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I absolutely love eating the same meals all the time. It’s easy and I don’t have to think about it. I love a baked potato with a salad or broccoli and I also use garlic salt as my seasoning. Breakfast is usually overnight oats or avacado toast. I don’t usually eat lunch because I’m just not hungry. Thankyou for these videos. They are so helpful!!! I’ve lost 32 pounds with a little more to go. I’m 71 years old and always watch your videos. You are fantastic!
Hi Carol! I am just sittg here in switzerland and i am just so joyfull about your experience! I am 41 and a Mom of 2 and just try to change my Habits! I just wanted to thank you for showing that change ist possible! Greets from Switzerand! Elisa
Carol, good for you! I'm 72 and love almond butter on sourdough toast for breakfast, a salad or hummus with veggies and edamame or black beans for lunch and veggie soup for dinner. Keep up the good work!❤
I think this is one of your best videos so far. You project such a kind helpful demeanor that its refreshing. (no judgement here-been their-done that) I am on a resistant plateau after losing 40 lbs. I cant get unstuck-refreshers like this bring up a key point for me-you don't need more recipes, you need to go back to the basics of what worked, and make it easy on yourself. Thank You, YOU are a Rock Star!! 🌺💗🌺
The beginning of this video is SO true! My greatest weightloss success was when I stuck to a repetitive meal plan. I have tried some really good meal plans that offer variety but my biggest issue was that I was cooking for one person. I simply did not feel ok with wasting food because I needed new ingredients to make a different meal. A lot of meal plans don't take into account that some of us are cooking for 1. Deciding that I was going to batch cook sweet potatoes and have them with broccoli, kale or some other amazing veg every night was the best thing I could have discovered.
You’re ACTUALLY helping people with your advices! There’s a lot of weightloss- content on the internet. But your Videos and Podcasts are the best by far! Thank you so much!!!! ❤
Walmart has Uncle Bens Instant rice too! My breakfast is going to be overnight oats w/carrots. My starches will be potatoes and beans and I'm going to start Monday. I'm going to do soup for lunches with whatever I have in my fridge and for dinner I'm going to tryyy your Burrito Lettuce Cups!
I have struggled with this lifestyle and consistency for years! I have no problem being vegan but decision fatigue-I’ve just learned-has always been my problem. I’ve watched 1000s of vlogs, read numerous blogs, books and cookbooks on a plant-based lifestyle/diet and this is information is the HOLY GRAIL of them all!!! Thank you, Chelsea! I am going to start implementing this strategy today… ❤
Yes since it's winter I cook quite large batches of soups or this potato, cauliflower, tofu curry I LOVE! But I still have cooked potatoes & rice on hand because they are always my go-to.
Perfect timing, its Sunday (Im in the UK) and Ive just steamed a bag of potatoes, and cooked 3 cups of brown rice in the instant pot. Making overnight oats and then going to meet a friend for lunch knowing for the week ahead I have what I need, I dont mind chopping veg each day its the chopping and cooking starch that bugs me so now Im covered. Will probably make a soup one afternoon, gnocchi soup is incredible, or west african stew/soup, chickpea noodle soup. Love this way of eating, 56 pounds gone probably 50 more to go!
Oh man Chelsea ...I have been missing you! Especially your podcasts, hopefully there will be a new one soon! 😀 ( 2 years maintaining a 30kg weight loss here, doing 50/50 and following your excellent advice. "Progress not perfection"...every day!👌)
This is absolutely true for me. My brain gets so exhausted thinking of meals I "should" be eating! Ive started having a few meals that I know I love and I keep those ingredients on hand. Always keep rice, potatoes, and homemade hummus prepped. Also sauces, vegan cheese sauce and vegan gravy a must. Thanks for the awesome videos! 😊
This is SO true!! I resonate so much with decision fatigue and needing repetition and creating that path way to cook it on auto piolet!! Thankyou so much. Also it's so true, we feel like we need variety but most of my life I ate toast for breakfast!!!!
I totally understand but I like to try a new recipie once a week and when I've eaten it all I don't go for takeout I instead have plenty of potatoes, rice, canned veggies and frozen fruit to eat. Just like you!
My coworkers always make fun of me when I bring a big hearty bowl of veggies for my breakfast, but I love starting my day with a salad/stir fry. When I start my day with veggies, I feel better able to make healthier decisions throughout the rest of the day. I’d rather have a cup of cereal and milk as a snack or dessert because I find it doesn’t really keep me full and satisfied. Who says I need to have a “breakfast food” for breakfast? Especially when so many people think “breakfast” for supper is appropriate, but if you have lunch and dinner foods for breakfast, you’re the weird one? I don’t get it.
I literally am part of 2 monthly fee vegan recipe sites that I NEVER use. I feel so guilty but I run into all the issues you mentioned in your video. I am canceling them right away. You made sooo much sense and I want to instill the tips you mentioned. Very inspiring video - thank you!!
Hi Chelsea. First time seeing your channel. I heard your accent but I was trying to work out where you are. I’m a Kiwi too but live in Australia now (married an Aussie). You said “take out” instead of takeaway so I thought you must be living in the US. Then you mentioned having spent time there. That was great advice. I watch a lot of plant based vegan UA-cam channels and they pretty much have the same meals as you showed. I think we all eat the same. 😂 What you said was so true. It’s easier to stay on track when it’s a habit. At first I thought no, I can’t eat the same every day. But I understand your points. Little tweaks can be easily made. Thanks Chelsea!
My go to breakfast is a smoothie or overnight oats. I don't often eat a third meal in a day, usually a late breakfast and then dinner. I love making curries with potatoes and chickpeas, or Dahl. They are very staple! Sushi bowls or component bowls are a big staple also. I am not a fan of cooking every night. I love to make large batches of things and eat off of them for a few days :) Thanks for your videos, I find them super inspiring :D
Omg! I needed to hear this….I have been struggling with my weigh loss journey. I think that I have to have so much variety….I love eating the same thing over and over because I don’t have to think about it! What a concept! Thank you for making this video!
