Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for hard-and-fast rules or white-knuckle determination. Keep leaning forward into the positive changes you are making, and then apply that same gentleness to your family and community.
Kathy FrestonIn the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate whatโs beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to whatโs good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.
Kathy FrestonThe reason fiber helps us control our weight is that it fills the belly yet yields few calories since fiber is, for the most part, not something that we can digest.
Kathy FrestonThough I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.
Kathy FrestonFor many of us, it's too difficult to jump in to vegan full on because it's just so different than the way we grew up eating. But if we take small steps - like replacing cow's milk with almond or soy milk, or using veggie sausage instead of sausage made from animals - we can keep enjoying the things we grew up loving, just better versions of them.
Kathy Freston