The following program discusses sensitive issues 00:00:01.40\00:00:03.36 related to addictive behavior. 00:00:03.39\00:00:05.05 Parents are cautioned that some material may be 00:00:05.08\00:00:07.28 too candid for younger children. 00:00:07.31\00:00:09.48 Welcome back. 00:00:15.54\00:00:16.95 We were talking with Melody about her incredible journey. 00:00:16.98\00:00:20.25 From 250 something pounds, she's lost a 100 of those. 00:00:20.28\00:00:26.19 God called her to then do ministry and teach people 00:00:26.22\00:00:29.41 how to get healthy. 00:00:29.44\00:00:30.84 And I think that was funny, Melody, 00:00:30.87\00:00:32.45 that you said that in the middle of all that, 00:00:32.48\00:00:34.74 you're screaming, you still haven't lost your weight, 00:00:34.77\00:00:37.08 you're not even healthy yourself and you're saying, 00:00:37.11\00:00:39.34 "How can I stand up and teach anybody anything?" 00:00:39.37\00:00:42.70 And I can't imagine what those first programs look like 00:00:42.73\00:00:45.46 but you've been doing it... Three years. 00:00:45.49\00:00:47.62 Three years now? Full time. 00:00:47.65\00:00:49.02 That's awesome. Three years. 00:00:49.05\00:00:50.42 And two years, I was fat, 00:00:50.45\00:00:52.88 you know, now I'm not as fat. Yeah. 00:00:52.91\00:00:55.02 So... So, tell us. 00:00:55.05\00:00:58.12 We're here and you're gonna show us 00:00:58.15\00:00:59.52 a little bit about how to eat healthy, 00:00:59.55\00:01:01.76 what kinds of things can somebody do 00:01:01.79\00:01:04.35 when they first get started. Sure. 00:01:04.38\00:01:05.98 For me, my taste buds and I tell people, the palate. 00:01:06.01\00:01:09.91 We have just inundated it for all these flavors 00:01:09.94\00:01:13.24 and the seasonings and salt, salt, salt, salt. Yeah. 00:01:13.27\00:01:16.47 And so I had to re-educate my palate basically. 00:01:16.50\00:01:20.07 And I went off of sugar, salt and oil, totally out of my diet. 00:01:20.10\00:01:24.70 No I do have sodium but, 00:01:24.73\00:01:26.28 you know, but not like I did before at all. 00:01:26.31\00:01:28.89 At first, it's crazy to eat something healthy. 00:01:28.92\00:01:31.79 I would much rather have a piece of pie than a carrot. 00:01:31.82\00:01:35.25 I'd much rather have a pizza than, 00:01:35.28\00:01:37.71 you know, something that's healthier 00:01:37.74\00:01:39.15 and so it's like it is retraining. 00:01:39.18\00:01:41.40 And what's really incredible to me about 00:01:41.43\00:01:43.25 that kind of stuff is that we actually, 00:01:43.28\00:01:44.92 not only we train our body but our brain is just starved, 00:01:44.95\00:01:50.16 I mean, we really are starved for all of these. 00:01:50.19\00:01:51.74 We are. We definitely are. 00:01:51.77\00:01:53.54 So what are you gonna show us? 00:01:53.57\00:01:54.94 Well, I want to make us a power drink. All right. 00:01:54.97\00:01:57.19 And you know, for breakfast and getting up in the morning 00:01:57.22\00:01:59.26 or sometimes we get out bed, "I need a cup of coffee." 00:01:59.29\00:02:01.67 Uh, no, you don't need a cup of coffee. 00:02:01.70\00:02:03.80 Stay away from the coffee. 00:02:03.83\00:02:05.20 I want you to have something that's so powerful for the body, 00:02:05.23\00:02:08.03 for the brain, to give you that fuel 00:02:08.06\00:02:10.32 that you need for the day to get started 00:02:10.35\00:02:11.90 and you still need a big breakfast with it. Exactly. 