This article is designed to help you quickly leap forward to success on your plant-based journey by changing the way that you talk to yourself. I know how important this awareness of self-talk was in my own journey, and I want to share my hard-won personal experience of success with you.
Staying Motivated
Dan King: Whole Food Plant-Based Champion Runner
When Boulder, Colorado-based international champion runner Dan King turned the big “Five-O,” making the switch to a whole food plant-based diet was a no-brainer for a man who’s been running competitively since high school but has really hit his stride since going plant-based nine years ago. King’s athletic performance has been nothing short of stellar…
12 Tips for Avoiding Added Sugar On A Plant-Based Vegan Diet
(This is the first in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the second article, “Fighting Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition”). One of the hardest things for many people to give up on a plant-based diet is sugar. It’s a rare person in our society who doesn’t…
7 Tips for Sticking with a Plant-Based Diet
No matter where you are on your plant-based journey – whether you’ve been eating plant-based vegan for years or you’re just making the switch – there can be challenges and temptations to avoid all along the way. I know, because I’ve been there. To help you, I reflected on what little “tricks” have helped me…
How to Deal with Non-Plant-Based Vegan Partners and Family Members
It’s one of the most common dilemmas facing plant-based and vegan eaters, and a question I get all the time: How do I relate with my non-vegan partner and family members? What can I do to make sure I stay on track and even perhaps encourage my loved ones to follow me down the plant-based…
Plant-Based Runners Rick and Laura Bruess
There’s a myth that competitive athletes need meat and dairy to succeed, but according to long-time plant-based athletes, competitive runners Rick and Laura Bruess of Boulder, Colorado, nothing could be further from the truth. Rick, 58, and Laura, 57, told Plant-Based Cooking recently that they’re in good health and take no medications. Laura’s athletic achievements,…
5 Tips for Successful New Year’s Diet Resolutions
With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, there’s no better time to start thinking about goals and New Year’s resolutions related to healthy whole foods plant-based eating. What do we want to do differently next year? How do we want to support our diet and wellbeing? The New Year is an ideal time to…
Staying Motivated on a Plant-Based Diet
Staying motivated on a plant-based diet is super important. Like many worthwhile things in life, adopting a whole-foods vegan lifestyle may have its challenges, often requiring major changes to familiar routines. It takes intention to be food-conscious at every meal, change shopping habits, make food from scratch, and most of all – to release longstanding…
10 TED Talks on Plant-Based Nutrition
Get Your Motivation On With TED Talks Sometimes all we need is a pep talk, you know the one that gets you motivated to take action. It can renew our commitment to avoid a bad habit or or move us to take steps to create a new one. That’s what these TED talks could do for you. All…
Plant-Based Success Story – Carol
Meet Carol, a Plant-Based Success Story I’m very excited to share Carol’s success story with you. I met Carol through a Facebook group for the Plant Pure movie / movement and when I read her post, I was moved at how positive she was and motivated to live a plant-based life. Check out how she…
Why Can’t I Resist Food Temptations?
Chocolate chip cookies. Mmmmm. Just saying the words makes us want to have one. And, for sure, don’t put one in front of us because we’ll get weak in the knees and give in. It makes us ask, “Why can’t I resist food temptations?” Resisting food temptations is hard and we can find all kinds…
12 Ways to Stick with Your Health & Fitness Goals
© Charles J. Smith Start Today This is the time of year that you might decide it’s time to lose weight, get more exercise and eat right? Fill in your new year’s resolutions. Perhaps, your doctor said you’d better…….. or you’ll have to take medication, or worse, that your very life was at stake. If you’re…
Weight Loss Tracker
Lose Weight with this Simple Tool If you are struggling with weight loss, you’ll be interested in this simple Weight Loss Tracker. It’s surprising, but simply tracking your weight EVERY day can actually help you lose weight! Even if this is the only thing you do. My guess is that it occurs because it’s in…
Create a Vision Board to Rock Your Goals
Why Create a Vision Board? The Brazil Olympics just ended last weekend, and I thought I’d share a skill that many athletes use to accomplish their goals. Visualization. You may have noticed athletes seemingly concentrating and tuning out all else around them just before competing. It’s a skill they undoubtedly have practiced throughout their training…
4 Reasons Why Diets Don’t Work
I’m excited to share an article about why diets don’t work from Jill Thomas, Healthy Habits Hypnosis. Jill is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and knows her stuff! Her services were a wonderful help to me when I was going through a tough time. I still have the hypnosis session she recorded and it’s comforting to know…