This is soooooooohohoho true! I get constantly overwhelmed with all the recipes and I do not even make it through two days without stressing. I will go back to my old habbits as soon as the stress sets in, daily problems arise and so on. I totally agree that we have to establish a new and healthy pattern of eating and simplicity is the key. All those guys I used to watch, like Lissa from Raw food Romance or Kristina or the Raw Advantage... those guys are business people and foodies whos daily life constist of marketing their recipes. Who needs 400 recipes anyways. My shelves are full of books I look at and then threw them in the corner because I get hopelessly overwhelmed. I am not a foodie and it is not my hobbie to create "the rainbow" on my plate three times a day, lol. I am a textile artist and novelist and single mother of three. I do not have time to make fancy meals nor the money for it. So simplicity is the key and it has to taste good as well and leave me time for what is more important for me. It also has to be food that is healing and sustainable. I love my potatoes. I think they are the perfect food. Grains are problematic with me. They irritate my body and they are accidic as well. Potatoes on the other hand are not accidic but alkaline and they contain vitamin C too. 🙂I sometimes eat gluten free oatmeal in the morning and I just rotate my fruits and vegetables. 🙂Yeah, gluten free oatmeal and potatoes for starch (plus legumes) and then just rotating the fruits and vegetables, that is my basics. Sometimes a bit of avocado or cashewbutter, you know the drill. 🙂 Huggs from Germany.
I hit subscribe partway through watching this, which isn't something I do often, but you were that engaging and interesting that I felt compelled to! Thanks for making me feel better about the way I cook, I thought it was boring to make the same component things again and again, or to be drawn back to the same handful of meals that I know I like, but you just actually made me feel ok about that, and made me realise this is actually a really sensible way to do things and doesn't need to be boring, this method just helps to give you peace of mind and consistency, love it! 🤗🥗🍛🍱
Chelsea! You rock!! I so needed to hear this. You just made my life and my weightloss journey easier. I need to lose 40 ish lbs and I have been dreading it. I HATE thinking about food, but you JUST made me able to sort of auto-pilot this. And that is my weakness... I need a plan, but hate planning and you totally just knocked this out of the ballpark for me!! I cannot tell you how relieved I am. ❤❤🌿 So my meals.. 1) stew, veg with beans, 2) risotto with squash and sage (need to use up our squash from summer), 3) curry with green veg and squash/potatoes, 4) sushi bowls. Breakfast is oatmeal kli, not sure how that translates, but I think it is oatbran? And chia seeds flax seeds, some nuts or fruit. Snacks are potatoes and pm meals are potato toasts with hummous or homemade tofu spread, savory with brown miso, nooch, acv. I can totally do this!
You are absolutely delightful! I so agree with you regarding making the same meals every day. As a person who has started/failed vegan, whole food diets for years ( even though I know they are good for me) your theory makes a lot of sense. Similar to Steve Jobs wearing the same outfit everyday so he can focus on bigger/better things. The only thing for me is the lack of variety this affords but I will work through that. Appreciate your point of view. Not sure why you popped up in my feeds but I'm glad you did! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
Oooo, I love this! I’ve been simplifying my meals lately too! Batch cooking starches like; rice and beans for the week. I use 1-2 different smoothie recipes that I choose from (depending on what I have/ want) for breakfast, and just batching veggies. It’s been so helpful!
My husband and I eat the same basic morning meal over and over. For midday meals -- we need 10 of them each week -- we eat planned overs, that is, dinners that we parcel out for future lunches. I never cook just enough for one meal! I use a simple Microsoft Word document I update each week by looking at what I did 2 or 3 weeks prior and copying and pasting into the following week. Also, under each week, I have a Groceries To Buy section where I determine what I already have at home and items I need.. I shop on an app and have the store shoppers put my order together for me to pick up. Each week for dinner we will have pasta and salad once, stir fry and rice or millet once, soup and salad once, and two of my other quickie dinners. I might try a new recipe once every 2 weeks and decide if it goes in the meal rotation. We also have planned overs for dinners at least once a week. Our midday meals almost always come from dinners where I double, triple or quadruple the dinner so we can make up our lunches before putting excess food in the fridge or the freezer in Super Cubes. Those 2 cup silicone cubes are great because they eliminate a night of cooking and give us our "fast food." Our other dinners are quick to get on the table too. Once a week we will eat out, usually a Mexican restaurant where we can easily get vegan dishes. My system is so easy for me. It took a year to get there but it is seamless now and eliminates decision fatigue. Thanks for your video. Linda
I recently got a pressure cooker (sans manual) for free and it took me ages to figure it out but now it serves me. I make up batches of beans freezing any I cannot use that day or the next. Toss some in a blender and add whatever spices you like (and garlic...because garlic.) Then I have this ready protein in my fridge to throw on a roast sweet potato or some pasta or diluted with ACV as a salad dressing. This is my breakfast tomorrow - bread machine whole wheat bread toasted with bean spread, some fruit and a huge pot of green tea. Makes me happy that I now have a canvas to dabble on with that bean pate. Oh, and I dunno if Kiwis have a Thanksgiving. I know our northern neighbors do earlier than ours. Either way - happy Thanksgiving, Ms Mae!
Thank you so much for this video. I tried vegan before and trying to find something to make everyday was so hard and i did not do it right because I was not eating beans and things. This is a tremendous help.
I've realized I don't love salads. But I will eat fresh veggies almost every day. Skip the lettuce and eat a plate of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, bell peppers, etc.
Great video, makes perfect sense, I make soups, rice/millet and a big salad bowl, food for the week. Breakfast is rice flakes with banana. Snack dates and satsuma. 😁
I love meal planning. I cook once a week then I dont have to think about what I'm eating. All I do is pull it out of the fridge and heat it up.. And it helps keep me consistent.
Chelsea, you are wonderful! I am brand new to your channel and you are exactly what I need! I really am a lot like you, I can eat the same thing several times in a row. One of my favorite, quick lunches is just steamed rice and a ton of veggies, lol! I am the same with oats, I love oatmeal with frozen cherries too! THANK YOU for this channel. You are so, so right and this "variety" in meal plans is one of the reasons I give into my laziness and have gained more weight as a vegan! Thank you, thank you!
