I love Anna, and her workouts! They’re definitely killer haha, I love that she doesn’t promote the whole “get abs in 2 weeks” or “burn 1k calories with this workout!“
When she did the body check videos. She didn’t realize initially that it was harmful to others with ED’s of all sorts. She also realized it was harmful to her mental health. So she doesn’t do that anymore. But she encourages people to keep moving and not feel bad about their bodies because our weights and appearance changes daily if not multiple times through the day
It's all how people are interpreting it. Like OMG, what is the difference between feeling proud of yourself or motivating yourself and looking in the mirror between a "body check."
Am I the only one who talks to herself when she's cooking the way Abbey does? "So here I have some healthy fats in my avocado, some fiber in my broccoli and beans, and some color and texture with my pepper and carrots. All in all, a flavorful, balanced meal - and balance is what we're going for."
I'm personally talking to my cats 😂... or sometimes the flavor/food making as "rice is PERRRRFECT" or "oops, dropped to much pepper in there... sh*t sh*t sh*t" ahah
Straight up one of the best videos I've seen from you, referencing how dieting/eating extremely healthy can literally dominate your outlook and how that is dysfunctional. Thank you for spreading the good word. I have recently started adding ghee or grass-fed butter and some pink salt to my al-dente steamed veggies and it has made a massive difference in my satiation and mental outlook.I realized prior to having healthy fat with my meals, I was constantly under eating and therefore obsessed with eating, even though it was always healthy. Cheers
I rarely do yt workouts anymore because I'm lifting weights in the gym but Anna is a great person with a healthy mindset. Considering she made it out of an ED herself it's even more impressive
I would love to see a video from you about full fat vs low fat vs non fat dairy products! I feel like there is a lot of controversy going around that subject, expecially what it comes to the saturated fats that the dairy might include.
I love Annas Workouts, don’t use her recipes since I‘m vegan, but I also love her not so toxic titles and that she’s not sixpack-shredded pretending to be super healthy🙋🏼♀️Don‘t like the occasional bodychecks though🥴 She also promotes the right weightloss free reasons to workout😌 But Abbey, could you do a video on Dr. Gregers nutrition facts? An eye-to-eye discussion would be pro level, maybe one day, but I find his content pretty legit and would like your opinion on it…🥰✨
Your videos together with Anna's are the only ones I can really stand on TikTok and that don't make me feel bad after watching them. So I'm happy you approved her
For the side by side comparison and her talking about not working out for aesthetics, she used to have an eating disorder, she didn’t eat almost at all, and she was very skinny and lost her period, so she started eating more and changed her priority from weight loss to being healthy, she wanted to get stronger healthier, happier, so she went from skinny and having an eating disorder to fit and happy
I loooove her workouts. Unfortunately I don't have the time to try replicating her food shorts on YT but I appreciate that she also shows that she loves eating out as well and having fun.
I love your last point on that "body" check. As it goes for so many topics on social media. I'm currently taking a break, as I noticed my looks have such an impact on my performance in reels & tiktoks, even if they aren't supposed to be makeup related. I find that heavily irritating, because that's not who I wanna be, but I catch myself subconsciously taking that into consideration. Seriously, it's a struggle. And I'm mostly posting hair content😅
Love the video! I like Ana’s diet and her mindset. Personally, I prefer low-fat yogurt, it has more protein and less calories. I like to add my own sources of healthy fat, like stir in some peanut butter or flaxseed oil or serve it with nuts and seeds. A fun video idea I have: Why not look at some diets from the past? Like what’s the typical diet of the 50s, 60s, …? And what kind of fat loss diets or claims around certain foods were there? Also, it would be cool to see a video about historical figures diets, some women in the past followed really strange diets to stay lean or “detox”.
I'd love to see those kinds of, "history of diet culture," videos too! You can see how they change as the beauty standards change, like the weight gaining diets from the 40s and 50s. There were pills to increase appetite and everything that I remember from a class I took over a decade ago. They'd be really fun to watch!
this video is a dream come true! my favorite nutrition expert reviewing my favorite fitness trainer! I loved this so much! thank you Abbey! this made my day! 😘
I feel like this video was pretty biased. I just saw a tiktok from this girl (the one with the sunset walk which was a full day of eating) and it def did not seem like she ate enough in it. There were also a lot of comments about how it wasn't enough as well.
I used to feel so self conscious about having “cheat meals” and that it would set back my weight loss journey, but watching Anna helped me feel more motivated to enjoy the things that make me happy. It really is about 80% healthy 20% pleasure 😌☺️
Whenever I have a bigger breakfast or eat a bigger lunch than usual, I remind myself that front loading calories makes sense, which I learned from your videos ☺️
thank you for pointing this out , tbh i had her blocked for a while since her video’s lowkey started to trigger me but i guess that just my personal opinion
Last 4 years due to a brain injury and isolation cause me to develop some serious anxiety and emotional issues. My sleep was all over the place and the emotional eating probably had me gaining around 50lbs. I also found if I didn’t eat a bunch before bed, that I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep due to anxiety. I started watching your videos a little while ago and started making a few small changes. I have also recently started medication and I’m noticing I don’t feel hungry all the time in the day anymore nor am I needing food to help me sleep. I think your videos have also started to help me see food differently and in a more positive light rather than the stuff to avoid and stuff I should have that doesn’t always taste that great. You probably get this a lot, but thank you! Do Canadians get access to RD through OHIP? If so it’s definitely something I should check out.
