Veggie Nation

I feel so alive Hello and welcome to fit ready

go weight loss and healthy living episode 5 I'm

your host Steve Megatron Phillips and joining

me is Mary Yes, my wife Mary who was always tired

when we're joining into the episodes It's after

we get the kids to bed and up all day cooking

and taking care of them and whatever Yep, and

I'm at work so Put on your game face Mary come

on. I'm watching this when you talk. It's like

really big when I talk It's really really little.

It's good. You're not speaking up Talk So yeah,

it's it's funny. She's looking at the sound waves

on the recorder which she never really pays attention

to because but um so yeah, this is the now the

little over the halfway point of the vegetarian

eating challenge that we've come up with, the

January challenge. And yes, we realized we did

the whole first week and then we did day 12 and

there was no other videos. Well, I've been a

little busy. I went to Avvo Nation last weekend,

so I was gone for two days and it was busy for

a couple days trying to get... Ready to go and

then get back into things and whatever. I mean

it was only two days, but I had a great time

and Advocare is just awesome, so I can't wait

for more of that So Yeah roundabout of what we

ate were a lot of different things a lot of different

substitute meats We've had you know anything

from Soy curls TVP which is textured vegetable

protein Both of those all you do is just add

water warm water to them and Because they come

dehydrated and then they hydrate legs I know

in one of our vlogs we went over the soy curls

because that was one of our first days And it

tasted like chicken strips pretty much so those

were good and then the TBP there's the beef flavored

TBP and then there's the plain flavored which

you can kind of make into whatever you want we've

had both of those we've had vegan cheese which

I really like and actually we had that tonight

and our mac and cheese and as long as you use

red potato and not White potato it tastes a lot

like cheese, and there's nutritional yeast and

stuff on that so that's really good Yeah, there's

a difference when you use different types of

potatoes Just like when you bake potatoes you

use potatoes for like mashed potatoes or whatever

the the red ones definitely allow the Mixture

to taste more like cheese whereas the white potatoes

you taste like you're eating orange potatoes

Essentially. I mean it tastes a little bit...

It's a lot more potato -y with the white potatoes

and the red potatoes. So I got it right that

time by asking my friend Katie, which we're gonna

try pulling into a podcast here soon. So she's

like the expert since she's been a vegetarian

her whole life and her husband's vegan. So yeah,

with that, this is where Mary gets some of her...

Inspiration for some of the meals my inspiration

And the know -how of what we're doing wrong when

we're eating something or preparing something

so and and that's usually where she she's like

Taste testing and then she's like hey Steve,

and then she shoves food in my face. Yeah Tonight

we had baked tofu which we've had tofu I think

one or two other times since we've been on the

challenge and I just baked it so I marinated

it for about three hours and then baked it. The

only thing is I found when I was looking for

how to bake tofu I found online after it was

too late that if you put in cornstarch right

before you put it into the oven it makes it nice

and crispy on the outside so ours wasn't too

crispy, so the texture's just a little weird

for us. I also made gluten steaks the other day,

and my friend Katie, she had made them last week,

I think it was last week, whatever, yeah, when

we were over there, and even hers were chewy.

I mean, there's just, gluten's just kind of chewy,

so that's a little... new for us being meat eaters

that normally I'm expecting a chicken texture

and they're just chewier than normal. Like a

tougher texture when you're eating meat compared

to when you're eating not meat, it's very chewy.

Yeah, the smaller meats aren't too difficult.

Like the soy curls, the TVP, like that you don't

really notice the texture because they're small.

It's the bigger things that it's just like trying

to get used to it. You made this like wannabe

hamburger type thing the other night and I didn't

like it but that was more so because the texture

and because it just I don't know it wasn't I

think he was expecting more of a hamburger which

actually I made some oatmeal patties this morning

for dinner on Wednesday this upcoming Wednesday

because I'm gonna be working so I need something

quick and those taste a lot because obviously

when I cook I taste stuff and Whatever so those

tasted a lot more like a turkey burger kind of

than the other ones the other ones I mean they

didn't taste but they were a little bit healthier

The ones I made last week these ones that I made

aren't bad They just don't have quite as much

protein in them and the vegetables that the ones

I made last week last week they had carrots and

they had broccoli and they had chickpeas so there

was a lot of Protein and fiber and stuff in them.

Whereas these ones they have some flax seed in

them They have so that's there is some protein

there And it is all whole wheats, but it's just

not quite as much. I mean, there's not a Nearly

as much protein in them or the vegetables and

stuff aren't there So but they do taste better

and they are still definitely healthy for you.

