Real Food, Real Results

Speaker 1: [Music] people really started noticing and they're like what are you doing and I said I'm cooking 90% of my meals at home real food cutting the gluten dairy refined sugars and soy and I'm working out and we're like you do that for me so that's how plate therapy started hi I'm Melanie bar welcome to the Sheed experience with Melanie join me as I talk to women who have successfully built it a career and business that they love we dive into the topic of how they built it and talk about everything from Having the courage to make career leaps to the details of how to lead effectively create successful teams Implement strategies for growth and Infuse Tech Innovation magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that brings us joy so let's dive in thank you for joining us Danielle you are the founder of plate therapy what inspired you to create and launch your business I started it in my kitchen and 2015 really not even knowing that I was starting a business because had a necessity for myself it was after I developed my second autoimmune condition my first was Vitiligo when I was 11 and then after my second baby my thyroid went out and so I started doing a lot of research and found that with autoimmune you develop one you're likely to develop a second and a third and so I just knew I had to make a lifestyle change and so I did being from the Midwest uh I cleared out all the dairy and the processed foods and everything else started cooking really clean doing Whole 30 and within a month I started seeing results I got my energy back sleeping well going to the gym and I got into the best shape of my life so people really started noticing they're like what are you doing and I said I'm cooking 90% of my meals at home real food cutting the gluten dairy refined sugars and soy and I'm working out and we're like you do that for me so that's how plate therapy started was just from that within the first week I had 10 people I posted on my food to the first client I was taking it to which was Lisa propest and Jeff propest I had sat next to her randomly on an airplane going to Montana and she asked about it because I was setting to be a trainer so I ended up maal prepping for them and I took a picture of the food not saying who it was going to and within that first week I had 10 clients and I was like damn there's a need people want good food clean food because people are busy they don't have time to cook this way it's labor intensive that's how play thereby was born in 2015 so really not trying to start a business but started the business I love that and we have to watch our thyroid because things can happen when we don't know that it's going to happen and how does the diet that you provide work with the thyroid yes all autoimmune conditions really whether it's thyroid Vitiligo which is loss of pigment my brother-in-law has alopecia my sister-in-law has psoriasis there's tons of autoimmune conditions so for all of them when you cut the gluten in the dairy it really quiets your immune system and for me also and for most people your body wants to work well and it knows what to do with real food it knows what to do without the all the ultra processed food that sits on the shelves with the expiration dates of two years from now when you eat that stuff your body doesn't know how to adust it and it really WS havoc in your guts 60% of your immune system sits right below your gut and so then you develop leaky gut syndrome and inflammation in your system and with that that's how your autoimmune gets triggered so by cutting the gluten the dairy and the soy and keeping your food clean your body knows how to digest it and keeping the inflammation low in your body I love that you say Real Food For Real Change you believe that food is medicine how have you seen clients improve their lives by joining plate therapy functional medicine doctors are the ones I love to go to and Dr Heyman I don't know if you ever follow Dr Heyman on social media he's our Guru of functional medicine it's a lot of times East Meets West they believe and what we believe with food as medicine is getting to the root of the problem and what you need to figure out and a lot of times it does start with food we always say it it starts with what's on your plate Real Results real change instantly lose the blow in their stomach that's always the first thing when I put people on a meal planner or they just start eating a lunch and a dinner and just maybe cutting one meal or two meals and switching over to Plate therapy and eating my way they'll start they'll lose that bloat they'll start losing weight they sleep better they get more energy the brain fog lifts what advice would you give listeners for how to get in a mindset of eating healthier and living healthier Lifestyles what I always tell my clients is one

Speaker 1: true and with an accountability partner it does make it more fun and you can start a Google doc and share that with someone report at the end of the week and it's nice to see that progress and you're right if you're talking to someone then you're going to want to make sure you do it because they're going to see it at the end of the week yes and our meal plans are really great because we all the macros on our Foods anybody that's counting their calories or if they have their goals and they want to know their fats proteins carbs calories and each of the dishes which a lot of people do these days our meal plans are already built with our food or we can do custom meal plans as well you tell us what your goals are and we'll design your meal plan for you you tell us if you have dislikes or what foods you like and we can omit things for you and then we send you your plan you eat accordingly you see the results it's more time for you with your family without the shopping chopping cooking and and prepping so great and as busy people taking the thought out of things everyone appreciates that yes with meditation I started to watch Netflix a little bit more than I should during covid then I thought I need to pull away from that so I started to read books which was great but then I found myself staying up a little late reading books so I started to set a timer or just tell myself I'm going to read