Please review Liz Seibert! She's a model on a weight gain diet - but keto and intermittent fasting and drinking both broth at every meal to...heal her gut? I'd love to know if there's any science behind it.
One of my favourite videos from you! - Genuinely really insightful commentary, and its always reassuring to watch one of your videos and have educational resources to combat some of the more reactive, intrusive thoughts I have on occassion when it comes to eating and what that should look like. Really valuable content to have within reach, so thank you!
The clips definitely went by super fast - I had to keep pausing for see the food! I know shorts and Tiktoks are all the rage, but please keep the long format content coming!!
It's really beautiful to see " normal" sized meals that actually gets you going because, i used to feel bad just seeing meals with little to no carbs and non filling meals as if everyone walks around eating this... Sure it does vary from a person to another but when you start promoting an ED selling it in the name of health is pretty devastating to see... Love both Anna and Abbey❤
I was going to make chicken tenders and fries, but I was craving more healthy food. Cooked up some chicken thighs and made chicken "rice- a- roni" and added spinach and tomato. Much better than fries and tenders .
you saying "excercise should be something we do for health and pleasure and not for weightloss" motivated me to go to a yoga class today. I havent done that in years. It was nice, it felt good :)
I actually feel like, especially for someone who is very active, she eats very little... And her meals are always super "clean" /bland & it can be triggering to watch honestly. I was expecting you to pick up on this tendency but maybe her more recent videos are different
Agreed-the body checks so prevalent on the net are off-putting, as if successes need to be displayed and proved. They seem narcissistic and gloating. Who likes a show-off? Adherents to various dietary regimes are prone to this.
I don’t like how Anna talks about body positivity or whatever but is clearly body checking/showing off her flat abs at the beginning of her food videos, clearly implying that, if you eat what she eats, you can look like her. Her actions and words don’t match up.
Soooo many of those female fitness influencers do that & I hate it. I feel like it actually shows perso al strength if you admit that it's important to you to look a certain way and not.pretend like it just happened and you're sooooo body positive...
Hi Abbey, I love your videos. I didn’t know about Grow with Annanas until now! I was curious about something you mentioned in your video. You said that exercise is a poor way to lose weight. What is the solution then? I understand increasing your activity significantly allows for an easier time achieving a caloric deficit and that’s what causes weight loss (in general) but if it’s a poor way to do so then what is better? Combining a moderate caloric deficit with continued exercise has always been my understanding for achieving sustainable weight loss.
I’m pretty sure she meant that you shouldn’t out exercise a bad diet. Like for example eat mostly calorie dense processed foods and go over your tdee and then "punish" yourself with hours of cardio to make up for it. What you described is perfectly fine, my deficit is also a combination of decreasing calorie intake a little and doing more steps :)
Ok so latest breakfast obsession: a couple scoops of vanilla Greek yogurt, and there's a cottage cheese brand called Friendship. It has pineapple in it, small, 120 calorie cups. It's seriously the best cottage cheese I've ever tried. I personally don't like plain cottage cheese. Mix that with the yogurt. Add a scoop of pb, cinnamon and I add sliced almonds and a big handful of GoLean granola cereal, pb flavor. If you love those flavors, it's seriously so delicious!! Very satiating too !
Dairy question: does the full fat dairy thing include milk? How does that pair with the whole don't drink your calories for weight loss? Does that apply to milk? Love a classic what I eat in a day vid!
A glass of whole milk and an apple or some berries. Also. When we’re told “don’t drink your calories” usually means things like soda and juices. They’re loaded with a lot of sugar and can mess up the digestive system depending on the person. But they are very high in calories and easy to consume a lot of. That’s why we’ve been told that phrase. But having a glass of whole milk and a bowl of fresh berries or chia seeds with whole milk and fruit etc to make a chia pudding. It’s perfectly fine. Whole milk contains generally: vitamin d, calcium, a healthy amount of phosphorus, fat, protein, some natural sugars and carbs. Roughly about 8g of protein. Could have it in your coffee in the morning along with a hot cereal like oatmeal or farina. Etc. Eating foods that are not considered “low fat” can actually satiate you more. In return you may even eat less over all. Hope this helps
Actually TikTok is really triggering so many people and youngster thinking that they have to lose weight making them very self conscious of themselves and thinking they aren’t good enough
I try hard to like Anna’s videos and I think they have good intentions at the start but the body checking can be a bit much. I go through periods where I follow her and take inspiration but then it can be too much and I unfollow for a while (for context, I do this with a lot of content creators too so no hate to Anna)
Why do I always read "Selene and Sass" instead of science ans sass?? It took me a while to see that it said Science, I always was like why Selene? And now that I know it, I am still not able to see Science at first glance😢
Agree, there are so many sources of healthy fat, like nuts, nut butter, avocados, or extra virgin olive oil that I all love to eat, so getting fat from yogurt is not necessary - and would usually be too much for my personal diet, as I’m trying not to eat much more fat than recommended and more protein instead. And my main reason is less calories and more protein, it’s just an easy way to get in protein and I can eat more of it than of full-fat yogurt. Sometimes I mix in peanut butter or a bit of flax seed oil and honey, I prefer that to buying yogurt with fat if I want more fat in my yogurt.
