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10 Years of Carrots ‘N’ Cake + Giveaway

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Good morning! So, there’s a lot to celebrate: Tomorrow (February 3rd) is  National Carrot Cake Day  as well as the day that I started  Carrot ‘N’ Cake  TEN (yes, a whole decade) years ago. (I figured I should publish this post a day early since not everyone reads on the weekend.) I didn’t even realize the coincidence until a couple of years after I wrote my first blog post, but I feel like it was definitely meant to be! First and foremost, I want to say  THANK YOU , THANK YOU ,  THANK YOUUUUU  from the bottom of my heart for reading this blog and following my life journey. I started CNC as a hobby blog. I was 27 years old, and it was a way to keep me accountable as I shaped up for my wedding day. Nowadays, CNC is my full-time job and our family’s main source of income. It’s no longer a hobby, but I love it just as much as I did when I first started it. Today, I’m 37 years old, married with a child (and pug), and run two additional businesses that have been heavily supported by CNC r

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Primal Challenge Point: Stop Feeding the Sugar Cycle

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It’s impossible to talk about using food as a drug without looking at the genuine neurological and hormonal impacts it has on the body. The fact is, certain foods affect us more like drugs than others. With actual drug use, we’re not operating with innate satiation signaling. But with food, our bodies have a built-in system for telling us when to eat, how much to eat and when to stop. In our paleolithic ancestors’ time, it worked great. Today, we’ve become our own saboteurs. We’ve known for years that   sugary and processed foods (those that strategically combine sugar, salt and certain fats into a triple crown disaster) are intentionally designed to override our inherent satiation signals and hyper-trip our reward systems. Unfortunately, our own body composition can work against us—leading us deeper into a cul-de-sac of poor eating choices and behaviors. Leptin is one key hormonal player in our satiety signaling. When we’re obese, we lose leptin sensitivity , and we’re drawn to

Girlfriends Guide To TV

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If you chuckle at this pillow, then we are on the same page! If not: go watch Stranger Things ! We are not quite finished with season two, but it’s been a really good one! I think I like it more than season one. Another great show we’re in the middle of is This Is Us ! Everyone was talking about it, and we finally started. It’s been great. We paused when we caught up to season two so more episodes could accumulate. I prefer to watch TV on demand instead of one week at a time. My favorite character by far is Randall. (And I was so happy he won a Golden Globe!!) I think his character’s story is wonderful, Steling Brown’s acting is flawless, and Randall makes me laugh out loud with his corny jokes all the time. He and Beth are a couple I’d want to befriend in real life. I love their girls too! Kevin is… just a mess. Kate’s story is great, and I love where it has gone. (Chrissy Metz is also a fabulous actress.) The third and final show I’ve been into this year: Girlfriends Guide To Di