68: The #1 Way to Avoid The Foods That Don't Love You Back

0:00 Maybe like the old t shirt from high school like it doesn't fit. It's got holes in it, you can see right through it. But it has fond memories at the edge too. And you don't want to get rid of it. It's just you're holding on to it. No one is there and it's calling your name. I mean, that's what it's doing. It's there. You're listening to the smarter Healthy Living podcast where we firmly believe that getting healthy should never feel like torture, where your host, Jarrod and Anita Roussel were college sweethearts, and health professionals who help you redefine what getting healthy looks like using a whole food plant based lifestyle. It's time to hear from the experts and learn the best tips and tricks that helped others get beyond the overwhelm, to create a vibrant life they love. If you're sick and tired of being sick, and tired, you're in the right place. So pull up a virtual chair, grab your matcha latte. And let's get started.

0:54 Here at smarter, healthy living, we are all about making things simple. Life is so complicated or can be on its own, that there's no reason to make it more complicated, or add anything to that. So what we are sharing with you today is simplicity. Absolutely, its simplicity. Now, if I've piqued your interest, good, because here's what we're talking about. A lot of times, people will eat things that maybe aren't the absolute best for them. Especially if you're starting the journey of doing whole food plant based and you may have some hangovers of things left in your pantry or left in your refrigerator. And you just, it may be like the old t shirt from high school like it doesn't fit.

1:39 It's got holes in it, you can see right through it. But it has fond memories at the edge too. And you don't want to get rid of it. It's just you're holding on to it. And no one is there, and it's calling your name. I mean, that's what it's doing. It's there, maybe in the dark recesses of your pantry, but you know, it's there. And so you want to eat it. And you know, it's not necessarily the best for you, and you you've determined, I'm not gonna throw it away, but I'm not going to eat it because I know it's not good for me. And there then becomes this internal struggle. Or maybe it's not even there, maybe it's in your desk drawer, maybe push to the back, or maybe it's in your, in your purse, or in your glove compartment or your center console. Right?

2:22 It could be anywhere it could be hiding. But it's still there. And so what we want to really share with you is get rid of it. Absolutely, if it's not there, you won't eat it, or at least you'll be a lot less likely. And I'll tell you don't underestimate the power of, I've got to go to the grocery store, I want this thing, I don't have it, I can go to the grocery store and buy it. Now in the case of us, we've got a fantastic grocery store three minutes from our house. But there have been a number of times where we may need something else, I'll go get it like no, tomorrow, when you're out about you can go get it. So yeah, like you've got to, if you're not ready to go out, you've got to get ready to go out, you got to get in your car, open the garage door, pull out, go down and get it walk through and trying to find it check out deal with getting back, you know, if you've got to put a mask on or whatever's going on. I mean, really think about that how much harder it makes it for you just the act of not having it there, you're gonna choose something else nine times out of 10. And then that leads to the other point of it's not just getting the things out of your environment that are causing the issue. It's making sure you have the right back in. So you need to put something else in its place. You don't want to leave that hole there. Because then what are you gonna reach for? If you have nothing, you're gonna get hangry and then you're going to hate the way you're living.

3:58 And then that's going to cause a whole new set of problems, which you don't want and really is not necessary. So So I guess going back to the example of that old t shirt from high school, if you got rid of clothes that don't fit that you shouldn't be wearing, but then you're left with a closet of nothing, then you're naked. And nobody wants that. Yeah. Or let's say you get rid of it. But you put it in that box out in your garage and it sits for months and months and one day you walk by and you think I love that old t shirt and where does it in that back and you put it on and it may not look the best but you think was cool once in the day. Yeah back on so you got to get rid of it. But Same thing with the food. When you get rid of the things that aren't good for you.

4:48 You've got to make sure that you have excellent substitutes and its place once that she left to not just ones that fit the category of what you can eat now. Excellent point. Yeah, you've got have found the way to put them together where they taste absolutely incredible. And they're super easy to make. So literally now, I mean, most of my recipes are not taking me 30 minutes and under, I just don't have time, but yet they taste really good. I've got a large variety of ingredients in there, they're quick, they're easy to get on the table, everybody's happy with it, and they fuel your body. Well, that makes you feel amazing. It has to do that well. And that's the biggest thing, right? So now you can get out and do all the things you loved. Because we want to take you from a place. And this is always our goal. And this is what we do for our clients. We take them from a place of where they are to where they want to be from the place of dreaming about all the things that you want to do all the places you want to go, all the memories you want to make with your children and grandchildren.

5:46 And just all the things you want to do in your business, whatever it is for you that you're just dreaming about doing. And I know how it feels to just dream about doing something that you want to do, but your body physically won't allow you to do it, it's got to have the right fuel to be healthy enough to get out there and do what you need to do and do the things you want to do and make those memories and leave your legacy. And reaching for that old t shirt in the back of your pantry is not going to do it. And I said that correctly in the back of your pantry. So the next time you find that, that old product and you think Oh, I love that. Just think oh, that's an old nasty t shirt that I have no business wearing?

6:27 Well, I'll say this to you, if you found yourself wandering down an aisle of the grocery store with that all favorite thing is like press the turbo pack that's on the side of your shopping cart and speed drive by real fast without looking. Because if you replenish it and get it back into your pantry, you're in the same old place where you were before. So and if you're living with someone who happens to eat that thing that you just absolutely love. Maybe one way you can do that is to have them put that in a different place. And you just don't open that make it really inconvenient for yourself. It's an upper shelf where you can't get to it. And you know, yeah, I mean, I'm thinking you've got to get it out of there, right, you've got to get it out of there. And so if that person still eats some other person in your house, right, they still eat that way.

7:14 And this is the case, a lot of times, you have to find ways to make it work for you. Maybe they have their own little snack closet or snack pantry that they keep in a different area that you're just not in a lot. And that may make it better for you. So there are a lot of different ways that you can do that and deal with that over time. But that's just one quick and easy thing that you can do. You just have to get creative and think outside the cracker box. The cracker box. Yes. Well, we have loved having you join us again today on smarter healthy living. Before you go make sure to head on over to smarter, healthy living.com and download your FREE guide. We put together a guide for you that is includes our exact shopping list. So if you wonder, hey, what do I buy when I go to the store? This is it and also includes 10 simple, easy plant based dishes to help you get started on your journey and set yourself up for a win.

8:08 So that way when you go to your pantry and take out those foods that aren't serving you, then you'll know what to put in its place. So go grab your God now and we'll see you on the next episode.