My husband does eat, cheese, eggs, meat but I don’t want this. I prep his and my own every day. Week 3 feeling amazing😃😃😃 love to cook. Thank you.. love potato, beans and huge salad. Losing weight daily but it’s about health for me so monitoring my weight weekly. Getting great food ideas. Xx😄 Thank you AJ and Mellisa. Xx
Yes! Melissa represents those of us that have learned from Chef and the Dr's, and have been able to get a basic understanding of density and expanded on it to make something personal that works! I have now lost 33 pounds in 3 months and I have enjoyed it so much. Of course I have not been perfect and failed and that's part of learning. But I keep on going back to what I really love...nutritious, healthy delicious and satisfying foodage! Thank you ladies for more awesome info. Headed to Melissa's channel after this!
Yes but sparingly and spurraticly. On both the nuts and excersize lol. I have a tsp. Of peanut butter now and then with an apple. And in try to stay moving in some way every day. My energy level is no problem anymore so that's easy to do and it's helping to maintain and lose. 😁
If yall pray, please pray for me. I've been trying to lose weight for what seems like eons and this calorie density thing seems like the piece to the puzzle I've been missing. Pray church!!!
Belated happy birthday Chef AJ. I am SO GLAD you have Melissa on your show. Melissa is responsible for my journey on this diet. I have had one on one with her and she led me to you Chef AJ and many others. She is beautiful, gracious and I connect with her in so many ways. Not only do I relate to her teaching but as animal lovers too. This is one of my favourite shows. Thank you so much ...🥰🤗
I've learned about calorie density (and thought I was practicing it for years to be honest). Until I found this video. This really hits home. I've been an 100+ lbs overweight vegan for 4 years and hardly ANYTHING works but starvation to lose weight. I have been trying to "moderate' my junk vegan food and thought like Melissa everyone successful just was better at it than me. This actually feels very freeing knowing that other people just can't dabble at all In those foods. I really thought there was just something wrong with Me... I'm going to seriously rethink the way I eat after this...
How is it going? Did u go through the fat withdrawal? I was a fat vegan also until I got all the nuts, nut butters, avocados, olives, tofu, tempeh, oil, Fake meat out!
I have to make meals ahead of time. Not just individual ingredients like grains, legumes and potatoes for the week. I look in the fridge, see those things and say, hm....no idea what to do to them! So for example, I made a list of favorite meals. Soup, chili, lentil sloppy joes, refried beans for quick Mexican bowls, broccoli rice casserole, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, scalloped potatoes (with Jaroudi's amazing squash cheese sauce), some compliant desserts, Chef AJ's jam bars for breakfast! Then I make those meals at the beginning of the week! It was a light bulb moment when I realized this for my personality! Sauces and dressings really help too!
I am so happy I tuned in for this show!! Thank you, Chef AJ for introducing me to Melissa .. I can’t wait to check out her channel! You also said a couple of things that resonated .. in particular trying to live diff lifestyles but getting the results you all have achieved .. I am guilty on that one .. thank you!
This was really good! I must thank you Chef AJ for your gift of sharing your platform and your journey to help others. My favorite guest so far was Dr. Brooke Goldner. Your interview style is awesome.
Just listened today! Wow! Melissa you need to write a book/guide. Love all your suggestions and the comment about just learn to eat this way and take the focus off weight loss. Thank you Chef AJ- love your show too!
Omigosh! Melissa and I are food twins..I pretty much prep and eat everything she does.: right down to buy the big container of greens and chop it with kitchen scissors and mix it with what ever I eat, even a baked potato. I too love jasmin rice, I also love mixing beans rice, add some corn in there cilantro lime. In fact baking potatoes to have on hand right now I always make oatmeal at the beginning of the week and press into a pan for easy servings. I also make Esther Loveridge instant pot rice and beans... I follow Esthers nutritional Journey and get a lot of simple ideas from her (rice and beans) so in fact Esthers way is quite similar to Melissa as well! Thank you for the red lentil idea too Unfortunately for me, I eat all this healthy low calorie, nutritionally dense foods but potato chips sometimes make their way back in, still working on that! Also thank you Chef AJ for all the interviews you orchestrate with the most interesting people! I look forward to your vids!💞
I don't know if Chef A.J., or Melissa read the comments, but, I'm gaining a world of info. I lost a lot of weight many years ago, but, the last few years I've put some back on. This will help me a lot
Great tips! I can totally relate to overindulgence! I just literally can't have certain foods in my diet at all! I am Whole Foods Plant Based and a Vegan. I absolutely love her !!! What a great interview! Thanks Chef AJ! U r awesome!! Such a huge hope for so many!!