As an dietitian, what does she mean by healthy fat ? People keep using that term but I wonder do we all have a commons definition. If there is healthy fat then what is unhealthy fat ?
Idk I might be the only one, but every time I come across one of Anna's videos, it doesn't seem very genuine. Her 'enjoying' the food always looks exaggerated and she kinda nibbles at it and angles her camera in a way to make herself look smaller as well as just posing awkwardly straight in order for her stomach to look as flat as possible. I don't mean this as a way to insult her, just my observations... I usually agree with everything Abbey says and this is the first time where I find myself not so convinced that a person hasn't fallen victim to diet culture. Just my view though!
I totally agree with you. There is just something odd about Anna, it’s the way she poses, fake-smiles, the constant crying on whatever, the overacting way of preparing meals or eating them. Nobody makes these facial expressions when cooking or eating. And I feel that she doesn’t eat the whole plate or bowl she is showing in her videos. In one video where she eats a Greek yoghurt bowl with fruits in front of her monitor as an n office lunch thing, you can even see she takes in the spoonful, but then excerpts the spoon and there is still food on it. So she didn’t even eat it. But makes it look like she did. This comes across dishonest. And I somehow don’t like her look. I like the gym clothes and colors, but there is something with her whole head that makes me uncomfortable to watch. Maybe it’s the face proportions or the hair, it’s just odd.
So I don't follow her but a few of her short have been recommended to me and I have to say for some reason I find her super uncomfortable to watch. Sometimes she looks like she is crying while eating and a few of her portions seem so incredibly small... I normally don't get triggered by things like even though I am overweight trying to learn how to eat better and such, but her videos started to trigger me. Now I just don't like to watch her Shorts and skip everytime. I wonder if it's just one of these things like not everyone can like everyone but it is strange that someone can cause such discomfort and comfort for others at the same time. Makes me wonder what's the problem for me😅
OMG ME TOO!! I think it’s because in recovery we go through eating lots of food people call “junk”, which she never really consumes on video, only sophisticated meals that are still under “healthy eating” despite not cutting out food groups. it sort of makes me feel bad that my snacks aren’t as “healthy” as hers, and that her sugar cravings are so minuscule compared to mine. even the videos that show she doesn’t always consume “clean foods”, it kind of looks like it’s a really special occasion or a cheat almost? ALSO all of her portioned out crackers and such can make it look like she counted every single one and calculated it? this probably says more about us than her, but i also feel the same way you do, so i just dumped why we might feel this way😅
I totally relate to this and have a fascination/repulsion relationship with Anna’s content. My spidey sense picks up a lot of perfectionism and self-criticism emanating from her that reminds me of the ways important women in my life have hurt themselves and lashed out at others for “feeling fat.” The reactions of “wow, that meal looks so good” in her comments remind me of my own orthorexia, and how I would use colour and presentation as a way to hide disordered eating. You’re not alone in feeling this way, and I think your intuition contains important info. ❤
I totally agree and also I don’t watch her because she gives me very anxious and perfectionist vibes and it makes me very tense. But it’s not against her because usually I don’t like all the « my life is perfect, I wake up at 4, work out every day for 2 hours, journal every day and if I eat chocolate it’s 90% and one square ». They stress me out and I always have to remember that they’re human too and social media is fake. It’s okay to chill and be an imperfect human 💕
I feel the same. It’s her artificial smile and look, I think it’s the acting on purpose for a video vibe that puts me off, too. Nobody makes these facial expressions when cooking or eating a meal. It’s just all made for clickable video content. And all these inserted crying parts are a bit ridiculous, to be honest.
Should have watched her one WIEIAD for her “10 hour road trip”, it probably totalled 900 calories and she had to “take a nap” frankly because their just wasn’t enough food
Hey Abbey, thank you for this video:) I just have a question, don’t you find it strange that she always measures her olive oil intake with a teaspoon? Isn’t that a bit disordered?
Personally it’s not strange. We know that a high quality olive oil is full of omega 3’s and healthy fat. Can be good for the cardiovascular system. That being said, 1T of olive oil is 1 serving and contains roughly 14g of fat. She’s likely measuring out the 1 tsp to make sure she gets enough in per serving. If I’m cooking something I’ll divide the oil servings by however many servings the meal has. But if the meal is serving 4. That would be equivalent of 1/4 cup of oil. That’s actually a lot. So she might be doing it by the teaspoon instead. Another possibility is that when warming food up again she uses oil. So then she adds to it. And it could be too much. Overwhelming the flavor. A lot of recipes actually will say 1tsp etc of oil. Also. She is recovering from an eating disorder. So it could be. Hope this helps b
Am I the only person who prefers the taste and texture of 2% milk to whole milk? Like I'll drink it if I'm someplace it's the only milk option around like a friend or family members house or restaurants. To me whole milk just feels super thick.
