Hello guys and welcome to the Lean of Plants podcast. I'm Chelsea, former overweight, healthy vegan,

confused about why I couldn't look like my favorite plant-based influences, even though I was

chugging back green smoothies every day. After a decade of unsustainable vegan diets,

I learned the truth about weight loss, lost 40 pounds,

and now I'm in the best shape of my life even after two kids.

Girl, if you've been struggling to drop the pounds as a vegan,

stuck in a cycle of self-savitage, sick of yo-yo

dieting and going hungry, never being able to get and stay lean, then this is the podcast

for you. Each week I share the no BS truth about why vegan women are overweight, the action

steps to get you shedding fat and the

mindset you'll need to get slim for life. I'm stoked to have you here. Let's get started.

Hello there and welcome back to another podcast episode.

I want to be super candid in this episode.

We're going to be talking about some deep stuff.

And if you are feeling like you are suffering from a ton of stress, like food is one of the only things that is worthwhile to you in your life that it gives you a ton of comfort.

If you're feeling deprived every single time you try to diet, feeling a bit like a martyr, and that you're sacrificing so much for the cause and that there's nothing really to show for it, then this

is the episode for you.

I think it's really important to talk about this because it's definitely something that I've

struggled with, and I think it's easy to look

at people on social media, people that you look up to, and think that no one's ever struggled with

this, or that once I have the tools that I shouldn't, like once I know about calorie density,

once I know how to eat, once I I'm eating I like the starch solution or how

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