Jillian Tedesco, founder and CEO of fit-flavors, is zealous about healthy eating, fitness and proper nutrition.
"The best-kept secret to a healthy lifestyle isn’t another diet or trick, it’s a mindset shift," she says. "The moment you stop treating health like a race or a punishment, and start seeing it as a privilege, everything changes. It stops being about giving things up and starts being about gaining everything you’ve been craving in life."
As a certified chef from world renowned Le Cordon Bleu, she authored a book titled Owning the Wait, which is about harnessing spirituality and mindsets through every season of life, especially pertaining to creating sustainably healthy habits. She also has a podcast of the same name.
"For me, giving up gluten and dairy was never about restriction, it was about listening to my body. I struggled with joint and gut issues, and when I removed those foods, I felt a real difference. That said, I don’t have an allergy, so I allow myself the freedom to enjoy them when it matters," Jillian explains.
"If I have dairy, it’s high-quality, organic and intentionally chosen, because as a foodie, I value how beautifully it can elevate flavor. And when I have gluten, it’s almost always pasta from Italy, a nod to my Italian roots."
To assist people with sustainable lifestyle changes, Jillian started the fit-flavors company to take the fretting and guesswork out of how to eat healthy. First, an in-house, fit-flavors menu development team creates balanced, delicious meals with high-quality ingredients. Clients can mix and match from more than 60 seasonally rotating meal options. Food then can be secured online for pickup or delivery, or by shopping in-store at one of seven St. Louis area locations.
fit-flavors has physical stores in Chesterfield, St. Peters, Brentwood, Des Peres, Creve Coeur, Sunset Hills and Fenton.
Once purchased, fit-flavors entrees can be refrigerated for up to 10-15 days, depending on the individual, best-by dates that are provided. Meals are microwaved before being enjoyed.
Jillian says people tend to overcomplicate nutrition. "But at the end of the day, it’s simple: eat quality food, in the right portions, balanced with the right macros. That’s the foundation, and that’s exactly why fit-flavors exists. We make healthy simple."
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As a meal preparation company, "fit-flavors exists to make eating healthy simple." ~Jillian Tedesco, founder