Dear Vegrunner,

As someone who has a regular yoga practice, I can assure you that what I am wearing are not yoga pants. They have absolutely no elastic or spandex and if I wore them to yoga they would most assuredly fall off when I do headstands or handstands. They are called capri pants and are 100% cotton. I purchased them in Big Bear, where there is not a single yoga studio.

Why heels? Because the person who took the photo said to put shoes on and those were her shoes. I was barefoot.

I have lost at least another 10 pounds since that photo was taken. You can see it on my Facebook page. I was recently called "skinny" by Dr. Esslestyn.

Love & Kale,
Chef AJ

Thank you! I've just been informed I am being invited back to Marshall next year to speak and be the Emcee of their now annual New Year, New You fest.

Hello everyone who is interested in this topic. It's been about 4 months for me now of eating only low-fat whole plant foods, and to date, I've lost 20 lbs. I've been stable at this point for several weeks, so I suspect this may be the bottom of my weight loss. I look & feel much better. When I was going up a steep flight of stairs recently, I realized how much easier it is now. That 20 lbs was like carrying 4 five pound gym weights with me everywhere!

Chef AJ: As a former Souther Californian, I love your classification of Los Angeles pounds vs real world pounds. So true! Thank you for your "Quick Six" and House Dressing. They are fabulous!

Vegrunner: I met Chef AJ live and in person this past weekend in Marshall TX and she is lean and beautiful even when converted into LA pounds. Also, those tiny little heels on the back of her cute sandals are by no means meeting the standard of "high". For those of us standing at 5 ft 5 or less, they are just enough to keep our heads at shoulder level in most company and keep our pant legs from dragging without benefit of a tailor.