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I had a conversation on the beach with a total stranger yesterday. Somehow we ended up talking about eggs. And he says, Yeah, I mean, elk is so confusing, right? He said, First you hear eggs are healthy. Then you hear eggs aren't healthy. Then you hear, they're the healthiest food again. And actually, it's the yolk you need to eat. And then you hear, no, you need to eat the white. Don't eat the yolk. It's not healthy. And so it's back and forth and back and forth.

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But you know what hasn't changed? Talking about the eggs flip-flopping back and forth. You know what hasn't changed ever?

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Wait.

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Welcome to the Power on Plants Podcast, home of the purpose-driven men and women who refuse to let their body become the bottleneck to their God-given calling.

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If you're building a business, raising up the next generation, and carrying vision, but behind the scenes, your energy is fading, inflammation is rising, your laughs aren't great, and you're wondering how much longer can I keep pushing like this? It's time to fix the fuel.

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You've accomplished a lot in life, so you know you don't have a discipline problem and you're not just getting older.

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Your body needs the strategy that matches your assignment. Whole plant foods the exciting, sustainable way that fuel razor shark focus, optimize energy, reverse inflammation, and the most common chronic diseases of our time. All while you enjoy every single bite.

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So if you're done feeling older than you are and you're ready to show up strong, think clearly, multiply your impact, and actually love the meals that move you to optimal health. You're exactly where you need to be.

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So grab your earbuds and let's maximize your power on plants. Hello and welcome to Power on Plants, the podcast for Christian leaders and kingdom entrepreneurs who carry real responsibility and know that your body needs to start showing up completely so it supports the calling God has placed on your life. I'm Anita Roussel, a nurse and certified integrative nutrition health coach.

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And I'm Jared Roussel, a physician assistant and lifestyle medicine professional. Each week we show you how to fuel your body with whole plant foods the simple, enjoyable, real life way. So energy returns, inflammation calms, labs improve, and your physical capacity completely matches your assignment.

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Can you believe here we are in 2026? And if you find yourself thinking, I just want my body to finally feel good so I can show up and be able to fully live this amazing life God's called me to. This is your year. Jared and I know that you have all these dreams and these visions that God's placed on your heart, but your body has to be completely powered to fully back you up, right?

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Absolutely.

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Here's what we've learned after coaching countless leaders out of their body limiting their calling. You've been missing five crucial keys that make healthy eating actually stick. So today we're going to walk you through all five and share the solution that lasts. The first thing that's been keeping you stuck is that you have the wrong mindset. Now there's a lot of things at play here, but what we know is that we all have a common enemy. As Christian leaders, as purpose-driven entrepreneurs, we have an enemy who does not want us to advance God's kingdom on this earth. So we are all in this common battle. God's placed this dream, this desire on our heart to get something out there to help people, to bring his kingdom to this earth. How can we do that if we don't have the body that will back us up? And so over time, what the enemy's done is he has used these certain avenues to bring these lies about what we need to do to get and stay healthy into our world. These lies come through the same avenues, the same paths to you over and over and over again. And guess what? The lies don't change up either. They're the same old blooming lies he's been using time and time again. And one of the first lies that we want to talk to you about today is that getting healthy is difficult. This cannot be farther from the truth. Because I want you to think about this. If you're doing a method that's difficult or that you don't enjoy, that's another way that you could say difficult, you don't enjoy it. You can make yourself do it for a while and even get some results. And maybe you can push through for 12 months. But you get to the end of that time, and let's just say you've achieved the results you were after. Please stop and ask yourself, what is going to keep me there? Because if you're not doing something that excites you and that is enjoyable, so enjoyable you would never even dream of going back. And then on top of that, you add the results that actually last. Like what's going on on the inside is changing your life. It's reversing the bad labs. It's making you feel amazing. So now you're showing up to fully live your calling and you see God's kingdom coming to earth through your life every single day. There is nothing more exciting than that.

