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My Gran & Her Real Food Results

24/07/2019 By Caralee Leave a Comment

Today I got an email from me Gran because she saw that I have running the Real Food Pledge Challenge and she wanted to wish me luck!

When I first started to eat real food, my mum and my grandmother who is in her 80’s joined me in the lifestyle shift. Gran is amazing, so fit, she is on facebook, email’s everyone and stays up to day with every gadget you can imagine.

Back in 2013 when I started Real Food Pledge and wrote my first book, my Gran proof read the book from cover to cover and tried all the recipes.

This is a photo of four generations of my Gran, Mum, Daughter and myself.

When I was growing up, there was always dessert and cake at her place. She hid Shapes Crackers in a Tupperware container and us kids would sneak one every now and then because I knew where the secret stash was.

My Gran had always yo-yo’d with her weight and was an original Weight Watcher. She had the hugest set of old fashion bathroom scales that weighed you in ‘stones.’ When she did Real Food Pledge with me in 2013 she lost about 10kg effortlessly and was able to fit a dress that she still had in her cupboard from when she was in her 30’s.

Isn’t that so amazing! 

This is what she wrote to me today about her real food experience.

Hi Caralee,

‘I wanted to wish you luck for your Real Food Pledge Challenge, I hope you get lots of people! I haven’t put on anything since I lost the initial lot of weight, and I seldom eat processed food now, and no wheat flour at all, especially since Poppa has had to go gluten free. I honestly feel that wheat flour is a killer.

I remember how I used to always see-saw with my weight and I’m positive the wheat flour had a lot to do with it. I remember when I was a teenager, Grandma used to always make a batch of scones to take down the harbour for lunch when we went on Saturdays, and I would always put on weight that week. And the flour is a lot more processed now than it was back then!
I very seldom have anything with sugar too, as I rely on the dates in my baking for sweetness. I hardly have a dessert in the evening, apart from a bit of yoghurt and maybe cornflakes (gluten free) as Poppa feels he hasn’t finished the evening off properly without something.
So how many years since we first started eating like this? Four or five?
Love Gran’
This is proof to me that you are NEVER too old or too anything to pivot, change your habits and live a healthy life. Gran is so healthy and fit well into her 80’s now, this is my goal for my future!

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Hi, I’m Caralee Fontenele! Welcome to your home of healthy recipes and real food living for busy people. Since 2013 I have been creating healthy recipes and posting them here. I have had the joy of creating three recipes books over that time. I hope that you find a recipe you love!

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