Episode Summary:
In this episode I dive in with Kathy Davis, CEO of VegInspired, to share her journey navigating a whole food plant-based lifestyle. How she went from being a junk food vegan having no energy to get out of their RV and explore beautiful national parks to eating more plant-based, increasing her energy, inspiration for life, and reversing pre-diabetes markers she was having.
Topics we explore:
- Junk food vegan versus a whole food plant-based lifestyle
- Traveling the United States in a RV with her husband and not having the energy or inspiration to go out and explore
- Eating with intention over perfection and still enjoying some of your favorite foods
- Common misconceptions or myths about eating whole food plant-based
- How to set up a VegInspired plate
- Learning to tune into your body’s signals to help guide you
- First places to start when you’re ready to add more plant-based foods into your diet
- Removing failure from your vocabulary as you begin trying and cooking new foods
- What if treating yourself didn’t have to be with food?
- Two best places for a veggie burger in the United States
- Saying goodbye to calorie counting, point counting, etc. with whole foods
- Low fat high carbohydrate eating to help reverse diabetes
- How to cook without using oil
- and so much more!
About Kathy Davis:
Kathy Davis is a plant-based lifestyle and mindset coach, the CEO of VegInspired, and the author of three cookbooks: The 30-Minute Whole-Food Plant-Based Cookbook, The Super Easy Plant-Based Cookbook, and The Budget-Friendly Plant-Based Diet Cookbook. Kathy empowers high-achieving professionals to eat more plants and leverage the power of food to meet their personal and professional goals.
Kathy has been eating and creating vegan meals for more than eight years. Over the past two and half years, she shifted her daily habits to follow a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. She experienced amazing results: 40-pound weight loss, renewed energy, a newfound sense of joy, and a healthier mind and body! Kathy’s brand, Veginspired, is dedicated to providing high-achieving professionals and entrepreneurs with the resources to make a similar transformation. She is eager to guide others on their journey so that they can make a more significant impact in the world.
Fun fact: Kathy and her husband, John, are living their plant-based dream while simultaneously traveling the United States in an RV with their cat. They’ve been to 27 states and 19 national parks so far, and have a goal to visit all the US national parks!
Stay connected with Kathy here:
Website: https://www.veginspired.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veginspired
VegInspired Foodies Facebook Group: https://www.veginspired.com/foodies
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/veginspired
Podcast: www.veginspired.com/podcast
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyallendavis/
Check out Kathy’s cookbooks here:
Budget-Friendly Plant-Based Diet Cookbook: https://www.veginspired.com/budget-friendly-plant-based/
Super Easy Plant-Based Cookbook: https://www.veginspired.com/super-easy-plant-based-cookbook/
30-Minute Whole-Food, Plant-Based Cookbook: https://www.veginspired.com/30-minute-wfpb/
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