I’m going to answer questions I repeatedly receive from readers right here on the blog so that the answers can live on in Google perpetuity, and hopefully these posts can become a reference for folks to use when they are seeking the deets. I get the following question often, and usually it’s not worded as kindly as it is from Jay. Here we go…buckle up as paradigms are about to get challenged…
Today’s question comes from Jay:
Bought Eat Happy, great recipes but I cannot find any nutritional info in the book. I downloaded from Apple and looked in the glossary, but do not see anything. Would like to know what I am eating. Thanks.
Hi Jay-
Thank you so much for reaching out at my site. Thanks for your purchase of the book, that support means the world to me.
If you read the intro pages of Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too, you’ll see the section titled Why Cut The Sugars And The Grains (No Sugars No Grains). NSNG® by Vinnie Tortorich is a way of eating that doesn’t count calories or macros.
So to answer your question, when you cook recipes from any Eat Happy cookbook, you are eating real food.
I’ve posted the intro pages here, plus you can view them on the Look Inside feature on Amazon.
It is my life’s mission to use my voice to nourish people through food. Part of that mission is informed by my life experience of being a disordered eater and perpetual dieter. I had convinced myself that if I just counted enough calories, macros, grams, etc, then I would lose weight and be virtuous. But instead I created a morass of dysfunction in my habits and beliefs that I needed to spend years to unwind.
Going low carb helped me unwind that paradigm that was no longer serving me.
Now I trust my body knows how to give me satiety signals now that I focus on eating real food: meats, veg, healthy fats, nuts, seeds, full fat dairy, seasonings, spices, herbs, and the occasional fruit are the foods that work for me.
I know not everyone is ready to stop counting, and that’s okay too! But to me, the counting represents diet mentality, and the way I eat is not a diet.
ALL THAT BEING SAID…if you really don’t like my answer and absolutely must have the nutritional info, that’s okay too. Everyone is where they are!
Readers have told me that all the recipes are in My Fitness Pal, or you can copy and paste the ingredient list into Google or Whisk and get the info that way.
Thanks again for your support.
Bestest-
Anna
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The beauty of NSNG is that it is a lifestyle not a DIET. Having done WW and other “diet” programs that felt restrictive and were tedious to track, I’m so happy I found Vinnie and his NSNG lifestyle. The NSNG way of eating is easy to follow and sustainable long term, it didn’t take long before I started losing weight and generally started feeling better. I still have a ways to go to reach my goal weight but seeing how my body is responding to NSNG gives me tremendous motivation. Thank you Vinnie and thank you Anna for the great recipes!
Ann, reading your kind words is a balm to my soul. I’m so glad you are feeling so great, and yes, you are correct that the weight will continue to drop off as your body heals and you dial in what works for you. It’s because of folks like you that we keep going in putting our work out there, so I appreciate you taking the time to write this more than you will ever know!
XOXO
Anna
I’m not a coffee drinker, the occasional tea. What other drinks can we have on NSNG?
I’m waiting for your book to arrive so I can get going properly.
Thank you
Coffee, tea, and water are the best to focus on. I love making a homemade sparkling water plain or sometimes I’ll squeeze a wedge of lemon or lime. The second book has alcoholic cocktail ideas that could all be made as cocktails, so check out the ideas in there (it’s the last chapter of Eat Happy Too).
XOXO
Anna