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Dear Mark: CrossFit and Carb Questions

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering questions from the comment section of  last Thursday’s post on CrossFit, Primal, and carbs . First, I use a comment from Dave to expand on the idea of earning your carbs and eating the carbs you earn. Second, I discuss the notion of athletes using cyclical low-carb diets. Would their performance suffer? And finally, I go over a few more starchy carb sources allowed on the Primal eating plan that I forgot to mention last time. Let’s go. Dave mentions: My only issue is that after a lifetime of being overweight my initial instinct is always to restrict carbs when in fact I know that I need more. Dave, your comment reminded me of something I meant to discuss. Everyone’s familiar with the idea of “earning your carbs.” If you’re going to eat a lot of carbs, you should earn them by depleting glycogen . Other ways to earn carbs include getting pregnant, being pregnant, and breastfeeding. There’s a subtle flip-side to that, which few reali

Seas The Day

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Our week at Bald Head has come to an end. I always think that the best vacations are the ones that leave you yearning for a little bit of normalcy and that make going home feel right. We are reset and recharged (and 50 shades tanner). I had simple breakfasts, sandwiches for lunch and shrimp and wine for dinner almost every night! I can’t wait to tell you more about these Quaker Overnight Oats cups this week. They are so perfect for travel! Yogurt bowls are always a beach staple for me. No dishes to do! I made a half sandwich stuffed with turkey or ham, cheese, mixed greens, and pickles for lunch most days. Green peppers when we had them! It’s so much easier to take a sandwich to the pool than a salad, but boy, am I craving salads now! We did get in some exercise — a beach bootcamp and some long walks. And plenty of rolling around in the surf! We went to the Shoal’s Club for the day once and splashed in the pool. The beach there had the most incredible tide pools! Gram