Anna is the sweetest thing but I do reeeally dislike when she does those videos pretending she sometimes looks bloated by simply sticking out her minuscule stomach pretending to be relatable
Uhhmmm the body is not very insulin sensitive in the morning, but at midday. Sorry abbey, but have you never looked at circadian insulin rates ??? As a type 1 diabetic i always need most of my insulin for breakfast! Which is normal ... I will always be concious with carbs in the morning - like my fellow type 1s ...
Grown ups talking about ‘growing’ creeps me out for some reason. Why not ‘build’? Edit: glad to see an influencer eating healthy, not disorder masquerading as healthy.
I have to say I like the body checks because it motivates me to work out and eat healthy. Anna is beautiful and just as worthy of showing off her body as someone who is less fit than her who would be celebrated in the same instance. Body positivity is for everyone, and no one has the right to comment on who should and shouldn't show be visible and proud of how they look.
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I like using plain oikos for recipes where I'll mix it into batter or make it into a sauce, etc. I don't like it as much just for eating it on its own. I basically use it like protein powder lol.
I loved this vid Abbey! I’m wondering what are your thoughts on the safety of drinking milk considering it’s “made” lol for baby cows, not humans, and how the hormones can negatively affect us? I know humans have drank animals milks for centuries lol but it just sounds counter intuitive and I know there’s some controversy about the safety of it out there. Thankuuu!
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I love Anna, and her workouts! They’re definitely killer haha, I love that she doesn’t promote the whole “get abs in 2 weeks” or “burn 1k calories with this workout!“
Yes she is all just about hit workout to feel good and other stuff like thst
She actually copied Lilly Sabri. Her workouts work much better. Trust me.
@@zyzyisnot really
When she did the body check videos. She didn’t realize initially that it was harmful to others with ED’s of all sorts. She also realized it was harmful to her mental health.
So she doesn’t do that anymore. But she encourages people to keep moving and not feel bad about their bodies because our weights and appearance changes daily if not multiple times through the day
Huh? She constantly does body checks..?
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Yes that was before realising that, she talked about it. It became a habit of her but she didn't realise that it hurt other people
It's all how people are interpreting it. Like OMG, what is the difference between feeling proud of yourself or motivating yourself and looking in the mirror between a "body check."
Am I the only one who talks to herself when she's cooking the way Abbey does? "So here I have some healthy fats in my avocado, some fiber in my broccoli and beans, and some color and texture with my pepper and carrots. All in all, a flavorful, balanced meal - and balance is what we're going for."
I do this!!
Everyone loves to pretend we have our own show on the FoodNetwork!
Omg me!!!
Same!
I'm personally talking to my cats 😂... or sometimes the flavor/food making as "rice is PERRRRFECT" or "oops, dropped to much pepper in there... sh*t sh*t sh*t" ahah
Straight up one of the best videos I've seen from you, referencing how dieting/eating extremely healthy can literally dominate your outlook and how that is dysfunctional. Thank you for spreading the good word. I have recently started adding ghee or grass-fed butter and some pink salt to my al-dente steamed veggies and it has made a massive difference in my satiation and mental outlook.I realized prior to having healthy fat with my meals, I was constantly under eating and therefore obsessed with eating, even though it was always healthy.
Cheers
edit* by constantly under-eating, I mean under-nourished.
Grass fed butter hits different 🤤
Thank you lovely! Happy this resonated❤
@@AbbeysKitchen xoxo
“Always healthy”. You still may have more work to do.
I rarely do yt workouts anymore because I'm lifting weights in the gym but Anna is a great person with a healthy mindset. Considering she made it out of an ED herself it's even more impressive
As someone who suffered/suffers from an ED you putting that disclaimer means so much.
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I would love to see a video from you about full fat vs low fat vs non fat dairy products! I feel like there is a lot of controversy going around that subject, expecially what it comes to the saturated fats that the dairy might include.
Yess!!
I love Annas Workouts, don’t use her recipes since I‘m vegan, but I also love her not so toxic titles and that she’s not sixpack-shredded pretending to be super healthy🙋🏼♀️Don‘t like the occasional bodychecks though🥴 She also promotes the right weightloss free reasons to workout😌 But Abbey, could you do a video on Dr. Gregers nutrition facts? An eye-to-eye discussion would be pro level, maybe one day, but I find his content pretty legit and would like your opinion on it…🥰✨
Your videos together with Anna's are the only ones I can really stand on TikTok and that don't make me feel bad after watching them. So I'm happy you approved her
For the side by side comparison and her talking about not working out for aesthetics, she used to have an eating disorder, she didn’t eat almost at all, and she was very skinny and lost her period, so she started eating more and changed her priority from weight loss to being healthy, she wanted to get stronger healthier, happier, so she went from skinny and having an eating disorder to fit and happy
I love Ana so much she's got the best workouts and the most colorful meal inspo! Lots of good recovery content on there as well!