00:02:11.93\00:02:13.95 But if you want to grab some of those, Cheri, 00:02:13.98\00:02:15.81 I just want you to get some of that. 00:02:15.84\00:02:19.15 You can use kale, any green. So just drop them in here. 00:02:19.18\00:02:21.86 I want you to start taking 00:02:21.89\00:02:23.26 a handful of that spinach for me. 00:02:23.29\00:02:24.66 And so this is a nice healthy spinach. 00:02:24.69\00:02:27.03 Oh, yes. I love my spinach. 00:02:27.06\00:02:28.43 Okay, we put that in there. Right. 00:02:28.46\00:02:30.45 And grab a... I feel like a cook. 00:02:30.48\00:02:34.60 I feel like Martha Stewart. Yeah. 00:02:34.63\00:02:36.00 Ok. So grab what? 00:02:36.03\00:02:37.40 Grab some lettuce. Ok. Got that. 00:02:37.43\00:02:39.86 Let's get some lettuce in there. 00:02:39.89\00:02:41.35 Now in there somewhere is some parsley, 00:02:41.38\00:02:43.44 some fresh parsley. 00:02:43.47\00:02:44.84 Ok. Let me see if I can find that. 00:02:44.87\00:02:46.24 Kale, anything that you can find in there green, 00:02:46.27\00:02:47.70 I am gonna chop up some of those. Ok. 00:02:47.73\00:02:50.13 That's celery. Ok. 00:02:50.16\00:02:52.07 Got some celery, got some parsley. 00:02:52.10\00:02:53.78 Right. Ok, now apple. 00:02:53.81\00:02:56.08 What's apple gonna do to this drink? 00:02:56.11\00:02:57.86 I would think it's gonna sweeten it. 00:02:57.89\00:02:59.41 It is gonna sweeten it. Which is good. 00:02:59.44\00:03:00.81 And the cucumber also, there's a lot of water in cucumber. 00:03:00.84\00:03:05.76 So it's gonna give me some liquid in there. 00:03:05.79\00:03:07.94 I am gonna take some of that just so it doesn't come back up 00:03:07.97\00:03:10.20 and hit you. Very good, I like that. 00:03:10.23\00:03:11.71 Now if you do have a vita-mix at home, 00:03:11.74\00:03:14.30 you know people call me and say, "I don't have a vita-mix." 00:03:14.33\00:03:16.60 That's ok, just let it blend a little longer. 00:03:16.63\00:03:18.77 It's fine, whatever blender you have. 00:03:18.80\00:03:21.24 Let's see what else, did you get parsley? Yes. Ok. 00:03:21.27\00:03:23.90 And you know what's really incredible 00:03:23.93\00:03:25.31 about this kind of stuff is 00:03:25.34\00:03:26.71 when you're doing a lifestyle change, 00:03:26.74\00:03:28.11 whether it's drugs, alcohol, food, that as I replace 00:03:28.14\00:03:32.25 the unhealthy stuff for healthier things, 00:03:32.28\00:03:34.12 my body not only gets a little bit better 00:03:34.15\00:03:36.62 but I--I start to really get some strength from this stuff. 00:03:36.65\00:03:41.07 Oh, it's incredible. 00:03:41.10\00:03:42.97 And the thing of it is, for the 2 weeks I was like, 00:03:43.00\00:03:45.94 "Lord, you are kidding me." Yeah. 00:03:45.97\00:03:47.74 I am not supposed to eat this stuff. I know. 00:03:47.77\00:03:49.74 And I'm sitting at the table very mad 00:03:49.77\00:03:52.46 and I don't want to eat my food like a little child, 00:03:52.49\00:03:54.68 you know, pouting like, "Lord, I am not touching this stuff. 00:03:54.71\00:03:56.79 This is..." Yeah, this is not... "This is junk." 00:03:56.82\00:03:58.31 You know what's really funny? 00:03:58.34\00:04:00.08 And I got to say the first time 00:04:00.11\00:04:01.79 somebody tried to get me to drink like a green drink, 00:04:01.82\00:04:04.77 I thought I could slam tequila. 00:04:04.80\00:04:07.04 You could give me a whole bottle of tequila 00:04:07.07\00:04:09.11 and I could drink it straight pretty much 00:04:09.14\00:04:11.25 but I'm not drinking this stuff. 00:04:11.28\00:04:12.65 So it really is a training, we have really-- It is. 00:04:12.68\00:04:14.95 We've perverted our taste buds. That's exactly what's happened. 