Five years between these photos. A lot of living in between.
I'm Elle. I'm 36, and my son is 17.
When I look at these two photos, I think about something you can't see in either one: all the meals in between.
The lunches out. Rice with dinner. A slice of Basque cheesecake beside my cappuccino. Pizza with family.
I wanted to feel good about my stomach. I also wanted to enjoy eating for the rest of my life.
An eating routine that only worked while I denied every craving was never going to last for me.
Maybe that's the question on your mind, too.
You see another plan and think, “Fine. I could probably do that for a few weeks. But what happens when I want to eat like myself again?”
A friend suggests lunch. Friday turns into pizza night. Then Thanksgiving arrives, and there is that pie.
I wanted room for those moments. So I kept working on a way of eating I could keep choosing, long after the first burst of motivation wore off.
That's what I want to share with you.
These are personal photos taken five years apart. They show my appearance at two points in my life, not a timed weight-loss result. My routine also includes training and sleep.
The celebrity meals were the beginning of the story.
I'll admit it. I was curious about what the celebrities were eating, too.
Eggs and avocado from Alicia Vikander's keto food story. A lettuce-wrapped burger from Kourtney Kardashian's menu. The eggs and greens in Vinny Guadagnino's fridge.
Food I could recognize. Food I could try.
Keto helped me lose weight. I trained for months and ate plenty of protein. But I still wasn't happy with how my body looked. I felt bulkier than I wanted, and the bulge around my middle still bothered me.
I could follow the rules. But for how long?
I wanted to look forward to dinner, too.
So I began putting those meal ideas together in my own way, with Asian flavors and familiar food rituals.
And that brings me to the part you won't get from a celebrity fridge tour.
The fermented foods. The special blend. The 7:30 cup.
Think of a little kimchi beside a meal. Pak dong, the fermented mustard greens. Fresh yogurt made from a culture we keep going week after week. Kombucha in the mix.
These foods are part of our life in Asia. I make room for fermented foods daily and vary what I have.
Then there's my evening tea.
At 7:30 pm, I have my special blend of herbs and dried ingredients, with no sugar, honey or milk.
A cup of tea sounds like such a small part of a day, doesn't it? Yet it's one of the habits I care about enough to keep.
I brought these food rituals into my routine and kept training. Over time, I noticed my stomach looking flatter.
Then I added rice back. Pizza. The cheesecake I enjoy with coffee.
My flat tummy stayed. And my meals felt like mine.
That's the week I want to show you. The meals I kept coming back to, with room for the foods I'd missed.
The guide shares my whole food routine. My experience can't tell us whether tea, fermented foods or another part caused the change. I don't treat the tea as a fat-loss shortcut.
Tea recipe note: my exact blend, amounts and brewing instructions are still being finalized. This edition describes the ritual; it does not yet include the blend recipe. No tea purchase is required.
Yes, the cheesecake is cheesecake.
Let me clear that up before you get suspicious.
When I say rice, I mean rice. When I say pizza, I mean pizza. And the cheesecake with my cappuccino is a real slice of Basque cheesecake.
My example week also has chicken, pork, shrimp, vegetables and fish. I make a point of having fish twice a week.
Some meals start with keto ideas. Some include rice or noodles. You'll see where desserts fit, too.
The amounts matter. So does the rest of the week. I'm showing you the actual food record, including the portions I've documented, so you can look beyond one photograph of my stomach.
Keto is where the meal inspiration starts. Flex is how I make room for the rest of my life.
My full routine includes carbs. Adding rice and desserts doesn't make them keto, and this isn't a plan for staying in ketosis every day.
You can still take useful meal ideas from it. Especially if your first question about any eating plan is, “Will I have to give up everything I enjoy?”
And I eat lunch out about five times a week.
So if your next thought was, “Lovely, but I can't spend my life in the kitchen,” we're on the same page.
My lunches include meals such as pork rib soup, beef pho, grilled salmon with Japanese rice and a suki pot with meat, tofu, shrimp and vegetables.
I don't carry a separate meal everywhere.