Thank God for girls like you making these videos! Very inspired to try this system. Ive been feeling lost with too many conflicting info out there and this is so simple. I just need simple 😩. So let's see if this makes the difference for some weight loss for me. Thank you from Los Angeles 🙏🏼
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So recognizable. I've started weekly menus so many times but quickly became crazy about all the different recipes and then the price of all the groceries you had to get at home. This was really a video for me that I needed. Thank you
I've been doing plant based on and off for years, and this was still SO helpful! I love "frameworks, not recipes". You helped me feel excited and relived to get consistent
Wow Chelsea this video is one of your best! I've never in my many years heard anyone marry the science of forming habits to simple and repetitive meal creations. It makes so much sense! I have always been someone that eats the same breakfast for months, and have a finite group of foods that I enjoy. Variety has never been a thing for me, so this message resonated 100%. I am getting back into the swing of eating more veggies, as I was sick for 2 weeks and only craved carbs. 🙃This was a great reset for me and an awesome motivator to get back on track. Thank you!
I like cooked warm porridge and cook enough for at least four servings [for one] at a time ; i do it on autopilot (2 cups raw oats, 5 cups water). It keeps a week in the fridge, ready to be warmed and added to according to taste. I often eat it for lunch or dinner since i also like veg/ grain/ bean for breakfast.
This is so helpful. And, for me at least, it goes so far beyond just weight loss. I spend too much time in the kitchen and not enough time going down to the beach at sunset. Thank you. Love your videos and your energy.
Your videos are so inspiring! I love your sense of humor, your energy and your meals look delicious! I’ve learned a lot from you and have already lost over 10kg!!!! 🎉 My absolute breakfast/lunch is smoothie bowls (and yes, I saw your video on them and learned a looot!) I now make them with more greens, less bananas, more berries, vegan protein powder, all bran instead of granola…etc. and because they are so filling I have that as both breakfast and lunch! Then for lunch I have learned to boil potatoes and then frying them on the air fryer 😍😍😍 they are delicious and so simple! with broccoli and pesto sauce YUMMM!!!! 😋
Well I just got back from the States and gained WAY too much weight and am feeling miserable. I'm so grateful for this video which is helping me not feel so overwhelmed. You are a Godsend. Thank you, Chels!!
Brilliant advice. This is changing the way I think about meal prep and making life easier! Love the idea to just have a variety of sauces to put over hot veggie bowls because that’s where I just realized that I get bored. I only need variety in that sauce!
Great video and 100% on point! I find when I keep my meals simple and repetitive I stay on track and feel great! As soon as I start messing with recipes and variety I get into trouble. Prepping potatoes and rice is crucial to just throwing a meal together. Right now I’m loving my Poke Bowls with rice, greens, cucumber, frozen thawed mango, jarred roasted peppers, avocado topped with crushed nori sheets and nutritional yeast. 😋
This is so true. I love this video!! Repetition will be my best friend. I am trying to move away from going a weekly meal plan for the family, it’s become just way too stressful and decision fatigue is too real. Btw, I have two favourite breakfasts which I alternate during the week. Oatmeal with ruby fruit blend from Woolworths with a bit of maple syrup, soooo good. And the other one is a green smoothie, which I’m craving a lot at the moment. It usually has a banana, frozen mangoes and some sort of leafy greens as a base with some water. Summer has arrived in Brisbane and I already hate it. Morning smoothie helps me deal with the heat 🥵
I also found repetitive meal prep works for me. I have variety in that I use many different spices. Maybe Mexican one day, Curry another & savory another. Depends on how I feel. Lots of sweet potato & veggies. I batch cook beans also and add when I feel like it. Same for mushrooms. Also the freezer is my friend.
I love to have smoothies for breakfast or bananas or other fruits - this is my breakfast for many years❤ I am lazy to cook and the idea of preparing everything in advance is amazing🎉
Just finished our thanksgiving and I’m ready to get back on track so going to eat oatmeal for breakfast while I’m prepping potatoes and rice for the week…feel so much better with the “cleaner” burning fuel! Thank you for the reminder to keep it simple and be consistent ✅💕
Im happy to share that I do exactly what you spoke about on this video, I love my oatmeal breakfast which I normally eat at 12:00PM ( i Fast ) if not I have a rice bowl, veggie salad, for dinner I always have sweet potatoes, yam, broccoli, other roasted veggies and frozen cauliflower rice to make a stir fry, and of course pasta dishes ( Im Italian ! ) my question is I am always worried if I am getting all my nutrients even though I have lots of legumes ,chia seeds hemp hearts, ect. ect. thanks for this video, I enjoy watching you always.
I make a bunch of my starches all on one day with my instantpot. I do black beans, chickpeas, farro or quinoa, and lentils and freeze in meal sized containers. I am not vegan but do enjoy fruits and veggies and am learning to eat more plant based. I also cannot eat the same thing for 3 or 4 days in a row as most meal peppers do so I am struggling a bit. Thank you for the advice.
I like how straight and to the point you are. Thank you for your much needed information. Hope all of you are well. Looking forward to watching your videos each week.
Chelsea Mae this was brilliant. You have a new subscriber. I came to these conclusions myself because I hate cooking but am a whole food vegan. I have another tip you may enjoy…..I use my instant pot to make large volumes of soups….often broccoli or Cauliflour with potatoes and some silky tofu mixed in at the end. It’s delicious because I saute in the instant pot a lot of onions and garlic before making the soup. But this is the tip….I use the soup not so much as soup but as flavouring for the core repetition foods (although the veggie soups are a core food also). I fill a bowl half full….then add my beans, lentils etc for more protein and if I am really hungry more potatoes or other starches. The soups add the flavour plus veggies, starches and protein. Secondly, you did not mention squash. It is sooooo easy to bake a squash (I like butternut and it is in season right now) and then cut pieces off of it for a few days and heat up until it is gone. The skin is healthy and can be eaten easily). Then I switch to potato or sweet potato. Then I switch to pasta or quinoa or rice. And then back. All meals are made with a goal of half of it being some kind of veggie, then some starch, fats (don’t forget seeds and nuts!) and protein.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling with what to eat especially now that the hubby is willing to try this WOE. I have purchased a couple of ebooks but rarely every look at them or use them. This makes preparing meals simple 🙂
I do meal plan, but I don't cook every day. I prepare 2 or 3 dishes in quantity and then I eat leftovers the rest of the time. I only cook every 2 or three days. You're right, too many choices will doom your diet.