00:04:14.98\00:04:17.56 And we really have to come back around and say, 00:04:17.59\00:04:20.70 it's gonna take a while but I want to really find out 00:04:20.73\00:04:24.45 how to like this stuff again. 00:04:24.48\00:04:26.64 And that's what it is. And God will do it. 00:04:26.67\00:04:29.08 It takes time. Yes. It takes 2 weeks. 00:04:29.11\00:04:31.06 You know there's a few addicts out there saying, 00:04:31.09\00:04:33.64 "I don't know about that." 00:04:33.67\00:04:35.04 It really will take time. Exactly. 00:04:35.07\00:04:36.62 And you'll like it, it will be good. 00:04:36.65\00:04:38.54 Now I am gonna turn this on, it's gonna be noisy. 00:04:38.57\00:04:40.27 Okay? Okay. 00:04:40.30\00:04:42.26 That's what happens when you put too much lettuce in the bottom 00:04:53.73\00:04:57.21 but it's amazing how this is actually gonna taste. 00:04:57.24\00:05:00.75 I think you will even like the taste, even now. 00:05:00.78\00:05:03.83 Okay, good. I mean, really. Let's get some liquid out there. 00:05:03.86\00:05:06.98 Well, you know, and I have re-trained myself a lot, 00:05:07.01\00:05:09.19 so I know that I really like this stuff 00:05:09.22\00:05:11.41 but initially I could not. Okay. Yeah. 00:05:11.44\00:05:14.52 How long did it take your taste-buds? 00:05:14.55\00:05:17.47 I would say it took a good five years. 00:05:17.50\00:05:21.12 Super drink. All right. 00:05:48.39\00:05:51.10 You want to taste it? I want to taste it. 00:05:51.13\00:05:53.14 But I also want to say that 00:05:53.17\00:05:55.03 if you are looking to recover from anything, smoking, drugs, 00:05:55.06\00:06:00.25 even some of our behavioral addictions, 00:06:00.28\00:06:02.22 sexual addictions or whatever, 00:06:02.25\00:06:03.66 your body gets really kind of clogged up 00:06:03.69\00:06:06.24 this stuff is gonna be great. 00:06:06.27\00:06:08.01 And it's really tough because it doesn't look all that great. 00:06:08.04\00:06:11.45 Oh, well... It doesn't look bad. I don't mind green. Yeah. 00:06:11.48\00:06:14.25 You know, but when you get into some of the other colors, 00:06:14.28\00:06:16.16 you know, I can have a problem with that 00:06:16.19\00:06:17.56 because we eat with our eyes. 00:06:17.59\00:06:19.09 Okay, I'm gonna have the kids try it. 00:06:19.12\00:06:21.02 Can you pass it out, Caroline, to everybody? 00:06:21.05\00:06:24.35 There is everything the body needs in nutrients, right here. 00:06:24.38\00:06:25.97 So are you guys ready? 00:06:26.00\00:06:27.92 It is really good. 00:06:36.61\00:06:38.78 Isn't it? It's really good. I know. 00:06:38.81\00:06:41.74 It's even more than tolerable. 00:06:41.77\00:06:43.80 Okay, now know this is like just... 00:06:43.83\00:06:47.06 A smoothie, a green smoothie. Like a green smoothie. 00:06:47.09\00:06:49.30 It is gonna be healing in every single way. 00:06:49.33\00:06:51.47 So this is one thing 00:06:51.50\00:06:52.87 you can throw anything in here. 00:06:52.90\00:06:54.27 Just get it-- You can. Yes. 00:06:54.30\00:06:55.67 If you are really concerned about 00:06:55.70\00:06:58.60 pesticides and stuff, get organic. 00:06:58.63\00:07:00.66 It's a little more expensive but it's better for you 00:07:00.69\00:07:02.99 and it will help your body to do recovery. 00:07:03.02\00:07:05.35 I mean, it's amazing, amazing. 00:07:05.38\00:07:07.25 Some people try to do recovery without thinking 00:07:07.28\00:07:09.50 what they put in their body, they're still eating junk, 00:07:09.53\00:07:12.15 they're still smoking, drinking, 00:07:12.18\00:07:15.54 you know, tons of like coffee and sodas 00:07:15.57\00:07:17.97 and all that kind of stuff. 