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Feb 26, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Thank you for your honesty. I also grew up with the fear of fat. Now I am learning new concepts of eating for health. Your recipes certainly line up with those concepts.

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Jan 24, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Wonderful podcasts...love the honesty. Looking forward to listening to more podcasts from you.

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Jan 21, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

I saved this first podcast to listen to while cooking dinner on Friday night after a long week of work and it did not disappoint. I love your authenticity. I, too, am gluten free due to food sensitivity/allergy and I am in process of changing my diet to evaluate how other foods are affecting my body so the timing of this couldn’t be better. I'm wanting to do this from a place of connection between mind and body and not a place of control. I can't wait to hear more from you!

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Jan 20, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Thank you so much for your vulnerability to share your story! I really resonate with a lot of this and am grateful for the perspective you share around food. It's really important to me to surround myself with positive messages about enjoying food as opposed to diet-y or restrictive language-- which is why I love your content!

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Jan 11, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Great Podcast Numero Uno!

I think the first time I ran across Nicki Sizemore was on Fine Cooking on PBS I believe. Am I correct?

Any way last meal on earth would be a family concoction of Bacon, Onion and tomato on Angel hair pasta.

Heavy on the bacon, 1 pound sliced small. One large onion chopped, and 2 cans of diced tomatoes. I like Marzano and will cut them up myself or you can throw fresh tomatoes as well for some really great flavor. Mix it all in with your angel hair and you've got it.

Why is everything we like so carb heavy?

Regardless wishing you great success and prosperity with your new venture Nicki.

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Jan 11, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Beautiful, Nicki! I love how you have come full circle in your passion of making your body and mind strong. You are courageous in sharing your life story. Love you, daughter, as the wonderful person, mother, wife, and best chef ever. I love your direction in life. Hugs!

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Jan 11, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Thank you my friend for sharing yourself and your journey. You are an inspiration. I am so grateful to learn from you and proud of all that you do!

My last meal would include homemade pasta, Parmesan cheese, and a big chunk of warm buttery fresh baked bread!

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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Gah! This was perfection! I'm so thankful for the message, your honesty, and the way you articulate things! My complicated relationship with food is opposite than yours. I have used food as a source of comfort and not in a nourishing or positive way. Also, I do use the word "clean eating" often, because to me, "clean eating" is a clean version of the foods I grew up with in the south which was fried,

odd casseroles, cooked in tons of fat, butter, and processed. So, it's interesting because to me, the term "clean eating" signifies the "unedited" version of meats, vegetables, fruits and grains - in their original state or cooked "cleanly" - without the unnecessary added "stuff". And by "stuff" I mean drenched vs. used sparingly for cooking purposes. As you say, it's complicated. Thank you for being you.

And, my last meal would be along the lines of yours, except more along the lines of shrimp and grits. But, ditto to the salad!

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Jan 11, 2023·edited Jan 11, 2023Liked by Nicki Sizemore

Thanks for putting all this out there, Nicki. I'm sure it will help each of us in some distinct way. Surely most of us do have a complicated relationship with food. When I was a teenager I was basically kept from eating enough - my sister and I stole party snacks from the pantry after school to deal with our famished cravings. I was 6'2 and 135 pounds. My ex-wife (a Cordon Bleu pastry chef instructor) was anorexic and self-punishing about it until coming to terms with the early messages... after teen years with an emaciated mother who modeled professionally. Oh those awful messages! It takes a lot of work to make friends with oneself and to enjoy, as you say it, the "healing" qualities of well-prepared, nourishing food.

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Beautiful, and so true to the wonderful human I am privileged to know. Proud of this step and excited to be following along, as always rooting you on in all you do! Sending love, and wishes to eat a big bowl of creamy polenta with you soon!! (Though hopefully not as a last meal!! 😂 ❤️)

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This was very inspiring and helped to remind me that I am not alone on this path to wellness. Thanks for all that you offer. I look forward to additional podcasts.

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Great beginning Nicky!

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