I just now realized I didn't put any *before* pics and you know what, that's fine and in total alignment with the thought process in this video. As I said, I'm not a huge fan of the whole 😟 before 😞 and 🤪 AFTER 🤗 concept. I've always been fine with how I look bc I realized early on that what we find beautiful is all relative to the generation we grow up in anyway. Nonetheless, after the vegan meal plan, I did feel a whole lot stronger (and that felt good!)! I guess the entire point of what I'm writing is: I didn't *not* feel good before, but I felt *even better* after.
I 100% recommend a rice cooker for your rice. Less plastic waste and it's dead simple: pour in half a cup of rice, a cup of water, press the button. THAT'S IT. No cleanup, it's all dishwasher safe, no sticky pans or having to babysit boiling water. As a lazy person, I love it. Damn I feel like an infomercial writing this but for real it's amazing.
from the west coast here where everything takes the Spanish name, lol, I didn't know garbanzo beans were also called chickpeas until I was like 24 and found myself living in Kansas and wondering what the hell were these chickpeas at the store and where the hell were my garbanzo beans and humous, lol, I was a spoiled Californian when it came to food, lol (same with cilantro and coriander, and now I find myself living in France and I have to do a double take and remember "no honey, coriandre IS cilantro, it's ok honey" lol)
When you said to wash the beans... are we all going to forget about your iconic "bean soup with nugget chunks" recipe from 2 years ago? 😂😂😂 I'm so glad you learned, that's vegan ✨ character development ✨ right here!
I’m a plus size woman who started the weight loss journey literally yesterday. This couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Thank you for everything you said. Especially sharing your Midwest childhood eating habits… I relate so hard. Love u king, thanks again ♥️
Honestly Damon, you’re the best RU-vidr out there. Your videos have the most essence of life in them and every single time you post, I jump on my phone, make a delicious snack and switch off from the world’s bullshit by watching your video. Thank you for this chaotic yet in perfect harmony content 🤍✨
no because this is the healthiest conversation around self worth, self acceptance, and self change that I've heard in a long time. thank u so much for this
While I generally like the way this video is presented I must add a warning based on personal experiences. When I started tracking my calories/macros and went vegan, it eventually led to anorexia nervosa. Not everyone who is vegan and tracks their food will have an eating disorder but there are some people who are prone to it. So please, proceed with caution! I am in no way saying veganism or tracking food is bad, I just want to share my experience. I suppose it's good that he plugs BetterHelp because you might want to check your mental health before trying to change your body.
Yes TY! and also let’s just point out that Veganism and Macro/ Calorie tracking do not necessarily go hand in hand! They are not synonymous. Veganism is a lifestyle and ethical philosophy:)
I'd like to go ahead and second this comment. I am a huge fan of Damon and have been for many many years and will continue to be obv! But I've recently just recovered from Anorexia Bullimia which arose through years of dieting and tracking calories/macros. It was a very difficult and scary journey, and as someone who comes from the toxic side of diet culture I'd just like to send out a cautious warning that videos like this could negatively affect many others going through the same struggle. I'm currently vegan (for moral and environmental reason) and fully believe you can be vegan without falling into disordered eating! I would just be careful when talking about limiting calories and food groups. It's important for everyone to remember that their life is more than just the shape/size of their body, you are worthy of lover and happiness regardless of physical appearance
Stay away from Betterhelp btw. They not only don’t care about you,but very bad pay for the helpers (most Importantly: they don’t care about you and will either not listen, make you pay for horrible service or tell you you have something without getting to know you) But anywho, YES your comment is important!
Unfortunately tracking nutrients in food/labels/etc. does not actually work as most people imagine. You may be feeding your body certain nutrients but if you body does not want them it will not absorb them. Second, one bag of spinach may be 50 time more nutritious than another bag due to the soil it was grown in and if that soil had a good balance of nutrients (most are devoid of nutrients) and other factors. In our modern environment, people need to eat wayyy more calories to gain the same amount of nutrients and we would have needed to 50 years ago. Anyway, good quality whole foods are always good options.
Hey Damon! Lil' tip for rice cooking, it has never failed me and it's quite the simplest way to make it - 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice. Just bring water to a boil and add some salt and the rice. Then you just let the magic happen. Hope it helps and thanks for sharing your journey ✨
All beauty trends are toxic. But I’m glad that we are trading weights and overeating protein to cardio and good diet. My body doesn’t feel good trying to get “thick”. And genetically it didn’t go to the intended places😂 I feel and look my best when I’m intuitively eating high vibe foods. Thanks for this video!
