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Jerky turned into a roast
I got all motivated on Saturday to make my own jerky. I was rearranging my chest freezer, and pulled out a big huge brisket and a flank steak from my cow. I wasn't sure which cut to use, and both seemed sort of "jerky-ish". I googled it, and realized brisket was a bad choice for jerky - you need to pick a very lean cut,…
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Another Runner 5 Started!
Hi group, I started yesterday with the intro and ran Mission 1 today. So much fun. I actually couldn't wait to go for my run, and I know I've never felt that way about running before. I jogged through the 10 minute free form run at the end...yay! I definitely need a real zombie playlist. Is there a way to adjust your music…
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Packed lunches
Since I'm SOOOO proud of myself for packing lunch everyday, I thought it would be fun to start a thread of our healthy Paleo/Primal lunches. Here's mine today: Hope that works. Top left: Organic Blueberries Top: Organic carrot Bottom left: Apple Gate Farms Pancetta (my new fave), and 1 oz little bites of smoked gouda and…
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Wise words from the hot abs master...
For those of us who eat 80+ Primal/Paleo, and feel our weight loss is slow or stalled... http://www.marksdailyapple.com/9-ways-sabotaging-weight-loss/#axzz2AtNbfwzq
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In the time it takes to toast a bagel...
I proved to myself that making eggs is a fast breakfast... I was about to walk out the door this morning, AGAIN, with no lunch packed or breakfast. I did that yesterday, and luckily had some leftover deli meat and cheese cubes from a sad Panera catering platter left in the office kitchen. But... I was very close to getting…
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Your thoughts?
Hi friends. Advice needed. I'm now lifting heavy 3x a week. I started with StrongLifts 5x5, but quickly realized that I couldn't max my larger muscles the way that program requires until my smaller muscles gain strength, so my trainer is just doing her own thing with me. Lots of the same complex moves as 5x5 like…
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Is Mark Sisson's...
...A grown up Charlie from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with killer abs? Seriously. Take one minute to NOT look at his abs and just look at his face. It's totally Charle.
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Chef advice
Hi all, So, last night I made this from PaleOMG: http://paleomg.com/paleo-pumpkin-cream-chicken-casserole/ As I was making it, I was thinking... "Huh... seems like it's going to be kind of bland. There's no color in it, and no strong flavors". Well, that's exactly how it tasted. Filling, but creamy bland. I added…
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Blog posts on the Estes Park Paleo Conference
Hi friends. I just finished blogging on this. It was Awesome. Yes, you should be jealous of me. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/caribougal :-)
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Yay! New trainer!
I bit the bullet and hired a personal trainer at the gym. I had talked to her ahead of time and told her I wanted to try the StrongLifts 5x5 workout. She had never heard of it, and her website had a lot of "traditional" weight lifting advice, as well as nutrition calculators clearly geared to the low cal/low fat/high carb…
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I Gained 92 lbs in one day.
Yes, I gained 92 lbs. Or rather, my chest freezer did. Note to vegans... you might want to click off of this post now. I've been a big fan of Michael Pollan's books for several years now, and have been trying over the last few years to do my share of locavore consumerism by buying produce from local sources. I've been part…
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I know it's been said before, but...
... it's amazing to me how my eating and, more importantly, my thought patterns have changed since eating Primal. Prior to July 3: If I didn't get breakfast at home in the morning (ALWAYS a bagel with lox and cream cheese), I would stop at Einsteins on the way to work and eat a bagel thin (only 110 cal!) with lox and cream…
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Hope this goes well... new trainer
I'm booking time with a new trainer... recommended to me by my old trainer who doesn't have time for me at 6am. I'm going to ask her to coach me through StrongLifts 5x5 program. Which is nothing like the strength training program she has on her website, so... we'll see. I also see on her website she does nutritional…
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Head bang... sigh. Another bad article about Paleo on HuffPo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/paleo-diet-healthy_n_1898529.html "Although in theory this may seem like a sensible diet, particularly when removing sugar and salt, it has eliminated several food groups like dairy and grains, which provide essential nutrients, such as calcium, vitamin D, magnesium and phosphorus…
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Shout out for Wild Mountain Raw Foods
I freaking love their crackers. They're a small Colorado company, and I'd love for them to grow so they stay in business!! I buy these at Whole Foods, but if you're not in Colorado, you probably need to buy them online. http://www.wildmountainfoods.com/index.html I buy their crackers, and use them when I eat tuna salad,…
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Make my Dinner!