00:07:18.00\00:07:19.37 I'm telling you, you're fighting against the current 00:07:19.40\00:07:21.43 when you do it that way. 00:07:21.46\00:07:23.07 If you start to do things healthier for yourself, 00:07:23.10\00:07:25.66 you're gonna feel better, look better 00:07:25.69\00:07:27.54 and your life will turn around a lot easier. 00:07:27.57\00:07:29.71 So as much as you can, start with some healthy things. 00:07:29.74\00:07:32.10 You know, it's been proven for somebody 00:07:32.13\00:07:33.77 that smokes cigarettes, 00:07:33.80\00:07:35.95 if they would add Vitamin-C, lots of vitamin-C 00:07:35.98\00:07:39.79 and the fresh fruits and vegetables 00:07:39.82\00:07:41.39 and grains to their diet, 00:07:41.42\00:07:42.79 their--it lessens their requirement for the cigarette 00:07:42.82\00:07:46.40 or their addiction to the cigarette by 50%. 00:07:46.43\00:07:48.47 Wow, that's huge. 00:07:48.50\00:07:49.87 And all of this is detoxifying the body. So we're gonna detox. 00:07:49.90\00:07:52.99 And at the same time, 00:07:53.02\00:07:55.72 what's really cool is the weight just kind of comes off. It does. 00:07:55.75\00:07:59.01 And there're is no way for the weight not to come off. 00:07:59.04\00:08:01.31 Absolutely. All right. 00:08:01.34\00:08:02.71 You know a lot of--I'm down to that last 20 pounds, 00:08:02.74\00:08:05.78 that hard weight to get off, 00:08:05.81\00:08:07.41 I know it's coming off. Yeah, awesome. 00:08:07.44\00:08:09.07 Yeah, because of the way I am eating. 00:08:09.10\00:08:10.47 If you'll grab those chickpeas-- The green drink is fun. 00:08:10.50\00:08:11.93 Yes. This is a green drink. 00:08:11.96\00:08:13.70 Any time of day, but in the morning's a great time. 00:08:13.73\00:08:16.59 What I have here, and fresh is best, in my book. Okay. 00:08:16.62\00:08:19.83 And if you buy chickpeas and you don't cook them fresh 00:08:19.86\00:08:24.03 and they're in the can, 00:08:24.06\00:08:25.43 rinse them off and make sure you get the salt. 00:08:25.46\00:08:26.83 They're just loaded with sodium. Okay. 00:08:26.86\00:08:28.24 So I always rinse my peas. 00:08:28.27\00:08:30.28 And here we have the fresh asparagus, 00:08:30.31\00:08:32.75 fresh red bell pepper. 00:08:32.78\00:08:34.15 Look at that, isn't that beautiful? 00:08:34.18\00:08:35.55 It's awesome. It's beautiful. 00:08:35.58\00:08:37.40 What I'm gonna have you do is, 00:08:37.43\00:08:38.80 I'm gonna have you take some of this vegenaise 00:08:38.83\00:08:40.44 and put in here. All right. 00:08:40.47\00:08:42.50 Should I mix it up? 00:08:42.53\00:08:43.91 Yeah, I'm gonna let you stir that up. 00:08:43.94\00:08:45.31 I'm gonna add the cilantro. 00:08:45.34\00:08:48.44 You know, in my house, my husband's the cook. 00:08:48.47\00:08:50.44 So he's gonna laugh at this. 00:08:50.47\00:08:52.37 You know, I think men cook really well. 00:08:52.40\00:08:55.33 That is nice, men don't think 00:08:55.36\00:08:56.73 they can go in the kitchen, oh, that's so untrue. 00:08:56.76\00:08:58.49 Oh, he loves it. Now this is curry. Uh-huh. 00:08:58.52\00:09:02.30 This is a Moroccan chickpea salad. 00:09:02.33\00:09:05.14 That looks good, it smells really good. 00:09:05.17\00:09:06.84 And you can put onion, I love onion. Celery. 00:09:06.87\00:09:09.67 You know, anything fresh, any vegetable you want in here. 00:09:09.70\00:09:12.73 I always say, cooking is like a road map, 00:09:12.76\00:09:14.58 there's so many different directions, 00:09:14.61\00:09:15.98 just however you get there doesn't matter 00:09:16.01\00:09:17.38 as long as you get there. 