OFM_Interview_CARLY_PAIGE_0519_FINAL_DEPT 4 / 23 / 19 11 : 37 AM Page 3 INTERVIEW AHealthyAppetite by being homemade , but more looking at the most nutritious option that I can get on my plate . And it With her debut completely transformed my health . My energy levels cookbook , Central are through the roof and I used to be falling asleep on the sofa at like 8 p.m . right after dinner . I’ve Florida blogger always struggled with acne and it made a huge dif - Carly Paige is ference to my skin and really helped clear that up and I’ve struggled a lot with anxiety in the past as well bringing her and so choosing more nutritious options has helped nourishing eats me manage all of those things and beyond . to many more Some researchers have suggested the reason some diets work for some but not others dinner tables . comes down to genetics . By Brittany Ann Morrisey I think there are a lot of factors that go into play on why something works for you . It can be because of your ancestry ; it can be because of genetics ; it can be because of your environment ; it can be because of your lifestyle . There are so many things that impact what works for you . So at the core of my method , I kind of try to bring it back to what everyone can agree on is the most important thing : to get back to whole , unprocessed foods , first and foremost . What’s the one message from the book that you hope readers walk away with ? I would hope that they would take away this idea that healthy doesn’t have to be hard . I think we get so overwhelmed by everything that’s thrown at us from restrictive diets to ways of doing things … and it just feels like , “ Man , if I can’t go all in then I must arly Paige always knew a career in health and wellness was in her have failed , ” before even starting . And I don’t think it has to be that way . I think that by just focusing on future , but she wasn’t exactly sure what that would look like . one simple swap at a time , you can make that a part CAfter graduating college with a degree in marketing and com - of your routine and make a habit out of that and munications , she started working for an Orlando children’s hospital then add another simple swap . And over time you will have experienced this huge transformation , but and writing about food for her blog FitLiving Eats . Then , after a few it didn’t feel daunting when you started . years of doing both , she came to a crossroads and ultimately decided that it was time to quit her corporate job to satisfy her growing interest What mistakes do people often make in their in nutrition by becoming a certified integrative nutrition health coach . eating habits when attempting to make healthier choices ? How has your idea of what healthy is evolved ? I would say that people tend to focus too much on the Since her career change , she’s helped many So up until the point where I made [ my ] career shift , numbers . And what I mean by that is the amount people upgrade their diets with one - on - one of calories in something . And , you know , with Weight coaching and through her monthly cooking kind of followed what I like to call a traditional I Watchers , it can be a really great program but there classes . And now she has set about putting it all healthy American diet . And I learned growing up is that emphasis on the points or how many into her debut cookbook Simply Swapped to — what I learned was that healthy was getting a macronutrients are in something , so how many Everyday . The book features plenty of recipes — home - cooked meal on the table and it kind of car - including one for sweet potato brownies — but it’s stopped there . So I would say that up until the career bohydrates , fats , proteins . And when you focus more also a how - to for anyone looking to make small shift , that was kind of my mindset around healthy on the numbers , then you start to focus less on the changes , aka simple swaps , to his or her diet for where I was cooking a lot of food at home but they quality of your food . … The quality of your food the better . Paige spoke with Orlando Family Mag - weren’t really the most nutritious foods , they were just matters just as much as the calories that you’re azine shortly after the release of her book and homemade . And when I made that shift , and really putting in . shared with us what mistakes she sees people got more educated on the power that food has to making in their quests to eat better and how her really heal and affect your body in so many ways , I For more of this interview , idea of “ healthy ” has changed over time . started to shift my diet from not just being healthy visit OrlandoFamilyMagazine.com . 20 ORLANDO FAMILY may 2019 ORLANDOFAMILYMAGAZINE.COM