All posts tagged primal

Reading List

Books I think you should read, then decide on your own how you feel about diet and nutrition: Books my friends are reading that I want to read: Want to buy these books? They’re all in my aStore from Amazon.

Friday Night Pizza

The scene: Friday night Me: I don’t know if this crust is going to work, but I’m going to try it. That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM): Didn’t you perfect it with that crispy crust recipe? Me: Yeah, but that was with nuts and flax. Now I want to mix in veggies so it’s not as [...]

My Final Thoughts on the HCG Diet, 2.5 Weeks After

This is a hard post to write, because I wanted the HCG Diet to work. I believed in it, I followed the rules to a T, and it did work. But 2 1/2 weeks later the pounds have snuck back on, and all the sudden I’m not as slim as I was and I’m back [...]

Paleo Pizza: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Seriously, I love this stuff too much. The sad news is that it’s got too much nuts in it for me to love, so my next goal is to optimize the use of cauliflower. I did it!! A crispy crust with cauliflower? I am awesome. What do you call cauliflower faux flour? CauliFLOUR? That only [...]

Around the Fitness Horn: Science!

Science is an imperfect science, no? You read a million different studies proving a million different things, and how do you decide what resonates with you and your body? Experimentation, mostly. Below, some science read and resonated recently: TONS of abstracts and summaries on why gluten is bad for people: The Case Against Gluten: Medical Journal [...]

Last day of the HCG diet!

Today, my friends, is Day 46 of the HCG diet, day 21 of phase 3, the primal hypothalamus-resetting stage. Wahoo! What will you eat tomorrow, Lyssa? I don’t know, anonymous blog reader asking the question. I am trying to decide. What do I miss this most? I honestly don’t miss much. I miss wine the [...]

Let’s Eat More Pizza (Primal Recipe)

This is the pizza that made me have to do the HCG diet steak day. I ate too much, but if you have better self-control than me you should most definitely eat this: This is the best pizza I have ever made. I said that last time too, but this one is better. Also, for the [...]

HCG Diet Day 26 (Day 1 Strict Primal): All the Food I Ate

I had a lovely time eating today. I don’t expect to be this food-obsessed in the future, but it was nice to play with how much fat and food I could eat. I did get MUCH fuller MUCH faster, so I didn’t eat THAT much. Breakfast (10am): leftover kebab meat and spinach cooked in raw [...]

ACL: Eating Guide

Eating with me is a challenge, I will freely admit. I want free-range happy meat, chicken, milk, and eggs. I don’t want white bread, I probably don’t want whole wheat bread, I definitely don’t want corn (unless it’s a tortilla chip) or beans or soy. I don’t want fake sugar, or agave, or real sugar [...]

Paleo Cookies Recipe

Last weekend, one of my dearest friends (non-paleo, non-crossfitting) texted me asking for a paleo cookie recipe. What?! I was super excited. She said that she was baking for her mother-in-law, who eats mostly paleo for health reasons … yes! I sent her the following email: Here is my all-time fave paleo chocolate chip cookie [...]