I have to tell you both how much this video inspired me. I hate salads too, Melissa. I’d recently plateaued after doing a potato fast and IF ala Penn Jillette’s/Ray Cronise. I’ve been ok during the week because I’m on my feet all day at work, but at home on the weekends, I’ve been eating junk. (dropped 40, but soon gave back 10) I’ve seriously been contemplating moving more towards Dr Fuhrman’s plan, but it looks like so much salad. Bleach! I knew about AJs loss from eating several lbs of greens, and recently discovered Melissa putting a fistful of greens in whatever she can. Yesterday, I did just that. Smoothie with a ton of greens, burrito bowl with greens and my fave commercial salsa (mango & habanero), and steamed broccoli. The thing about eating lots of greens, for me, is it makes me urinate… a lot! Woke up this morning down 2.8 lbs!! Water loss or fat loss, I don’t care. Feeling AMAZING! And can’t wait to find new and fun ways to make this work! Thanks to both of you!
I already shined up with you Melissa. And you AJ you both are my new hero. I need all the help you can give me. AJ I just bought you’re book .I should be getting it Tuesday .I can’t wait. The ultimate weight loss book.
Listen to Chef Aj and Melissa is like hearing sister from another mister..Love the talk... J am a chef by trade and after going plant based j am down 120 pounds..And j eat super simply..
One of my coworkers went keto last year. She's severely overweight and has diabetes. She lost a little bit, but is stuck again, and now is trying to eat keto on only 1,200 calories a day. She's afraid of carbs and starving herself. I feel bad for her and people like her who have been lied to and are suffering to lose weight.
I know , u can't tell these keto mongers anything! They keep telling me eating starch turns to sugar in the body! LMAO .The sad thing is nobody lasts on a beef & broccoli diet. Lol
Thank you both I/we are trying to do this, but with my husband(and he said he wants to do this with me to get healthy, and lose weight) But the problem i'm having is finding things (foods) that I can make and send with him for lunch (11 hour days) that will fill him up, but also he will enjoy and not get board with? Any and all help would be great Oh and in mid 50's and have been doing Vegan, but as you said "junk vegan" (peanut butter, vegan meats and cheeses and also vegan frozen dinners) Sorry, but I guess in the start it was a way to get away from real meats and dairy's But now I want to move on in the right way
When I sauté with water or broth, the food often sticks to the pan. Do you recommend a certain type of pan? Stainless steel, ceramic, marble.. to make it less likely to stick? Any other advice to make food not stick to pan?
The secret is to keep moving the food don’t let it sit there because you are not using oil it will stick and burn 😅I am new at this type of cooking as well 😆 it work for me hope it does for you as well 🙋🏻♀️
And so true how moderation probably won’t work for the 2/3 of the overweight population, who all probably prefer large portions. The key is to make low-calorie versions of favorite foods... If only more restaurants would use airfryers (especially for fast-food places) and cooked with less or no oil, and offer lighter foods (maybe not include all the layers bacon, cheese, and aioli on a sandwich, but only one and offer other other toppings as additions), or they could offer low-fat aioli and other fat-free replacements (ie. Bbq sauce) I almost always have to make modifications since most restaurants make too many layers of fat!
I was on the doing keto for 5 year’s.my wife and family kept telling me that diet wasn’t healthy. I didn’t listen. Until I got tired seeing my belly fat from eating all that high fat.I just started my new journey on the plant based this mouth. Yes I gave up the keto and went right into vegan. My wife doesn’t think I should give up everything.she thinks I should still eat chicken or my eggs.and salmon. I said maybe one egg. What do you think I should do?
Great that you're off keto, however, If you're eating chicken, eggs and salmon, you're not going vegan. Read my book or watch my RUclipss on the best way to eat for weight loss and health.
@@CHEFAJ I have a question for you then. I lost more belly fat plus we I started my journey on plant based this month. My wife thinks I’m losing too much weight. That’s why she thinks o should eat chicken or salmon.I told her I just can’t.I’m on the vegan train.what do you think??
It is ideal. I echo the recommendation to refer to masteringdiabetes.org. also check lectures by Dr. Neal Barnard and their ongoing peer-reviewed published research.
can you eat this way doing low carb veggies and fruits etc I don't have a pancreas and im diabetic some veggies and fruits and beans make my bloods heigh
@@WholePlantChef losing my pancreas gave me diabetes not high fat I was a vegetarian for 35 years ate healthy but higher carbs vegetables and fruits take my bloods up high
@@dollyrocker40 I think that means you have type I diabetes, sorry. I do not know much about it but you can look in Dr. Cyrus Khambatta. He follows a wfpb diet and he has Type I diabetes. www.forksoverknives.com/contributors/cyrus-khambatta/
@@WholePlantChef Check out mastering diabetes. Robbie and Cyrus are both type 1 and promote this way of eating. I have a relative without a pancreas and know the challenges. Good luck!
