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The Celebration Continues

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Hi, guys! Quinn’s birthday celebration continued well into the weekend! Saturday Saturday morning was our usual CrossFit + Coffee Shack routine —> fun partner workout followed by donuts and iced coffee, which, of course, is the best way to start the day! After that, we ran some errands, ate lunch, and then Quinn went down for his nap, which included baking Funfetti cupcakes and assembling goodie bags for his party the next day. After Quinn’s nap, we took an epic family walk with Murphy around the neighborhood. We ended up bumping into a few neighbors, so we did quite a lot of chatting in addition to walking. When we return home, we ate dinner on the porch and then hung out there for the rest of the night. In the photo below, Mal and Quinn are telling each other “YOU are funny” over and over again. Haha! After we put Quinn to bed, Mal and I hung out on the porch well into the evening – chatting, laughing, and enjoying the fire pit and amazing weather. Summer is just about

Cool Things You Notice Happening Once You Start to Lose Weight

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Most people come to the Primal Blueprint because they want to lose weight. Ask any purveyor of a specific diet and they’ll say much the same thing. The majority of people are interested in dropping body fat, looking good naked, and fitting into their clothes. The interest in overall health, fitness, and lifestyle tends to develop organically out of that. Come for the weight loss, stay for the blue-blocking goggles. There’s a tendency to view weight loss as superficial compared to the other stuff. That’s a mistake. Weight loss isn’t just about belt notches and positive experiences with mirrors. It confers measurable and, most importantly, tangible benefits to health, happiness, and daily functionality almost immediately. Fat loss, it turns out, isn’t a flighty pursuit. It solves a lot of serious problems and makes some really cool things happen. Like what? Your Joints Stop Hurting So Much Crippling osteoarthritis is relatively rare, but almost everyone has a joint that creaks, pops

Blue Apron vs. Plated

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This post is sponsored by Blue Apron Thomas and I made Blue Apron’s Curry-Spiced Cod & Summer Squash with Ginger-Lime Raisins and Garlic Naan together the other night. We always divide the tasks so that one person does the “entree” part (the fish or meat usually) and the other works on the sauces and sides. When we sat down to eat, we remarked that this was one of the more exotic dishes we’d made from Blue Apron , but that was also what we loved about it. We would never have chosen these flavor combinations or put in as much effort as we did if we’d just gone to the grocery store and prepared some cod and rice. The dinner was delicious, and one of my favorites to date. (This Sumac-Spiced Barramundi was my all-time favorite Blue Apron dish!) I always love the seafood dishes the most. When I first met Thomas, he had a subscription to Plated that we cooked together every other week or so at his house. The Blue Apron team asked if I’d like to do a compare and contrast post,

Clean Eating Sheet Pan Pineapple Shrimp Recipe

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If you’ve followed me here over the years, you know I have a serious love affair with shrimp. Packed with lean protein, these nuggets of sea gold are a wonderfully tasty addition to just about any… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2rVvNHL