Ep. 143: Chef AJ Shares the REAL Secrets of Weight Loss
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Rip sings, dances, and raps with the legendary Chef AJ as they celebrate the 10th anniversary and re-release of her book, “Unprocessed - Revitalize Your Health with Whole Foods.”
Chef AJ shares:
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Memories of meeting the Esselstyns for the first time
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Her early TV appearances on Johnny Carson and the Gong Show as a comedian
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How she accidentally created a daily YouTube talk show at the start of the pandemic that is now nearing 1000 daily live episodes!
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Her own difficult health journey that is both gut-wrenching and inspiring for anyone seeking lasting change
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Creating sustainable weight loss and why every day should be a "treat day"
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Why calorie density unlocks the key to a healthy weight
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Her favorite kitchen utensils and meals
Through humor, stories, and her gorgeous recipes, she knows how to educate about sustainable weight loss in a way that is both simple and yet so profound.
Episode Timestamps
10:45 Chef AJ’s Pandemic Pivot into a YouTube Star
13:40 Want to hear AJ's phone message?
15:10 What was it like to appear on Johnny Carson and the Gong Show?
18:50 Why Chef AJ prefers “plant-exclusive” over “plant-based”
20:38 The 10th Anniversary of Unprocessed is now available! What's new?
25:30 Chef AJ’s emotional backstory
31:20 Does she *really *love to cook?
34:14 Her Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss and Calorie Density Explanation
44:35 Rip and Chef AJ talk about The C’s of Ultimate Weight Loss Success
46:20 Finding the Why that Makes You Cry
50:22 Consistency - “You don’t need a cheat day because every day is a treat day.”
53:05 Compliance or adherence
54:45 Community - finding a buddy or a coach
1:01:10 What are Chef AJ’s must-haves for the kitchen?
1:04:00 What Chef AJ eats in a day
1:20:00 Her personal favorite recipes
Episode Resources
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Promo Music: Your Love by Atch License: Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0
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| 0:00.0 | And so if we want to keep eating the same amount of food so that we don't get hungry, |
| 0:03.6 | all we need to do is change the calorie density of the food we eat. |
| 0:07.0 | And so one thing, it's the easiest thing, it's just take out the oil. |
| 0:11.2 | Either if you're not vegan, nobody needs to eat processed oil. |
| 0:14.0 | People are like, oh, my brain needs fat. |
| 0:15.7 | There's fat in everything. |
| 0:16.7 | There's fat in greens. |
| 0:17.8 | There's crazy amounts of fat and fruit. |
| 0:19.4 | There's oats are almost 20 percent fat. |
| 0:21.7 | If you want to eat fat, you didn't its whole form, like nut seeds and avocado. |
| 0:25.3 | But nobody needs to be having something that's 4,000 calories a pound. |
| 0:29.2 | It's just, it's, to me, that's like the most ridiculous triumph of marketing over science |
| 0:33.5 | that anybody in our species or any species needs a processed oil. |
| 0:37.9 | It's not founded nature. |
| 0:39.1 | This had its vitamins and minerals and phytochemicals and antioxidants and fiber and water |
| 0:44.0 | strut from it. |
| 0:44.7 | It makes no sense. |
| 0:45.6 | So just if people just stop the oil, I bet you they'll see weight loss, even if they did nothing else. |
| 0:50.8 | I'm Rep. |
| 0:51.2 | Alcestan and welcome to the Plant Strong podcast. |
| 0:54.5 | The mission at Plant Strong is to further the advancement of all things within the plant-based movement. |
| 1:01.3 | We advocate for the scientifically proven benefits of plant-based living |
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