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Harry + Styles

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When I pick titles for my posts I usually look at all of my photos and see if a theme pops out. Today I saw “hair” and “style” and you can guess how that turned into one of the former One Directioners Coincidentally, I just listened to his new release “Sign of the Times” yesterday. He says the song is about a new mom who is told she has five minutes to live and the words she shares with her newborn. *Sob* It’s a beautiful song, and so is the video . So the hair part…. apparently I have bangs today?! Where did these come from? Perhaps Pura D’or grown ! For the styles, I got a new box from Stitch Fix! My last one was a bit disappointing, but this one was great! I just love this blue top (the Eden Society Trinah Rope Blouse) and I am keeping the skinny jeans too. I am undecided on two of the other tops – still pending! And these flats I loved, but they hurt my heels so badly. I’m not sure it’s something that can be worn in, so they have to go back Mr. Styles tried on his gray s

Dino Play + Ketchup for Lunch

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Hi, guys! Happy Friday once again! I just wanted to pop in with a little recap of our morning. Now that we’re not traveling a ton, I’m hoping to get back to a regular schedule with the day in the life posts! Ok, so we’re up and at ’em this morning at 6:38 AM. I actually didn’t set an alarm because (in theory) Quinn’s OK to Wake! Clock is our alarm clock. He usually comes into our room promptly at 7:00 AM to show us how his clock turned bright green. This morning, though, the clock was “not working.” Hmm… After that, we all headed downstairs for breakfast. I’m doing Kelli’s seed cycling protocol , so I made a version of her Anti-Inflammatory Instant Oats for breakfast. I added goat’s milk to mine. After breakfast, it was a mad dash to get ourselves ready and walk Murphy before leaving the house, but we managed to make it to CrossFit right on time! The workout was a fun one since it included some of my favorite movements… and it was a total burner . My lungs and arms, especially

I’m a Lean and Mean Endurance Machine!

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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 . I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading! So, a little bit about my background: I am a 44-year-old former Marine, who worked as a police officer in Buffalo, NY for about twelve years. During that time, I obtained my B.S. in Criminal Justice, and then my law degree, all while working full-time. I entered the practice of law in 2005, and I’m still plugging away. I initially became interested in weight lifting/body building when I was a Marine and police officer, but that all took a back seat during law school, due to working full-time. I was in the worst shape of my life during this period, and really didn’t get back into gear until about 2009, when I started running. In 2010, I did my

Work Entyvio Work

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Hi, guys! Happy, happy, happy Friday to you! Any fun plans for the weekend? We have a birthday party on Saturday and a beach day planned for Sunday, so I’m very much looking forward to it! So, I had a lot on my agenda yesterday, so I was up and at ’em with the sun. I woke up, showered (ugh, nightsweats – I hope we can figure out my wacky hormone stuff sooner than later), and then got my butt to Starbucks bright and early to start working. The morning was relatively uneventful – minus the delicious decaf doppio (double espresso) with cream that I drank and running into a friend, who I chatted with for a little while. Oh, yea, and I fought with my laptop and DropBox trying to upload DTFN videos for hours. Ugh, technology. I love to hate it! Mid-morning, I drove into the city for my Entyvio infusion. Before I headed up to the infusion suite, I popped into Whole Foods for lunch, which was one of everything from the salad bar. There were so many delicious options! Yum! I also got

Biker’s Rights

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Happy Friday!! I’m all about yogurt bowls with granola this summer. I’ve been rotating between Greek yogurt and traditional (sometimes I prefer the runnier texture of traditional) and mixing up my fruits. This bowl had chopped nectarine and blueberries and some Love Grown chocolate crunch on top. Mazen was at a camp recently that was biking distance away, so each morning I biked with him to school. I only recently dusted off my own bike, which embarrassingly, I hadn’t used in a year, so that I could join him now that he’s more confident and speedy on the two wheeler. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed those early morning bike rides! At the risk of being corny cornier than usual, the birds were chirping, the air was still dewy, and there were wonderful summer smells of flowers and frying bacon. While I have a love/hate relationship with getting up before sunrise and going to the gym, I always love getting a little outside activity first thing in the morning. Something I can do ri