What kind of fat ? I would think you could include healthy fats such as nuts, seeds and avocado in small amounts. Best to consult with a plant based OBGYN.
@@CHEFAJ thank you chef AJ . For letting me know about that I shouldn’t be eating eggs at all in my plant based w and lifestyle .I just started this month. And I bought you’re book
It confuses me with this maximum weight loss thing as Dr. McDougall has said he wishes he never wrote the book, and also being a male I don't see hardly any males doing it or making videos about it.
Omg I relate to the moderation and portion control thing 😂 kills me when I see other ppl taking a few, slow bites. Like I could never. Thankfully, it’s true you can make lighter versions of pretty much anything - even poutine! The local plant-based restaurant bakes no-oil potato fries and tops it with light mushroom gravy, and the plant-based cheese is the only heavy thing. (Yet even cheese can be made light and plant based - white beans, anyone?)
That's true Chef AJ, because everyone I have personally told about the calorie density way of eating the first thing they say is omg, I'm not eating that much starch you have to cut down not eat more. So now I say nothing unless someone ask about it.
I agree after 60 days is when I started to see and feel the changes, not huge weight loss, but lots of energy!! I have been a food prepper for years having super busy kids, they need to eat well. I just do it low fat now!!
I feel like I hear different things about being able to gain weight eating potatoes or rice. For example, another WFPB person I follow on RUclips said they had to just eat plain boiled potatoes, because if they added something that made them taste better (not like a fatty sauce, but for example just a little salt, or potato chez sauce made of potatoes, carrots, beans and nutritional yeast) they would end up over eating potatoes and gain weight. I heard you talk about how you can't gain weight eating foods under 600 cal/lb. Is that true if you're making those foods taste extra good with salt, a favorite vinegar, or potato cheez sauce, or something that makes you eat way more than you might without that in top (and therefore sort of miss your natural hunger cues)?
Sorry this reply is so late, but from what i've learned from Dr. McDougall its the salt that make us feel not as satisfied and keep eating. Salt won't cause fat gain, but it will cause water weight gain. So limiting salt a bit, you might get full and not feel the need to keep eating as much. Other seasonings, vinegar, shouldn't do this though. Hence why processed/fast foods are loaded with salt. So people will keep eating them, in turn making them more money. Hope this helped.
If u are still craving cheese sauce, that tells me u never completed the fat withdrawal. One u do a 21 day withdrawal, u won't crave fake cheese, fat & grease anymore
I agree. Harder to have strong cravings when you're fully satisfied with real food. Those are the two areas where I slip up is when I don't prep enough food and don't eat enough overall.
What I don't get (and have mentioned this on other videos people have posted) is that our bodies are not stupid. If you are only eating a meal of 300 calories that is bulky, your body will know you ate a low calorie meal and make you starving soon after. You can't trick it into thinking that it ate more calories than it actually ate. I have personally experienced this when I've eaten very low fat. Water and fiber doesn't cut it for me.
This way of eating works for me. I find potatoes/sweet potato keeps me full with my salad or veges and legumes. Potatoes have a high satiety index. I'm not as strict as Chef AJ - I love avacado and eat nuts now and than. When I eat at friends homes/get togethers I accept the food may have some oil or sugar in it, the food isn't going to be like what I make at home/prepare myself. So I give myself that flexibility.
I think you have to add more starches - I’ve tried sticking to mostly veg and ran into the same issues as you, which would result in binging. Now I’ve upped the starches I’m a lot more satisfied; I believe Jeff Novick speaks about this in his video about calorie density
@Peter Rabbit I Do eat all types of legumes and beans as I follow the starch solution as well as lots of greens. I'm just trying to troubleshoot to find out how to make this work for me. I'm not a man what works for my husband does not always work for me. If you are someone with a preexisting health condition eating to much lentils and beans can make you I'll especially if you suffer with kidney problems.
Chef AJ is amazing, so are the doctors and RUclipsrs she supports, but the only thing that most of them get wrong is their demonisation of omega 3 oils. A tablespoon of chia seeds is NOT the same as a tablespoon of peanut putter. Our bodies DO need omega 3s. They're incredibly healing, and it's a myth that they make you put on weight. I've lost 30 KGs following Brooke Goldner's step down program, a person who chef AJ has had on her show. I've included up to 6 tablespoons of flax oil OR 1/2 cup of chia seeds or flax seeds per day, as per Dr Goldner's recommendations for rapid healing. I just wish more people understood that chia and flax seeds, and flax oil are actually very healing, important for nervous system and brain health, and HELP you lose weight, NOT put it on. Watch Dt Goldner's videos on RUclips and do the research. X
It's 1am and there you are on America Says!!!!!! Yay! with Caleb, Caesar, and Kurt. I think I'll stay up a bit longer and watch the rest of this. Your team is Cooking Club. What a nice surprise! I enjoyed your show today with Melissa, and especially enjoyed your birthday show with the McDougalls, Happy birthday, again. I'm amazed at your energy and dedication to producing these broadcasts. Your energy must come from all that kale and potatoes.
