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Life Can Challenge You - But You Have To Fight Back.


After being and still being under the weather this week - it is fair to say my body has taken a beating as well as my mind. Affecting me a lot!! People who know me well - know I don't do 'sitting still' and 'doing nothing but resting' very well. I have missed my walks so much this week - the fresh air and head space is sometimes the only thing keeps me sane and being too weak and unwell to be able to get out has KILLED ME and some would say I have been pretty insane. However I did and have been trying to use my time wisely by working solidly on my book - eeek, can't wait for that to be released, trying to keep eating pushing through the illness barrier and as ALWAYS playing around in the kitchen! #madchef! So I thought to raise my spirits and try reduce guilty feelings, I would share with you some pictures of - food of course and a snapshot from when England was actually sunny last week and we could enjoy getting out and about. As you can see, plenty of rice, BANANA 'NICE CREAM', and peanut buttter, nutty thai noodles. We have fruit and carb up! Because as they say in the plant-based community - 'If you cut the carbs, you cut life.' Right now I need all the goodness I can get !!!

SOPHIE'S
COOKING TIPS

#1
Feeling sluggish and rubbish when you have woken up? Get boosting up on bananas the more the better - they will help settle your stomach, boosting digestion, they are a mood enhancer, they will give you the energy you need and keep you full. Buy my book for banana receipe ideas.
 
#2
Wake up every morning and ATLEAST have one glass of lemon water before doing anything else! Ideally try to drink a litre of water. The lemon wakes up your digestive system ready for the day and has great cleansing properties.
 
#3
Check your dairy and meat intake - dairy can sit in your system for up to seven days unable to digest properly. Meaning other foods also get neglected and nurtients aren't absorbed properly and you feel extremely bloated. Go and smell your food bin, your stomach will be in that state. Rotting foods in your belly - hmm nice.
 
#4
DO NOT FEAR CARBS - THEY ARE NOT THE ENEMY! CARB UP!!
Bananas, Rice, Potatoes, Leafy Greens, Corn, Beans, Lentils etc PACK THEM IN GO MAD.
 
#5
NEVER COUNT CALORIES - NEVER RESTRICT!! These restriction 'starvation' diets who tell you to only eat 500 calories a day then have a treat day - where you binge out and eat WAY too much, is simply messing up your metabolism and on your binge days yours body stores all the fat meaning you gain weight because it knows it is going to go back into starvation mode and needs to hold onto every little thing it can. HELLO WEIGHT GAIN. 

Life is too short not to live it to the full, making yourself happy.

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