Cheer me on definitely 😅🥹 I needs the support mentally outside of myself because that internal dialogue be like “girl why you here? You know you could be sleep rn?” 🥲🤣
doing rice is easy af. the measurement is always 2 cups of water for one of rice. 💀 and if you want that brazilian rice taste, just cut some onions and garlic
The Greeks had gymnasiums, gymnasium a.k.a. "The Gym" is a Greek word. I lived in Athens for 2 years ages ago and can tell you that "The Gym" is very much alive, sports there continue to have historical reverence.
I am living in the UK and the grams makes so much sense because you can just pop the mixing bowl or pot on the scale instead of dirtying measuring cups. Less washing up and more precise. The tablespoon thing I think is more helpful if youre ok to eyeball a measurement. I know roughly what 1 tbsp of peanut butter is or any oil or sauce. But all peanut butter, oil and soy sauce all have different weights so would be harder to know what 15g of each looks like. Or if you want to be super precise for your snack youre going to need to use some utensil to get the peanut butter out so might as well use a tool that measures it perfectly and a scale can’t be used like that.
With the trainer you're definitely buying knowledge - I paid this price when I wanted to learn to be a better swimmer. It also gave me the confidence to swim alone as I could still hear her instruction/advice in my head.
I do wash my beans, lol, and I soak them and wash them if they're dry beans, still gassy as F, hahahah, (side note, my dad did this for a couple of decades when I was a kid, and wanna know what he did? He cooked his dried beans, that had been soaked and washed, in kombu broth!!!! I'm not kidding, the house would reek of seaweed for days, lol, supposedly cooking beans with seaweed helps with the gas, lol, I don't know)
I read a scientific paper (NO LIE!! ) that said potatoes can build muscle just as well as animal protein. Now while I as a diabetic can't fully follow this plan, I definitely incorporate a good portion of potatoes and they don't spike my blood sugar provided they aren't highly processed. I eat baked potatoes like nobody's business!! 😂😂 Eat well and pay attention to your blood sugar, and eat sources of good fat. I also understand the feeling of being full really fast, you do have to cram to meet your calories! At one point my calories weren't even enough to meet my daily bodily functions! Still fighting that, but I'm working;
omg its SO easy to make rice (I'm a brazilian so bear with me for a sec): 1st -> measure the rice. (usually 1 + 1/2 cups works for 2 meals) 2nd -> go put the water to boiil (2x the amount of rice, in this case 3 cups) btw i'm talking 200ml water glasses. 3rd -> heat a pan (one that has a lid) and add olive oild 4th -> add garlic (usually 1 clove for these measurements) 5th -> once the garlic is browing (not yet brown, but starting), add your rice and the amout of salt you like. 6th -> let the rice absorb the flavors for 2 seconds. slow down, drink some water, eat a cookie. 7th -> add the water (please tell me it is already boiling) and close the pan (with the LID) wait about 15 minutes. shouldn't be much more, max 20 min, nor much less, min 10-12min. done, you have rice!
Have you heard of PB2? It's defatted peanut butter and delicious. You can add water to it to make "regular" peanut butter or add it to smoothies or bake with it. I love regular peanut butter too, but having a low fat option is supercool too.
I started going to the gym with a meal plan and an instructor and I can relate to a lot of the thoughts in this video. My friends make fun of me and ask me why I go to the gym because I'm not fat...that's not the point, I go to feel better, not because I feel bad now
As a veggie person, I've never been able to consume the grams of protein for pounds of body weight!! I probably consume about half of that & often, slightly under. Thankfully my body still carries me through life & I feel well
I used to go to a luxury gym but then moved away from that town and don’t have one nearby anymore. I used to love working out, but suddenly I *cannot* motivate myself to work out in my dinky empty apartment gym. The energy of all those people around you and all the nice amenities making it feel like a ✨spa day✨…that was how I motivated myself. Luxury gyms are totally worth the expense!
The "not an all or nothing" person thing at the gym got me. Yelling at me is NOT going to make me want to workout more, it's going to make me wanna quit and never come back.
Damon you're an absolute gem! Your videos always makes me laugh and feel like a hangout sesh with a friend that has a similar yet still so intriguing mind. Thank you for that:)
The struggle with sentence structure cracks me up. After living in Germany for 7 years, I still struggle and ask "did what I just say make any sense??!?"
This video is not targeted at me at all. But this was charming as usual. Completing the cadre of who you are as a person. My husband is the opposite as you. He never manages to get pecks. He has insane arms, butt legs and abs tho, just due to his work as a landscaper, and my cooking 😁
I recommend a mini rice cooker or normal rice cooker either a Japanese or Korean brand. Simple measure rice with a cup, put equal amounts of water in, before that rinse water in rice and drain excess water then I would say 5-10 times, put in rice cooker. Press cooking and then it'll tell you when it's ready and there's a keep warm function. Usually rice is hood for several days❤
Romans and greeks did have gyms - the word gym comes from the ancient greek word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion) which essentially means the same thing as gym - a place to do exercises etc.