I love Dr. McDougall and his wife and their recipes although he’s looking way too skinny and so is his wife. A bit anorexic looking to me. His head looks too big for his body now because he’s so thin. This was a great show! Thanks for the information.
Thank you so much for encouraging people to eat well and not focus on the weight! Chef AJ I am learning so much from watching your videos and I'm excited to watch Melissa's videos now too. I was Paleo for a while and love how much weight I lost but became disturbed by the amount of meat I was eating. I'm still learning how to set myself up for success as a busy mom and the only PBWF member of the household. Watching these videos continues to motivate me to take care of myself and lean into this eating style.
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She is responsible for turning me onto this lifestyle- I've lost more than 15 pounds so far - thank you Melissa!
Wow! This is amazing, Patti. So happy to hear this. ♥
Melissa is such a gift! Thank you Chef AJ for interviewing her! She is my coach! Much love! 🤗💛
Thank you, Reggi! ♥
How much does it cost for a coaching session?
Wow she’s really well spoken and professional. She’s a natural and one of the best presented “you tubers” you’ve had on
Thank you! :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love how tubers support each other with such kindness! AJ, Melissa you are making ladders in lieu of soap boxes! Thank you.
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I’m a huge fan of Melissa’s. She gets it!
Thank you so much, Annabelle! ♥
My husband does eat, cheese, eggs, meat but I don’t want this. I prep his and my own every day. Week 3 feeling amazing😃😃😃 love to cook. Thank you.. love potato, beans and huge salad. Losing weight daily but it’s about health for me so monitoring my weight weekly. Getting great food ideas. Xx😄 Thank you AJ and Mellisa. Xx
Love Melissa. I recommend her to everyone and several of my friends have lost weight bc of her. Plus most importantly, they are never hungry!!’
Yes! Melissa represents those of us that have learned from Chef and the Dr's, and have been able to get a basic understanding of density and expanded on it to make something personal that works! I have now lost 33 pounds in 3 months and I have enjoyed it so much. Of course I have not been perfect and failed and that's part of learning. But I keep on going back to what I really love...nutritious, healthy delicious and satisfying foodage! Thank you ladies for more awesome info. Headed to Melissa's channel after this!
Yes but sparingly and spurraticly. On both the nuts and excersize lol. I have a tsp. Of peanut butter now and then with an apple. And in try to stay moving in some way every day. My energy level is no problem anymore so that's easy to do and it's helping to maintain and lose. 😁
@@babycakes8434 if you are trying to lose stay away from the nuts as much as you can.
Thanks for having Melissa on your show!! She is amazing
Aww... thanks! ♥
If yall pray, please pray for me. I've been trying to lose weight for what seems like eons and this calorie density thing seems like the piece to the puzzle I've been missing. Pray church!!!
We'll pray. Now go do.
@@almasalazar8318 I'll take it!! Thank you ma'am!
Say a little prayer for me too. 🙏
I will pray that we all make healthy food choices. Thank you Lord we love you!!
Belated happy birthday Chef AJ. I am SO GLAD you have Melissa on your show. Melissa is responsible for my journey on this diet. I have had one on one with her and she led me to you Chef AJ and many others. She is beautiful, gracious and I connect with her in so many ways. Not only do I relate to her teaching but as animal lovers too. This is one of my favourite shows. Thank you so much ...🥰🤗
So happy that you found Melissa, her RUclips channel is one of my faves, just like yours!
Thank you! :) ♥
I've learned about calorie density (and thought I was practicing it for years to be honest). Until I found this video. This really hits home. I've been an 100+ lbs overweight vegan for 4 years and hardly ANYTHING works but starvation to lose weight.
I have been trying to "moderate' my junk vegan food and thought like Melissa everyone successful just was better at it than me.
This actually feels very freeing knowing that other people just can't dabble at all In those foods. I really thought there was just something wrong with Me...
I'm going to seriously rethink the way I eat after this...
Fantastic!
How is it going? Did u go through the fat withdrawal? I was a fat vegan also until I got all the nuts, nut butters, avocados, olives, tofu, tempeh, oil, Fake meat out!