Brilliant! Life is so much easier if I eat pretty much the same things every day. I love looking at all the fancy vegan bowls and the variety of foods included, but actually doing all of that work is too demanding. I love your approach!
All so true. Repetition also makes shopping much easier. I love buying frozen stir fry veggies and will add potatoes that I’ve cooked up in the morning or days prior. I’ll either add more water to make a soup, or instead of adding potatoes I put the stir fry over rice that I’ve already prepped. My challenge is raw veggies, I haven’t gotten the prep down to be ready to throw together a raw salad bowl, and while I love eating those the prep time for one salad takes so long, so I usually end up with a romaine bulb and cut up onion and peppers and add nuts or whatever else is easy. If I can improve on raw prep I would be very happy. Thanks again for great advice. I always enjoy your videos.
Great video!! We do this at my house. We have a container of cooked brown rice or sweet potatoes or white potatoes… each week is something different. We cook beans in our instapot to put in a container in the fridge. We have a freezer full of frozen veggies and frozen fruit. We rotate having a variety of greens like kale, spinach or arugula We pre-dice bell peppers, celery, carrots and red/scallion onions. We have hummus and burrito wraps
Thank you, this is amazing!!! 10 years vegan and I absolutely loved cooking/creating delicious, healthy, wholesome vegan recipes. However since becoming a mum 5 months ago, I've been struggling to find time and energy. I need these simple systems in place to support my health and the health of my baby. I've even had times where I skip meals or order takeout because there is nothing prepared or easily to just grab and go.
Eating this way gave me premature arthritis and painful abdominal cramping, bloating and gas.😵💫I reversed all my awful symptoms when I stopped eating grains and legumes and started eating meat and raw dairy. My joints are pain free and I’ve lost fat and water weight. To each his own🤷🏼♀️
From one Kiwi to another...thank you, thank you, thank you. Keep up the good work, I love the inspirational videos. You're making the world a better place. 👍
You're absolutely right! I've lost 65 lbs eating essentially the same thing every day. I can't be bothered to create something different for dinner, I like to keep it simple.
Funny I just re-watched your “oat recipes” video this morning as a idea refresher. So may great meal ideas in the library of your videos. Thank you for helping to keep it simple. Happy Thanksgiving from California
Hi Chels. Breakfast is a problem. I have tried over and over to eat oats. I love them, but they just don't love me. I want to stay whole, so creating that new habit is a challenge. Thanks for the reminder to stick with it, but finding something I like is tough.
You can make Porridge with without oats as the grain. You can use other grains Such as millet flakes, rice flakes, buckwheat flakes, quinoa flakes. Maybe one of these will be suitable for your body?
So enjoyed this. I'm doing this all day and fall apart with dinner as I'm tired and can't think clearly by them. Almost daily I do juices and smoothies until dinner. Bananas in coconut water or papaya w wild blueberries are favorite breakfasts when I need smoothie break. Going to prep more grated carrots, Broccoli and a grain for dinner so I can throw my bowls together easier for dinner. Thanks for these great ideas.
This morning I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with PB2 and no sugar added jelly. But many mornings I might have a stir fry for breakfast. You taught me how to make it easy on myself and it's working better than anything I've ever done!
This video is very very interesting. It makes sense. I’ve yo-yo dieted for years - finally kept 10kg off for 12months … just another 8kg to go. I like raw carrot or cooked, pea protein and mint peas, corn by itself but dislike mixed veg of corn, pea and carrot but continued to buy packets for years!! I love broccoli and beans and broad beans, leeks, onions and garlic …so what did I keep buying Brussel spouts!! I like chickpeas, lentils and black beans - kidney beans and white beans not so much - so why keep buying them !! It makes me feel guilty when I don’t eat them! I love all types of salad - capsicums, cucumbers etc I’m mainly eat plant based and enjoy your channel but still eat meat. I love green smoothies but don’t like berry smoothies but kept making them - shoot me now ! But kept buying chicken - I hate chicken and mince - I hate mince …. Kept trying new recipes hating it. I like salmon , sardines and a steak once in a while but not often So now after watching your video I’m sticking to what I love and enjoy. Keep it simple. Thank you My favourite quote - “ losers have goals, winners have systems “
Get your reps in! What a great analogy!! Steaming up some potatoes and roasting sweet potatoes to have in the fridge. My core meals are tacos (corn tortillas, beans, bell pepper and onion) and risotto too!
I'm just starting to make changes. I'm thankful for all of the tips. I'm in the US and I ordered some marmite from Amazon. I actually love it. I like adding it to soups and rice. It adds a rich umami flavor. Thanks for the tips.
Completely agree. I love air fried potatoes all day, everyday with cooked veggies. In summer i swap the cooked veggies for salad ……. Simplicity is best and potatoes are a great taste reset.
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I absolutely love eating the same meals all the time. It’s easy and I don’t have to think about it. I love a baked potato with a salad or broccoli and I also use garlic salt as my seasoning. Breakfast is usually overnight oats or avacado toast. I don’t usually eat lunch because I’m just not hungry. Thankyou for these videos. They are so helpful!!! I’ve lost 32 pounds with a little more to go. I’m 71 years old and always watch your videos. You are fantastic!
Carol, you’re inspiring 💗
I lost 200+ pounds on the carnivore diet and I am a new person, I never been healthy, and the vegan diet had never helped.
Hi Carol! I am just sittg here in switzerland and i am just so joyfull about your experience! I am 41 and a Mom of 2 and just try to change my Habits!
I just wanted to thank you for showing that change ist possible! Greets from Switzerand!
Elisa
Carol, good for you! I'm 72 and love almond butter on sourdough toast for breakfast, a salad or hummus with veggies and edamame or black beans for lunch and veggie soup for dinner. Keep up the good work!❤
I think this is one of your best videos so far. You project such a kind helpful demeanor that its refreshing. (no judgement here-been their-done that) I am on a resistant plateau after losing 40 lbs. I cant get unstuck-refreshers like this bring up a key point for me-you don't need more recipes, you need to go back to the basics of what worked, and make it easy on yourself. Thank You, YOU are a Rock Star!! 🌺💗🌺
The beginning of this video is SO true! My greatest weightloss success was when I stuck to a repetitive meal plan. I have tried some really good meal plans that offer variety but my biggest issue was that I was cooking for one person. I simply did not feel ok with wasting food because I needed new ingredients to make a different meal. A lot of meal plans don't take into account that some of us are cooking for 1. Deciding that I was going to batch cook sweet potatoes and have them with broccoli, kale or some other amazing veg every night was the best thing I could have discovered.