I find that these types of 'macros' for vegans making meal plans...is what makes them imbalanced and many go running back to animal foods. Your insides count as well. A head of lettuce and more fruit during the day will make real nutrition for the whole body. Vegetables have the most assimilable protein. And yes...it does appear that most protein intake 'requirements' are quite high. It takes glucose and mineral salts (from greens and veg)...to build and heal the body...
Part of me is getting really annoyed of all this “vegan” “weight loss” talk. It seems that it you eat meat, dairy, and gluten, people judge you and call you unhealthy. 😅 idk it’s just weird 🤧
I used to get bloated too since some people struggle with digesting legumes and such, but a good tactic is to start with smaller portions and built until you can handle more, that helped me! (Of course washing too!)
never do. well as a guy and young you can do keto..hah..i, as older girl..did keto and gained. 30 lbs !!!! i am not a meat eater!! so all that meat fat gave me 30 lbs!! and i am only 5'2". .so i am trying to loose. midwest yes is about eating and being big. now. age is a big thing!! but culture and good food..healthy foood. everything you day is soo true. you can also mix canned tuna with rice..little spice. its goid
You help me alot now i understand everything how the meal process go on daily routine thanks and i love watching your videos ❤ big fan from pakistan 😍😘
ok i love this video Damon but the way you're cooking rice is hurting my SOUL! 😲 the easiest way to do it is to get a rice cooker (any one doesnt have to be pricey) and use the finger rule to measure the water. (after adding rice, add enough water so when you put one finger on top of the rice, the water line reaches the 1st knuckle) ik this is unsolicited but I felt like sharing today :) hope this helps!
you gotta get yourself a scale my friend. I got a scale for weighing my macros and whatever and it helped so much. Before that I would guess my portions and...turns out I was wayyy off.
Hey Damon! I’m a new subscriber and forever fan of yours!! The fact that you started with an online French course and now have the flexibility to create content about whatever and wherever is actual goals! I learned Spanish after living in Mexico City for two years! French is my next mission but I haven’t found a course I’m willing to invest in yet. If you have a discount code for a poor classroom teacher like myself I’d greatly appreciate it!! 💕I’m also vegan and greatly appreciated this video!!
UMMM WOW why did you post this LITERALLY as I was googling recipes for wtf to do with this can of kidney beans I accidentally bought (meant to buy chickpeas). I’m all of a sudden way more excited about these beans than I was 5 min ago lol-Damon always comin thru w the life tips right when I need em!!!
I wash my beans yes , but also, if you have problem with the gas, just mesh them! Make them a pate, it totally helps with the digestion while having the same protein-vitamin content :)
I started my weight loss and fitness journey at the very end of March/beginning of April. First month was tennis a couple of times a week, and since May I've been going to the gym twice a week, so eight weeks in a row completed today. I see a pretty big difference already, I was about 88-89 kilos at the beginning of the process and now I'm at 82-83 kg. I have a personal trainer, and I'd like to add that even though I could technically go to the gym alone and do the things he wants me to do, the joy I get in going to the gym is because I know I have someone I can talk to and ask questions. And even after 2 months my technique on certain things is still not perfect, so if you go to a gym without any guidance please do be careful and take care of yourself. I'll also add regarding cost that I live in Poland - I personally have a steal for my trainer, it's a nice recreation center that focuses on its pools, but it has a small gym, and central European countries like Poland and Czech Republic and Slovakia have a system called Multisport which your company provides you, and many places accept this card/have this system in place - basically, I go to the gym for free, and the hourly rate of my trainer through the gym is about 15 euros an hour if you buy a 10 hour package. It's 16 or 17 an hour without the package. It's a great price, many trainers at the big gyms in Poland will ask for 25-30 euros an hour (and for Poland that's a lot of money). Basically, if you live in central Europe, and you work for an international/private company, there is no reason to not take advantage. As for my diet/food, I don't really have a diet. I eat what I want, but I noticed I stalled at about 84/85 kg for awhile, so I've been eating out less and just reducing restaurants from 3-4 times a week to once a week has made a big difference already. I never thought I'd become a gym person, but for me, having a positive person to help me push through it, and he never pushes me to the extreme, has made the experience much better and I can enjoy it more that way. The gym isn't so bad at all, once it becomes a lifestyle habit, it's easy to maintain. I appreciated the video, thanks Damon.
