by Lani Muelrath | Sep 22, 2014 | All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Reviews
The new Forks Over Knives book is like a visit with the kind plant-based doctor you wish you had. You know, the doctor who is keenly interested in your health and well-being, assumes you actually ARE interested in taking practical steps – instead of pills...
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 | May 30, 2014 | All Setup, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
What I’m about to tell you breaks the number one rule of marketing. In case you haven’t heard it, the number one rule of marketing is this: Don’t tell people what they need to hear. Tell them what they want to hear. In all the marketing courses of...
by Lani Muelrath | May 14, 2014 | Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition
This JUST came across my radar. And as my book The Plant-Based Journey: a A Step-By-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight is still in production with Ben Bella Publishing – meaning I can’t get it into your...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 16, 2014 | Plant-Based Nutrition
I don’t recall if I ever told you about the first time I met John Robbins. It was at a large event and he was scheduled as one of the headline speakers, along with Dr. Dean Ornish and a list of other plant-based diet dignitaries. But between you and me, everyone...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2014 | All Setup, Plant-Based Journey
I flew out of my author’s nest last week to be a guest at February’s McDougall Advanced Study Weekend. An unprecedented affair, the headliners was a fleet of all-stars – one after another. And catching up with plant-based buddies from all over the...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 11, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition
I’ve just signed the contract for my next book! The Plant-Based Journey from BenBella Books – by yours truly – is now a work in progress for release in 2015. This is the exciting news I’ve been absolutely dying to tell you about. I told you in...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 18, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The Healthy Taste of Sacramento extravaganza has come and gone yet the effects are still lingering days afterword. The best analogy that comes to mind for this sold out celebration – with over 250 in attendance – is ‘tidal wave event’ –...
by Lani Muelrath | May 31, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition
NOTE: This event took place on July 31, 2013. To access the recording, fill in the form and it will be sent to you when ready. ‘Power Foods for the Brain’ An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory Teleclass/Webcast &...
by Lani Muelrath | May 3, 2013 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
What should you eat before and after your workout? Trendy marketing materials and the supplement industry push shakes, powders, and special supplements. But what if you are more interested in the real food, plant-based diet solution? Does meal timing making a...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 18, 2013 | Weight Loss
Note: Today’s guest author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD., is throwing a Fit Quickies book giveaway contest on the Pursue a Health You Blog. Click on the image below to enter. Weight Loss – The Recipe For Success by Guest Author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD ...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 14, 2013 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Nutrition
There are those of us who sometimes complain when we can’t find the exact blend of brown rice. Or a papaya that is just the right degree of ripe. Guilty – that was me today. We forget – too easily – that there are people with far greater...
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 18, 2012 | Recipes
Coming soon! Lani Muelrath’s Plant-Based Blueprint. Be first informed by signing up for updates HERE >>> Join me with my special guest Lindsay S. Nixon! The Happy Herbivore is coming by to give us tips about healthy holiday cooking AND to give us a...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 3, 2012 | Move Your Body
Sign up for this FREE Teleclass at the bottom of this page. “Top 10 Reasons You Need To Move Your Body” PLUS “Fast Fitness To Go for Busy People” There’s nothing like the combination of a whole foods, plant-based diet and a simple...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 24, 2012 | Recipes
Key to success with your whole-food plant-based diet is simplicity. It’s easy to get caught up with what you should eat, fancy recipes, and old habits of thinking with meal planning that rub up against a much simpler solution. My idea of a perfect recipe is 5...
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 | Apr 29, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The Food Revolution Summit hosted by my friend John Robbins launched and continues for several days. Did you hear about it? Online, listen in for FREE, dirt cheap to order recordings and transcripts of the presentations if you want to hang onto materials for future...
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 | Apr 2, 2012 | Move Your Body
“Kickstart Your Spring 2012 Healthy Fitness!” with Lani Muelrath, M.A. Look, there’s nothing like the combination of a whole foods, plant-based diet and a simple exercise plan to keep you fit, healthy, trim and energetic. To keep you going through...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The long awaited plant-based diet doctors debate has come and gone. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you. Dr. McDougall arrived for the event dapper and distinguished in suit and tie, while Dr. Fuhrman looked ready to...