You’re ACTUALLY helping people with your advices! There’s a lot of weightloss- content on the internet. But your Videos and Podcasts are the best by far! Thank you so much!!!! ❤
Walmart has Uncle Bens Instant rice too! My breakfast is going to be overnight oats w/carrots. My starches will be potatoes and beans and I'm going to start Monday. I'm going to do soup for lunches with whatever I have in my fridge and for dinner I'm going to tryyy your Burrito Lettuce Cups!
I have struggled with this lifestyle and consistency for years! I have no problem being vegan but decision fatigue-I’ve just learned-has always been my problem. I’ve watched 1000s of vlogs, read numerous blogs, books and cookbooks on a plant-based lifestyle/diet and this is information is the HOLY GRAIL of them all!!! Thank you, Chelsea! I am going to start implementing this strategy today… ❤
I agree. I’m whole food plant 🌱 based and eat the same meals over and over and I enjoy it.
Yes since it's winter I cook quite large batches of soups or this potato, cauliflower, tofu curry I LOVE! But I still have cooked potatoes & rice on hand because they are always my go-to.
Perfect timing, its Sunday (Im in the UK) and Ive just steamed a bag of potatoes, and cooked 3 cups of brown rice in the instant pot. Making overnight oats and then going to meet a friend for lunch knowing for the week ahead I have what I need, I dont mind chopping veg each day its the chopping and cooking starch that bugs me so now Im covered. Will probably make a soup one afternoon, gnocchi soup is incredible, or west african stew/soup, chickpea noodle soup. Love this way of eating, 56 pounds gone probably 50 more to go!
Oh man Chelsea ...I have been missing you! Especially your podcasts, hopefully there will be a new one soon! 😀 ( 2 years maintaining a 30kg weight loss here, doing 50/50 and following your excellent advice. "Progress not perfection"...every day!👌)
Love it!! New podcast dropped this week. Well done on the weight loss that’s amazing!
This is absolutely true for me. My brain gets so exhausted thinking of meals I "should" be eating! Ive started having a few meals that I know I love and I keep those ingredients on hand. Always keep rice, potatoes, and homemade hummus prepped. Also sauces, vegan cheese sauce and vegan gravy a must. Thanks for the awesome videos! 😊
this is one of the most helpful videos for weight loss; simple steps that are easy to follow and stay consistent. thank you :)
This is SO true!! I resonate so much with decision fatigue and needing repetition and creating that path way to cook it on auto piolet!! Thankyou so much. Also it's so true, we feel like we need variety but most of my life I ate toast for breakfast!!!!
I totally understand but I like to try a new recipie once a week and when I've eaten it all I don't go for takeout I instead have plenty of potatoes, rice, canned veggies and frozen fruit to eat. Just like you!
My coworkers always make fun of me when I bring a big hearty bowl of veggies for my breakfast, but I love starting my day with a salad/stir fry. When I start my day with veggies, I feel better able to make healthier decisions throughout the rest of the day. I’d rather have a cup of cereal and milk as a snack or dessert because I find it doesn’t really keep me full and satisfied. Who says I need to have a “breakfast food” for breakfast? Especially when so many people think “breakfast” for supper is appropriate, but if you have lunch and dinner foods for breakfast, you’re the weird one? I don’t get it.
I literally am part of 2 monthly fee vegan recipe sites that I NEVER use. I feel so guilty but I run into all the issues you mentioned in your video. I am canceling them right away. You made sooo much sense and I want to instill the tips you mentioned. Very inspiring video - thank you!!
Hi Chelsea. First time seeing your channel. I heard your accent but I was trying to work out where you are. I’m a Kiwi too but live in Australia now (married an Aussie). You said “take out” instead of takeaway so I thought you must be living in the US. Then you mentioned having spent time there.
That was great advice. I watch a lot of plant based vegan UA-cam channels and they pretty much have the same meals as you showed. I think we all eat the same. 😂 What you said was so true. It’s easier to stay on track when it’s a habit. At first I thought no, I can’t eat the same every day. But I understand your points. Little tweaks can be easily made. Thanks Chelsea!
My go to breakfast is a smoothie or overnight oats. I don't often eat a third meal in a day, usually a late breakfast and then dinner. I love making curries with potatoes and chickpeas, or Dahl. They are very staple! Sushi bowls or component bowls are a big staple also. I am not a fan of cooking every night. I love to make large batches of things and eat off of them for a few days :) Thanks for your videos, I find them super inspiring :D
Yes! I made a hashbrown casserole on Sunday and had a serving every morning with half a banana. Didn't have to think about it!🥔🍌
So passionate! So clear! So easy! So Chelsea! 💖🌸💖 LWP works! I’m 74 and 10 pounds from goal!
Potatoes will be my starch. Oatmeal for breakfast. A bowl for lunch. Thank you. I needed this.
Omg! I needed to hear this….I have been struggling with my weigh loss journey. I think that I have to have so much variety….I love eating the same thing over and over because I don’t have to think about it! What a concept! Thank you for making this video!
This is soooooooohohoho true! I get constantly overwhelmed with all the recipes and I do not even make it through two days without stressing. I will go back to my old habbits as soon as the stress sets in, daily problems arise and so on. I totally agree that we have to establish a new and healthy pattern of eating and simplicity is the key. All those guys I used to watch, like Lissa from Raw food Romance or Kristina or the Raw Advantage... those guys are business people and foodies whos daily life constist of marketing their recipes. Who needs 400 recipes anyways. My shelves are full of books I look at and then threw them in the corner because I get hopelessly overwhelmed. I am not a foodie and it is not my hobbie to create "the rainbow" on my plate three times a day, lol. I am a textile artist and novelist and single mother of three. I do not have time to make fancy meals nor the money for it. So simplicity is the key and it has to taste good as well and leave me time for what is more important for me. It also has to be food that is healing and sustainable.
