Kathy Freston Quotes - Page 2

You get tons of phytonutrients and antioxidants from plant-based foods, very little saturated fat, and you avoid cholesterol entirely!

You can do something as simple as drinking two cups of water before a meal to fill your belly a bit so that you don't overeat, or change up your cheese from dairy to nondairy.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When you feed yourself what your body needs when it needs it, that's love. So give your bod some TLC and sit down and enjoy a good, substantial breakfast.

We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that's good for weight watching, but the truth is chicken might actually be making us fatter!

For many of us, it's too difficult to jump in to vegan full on because it's just so different than the way we grew up eating. But if we take small steps - like replacing cow's milk with almond or soy milk, or using veggie sausage instead of sausage made from animals - we can keep enjoying the things we grew up loving, just better versions of them.

Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for hard-and-fast rules or white-knuckle determination. Keep leaning forward into the positive changes you are making, and then apply that same gentleness to your family and community.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.

Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.

I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.

I was weaned on chicken-fried steak and hominy grits with goopy gravy all over. I loved meat and wore fur.

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline.

Personally, I enjoy a bowl of brown rice for breakfast most of the time.

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.

And check this out: If every American had one meat-free day per week, it would be the same as taking eight million cars off American roads in a year.