two chap two chapters otherwise I'll just want to know what's happening next and recently I've started Ed to do the pelaton meditations cuz they now have 10 minute meditations and I do 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night and just that 20 minutes make such a big difference in my day but you really have to work at the mindset things I was just going to ask you did you have a hard time because you're a multitasker you're a busy Mom you're a businesswoman right I thought I can do anything for 10 minutes what else would I be doing for 10 minutes I can gift myself 10 minutes and I have to work at it though and now I have the kids doing it and at first they push back they're nine so they set their timers for 20 minutes and read and then right after that I set up the 10 minute meditations and within that 10 minutes they are asleep it's amazing I love that it really does it just calms the brain what's going on from the day or what's going on tomorrow and let you relax and then you wake up and you do that and whether it's grateful meditation or whatever it is and it's a great way to start your day what do you look for in team members when building relationships and grow your teams I love this question because I have the absolute best team of women we are a female run business I look for energy when somebody walks in my kitchen I look for that warmth that smile somebody that I want my team to be around that's going to bring positivity to our team and hardworking my entire team they're moms and few of them are single moms and what's great is that's the one thing I feel super blessed for was just down at the restaurant shop today and I asked a guy how his business was he's like I can't keep staff and I've had my staff forever we've had some people come in and go out but my team that's with me right now they family so yeah I would say the biggest thing is positive energy what do you like the most about what you do I love helping people feel their best and we've helped many people from cancer patients because we have no refined sugar in our food people diabetes people that have lost their vision from diabetes and once they start eating plate therapy their Vision starts coming back knowing we're making a difference in somebody's life is really what keeps me going and I love it I truly love it it does not feel like a job I'm so passionate about it I'm very thankful for what I get to do every day and you really are because how good do we feel when we move through our day with ease and every time I've ever spoken to you you have such a great energy thank you what are your goals for plate therapy in the future and how do you hope it transforms people's lives I want to be able to reach more people so going more digital whether that's a digital cookbook of our recipes and online meil plan we're also going to be launching a program called training table for student athletes we've got two boys that are one in high school and another one in eth grade and we want to educate athletes on how to properly fuel their bodies to really reach their goals do you have a favorite client experience that you can share with us yes I have a lot but Carlos we had a he's not on board right now but we had a client extremely obese and she's I have tried everything nothing has worked for him nothing sticks he hates the taste of everybody's food and if he does not make some sort of lifestyle change he's not going to make it and we talked about everything from emotional eating what causes him to overeat or what are his favorite foods I'm going to create meals for him that he's going to love to whether that's Italian or Mexican food whatever it is I wanted to make several meals that were going to work for Carlos so I could try to keep him on board his goal was to lose 100 pounds and when he started plate therapy it was amazing he lost 10 pounds the first week just from food and So within two or three weeks he was down almost 15 16 pounds and was feeling better inflammation his knees started going away so he was able to get in the gym and I have a video a testimony from him saying the difference I think he lost 92 pounds not quite his goal but he was a different person and just what was on the other side of that for him he got a big confidence booster he was going to work and feeling great about himself I was so proud of that guy I am not a doctor and I'm not a therapist and I'm not a shop these are all things that I know from my personal experience and all the research I've done over the course of eight years that have worked for me and I have seen that have worked for so many people I was a little nervous taking it on but that was a really fun one magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that brings us joy what is one way that you make sure to find and live your joy the joy in my business is helping people bringing them knowledge and helping them one meal at the time for me that's my magic being from the Midwest and taking our Midwest recipes those green bean casseres and the shef 's pie and the all those things that have all the canned soups and things in those making up the recipes to taste the same our food is like comfort food made healthy so I love when people are like my God this is good because it's not just plain chicken and broccoli that's not going to be sustainable either our meals are good we call ourselves I'm the sauce boss so there's always a great sauce for our dishes I love helping people look their best and feel their best whether it's for a special occasion whether it's for a wedding or a trip and helping people reach their goals and now hearing you say that I'm ready for the cookbook yeah girl I know we have so many recipes thank you for changing people's lives through plate therapy and for joining us today tell us how and where we can find you yes our website is plate therapy.com and on Instagram we are plate therapy kitchen and Facebook is just at plate therapy thank you for joining us us today I'd love to hear from you reach out to me at hello Sheil it.com on our Sheil it website or at Sheed on social thank you to my editor Rich draino who always makes us sound good until next time let nothing stop you from experiencing the life and business that you crave [Music]