I have to make meals ahead of time. Not just individual ingredients like grains, legumes and potatoes for the week. I look in the fridge, see those things and say, hm....no idea what to do to them! So for example, I made a list of favorite meals. Soup, chili, lentil sloppy joes, refried beans for quick Mexican bowls, broccoli rice casserole, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, scalloped potatoes (with Jaroudi's amazing squash cheese sauce), some compliant desserts, Chef AJ's jam bars for breakfast! Then I make those meals at the beginning of the week! It was a light bulb moment when I realized this for my personality! Sauces and dressings really help too!
What a lovely guest :) always nice seeing people who "get" it! Calorie density is such an important concept :)
Thankyou for having Melissa on. She is such a great influencer.
Thank you, Kay! ♥
I am so happy I tuned in for this show!! Thank you, Chef AJ for introducing me to Melissa .. I can’t wait to check out her channel! You also said a couple of things that resonated .. in particular trying to live diff lifestyles but getting the results you all have achieved .. I am guilty on that one .. thank you!
This was really good! I must thank you Chef AJ for your gift of sharing your platform and your journey to help others. My favorite guest so far was Dr. Brooke Goldner. Your interview style is awesome.
I appreciate that!
This interview was very relatable and I am not even trying to lose weight.
Just listened today! Wow! Melissa you need to write a book/guide. Love all your suggestions and the comment about just learn to eat this way and take the focus off weight loss. Thank you Chef AJ- love your show too!
I told Melissa that I think that she looks like “ Snow White “ - beautiful !
Thank you! ♥
she really does
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She’s so beautiful & glowing from inside out love her Chanel & love you AJ watching most of yours🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say. ♥
Omigosh! Melissa and I are food twins..I pretty much prep and eat everything she does.: right down to buy the big container of greens and chop it with kitchen scissors and mix it with what ever I eat, even a baked potato.
I too love jasmin rice, I also love mixing beans rice, add some corn in there cilantro lime. In fact baking potatoes to have on hand right now I always make oatmeal at the beginning of the week and press into a pan for easy servings.
I also make Esther Loveridge instant pot rice and beans... I follow Esthers nutritional Journey and get a lot of simple ideas from her (rice and beans) so in fact Esthers way is quite similar to Melissa as well! Thank you for the red lentil idea too
Unfortunately for me, I eat all this healthy low calorie, nutritionally dense foods but potato chips sometimes make their way back in, still working on that!
Also thank you Chef AJ for all the interviews you orchestrate with the most interesting people! I look forward to your vids!💞
Great work Melissa and Chef AJ! These messages are so important to share!
Yes! Thank you!
Thank you Chef AJ for doing these guest shows ! Great stuff !
Love this interview! Melissa is my girl! She’s the best!
Thank you so much, Stacy! ♥
Love this! Thanks Chef AJ and Melissa 🥰
I’ve recently started eating vegetables for breakfast and love it!
I don't know if Chef A.J., or Melissa read the comments, but, I'm gaining a world of info. I lost a lot of weight many years ago, but, the last few years I've put some back on. This will help me a lot
Fantastic!
Great tips! I can totally relate to overindulgence! I just literally can't have certain foods in my diet at all! I am Whole Foods Plant Based and a Vegan. I absolutely love her !!! What a great interview! Thanks Chef AJ! U r awesome!! Such a huge hope for so many!!
What an amazing interview. I am going to look up Melissa! Thank you for sharing her knowledge with us!
I have to tell you both how much this video inspired me.
I hate salads too, Melissa.
I’d recently plateaued after doing a potato fast and IF ala Penn Jillette’s/Ray Cronise. I’ve been ok during the week because I’m on my feet all day at work, but at home on the weekends, I’ve been eating junk. (dropped 40, but soon gave back 10)
I’ve seriously been contemplating moving more towards Dr Fuhrman’s plan, but it looks like so much salad.
Bleach!
I knew about AJs loss from eating several lbs of greens, and recently discovered Melissa putting a fistful of greens in whatever she can.
Yesterday, I did just that.
Smoothie with a ton of greens, burrito bowl with greens and my fave commercial salsa (mango & habanero), and steamed broccoli.
The thing about eating lots of greens, for me, is it makes me urinate… a lot!
Woke up this morning down 2.8 lbs!!
Water loss or fat loss, I don’t care.
Feeling AMAZING! And can’t wait to find new and fun ways to make this work!
Thanks to both of you!
I already shined up with you Melissa. And you AJ you both are my new hero. I need all the help you can give me. AJ I just bought you’re book .I should be getting it Tuesday .I can’t wait. The ultimate weight loss book.
This was a really good video! Loved it! Melissa seems really lovely!
Thank you, Kourtney! ♥
This one of tye best chef aj interviews
Chef AJ you are amazing with your choice of guests. Melissa makes meals so simple and practical. thank you.