Ok. I have grass-fed ground beef thawed. I've been waking up in the middle of the night (1am) every night this week to work on several big projects, and I still have a long road ahead before I finish today. It's only 11am, and my brain is starting to fry. Soooo tired. Forget about sane cortisol levels. Paleo/Primal friends…
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Hunger Games book club
So, I'm hosting book club next Wednesday, and we read The Hunger Games. Our book club rule is that hostess provides the main dish, and everyone else brings the other stuff. We try to theme the food to the book. I actually just ordered rabbit loin from US Wellness Meats, and was thinking about making rabbit stew, but then…
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Chameleon coconut
Has anyone else wondered how there are so many different coconut products, but all of them just say 100% coconut as their only ingredient? Coconut oil - kind of waxy cold or liquid hot Creamed coconut, which is like a bar of hard soap at room temp, gets softer when warm, but doesn't dissolve easy Canned coconut milk -…
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Which to buy???
Saw these on PaleOMG site. Must buy one, but which??? http://www.nikkiscoconutbutter.com/ The sampler is crazy. Who can eat that much coconut butter?
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Paleo in Colorado
I bought tix to the Paleo conference in Estes Park to hear talks from Michelle Tam from nomnompaleo.com, Melissa Joulwan, author of Eat Well and theclothesmakethegirl.com, and Holly from hollywouldifshecould.com http://www.ymcarockies.org/Paleo.htm Melissa just posted on her blog the menu for the lunch... all from her…
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My Butcher made me do it
There's this great little independent health market about a mile away, and lately I've been going there in the evenings to stock up on paleo/primal goodies while hubby gets the kiddos ready for bed. Each time, I get into a long discussion with the hot butcher who works there. Talking about grass-fed beef naturally leads to…
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bulletproof coffee
I know lots of Paleo peeps drink this for breakfast, and I'm curious about your amounts of coffee / butter / coconut oil. Or whatever else you put in. Seems like I'll be going through 1-2 sticks of butter a week if I make this a habit. I made my first cup this morning. I had to sneak the butter and coconut oil into my…
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Whole Foods Adventures
Hi all. I'm $93 poorer after my little lunch time trip to Whole Paycheck. But, I had so much fun. I keep a little box in my office with Paleo-friendly foods. It was starting to run low. I spent most of my money in the Raw Foods snack section. I love that section! Here's what I got: - Wild Mountain Raw Foods Veggie…
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Worth it cook books
Hi. I bought Everyday Paleo by Sarah Fragoso the other day. I didn't look at the price and was handing over my card before the $29.99 hit my ears. There are definitely some things I want to try but I still have buyer's remorse. I was just checking out Well Fed Paleo. Anyone have that one? Is it worth it? I do like Eat Like…
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Real farm chicken
Hi all. Here's a plug for buying real chickens from a local farm. This is part of the paleo/primal lifestyle, but have you ever really eaten one? I'm not talking about buying organic from the market. I'm talking about buying a young whole ckicken from a local farm. I bought a couple whole ones from the farm CSA last…
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Yeah - new habits
So my morning didn't go as planned, and I ran out of time to make myself breakfast. I considered grabbing a cooked chicken breast to chow in the car, but decided against it, figuring it would be an IF morning. But, by the time I finished dropping kids at camp, I was pretty hungry. The old me would have stopped at…
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Fresh roasted green chilies... Help!
Hi friends, I got fresh roasted green chilies from my farm share today. Still warm... Right from roaster! I'm used to eating them in quesadillas, enchiladas... Obviously not Paleo. I have some ground mild pork sausage thawed. I guess I could make patties and put chilies on top. I'll use some for an egg dish of some sort in…
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Eat Like a Dinosaur
Since starting Primal on July 3, my kids have noticed that I am eating differently. When they get ice cream and ask why I don't, I say, "Mommy is eating like a caveman. Did cavemen eat ice cream? Nooooo." This cracks my boys up (easy to entertain a 3 and 4 year old!) My four year old is now really paying attention to what…
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grazing like an herbivore? or not.
I feel like I have a new question every day. So, most of the Paleo blogs say not to graze like an herbivore all day, but to eat meals that keep you feeling full and not snack in between. I struggle with that. Today, I packed a big lunch... zucchini "pasta" with sauce and 5 small home-made meatballs (a whole zucchini,…