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Month: March 2018

Study: Why Diets Don’t Work | How to Lose Weight

March 31, 2018July 12, 2019 Miche

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 / 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁 %! In the video I go over studies on how resistant starch (RS) affects your ratio of body fat to muscle mass, plus how to get more RS in your diet 💪🏻 Even aside from all the potential weight loss benefits, RS has a ton of health benefits: it’s prebiotic, is good for blood sugar levels, and even helps prevent cardiovascular disease 🙌🏻 Video link in bio! . Do you know how much resistant starch you’re getting in your diet? 🥔

I tend to post my more “presentable” meals here, but I’ve been eating mostly random stuff this week, so here’s one of my randomly thrown together creations: a Reuben-inspired sandwich! I’m not sure if it even vaguely resembles a Reuben, but that’s what inspired it 😆 either way, it’s delicious & I’ve made it 3 times now 😋 it’s on a baguette and features homemade spiced seitan by bae (with fun flavors like caraway seed), home pickled onions, red cabbage, avocado, tomato, and garlic cashew dressing 🥪 Do you prefer to cook by throwing random stuff together, or from recipes? 🤔 . PS I have a chronic problem of overstuffing my burgers and sandwiches with veggies, so they’re too tall to stay together on their own when stacked. Hence the lack of a normal sandwich photo 😂

Does anyone else feel like time is flying by? ⏰ It feels like my mini roadtrip (aka the one interesting thing I’ve done since late Feb lol) on my would-be wedding day was a week ago, but somehow it’s actually been almost 3 weeks 🥴 (maybe I’m losing time faster now because I’ve been in a bit of a work cocoon… 🐛😂) . Anyway, I saw this wall and asked bae to pull over because I felt like it was a famous spot—then I realized it was because @palmtreesandpellegrino has posted it! it was fun to see something I’d only seen on social media randomly pop up in real life 😄

I’ve been working on a BIG project this week involving coding for ~10 hours a day (by choice, because I’m really into it lol 👩🏼‍💻)… so I’ve been choosing food that can be eaten slowly over the course of an hour while working without me having to worry about it getting cold 😂 especially my favorite salad of all time: pinto beans, quinoa/rice, tons of veggies, salsa, & hot sauce over romaine (recipe link in bio) 🥗 I’ve posted it before but never tried red cabbage on it—it’s a GAMECHANGER. I didn’t think it could get better but now I’m going to add cabbage whenever possible 🤤

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? This study has been on my to-film list for awhile, and I felt like now is a good time to do it. Isolation is known to aggravate preexisting depression or bring it on, so if it’s happening to you, know that you’re not alone. 🙏🏻 . Exercise is a well-studied way to alleviate depression & depressive symptoms, and might be especially helpful during this time when it’s harder to get treatment. But I’ve seen a lot of debate & questions about which type of exercise works: does it have to be cardio? What about weight lifting? 🏋🏼‍♀️ . In the video I go over whether running or resistance training is better for depression. The participants did an 8 week exercise (or control) program, and their level of depression was measured before, during, & after the 8 weeks, along with 1, 7, and 12 months later... so the researchers looked at how exercising now might have long term effects on depression. Link in bio 👆🏻 . What’s your favorite form of self care right now? ✨

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 & 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 🥥 this recipe was so fun to develop: I cooked it completely off the top of my head with what I had around, because I wanted to experiment & come up with something I hadn’t seen before... and now it’s one of my favorite recipes ever! 😍 It’s hearty, it’s comforting, it’s nutritious. AND it’s really simple & the 7 ingredients can be substituted easily (a quarantine must!): you could try collards, chard, or other greens instead of kale, and black beans instead of red 🍛 . The best part is I used my first ever kale harvest (swipe!)—I don’t really harvest things the first year I grow them, so this is year 2 of growing kale—and it SHINED in this 🥬✨ Now I just need to figure out how to make this recipe look as good/aesthetic as it tastes 😂 Recipe link in bio!

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