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Episode 383 – Q&A with Robb and Nicki!

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Hey Folks! You asked for it, and we delivered. We’re back with a Q&A episode! If you have a question for a future episode, submit them here https://robbwolf.com/contact/submit-a-question-for-the-podcast/ Show notes: 1. (4:41) K etosis and Carbohydrate timing Ryan says: Hi Robb. I don’t know if this will reach you, but while listening to your podcast and reading your first book, a hundred questions pop into my head. This is one of them. I thought about asking my doctor, but I knew a blank stare and a sweaty forehead would be his answer. So here goes: Does frequency of carb intake play a role in disrupting ketosis? For example, if I am going to eat 150 grams in total of carbohydrates today, will eating all 150 grams of carbs at the same meal knock me out of ketosis for an EQUAL amount of time as eating 15 grams every hour for 10 hours?* My theory is eating 15 grams of carbs an hour for 10 hours will be just enough to keep a person out of ketosis for a longer period of ti...

Clean Eating No Salt Seasoning Recipe

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This clean eating no salt seasoning recipe is a tasty replacement for salt. Don’t get me wrong, I love salt. In fact, I love it too much. As much as I love desserts and all things sweet, I’m far more… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2GNa8G7

Dear Mark: Improving Exercise Stress Tolerance, Stress and Athletic Performance, My Stress Practices, Non-Negotiable Stress, and Distractions

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering five questions about stress. First, how can someone handle the stress from training five days a week, assuming they don’t want to cut back on gym days? Second, what are the negative effects of chronic stress on athletic performance? Third, what do I do when I’m stressed out and Primal Calm isn’t cutting it? Do I have any practices? And fourth, how can a working mom with three little kids deal with non-negotiable stress? Fifth, can distractions like TV or movies help us deal with stress, or are they just ways to ignore the problem? Let’s go: I’d like to know more about how to best combat stress from HIIT other than just don’t work out 5 times a week. Don’t know that I’m willing to sacrifice days at the gym. Thanks!! My first suggestion—and the best one—is to sacrifice days at the gym. Five days is excessive for most people, and since you’re complaining about too much stress, you appear to be most people. Drop a day or two and you’l...

Primal Starter: Small Wins

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They say it’s the little things, and maybe it is. Success isn’t honestly built by daily yearning for a dramatic goal after all. It’s constructed by the small wins we plot along the way. Teresa Amabile, author and Professor at the Harvard Business School,   calls   this the “progress principle.” Amabile and her associates studied employees’ daily diaries that her team designed. They found the efforts of tracking small achievements each day (as well as reflecting on challenges) enhanced workers’ motivation as well as creativity. The chance to consider and record one’s progress, she explains, helps us appreciate our “small wins” and boosts our sense of competence. We can then   “leverage” that confidence   (as well as lessons learned from the reflection) toward subsequent, larger successes. Amabile stresses   there’s always some progress to recognize in a day, even on the most challenging or discouraging days. Yet, too often we downplay our progress or even talk ...

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

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^^Teenage Mazen picked out his rad outfit! How was your weekend? I feel quite guilty because we ate out SO many meals! Rather than bump up our grocery store trip to Friday, we got take-out Thai for dinner Friday and ate out on Saturday. The kitchen will be reopening this week with a big box from Blue Apron! Fresh rolls, spicy beef noodles, panang curry. Mazen read this ENTIRE book to me! I was one proud mama. The House Fairy brought Mazen a fossil dino egg for a few days worth of good manners and choices. He started chipping away at breakfast. Protective eyewear required! : ) We had buttered toast and banana – oat – peanut butter smoothies for breakfast. I took Mazen and Sylvia to the gym. I worked out, saunaed, showered,  and had time to read a few pages of my book before going to get them at noon for lunch. Sarah and I made plans for lunch at Three Notchd (which is nice and kid friendly!) and the kids had a blast. I decided to go big or go home and go...

Good Times, Good Food, and Good Friends [Easy Entertaining with Wegmans]

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I’ve partnered with Wegmans to bring you this blog post. As always, thank you for supporting CNC!  You guys know how much I love grocery shopping, so, of course, I’m psyched that Wegmans has started to make its way to Massachusetts. When the first locations opened, I went on a bunch of  fun adventures  with friends to visit. Fast-forward to a child and three businesses, my time is much more limited, so I haven’t visited in awhile. However, not too long ago, a closer location opened, so I’ve popped in time-to-time to do our family’s grocery shopping. The store is amazing, massive, and always a good time. I mean, you can seriously get EVERYTHING there! I love that Wegmans is one-stop shopping! Wegmans  recently reached out to me about a blog post featuring their new oven-safe packaged entrées and, of course, I was alllllll about it. I love a good grocery shopping adventure and our family almost always does our grocery shopping on Saturdays after CrossFit, so ...