I love my potatoes. I think they are the perfect food. Grains are problematic with me. They irritate my body and they are accidic as well. Potatoes on the other hand are not accidic but alkaline and they contain vitamin C too. 🙂I sometimes eat gluten free oatmeal in the morning and I just rotate my fruits and vegetables. 🙂Yeah, gluten free oatmeal and potatoes for starch (plus legumes) and then just rotating the fruits and vegetables, that is my basics. Sometimes a bit of avocado or cashewbutter, you know the drill. 🙂
Huggs from Germany.
I hit subscribe partway through watching this, which isn't something I do often, but you were that engaging and interesting that I felt compelled to!
Thanks for making me feel better about the way I cook, I thought it was boring to make the same component things again and again, or to be drawn back to the same handful of meals that I know I like, but you just actually made me feel ok about that, and made me realise this is actually a really sensible way to do things and doesn't need to be boring, this method just helps to give you peace of mind and consistency, love it! 🤗🥗🍛🍱
The word frameworks grabbed me 🤗 ( "frameworks rather than exact recipes") 👍
Chelsea! You rock!! I so needed to hear this. You just made my life and my weightloss journey easier. I need to lose 40 ish lbs and I have been dreading it. I HATE thinking about food, but you JUST made me able to sort of auto-pilot this. And that is my weakness... I need a plan, but hate planning and you totally just knocked this out of the ballpark for me!! I cannot tell you how relieved I am. ❤❤🌿
So my meals.. 1) stew, veg with beans, 2) risotto with squash and sage (need to use up our squash from summer), 3) curry with green veg and squash/potatoes, 4) sushi bowls. Breakfast is oatmeal kli, not sure how that translates, but I think it is oatbran? And chia seeds flax seeds, some nuts or fruit. Snacks are potatoes and pm meals are potato toasts with hummous or homemade tofu spread, savory with brown miso, nooch, acv. I can totally do this!
You are absolutely delightful! I so agree with you regarding making the same meals every day. As a person who has started/failed vegan, whole food diets for years ( even though I know they are good for me) your theory makes a lot of sense. Similar to Steve Jobs wearing the same outfit everyday so he can focus on bigger/better things. The only thing for me is the lack of variety this affords but I will work through that. Appreciate your point of view. Not sure why you popped up in my feeds but I'm glad you did! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️
Oooo, I love this! I’ve been simplifying my meals lately too! Batch cooking starches like; rice and beans for the week. I use 1-2 different smoothie recipes that I choose from (depending on what I have/ want) for breakfast, and just batching veggies. It’s been so helpful!
My husband and I eat the same basic morning meal over and over. For midday meals -- we need 10 of them each week -- we eat planned overs, that is, dinners that we parcel out for future lunches. I never cook just enough for one meal! I use a simple Microsoft Word document I update each week by looking at what I did 2 or 3 weeks prior and copying and pasting into the following week. Also, under each week, I have a Groceries To Buy section where I determine what I already have at home and items I need.. I shop on an app and have the store shoppers put my order together for me to pick up. Each week for dinner we will have pasta and salad once, stir fry and rice or millet once, soup and salad once, and two of my other quickie dinners. I might try a new recipe once every 2 weeks and decide if it goes in the meal rotation. We also have planned overs for dinners at least once a week. Our midday meals almost always come from dinners where I double, triple or quadruple the dinner so we can make up our lunches before putting excess food in the fridge or the freezer in Super Cubes. Those 2 cup silicone cubes are great because they eliminate a night of cooking and give us our "fast food." Our other dinners are quick to get on the table too. Once a week we will eat out, usually a Mexican restaurant where we can easily get vegan dishes. My system is so easy for me. It took a year to get there but it is seamless now and eliminates decision fatigue. Thanks for your video.
Linda
MOST helpful video I’ve seen to date! It’s been so drilled into us that we need high variety. This video has inspired me! ❤
I recently got a pressure cooker (sans manual) for free and it took me ages to figure it out but now it serves me. I make up batches of beans freezing any I cannot use that day or the next.
Toss some in a blender and add whatever spices you like (and garlic...because garlic.) Then I have this ready protein in my fridge to throw on a roast sweet potato or some pasta or diluted with ACV as a salad dressing. This is my breakfast tomorrow - bread machine whole wheat bread toasted with bean spread, some fruit and a huge pot of green tea. Makes me happy that I now have a canvas to dabble on with that bean pate.
Oh, and I dunno if Kiwis have a Thanksgiving. I know our northern neighbors do earlier than ours. Either way - happy Thanksgiving, Ms Mae!
Thank you so much for this video. I tried vegan before and trying to find something to make everyday was so hard and i did not do it right because I was not eating beans and things. This is a tremendous help.
You are AMAZING Chelsea!! 👏
I've realized I don't love salads. But I will eat fresh veggies almost every day. Skip the lettuce and eat a plate of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, bell peppers, etc.
Great video, makes perfect sense, I make soups, rice/millet and a big salad bowl, food for the week. Breakfast is rice flakes with banana. Snack dates and satsuma. 😁
I love meal planning. I cook once a week then I dont have to think about what I'm eating. All I do is pull it out of the fridge and heat it up.. And it helps keep me consistent.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!
Chelsea, you are wonderful! I am brand new to your channel and you are exactly what I need! I really am a lot like you, I can eat the same thing several times in a row. One of my favorite, quick lunches is just steamed rice and a ton of veggies, lol! I am the same with oats, I love oatmeal with frozen cherries too! THANK YOU for this channel. You are so, so right and this "variety" in meal plans is one of the reasons I give into my laziness and have gained more weight as a vegan! Thank you, thank you!
Thank God for girls like you making these videos! Very inspired to try this system. Ive been feeling lost with too many conflicting info out there and this is so simple. I just need simple 😩. So let's see if this makes the difference for some weight loss for me. Thank you from Los Angeles 🙏🏼
You are absolutely right. It is not sustainable to follow a meal plan… way to overwhelming!
This is the most helpful video I think I’ve ever seen. Thank you Chelsea, this makes a lot of sense.
I think this is the best weight loss advice I’ve ever heard 🌱
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So recognizable. I've started weekly menus so many times but quickly became crazy about all the different recipes and then the price of all the groceries you had to get at home. This was really a video for me that I needed. Thank you
I freeze my own rice. It takes about 40 mins. To make brown rice on the stove. So having some in the freezer, ready to go is fantastic.
