food plans.  When you build your meals from a generous array of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans, weight loss is remarkably easy.  It also stands out as the most healthful way to eat, restoring vitality preventing and reversing disease.

These Blogposts are for YOU:

There are over 400 published articles right here on the Plant-Based Journey blog to help you get started. Browse the special sections I’ve created for you on Weight Loss, Plant-Based Nutrition, Move Your Body, Mindfulness, Mindset, and Motivation, Recipes, – and more. In Transformations, discover the experiences of others on the journey Or enter specific key words in the search window, and click enter.

Here is a tiny sampling of the robust collection of articles to get you going, right here, right now.

Get the Books

The Plant Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight has been described as the definitive guide that takes you through the abc’s of plant-based living.  Whether you are just starting out, well along the way, or just wondering what plant-based nutrition can do for you, I wrote this book for you.  Journey is your compass and handbook.

Grab your free excerpt from The Plant-Based Journey

Instantly download the Preface, Foreword, Introduction, and Chapter One to The Plant-Based Journey. Soon, the Special Excerpt, “The Weight Loss Connection” will also be available so that you can get started while your book is on the way.

Fit Quickies:  5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts, my first book, is founded on the principles of my Three Pillars:  plant-based nutrition, simple exercise, and mindful living and mindset mastery.  Yes, it’s three books in one and is an unprecedented introduction to convenient, effective exercises and  the power of plant-based nutrition to get you back in control of your health and your weight.

 

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Have you a question for me about the next best steps for you? Would you like to find out about arranging a consultation or conversation right away?  Send me a message via the contact form here and I’ll get back to you shortly.

Help! I’m Stuck.

Let’s get you back on the path, right here.

Help, I’m Stuck!

There are five main reasons why people falter along the way or simply revert to old practices of eating and exercise, completely interrupting their strides to get healthy, lose weight, restore energy levels – and often all three.

They are pretty sure this is where they want to go, yet they are stuck. Usually this is due to one or more of the following:

  1. They are not clear on their ‘why’ for going plant-based.
  2. They do not have a basic understanding of the simple basics of plant-based nutrition and eating.
  3. They are not consistently being prepared with the foods they need to gain the health and lose the weight they so desire.
  4. They have not yet discovered and/or addressed the underyling problems that are getting in the way of their success.
  5. They have not invested in developing some kind of mastery over their habits of thinking.

Of these, #5 is the biggest reason because it underpins #1-#4.

Without this critical piece – some degree of mastery over our practices of thinking – even the best food plan is not sustainable.

You can have an exemplary diet plan, yet it’s like paint on a wall that doesn’t have a good base coat.  It may last for awhile, but eventually will start to flake, chip, and bleed through.  The foundation – the underpinning of mindfulness mastery – gives the whole thing luster and durability.

Here are some good places for you to find out more – get unstuck – and advance your journey.

These Chapters are for YOU

ThePlant-BasedJourney_3D#11cropThe Plant Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight has been described as the definitive guide to plant-based living.

These specific chapters and sections of The Plant-Based Journey will be of special service to you.

Though you may be familiar with the basics of plant-based living, connecting again with your reasons for going plant-based – detailed in Chapter One of The Plant-Based Journey – Making the Plant-Based Connection – may be pivotal to getting you back on track.  This is a available to you as a free download preview edition of Journey, which includes the Preface, Foreword, Introduction and Chapter One. See the pop-up on this page.

The simple basics of plant-based nutrition – including the five food groups, the three food categories, top seven kitchen tools for success and more are presented in simple, easy fashion in Section Two – Scout.  If you find your inspiration falling apart once you hit the kitchen or cupboard, it simply means you need to discover a few simple basics for having the right food ready. And if you attended an event that got you all fired up about plant-based nutrition and yet once you tried getting started at home things fell apart, the simple steps for how to do just that are detailed here.

In Section Three, Rookie, get new insights and ideas by discovering how to plant-base the foods you already love.  If you tried abandoning all the flavors to which you are familiar, it can backfire. Building on familiar tastes is one of the keys to success.

Maybe some new meal ideas will give you the boost you need. Section Three has multiple meal templates and dozens of simple ways to sneak more plants onto your plate, plantify meals, how to rapidly create your own go-to meals, an Easy Meal Planner,  and more.

Another obstacle that can derail your journey is food pushers and a desperate need to develop skills around friend and family who might be less than supportive of your healthy ideals.  These are simple skills that can be learned and get you onr your way to success. Or maybe you’re doing great with your food plan at home, but once you leave the doorstep, go on vacation, or simply to work, the food falls apart. Section Four:  Rockstar – taking Plant-Based to a Bigger Stage is jammed with guidance about these situations that can, with a little practice, be successfully navigated.

Of critical importance to ongoing success is leveraging tools of mindfulness and mindset mastery.  These are addressed in depth in The Plant-Based Journey in Chapter 13, Mastering Strength of Mind.  While you are awaiting arrival of your book, dive into the Mindfulness, Mindset, and Motivation Category on the blog.

 

Hit Your Target with Bootcamp Mind

Top-Ten---Lani-MuelrathIn my coaching programs and courses, the importance of mindset and gaining some degree of mastery over habits of thinking is emphasized. They are an indispensable part of the process of shifting your mind and changing your body – transforming your life.  Because these elements are so important to your success, I created Boot Camp Mind™.

