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The Easiest Weight Loss I Have Experienced

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It’s Monday, 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 Monday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading! Yup, success stories are back! And I’m looking for more. Follow-ups, mid-progress reflections—every story at every stage has the potential to inspire folks out there who are getting started or contemplating a new beginning. Contact me here to share your story—long or not so long. You never know who you’ll impact by doing it. Enjoy, everyone! I have been doing Obstacle Course races since 2013 and tried to keep myself active in training, but my diet was never really in alignment. I was the poster child to demonstrate that physical fitness is not the driving component in body composition in health—diet is. My heaviest was 188 lbs (5’9”), and I

Our Weekend: I’m All Ears

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You might have seen on Instagram that sweet Birchie was not himself last week. After a few calls to the doctor I finally got an appointment because I knew something was wrong. My instinct was right: he had his first ear infection! Poor buddy felt awful and wasn’t sleeping well. By mid-day Saturday he was back to his smiles and eating well again. And sleeping as well as you can when you get your feet in a tangle!! Friday Dinner Sweet potato, sausage and apple hash with a fried egg on top! The base was from Plenty! Saturday workout + smoothie Both mornings Birch woke up around 5:00 but was able to go right back to sleep after a dose of medicine. He slept until after 7 both days (which was great compared to Wed + Thurs when he was so miserable he slept ON me in my bed from 4:00 on). I slept in too and woke up at 7:30. I almost skipped my Saturday morning class, but it’s the only class worth getting up for on a Saturday, so I actually wanted to go. SO glad I did because it was a g

Weekend High Low High

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Good morning and happy Monday, friends! I can’t believe it’s Monday morning already. WHERE did the weekend go? I feel like it was over in a blink of an eye, but I’m excited for the week ahead since it kicks off a bunch of holiday events, including our annual Friendsgiving celebration! 🙂 I know you guys love a good High Low High blog post, so I’m going to recap our weekend that way. Ok, here we go! High : I went to bed at 9:00 pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Low : I was up awake before 6:00 am on Saturday, Sunday, and this morning. (Ok, I slept 9 hours, but when do kids start sleeping in?) High : We went to the Pottery Playce to paint some pottery. Mal and I made Christmas ornaments, and Quinn made a lizard, who he named “Lemon.” They all turned out really well! Low : On Saturday night, I decided I wanted to go to Orangetheory the next morning. I was 11th on the waitlist. Whomp whomp. High : When I woke up on Sunday morning, I moved to 2nd on the waitlist. Forty-five minu