💗Love Melissa!!!! Always helpful & inspiring!!!!💗 Hope Chef AJ had a great bday!
Thanks for the interview! Could be your daughter. A mini version of you! Thank you.
Dr. McDougall has said that he regrets writing the MWL book because it was written as a result of pressure from the publisher for a diet book.
Why is that?
Such a wonderful interview! Thank you.
I love this way of eating and I ‘m ready! Thanks guys! I ‘be been plant based for about 12 years but want to lose more weight.
Awesome guest! I watch her a lot!
Aj and Melissa are the best!
If you live with someone who isn't whole food plant based it is a bit more challenging. I deal with it everyday.
Same here 😊 don’t give up
She is adorable! I love her channel. She has motivated me immensely 👍
Listen to Chef Aj and Melissa is like hearing sister from another mister..Love the talk...
J am a chef by trade and after going plant based j am down 120 pounds..And j eat super simply..
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Wow, thank you!
Winco is the bomb, fav grocery ever
Love Melissa! So glad to see her on here. 😃
One of my coworkers went keto last year. She's severely overweight and has diabetes. She lost a little bit, but is stuck again, and now is trying to eat keto on only 1,200 calories a day. She's afraid of carbs and starving herself. I feel bad for her and people like her who have been lied to and are suffering to lose weight.
I know , u can't tell these keto mongers anything! They keep telling me eating starch turns to sugar in the body! LMAO
.The sad thing is nobody lasts on a beef & broccoli diet. Lol
Thank you both I/we are trying to do this, but with my husband(and he said he wants to do this with me to get healthy, and lose weight) But the problem i'm having is finding things (foods) that I can make and send with him for lunch (11 hour days) that will fill him up, but also he will enjoy and not get board with? Any and all help would be great Oh and in mid 50's and have been doing Vegan, but as you said "junk vegan" (peanut butter, vegan meats and cheeses and also vegan frozen dinners) Sorry, but I guess in the start it was a way to get away from real meats and dairy's But now I want to move on in the right way
Happy Birthday AJ! Today is my birthday 🥳
Aries Ladies unite! 💗♈️ ♈️ 💗
Happy birthday!! Yay Aries ladies
Happy Belated Birthday ! 🌹🌹
Winco for the win!
What if your diabetic, hard to add in grains, rice, potatoes..... k food style for people in perfect health.
I LOVE Melissa!!!
AJ, is air frying potatoes ok for weight loss? Don't they lose more water content cooking them that way?
Do you use a food processor or a blender? I use a two blade food processor.
are peanuts also bad? knowing that they fall under legumes
It's not a matter of bad or good, peanuts are a high fat legume and not good for weight loss, so it depends on what your goals are.
Is there an oil taste replacement? What do you put on popcorn? Don't want to make it more dry like adding nutritional yeast
Not that I know of
@@CHEFAJ thank you. Loventpur interviews. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences plus the great interviews. Blessings.
When I sauté with water or broth, the food often sticks to the pan. Do you recommend a certain type of pan? Stainless steel, ceramic, marble.. to make it less likely to stick? Any other advice to make food not stick to pan?
The secret is to keep moving the food don’t let it sit there because you are not using oil it will stick and burn 😅I am new at this type of cooking as well 😆 it work for me hope it does for you as well 🙋🏻♀️
I was on that high fat diet with keto.
Can I lose weight even I don't start my meals with a salad? Or greens? I like to eat soups with veggie and starches also fruit
And so true how moderation probably won’t work for the 2/3 of the overweight population, who all
probably prefer large portions. The key is to make low-calorie versions of favorite foods...
If only more restaurants would use airfryers (especially for fast-food places) and cooked with less or no oil, and offer lighter foods (maybe not include all the layers bacon, cheese, and aioli on a sandwich, but only one and offer other other toppings as additions), or they could offer low-fat aioli and other fat-free replacements (ie. Bbq sauce) I almost always have to make modifications since most restaurants make too many layers of fat!
I was on the doing keto for 5 year’s.my wife and family kept telling me that diet wasn’t healthy. I didn’t listen. Until I got tired seeing my belly fat from eating all that high fat.I just started my new journey on the plant based this mouth. Yes I gave up the keto and went right into vegan. My wife doesn’t think I should give up everything.she thinks I should still eat chicken or my eggs.and salmon. I said maybe one egg. What do you think I should do?
Great that you're off keto, however, If you're eating chicken, eggs and salmon, you're not going vegan. Read my book or watch my RUclipss on the best way to eat for weight loss and health.
@@CHEFAJ I have a question for you then. I lost more belly fat plus we I started my journey on plant based this month. My wife thinks I’m losing too much weight. That’s why she thinks o should eat chicken or salmon.I told her I just can’t.I’m on the vegan train.what do you think??