Inside, you'll see my restaurant meal examples alongside the dinners I eat at home. You can use the shopping and swap sheets for your own kitchen, too.
Cook at home on Sunday. Meet a friend for lunch on Tuesday. A restaurant invitation can belong in the same week as your food plan.
“I'll start after the holidays.” Oh, I understand the appeal.
There's Halloween candy in the house before Halloween even arrives.
Then Thanksgiving. The turkey, the ham, the sides everyone has an opinion about. And the pie you actually look forward to all year.
After that come party invitations, a drink with friends, Christmas dinner and another round of leftovers.
January 1 sounds like a wonderfully tidy place to begin.
But what if your first step didn't require saying goodbye to the holiday table?
What if you picked a breakfast or lunch you liked this week? Found a dinner worth making again? Wrote the pie into your holiday plan instead of pretending you wouldn't want any?
There are everyday meals between the celebrations. You can begin there.
The Holiday Flex Planner helps you put both on the page: the meals you want to repeat and the occasions you want to enjoy.
Have your slice. Have an idea of what you're eating next.
You can make food choices now without turning Thanksgiving into a test of your willpower.
A little taste before you buy.
Here are three starting points from the celebrity food accounts. These are our simple adaptations, with the sources named so you know where the ideas began.
AI-made images show ways to serve these meals.
Alicia Vikander inspiration: eggs & avocado
Her trainer described poached eggs and avocado during her keto phase before filming Tomb Raider.
For a simple plate, poach two eggs, slice half an avocado and season to taste. That's a breakfast you can picture making.
Source: trainer Magnus Lygdbäck's account of Alicia's pre-filming food plan.
Kourtney Kardashian inspiration: lettuce-wrapped burger
Lettuce-wrapped burgers appeared in Kourtney's published keto menu.
Season a ground-beef patty and cook it through. Tuck it into large lettuce leaves with tomato and avocado. Bring napkins.
Source: Kourtney's keto meal plan published by Poosh.
Vinny Guadagnino inspiration: eggs with greens
Vinny's fridge tour included eggs, arugula and olive oil.
Scramble two eggs in a little olive oil, then serve with arugula and a light drizzle of oil. Our combination uses those fridge staples.
Source: Vinny's fridge tour with Women's Health.
Inside, the 12 full meal cards add portions, cooking steps and swaps. I bring my own Asian touches to the food, then show you my broader week alongside it.
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You don't need another pile of recipes to save and forget. You need an answer when you open the fridge and think, “What am I eating?”
Here's what you'll have to work with.
Start tonight with the One-Page Quick Start
You can skip the long read. Open the first lesson, follow five short steps and choose your next meal. The rest of the kit is there when a question comes up.
Find a few keepers in 12 Celebrity-Inspired Keto Meal Cards
Eggs with avocado and sesame cucumber. Ginger beef and broccoli. Salmon with zucchini and avocado. Choose what sounds good. Each original card has ingredients, portions, steps and swaps, so dinner can move beyond a screenshot.
Look inside Elle's 7-Day Flex Menu
See a real example of my week, including rice, desserts, restaurant lunches and meals at home. This is the part to open when you're thinking, “All right, show me what she actually eats.” Use the blank planning space to work on your own week.
Read the Rice, Pizza & Cheesecake Guide
Get the story behind the photos and the details behind the food choices. I share my fermented-food habits, restaurant examples, eating-window context and unsweetened evening tea ritual. The blend recipe is still pending. You'll see how I think about making room for cravings and sticking with a routine.
Take Shop Once + Swap Simply to the store
Check your kitchen, choose your meals and see what you need. Use the swaps when you dislike an ingredient or can't find it. You can pick a few meals to begin; there's no assignment to cook all 12.
Put the celebrations into your Holiday Flex Planner
Write down the foods you want to enjoy at Thanksgiving, Christmas and the parties in between. Plan the everyday meals around those dates, with space to think about drinks as well. Your holiday calendar belongs in the plan.
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A little about the woman sharing her cheesecake habit.
