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Day 3: Cartagena Found my groove! Amazing local fr

Day 3: Cartagena
Found my groove! Amazing local fresh fruit, my favorite local dish (arrepa con huevos), salads, cooked vegetables, and some exercise, seawater and relaxation. Finding what suits you in health and well-being takes desire/ambition, tenacity, resourcefulness, balance, passion, self-awareness, and so much more!

'Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again. If

'Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try again.

If at first, you don't succeed,
Try, try again.

Then your courage should appear,
For if you will persevere,
You will conquer, never fear,
Try, try again.
-William Edward Hickson

When I first lay down to try this (it’s a TikTok challenge), I could neither feel it in my body nor figure it out in my mind. So I quit to finish the rest of my practice, telling myself, oh well, guess that one’s not for me. Then I had the urge to watch someone do it a couple more times and decided to try again. Boom! Pretty simple actually and of course, a good lesson in persistence. People often assume that some bodies can just do certain things and others cannot. That’s what they’ve always thought about the things I do and that was my first thought after all. The truth? We all have to work at it. It’s not all just innate.

Day 2: Definitely feeling a bit off my food jam.

Day 2:

Definitely feeling a bit off my food jam. The truth is, I eat very routinely at home with a bit of flexibility, which ensures I get plenty of fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts, seeds and plant proteins, and I am missing these. But, wherever I can find them, I order them, and here are a few highlights, all of which were shared (between 2).
Overnight oats, yogurt and granola (more fruit please!)
Banana waffle
Roasted eggplant dish with tomatoes and olives)
Had some seafood otherwise, which I’m having to eat more of than I’d like.

Lots of walking in between! So important to stay on the move even if just a few miles of strolling.

Cartagena: Day 1 The first day of travel is often

Cartagena: Day 1
The first day of travel is often one of adjustment. New food, streets, architecture, music, language. Get oriented. Start experimenting. Ask questions when you need to. Loosen the reigns as you might end up with foods you don’t recognize or didn’t want, lost, dressed for the wrong weather…etc. Just take a few breaths and allow yourself to settle. Now you’ve you got some info to work with so start planning more specifically for the rest of the trip. Though adaptation and spontaneity are crucial when traveling, you also don’t want to just let it all go (keep a plant-based diet making sure to eat local vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, plant proteins and seafood, and of course allow for off your typical menu delicacies, desserts…etc.) Try to main some structure, a framework, what have you, and be flexible within it!

Thank you @zibbyowens @zibbybooks @momsdonthavetim

Thank you @zibbyowens @zibbybooks @momsdonthavetimetoreadbooks and @morning_in_america for including The Win-Win Diet in your top 5 holiday book gift list! I’m thrilled— you got the first press coverage👏🏻Next up The Heart of the East End radio tomorrow!

Anyone who wants to pre-order the book as a gift for a loved one/friend on a health kick, click the link in my bio!

HOW TO CHOOSE A HEALTHY WORK LUNCH Whether you’

HOW TO CHOOSE A HEALTHY WORK LUNCH

Whether you’re back at work full time, living a hybrid life, or working completely from home, I encourage you to make healthy plant-based choices to fuel yourself on the job. If you bring food from home or have to go out, use the below lists to help you make the best choices (don’t let your colleagues, family, friends, or environment influence you—you do you!).

The foods on the “Choose” list will give you energy, focus, an uplifted mood, and, will serve all your organs and systems well. The foods on the “Avoid” list, I promise, will do the opposite (of course you can have these a special treats but not on the reg).

Choose:
Salads (best is dark leafy greens with a variety of other veggies, lean protein, and and unprocessed dressing)
Cooked fresh veggies (a variety)
Whole fruit (unpreserved)
Beans
Fish
Whole grains (including whole grain breads)
Fresh vegetarian non-cream-based soups
Herbs and spices
Organic, pasture-raised, grass fed eggs
Organic, pasture-raised, grass fed dairy, especially Greek yogurt, sheep and goat’s milk products, or low-fat cow’s milk and cheese (keep it to less than 4oz of milk and 2oz of cheese)
Plant-protein foods like tofu, tempeh and seitan

Avoid
Sandwiches
Processed meat
Processed meat-imitating foods
Condiments like mayo, bottled sauces, cheese spreads, bottled dressings
Refined flour foods, desserts, (i.e. white bread, white rice, white pasta, muffins, bagels, sweet breads, cookies, cakes)
Drinks with lots of added sugar (soda, juices, coffees and teas with syrups, whipped creams and all the other add-ins)
Added salt

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