Hi, I’m Healthy Emmie! My parent, known as Healthy Mummy and Healthy Dad, went on a whole-food plant based diet back in 2015 and 2016. They were in their late 50s at the time. Now, in their mid-60s, they’re rocking the #SlimOnStarch lifestyle. My dad went from obese to a healthy weight, and my mom lowered her cholesterol and lost weight after menopause. In today’s video, we are wrapping up 2023 with some fun trivia, and talking about weight gain and loss over the course of the year!
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My name is Healthy Emmie. I’ve been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, PopSugar, and more as the go-to nutritionist for plant-based weight loss. I’ve personally coached thousands of people. Combining the teachings of Dr. John McDougall’s Starch Solution, Dr. Joel Furhman’s Nutritarian Eat To Live Diet, Dr. Alan Goldhamer, Dr. Doug Lisle, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, T. Colin Campbell, Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Michael Greger and more… I’ve trademarked my Slim on Starch® system for weight loss and weight maintenance. I’ve received my certificate through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition which qualifies me to coach individuals. Each client in my Slim on Starch program works with me, as well as my carefully selected team of nutrition coaches who are registered dietitians in their personal practices. Each client also works with a carefully selected team of mindset coaches, whose personal practices stretch from therapists, trauma specialists, addiction specialists, psychologists, health coaches, doctors, personal trainers, and more. If you’re interested in working with me and my team, please visit https://healthyemmie.org/coaching. I look forward to helping you change your life. You deserve health and happiness.
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Let me tell you a story almost 10 years ago I went on a plant-based diet and later convinced my parents to do the same their health improved my mom’s cholesterol went down my dad went from being obese to being at a healthy weight and when I asked them to share their
Stories on YouTube they said sure over the years you’ve gotten to know these two as healthy Mommy and healthy dad and you’ve been here for the big moments like this one big win for me in the past month drum roll I got my Medicare card
So in this special video to wrap up last year let’s have a little bit of Fun hello my Honeys welcome to the yearly wrapup it has been a wild year here and last time we filmed a video I teased that maybe we would do some trivia and so I’ve prepared some trivia for us today so today we’re going to start out out with trivia we’re going to
Talk about all the foods that they ate and the hobbies that they did and all that fun stuff and then we’re going to talk a little bit about how their weight is going weight gain weight loss weight maintenance Etc so make sure that you stay for the whole video so what I did
Was this morning I went through all of the healthy parents updates I need a healing after doing that you’re the top primary Foods the top recipes etc etc and we’re doing trivia if you’re new here hey I’m healthy Emmy welcome I’m nutritionist a weight loss specialist and the creator of the slimon starch
Program where you work with me as well as a mindset coach and a nutrition coach to release weight on a plant-based diet I have oh chalk boards we each get one and CH je smooth devil and the winner this could be life changing the winner will receive
Oh lottery ticket a scratch ticket a$2 one tell you what I we’ll split the winning only the best you could went up to 20 times cash no cheating no peeking question number one what was healthy mummy’s favorite foods from the recipe books there was a tie one two
Three reveal the correct answer is I really enjoy the dad’s veggie Bur ERS vegie Burg and it would be tied also with health healthy dads um veggie wraps wraps in veggie burgers so we are tied one in one we on the scoreboard we’re going Double Jeopardy what was dad’s favorite food from the
Recipe books for last year all right one two three reveal you’re both wrong Mexi and our Mexi Mexi was the correct answer Shee sorry what was dad’s top primary food of 2023 oh it’s primary food that he enjoys yes primary foods are not the foods that go on your plate
They are the Hobbies activities relationships that nourish your soul all right don’t reveal yet one two 3 so again the weather has changed and I think from the standpoint of primary food the fact that we’ve been able to eat our last two dinners and lunches outside uh we’re going to do that again
Tonight the correct answer was being outside was your top primary food what was Mom’s top primary food of 2023 by the way there were two I will award one point for each one two three yoga and gardening you’re both wrong is knitting for me I’m knitting reading and knitting
Oh I was gonna say knitting bummer these are good wrong answers they are I that’s I thought that golf was going to be your top one all right well the next one has two answers in what month and year you get one point for the month one point
For the year did you both first make your debut on the healthy Emmy YouTube channel oh boy I no iide all right one two three reveal the correct answer is they’ve arrived how did you find hello how are you good super May 2017 when I graduated from college no
Idea that was your first debut I have no idea let me know where I am what is your name okay I healthy Emmy uploaded 122 YouTube videos in the year of 2023 how many videos did you guys make a cameo in well uh price is write it okay
I’m better at the high low game oh so I’m going to go one $1 the correct answer is 20 nine always go your point you did you do get the point so it’s Dad has two points mom has one point we filmed nine monthly updates how many minutes did all of these videos
