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Paleo Smoky Grilled Pineapple Burgers

Since going Paleo my family has fallen even more in love with our grill. Paleo and grilling just work well together. The past couple of years I've even been stepping outside my grilling comfort zone more and more. Grilling things I'd never thought to have grilled before and trying new flavor combinations. I have to say I'm pretty thrilled with the results of most of my flavor experiments.  In the past I'd never have thought to grill fruit, but it's amazing. Grilling fruit and adding it to traditionally savory dishes? Brilliant. Oh yes, and? New rule: every burger recipe for the rest of forever must contain grilled pineapple. OK, maybe more of a guideline. It's a seriously delicious combination though. This Smoky Grilled Pineapple Burger is always a crowd-pleaser at my house. It's not only Paleo, but Whole30, glutenfree, lower carb, and clean eating friendly. I promise you won't miss the bun!  paleo, grilled pineapple burger, smoky
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Going Primal 30 Day Challenge Final Weigh In

First, I'll get right to the numbers. My 30 day (OK, 28. I didn't feel the need to do a weigh in post today and then a final post on Friday, it's only 2 days) The Primal Blueprint Challenge weight loss results:  Beginning Stats September 1st Weight 176 BF% 31.4 Waist 32.5 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14.25 Right Arm 12 Hips 41.75 Week 1 Stats Weight 175.5 BF% 31.4 (using an Omron BF monitor, results can be fickle) Waist 32.25 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 41.75 Week 2 Stats Weight 175.5 BF% 31.5  Waist  32 Right Thigh 20.25 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 40.75 Week 3 Stats Weight 176 BF Didn't take a measurement Waist 32 Right Thigh 20.25 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 41 Week 4 Stats September 28th Weight 174 BF% 31  Waist 32 Right Thigh 20 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 40.75 For the month I lost: 2 lbs, 1/2 inch on my waist, 1/2 inch on my thigh, 1/4 inch on my calf, 1/4 inch on my arm, and an inch on my hips. Again, similar to

Going Primal Day 26

Yesterday was a pretty great day eating-wise, but not such a great day workout-wise. Meaning: I didn't do the workout I'd planned. I didn't do any workout. Oops. I took an unplanned rest day. No excuses. I wasn't over-tired or feeling like I needed it, I just did. Not letting that happen again today though! OK, my eats for Monday: Breakfast was coffee (of course) with cream, fresh strawberries, and turkey sausage. I had one more piece of sausage after I took the pic. This kind. Lunch was some spectacular chicken & grape salad from this book... ...which I love and will be reviewing soon. In the afternoon I had coffee with cream and cinnamon. Then I had 4 strawberries that I forgot to take a pic of. Dinner was roast I had put in the crockpot yesterday morning and smashed cauliflower. After dinner I had 2 squares of Lindt 90% dark chocolate. I'm going to go ahead and do my final Going Primal post tomorrow. Wednesday is my regular weigh in

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Wow. I wanted to do something special for my 500th post. But it flew by unnoticed.  This post is my 509th post. Time flies when you're having fun. I guess I'll do something special for my 509th post! Like....

Words to Inspire

I used to do Sunday Quotes . I don't know how popular those posts were, but I enjoyed them. I thought for a while I would instead do Words to Inspire .

What Would You Like to See More of ???

Changes are coming up for my blog. But that's another post. What I'd really love to know is: what would you like to see more of? If you read this blog, please leave me a comment answering that question. Even if you don't usually comment, even if you don't read that often. I really want to know what people enjoy and want to see more of. More workout reviews? More daily food tracking posts? Vlogs? Recipes? Running stuff? Anything. What would you like to see more of?

Going Primal Days 20 and 21

I'm a day behind with my tracking, so I decided to post 2 days together. I didn't get all the pics for day 21 so that works out nicely! Day 20 my workout was a brisk 4.25 mile walk. Day 21 was another walk, 4.2 miles in the cold and major WIND. I think that calls for bonus points. Day 20's eats: Breakfast was an omelet with onions, yellow peppers,  and tomato with some fresh strawberries and coffee with 1 Tblsp organic whipping cream. Lunch was leftover taco salad from the night before. Afternoon snack was a cup of coffee with cream and... ...a grapefruit. I never used to like grapefruits, but I'm LOVING them lately. Dinner was yum-azing. Meatballs and broccoli.  Day 21 was a strange eating day for sure. Hubby was home to meet with an appraiser for the house in the morning, then offered to do the kids' schooling in the afternoon. So I pretty much just ran a-muck all day. I had a nice walk with a friend in the morning sans kids. Then in the a

Primal Pumpkin Mini Muffins

I adapted this recipe from the Pumpkin Nut Muffins recipe in The Primal Blueprint Cookbook.

Going Primal Week 3 Results

3 weeks down of my little Going Primal Experiment! I'm going to tweak a few things for the last week, but first to my results so far...

What is Paleo? What is Primal? What's the Difference?

I have had a lot of questions on Paleo and Primal. Questions on Paleo/Primal eating as well as fitness. A common question I get is: What is the difference between Primal and Paleo? Another one is: What should I be eating on Paleo (or Primal)? Or, how should I be working out... You get the picture. Lots of folks are confused or just wondering what the heck they are. 

