Our Top Ten Favorite ALDI Products (Vegan, Plant-Based Grocery Haul)

It’s no secret that I love Aldi! When we first switched to eating a whole food, plant-based diet, I honestly thought I’d have to stop shopping there in favor of places like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but I soon realized they have TONS of options. I thought it would be fun to put together a list of our favorite products to buy there — all vegan / plant-based of course! Continue reading

Five Things We Thought Would Happen During Weight Loss (That Didn’t)

I think any time you start a new weight loss “adventure” (as we like to call it), you have ideas in your head about what will or won’t happen. We made a video a while back about “Five Unexpected Results of Switching to a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet” and it got us thinking… what were some things we DID expect to happen – but didn’t actually happen? So in today’s video we decided to do just that! Continue reading

Ten Tips That Helped Me Get Back On Track With My Whole Food, Plant-Based Weight Loss Adventure

Welcome to the final (I think?) installment of our “Getting Back On Track” series. Beyond the initial “confession,” I thought it was really important to bring you guys along for my journey towards getting myself back on track. For this last video, I thought I would share some tips that have worked for me as I’ve gotten myself back on track. Continue reading

42 Days Into Getting “Back On Track”: Losing 24 Pounds While Gaining A New Perspective On Life

As you may remember, I made a video 42 days ago on March 15, 2020 “confessing” that I had gotten completely off track with my diet. I’m not even sure if I properly expressed (or… admitted?) in that video just how far off track I was at the time. I had gotten to a point where I was sneaking food and hiding it from Brian. I even hid it from my co-workers, for fear that they would judge me since I’ve tried to set such a good “example” since we started this new lifestyle. Continue reading

What We Eat (And Do) In A Day: Quarantine Edition (Whole Food, Plant-Based Vegan Diet)

We’ve been working from home for going on what feels like 2 years amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, so we thought it was time to show you what our lives are like these days. We filmed what we ate and also showed you a bit of our daily lives! Check it out and be sure to watch the video for more. Continue reading

Q&A with CrayRay & Julieanna – Part 2: Ideal Body Weight, Metabolism, Potato Diet, Protein, Vegan Junk Food & More

We had SO many questions from our audience (and a ton that we wanted to ask ourselves), so Ray and Julieanna graciously agreed to continue the interview into a second part. In this part, we discussed a variety of topics, including that infamous potato diet, ideal body weight, contrast showers and the ever popular protein question. Continue reading