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A note to myself of 3 years ago:
"Plant-based junk food is still junk food"

I finally caved in.
I agreed with my girlfriend.
I needed to go see the Doctor.

Get some tests done and see what was up.

My stomach was round and distended.
I was working out, but it had no effect.
I still had to iron my T-shirts on a wok.

• My snoring would challenge a Rhino's,

• I had trouble concentrating,

• My anxiety was sky-high,

• I was tired all the time,

• I had sleep apnea

The list goes on... But first...
I was going to change my diet.
Get a few healthy eating months in first.

I had previously tried them all.
All the usual fad diet suspects:

• keto,

• paleo,

• alkaline,

• carnivore, etc etc.

None lasted long.

This time I went plant-based.

But, my diet quickly became a blur of convenient, plant-based ultra-processed foods.

They're plant-based so they gotta be healthy, right?

𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?
𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴!

Soooooo full of crap:

• unpronounceable chemicals,

• industrial fructose,

• saturated fat,

• emulsifiers,

• trans fats…

Soon, I felt and looked worse.
The blood tests confirmed that.

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄.
I became a certified Nutrition Coach.

I turned my training on myself and have totally reclaimed my health.
I don't iron my t-shirts on a wok anymore 😉 

My training confirmed what I had learned from my own painful experience:
 
F͟a͟d͟,͟ ͟r͟e͟s͟t͟r͟i͟c͟t͟i͟v͟e͟ ͟d͟i͟e͟t͟s͟ ͟d͟o͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ ͟w͟o͟r͟k͟.͟

What DOES work:

• 80% of the time:
  Eating a variety of colorful whole foods.

• 20% of the time:
  Relaxing a bit and being human:

Eat what feeds your soul!
Do this and you'll do great!