This was 👍 great. :)
I noticed I’ve been eating more fruit like blueberries and blackberries.
Is this safe for someone who is diabetic?
It is ideal. I echo the recommendation to refer to masteringdiabetes.org. also check lectures by Dr. Neal Barnard and their ongoing peer-reviewed published research.
can you eat this way doing low carb veggies and fruits etc I don't have a pancreas and im diabetic some veggies and fruits and beans make my bloods heigh
Diabetes is caused by eating too much fat, a high carb, whole starch diet is what reverses diabetes. Check out Neal Barnard Reversing Diabetes
@@WholePlantChef losing my pancreas gave me diabetes not high fat I was a vegetarian for 35 years ate healthy but higher carbs vegetables and fruits take my bloods up high
@@dollyrocker40 I think that means you have type I diabetes, sorry. I do not know much about it but you can look in Dr. Cyrus Khambatta. He follows a wfpb diet and he has Type I diabetes. www.forksoverknives.com/contributors/cyrus-khambatta/
@@WholePlantChef Check out mastering diabetes. Robbie and Cyrus are both type 1 and promote this way of eating. I have a relative without a pancreas and know the challenges. Good luck!
@@WholePlantChef yes type 1 thank you I will read some more information. 😊💜
Great video. I’m trying to lose the last 15-20 lbs. I am breastfeeding so was wondering if reducing my fat intake would reduce my supply.
What kind of fat ? I would think you could include healthy fats such as nuts, seeds and avocado in small amounts. Best to consult with a plant based OBGYN.
@@CHEFAJ thanks chef AJ I’ll do that.
My wife won’t don’t this plant based with me.I’m trying to get her on board with me.
Your results will be the best example
@@CHEFAJ since I started my journey with plant based this month.I probably lost 6 pounds and my belly fat hat gone away so fast.
Is it ok if I eat one egg a day? With my avocado.
I don't advocate eating eggs at all
@@CHEFAJ thank you chef AJ . For letting me know about that I shouldn’t be eating eggs at all in my plant based w and lifestyle .I just started this month. And I bought you’re book
It confuses me with this maximum weight loss thing as Dr. McDougall has said he wishes he never wrote the book, and also being a male I don't see hardly any males doing it or making videos about it.
Omg I relate to the moderation and portion control thing 😂 kills me when I see other ppl taking a few, slow bites. Like I could never.
Thankfully, it’s true you can make lighter versions of pretty much anything - even poutine! The local plant-based restaurant bakes no-oil potato fries and tops it with light mushroom gravy, and the plant-based cheese is the only heavy thing. (Yet even cheese can be made light and plant based - white beans, anyone?)
You are both my favorite! You are passionate, explain everything well and in detail!
Calorie density 4 ever 😉
Thank you so much!
That's true Chef AJ, because everyone I have personally told about the calorie density way of eating the first thing they say is omg, I'm not eating that much starch you have to cut down not eat more. So now I say nothing unless someone ask about it.
Good plan!
I agree after 60 days is when I started to see and feel the changes, not huge weight loss, but lots of energy!!
I have been a food prepper for years having super busy kids, they need to eat well. I just do it low fat now!!
Fantastic! Yes, food prepping makes life so much easier.
I feel like I hear different things about being able to gain weight eating potatoes or rice. For example, another WFPB person I follow on RUclips said they had to just eat plain boiled potatoes, because if they added something that made them taste better (not like a fatty sauce, but for example just a little salt, or potato chez sauce made of potatoes, carrots, beans and nutritional yeast) they would end up over eating potatoes and gain weight. I heard you talk about how you can't gain weight eating foods under 600 cal/lb. Is that true if you're making those foods taste extra good with salt, a favorite vinegar, or potato cheez sauce, or something that makes you eat way more than you might without that in top (and therefore sort of miss your natural hunger cues)?
Sorry this reply is so late, but from what i've learned from Dr. McDougall its the salt that make us feel not as satisfied and keep eating. Salt won't cause fat gain, but it will cause water weight gain. So limiting salt a bit, you might get full and not feel the need to keep eating as much. Other seasonings, vinegar, shouldn't do this though. Hence why processed/fast foods are loaded with salt. So people will keep eating them, in turn making them more money. Hope this helped.
If u are still craving cheese sauce, that tells me u never completed the fat withdrawal. One u do a 21 day withdrawal, u won't crave fake cheese, fat & grease anymore
Melissa!!! I love her!!! 🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, Jennifer! ♥
My two favorite girls!!!
Yay! thank you ♥
Peanut butter and wine my downfall 🙄 definitely going to try the 3 months of this and see what happens! 😃 Thanks you guys! 💜
U must go through the fat withdrawal in order to succeed long term!