I'm a Fast Like a Girl (FLAG) Certified Coach. I've worked with Dr. Mindy Pelz for nine years, and I now help run the Reset Academy paid community, edit videos and answer member comments. I also built SlenderMama.
I've spent a lot of time around questions about food.
The one that keeps coming back is wonderfully plain: “What can I actually eat?”
I wanted this little kit to answer that with meals you can see, recipes you can use and a look at how I eat in real life.
I'm 36. I won't pretend that my body or life is identical to yours at 45, 50 or 54. This is my experience and a set of food tools you can adapt, rather than a menopause plan or a promise of my physique.
What I can share is the approach I keep coming back to: leave room for the foods you enjoy, and find meals you're happy to eat again.
Imagine already knowing what comes after the pie.
You enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. You have the slice you've been looking forward to.
The next day, there's a meal you've picked and ingredients you know how to use. You don't need to wait for a fresh calendar to make it.
That's where I'd like you to begin with this guide.
Choose one meal. Try it. Keep it if you like it. Make room for something you love in the week ahead.
Over time, you'll have your own answers to “What's for dinner?” and “What about when we go out?”
An eating routine has to belong in the life you're actually living.
Mine has room for rice and cheesecake. I want you to see what that looks like beyond the headline.
Try it with my 30-day “Keep Everything” guarantee.
I want you to open the kit and use it.
Read the quick start. Try a recipe. Look through my food week. Print the holiday planner and put your own celebrations on it.
If you decide Celebrity Keto Flex isn't for you, email us within 30 days of purchase. We'll refund your $7, for any reason or no reason.
And you can keep every file.
You don't need to send body photos, prove you followed the menu or explain why it didn't fit your life.
Keep the meal cards, the quick start, my sample week, the favorite-food guide, the shopping pack and the holiday planner.
I'd rather you have the chance to try the food than keep wondering whether this is another guide that will sit unopened on your phone.
If it isn't useful to you, ask for your money back. That's the deal.
A few things you may be wondering
Can I eat what I love and get your flat tummy?
I can show you how those foods fit into my life. I can't promise you my body. Portions, your overall eating pattern, activity and individual needs still matter. You'll get practical meal ideas and my own example, not permission to eat unlimited amounts.
Is the tea the secret?
It's a part of my routine I value. I haven't tested it on its own, so I can't say it caused my results. You aren't buying a slimming tea. The exact blend recipe is still being finalized; the current guide shares the ritual and the food tools you can use now.
Does Flex mean I'll still be doing strict keto?
The meal cards take inspiration from keto. My wider routine includes rice and other carbs, so it isn't strict keto. The guide makes that distinction clear.
Do I have to fast or train like you?
You can use the food tools without copying my fasting window or gym schedule. I describe those habits to give you context, including adjustments around my cycle. This isn't a personal fasting or exercise prescription.
How much reading am I signing up for?
Start with one page. The quick start is the first lesson in your member area. The full guides are there for reference, and you can print whichever pages you want to use.
How do I get it? Is there a monthly charge?
It's $7 USD once. After purchase, sign in to the member area with the email you used at checkout. You'll find the lessons and six PDF downloads there. No subscription is attached to this purchase.
Are the celebrities or Dr. Mindy involved in this product?
No. This is my independent guide. Published celebrity food accounts inspired the meals. My credential and work with Dr. Mindy are part of my background, not endorsements of Celebrity Keto Flex.
You don't have to wait until January to find a meal you love.
You can start with eggs and avocado. Try ginger beef for dinner. Look at my lunch orders before your next meal out.
Then open the guide that answers the question behind all of this:
“How does she still eat rice, pizza and cheesecake?”
Come see my food week, my Asian food rituals and the choices I keep making because I enjoy living with them.
Celebrity Keto Flex is $7 for the whole kit, including the Holiday Flex Planner and my 30-day Keep Everything guarantee.
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Food ideas and personal experience, not personalized medical advice. Individual results differ. Celebrity food accounts may describe past routines; 2026 identifies this guide's edition.