Thank you! This was super helpful ❤I’ve definitely been over complicating things. Looking forward to a week full of simplifying my meals.
I've been doing plant based on and off for years, and this was still SO helpful! I love "frameworks, not recipes". You helped me feel excited and relived to get consistent
Wow Chelsea this video is one of your best! I've never in my many years heard anyone marry the science of forming habits to simple and repetitive meal creations. It makes so much sense! I have always been someone that eats the same breakfast for months, and have a finite group of foods that I enjoy. Variety has never been a thing for me, so this message resonated 100%. I am getting back into the swing of eating more veggies, as I was sick for 2 weeks and only craved carbs. 🙃This was a great reset for me and an awesome motivator to get back on track. Thank you!
I like cooked warm porridge and cook enough for at least four servings [for one] at a time ; i do it on autopilot (2 cups raw oats, 5 cups water). It keeps a week in the fridge, ready to be warmed and added to according to taste. I often eat it for lunch or dinner since i also like veg/ grain/ bean for breakfast.
Chelsea Mae this is an awesome video , thank you 🙂
This is so helpful. And, for me at least, it goes so far beyond just weight loss. I spend too much time in the kitchen and not enough time going down to the beach at sunset. Thank you. Love your videos and your energy.
Your videos are so inspiring! I love your sense of humor, your energy and your meals look delicious! I’ve learned a lot from you and have already lost over 10kg!!!! 🎉
My absolute breakfast/lunch is smoothie bowls (and yes, I saw your video on them and learned a looot!) I now make them with more greens, less bananas, more berries, vegan protein powder, all bran instead of granola…etc. and because they are so filling I have that as both breakfast and lunch!
Then for lunch I have learned to boil potatoes and then frying them on the air fryer 😍😍😍 they are delicious and so simple! with broccoli and pesto sauce YUMMM!!!! 😋
Well I just got back from the States and gained WAY too much weight and am feeling miserable. I'm so grateful for this video which is helping me not feel so overwhelmed. You are a Godsend. Thank you, Chels!!
I'm a simple guy with a very simple meal plan. Some people have said what I eat is boring. LOL It works for me! Shalom
Breakfast is always greens with coconut aminos or lemon juice then oats (either cooked or overnight oats) w/ fruit. Your bowls look scrumptious!
Brilliant advice. This is changing the way I think about meal prep and making life easier! Love the idea to just have a variety of sauces to put over hot veggie bowls because that’s where I just realized that I get bored. I only need variety in that sauce!
Great video and 100% on point! I find when I keep my meals simple and repetitive I stay on track and feel great! As soon as I start messing with recipes and variety I get into trouble. Prepping potatoes and rice is crucial to just throwing a meal together. Right now I’m loving my Poke Bowls with rice, greens, cucumber, frozen thawed mango, jarred roasted peppers, avocado topped with crushed nori sheets and nutritional yeast. 😋
This is so true. I love this video!! Repetition will be my best friend. I am trying to move away from going a weekly meal plan for the family, it’s become just way too stressful and decision fatigue is too real. Btw, I have two favourite breakfasts which I alternate during the week. Oatmeal with ruby fruit blend from Woolworths with a bit of maple syrup, soooo good. And the other one is a green smoothie, which I’m craving a lot at the moment. It usually has a banana, frozen mangoes and some sort of leafy greens as a base with some water. Summer has arrived in Brisbane and I already hate it. Morning smoothie helps me deal with the heat 🥵
I also found repetitive meal prep works for me. I have variety in that I use many different spices. Maybe Mexican one day, Curry another & savory another. Depends on how I feel. Lots of sweet potato & veggies. I batch cook beans also and add when I feel like it. Same for mushrooms. Also the freezer is my friend.
I love to have smoothies for breakfast or bananas or other fruits - this is my breakfast for many years❤ I am lazy to cook and the idea of preparing everything in advance is amazing🎉
Just finished our thanksgiving and I’m ready to get back on track so going to eat oatmeal for breakfast while I’m prepping potatoes and rice for the week…feel so much better with the “cleaner” burning fuel! Thank you for the reminder to keep it simple and be consistent ✅💕
Im happy to share that I do exactly what you spoke about on this video, I love my oatmeal breakfast which I normally eat at 12:00PM ( i Fast ) if not I have a rice bowl, veggie salad, for dinner I always have sweet potatoes, yam, broccoli, other roasted veggies and frozen cauliflower rice to make a stir fry, and of course pasta dishes ( Im Italian ! ) my question is I am always worried if I am getting all my nutrients even though I have lots of legumes ,chia seeds hemp hearts, ect. ect. thanks for this video, I enjoy watching you always.
I make a bunch of my starches all on one day with my instantpot. I do black beans, chickpeas, farro or quinoa, and lentils and freeze in meal sized containers. I am not vegan but do enjoy fruits and veggies and am learning to eat more plant based. I also cannot eat the same thing for 3 or 4 days in a row as most meal peppers do so I am struggling a bit. Thank you for the advice.
this is so bloody helpful!! a huge lightbulb just went off in my head! you always put out great videos but this is easily #1 🎉
I like how straight and to the point you are. Thank you for your much needed information. Hope all of you are well. Looking forward to watching your videos each week.
Exactly. It’s overwhelming. I’ve got so much food and tend to throw a bit of it away. Then I stray
Chelsea Mae this was brilliant. You have a new subscriber. I came to these conclusions myself because I hate cooking but am a whole food vegan. I have another tip you may enjoy…..I use my instant pot to make large volumes of soups….often broccoli or Cauliflour with potatoes and some silky tofu mixed in at the end. It’s delicious because I saute in the instant pot a lot of onions and garlic before making the soup. But this is the tip….I use the soup not so much as soup but as flavouring for the core repetition foods (although the veggie soups are a core food also). I fill a bowl half full….then add my beans, lentils etc for more protein and if I am really hungry more potatoes or other starches. The soups add the flavour plus veggies, starches and protein. Secondly, you did not mention squash. It is sooooo easy to bake a squash (I like butternut and it is in season right now) and then cut pieces off of it for a few days and heat up until it is gone. The skin is healthy and can be eaten easily). Then I switch to potato or sweet potato. Then I switch to pasta or quinoa or rice. And then back. All meals are made with a goal of half of it being some kind of veggie, then some starch, fats (don’t forget seeds and nuts!) and protein.
