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Tuesday In Meals + Boston Launch 4 (aka Brooks Lobster Sneakers)

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Good morning, friends! Exciting news: The Boston Launch 4 (aka lobster sneakers ) from Brooks Running are available for purchase today!! Aren’t they the most amazing sneakers ever!? If you or someone you know want to purchase a pair, be sure to hop on it. These babies typically sell out! And here’s this week’s  TUESDAY In Meals because I couldn’t quite get my act together on Monday after a red-eye home from San Diego. I hoped to sleep on the flight and power-through the day once I landed in Boston, buttttttttttttt that didn’t happen. I succumbed to a 1.5-hour nap and then ate crap most of the day. Ugh, when I’m sleep-deprived (or stressed-out), I make THE WORST decisions when it comes to food. I did, however, get my act together yesterday with regard to food prep and healthy eating, so Tuesday was a much better day! Breakfast : Scrambled eggs with roasted sweet potatoes and hot sauce Snack : Vietnamese cold brew mixed with decaf cold brew (50/50) + a homemade protein muffin

The Empathy Effect: How Befriending Your Future Self Can Impact Your Health Today

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You are not the person you were fifteen years ago. The cells that compose your tissues and deliver oxygen have been recycled many times over. Your face has changed. You move differently. You’re probably slower and weaker, or, depending on your daily habits, faster and stronger. As it becomes available, you incorporate new information into your belief system. Even the neat narrative we imagine we’re orchestrating unbroken in our heads has nightly intermissions lasting hours during which we have no real clue what happens. Is this all just philosophical navel-gazing better suited for 2 AM in a dorm room covered with Bob Marley posters? Not exactly. Accepting the idea that past and future selves are different people can have real benefits today—and tomorrow. A study from late last year found that disrupting the temporo-parietal junction—a part of the brain that studies reveal is consistently involved in empathy, essentially our ability to overcome self-centeredness and put ourselves i

Super C Beauty Smoothie

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When people tell me they don’t have time to eat healthy, I yell the word – SMOOTHIE at them! Smoothies are the ultimate fast food and they are a superb way to add more veggies to your diet. I’ve found, too, that they alleviate bad food cravings because they provide a burst of nutrition – one that’s not usually present in the typical American diet. When your body doesn’t get what it needs nutritionally speaking, cravings kick in. And if you give in to those cravings, you’re on the road to gaining weight. Once you start to pump your body with greens, you’ll start craving them instead! Just in time for spring, I’ve got a fresh new smoothie recipe here for ya!  I love all of the beautiful ingredients in this Super C Beauty Smoothie  – strawberries, red bell pepper, cauliflower, spinach – not only do they make a delicious tasting smoothie, but all these superfoods are PACKED with vitamin C!  This amazing vitamin fights cell damage and chronic inflammation, strengthens your immune d

Want to Join the Primal Kitchen Team? Become a Brand Ambassador!

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Calling all Primal Kitchen enthusiasts! Do you love our products? Does the idea of educating others on the benefits of wholesome, healthy, delicious ingredients pique your interest? Looking for some fun, flexible, part-time work? Then today is your lucky day! We’re expanding our Brand Ambassador teams in multiple cities across the United States. If you (or someone you know) meet the requirements from the list below, and you’re looking for work with lots of control over your schedule, please apply by filling out the application and emailing your resume to brittany.young@primalkitchen.com . Go over our Brand Ambassador checklist and see if you’re a match. If you are, then you might be snagging one of the hottest positions in town. Requirements: You love hanging out in Whole Foods or your local natural grocery store You have an outgoing personality and can talk with anyone You live a Primal lifestyle You love to share your passion for health and nutrition with others You live in

Update: Coffee & Wine

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I promised you guys a follow-up on this post  from a few weeks ago. Here’s a spoiler: one of these is going well and the other isn’t. Can you guess which is which? Coffee The coffee change is actually not going as planned, and I’m back on one mug of regular a day for the time being. Let’s rewind. The reason I wanted to make this change in the first place was because I was waking up feeling really foggy, dehydrated, and not-so-great in general, so I gradually reduced the size of my cups and then switched to decaf for a few days. No headaches, no problems. But then I decided to have a mug of regular on a Sunday morning before soccer. I was totally jittery and buzzed and felt like a cartoon running around the house! Cutting back for a week or two definitely reset my tolerance for regular coffee to zero again. So here’s where the problem began: I thought I could go right back to decaf the next day since I thought I was no longer dependent, but I got a raging headache! And had head an

Wired to Eat Interviews

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  Hey Folks! So we don’t have a new podcast this week, but I thought I would give you a big list of all the podcasts I’ve been a guest on recently for the new book Wired to Eat. Thanks to all of the podcast hosts that have had me on. Enjoy! The Gym Laird show: http://ift.tt/2obY0G8 The Healthy Moms Podcast: http://ift.tt/2mHNYum Fitfluential podcast: http://ift.tt/2obZeBw Becoming Superhuman: http://ift.tt/2nvdlDy The Gracie Jiu Jitsu Rocks! Podcast: http://ift.tt/2oc2Fbk Beyond Your Wildest Genes Podcast: http://ift.tt/2nvinA1 Born Primal: http://ift.tt/2obWWCo Take Back Your Health Now: http://ift.tt/2nvfTkT Low Carb Paleo Show: http://ift.tt/2obZgt8 Harder to Kill Radio: http://ift.tt/2mt167m The Athletic Fitness and Nutrition Podcast: http://ift.tt/2obQnzG Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb: Part1: http://ift.tt/2nGi9ap Part 2: http://ift.tt/2mUZnYU MeatCast (EPIC): http://ift.tt/2nv8GBi Simply Human Podcast: http://ift.tt/2obXYOw figureFIT! Lifestyle Coaching Podcast: ht

The Very Best Kitchen Tools for Easy Meal Prep

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This post is sponsored by Overstock.com . Hey, hey! You guys know how much I love meal prep… oooh, baby, good times! Devoting some time on the weekend is most definitely a necessity for our family because it helps us stay on track and eat healthy throughout the week. Of course, the thought of spending hours in the kitchen prepping multiple recipes is quite daunting, but with the right kitchen tools and little bit of practice, it just gets easier and easier. Over the years, I’ve tried all sorts of gadgets to make meal prep more efficient, so I created a round-up of the very best of the bunch. These kitchen tools are tried-and-true and ones that I rely on week after week to help me meal prep and set us up for success with regard to our eating habits. Mixing Bowl, Food Prep, and Measuring Set The first tool is most definitely an essential, and I’m sharing it first because it’s truly THE BEST. I love this all-in-one mixing bowl set with measuring cups and spoons because everything