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 | 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 | Dec 31, 2011 | Move Your Body
These 6 7 struck the deepest chord, according to page views. The plant-strong fitness blog hit over 1 million 300 thousand page views in 2011 – let’s hear it for simple fitness and the plants, what a combination! It’s simple, it’s happy,...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 21, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Just joining us? To catch up with the holiday food & fitness survival guide: Part 1: “Be choosy” Part 2: “How...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 20, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 9 of 10: “Reach beyond the cookie tray.” Reach beyond the cookie tray. Each choice we make every day is either...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 19, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 8 of 10: “Exercise with vigor every day.” Exercise. With vigor. Every day. Now hang on. Did I say “go...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 15, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Nutrition
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 7 of 10: “Follow the 50/50 rule for vegetable and fruits” One of the best year-round tips I can give you for...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 13, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 6 of 10: “Eat a high fiber, slow-burn breakfast” Holiday food & fitness survival guide tip #6 is eat a...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 9, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 4 of 10: “What you have is what you’ll eat” What do you have going on in the fridge –...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 6, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 2 of 10. Food & fitness survival guide #2: Stay well fed. Eating keeps you thin Thinking back to...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 5, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and simple movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 1 of 10. ~~~~~~~~~ I don’t know where you stand in the competition, but I used to be the queen of the...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
My friend and plant-strong buddy Julieanna Hever, R.D., has the face of an angel and a sexed-up voice always on the verge of a hearty laugh. Combined with her enthusiasm for all things plant-based eating, Julieanna is winning minds and palates with the recent...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 13, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
45 notebook pages and 3 days later I’m back from the long drive to the McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. 45 pages? I kid you not. I took my promise to report in to you quite seriously, and knowing there will be eager ears on...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 30, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Craving carbs? Eat them! OK, have I got your attention? Today on the phone with my client Sandra (not her real name), the subject again reared its ugly (and hungry) head. Fear of carbs. Otherwise known as carbophobia. I bring this up today because Sandra is not...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 25, 2011
You’ve read the books, you know the skinny and scoop on the benefits of a plant-based diet, and you’re totally inspired to go for it, jump your health and energy, and dump the extra weight. And now you need to know, simply, what to eat. And more often...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 19, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
If you have been hovering anywhere near the plant-based diet and plant-based nutrition world, then the name Esselstyn is no news to you. And if you’re looking for one perfect primer to switching up to a whole foods plant-strong diet, then Rip Esselstyn’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 3, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
I promised in Part 1 of the “Plant-based Nutrition Certification via Cornell University” report to address the juiciest question of them all: Q. “Lani, what was the single biggest thing you learned from the Plant-based Nutrition course? Honestly?...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 2, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
Do you need to supplement vitamin b12 on a plant-based diet that includes no animal products? The short answer? Yes. But does that make a diet without animal products somehow flawed? Not when you understand where the b12 comes from. Where does vitamin b12 come from,...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 19, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Video
Should you drink smoothies when trying to lose weight? Go to To smoothie or not to smoothie? The skinny on blending your fruits and greens for more food for thought. As if on cue from my “greens, go in and get moving” expose, this charming and deelish...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 6, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Fellow foodies… From the minute I announced the fact that I was closing in on completing the course requirements for Certification in Plant-Based Nutrition via Cornell University, my email box and facebook messaging have been sizzling with questions about the...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 17, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
[fb-like] Rip Esselstyn takes the Engine 2 Diet plant strong diet 28-day challenge to this small dairy town in Pennsylvania. Check out the report from a local TV station. 100 = number of participants 9 lbs = average weight loss 15% = average drop in LDL...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 13, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
It’s no secret that smack dab at the heart of my stay-trim-and-energized strategy is to pile the veggies on my plant-strong plate. I am always flabbergasted when a woman tells me that she struggles with getting in 2 or 3 servings of plant foods a day. I am...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 1, 2010 | Recipes
On a mission to eat healthy and yet find the holiday season has you wondering how to do just that? Here’s hope – and rescue menus and ideas – from Mary McDougall. Something for everybody! All newsletter archives referenced in the recipes can be...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 28, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Travel
True to my promise to report in on how I fueled the heady and grueling ascent to the top of Half Dome n Yosemite last week (see How A Busy Woman Trains To Climb Yosemite’s Half Dome) I’m here to report that we did the whole darn thing on our usual, easy...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2010 | All Posts, Weight Loss
Denise and I can share a table any ol’ day of the week and be happy as clams eating our fill. Without gaining weight. Losing it, in fact. That’s because Denise and I both enjoy what I call the “Comfort Food Diet”. Yup. A way of eating that...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2010
As Plant-Based Fitness Advisor for the McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards, I have the honor and privilege of reaching thousands of people who are looking for a health-supportive, body-friendly, easily successful food plan that delivers every time...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 27, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Loss
If you are one of those people who thinks that preparing veggies for a solid, yummers meal is too much trouble, then you haven’t seen this video. This Veggie Sandwich Wrap is not only easy (you can use canned beans!), versatile (mix and match the veggies you...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 19, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Yes, as you can imagine or may have discovered, eating “out” can be challenging when you want to eat healthy. It seems most restaurant menus are designed to thwart our body shaping and health goals! Fat, butter, cheese and meat are everywhere and packed...