00:09:17.41\00:09:18.78 And what's really interesting about recovery too, 00:09:18.81\00:09:20.67 is that the more-- the more 00:09:20.70\00:09:22.26 you can actually get in your body 00:09:22.29\00:09:24.47 that's raw and whole... Yes. 00:09:24.50\00:09:25.94 Uh, the better it's gonna be for you. 00:09:25.97\00:09:27.73 And I know for a lot of us 00:09:27.76\00:09:29.13 who are so used to pizza and chips 00:09:29.16\00:09:30.79 and all that kind of stuff, and I love that. 00:09:30.82\00:09:32.48 I mean, you know, I really did love that 00:09:32.51\00:09:34.77 but I knew that at a certain point, 00:09:34.80\00:09:36.77 I had to pay attention. 00:09:36.80\00:09:38.17 I had to take care of myself and physically. 00:09:38.20\00:09:42.33 Okay so, that was easy. Wasn't that easy? 00:09:42.36\00:09:45.36 And this is a potluck favorite. 00:09:45.39\00:09:48.23 I take this and the people at potluck are like, 00:09:48.26\00:09:49.85 "Oh, we just love this." Let me try that. 00:09:49.88\00:09:52.42 Yeah, you try it, see what you think. 00:09:52.45\00:09:55.45 Could need a little more curry. 00:09:55.48\00:09:56.87 It's good. You like that? 00:10:01.27\00:10:03.95 So pass it out to the group 00:10:03.98\00:10:05.44 but let's do one more thing first. Okay. 00:10:05.47\00:10:07.87 This is--you know, when I travel, I'm on the road 00:10:07.90\00:10:10.54 10 months out of the year most of the time, sometimes more. 00:10:10.57\00:10:13.54 And I'm in my SUV and of course I allow for my clothes 00:10:13.57\00:10:18.14 and I allow for my supplies that I use for my seminars. 00:10:18.17\00:10:21.19 I never leave without my rice cooker. 00:10:21.22\00:10:23.00 It's a very inexpensive item you can find in garage sales. 00:10:23.03\00:10:26.03 You know, these young kids get married, 00:10:26.06\00:10:27.43 they've never cooked but the microwave. 00:10:27.46\00:10:28.83 Go buy it used or buy it brand new, 00:10:28.86\00:10:30.63 they just don't use it. 00:10:30.66\00:10:32.03 But I use this rice cooker for beans, I use it for grains. 00:10:32.06\00:10:35.42 What I put in here is a grain called quinoa. 00:10:35.45\00:10:38.07 It's Q-U-I-N-O-A 00:10:38.10\00:10:39.92 but it's pronounced quinoa. Wonderful grain. 00:10:39.95\00:10:43.37 Has lots of proteins, people are always worried, 00:10:43.40\00:10:45.64 "Well, if I don't eat animal proteins, 00:10:45.67\00:10:47.49 how am I gonna get protein?" 00:10:47.52\00:10:48.89 There's plenty of plant proteins and they're a complete protein. 00:10:48.92\00:10:52.24 Carbohydrates which are the complex carbohydrates 00:10:52.27\00:10:54.96 and very low in fat. 00:10:54.99\00:10:56.48 A lot of magnesium, zinc, copper, 00:10:56.51\00:10:58.86 manganese is in this grain. 00:10:58.89\00:11:00.26 So we need that, we need those nutrients. 00:11:00.29\00:11:02.55 And this for somebody like me, it's easy to cook. 00:11:02.58\00:11:06.05 You know what I do here? 00:11:06.08\00:11:07.56 I took--on this particular grain, 00:11:07.59\00:11:10.33 I actually--it's two part water to one part grain, 00:11:10.36\00:11:14.27 I cut up an apple, skin and all, 00:11:14.30\00:11:16.13 that's where lot of the vitamins are, in the skin. 00:11:16.16\00:11:18.16 I cut up a banana, put it in there, a few dates, 00:11:18.19\00:11:20.74 I put some nuts in there, I put some cinnamon, 00:11:20.77\00:11:24.13 you can put nutmeg, you can put vanilla, 00:11:24.16\00:11:26.24 I shut the lid it, cooks, you open it, you eat it. 00:11:26.27\00:11:29.19 And I mean, you will be shocked 00:11:29.22\00:11:31.41 at the flavor in here because I added no salt. 00:11:31.44\00:11:33.96 I really liked this chickpea salad. 