So yeah, so I at least be looking forward to

that because it If it's going to taste closer

to meat, I'll be happy. I mean, it's not exactly

like meat. Well, I say closer, too. I didn't

say it has to taste just like meat. And I made

more of our pecan meatballs because those are

good. Yeah, you can't tell. You just put them

in your sauce. Those are actually really, really

good. I should preface this with saying the one

night we had pizza when you were gone. Course,

there's cheese pizzas. There's nothing wrong

with it. And then like the next day we had I

forgot we didn't have butter so I ended up using

like spray oil on my grilled cheese Yes, and

by the way, I did use that grilled cheese or

that cheese to make a grilled cheese sandwich

The other day and I put avocado on my grilled

cheese sandwich and it actually did turn out

very well I just was careful with how much because

it is a spread cheese not a hunk of cheese but

it turned out pretty good so I'm actually on

the 24 day challenge so I'm in the cleanse phase

and I'm not allowed to have dairy right now it's

because it's cleaning out my system right now

like trying to get my body ready to take in all

the good nutrients that are Coming in and actually

lost five pounds in the first week. So whoo This

is the second time I've done the challenge and

It's just funny to me because everybody else

can't have dairy and here I am. I'm having vegan

cheese So hey, I'm still getting me some cheese

in and some of the stuff just because I'm the

route that I know how to or I'm learning I guess

how to make a lot of things so So explain since

that's kind of the point is of this episode is

more of an update than per se topical what was

your trip for and about and explain a little

bit of that. Well I actually I've been doing

advocate care since October and I didn't I didn't

want to. Want to well I wanted to at first because

I just couldn't get the baby weight off I couldn't

get my second son I wasn't able to get his baby

weight off I got 30 pounds of it and I was just

stuck and so I got on it long story short basically

after two months of Somebody get me on it I got

on it and I got on it more so actually to To

possibly Stay at home with my kids and I wanted

the business side of it I wanted the products

as well, but I wanted the business side so I

signed up all in I'm doing the challenge. I'm

doing the business everything and now I am I'm

so excited because I'm really making some money.

I mean in three months. I've made $1 ,500 and

It just keeps going up my She, her and her husband

make $15 ,000 a month doing Advocare. So both

of them get to be at home with their children,

just doing Advocare, just letting people know

of a wonderful product out there and helping

people financially get set. I mean, are we meant

to work half of our life, like leave the first

thing when we get up and... come home for an

hour, two hours, and then go to bed? No, we're

not. And I'm ready to pick my own schedule and

do my own thing, so I actually went to Edvo Nation

over the weekend, and my goodness, it was awesome.

Got so many ideas of how to just help my business.

I found out how great the Avacare company is.

They're so, they're Christian -based. They just

really care about people. They want people to

be financially. They want people to be healthy.

They want everything for everyone. I don't know.

It is great seeing these people that have been

in bankruptcy and now are making $100 ,000 a

month, which I know sounds insane, but... One

thing that is really funny to me that one of

the guys brought up is he said, you know, who

in here played the Powerball? Okay, so half the,

there was 6 ,000 people and half of the people

raised their hand and he said, why did you play

the Powerball? And he said, it's because you

say, why not me? You know, that's why people

play the lottery, because they're like, well

somebody has to win it, so why not me? Well it's

the same exact thing with the advocate. This

guy that I'm talking about, he's a diamond, which

means he's making hundreds of thousands a month.

I'm not talking a year, a month. And if he's

doing it, then how I see it is just like he said,

why not me? Why can't I do it? So I'm working

at that and I am ecstatic. And if you want to

get in on it, you let me know because I'm, I

mean, are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck?

Because I sure am. So yeah, if you want more

information on that, there's a link on the side

of the website at the top of the menu or the

sidebar. Also, you can email Mary at fitreadygo

.com. and she'll get you more information on

that. Yeah, and if you've seen this on Facebook,

message me anything. I will talk to you and give

you every detail of it. I mean, it's honestly

the best investment I've made. And on top of

it, I'm back down to my pre -pregnancy weight.

I have a little bit more than I'm trying to get

off. And so the products are great. I'm a lot

more alert and energized than I used to be. Everything

because of Advocare, so. So is there anything

that you'd like to suggest or promote for either

the vegetarian challenge that we're doing or

some of your health fitness stuff that you're

doing currently? Well if anybody that listens

to this if you'd like a sample of spark which

is our energy drink it actually Depends on or

it it focuses on vitamins to give you energy

instead of the way monster I know I've kind of

brought this up before it it has B vitamins in

it which Actually help with your mental focus

instead of just giving you a high and then a

crash it brings you up and then you just kind

of stay awake until you get tired, you never

feel a crash. If you would like a sample of that,

contact me and I will get a sample to you. Whether

you live here or if you live in another state,

whatever, I will get you a sample of that. Or

if there's anything on the weight loss side,

we have so many different products, it's not

just about the challenge, it's not just about

the spark, I can help you with whatever it is.

Weight gain, weight loss, joint pain, workout,

recoveries, just any of it. So if you'd like

any information on that, just let me know. And

I guess also if you have any healthy vegetarian

recipes you'd like to, you're interested but

you don't want to try them yourself, you just

get them over to me and I'll make them up and

try them as long as they're on the healthy side.

Again, you can send those to Mary at fitreadygo

.com. Also, there's a Q &A section of the website

that I don't know if anybody's partaken in yet.

I don't think that anybody has, but it's a section

where you can either log in or anonymously post

questions and answers and have Mary answer them

and send them back and forth through the website

rather than have to do email if you don't want

to do that. So that's just another option. wraps

it up for this update episode of the podcast.

We should be doing some more video ones soon.

And I'm gonna make Steve add more of the pictures

because there's a bunch more pictures. Yeah,

there'll be a post that's gonna have like kind

of a comprehensive breakdown of all the images

of everything that was made every night that

at least we have pictures of. There'll be that.

Until next time. This is Mary. This is Steve.

Have a good night.