With Boot Camp Mind, I’ve taken my Top 10 Motivational Tools forHealthWeight Loss & Fitness Success and created a 10 part course of study for you.  You can take the words “healthy”and “weight loss” and replace them with any or all words that connect most personally for you: weight loss, physical confidence, the vitality of being fit – because when it comes to motivation and mindset for success, they are all on the same page.

Boot Camp Mind™ is a ten-week program that you complete in the privacy of your own home.  To find out more about Boot Camp Mind, click here.

Discover Simple Recipes

In addition to the recipe templates and easy food prep ideas in The Plant-Based Journey, you’ll find several of my favorite recipes right here on the blog along with easy access to a free ebook with  over fifty plant-based recipes. Find the listing of 500 McDougall-friendly recipes mcdougall recipes.

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In the tabbed section lower on this page you will find book lists, links to trusted websites, and more.

Reach Out Direct!

There’s an old story about how the journey to true transformation is like a boat tied to the dock, where half of the ropes that are tying the boat to the dock are under water. You keep cutting the ropes, yet the boat doesn’t move – until you cut the last ropes that are hidden under the surface.

I specialize in helping people untie all of the ropes – those on the surface, and those beneath.

Have you a question for me about the next best steps for you – or how to find and cut the very ropes that are holding you back from being your best? Or do you want to arrange a consultation or conversation right away?  Send me a message via the contact form on this page and let’s connect.

Journey Rockstars!

Backstage pass to share the juice as far as you can shout.

Journey Rockstar

Already juiced about the journey?

Over-the-top excited about the weight control, health, and youthfulness that plant-based living has delivered?

You are looking for trusted resources for helping others on their own journey – whether you are a health coach, considering becoming one, or simply find yourself repeatedly answering questions about how you lost the weight, what you’re using on your skin – or where you get all that energy.

Here are some excellent ideas for helping you help others advance their journeys to health, happiness, energy and eating freedom with the plant-based lifestyle.

Review the Above Tips for Getting Started and Getting Unstuck

On this same page you will find quick tips and ideas for those just getting started (“Start Here”) and those who are stuck or floundering along the way (“Help, I’m Stuck!). Click over to these sections for instant ideas that may prove to be the perfect solution to helping a friend, family member, or client today.

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Click any of the links in the left margin of this page here to spark the conversation about a plant-based lifestyle on your social network.

Scan the headlines of my blog for topics that juice up your journey and share a reflection. Or just grab the headline and paste it as a Tweet! Instagram a recipe photo or share a success story on Facebook.

Storytelling inspires, so find a story you’d like to tell, with any of the info here on my website.

Share the First Chapter and Excerpts from the Book

To get some content from the book into the hands of friends and interested others right away,simply email or broadcast this page via social media links (sidebar) so that they can instantly download the Preface, Forward, Introduction, and Chapter One to The Plant-Based Journey today.

 

These Key Articles are Perfect for the Bullhorn

If you’ve been on the journey for awhile, you are well aware that some questions and comments that seem to present themselves over and over again.  Such as “Where do you get your protein?” and “Where do you get your calcium?” and “I could never give up my comfort foods!”, and “Where do you get your protein?” (again).

As a matter of fact, you may start to feel like you need to be a dietitian, nutritionist, doctor, and gourmet chef all at once!  And being presented with these questions over and over again can seem annoying.

If so, then I suggest you shift your position to one of “happy to share”.  Some people will ask questions about your food plan in combative fashion.  While this can create instant discomfort on your part, realize that simply by making a different, healthier choice, some people feel uncomfortable and defensive about their own choices.  It really has nothing to do with you.  And these can be opportunities to share information and plant seeds.  As long as you remain somewhat detached from the outcomes, and share in the true spirit of sharing, you can have completely different outcomes.

While you don’t need to be the doctor or dietitian, it is good to be armed with a few basic facts about plant-based nutrition.  But beyond that, simply be prepared to share resources so that the truly curious can investigate for themselves.

Share these helpful articles to help inform others on the answers to the common questions.

View the Resource Console Below

In the tabbed section lower on this page you will find book lists, links to trusted websites, and more.

Reach Out Direct!

There’s an old story about how the journey to true transformation is like a boat tied to the dock, where half of the ropes that are tying the boat to the dock are under water. You keep cutting the ropes, yet the boat doesn’t move – until you cut the last ropes that are hidden under the surface.

I specialize in helping people untie all of the ropes – those on the surface, and those beneath.

Have you a question for me about the next best steps for you – or how to find and cut the very ropes that are holding you back from being your best? Or do you want to arrange a consultation or conversation right away?  Send me a message via the contact form on this page and let’s connect.

Trusted Resources for Your Journey

Books:

  • The Plant-Based Journey
  • Whole
  • The China Study
  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
  • The Blue Zones
  • Becoming Vegan
  • The Starch Solution
  • The Pleasure Trap
  • Breaking the Food Seduction
  • The End of Overeating
  • Food Choice and Sustainability
  • The Food Revolution
  • Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
  • Forks Over Knives
  • Skinny Bitch
  • Power Foods for the Brain
  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition
  • Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes
  • The Vegiterranean Diet 
  • The Empty Medicine Cabinet

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