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And we say you push through, but that's even if you get started. Sometimes we get so discouraged, just so dissuaded that we don't even bother getting started. We think, because we've seen somebody else do it, oh, this is just too hard. I'm not even going to bother trying. It's not even worth the risk and the failure.

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So I want you to ask yourself today, do I want to weigh myself every day for the rest of my life? Or do I want to track numbers every day or even weekly for the rest of my life? Macros, micros, grams, calories. Do I want to keep injecting myself regularly in the name of health or weight loss or maintaining weight loss for the rest of my life? Am I going to want to continue whatever method I'm setting myself up for doing? Am I going to want to continue that method that I'm setting myself up to do for the rest of my life? Why do I even want to have to push through for three, six, or 12 months through something I hate? Am I going to want to eat cabbage soup for the rest of my life because it has zero points in it, right?

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And that's an important concept too, because sometimes we get short-sighted where we just see, I need this solution now because I'm told it works, but we never really look at how does that march out over your life? Is this something that you would want to do two years, five years, 20 years down the road?

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What about when I want to get back to portions of food that actually leave me feeling satisfied, right? I mean, so many times you think you have to eat these tiny portions of food that would make a bird revolt, right? It's not going to work long term. You're eventually going to start piling more food on your plate. And if it's the wrong kind of food, you're not going to be able to maintain your results. But if you eat the lowest calorie foods on the planet and you know how to put those foods together in a way that's quick, simple, delicious, and brings healing naturally. And all of a sudden you're living the life you were created to live. Why would you even think about going back? The key is to learn how to finally escape dieting mentality once and for all for good and replacing it with truth thinking. So you want to escape diet thinking and replace it with truth thinking. That's the first mindset shift that has to be made. The dieting mentality holds us back. And I just want to say one more thing about injections because this is all the rage. We hear about it all the time. Jared gets calls about it as a provider. But the fact is, you can eat whole plant foods and naturally get the things that you're injecting into yourself when you decide to go the injection route. But the injection route comes with side effects. Please, anything that you're doing, march it out over time.

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Well, the key with the injections is they act like the natural hormone, but they are not the natural hormone. Me personally, I'd rather go the natural route, just saying.

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Yeah, because again, if you march out over time going the other route, there are going to be some things in there you don't like. Not just injecting yourself on a regular basis, the cost, but then what's the real cost of that? It's not a sustainable way of living. So we're looking at what's sustainable. Problem number two, overwhelm. Look, I had a conversation on the beach with a total stranger yesterday. Somehow we end up talking about eggs. And he says, Yeah, I mean, health is so confusing, right? He said, first you hear eggs are healthy, then you hear eggs aren't healthy, then you hear they're the healthiest food again. And actually, it's the yolk you need to eat. And then you hear, no, you need to eat the white. Don't eat the yolk. It's not healthy. And so it's back and forth and back and forth. What I want to say about that is any way of eating you choose, you must march it out over time. So any change in eating can bring some results. Why? Because you'll be changing up what you're doing and your body responds accordingly. You're probably not going to go on a diet and start eating more Cheetos or more cheeses. That's probably not a diet you're going to be doing. Even the unhealthy versions of quote, healthy diets, right? You're they're still going to say, don't eat as much of the junkiest junk food. So you're probably going to get some results. But what we want you to think about is what is going on on the inside. Are the arteries hardening? Are your gut bacteria suffering? All of these things affect so many other things. We don't have time to go into it right now. We've done that in many other podcast episodes. But march it out over time because you can do pretty much anything and get some results. But what is going on on the inside? March that out over time.

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But you know what hasn't changed? Talking about the eggs flip-flopping back and forth. They're healthy. They're not healthy. You know what hasn't changed ever? What? Genesis 129. Genesis 129 has never changed.