Love her workouts
I loooove her workouts. Unfortunately I don't have the time to try replicating her food shorts on YT but I appreciate that she also shows that she loves eating out as well and having fun.
I love your last point on that "body" check. As it goes for so many topics on social media. I'm currently taking a break, as I noticed my looks have such an impact on my performance in reels & tiktoks, even if they aren't supposed to be makeup related. I find that heavily irritating, because that's not who I wanna be, but I catch myself subconsciously taking that into consideration.
Seriously, it's a struggle. And I'm mostly posting hair content😅
Girl your beautiful, don’t stop doing what you love! You’ll find your right audience you’ll see 🤍
Love the video! I like Ana’s diet and her mindset.
Personally, I prefer low-fat yogurt, it has more protein and less calories. I like to add my own sources of healthy fat, like stir in some peanut butter or flaxseed oil or serve it with nuts and seeds.
A fun video idea I have: Why not look at some diets from the past? Like what’s the typical diet of the 50s, 60s, …? And what kind of fat loss diets or claims around certain foods were there?
Also, it would be cool to see a video about historical figures diets, some women in the past followed really strange diets to stay lean or “detox”.
Great idea!!
I'd love to see those kinds of, "history of diet culture," videos too! You can see how they change as the beauty standards change, like the weight gaining diets from the 40s and 50s. There were pills to increase appetite and everything that I remember from a class I took over a decade ago. They'd be really fun to watch!
@@takocoswhat class did u take to learn about that?? interesting
this video is a dream come true! my favorite nutrition expert reviewing my favorite fitness trainer! I loved this so much! thank you Abbey! this made my day! 😘
But that’s my point: Anna isn’t a Fitnesstrainer!! Even though her workout are great!
I feel like this video was pretty biased. I just saw a tiktok from this girl (the one with the sunset walk which was a full day of eating) and it def did not seem like she ate enough in it. There were also a lot of comments about how it wasn't enough as well.
I used to feel so self conscious about having “cheat meals” and that it would set back my weight loss journey, but watching Anna helped me feel more motivated to enjoy the things that make me happy. It really is about 80% healthy 20% pleasure 😌☺️
Whenever I have a bigger breakfast or eat a bigger lunch than usual, I remind myself that front loading calories makes sense, which I learned from your videos ☺️
thank you for pointing this out , tbh i had her blocked for a while since her video’s lowkey started to trigger me but i guess that just my personal opinion
Last 4 years due to a brain injury and isolation cause me to develop some serious anxiety and emotional issues. My sleep was all over the place and the emotional eating probably had me gaining around 50lbs. I also found if I didn’t eat a bunch before bed, that I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep due to anxiety. I started watching your videos a little while ago and started making a few small changes. I have also recently started medication and I’m noticing I don’t feel hungry all the time in the day anymore nor am I needing food to help me sleep. I think your videos have also started to help me see food differently and in a more positive light rather than the stuff to avoid and stuff I should have that doesn’t always taste that great. You probably get this a lot, but thank you! Do Canadians get access to RD through OHIP? If so it’s definitely something I should check out.
Dude, I had a TBI (traumatic brain injury) way back due to car accident. Let me know if you want any insight onto what helped.
I’m so happy you’re doing better! You can read more about RD service coverage here www.collegeofdietitians.org/public/nutrition-services.aspx
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@@lindsaychandler515 this looks super interesting! I’ll definitely look into this! Thank you.
she addressed the body checks in a video and it seemed thoughtful. she seems to have a great mindset!
Please review Liz Seibert! She's a model on a weight gain diet - but keto and intermittent fasting and drinking both broth at every meal to...heal her gut? I'd love to know if there's any science behind it.
Bone broth is very good. Just look it up… full of collagen also. Also keto fixed my health problems and i gained weight during keto
I second this! Especially now learning she takes "cow fallopian tube" supplements and animal organs due to advice from her "nutritionist"
oh god😂
One of my favourite videos from you! - Genuinely really insightful commentary, and its always reassuring to watch one of your videos and have educational resources to combat some of the more reactive, intrusive thoughts I have on occassion when it comes to eating and what that should look like. Really valuable content to have within reach, so thank you!
YESS I LOVE THIS GIRL ❤
i clicked so fast wtf 😭😭
Idk who Ana is but I’m ready 🤓
Same😆too old for these tiktokers
I agree w the full fat yogurt!! Full fat greek yogurt is so satisfying!! I love it
The clips definitely went by super fast - I had to keep pausing for see the food! I know shorts and Tiktoks are all the rage, but please keep the long format content coming!!
Noted, thanks for the feedback!
Agreed!!
Love Abbey, love Anna...
.LOVE THIS!!!
It's really beautiful to see " normal" sized meals that actually gets you going because, i used to feel bad just seeing meals with little to no carbs and non filling meals as if everyone walks around eating this...