00:11:33.99\00:11:35.93 That was really good. I know. 00:11:35.96\00:11:38.02 Try this. See what you think about this. 00:11:38.05\00:11:40.80 I have no milk in there, I have no salt in there, 00:11:40.83\00:11:43.30 I have no oil in there, 00:11:43.33\00:11:44.70 and there's no refined sugar in there. Yum. 00:11:44.73\00:11:48.74 You know, so if you are looking like 00:11:48.77\00:11:51.61 you've got weight to lose, 00:11:51.64\00:11:53.21 you got your health to get back, 00:11:53.24\00:11:54.61 for whatever reason... For what ever reason. 00:11:54.64\00:11:56.85 These are some great suggestions. 00:11:56.88\00:11:58.39 Yes. Suggestions. 00:11:58.42\00:11:59.79 There's many of them, I mean, 00:11:59.82\00:12:01.19 I could go on for hours and hours, 00:12:01.22\00:12:02.59 we don't have enough time. My recipes are unlimited. 00:12:02.62\00:12:05.45 You know, a lot of people say, 00:12:05.48\00:12:06.85 "Well, if it's plant food, I'm limited." 00:12:06.88\00:12:08.45 That's--that's incorrect. 00:12:08.48\00:12:09.85 There's over 102 varieties of beans alone. 00:12:09.88\00:12:13.92 So now, the reason I wanted to have you 00:12:13.95\00:12:17.96 show us some things was, for one, I think it's amazing. 00:12:17.99\00:12:20.48 I mean, you lost 100 pounds and every day, 00:12:20.51\00:12:23.43 I mean, we walk together, I see you out walking, 00:12:23.46\00:12:26.04 your physical activity has increased, 00:12:26.07\00:12:27.85 you're healthier towards 00:12:27.88\00:12:29.25 what you're putting in your body, 00:12:29.28\00:12:30.65 you're a joy for life. I love. 00:12:30.68\00:12:32.48 You know, I am so happy now. 00:12:32.51\00:12:35.07 I know I'm supposed to--people say, 00:12:35.10\00:12:36.89 "Well for your age, for your age..." 00:12:36.92\00:12:38.72 I just had my cholesterol checked. 00:12:38.75\00:12:40.55 What do you think my cholesterol was? 00:12:40.58\00:12:42.73 What? 138. Wow. 138. 00:12:42.76\00:12:46.35 And so it's dropped a lot. A lot. 00:12:46.38\00:12:48.16 My HDL's come up, my LDL's gone down. 00:12:48.19\00:12:50.60 My triglycerides, everything is great. Right. 00:12:50.63\00:12:53.24 And so know that any change, 00:12:53.27\00:12:56.19 any change--so you want to start putting healthier things in. 00:12:56.22\00:12:59.47 The studies are saying that we're gonna eat 00:12:59.50\00:13:01.08 the same amount of food every day. 00:13:01.11\00:13:03.54 And so put some good stuff in. 00:13:03.57\00:13:04.97 Don't worry about what you're gonna leave out, 00:13:05.00\00:13:06.69 just put some good stuff in and slowly 00:13:06.72\00:13:08.98 that'll kind of turn itself around. 00:13:09.01\00:13:10.41 And definitely get out and walk, 00:13:10.44\00:13:11.81 laugh with friends, volunteer somewhere, join a church 00:13:11.84\00:13:16.15 or knitting group, something so that you start 00:13:16.18\00:13:19.00 connecting with people 'cause you'll be surprised 00:13:19.03\00:13:21.06 when it feels good to be in your own skin. 00:13:21.09\00:13:23.79 You're gonna thank everybody around you 00:13:23.82\00:13:25.19 that's giving you any of these suggestions. 00:13:25.22\00:13:27.03 We're gonna break, we're gonna back up 00:13:27.06\00:13:29.17 at the table and some of the kids 00:13:29.20\00:13:30.73 have some questions because you know what? 00:13:30.76\00:13:32.34 It's surprising that eating disorders 00:13:32.37\00:13:34.68 and all this kind of stuff start really, really early. 00:13:34.71\00:13:37.97 So we're gonna talk to them about 00:13:38.00\00:13:40.13 what's happening in their life. 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