Two beautiful strong women! Thank you Chef AJ for introducing us to Melissa!
You bet!
Your right ✅️. Let's be honest, even if it hurts. There is no moderation. You can't just have a little crack.
She is a lovely young woman and I am happy you are introducing us to her. Thanks AJ and happy birthday 🎁. You deserve all life has to offer!
Wow so happy you're on Chef AJ's show Melissa, as I know you love her 😊 This is awesome 💛
I think we should eat even more of the good foods to stay super full while we get through our food addiction withdrawals.
I agree. Harder to have strong cravings when you're fully satisfied with real food. Those are the two areas where I slip up is when I don't prep enough food and don't eat enough overall.
Fat withdrawal!
So many people are addicted to fat & grease!
Melissa, do you eat ketchup? Not the kind with high fructose corn syrup, of course.
She is so thoughtful! Thanks for including her Chef AJ!
Thank you, Diane! :)
What I don't get (and have mentioned this on other videos people have posted) is that our bodies are not stupid. If you are only eating a meal of 300 calories that is bulky, your body will know you ate a low calorie meal and make you starving soon after. You can't trick it into thinking that it ate more calories than it actually ate. I have personally experienced this when I've eaten very low fat. Water and fiber doesn't cut it for me.
This way of eating works for me. I find potatoes/sweet potato keeps me full with my salad or veges and legumes.
Potatoes have a high satiety index.
I'm not as strict as Chef AJ - I love avacado and eat nuts now and than. When I eat at friends homes/get togethers I accept the food may have some oil or sugar in it, the food isn't going to be like what I make at home/prepare myself. So I give myself that flexibility.
I think you have to add more starches - I’ve tried sticking to mostly veg and ran into the same issues as you, which would result in binging. Now I’ve upped the starches I’m a lot more satisfied; I believe Jeff Novick speaks about this in his video about calorie density
I do eat till I'm satisfied but I'm hungry again 2 hours later.😦
Same here
@Peter Rabbit I Do eat all types of legumes and beans as I follow the starch solution as well as lots of greens. I'm just trying to troubleshoot to find out how to make this work for me. I'm not a man what works for my husband does not always work for me. If you are someone with a preexisting health condition eating to much lentils and beans can make you I'll especially if you suffer with kidney problems.
Chef AJ is amazing, so are the doctors and RUclipsrs she supports, but the only thing that most of them get wrong is their demonisation of omega 3 oils. A tablespoon of chia seeds is NOT the same as a tablespoon of peanut putter. Our bodies DO need omega 3s. They're incredibly healing, and it's a myth that they make you put on weight. I've lost 30 KGs following Brooke Goldner's step down program, a person who chef AJ has had on her show. I've included up to 6 tablespoons of flax oil OR 1/2 cup of chia seeds or flax seeds per day, as per Dr Goldner's recommendations for rapid healing.
I just wish more people understood that chia and flax seeds, and flax oil are actually very healing, important for nervous system and brain health, and HELP you lose weight, NOT put it on. Watch Dt Goldner's videos on RUclips and do the research. X
It's 1am and there you are on America Says!!!!!! Yay! with Caleb, Caesar, and Kurt. I think I'll stay up a bit longer and watch the rest of this. Your team is Cooking Club. What a nice surprise! I enjoyed your show today with Melissa, and especially enjoyed your birthday show with the McDougalls, Happy birthday, again. I'm amazed at your energy and dedication to producing these broadcasts. Your energy must come from all that kale and potatoes.
Thanks so much!
Chef AJ did you say you’re 61??? You look absolutely amazing!! I had to play that back!
Loved loved loved this video! Love her videos. Great interview! 🙌🏼👏🏽👏🏽
I love Dr. McDougall and his wife and their recipes although he’s looking way too skinny and so is his wife. A bit anorexic looking to me. His head looks too big for his body now because he’s so thin. This was a great show! Thanks for the information.
I really love Melissa she is an incredible girl❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for encouraging people to eat well and not focus on the weight! Chef AJ I am learning so much from watching your videos and I'm excited to watch Melissa's videos now too. I was Paleo for a while and love how much weight I lost but became disturbed by the amount of meat I was eating. I'm still learning how to set myself up for success as a busy mom and the only PBWF member of the household. Watching these videos continues to motivate me to take care of myself and lean into this eating style.
Yea! I wanted her on so badly! Lol
Love Melissa's videos and yours too AJ! 🥰
👏Thanks for having her on. Very informative! 👌
What do you do when you go on holiday ? Any tips, seems impossible to me to continue low calorie density 😭
Yay for smart women!! Thank you chef for introducing such a smart lady!