Sure it does vary from a person to another but when you start promoting an ED selling it in the name of health is pretty devastating to see...
Love both Anna and Abbey❤
Abbie, what a lovely blue shirt! This style fits you so great!
I was going to make chicken tenders and fries, but I was craving more healthy food. Cooked up some chicken thighs and made chicken "rice- a- roni" and added spinach and tomato. Much better than fries and tenders .
Thank you for keeping it real and showing us what is actually realistic💕
I was wondering if you could cover "pernilla stryker" next. 🤗
you saying "excercise should be something we do for health and pleasure and not for weightloss" motivated me to go to a yoga class today. I havent done that in years. It was nice, it felt good :)
30 different plant based foods in a week?! im not sure if we have 30 edible plants in the stores, thats an insane number
It's also herbs, spices, beans, pulses etc
I actually feel like, especially for someone who is very active, she eats very little... And her meals are always super "clean" /bland & it can be triggering to watch honestly. I was expecting you to pick up on this tendency but maybe her more recent videos are different
Anna is so cute. excited to watch this ❤
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So excited for this, i love her ❤
Please do Liz Seibert. She seems to be promoting some harmful diet content with a very restricted diet whilst supposedly wanting to gain weight
Agreed-the body checks so prevalent on the net are off-putting, as if successes need to be displayed and proved. They seem narcissistic and gloating. Who likes a show-off? Adherents to various dietary regimes are prone to this.
I don’t like how Anna talks about body positivity or whatever but is clearly body checking/showing off her flat abs at the beginning of her food videos, clearly implying that, if you eat what she eats, you can look like her. Her actions and words don’t match up.
Yes I comment on this in the video
1000% agree
Soooo many of those female fitness influencers do that & I hate it. I feel like it actually shows perso al strength if you admit that it's important to you to look a certain way and not.pretend like it just happened and you're sooooo body positive...
I just gotta say, the random clips you insert throughout your videos are friggin hilarious!! 😂🤣
Hi Abbey, I love your videos. I didn’t know about Grow with Annanas until now! I was curious about something you mentioned in your video. You said that exercise is a poor way to lose weight. What is the solution then? I understand increasing your activity significantly allows for an easier time achieving a caloric deficit and that’s what causes weight loss (in general) but if it’s a poor way to do so then what is better? Combining a moderate caloric deficit with continued exercise has always been my understanding for achieving sustainable weight loss.
From what she said I think it was exercising on its own or as the main 'source' of the weight loss?
I’m pretty sure she meant that you shouldn’t out exercise a bad diet. Like for example eat mostly calorie dense processed foods and go over your tdee and then "punish" yourself with hours of cardio to make up for it. What you described is perfectly fine, my deficit is also a combination of decreasing calorie intake a little and doing more steps :)
Ok so latest breakfast obsession: a couple scoops of vanilla Greek yogurt, and there's a cottage cheese brand called Friendship. It has pineapple in it, small, 120 calorie cups. It's seriously the best cottage cheese I've ever tried. I personally don't like plain cottage cheese. Mix that with the yogurt. Add a scoop of pb, cinnamon and I add sliced almonds and a big handful of GoLean granola cereal, pb flavor. If you love those flavors, it's seriously so delicious!! Very satiating too !
Sounds amazing!
loved this video and love anna's content! seems like her pre bedtime snacks weren't shown in this video- was that a mistake?
Every time I watch an Abby video I walk away with new vocab - today, it’s the “hot girl walk” 😂
Great vídeo, as always!! Please review This Girl Audra!
Great video I've never heard of Anna but now I have to check her out! Thank you
Dairy question: does the full fat dairy thing include milk? How does that pair with the whole don't drink your calories for weight loss? Does that apply to milk? Love a classic what I eat in a day vid!
A glass of whole milk and an apple or some berries. Also. When we’re told “don’t drink your calories” usually means things like soda and juices. They’re loaded with a lot of sugar and can mess up the digestive system depending on the person.
But they are very high in calories and easy to consume a lot of. That’s why we’ve been told that phrase. But having a glass of whole milk and a bowl of fresh berries or chia seeds with whole milk and fruit etc to make a chia pudding. It’s perfectly fine.
Whole milk contains generally: vitamin d, calcium, a healthy amount of phosphorus, fat, protein, some natural sugars and carbs. Roughly about 8g of protein.
Could have it in your coffee in the morning along with a hot cereal like oatmeal or farina. Etc.
Eating foods that are not considered “low fat” can actually satiate you more. In return you may even eat less over all.
Hope this helps
Awwww you added in Seinfeld! My favorite show eeeeever ❤
Loving this new green look!
LOVED THIS! You are the best!!!!! Would love to see you review Brynley Joyner!❤❤❤
I LOVED the slow clap scene. That was very funny. Lol.
Thoughts on seed cycling and if it actually helps hormone regulation?
