Went WFPBNO 2/2016 & we never looked back. We’ve lost over 200lbs & are off all our meds. Let me tell you what... IT WORKED!! We didn't track anything.
We are a family of 3, living in Montana, changing our lives and our health for the better by learning to live Whole Foods Plant-based. This page is a collection of information we have found as we journey along our WFPB lifestyle along with bits and pieces of our own personal journey. We started our WFPB journey in February of 2016 after watching Forks Over Knives to see if we could get the Hubster off his blood pressure and cholesterol medicines, not even thinking about the weight loss really but of course we both needed to drop some serious weight also. Most of all we wanted to see if we could change my Husbands chronic illness direction. So far we have lost together over 200 lbs and a bunch of medicines (we are both off ALL our medicines in fact) in the process. Mom and Dad are the ones doing the losing and the teenage son is along for the ride, happily maintaining, enjoying the yummy food and all the benefits he gets along with us. He now has a very bright health future ahead of him. We didn't count anything. We didn't portion anything. Simply put we eat as whole a plant food as we can. We don't drink our meals. We learned the difference between good carbs and bad carbs. Embraced the potato. Dropped the oil and of course any animal products of any kind. Lastly we keep the processed food to a minimum and became obsessive label readers lol. Learn what your ingredients actually are. If you cant pronounce it or you do not know what it is, it put it back. Learn to cook. It's now going to be a part of your life. You can fight it and fail or embrace it and succeed. The choice is yours =0]
We are so excited for our future and to see where this lifestyle is going to take us. So far, besides all the health benefits, we this lifestyle has seen to get us naturally into gardening and who knows whats next! LOL
Journey along with us as we life better lives feeling better, doing better and living better by living Whole Foods Plant-Based.
❥ ❥ ❥ Here is a link to a Where To Start page that has a little bit of everything about how we got started in more detail. Tips, tricks, videos, movies, books, food lists, info, links, etc.. —> https://www.facebook.com/livingwfpb/posts/1848697725158477
Just an FYI: We are a family. This is a family page. What we post here is our opinion on how we feel about different things regarding Whole Food Plant Based. You do not have to agree with us but you do have to show respect. Drama will be deleted. We share information and food and a few personal things on this public main page but to get more detailed personal info about our journey you will have to join our facebook group. Its just a bit more private there https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingwfpb/
Thanks so much for stopping by! Drop us a comment and say hello! Have a wonderful rest of your day! Felicia, Dale and Joshua
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01/19/2026
Ok so technically I made it with everything cooked by noon. Since I am counting that the soup that is bubbling away on the stove and the casserole that is cooking away in the oven as "done" as I only have to keep an eye on them till they are done. The kitchen is cleaned up and dishes are underway. Salads are done, portioned out and already in the refrigerator waiting for meal time. At meal time for the salads all I have to do is slice up the green cabbage for both of them and also add some tomatoes to the cowboy caviar and thats it! Now sitting down to a lunch and maybe my 3rd cup of coffee ( dont judge me ) and taking a breather lol This afternoon I will portion out of the soup and casserole and finish up the dishes and that will be a wrap for the rest of the week of the main cooking. Oh I steamed potatoes while everything else was going this morning too.
Hope you are having a great day and getting something done today that will make the rest of your week just that much easier.
Today I am getting all the cooking done for the recipes I picked out for us to eat this week along with any food prep that needs to be done to go with other meals etc.. I really enjoyed last week where I had one day I cooked everything and the rest of the week we just grabbed what we wanted for dinner, added in whatever was needed to complete it and time to eat. Was so nice!!! So doing that again this week.
This morning I already have the rice for the casserole cooking, the lentils are cooked for the salad they go in and the couscous is ready for the salad it goes into. I am steaming up the broccoli for the casserole as I type this and I have the soup started. Just have some salad veggies to prep and to put everything together to get it finished cooking and I am set. My goal is to have it all prepped, cooked, portioned and put away by noon. Should be doable depending on the casserole. But eh it will be close.
● I am also making peanut butter oat jam balls to have in the refrigerator as a snack. There is no recipe. I just mix PBfit with oats and Smucker's Simply Fruit Fruit Spread along with cashew milk till it is mixed enough to form a or smoosh into a mould to cut into squares.
‼️ All will be made oil free and animal product free. ‼️
01/16/2026
How's the rest of the week looking food wise at your house? Its looking like no cooking for me till Sunday! Which is pretty much how the whole week went other than Monday when I did the big "cook for the week, day". Gosh its been a nice week. Minimal cooking. Maximum good eats. Win Win. Grocery shopping happening tonight for what I have planned for next week. I am just going to try and do the same thing as I did this week. 1 BIG cooking day and done. Yup a good week of good eats.
01/13/2026
What's everyone's favorite (most creative for extra points) way to fix/cook/eat cauliflower? Recipes get you gold stars! 🌟
01/12/2026
Meals done for the week!
I got the Cabbage soup done yesterday and we have enough left of that for another dinner this week plus 2 salads and 1 one pot casserole type meal. YUM and done! LOL Now I will just package them all up in single serve containers and they are basically ready for whatever night I serve them. Feels nice to just be done. Now I have the rest of my week basically free from dealing with much in the kitchen. Yes please.
