We’ve all heard that saying, “Variety is the spice of life.” Maybe so, but it doesn’t mean you have to have overload yourself with variety to the point life becomes overly complicated. Take your food choices. If you like a certain food or certain meal, AND it’s good for you, eat it every day if you …
“Cristy, I need super complicated recipes that require 6 hours in the kitchen and 85 weird ingredients I have to special order!” No, you don’t. To lose weight with Code Red, you need a fat, a veggie, and a protein. That’s it. The fat can be anything from butter, beef tallow, heavy whipping cream, coconut oil, …
“Cristy, how can you stand to eat the same things so often??” Two reasons. I’m someone who eats to live, not someone who lives to eat. It’s not that I don’t care at all about the taste of food, or enjoy food, but food is not the center of the universe for me. The second reason …
Batch cooking is an incredibly simple way to save time and energy when it comes to preparing your meals. The idea every meal has to be wildly different and gourmet might be “exciting,” but it also takes for freaking EVER. There’s nothing wrong with eating the same thing more than once! If you’re someone with a …
On a recent Instagram Live, a Rebel who was watching shared with me (and my viewers) that changing her meal times improved her weight loss. Another viewer begged her to share her meal times, automatically assuming that because these meal times worked for someone else, they’d work for her, too. I get it. And there are …
“Lean protein.” Low-fat diets peddle lean protein as ideal, and warn you to stay away from fatty meats like bacon and rib-eye. On Code Red, we’re a high-fat lifestyle, but we eat both lean and high-fat meats. Meats are one way to get your fats, but not the only way, so it’s fine to eat leaner …