If you are anything like me a few years ago, you are tired. Physically tired from working out. Mentally tired from thinking too much about food and what should or should not go into your mouth. Emotionally tired when your pants feel tight or if the scale isn’t budging. This was me pre-primal, followi
Read MoreOne of Alaska’s primal perks is the abundance of clean, beautiful, wild game. Many Alaskans have extra freezers in which they store a year’s supply of moose, caribou and salmon. While spring is an amazing time of year up north, it also coincides with diminishing vacuum-sealed freezer goodness. I currently find myself both hoarding what meat we have left and day dreaming about eating it every night- particularly in the form of moose burgers.
Read MoreThe arrival of spring motivates many of us to clean out our closets and garages. This process feels so amazing- so why stop with the house? I encourage you to take that momentum and utilize it in the most important cleansing endeavor of all: YOU!
Read MoreI love that Tom (or “The Star of the Blog”, as he likes to call himself) has joined me on my primal adventure.When I first suggested we try giving up sweeteners altogether, in an attempt to conquer our sugar cravings, he balked at the idea. Dessert had traditionally been his favorite meal. I knew I had to keep him happy with the sweetener-free plan so I created my version of a primal friendly Fat Bomb: a dessert that tastes indulgent and yet fits the objective of giving up sugar.
Read MoreYears ago, a friend gave me the “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh. I didn’t really get it; I skimmed through the pages and my mind drifted off until I placed it on a shelf and forgot about it. I realize now that my friend was tactfully trying to enrich my life by pointing out the reality that all we really have is NOW.
Read MoreWhen my husband first agreed to try primal nutrition (which included giving up all grains) he looked at me quizzically and asked, “Well, what’s left to eat?” He was worried that without the foundation of many of his meals (rice, quinoa, pasta, bread, pizza dough) he would be starving AND missing out on all the “good stuff”.
Read MoreFor the entirety of my adult life I was a chronic cardio junkie. Determined to avoid the freshman fifteen, the college me spent hours every day running, doing step aerobics, and climbing the stairmaster. Post college, and burned out on those activities, I became a DVD addict. Jillian Michaels, P90X, Buti Fitness, Insanity- if there was an infomercial for it, I’d completed the program.
Read MoreDuring my last Primal Health Course module I found myself feeling a twinge of discomfort. In the unit, Mark Sisson stresses the importance of making local food a priority in one’s diet; in the recommended spectrum of produce choices, local fruits and vegetables rank at the top (higher than certified organic!). Primarly adapted, my husband and I eat a lot of vegetables. And we live in Alaska. And it’s winter. Would I have to give up eating vegetables from my Washington CSA during our long winter season?
Read MoreI was raised consuming milk from our goats, eggs from our chickens, vegetables from our garden, honey from our bees and wild Alaskan game and fish courtesy of my outdoorsman dad. It sounds idyllic to me now, but at the time I remember being extremely jealous of the Twinkies, Cheetos and Capri Suns that filled my schoolmates’ lunch boxes.
Read MoreTom is on his way back from a snowmachine camping trip so I’ve prepared a dinner full of calories and vegetables- two things I imagine he is craving after days on the ice, drilling holes and catching fish. The curry sauce is adapted from a raw food cookbook called “Delightfully Raw” by Carmella Soleil (yes, I went through a raw food phase…).
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