Have a Diet. Don’t Be On One

I hope my tombstone someday reads, “She was a girl who ate her way through life.” I’m still working on the exact wording, but something in that vein.

Really though, food is my favorite. I was raised with an appreciation for good, homegrown food–spent far too many Middle-High School-College years depriving myself of it (for my full story, check out the About section of this blog)–and have in recent years come back around to having a good food relationship. Because of that, I’ve built a platform and a business based around helping people, like I first helped myself, to reacquaint themselves with common-sense eating.

Haven’t you heard? Diets are out.

SO it grind my gears, and makes me sad, when people assume that because I eat healthy, I must be “on a diet.” Like, no. Let’s stop right there and get some things straight.

My Two Favorite Things: Superfoods and Bargains

I posted about this briefly on my Facebook wall, but I felt like it’s such an important topic it deserved its own blog post, honestly!

But before I get into the Nerd Alert portion of this post: If I had to sum myself up in two defining terms, it’d easily be:

1. Foodie
2. Cheap ass

I usually prefer “frugalista,” but let’s just call it was it is!

Pretty right? Keep reading….I promise it all ties in 🙂

I’m that chick who will order a cocktail I don’t really want because it’s $7.99 instead of $8.99, the price of the one I actually want. I’ve walked around stores holding and internally debating purchases of $5 tank tops, many many times. Yeah…

I’ve always said the only thing I’m NOT cheap on though, is my food. It’s literally our life source. I’m not going to put shitty gas into a Lamborghini. And I’m damn sure not aiming to pay for crazy expensive health care of chemo down the road.

Having said that, toss me a legit deal on food (hello Trader Joes everything, hello Ibotta app) and I’m all over it.

That’s a HUGE reason I’m such a proponent of Shakeology, the raw vegan superfood powder I use in my smoothies every. single. day since April, 2015. I’ll use it the rest of my life! It’s saved me SO much moolah, and also has healed my gut, gotten me off meds, eliminated my hypothyroid symptoms, like 100%, and made my bleached, processed hair grow like a WEED.

Working Remote on the Road 101

Does the idea of doing your own thing and being your own boss seem:

A. Totally unrealistic?
B. Totally unattainable as an actual career option?

I held both of those opinions, before I actually did become my own boss and quit my 9-5.

2 + years later, I can tell you with 100% certainty that being your own boss and running a successful MLM business IS a thing, and isn’t only for the top .01%–it’s 100% doable.

It’s how I was able to pack up my few belongings I hadn’t sold into an old 1995 RV and hit the road, totally confident that I would in fact still be earning a paycheck, and wouldn’t end up broke and back home within 5 minutes. So yeah, I’m a pretty big advocate!

Working out and working on my business, from the campsite