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Hi! I’m Lauren and I live in California with my husband and three girls. They all drive me crazy but also make me so happy. ♥ I started Five Plates because I truly believe in the power of food. But I didn’t always. I used to have so many negative thoughts surrounding the idea of […]

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Your Holistic Nutritionist and a mom to 3 girls. I love quiet mornings, homemade chocolate chip cookies, colorful meals & helping moms find joy in healthy eating. Thank you for stopping by!

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Hi! I’m Lauren and I live in California with my husband and three girls. They all drive me crazy but also make me so happy. ♥

I started Five Plates because I truly believe in the power of food. But I didn’t always. I used to have so many negative thoughts surrounding the idea of eating healthy. Gross vegetables. Depriving myself. No treats. Restrictive. Hard. Expensive. Time consuming. Not delicious.

And I don’t think I’m alone in that.

But when I began to eat healthier consistently, I quickly realized that food plays such a huge role on my energy levels, emotions, health, sleep, gut health, and overall feeling of wellbeing. And I wasn’t depriving myself of my favorite treats like chocolate and wine. I was hooked on eating healthy. (Thank you Tone It Up! ♥)

Because for me, it began with eating healthy for postpartum weight-loss, but it turned into so much more. It turned into me feeling better about myself. And having more energy to keep up with my girls. And feeling energized to workout. And sleeping better (even with kid wake-ups).

Eating healthier foods seriously changed my life.

I want to help other people also realize that:

* It’s possible to eat healthy AND delicious foods.

* It’s possible to eat healthy when you’re busy.

* It’s possible to eat healthy when you have kids.

* It’s possible to make small healthier tweaks to your everyday that have big impacts on your health.

And I’m excited to share my experience with you about healthy living and finding balance doing it!

Thank you for reading!

♥ Lauren
lauren@fiveplates.com

*I choose not to put ads on my blog, but do include affiliate links to products I genuinely love. With affiliate links, I earn a small commission on any order placed through the affiliate links on my blog, like Amazon. I promise to only share items my family and I use and love. Thank you for your support and reading! ♥ Lauren

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Some posts to check out!

My journey to living a healthier life / Five Plates blog
Read more about my journey to living a healthier life. My health before kids, the role Tone It Up has played, the changes we made as a family and more. https://fiveplates.com/my-journey-to-living-a-healthier-life/
Weekly Healthy Family Dinner Plans/ FivePlates.com
Every week, I share my family dinner plan. If you need some dinner inspiration, check out my weekly plans! https://fiveplates.com/tag/weekly-dinner-meal-plans/
#momhacks Simple life hacks to make life a little easier! FivePlates.com
#momhacks Simple life hacks to make life a little easier! Like food hacks, kiddo/family hacks, productivity hacks and more. https://fiveplates.com/momhacks/
Favorite health and wellness finds for mom and kids. / Five Plates blog
Favorite health and wellness finds for mom and kids. These are some of my favorite podcasts, books, wellness products, kitchen gadgets and more goodies. 🙂 https://fiveplates.com/favorites/
Helping you picky eater kids to eat healthier can be hard. Here are tips that helped our family. Five Plates blog
I know that getting kids to eat healthier can be hard. Here are a bunch of tips that helped our family. I hope you find them helpful too! https://fiveplates.com/tips-to-encourage-kids-to-eat-healthier-what-worked-for-our-family/

The family photo at the top of the page is by the talented Ashlee of Ashlee Gadd Photography

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