Creating a Community of Vegan Champions with: Scott Burgett

Almost 6% of Americans Are Vegans, i.e., 9.7 Million. (The
Guardian) In 2014, the statistic was 1%. This 500% increase speaks to the fact
that people in the US are doing more than just talking about veganism, says The
World Animal Foundation.

 For Scott Burgett he helps
vegans lose up to 20 lbs in four months without crazy restrictive diets.  He’s the  founder of Evolution Vegan Academy. An online
coaching program that helps vegans lose up to 20 lbs in four months using his
M3 Fit System. He is a CSCS and Precision Nutrition Level 1 certified coach and
has trained both professional and collegiate athletes. Living in Austin with
his wife, dog, and son, Scott's mission is to help create vegans leaders in his
community so they can spread their impact throughout generations.  Rewind back to 2013. I’m fresh out of
college, moved back to Arizona from Washington state, and starting in the world
of working for myself. I graduated with a degree in Exercise Science and wanted
to become a professional strength coach in the NFL. I played football my whole
life, through college, and felt that was my calling. To help athletes perform
at high levels. After working a couple of odd jobs right out of school, I
landed a small role as a performance coach for the Seattle Mariners baseball
team.

And during that
time, I was first exposed to plant-based eating after watching a documentary in
2014. At the time, I didn’t think anything much other than, “that seems
interesting, but it’s not for me.” A year goes by and I realize that I felt
unfulfilled in my personal life. Working in professional sports was fun but
also exhausting, with very little pay. So I decided to switch gears and landed
a job at a bank as a Wellness Administrator in San Antonio, TX. My girlfriend
at the time and I picked up our life and hauled our things across half the
country to Texas.



During my time at
this job, I really started taking a greater interest in health and
documentaries started to become really popular on Netflix. In particular, docs
about plant-based eating and veganism. I started to take more of a liking to
them because I resonated with the message: take care of yourself, the planet
and the animals.



It was April of
2016, and I started to experiment more with plant-based eating. I’d pack a
mason jar salad for my lunch at work but started to swap my chicken for
chickpeas. I’d start small at just one meal for a couple of weeks, then two,
and so on and so forth until all meals were plant-based. Then my dinners became
more plant-based and so did my breakfast choices. I felt great and was having a
lot of fun with this new way of eating. And during one night I’ll never forget
in January 2017, my wife and I were watching the critically acclaimed
documentary Cowspiracy. I remember vividly I was washing the dishes in our
two-bedroom apartment, my wife Cally was on the couch, and the scene came on
the TV that showed the fate of baby male chickens. He joined me this
week to tell me more.

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