Going Primal Day 19

Today was a great day. Busy. Homeschooling, housecleaning, life stuff.  I took a rest day today since I had planned to rest yesterday, but then decided to walk 4 miles because my mom had the kids (free time? what? what?). 

Primal Grocery Haul

I went grocery shopping over the weekend. I actually bought more fruit than this, but just took a pic of what I put out. I store the extra in the crisper drawer. I find my kids eat it better if I put some out though.

Going Primal Day 15

Wow, I'm halfway through my little Going Primal experiment. I feel great. My eating and workouts were awesome this week. Yesterday (day 15) I took an unplanned rest day. I was just feeling very sore and tired, so I listened to my body and skipped a workout.  My eats: Breakfast was some Applegate turkey bacon (love that stuff), three large strawberries, and a cup of Green Mountan Sumatran Reserve coffee with one tablespoon of organic whipping cream. Mid-morning I had another cup of coffee with a tablespoon of whipping cream with a handful of: Lunch was a smoothie: 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon whipping cream, 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 scoop Jay Robb vanilla whey protein, and 1 tsp matcha green tea. Yum. You could easily omit the water and cream and replace it with coconut milk if you prefer. I also sometimes add fresh spinach. Peeled and ate an entire grapefruit for a snack. Dinner was my modified version of the Coconut Curry recipe from the Primal Blueprint Cookbook. I don'

Going Primal Days 12, 13, and 14 Vlog

I started my tracking blog because I was doing daily tracking posts and also doing lots of regular posts on this blog. My reasoning was that I didn't want to bombard people with that many posts on this blog. For those interested in the daily stuff they could follow my tracking blog. Others would just have the usual stuff on this blog.  However, I haven't had time with our homeschool year starting to post as much on this blog OR that one. So, for the rest of my Going Primal tracking I will be posting my tracking vlogs here. I am just a blogger, not a doctor, trainer, or any sort of health professional. What you read here are my personal experiences and opinions. Of course, always consult your doctor before trying a diet, supplement, or new workout program.

Going Primal Week 2 Results

The title of this post was almost: I am perplexed. Random, but do you watch The Upside Down Show? The word perplexed will forever remind me of that show. Anyway, it was almost the title of the post because when I got up and weighed this morning I was perplexed! I just knew the scale had moved this week. Nope. Moving on... Beginning Stats Weight 176 BF% 31.4 Waist 32.5 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14.25 Right Arm 12 Hips 41.75 Week 1 Stats Weight 175.5 BF% 31.4 (using an Omron BF monitor, results can be fickle) Waist 32.25 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 41.75 Week 2 Stats Weight 175.5 BF% 31.5 (I really am wondering how accurate this BF monitor is) Waist  32 Right Thigh 20.25 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 40.75 After taking my measurements I felt better, still perplexed, but better. While the scale is still not going down I am glad that I take measurements also.  My waist, thigh, and hip measurements all went down again. So, I am making progress. Whet

Just Bucks

Last week I went to the grocery store and the Starbucks sign said: True enough. Then this week it just said: The truth and nothing but? 

Going Primal 30 Day Challenge--Week 1 Weigh In

First, I'll get straight to my first week's results on The Primal Blueprint: Beginning Stats Weight 176 BF% 31.4 Waist 32.5 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14.25 Right Arm 12 Hips 41.75 Week 1 Stats Weight 175.5 BF% 31.4 (using an Omron BF monitor, results can be fickle) Waist 32.25 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14 Right Arm 11.75 Hips 41.75 My first week going Primal I lost half a pound and 3/4 of an inch total. Not bad. I suspect most people would experience bigger losses their first week on Primal, but since I was going Paleo to Primal I'm very pleased with those results. I'm enjoying Primal. Not going to lie, I LOVE having the organic whipping cream in my coffee. I also really enjoy having whey protein smoothies back. Trying not to go back to using them as a crutch for my protein intake though. Overall I think this is absolutely something I can enjoy long term. I went back and forth on the whole tracking thing for this experiment. In the book Mark Sisson suggests

Going Primal 30 Day Challenge

My day 1 of Going Primal was September 1st, so I'm a little bit late getting this up (considering my first weigh in will be Wednesday!). But I thought I should still post my beginning stats and all that jazz for my Going Primal experiment. Beginning Stats Weight 176 BF% 31.4% Waist 32.5 Right Thigh 20.5 Right Calf 14.25 Right Arm 12 Hips 41.75 Weigh ins/updates will be weekly on Wednesdays. I'll also be doing daily tracking via videos or posts at Adventures in Tracking if you're interested in more detail like foods I'm eating, workouts I'm doing, etc. Here's a little taste of what I do over on that blog: Resources I'll be using for this experiment: As well as  marksdailyapple.com I'll be using this cookbook quite a bit: And I was curious, so I pre-ordered this: I'll be back Wednesday with my thoughts on my first week of Primal as well as with my measurements and weigh in! I am just a blogger, not a doctor, trainer, or any sort of h