Tuesday Tucker! · Plant Positive

Tuesday Tucker!

Just a reminder ALL 12 recipes that I have shared so far in the June Jumpstart are listed and linked HERE:

🤔 Today I want to address a common question / concern: Will Fat Make Me Fat?

One of the many things I’ve changed my mind on is the importance of good fats in your daily eating routine. For way too many skinny-fat-moody-UNfun years I deprived myself of ALL fat.

I now believe FAKE will make you fat, not fat! As long as you prioritise one ingredient unprocessed fats. So that’s nuts, seeds, avo... as opposed to donuts, mayo, cheese.

Beyond the obvious - DELICIOUSNESS! - here are 3 of fats benefits...

✅ One: Fat is satisfying.

You know that light weight salad that might look huge yet really does nothing to satisfy you?

That meal is always going to come back to bite you! When you under eat in one meal your body will nag at you for 'make up' calories… and 'make up' calories are often not quality calories.

✅ Two: Fat slows down the rate at which the carbs you consume are broken down and released into the bloodstream.

This lets you avoid the meal that sends your blood sugar levels soaring and then plummeting. It provides you with stable, reliable energy. At the same time it allows you to avoid over consuming ALL of the carbs!

✅ Three: On an emotional level, Fat is fun.

This is an underestimated component of getting and staying lean. I genuinely believe you need to love what you eat as often as possible to avoid the “I deserve!” effect. We’ve all spiralled into the detrimental “I deserve” demolish right?

Here are my fav 8 Plant-based Fat Upgrades,

1. Make your own nut based cheese.

2. Experiment with 1/2’ing the amount of oil in a recipe and replacing it with higher micronutrient nuts or seeds.

3. Make your own dairy free pesto.

4. Experiment with 1/2’ing the amount of oil you cook with and replacing it with veg stock / water plus adding nuts or seeds.

5. Swap margarine / vegan butter to avocado.

6. Swap bought crisps to home made. Try kale, brussel, sweet potato, carrot, beetroot, zucchini and even collard.

7. Swap biscuits and bars to nuts and seeds.

8. Try almond milk and organic cacao as a guilt free before bed hot chocolate. As a bonus benefit cacao has magnesium to aid your sleep.

Remember you and your body are a team! Focus first on what you’re GIVING your body. The huge, delicious, colourful meals that are chocka block full of micronutrients to keep you happy, healthy and full of energy.

A final tip with these delicious yet high caloric density foods?

🎯 Embrace a running tally. The running tally means you have general awareness of the good fat you consume in a day and when you go a little over in one meal you adjust accordingly to go a little under in the next meal. 🎯

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