Total you’re not even you’re just throwing up no math one two 3 reveal the correct answer is 134 minutes so dad with 113 so dad has three points mom has one the last question is it a two-pointer a chance you can bet I have one point oh
It’s like Final Jeopardy okay so I don’t have to bet anything I bet a half I bet $2,000 you can bet your $1 of the nine monthly updates how many of them were filmed at my old house the correct answer is two so I won three to two dad wins the same
Numbers in the you get bonus plays though down the bottom left two bonus plays oh you already got the bonus plays what the hell oh that’s 13 that’s why well I’m not the only loser since both of you did release weight on the slimon starch program there’s always a
Lot of curiosity about your weight maintenance weight gain Etc so I do want to touch on that a little bit mom yeah since you first released weight in the slimon starch program in 2020 has your weight remained stable have you experienced any weight game I mean I’ve
Lost weight and it’s just stayed in the same general area as long as I have continued to live this lifestyle I haven’t changed anything and I think it’s insightful that you are so self-aware of your habits you you can see when you start to Veer off when you
Know peanut butter crackers start to creep in or but you don’t wait until your clothes are tight to make that behavioral change and get back to the SOS Foundation why well I want to say that I think it’s really important that you don’t punish yourself or feel like
You’ve somehow done something wrong if you start to Veer a little I just think it’s a good um healthy awareness that yeah okay I ate that for a little while but I know that that’s not what is best for me I feel best when I do this so I
Just look at it as a little reminder yeah I I wanted to and and you hit what I wanted to talk about which is that you are emphasizing how you feel over weight gain and weight loss if the only thing that’s driving us is weight gain and
Weight loss then we’re not going to be successful in the long term so I applaud you and I admire that the reason why you eat this way is because of how you feel I never ever think of this as being on a diet or being on I don’t I just think of
It as a definitely a cleaner more healthy way for me to live that is taking me through um my final years in really good shape is I say this often to my clients and you’ve heard me say it on YouTube that SOS is not a cult or a
Religion that you have to stick to 100% of the time it’s a foundation that allows you to have some indulgences here and there and so you’ll you know have a cookie here and there or have something out at a restaurant but you’re not uh sticking to this like a religion in in
The black and white sense dad the holidays have just finished up how has your weight been so um I did weigh myself today and I was 186 and a quar so I’m to me I’m up 4 lbs from my ideal weight now the ideal weight of 182 I get to three or four
Times a year um there might be a day where it be would be 181 or 180 and a half and and that’s typically of course in the summertime when it’s hot and I’ve done all the outside side things but uh I do weigh myself a lot because at the Y
Where you put the bathing suit into the spinner that dries your bathing suit the scale is right next to them so you kind of while one is going on you can you can finish and then and do the other so um and I think you know M and I both had Co
Last week so we were kind of down for the C out of exercising for a few days because we had to stay right here so that I think has a little to do with it but you know 4 pounds isn’t bad uh but I do weigh myself a lot so if something is
Drastic is happening I’m going to figure that out sooner then and later cuz I just I just I just do it that way what was your highest weight ever 2 234 234 so I say this to say 230 I I said when I carry the groceries and I said this is
What I used to weigh it’s every pound overweight we are is an extra 4 lbs of pressure on our joints so you had over 100 pounds of pressure on your joints uh and every pound that you release is the equivalent to four sticks of butter so
How many sticks of butter is that you’re the mathematician it’s a lot of butter that you’ve released uh but I say this to say that it is normal to have weight fluctuations throughout the year when it’s the holidays or when you live in Massachusetts and you’re not outside as
Much you’re not as active in the winter months and also healthy dad is the in the holidays season seon you eat dessert and people bring over baked goods and this house is SOS it is clean SOS but things from the outside will come in and they’re okay with that and healthy dad
Will have cookies that the neighbor baked whatever and around the holiday season that happens more often so weight creeps up a little bit but then January comes and weight goes back down and then the summer comes and weight goes back down so healthy normal fluctuations of in the five pound range are completely
Normal they’re a natural part of life and what’s most important is that you have the strong foundation and you you’re able to catch it and you get right back to what makes you feel good why don’t you each choose three words to sum up 2023 exhausting mortality related I think
Commitment is a good one because we we’re both committed to our exercise and our diets all right I would say um blessed I think we’re pretty blessed you know we have a nice home we have a great great family um we really have nothing to complain about so I would say blessed
I would say um joy we had a lot of Joy this year you know one of our kids got married that’s a huge accomplishment and something that we’re just so happy about and growth I think we’ve grown a lot we’ve learned a lot things have changed
A lot and I think we’re rolling with it which is great beautiful all right my hes well that’s a wrap and another year down the dra we will see you in the next monthly update I love you H we see you in the next One