Idk if its just me, but pretty meals motivate me 😂 like occasionally i like a pretty meal it helps me eat a variety of fruits and veggies
Love Ana! She's the sweetest ☺🤍 you should do a video about Lilly Sabri!! Love her!🤍🤍🤍
Yes, thank you for the info ❤
Of course, hope it was helpful!
Actually TikTok is really triggering so many people and youngster thinking that they have to lose weight making them very self conscious of themselves and thinking they aren’t good enough
Well done Ana. Well done Abbey. There’s only one minor point, I think Anas portions are soooo small.
I try hard to like Anna’s videos and I think they have good intentions at the start but the body checking can be a bit much. I go through periods where I follow her and take inspiration but then it can be too much and I unfollow for a while (for context, I do this with a lot of content creators too so no hate to Anna)
Why do I always read "Selene and Sass" instead of science ans sass?? It took me a while to see that it said Science, I always was like why Selene? And now that I know it, I am still not able to see Science at first glance😢
I was literally scrolling the comments to see if someone had talked about this! I thought 'I can't be the only one who can't make out that sign' lol
Wonderful. I enjoy doing Anna's workouts and I enjoyed your review
Abbey I love your new format of your videos! You are so fun.
Thank you!
I like fat-free yogurt because it has less calories and more protein, I don't need to get fat from yogurt I can get fat and other foods
Agree, I like to add my own fat, i.e.peanut butter!
Agree, there are so many sources of healthy fat, like nuts, nut butter, avocados, or extra virgin olive oil that I all love to eat, so getting fat from yogurt is not necessary - and would usually be too much for my personal diet, as I’m trying not to eat much more fat than recommended and more protein instead.
And my main reason is less calories and more protein, it’s just an easy way to get in protein and I can eat more of it than of full-fat yogurt. Sometimes I mix in peanut butter or a bit of flax seed oil and honey, I prefer that to buying yogurt with fat if I want more fat in my yogurt.
Ana wins everything where I’m concerned. I love her! She’s so dope! ❤❤❤
As an dietitian, what does she mean by healthy fat ? People keep using that term but I wonder do we all have a commons definition. If there is healthy fat then what is unhealthy fat ?
Idk I might be the only one, but every time I come across one of Anna's videos, it doesn't seem very genuine. Her 'enjoying' the food always looks exaggerated and she kinda nibbles at it and angles her camera in a way to make herself look smaller as well as just posing awkwardly straight in order for her stomach to look as flat as possible. I don't mean this as a way to insult her, just my observations... I usually agree with everything Abbey says and this is the first time where I find myself not so convinced that a person hasn't fallen victim to diet culture. Just my view though!
I totally agree with you. There is just something odd about Anna, it’s the way she poses, fake-smiles, the constant crying on whatever, the overacting way of preparing meals or eating them. Nobody makes these facial expressions when cooking or eating. And I feel that she doesn’t eat the whole plate or bowl she is showing in her videos. In one video where she eats a Greek yoghurt bowl with fruits in front of her monitor as an n office lunch thing, you can even see she takes in the spoonful, but then excerpts the spoon and there is still food on it. So she didn’t even eat it. But makes it look like she did. This comes across dishonest. And I somehow don’t like her look. I like the gym clothes and colors, but there is something with her whole head that makes me uncomfortable to watch. Maybe it’s the face proportions or the hair, it’s just odd.
So I don't follow her but a few of her short have been recommended to me and I have to say for some reason I find her super uncomfortable to watch. Sometimes she looks like she is crying while eating and a few of her portions seem so incredibly small... I normally don't get triggered by things like even though I am overweight trying to learn how to eat better and such, but her videos started to trigger me. Now I just don't like to watch her Shorts and skip everytime. I wonder if it's just one of these things like not everyone can like everyone but it is strange that someone can cause such discomfort and comfort for others at the same time. Makes me wonder what's the problem for me😅
OMG ME TOO!! I think it’s because in recovery we go through eating lots of food people call “junk”, which she never really consumes on video, only sophisticated meals that are still under “healthy eating” despite not cutting out food groups. it sort of makes me feel bad that my snacks aren’t as “healthy” as hers, and that her sugar cravings are so minuscule compared to mine. even the videos that show she doesn’t always consume “clean foods”, it kind of looks like it’s a really special occasion or a cheat almost?
ALSO all of her portioned out crackers and such can make it look like she counted every single one and calculated it? this probably says more about us than her, but i also feel the same way you do, so i just dumped why we might feel this way😅
I totally relate to this and have a fascination/repulsion relationship with Anna’s content.
My spidey sense picks up a lot of perfectionism and self-criticism emanating from her that reminds me of the ways important women in my life have hurt themselves and lashed out at others for “feeling fat.”
The reactions of “wow, that meal looks so good” in her comments remind me of my own orthorexia, and how I would use colour and presentation as a way to hide disordered eating.