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Look it up. Look it up if you're not familiar with it. There's a lot more in the Bible about how to eat. But Genesis 129, you always go back to the original. You know, I heard a business leader that I listened to. He was talking about the rule or the law first mention in the Bible. And he said, if you go back to the first mention of something, when you look at it there, he said, God never changes. He never changes. So the rule of first mention and what he first talks about is his original design for that thing or how he wants things to function. And so you want to take that law and that rule and understand that this is the optimal way. This is the owner's manual. It's the optimal way you were created to function. So then it shouldn't surprise us, right? When we look at the studies and we see, hey, whole plant foods. When people are actually eat more of these, they get healthy, they lose weight, they no longer have the heart issues, they reverse type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, autoimmune disease, high cholesterol. We see this on the regular. It's not some isolated story. I cannot explain this to you enough. And if you can find the way to eat more whole plant foods that is simple, enjoyable, and that you love it so much you wouldn't dream of returning. You're you struck gold. You have absolutely struck gold. And that's what we do. It's how we live every day. I promise you, if we can do it, you can do it too.

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We see many other conditions, things like eczema, acne, various different skin conditions, these things, low energy, fatigue, fibromyalgia, gut bloating. We see these things get better as well. So it's not just the more serious chronic diseases. It can even be some of those things that aren't life-threatening, but just bug you. They're just always there nagging at you. You look in the mirror, you've got the acne, you don't feel your best, maybe your confidence is a little lacking, and you just think, again, this is life. And that's just how it is, but that's not always true.

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I just think back to all the times that I used to go with my mom to all the different dieting programs. I mean, I've sat through so many and learned all the ways that they teach and all the things that they do. I could tell you backwards and forwards many of the different ways. But what I did never see her do was go, hey, this is so simple and not overwhelming. And I love it so much. I'd love to keep eating this tiny little portion. I'd love to keep doing all these different things. You march it out over time. The results never stick. If they don't stick, why are they not sticking? Why are they not sticking for me? I want you to ask that. I keep trying. I've tried so much, Anita. I seriously should have a nutrition degree right now. It's because they're not sticking for five different reasons. The first one we've just given you is mindset. We've just touched on two things today. There are so many lies our enemy tells you that lead to wrong mindsets. The way to break free is becoming aware of what those lies are because they're set. I mean, they're just the ones he uses all the time. It's not that creative. And then learn the way to replace them with the truth. And that is what will set you free. The second thing that is keeping you stuck is wrong environments. This is not just the things around you, although that's super important. Obviously, if you kept the Cheetos and Cheezets, and in my case, cheese around, you know, if you've got that there where you're always looking at it and it's in your favorite drawer or the main drawer you're staring at when you open your fridge, that becomes difficult. So you need to learn this kind of leaves me to five, which is simplifying things. One of the things in simplifying is the fact of who's around you. You know, if people in your house aren't doing it, but you want to eat whole food plant-based, well, what do you do? Well, you can put things in a place, rearrange your fridge so that you're not constantly staring at those things that sabotage your health. That's one simple way. We talk about many things in simple. I'm going to go back to point two, but I just wanted to point that out while we were talking about cheese, because sometimes there are things like that and you think, well, I can't because. But once you shoot down all those reasons why I can't, and you realize, hey, I could do this and I could do this in a way that I set up my environment where the things around me set me up for success. But then not only that, the people, I have a supportive environment, a supportive community, supportive coaches. I know exactly where to go. And I'm so busy, right? So we think, I don't have time for all this. How am I going to learn all this? Well, I can promise you it's going to be way faster if you don't try to YouTube and piece it all together. You're going to need a system. And when you have a five-step system that works, you're going to skyrocket yourself there because you're a busy leader, you have a lot on your plate, you do not have time for all this trying to figure it out. Could you? Yes, it could take a very long time, but you could do it. But here's the thing: if you have someone who can help you say, hey, this is how you set up your environment. Let me walk you through whole foods. I'm going to walk you through, I'm going to show you exactly what I buy, where to get it, the simplest things to do. You don't have to buy food from overseas. Like it's just not necessary. You're busy. You don't have time for that. So we're going to set up your environment, the places. There are many more places that we could go into. And we do that inside accelerator. But I want you to start wrapping your mind around. Okay, so so far it's just the mindset, right? Take your wrong mindsets and you replace them with the truth. You recognize what they are, replace them with truth. Then you have the environment. I'm setting up the places around me, the things around me, the people around me. All of those things, once you optimize those, you have somebody who can say, hey, look, here's what's in my pantry. Hey, here's where I buy it. I mean, it's just made things so much simpler. So you're not standing there overwhelmed going, all I know how to eat is salad. Like I'll just eat salad and live on salad the rest of my life. That's dieting mentality. Okay. So let's move to delicious. This is one of my absolute favorites. One and two are super important. Mindset environment, right? But we're going to get those set up and solid and we move on to delicious because you don't have satisfying upgrades for your favorites. And that is why it's not sticking. That's why you keep falling off the healthy food wagon. And this is why we have people, even people who have tried whole feed plant-based multiple times, come to us and finally they're able to make it work because they get the five-step system and in it is delicious. So you learn how to make those old favorites in your new upgraded way. Because what you've been trying to do before is to eat healthy by removing your favorites and replacing them with sadness. Okay. Think about it. I have been doing this to myself in the name of health, thinking that this is the way to get healthy. Removing my old favorites and replacing them with sadness. These are the methods we were talking about before. I'm just going to eat less. I'm just going to have to live on zero-point cabbage soup. I'm just going to have to dine out and not like what I'm eating. I'm just going to have to, and you tell yourself all these, by the time you're done with that list, you are so depressed. You're like, I don't even know why I'm trying to get healthy. Just give me my old favorite. Just forget it.

