So, I've been a TAD bit busy with wedding planning this week. Engagement photos, suit shopping, flower buying, musician procuring, and on and on. Even with only 23 guests, this thing is very stressful! So I've been neglecting my blogging duties, but I'm going to make up for it by telling you about the most interesting things I've heard in the Paleo world lately. Yes, I do still make time for reading my favorite bloggers amidst my chaos! Baby Boy … Continue reading →
At Paleo Plan, we're all about making the Paleo diet easier to follow. That's our mission and our goal. However, we care about that because we want you folks to be happy, to be healthy, and to be whole--in the way we believe our ancestors were. So, we're considering branching out just a little bit, and we're responding to requests from you, our faithful members and readers. We've heard from you that you're interested in an exercise element to go … Continue reading →
If you missed the PaleoFX conference in March, here's your chance to experience the content of that wonderful melding of minds. The PaleoFX DVD set is now on sale for $197 here. I wrote a review and recap of the conference in my blog post, "The PaleoFX Conference: A Success". So check that out to find out more about my thoughts on what was said, and who was saying it. To sum it up, though, the conference was hosted by … Continue reading →
I've written before about "cheating" on the Paleo diet here, but I think it's time to revisit this topic. It's on my mind because my sister and a client have both been having cravings for old favorites lately, and so have I. For instance, here's a text message from my sister, who's been Paleo for 3 weeks now. By the way, she's lost at least 6 pounds and has "been in a better mood for the last week and a … Continue reading →
This post was kindly written by Max Shippee, owner of CrossFit 1440 in suburban Los Angeles, and fitness guru extraordinaire. Learn more about Max here. "So this fasting thing - is it like my friend who drank lemon & cayenne water for 10 days?" "No, no, no special concoctions." "Just don't eat?" "Yeah, just don't eat." Welcome to the third post on Scheduled Eating/Intermittent Fasting! We're going to delve into some of the most common questions in this post. If you're … Continue reading →
This post was kindly written by Max Shippee, owner of CrossFit 1440 in suburban Los Angeles, and fitness guru extraordinaire. Learn more about Max here. "So, this fasting thing...how long should I not eat? Like, a day?" "If you're feeling gung ho, sure, but I was thinking something a little shorter." "That sounds easier." "That's the point. I want you to have success! This really shouldn't be something that's terribly stressful." "But I won't be eating. That stresses me out!" "Ideally, … Continue reading →
We're proud and excited to announce our new movement, We Want Paleo at www.wewantpaleo.com! Wewantpaleo.com is the beginning of a food revolution. We want Paleo options in our local restaurants and we're pretty sure you do, too. Even just a few options would be amazing because I'm honestly tired of eating plain, bunless burgers on a bed of lettuce every time I go out to eat. BORING. So sign your name and give us your zip code and we'll try … Continue reading →
Hi Neely, I just noticed that one of my supplements contains soy lecithin. I know it's a by product of the soy after the oil has been extracted and according to the information I've attached, it is actually not very good for you, despite previous claims that it is excellent for many things. They say that even though it's an extract there always remains some soy in it. Would you suggest I discontinue this stuff? Thanks for your response. Mark … Continue reading →
This is my dog, Zala. She is 5 years old and she's never been to the vet for anything except to get a chipped tooth removed and to be spayed. No, she does not usually wear leg warmers, but that day she was feeling particularly stylish, so she asked to borrow them from me. Zala is a border collie mix and she enjoys sprinting at a freakishly fast pace to retrieve balls and frisbees. She has more energy than any … Continue reading →
One of my favorite ways to get carbs in my diet is homemade sweet potato rounds, or "chips". As I've said before, I need a good amount of carbs in my diet or I feel terrible. I do some sort of exercise 4 to 7 days a week, whether it's walking, climbing, running, sprinting, riding a horse, or doing high intensity interval training. I know it's possible to do that while on a high fat, very low carb diet, but … Continue reading →
