well as what I was putting into my body. I never felt like I was giving anything up or depriving
myself at all.”
However, even though she had learned a lot about plant-based eating on her own, she still didn’t
fully grasp the whole big-picture concept. She gave up meat and began eating “healthier,” but she
knew that there was much more to learn. She had lost weight, but she sought more guidance and
reached out to me to begin using her newfound energy and motivation to further improve her diet
and overall lifestyle. When we began working together, plant-based nutrient-rich eating finally hit
home with her. That's when she truly began to understand and embrace this great-tasting healthy
eating style.
Since the night of the gala, Tracie has taken many steps in the right direction. She has been learning
the finer points of nutrient-rich healthy eating for life, such as the nutrient-rich way to shop,
organize, prepare and eat out, as well as how to create simple, quick and easy nutrient-rich
recipes. She is very busy, but she knows that no matter how busy she gets, she will always eat
nutrient rich.
Now well into her fourth year, Tracie has maintained her weight loss and continues to read as much
information as possible about nutrition, health and overall well-being. She recognizes that this
knowledge will continue to expand her awareness of how to eat, think and live better. These days,
her mission is to help other people change their lives by modifying how they think about food. She
is now a leader in helping people change, and shares her story so others can learn about and
experience a nutrient-rich healthy eating style.
“I didn’t have a personal trainer or dietitian,” says Tracie. “I didn’t deprive myself or go on a fad
diet. Rather, I just learned a nutrient-rich way to eat and discovered that food is really fuel to be
used to run our bodies efficiently. My objective became putting the best ‘fuel’ possible into my body.
I learned that if I put empty, “nutrient-poor” calories into my body, I could not expect it to run
efficiently. It quite obviously wasn’t working because that’s what I had been doing, and it had made
me feel sluggish and depressed for such a long time.
“Through experience I learned that when I ate nutrient-rich foods I felt energized, healthy and
happy. This has been a remarkable experience for me, and I feel compelled to help other people
make the switch to rich too!”
Tracie adds, “I often wonder where I’d be right now if I hadn’t gone to that gala, heard about Skinny
Bitch, received that goodie bag from a random stranger or been stuck in New York City overnight—
but I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and that those events set me on my current
path. I couldn’t be more grateful!”
An interesting thing to note here is that Tracie didn’t set out to lose weight and actually didn’t even
know how to do so. Rather, her weight loss happened naturally because she set out to become
healthier, and because she became a nutrient-rich healthy eater.