Today we’d like to introduce you to Luci Long.
Hi Luci, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself
I created my Instagram account in 2018. I initially created this space to share my food pictures from some of my favorite local restaurants.
After going vegetarian in 2019, I became more focused and passionate about eating a healthier diet and quickly fell in love with healthy foods and dishes from all around my hometown in Saint Augustine, FL, and throughout many different travel spots.
After the Coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020, I utilized my extra time at home and away from my dorm to create my own meals in the kitchen and share them with my followers.
After making this change to my content, my audience grew drastically over the next year and into 2022 and I never expected to reach such a wide audience.
This food Instagram community has become one of my greatest passions so far in my life and it has truly helped me to build a better relationship with food.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
As I developed a passion for healthy eating and regular exercise, it quickly led me down a dark path towards disordered eating. What I thought was a strong passion for nutritious foods at the time was actually an eating disorder in disguise.
I started to deprive my body of its much-needed fuel and began to deal with many of the detrimental physical, mental, & emotional side effects of my restrictive eating and overexercising.
I battled with disordered eating for around two years and eventually realized the harm I was causing to my body and made the decision to start the difficult journey towards recovery.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a food Instagram influencer and content creator.
I specialize in vegetarian and plant-based meals and recipes with an emphasis on inspiring others to add more color and nutritious foods to their plate rather than subtracting any of the foods that they truly enjoy. I am most proud of myself for continuing to pursue this passion of mine despite my doubts and fear of judgment from others, all while balancing my busy lifestyle as a college student.
I think something that sets me apart from others is how much creativity & artistic thought goes into each of my creations and recipes.
What does success mean to you?
I define success as the moment in which someone no longer feels the need to seek approval from others and feels truly satisfied and happy with themselves and their achievements as they are.
Success is achieved when someone realizes that they’ve done the best that they can given the circumstances and that their continued efforts are seen & appreciated.
Contact Info:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://lmleats.mailchimpsites.com/
- Instagram: instagram.com/lmleats
- Facebook: facebook.com/lmleats