You always make great content Chelsea. Super helpful thank you
Great explanation of forming habits.
thank you! i needed to hear this so much. totally reinspired.
I’m on a potato reset right now and I’m loving it!
Great timing to post on Thanksgiving Day, I needed your inspiration!
Thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling with what to eat especially now that the hubby is willing to try this WOE. I have purchased a couple of ebooks but rarely every look at them or use them. This makes preparing meals simple 🙂
I do meal plan, but I don't cook every day. I prepare 2 or 3 dishes in quantity and then I eat leftovers the rest of the time. I only cook every 2 or three days. You're right, too many choices will doom your diet.
Your videos are so good. Thank you
Love your help thank you so much finally someone who knows her food 😊😊😊
Brilliant! Life is so much easier if I eat pretty much the same things every day. I love looking at all the fancy vegan bowls and the variety of foods included, but actually doing all of that work is too demanding. I love your approach!
All so true. Repetition also makes shopping much easier. I love buying frozen stir fry veggies and will add potatoes that I’ve cooked up in the morning or days prior. I’ll either add more water to make a soup, or instead of adding potatoes I put the stir fry over rice that I’ve already prepped. My challenge is raw veggies, I haven’t gotten the prep down to be ready to throw together a raw salad bowl, and while I love eating those the prep time for one salad takes so long, so I usually end up with a romaine bulb and cut up onion and peppers and add nuts or whatever else is easy. If I can improve on raw prep I would be very happy. Thanks again for great advice. I always enjoy your videos.
Thanks ive definitely had decision fatigue lately. This is a great reminder stick to the favorites that we know work❤️
Great video!! We do this at my house. We have a container of cooked brown rice or sweet potatoes or white potatoes… each week is something different. We cook beans in our instapot to put in a container in the fridge. We have a freezer full of frozen veggies and frozen fruit. We rotate having a variety of greens like kale, spinach or arugula
We pre-dice bell peppers, celery, carrots and red/scallion onions. We have hummus and burrito wraps
This video was great and helpful! Thank you 🙏🏼
Do you have a video on your favorite diy dressings?
Thank you, this is amazing!!! 10 years vegan and I absolutely loved cooking/creating delicious, healthy, wholesome vegan recipes. However since becoming a mum 5 months ago, I've been struggling to find time and energy. I need these simple systems in place to support my health and the health of my baby. I've even had times where I skip meals or order takeout because there is nothing prepared or easily to just grab and go.
I absolutely loved this video! Thank you for making it.
Eating this way gave me premature arthritis and painful abdominal cramping, bloating and gas.😵💫I reversed all my awful symptoms when I stopped eating grains and legumes and started eating meat and raw dairy. My joints are pain free and I’ve lost fat and water weight. To each his own🤷🏼♀️
From one Kiwi to another...thank you, thank you, thank you. Keep up the good work, I love the inspirational videos. You're making the world a better place. 👍
You're absolutely right! I've lost 65 lbs eating essentially the same thing every day. I can't be bothered to create something different for dinner, I like to keep it simple.
Funny I just re-watched your “oat recipes” video this morning as a idea refresher. So may great meal ideas in the library of your videos. Thank you for helping to keep it simple. Happy Thanksgiving from California
I eat pasta and a can of green beans every morning! Lol I lovvve it!
Hi Chels. Breakfast is a problem. I have tried over and over to eat oats. I love them, but they just don't love me. I want to stay whole, so creating that new habit is a challenge. Thanks for the reminder to stick with it, but finding something I like is tough.
You can make Porridge with without oats as the grain. You can use other grains Such as millet flakes, rice flakes, buckwheat flakes, quinoa flakes. Maybe one of these will be suitable for your body?
Same here. They make me tired and often give me acid reflux.
So enjoyed this. I'm doing this all day and fall apart with dinner as I'm tired and can't think clearly by them. Almost daily I do juices and smoothies until dinner. Bananas in coconut water or papaya w wild blueberries are favorite breakfasts when I need smoothie break. Going to prep more grated carrots, Broccoli and a grain for dinner so I can throw my bowls together easier for dinner. Thanks for these great ideas.
Very salient advice!
This morning I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with PB2 and no sugar added jelly. But many mornings I might have a stir fry for breakfast. You taught me how to make it easy on myself and it's working better than anything I've ever done!
Needed to hear this. Thanks
Great video, Chelsea! You are growing in your videography skills and it shows, plus content was awesome!
This video is very very interesting. It makes sense. I’ve yo-yo dieted for years - finally kept 10kg off for 12months … just another 8kg to go.
I like raw carrot or cooked, pea protein and mint peas, corn by itself but dislike mixed veg of corn, pea and carrot but continued to buy packets for years!! I love broccoli and beans and broad beans, leeks, onions and garlic …so what did I keep buying Brussel spouts!!
I like chickpeas, lentils and black beans - kidney beans and white beans not so much - so why keep buying them !! It makes me feel guilty when I don’t eat them!
I love all types of salad - capsicums, cucumbers etc
I’m mainly eat plant based and enjoy your channel but still eat meat.
I love green smoothies but don’t like berry smoothies but kept making them - shoot me now !
But kept buying chicken - I hate chicken and mince - I hate mince …. Kept trying new recipes hating it.
I like salmon , sardines and a steak once in a while but not often
So now after watching your video I’m sticking to what I love and enjoy. Keep it simple. Thank you
My favourite quote - “ losers have goals, winners have systems “
Get your reps in! What a great analogy!! Steaming up some potatoes and roasting sweet potatoes to have in the fridge. My core meals are tacos (corn tortillas, beans, bell pepper and onion) and risotto too!
You’re so right! And once I find something I like….I want it more than once!❤
I'm just starting to make changes. I'm thankful for all of the tips. I'm in the US and I ordered some marmite from Amazon. I actually love it. I like adding it to soups and rice. It adds a rich umami flavor. Thanks for the tips.
Completely agree. I love air fried potatoes all day, everyday with cooked veggies. In summer i swap the cooked veggies for salad ……. Simplicity is best and potatoes are a great taste reset.