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I'm not even going to try.

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Yeah. And then next year you find yourself 50 to 100 pounds heavier because you haven't found your favorites, or you have two more diagnosis stacked on the other two you already had, and now you're not showing up even as much as you were before. And that is not what we want for you because there are people waiting on you, waiting on the gifts God's put in you, waiting on you to show up and help them. So we're talking about here finding your new favorites. These are the upgraded versions of your old favorites. So if you like tacos, pizza, pasta, shepherd's pie, brownies, and I'm not talking about dry, nasty brownies that you have to force yourself to eat. And you're saying to yourself, well, it's okay because it's healthy. No, that's never going to work. That is alive, the enemy. Healthy food can and should taste amazing. Period. There's nothing else I want to say about that. You have to find those replacements that you absolutely love just as much or even more than your old favorites, or it is never going to stick. But when you do, it will stick. You'll love it and you'll never think of going back. Because why would you? You have no reason to go back when you have new favorites that you love just as much or more as the old. But these are going to make you feel amazing. And you won't have what Jared calls a food hangover.

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And don't underestimate step number three, because if it's not delicious, you could do all the stuff. It could be easy. It could be the right mindset that you have. But if it tastes meh, you're not going to stick with it. You're not going to love it.

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And problem number four, you don't have repeatable meals for real busy life. You need those things that you can make on repeat. Now that doesn't mean you have to eat the same old thing all the time. But what we know is most people eat the same nine meals on repeat. And I promise you that eating this way, you are going to have more options than you have time to make. I wish my brother John was here to talk to you because he has gone through accelerator. He is now an alumni and he made the comment the other day. I literally have so many ideas for things to make and a list of things that I want to try. That my main problem now is I have to decide which one do I make next. That's the kind of problem you want. This is the kind of problem we're going to help you have. Okay. Because you want that kind of problem. It's like the problem I have now where I used to have the problem that I had no energy. I couldn't even hardly walk up one flight of stairs to take my kids into bed at night. My arms and fingers hurt so bad. I was in the, I was in the shower crying, trying to wash my hair.

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Why am I having so much trouble washing my hair? And other people, they're not even thinking about washing their hair. And I'm hurting and I can't like you should not have to live that way.

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You have a mission. You have your family. You have the God-given calling God's placed on your heart. So it's crucial that you have somebody who can show you how you make this quit to work with your real life. And one way to do that is you have those lightning fast meals that you can make on repeat. And I promise you, when you work with us, you're going to have favorites and it's going to be like five to 10 minute favorites, things you can throw together so fast it's going to make your head spin. We never ate this easily before. It never was this simple before. It was never this quick before. And it was never this delicious before.