Salad 2 ( lower right ) - Marinated Za’atar Bean Salad - https://munchingwithmariyah.com/marinated-zaatar-bean-salad/ I left the oil out and just doubled the seasonings and lemon juice. I also added some of the same wild rice mix to this. I found some amazing pickled garlic at Walmart so I put some ( ok a lot ) of that in also. I LOVE Za’atar and Sumac so I knew this was going to be a good one and it is. I will add cucumbers and napa cabbage to this when we go to eat it.
Pot Casserole at the top - Caribbean Pelau with Beans and Spinach - https://joanne-eatswellwithothers.com/2022/03/one-pot-vegan-caribbean-pelau-with-beans-and-spinach.html Ok because I didnt use up all the Thai Curry Paste in the salad above I had about a half of a jar left so I just traded out the tomato paste for what I had left of the curry paste. Again I used a wild rice mix and I precooked my rice before adding it to the cooking veggies and sauce. Taste testers all agreed this was delish!
Ok they all were good and we are looking forward to dinner time all week to come.
01/11/2026
Working on tonight and tomorrow nights dinner. Cabbage soup. I had to use a napa cabbage instead of a green cabbage because that is all I could get which is fine because I love napa cabbage. I added spinach and mushrooms and I havent put the potatoes in because they are already cooked so I will and them towards the end of cooking. I replaced the oil with white wine. I used Sams Clubs Members Mark Green Goddess seasoning instead of the called for seasonings. It already smells so goooood and just has soooooo much color. I love soup like this. Whats for dinner at your house?
➡️ Recipes I picked out to make : These will be made in large batches to cover several days each. These will be, for right now, dinner only to keep lunches more simple. We will move into covering lunches down the road.
● I am also making peanut butter oat jam balls to have in the refrigerator as a snack. There is no recipe. I just mix PBfit with oats and Smucker's Simply Fruit Fruit Spread along with cashew milk till it is mixed enough to form a or smoosh into a mould to cut into squares.
‼️ All will be made oil free and animal product free. ‼️
01/09/2026
10 days (ok almost 10 days close enough lol) into the new year. How is it going?
1. Staying the course from last year so going well.
2. Completely back on the horse and enjoying the ride of eating and feeling much better!
3. Made it a few days and already bucked off the horse but going to keep trying.
4. Off the horse, on the ground, trampled over and wont be getting back on for the for seeable future.
5. add your own
01/08/2026
What's your favorite way to fix/cook/eat string beans?
01/06/2026
Simple lunch today. One of my FAVORITE salads ever. Cucumber, onions, garlic, coconut amino's, vinegar of choice - todays was raspberry but sadly it honestly doesnt taste like raspberries. If we werent still doing our modified Mary's Mini I would also add some beans but alas today just this. What did you have for lunch today?
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We are a family of 3, living in Montana, changing our lives and our health for the better by learning to live Whole Foods Plant-based. This page is a collection of information we have found as we journey along our Whole Food Plant Based lifestyle along with bits and pieces of our own personal journey.
We started our WFPB journey in February of 2016 after watching Forks Over Knives to see if we could get the Hubster off his blood pressure and cholesterol medicines, not even thinking about the weight loss really but of course we both needed to drop some serious weight also. Most of all we wanted to see if we could change my Husbands chronic illness direction.
Let me tell you what... IT WORKED!! So far we have lost together over 200 lbs and a bunch of medicines (we are both off ALL our medicines in fact) in the process. Mom and Dad are the ones doing the losing and the teenage son is along for the ride, happily maintaining, enjoying the yummy food and all the benefits he gets along with us. He now has a very bright health future ahead of him.
We didn't track anything. We didn't count anything. We didn't portion anything. Simply put we eat as whole a plant food as we can. We don't drink our meals. We learned the difference between good carbs and bad carbs. Embraced the potato. Dropped the oil and of course any animal products of any kind. Lastly we keep the processed food to a minimum and became obsessive label readers lol. Learn what your ingredients actually are. If you cant pronounce it or you do not know what it is, it put it back. Learn to cook. It's now going to be a part of your life. You can fight it and fail or embrace it and succeed. The choice is yours =0]
We are so excited for our future and to see where this lifestyle is going to take us. So far, besides all the health benefits, we this lifestyle has seen to get us naturally into gardening and who knows whats next! LOL
Journey along with us as we life better lives feeling better, doing better and living better by living Whole Foods Plant-Based.
❥ ❥ ❥ Here is a link to a Where To Start page that has a little bit of everything about how we got started in more detail. Tips, tricks, videos, movies, books, food lists, info, links, etc.. —> https://www.facebook.com/livingwfpb/posts/1848697725158477
Just an FYI: We are a family. This is a family page. What we post here is our opinion on how we feel about different things regarding Whole Food Plant Based. You do not have to agree with us but you do have to show respect. Drama will be deleted.
We share information and food and a few personal things on this public main page but to get more detailed personal info about our journey you will have to join our facebook group. Its just a bit more private there https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingwfpb/
