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The Paleo(ish) Trial – Mid Week Update*
Well, I’m about half way through week two of my Paleo(ish) Trial, and I am happy to say that I am still really enjoying this. I still feel like I have so much energy, and one of the best bonuses so far is that the sluggish “I’m-not-ready-to-wake-up” feeling I always fought in the morning is basically gone. Even after I’ve had a bad night with Hank, I still feel much better in the mornings. That in itself is making this worth it. I no longer feel like I’m a slave to my cravings. I had a bad day on Tuesday, for some reason an intense craving for sugar hit me…
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The Big Decision*
For the past several weeks I’ve really been wrestling with what to do with regards to work. I finished my last LTO at the end of January last year. I debated whether or not I should supply teach a little bit in February so that I wouldn’t eat up any of my maternity leave time if the baby was late, but I was so pregnant and tired that I just wanted to be home. I ended up having four glorious weeks at home with Ruby, and it gave me some much needed time to prepare the house for baby #2. As a result, my maternity leave is scheduled to end…
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Paleo(ish) Trial – Week One Review*
I did it!! I made it to the end of my Paleo(ish) trial week. And you know what? It was SO much easier than I expected, and I enjoyed it so much more than I ever thought I would. I’ll be honest, there were a few things I was worried about before I began–the time it would take to prepare the meals, whether or not the food would be gross, what the sugar & carb cravings / withdrawal would be like, and more than anything, whether or not I would get bored of it after two days. Well, I can happily say that all my fears were completely unfounded. It…
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My Paleo(ish) Trial – Menu Plan*
Happy New Year!! I can’t even believe that December is already over–it was a whirlwind month of laughter, family, service and food… oh, the food. Unfortunately it was not a month of running, but I’m back on track now. It was so hard trying to find time to squeeze in a run in the short window of daylight I had, especially when I had so many other things demanding my time. But, c’est la vie. I want to get 2015 off on the right foot. I was able to get out running three times last week despite the cold and snow, and I ran my first 5km race of the…
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Marvelous Meatloaf Muffins*
I feel like meatloaf gets a bad rap most of the time. I like meatloaf. I do. Sometimes I even sing about it when I’m making it. I’d do just about anything for meatloaf… (but I won’t do that.) I think when people think about meatloaf, it conjures up images from an outdated grandmother’s kitchen. I imagine that they envision their grandmother serving them this strange, log-shaped, tasteless, chewy meat thing that is covered in ketchup, of all things. I remember eating meatloaf like that. I remember thinking, “when I grow up, I am never eating this log-meat again.” Silly, silly me. Meatloaf is glorious! It was one of those…
