Came across this and thought I’d share :)

TAKING ACTION: ✅Share your thoughts on this below. I want to hear from you! ✅Be honest—Brussels sprouts or not a chance? 😆 “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” —Hippocrates This month is all about maintenance and gratitude, and reading the quote above reminds me of this— Many of us have lost our way. We’ve gotten so used to thinking of food as only something that has to do with our weight, or how we look. Can you see how wild this is? Can you see how we’ve gotten it all wrong? Food is medicine. It’s not the enemy we’ve made it out to be. We’re going to talk more about how we got here in the coming days. Be sure to show up. As promised, I’m giving you a healthier alternative to our traditional Thanksgiving recipes. Check out this Brussels sprout salad recipe below because even though it’s Thanksgiving, we still need our greens! 🥬 Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe | The Clean Eating Couple

TAKING ACTION: ✅Be honest—has food been the enemy for you before? Can you see how this really isn’t true, but rather a belief you’ve integrated for whatever reason? “When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” —Vietnamese Proverb This month is all about maintenance and gratitude; however, yesterday’s topic was so powerful that I want to continue that conversation. Besides, if it’s true that food is medicine, then that is something we should truly be grateful for. Another thing to be grateful for? ⬇ The realization and belief that food is a gift. It’s easy to say we believe that, but if we truly believed it, we’d act it out, wouldn’t you think? I actually think we all believe this—I just think we’ve been manipulated. Our brains (and bodies) have been hijacked by the food industry (and the diet industry). You see, before there was such a thing as processed food, food really was medicine. It was vitamins. Minerals. Energy. Once ultra-processed food came along, and the diet industry got rich, as a society, we lost our way. We started getting unhealthier than ever, gaining weight, and ultimately, demonizing food. 💯 Tell me this makes sense. Are you beginning to see the bigger picture here?

TAKING ACTION: ✅ Eliminate all processed sugar today! For our Color Challenge, let’s eat five colorful fruits and/or veggies today! Let me see your rainbows today! 🌈 “Sugar: because adulting is hard.” IYKYK… Happy Monday, friends! Today, we begin Day One of our Annual Sugar Detox Challenge! As I mentioned yesterday, you’re ready for this. You’ve prepared all month long, and this is the week we go all in. 🔥 The quote above is meant to bring a little humor to your day, but many of us live like this. Oftentimes, we reach for the sweets because life gets the best of us. This week, we’re going to flip the script and learn to navigate our days without processed sugar, because we don’t need it. As I mentioned earlier in the month, your body and brain do need sugar (glucose) in its natural form—so feel free to enjoy natural sweeteners like Stevia and monk fruit this week. If you haven’t already cut out all processed sugar, you may experience withdrawal-type symptoms like headaches, fatigue, cravings, irritability, and maybe even nausea and bloating, depending on how much sugar your body is used to. The article below will give you some insight into the common sugar detox symptoms and how to get through them. It’s important to remember these symptoms are temporary. 👌 You’ve got this. You are ready. Let’s GO! 🙌 Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms: Timeline and How to Cope ✨Reminder: If you’re under the care of a doctor or physician regarding insulin resistance, Hashimoto's, pre-diabetes, diabetes, etc., please continue to follow your doctor’s advice. Nothing stated in our education is meant to be medical advice.

This time of year is tough on me in many ways I prepared a crockpot of cabbage soup for myself to stay in check this week It has carrots, onion, cabbage, celery and potatoes with farm ground beef. Vegetable stock and organic diced tomatoes Minced garlic, onion powder, garlic powder and other seasonings