Losing weight is tough when you’re used to eating addictive foods like sugar and added fats. You have to rework your regular diet to make any noticeable progress.
One of the off putting things about dieting is hunger. Fruits and vegetables are highest in nutrients and lowest in caloric value.
The keys to ultimate weight loss include:
- Commitment. Stick to your plan.
- Compliance. Follow the guidelines you set for your weight loss.
- Consistency. Take the correct actions every day.
- Cooking. Prepare your own nutritious and filling meals.
- Change. It must be more painful to remain the same than to put in the work to lose weight.
- Community. Connect with people who support your choices and live healthy lives.
- Compassion. Don’t beat yourself up as you work on yourself.
Start small. Add more fruits and vegetables to your diet. Walk a few more minutes every day. It adds up and can inspire you to make bigger changes.
Listen as Chef AJ joins Dr. Pamela Peeke to share secrets for successful weight loss.
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Chef AJ
Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. She is the host of the television series
Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV.
With her comedy background, she has made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.
Based in Los Angeles, Chef AJ teaches a monthly sold-out seminar featuring cooking instruction, nutritional science and song parodies, all delivered with comedic panache. Never content to leave her audience with mere “just do it” advice, she teaches how to create meals to transform their health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve the health and the body that they deserve.
Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar, oil, salt and gluten free desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit and nothing but the whole fruit.
Chef AJ is also creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian, and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