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And you also have to factor in setup time, breakdown time, cleanup time, disinfecting time.

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Yes, right. Get me started on the cleanup. I mean, the oil residue that used to get on things, even being clean, just it just happens. It gets in the air, it splatters all over stuff.

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Cabinets, hood.

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And like you said, the disinfecting. So all the things that are coming from the animal products that are bacteria that are getting on your cabinets.

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Countertop, all the surfaces. So you wash them, but then you got to disinfect them because how do you know if you gotten rid of them? So We need to do either a bleach base cleanser or something else just to make sure that we've disinfected the environment.

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And if you're even being natural, you're still busting out the vinegar all the time.

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You're busting out something.

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How is that gonna work with a busy schedule? So you need those rapid go-to anchor meals that are super fast, satisfying, and scalable for a real schedule. Meals that take 10 minutes or less actually taste incredible. Even really 20-minute meals. I mean, some of our longest meals, 20 to 30 minutes, it's on the table. And these are things that the reality is most things are faster now because I'm the queen of why are there five steps in this?

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Like why is there and only it needs two?

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Right. Why is there garlic powder and garlic cloves?

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And garlic flakes.

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Right. And garlic flak. I mean, it's crazy. Like I don't understand. There's so many other examples of this, but I cut time where there is cutting time. Trust me, you won't.

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Without sacrificing flavor.

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No, you won't believe how fast it is. And then the fifth reason you have such a hard time making healthy living stick and not being able to fully live your calling is that you don't know how to make it work in real life situations. This is the I've tried, but how am I gonna dine out? What am I gonna do on the holidays? My spouse and kids aren't even on board. I go to events. I need to go to social gatherings. What am I gonna eat there? What am I gonna take? What will I make when I have guests over? What about when I travel? I travel for work. I travel to go speak on stages. What am I gonna do then? What about my stressful weeks, Anita, when everything's falling apart? What am I gonna do? Right? What we teach you is the simple rules and the simple swaps and the simple defaults, the step-by-step plan so you can just do it and enjoy it no matter what life throws at you. So the five main reasons your health goals do not stick year after year is that you have the wrong mindset. You have diet thinking instead of truth thinking. Your life is set up to sabotage you. That's environment. You don't have satisfying upgrades, making it delicious. And you don't have repeatable meals for busy life or real life, that's making it rapid. And you don't know how to make it work in real life situations that busy leaders constantly find themselves in. And that's simple. So here's what we know: you can have all the knowledge in the world, but without a proven system that addresses all five of these areas at once, you will keep spinning your wheels. We've seen it time and time again. That's exactly why we created Accelerator. This is our 12-week five-step blueprint designed specifically for leaders just like you who refuse to let your health keep being the bottleneck to your business. You know, you have all these things you want to do in business and in life, but you keep hitting a ceiling or a wall with your health, but you know you're capable of so much more. Inside Accelerator, we include live weekly coaching with the replays so you never have to feel stuck. You'll get the exact mindset shifts that make this way of living happily sustainable and your environment set up so that it supports your life and your health. Your meals are gonna taste amazing because you'll learn how to make whole food plant-based upgrades that you actually look forward to and rapid meal systems, even for your busiest of weeks and real life strategies for travel, restaurants, families, stressful times. Our clients are consistently reversing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, losing 30, 50, 80 pounds without ever feeling deprived, showing up fully for their people and their calling that matters the most to them. We only open accelerator up a few times each year, and there are just 10 spots total available. Doors open January 1st and they close January 8th. Or when the 10 spots are gone, whichever comes first. So if you're ready to stop operating at half capacity and start living at full strength, go right now to poweronplants.com forward slash accelerator and join us on the inside before your spot is gone because the gap between where you are and where you're meant to be is not as big as you think. Let's make 2026 the start of your very best years. We are so happy that you joined us today, and we cannot wait to walk this journey with the 10 of you who are ready to make this your breakthrough year. And remember, you are loved, you are prayed for, and we will see you soon.