You’re not alone in feeling this way, and I think your intuition contains important info. ❤
I totally agree and also I don’t watch her because she gives me very anxious and perfectionist vibes and it makes me very tense. But it’s not against her because usually I don’t like all the « my life is perfect, I wake up at 4, work out every day for 2 hours, journal every day and if I eat chocolate it’s 90% and one square ». They stress me out and I always have to remember that they’re human too and social media is fake. It’s okay to chill and be an imperfect human 💕
I feel the same. It’s her artificial smile and look, I think it’s the acting on purpose for a video vibe that puts me off, too. Nobody makes these facial expressions when cooking or eating a meal. It’s just all made for clickable video content. And all these inserted crying parts are a bit ridiculous, to be honest.
Should have watched her one WIEIAD for her “10 hour road trip”, it probably totalled 900 calories and she had to “take a nap” frankly because their just wasn’t enough food
I suspect she still has some level or disordered eating
Finally someone mentions that she eats VERY little...
Great video! Abbey, as a dietitian what are your thoughts on the new watertok trend on TikTok?
Great video! Love Ana!
30 different fruits/veggies per week? Not while I’m living alone that’s for sure
Plant-based foods not just fruits and veggies. Hummus counts, black beans count, peanut butter etc.
Me coming here just after doing anna's workout what a coincidence
Love your videos!
Abbey! Harpers Bazaar just dropped a WIEIAD with Kristin Cavallari. When are u rolling that out?!
Hey Abbey, thank you for this video:) I just have a question, don’t you find it strange that she always measures her olive oil intake with a teaspoon? Isn’t that a bit disordered?
Personally it’s not strange. We know that a high quality olive oil is full of omega 3’s and healthy fat. Can be good for the cardiovascular system. That being said, 1T of olive oil is 1 serving and contains roughly 14g of fat. She’s likely measuring out the 1 tsp to make sure she gets enough in per serving. If I’m cooking something I’ll divide the oil servings by however many servings the meal has.
But if the meal is serving 4. That would be equivalent of 1/4 cup of oil. That’s actually a lot. So she might be doing it by the teaspoon instead.
Another possibility is that when warming food up again she uses oil. So then she adds to it. And it could be too much. Overwhelming the flavor.
A lot of recipes actually will say 1tsp etc of oil.
Also. She is recovering from an eating disorder. So it could be.
Hope this helps b
I'd like a video on what the average person eats
Not sure if you have a video about this topic, but can you go over high fat, low card diets?
Insulin sensitivity is THE WORST in the morning!
Am I the only person who prefers the taste and texture of 2% milk to whole milk? Like I'll drink it if I'm someplace it's the only milk option around like a friend or family members house or restaurants. To me whole milk just feels super thick.
Same.
10/10 for the Stone Cold Steve Austin insert 👏
Love Anna! 🥳
Anna is the sweetest thing but I do reeeally dislike when she does those videos pretending she sometimes looks bloated by simply sticking out her minuscule stomach pretending to be relatable
Anna is the best ❤
can you review and eat like mary sergi, gabi fuller, or laurdiy?
Uhhmmm the body is not very insulin sensitive in the morning, but at midday. Sorry abbey, but have you never looked at circadian insulin rates ??? As a type 1 diabetic i always need most of my insulin for breakfast! Which is normal ... I will always be concious with carbs in the morning - like my fellow type 1s ...
me watching this while munching on chicken potstickers before bed. “hmm i wonder if this counts as a protein packed snack before bed?” 😂
Sure does
i missed this soooooooooooooooo much!
I didnt know her until now. Following her. U should coment about some brazilian nutricionist
Grown ups talking about ‘growing’ creeps me out for some reason. Why not ‘build’?
Edit: glad to see an influencer eating healthy, not disorder masquerading as healthy.
I would love to see you review Pokimane what I eat in a day. She is a streamer and from Canada 🇨🇦
I have to say I like the body checks because it motivates me to work out and eat healthy. Anna is beautiful and just as worthy of showing off her body as someone who is less fit than her who would be celebrated in the same instance. Body positivity is for everyone, and no one has the right to comment on who should and shouldn't show be visible and proud of how they look.
What is the definition of Diet Culture?
« an entire belief system that associates food with morality and thinness with goodness » , « At its essence, diet culture promotes restriction, obsession around food and exercise, avoiding and stigmatizing fatness, and anxiety about the social, physical, and romantic consequences of failing to perform these behaviors »
@@chloevalliet6542 Nailed it
@@chloevalliet6542 Thank you.
can you revie lilly sabri what i eat in a day pls. i love yout videos
How does water fasting affect gut bacteria?
I can agree that some low fat yogurts r kinda bad like the… oikos? Those are pretty thick and “dry” but I like chobani a lot
I like using plain oikos for recipes where I'll mix it into batter or make it into a sauce, etc. I don't like it as much just for eating it on its own. I basically use it like protein powder lol.
I’m excited 🤭
Love your top ❤😅
She looks like your younger sister ❤🥰
I loved this vid Abbey! I’m wondering what are your thoughts on the safety of drinking milk considering it’s “made” lol for baby cows, not humans, and how the hormones can negatively affect us? I know humans have drank animals milks for centuries lol but it just sounds counter intuitive and I know there’s some controversy about the safety of it out there. Thankuuu!