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How I Lost over 100 Pounds—and Gained Strength, Stamina and Control

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It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here . In fact, I have a contest going right now. So if you have a story to share, no matter how big or how small, you’ll be in the running to win a big prize. Read more here . I was always fat. No, seriously. My whole life, I was fat. In middle school I was around 160-180 pounds. In high school I hit 250 pounds. At my heaviest, a few years after college, I was 330 pounds. I never liked how I looked or how I felt. I didn’t like that I would get exhausted easily. I didn’t like that I would get injured easily and be sore. I didn’t like that I could be basically danced around in sporting events because I was so big and clumsy that I couldn’t move. I didn’t like the constant bloated feeling. I didn’t like being dateless. I occasionally tried to get

Nutrition News: Next-level healthy eating, diet and gut health, embrace moderation

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Next-level healthy eating You’d think eating foods that are good for you would be enough, but it turns out you can actually do more. Writing in The Washington Post, dietitian Cara Rosenbloom reveals eight ways you can take healthy foods up to the next level . For instance, if you add black pepper (even just a sprinkle) to curry, you boost the anti-cancer benefits of the antioxidant curcumin. If you drink wine with fish, you may elevate the levels of Omega-3 fats in your blood, which may help protect against heart disease. And when you eat an apple, cucumber, potato, peach or kiwi, leave on the peel, where most of the antioxidants, vitamins and fiber are stored. “In the case of apples, a major component of the peel is quercetin, which is an antioxidant associated with a decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes,” Rosenbloom explains. There are five more tips where those came from . Is your diet messing up your gut? If you are restricting calories too much or steering clear of a food group

26+8 Birthday Recap

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Hey guys!! I had such a wonderful 34th birthday. The day went by so fast! Mazen told me the night before that when he woke up in the morning he was going to run up to my bed and sing to me. Well, the next morning I noticed him squirming around on the monitor and finally said through the monitor speaker “Mazennnnn it’s moooorrrnnning.” He  immediately jumped out of bed and raced upstairs to snuggle. The sweetest way to wake up! After dropping M off at school, I went to the gym for a strength class. Gotta make myself feel youthful ; ) After a quick shower turnaround, I met my friend Emily at Lampo for a birthday lunch!! We had wine (!!), kale salad, and this special mushroom, garlic, arugula, lemony pizza. Thank you Emily! I raced back to the preschool to pick up Mazen, and we went straight to Sweet Haus for cupcakes!! Funfetti for me. Salted Caramel for him. Cookie Dough to share. Sprinkles for all! He sang happy birthday to me on the spot. It was so sweet. Mazen spent t

Cooling Hot Foods Safely

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I wasn’t sure that blog posts on safety and sanitation would be very well received. But after talking to some of my readers on FB, I realized that many of you are in fact interested! Particularly in… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2eYEqrx