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Monday In Meals + Pug-Approved Peanut Butter Dog Treats

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Hey, hey! How was your Monday? Mine was really great. I spent the day with Quinn, and we had some really fun adventures together. (Have I mentioned that I love this age !?!) He was in such an awesome mood and so well-behaved (he even willingly left an arcade to go home for lunch – usually something like that would cause an epic meltdown), so today was an especially nice day and a wonderful way to start the week. I also kicked off the week with a healthy day of eats. I had quite the indulgent weekend ( holyyyyy sugar and booze ), so I’m glad that I’m off on the right foot! That said, here’s the next edition of Monday In Meals where I recap what I ate throughout the day with a few adventures thrown into the mix. BREAKFAST : Sweet Potato Hash Brown Egg Bake  + toast with Kerrygold + iced coffee with coconut creamer and collagen . After breakfast, Qman and I headed to CrossFit. I worked out while he played with the “tiny kids” in the playroom. I finished the WOD in 18 minutes, whi

Dear Mark: More of Your Challenge Questions Answered

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering 11 questions. I answer questions about nutrient deficiencies and tremors, breastfeeding on the 21-Day Primal Blueprint Challenge, cheating without apparent consequences, sun exposure without vitamin D, maintaining insulin sensitivity, going high protein, recovering from a labral tear, going 90/10 vs. 80/20, black beans vs. potatoes, why I chose to live in Malibu, and recovering minerals lost to glycogen depletion. Let’s go: Hi Mark, I’ve been 80/20 primal since January 2012 and early in 2015 I developed a tremor that makes it difficult to do small motor tasks like writing, peeling eggs, lifting my fork to my mouth, etc. Other than this my overall health is good. My chiropractor thinks I might be missing some vital nutrients that may have brought this on, but I disagree with him, because of what I eat and more importantly what I don’t eat. I don’t see how I could be missing nutrients with liver, eggs, meat, fish, green vegetables, coll

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