Brittany Williams - Instant Loss on a Budget

Copyright 2020 by Brittany Williams

Personal photographs of the author and her family 2020 by Brittany Williams

Food photography 2020 by Ghazalle Badiozamani

Laurel/Wreath art 000 Anastasiia Veretennikova/Shutterstock.com and anmark/Shutterstock.com

Food styling by Carrie Purcell

Prop styling by Stephanie Hanes

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN 978-0-358-35392-8 (pbk)

ISBN 978-0-358-35391-1 (ebk)

Book design by Suet Chong

Cover design by Tai Blanche

Cover photography by Vanessa Stump

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Unsung hero, youve been my biggest support from Day 1.

Offering encouragement, jumping on board this crazy roller-coaster adventure with positivity and never complaining.

Putting your dreams on hold so that mine could be fully realized.

Wearer of all the hats: dish-doer, laundry guru, kitchen builder, best dad in the world. None of this would have been possible without you.

When asked how Ive accomplished all that I have, there are only two answers: God and Brady.

Thank you for choosing me then and still.

How could I dedicate this book to anyone else?

For Brady.

I first met Brittany at a breastfeeding support group, of all places. I was immediately drawn to her enthusiasm and zest for lifeI realize this sounds clich, but if youve met Brittany, or followed her on social media, you know what Im talking about. She is funny, warm, and entertaining. After getting to know each other through several group meetings, we ventured out on our own for our first friend datemaking homemade soap in a slow cooker at my house. While it wouldve been much easier to just buy organic, clean-ingredient soap, we wanted to do this the crunchy way and make it ourselves. This also shouldnt surprise you about Brittany (or me).

She showed up at my house early in the morning, little three-year-old Avey and toddler Ben in tow, and we set to work. We completely butchered our batch of soap, but we had the best time laughing, chatting, and watching our kids play together. It ended up being an all-day event, and when she left, I felt like I had made a new lifelong friend. I was right.

In January of 2017, when Brittany first announced her goal of cooking real food at home for an entire year, I was excited to follow her journey and cheer her on. She had been through the wringer and back over the past couple of years, and I could tell she was determined to leave the darkness behind and start looking ahead. And as we all know, she more than succeeded.

What has made her so successful, in my opinion, is not just her delicious recipes, drive, and enthusiasm for living a healthy lifestylebut her passion for people. She sincerely cares about each and every person who has bought her books, tried her recipes, or reached out to her for encouragement. She wants everyone to succeed and she wants to be there to help every step of the way. I believe, deep down, that thats why she wrote her books. She cant physically be there for every single person out there like she was for herself, but her books can, and they have.

Now, with Instant Loss on a Budget, she continues to help people incorporate a simplistic, long-lasting, real-food lifestyle, but this time, she shows how to embrace these methods while keeping one eye on the checkbook. She has managed to create 135 amazing new recipes and delivers these delectable creations with her tried-and-true tips: Just Eat Real Food (JERF), exercise portion control, and listen to your bodys cues. Each recipe has a dollar amount, so you know exactly how much each meal will cost and can plan your meals out for the week according to your budget. I find this incredibly helpful in combatting the healthy food is too expensive argument that often comes up when switching to a real-food lifestyle. When you set a budget and plan ahead, it is actually possible to eat real food on a budget. But in this case, Brittany has done all of the work for you! Now there really is no excuse to stop what youre doing and start your real food adventure now.

As a nutritional therapy practitioner, this book embodies so much of what I work on with my clients and what, I believe, is absolutely vital when it comes to finding your true happy weight. I cant wait to recommend yet another book of Brittanys to my friends, family, and clients to help them find success in their health journey.

Sloane Simon,
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Simon Says Real Food

Instant Loss Fam

Book Three!!! Can you believe it? Thank you for encouraging me all those years ago to begin to share. As messy and unexperienced as I was, youve walked along beside me and helped me grow this into all it has become. I could never say thank you enough.

Avey, Ben, and Noah

Youre the best part of every day. Im so glad that I was chosen to be your mom. Spectacular little firecrackers that keep me on my toes and keep me striving to be the best person I can be, thank you for sharing me.

Mom and Dad

Your love, your support, your friendship, and loving my babies as your own. Youre pretty much the best.

Aunt Kim

Im glad you dont charge me for therapy. Thank you for always checking in, for planting the seeds, and for loving me since caco. xx

Grandparents

Only a really blessed girl has so many wonderful grandparents. I love you so deeply, so much of me is made from what I learned from you.

Colin, Kyli, Kyle, Sarah, Bethany, Connor, Caleb, Tristan

I love our ever expanding 7 + 1s. Thank you for always being there and for being some of the best friends Ill ever have.

Katie and Roxanne

Who runs the world?? Yall do. Thanks for taking care of our community for the last four years. Day in and day out, you show up, you encourage, and you love the heck out of people. Your hearts are so big, and I am so blessed to know you both.

Sam

Thanks for taking me every way I come and always being there to step into exactly what I need at the moment. Who would have thought wed be doing this twenty years ago? Life is funny, thanks for being my friend.

Lisa

Thank you for sprinkling your magic on this book, for testing every single recipe to ensure that my creations will actually work for other families, too. Your friendship keeps me sane during the development days and your wisdom makes everything so much better.

Heather, Jana, Rachel, Tracy, Shaylee, Candy, Sloane

My girls, thanks for making life fun.

Andy

Big sister, protector, friend, you are so much more to me than an agent. You see the vision in the crazy. Thanks for never letting me give up.

Photog Team: Ghazalle, Bridget, Stephanie, Carrie, Katherine, Aubrey, and Laura

Thank you for coming to my house! This was the first book photoshoot we have ever done on my home turf, and it makes everything so much more special. Thank you for living with us nine to five for a couple weeks, making all of the recipes shine in that special way that you do and lending your talents to my little heart project.