I am not a super social person (and neither is my fiancé), but we couldn't resist the invitation to attend a Paleo Meetup in Denver last night that Jimmy Moore of Livin' La Vida Low-Carb was going to be at. Not only that, but one of my favorite bloggers, Peggy Emch of www.theprimalparent.com, was going to be there, so I would have a chance to meet her, too. The reason for the dinner was that the American Society Of Bariatric … Continue reading →
We sometimes get emails from meal plan subscribers who are either experiencing fatigue and/or hunger. We also get emails from people on the meal plan who aren't losing weight as quickly as they'd like on the plan. My first questions to both of these kinds of people are: -How big of a person are you? -How active are you? -And are you tweaking the meal plan to fit your personal needs at all? Are You Eating Enough, Too Much, Or … Continue reading →
This post was kindly written by Max Shippee, owner of CrossFit 1440 and Paleo Plan's fitness guru. "I feel like I've plateaued." "Not just weight, but sizes too?" "Yeah." "Have you been eating breakfast?" "Yeah. Usually scrambled eggs & veggies." "Stop." "Eating breakfast? But I thought…." "You wanna get off that plateau?" "Yeah." "Stop eating breakfast." "Seriously?" "Seriously." This is going to be a good one. On a blog where we focus on the food we put in our bodies, … Continue reading →
Here's a Q&A that affects every Paleo chicken eater... Hi Neely, My question today is about chicken. Ever since we started the Paleo diet, we've also begun to buy organic chicken with no ant-biotics or hormones added. They are also free ranging. We buy them at a store called Trader Joe's. I happened to look at the label today and I realized that these chickens, according to the label, are fed a diet consisting of Corn and Soybean meal. How does … Continue reading →
It's been a bit quiet on the blogging front these past few days because I've been busy planning a wedding! My boyfriend, Seth, proposed last Thursday, April 5th after 6 1/2 years of togetherness. Coincidentally, he proposed to me last year on April 5th, too, but we had to call off the engagement to do some soul searching for a while. This time it's for real - we're committed, and we're both looking forward to spending forever with each other … Continue reading →
Have you guys heard of That's It Fruit Bars yet? I was lucky enough to try these tasty treats and I wanted to let you know about this new Paleo snack food. They're bars that are made entirely of dried fruit - that's it - hence the name... It's no accident that I used the word "treats" in the last paragraph to describe these bars. They are sweet and pretty high in carbs, especially sugar, just like you'd expect any … Continue reading →
I recently had the opportunity to interview Nell Stephenson of www.paleoista.com. Nell is a highly successful endurance athlete, having placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd several times in her age group in Ironman races around the country. And she does these feats of athleticism while eating a Paleo diet! She also co-authored The Paleo Diet Cookbook with the esteemed Dr. Loren Cordain, and her new book, Paleoista, is available for pre-sale right now on Amazon. She does Paleo lifestyle coaching with clients around the … Continue reading →
Is there an evil conspiracy going on? Perhaps not. Perhaps the evil is merely a product of creeping greed — avarice that has crept into the food and chemical industries and into government as a natural consequence of opportunity and disregard for consequences. Would those industries and their friends in government attempt to suggest that the Paleo diet was merely a fad? Would greed be a powerful enough motivation? It's possible. Here are three lies the food industry would like … Continue reading →
After all the talks at the PaleoFX conference, I wanted to stand up and ask all of the panelists and speakers, "What do you eat?" I want to know what all of the Paleo/Primal bloggers and authors eat. Kruse? Wolf? Jimmy Moore? All the CF coaches? The cookbook authors? I want to KNOW. Because they're saying great things, but are they walking the talk or talking the walk? So in the name of transparency, I created a week-long diet journal, … Continue reading →
I can't tell you how excited we are about our new book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Paleo, published by Alpha, a division of Penguin. We've hinted at this for a while now, but the time has come - it was officially released today, April 3rd, 2012! We're proud to say that Mark Sisson of marksdailyapple.com kindly wrote our foreword. He said nice things like it's "the perfect crash course for regaining that essential connection". And "It’s direct, practical, … Continue reading →
