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8 Tips For Keto on a Budget

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A criticism often leveled against the keto diet is that it’s more expensive than a “regular” (read: SAD) diet. There’s some truth to that. It does cost more to buy meat than ramen and beans. I personally spend more on groceries now than I did before finding Primal. Not only did I shift to buying different types of food, I also came to care more about food quality . I started choosing more pasture-raised meat and eggs, and more pesticide-free and organic produce and dairy. However, my grocery bills haven’t changed noticeably since going keto. If you’re already eating Primally, your daily foods don’t have to change that much if you decide to try keto. You’ll remove some (okay, most) of the fruits and root veggies, and sub in more above-ground veggies and probably some healthy fats. It’s not a substantial overhaul. However, if you’re coming from a standard high-carb, lots-of-cheap-packaged-foods diet straight into Primal+keto, it can be a shock to the wallet. Sure, I can tell you

Birch: 8 Months Old

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^^My little stud 8 Months Old Birch is now 8 months old! He’s going to be one before we know it. Guess I need to start planning his first birthday party! I asked Mazen what theme we should plan and he said “Duh. Birch theme” matter-of-factly. I think that one’s a given Remember Mazen’s mason jar party ?! On The Move Birch will be crawling soon. He’s become so much more mobile and can climb up to a stand and rock on all fours. We’ve already started to baby proof a little, but we’re gonna have to do a lot more soon. Gussie + Birchie Gus and Birch have also become better friends now that Birch can mosey his way over to Gus and say hello (aka try to grab his tail!) Gus is very friendly, but if he gets poked a little too much he gets up and relocates to another spot. Look Who’s Talkin’! B can say mama and dada and also bath and ball. He’s a chatterbox, but most of his babbling is M’s, D’s, and B’s. I swear he pointed at Gus and said “dog” but since we never call Gus “dog” an